174: Kree Attack
Bear Claw Grass didn't want it, and gave it to Lin Yao, which was considered a confirmation of his shot.
Lin Yao made a necklace with bear claws to commemorate his first prey.
In this way, he became a hunter and was recognized by Grass.
In the next three months, he and Glass hunted predators within a radius of hundreds of miles. When the predators were almost killed, they began to hunt beaver by the river like ordinary hunters.
There is no danger in hunting beaver, and the number of beaver is huge, so many cannot be killed.
However, hunting beaver does not have any additional bonuses, which is very uncomfortable for Lin Yao, who is used to hunting carnivores and gets bonuses every day.
He calculated that the first month of becoming a hunter, the basic salary plus the bonus was a total of $218.
He only earned $174 in the second month because he had fewer prey.
Even less in the third month, and within a few hundred miles, carnivores were rarely seen, and only earned $122.
The total of three months is $514. If he is still a cobbler apprentice and has a basic salary of $30 a month, it will take at least seventeen months to earn so much.
Sure enough, his choice was right, and the wilderness hunter was more promising than the cobbler.
Of course, there is bad news.
Gerald was very dissatisfied with him. He believed that letting Lin Yao and Glass partner would greatly weaken Glass' hunting speed.
But I didn't expect that Lin Yao's performance was not worse than that of ordinary hunters. The two of them cooperated with each other and made a fortune.
Gerald knew Glas's strength and dared not do anything to him.
He didn't have so many concerns about Lin Yao.
Gerald believes that it is his credit for Lin Yao to become a hunter. Lin Yao did not cause trouble for Grass as he said. On the contrary, they cooperated well.
This is a kind of betrayal, so in front of Lin Yao, Gerald not only had a cold face all day long, but also privately threatened him that Lin Yao would have to give him two hundred dollars after returning to the town, otherwise he would not let Lin Yao go.
Lin Yao’s answer is very simple: “Am I like a fool?”
In fact, Lin Yao is not afraid of Gerald at all. Not to mention two hundred dollars, he is not going to pay the $20 that he had agreed to have before.
Seeing that he was young, Gerald was very wrong to think that he could scare him.
He could say with certainty that he had killed more people than the entire camp combined, and if you want to be enemies with me, it is best to have one eye open when you sleep.
The talk was not very pleasant that day. Before leaving, Gerald made a harsh statement and wanted to make Lin Yao look good after returning to town.
Lin Yao knew very well that Gerald was not a joke.
This matter is not so easy to understand, and he is also considering whether to let Gerald return to town alive.
Early winter
"Glass, aren't the work going to start today? I think no one has set off?"
"Yes, there is no need to start work. The boss counted it. Now there are about 20,000 skins, and the weather is getting colder. We are going to prepare to go home."
With the arrival of early winter, the weather is getting colder and colder.
Lin Yao rubbed his hands and looked at the cobblers who were still busy. It seemed that in a few days, after the batch of cobblers were processed, they should leave the reserve and return to the warm and comfortable town.
"How is Hawk's situation?"
"It's much better. Thankfully the wound has not become suppurated. He can now walk."
Hawke injured his bones and injured his muscles for a hundred days. This is an old saying from the Tang Dynasty.
After three months of cultivation, Hawke can now do some work around the camp with crutches.
It is estimated that in more than half a month, he can even throw away the crutches, and he is another good guy.
"Glass, the boss asked you to come."
The two were talking when a hunter ran over panting.
"What happened?"
"Someone saw the Indians, who were scouts of the Kree tribe!"
"impossible!"
Glass's face changed drastically. According to the habits of the Kerry people, they should spend the winter in the south hundreds of miles away and will not return after the spring next year.
It is precisely because the Kerry people have a tradition of migration that they can come to the reserve to poach in the autumn.
Otherwise, according to the agreement between Montana and the Cree tribe, they have the right to hunt poachers entering the reserve. The prey in the reserve is strictly the private property of the Cree tribe.
"It's true. Only the Kerry people will use bird droppings to smear their foreheads. No one dares to joke about this."
"Let's go and have a look."
Grass called Lin Yao and hurried towards Henry's tent.
Henry Edward, the big boss in the camp, their employer, the boss of Henry Fur Company, a little nobleman from France.
He was not old, looking only twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, wearing a stand-up collared noble windbreaker, a red jacket inside, and a gold watch hanging on his chest.
Unlike his usual polite and elegant appearance, Henry looks very panicked today.
Seeing Glass come in, he immediately spoke, "Glass, we may have been targeted by the Kerry people. The patrol people told me that they saw the scouts of the Kerry people."
"From my knowledge of the Kerry, they should not be patrolling the northern territory at this point, unless something happened." Glass thought for a while and replied, "Mr. Henry, prepare for the transfer immediately. No matter what the Kerry's purpose is, we must be careful that they will attack the camp."
In the reserve, Kerry is the boss.
They may not have advanced weapons and commendable civilizations, but their strength is not comparable to that of hunting camps.
According to Grass, there were more than 6,000 Kerry people, and because of their racial habits, more than half of them were warriors.
As long as they want, they can pull up an army of more than two thousand men and equipped with muskets, bows and arrows, horses and spears at any time.
Such an army may not threaten the Federation or the garrison of Montana.
But when putting it below, the individual counties are no match for them at all.
The dozens of guns and dozens of people in the camp were not enough for each person to spit in one mouthful.
"The transfer is easy to handle. I have ordered Taylor to prepare. But I am very worried. Whether they are for our sake is the skin, this kind of thing has not happened before."
Henry knew the importance of transfer, but he was even more afraid that the Kerry's purpose was to plunder.
Grass frowned. The Kerry people were also smart species, not savages. They would even negotiate with the Montana parliament in exchange for a reserve that would not disturb the towns.
Now, the Kerry people did not appear early or late, but they appeared when they had hunted enough prey. It was really hard to say what their purpose was.
The preciousness of fur does not need to be repeated.
In other quarters, Montana businessmen will also come to exchange fur with the Cree people.
If these Kerry people who appeared came for the fur on their hands, they might have moved to the camp immediately and were chased by the Kerry people.
"The last time the Kerry chased the poachers was six years ago, and that year, their tribe was infected with a plague and needed enough money to buy medicine."
"For money, they killed two waves of poachers, snatched their skins and changed medicine to the merchants outside."
"This shows that even if they know that there are people poaching, as long as the number does not disturb them, the Kerry will not take the initiative to hunt poachers, because they know that poachers are also white. The Indians are not in a good situation now, so they must learn to restrain themselves and not cause trouble."
"I think it may be that we hunted too much prey this time, which aroused their disgust. Sending scouts is what makes us retreat and not necessarily do anything to us."
Glass was a little lacking in confidence, and it was more of a comfort to Henry than an explanation.
Henry was deeply relieved when he heard this, and said loudly, just like saying to the Indians, "After going back this time, I will not come again within three years, no, within ten years."
Glas shrugged and replied, "If nothing else is going to go back and pack up. Hawke's legs are not neat yet, so I have to prepare a stretcher for him."
Henry waved his hand: "Go quickly, we pack up and leave, it won't take too long."
Glass nodded to Lin Yao, and the two left Henry's tent.
Standing outside, Grass said bluntly without waiting for Lin Yao to speak: "The Kerry people are activists. When the scouts appear, their attack is not far away. Go back and prepare."
"How are their strength?" Lin Yao asked back.
"Very strong" Grass pointed around and said in a deep voice: "This land was not rewarded by Montana, but the Cree people used three thousand lives to force the state assembly to give them a piece of land."
Lin Yao nodded: "I understand."
Chapter completed!