King of German Mercenaries

Marin knew how to shoot arrows, and he was a hunting enthusiast in his previous life. Because guns were banned in China in later generations, Marin learned the skills of archery in desperation.

Moreover, in his previous life, Marin also made an English longbow by himself, and with this bow and arrows made by a blacksmith, he haunted the mountains behind his home many times, and hunted and killed many birds (the beasts have long been The predecessors who used shotguns before being banned were wiped out) and hares.

Of course, in the Middle Ages, bows and arrows were also very important weapons, and the price was very expensive. To make an English longbow, aside from the cost of materials, it takes at least two or three months to tame the bow. Therefore, Marin has no time to make the English longbow right now, nor the money to buy the materials for making the longbow.

However, in the previous life, Marin also learned another hunting skill - laying traps...

With clever camouflage, sensitive animals can also be tricked into stepping into traps. Because animals are animals after all, they tend to pay attention to the movements around them in order to escape as soon as possible. They put too much energy into "seeing six roads" and "listening to all directions", but often ignore the dangers under their feet. As long as the traps are arranged realistically, they can basically deceive most animals. Provided, of course, that the animals happened to be on the ground where the trap was.

Marin took a look. He was currently in a forest on the banks of the Rhine in Germany. There is a small stream in the forest with a lot of water.

Marin, who has watched many episodes of Animal World, knows that many animals, especially herbivores, like to run to the river in the morning to drink water. And some beasts also like to ambush small animals drinking water by the river in the morning.

However, there are no tigers and lions in Europe, only the Timberwolves are tough beasts. But wolves are animals that haunt at night and will not come out in the morning. So, by the river in the morning, the herbivores are not in any danger.

Marin rode back and forth by the creek several times, dismounted several times, observed the footprints and feces of animals on the ground, and finally identified three places where animals frequently drink water.

In these three places, the terrain by the river is relatively flat, and there are no trees. The reason why herbivores choose this kind of place is to consider the convenience of drinking water and the convenience of escape. Even if someone or beast tries to ambush them, they can be found from far away.

After choosing the location, the next step is to set up traps. Sadly, Marin had no shovel or pickaxe for digging holes. Strictly speaking, there are not many iron farm implements in the whole of Western Europe at present. In many manors, such as Hoffman Manor, a considerable part of the farm tools used by serfs are made of pure wood. Only in Italy, as well as in England and other more developed metallurgical areas, and some other more prosperous areas, iron agricultural tools are generally popular. As for the use of copper for agricultural tools, that's a real joke. Because, at this time, European copper was relatively scarce. Before the development of the largest copper mine in Sweden and the introduction of Japanese copper by the Dutch, the value of copper was still relatively high, and the exchange ratio with silver was around 15:1, which was quite expensive. Therefore, the use of bronze utensils as agricultural tools is something that only real local tyrants can do.

Since Marin was defrauded of all his money, he is now a 24K pure poor ghost, and it is impossible for him to have the money to buy metal farming tools. Therefore, he could only find a tree in the black forest, and with the short knife he carried, he cut down a branched tree with great difficulty and made a simple wooden pickaxe. Then, using the wooden pickaxe, he laboriously started digging the trap.

How hard is it to dig with wooden tools? It is more laborious to dig a pick into the soil. Fortunately, it is by the river, and the soil is moist and soft. Otherwise, the wooden pickaxe would never be able to dig up. As for the large amount of soil dug out of the pit, it is easy to solve it, just throw it into the river...

After digging the hole, it is to cover the surface of the hole. The camouflage must be natural, otherwise, sensitive herbivores will not be fooled. Marin hurriedly went to the forest to find a lot of dead branches, put them on the pit, and then carefully covered the turf that had just been dug out on the dead branches.

After a long time of tossing, Marin finally set up the first trap, ran around to observe it, and found that there were no flaws, and then left with satisfaction. Then, in two other places, he used the same method to arrange two deep pit traps.

Then, seeing that it was getting dark, he rode out of the black forest. You know, there are quite a few wolves in the forest these days. At night the wolves come out to find meat to eat. If Marin stayed in the forest overnight, maybe with Carl, it would be a night snack for the wolves.

So, Marin found a small town, tied the horse in the corner of the only monastery in the town, and slept on the side of the horse. No way, who told him that he has no money for the hotel now. Woolen cloth……

It was still cold in the early spring, and Marin didn't bring a quilt with him. In order to keep warm, Marin switched places, took Carl to the firewood and haystacks behind the church, and got into the haystacks. Fortunately, it was early spring. If it was summer, Marin would not dare to do this. Because, there may be snakes in the haystack. When he was a child in his last life, when he was playing hide-and-seek with the children, Marin opened the haystack and saw dozens of snakes coiled together and spit out poisonous tongues at him together, which made his scalp numb. In early spring, the snake was still hibernating in the deep hole, so he could boldly lie down on the haystack and sleep.

The next morning, Marin was woken up by the sunlight irritating his eyes. In fact, people in the church had already discovered him, but no one dared to disturb him. Because, Marin's clothes showed his identity as a wandering knight. You know, wandering knights are very difficult to mess with. If the monastery had its own guards, it would naturally not be afraid of one or two wandering knights. But this monastery is just a monastery in a small town. There are only three or two kittens in it, and there is no guard at all. Therefore, they would not dare to provoke a potential thug like the wandering knight.

After waking up, Marin patted off the wheatgrass on his body, then led his horse to the river, washed his face, and filled the copper kettle with a new pot of water. Then he rode into the forest and dug some grass roots to eat for breakfast. Thanks to this body from the Middle Ages, it was originally used to drinking cold water. Otherwise, if you change to the modern body of Marin, drinking cold water early in the morning may cause diarrhea. In medieval Europe, diarrhea was also a difficult disease to treat...

Estimated at eight or nine in the morning, Marin felt that he could go to close the net. So, he rode his horse and came to the three places where the traps were set up yesterday afternoon.

The first trap, no gain. Apparently, no animals set foot on it. Shaking his head gloomily, Marin walked towards the second trap. Arriving at the second trap, Marin was pleasantly surprised to find that the grass cover on the trap was gone. Apparently, the trap worked. But to his dismay, the pit was empty. Presumably, an animal stepped on the trap by mistake, but escaped in time before falling into the pit.

"Kao! Why is it so unlucky!" With a depressed mood, Marin walked towards the third trap...

Before arriving at the third trap, Marin was pleasantly surprised to find that the grass cover on the third trap was gone. Apparently, the trap was triggered. As he approached the trap, Marin heard a shrill and funny animal cry coming from the pit...

What animal would it be? Marin cautiously got off his horse, carried his lance, and leaned on it. Before coming to the pit, Marin finally saw the animal in the pit - it was a male red deer...

As for why it is male? Quite simply, bucks have horns, but does have no horns. This red deer is not small, and is about in its prime.

After a visual inspection, Marin found that this robust male red deer is about 130 centimeters high and 180 centimeters long, and weighs about 400 pounds.

Such a tall and sturdy red deer, Marin had only seen in zoos in his previous life. Now, he was overjoyed to catch a live one.

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