Goblin Simulation: Building a Dark Empire-Chapter 90 – Storing food and jerky

The Goblin River has a flood season and often overflows.

This makes water and land transportation time-sensitive.

Building a dock on the shore is also a big challenge.

When the flood season comes, any structure will be destroyed.

"What is the boss doing?"

The commotion in the tribe caught the attention of the higher-ranking Goblins who had been waiting for a long time.

They left their wooden huts one by one, curiously watching.

In the tribe, the boss was riding a strange creature.

The creature needed two wild boars to pull it to run.

"Boss, boss, I want to play too!"

Gobu Di chased after the carriage, bouncing along.

As it chased, it shouted loudly.

Li Meng glanced at Gobu Di's massive figure.

As a Goblin Warrior, Gobu Di was a giant standing 2.5 meters tall.

"Climb up!"

Li Meng grinned, giving permission.

It was a good opportunity to test the carriage's load capacity.

Gobu Di smiled excitedly and quickly climbed onto the carriage.

As Gobu Di got on, the carriage sank instantly.

Wheel marks appeared on the ground.

"I want to play too, I want to!"

Another Goblin Soldier came running over, bouncing along.

"Come on, all of you, get on!"

Li Meng laughed loudly, granting permission.

The Goblin Soldier quickly climbed onto the flatbed.

"Boss, I want to play too!"

"I want to, I want to!"

Seeing the other Goblins getting on the carriage, the rest couldn't resist.

The higher-ranking Goblins all ran towards the carriage.

"Move forward, let me on!"

"No space, no space!"

"You're stepping on my leg, are you looking for trouble!"

"How dare you touch me?"

"So what if I touch you? The boss let me on."

The higher-ranking Goblins scrambled to climb onto the carriage.

As they piled on, the carriage's speed slowed down.

The wild boars pulling the carriage were visibly struggling.

Their bodies leaned forward, panting heavily.

The carriage creaked as if it would fall apart at any moment.

The noise behind made Li Meng, who was driving the carriage, turn his head.

What he saw made Li Meng jump in fright.

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The Goblins, who had squeezed onto the carriage, had formed a mountain of flesh.

Gobu Di, who was the first to get on, was crushed underneath.

"Get off quickly, you're going to break the carriage..."

Before Li Meng could finish his sentence, there was a "crack."

The four wheels of the carriage twisted and collapsed almost simultaneously.

The carriage suddenly sank.

The Goblins on the carriage tumbled off, rolling onto the ground.

Fortunately, Li Meng reacted quickly and jumped off in time.

Looking at the disastrous scene of the accident, Li Meng's mouth twitched.

"You fools!"

Li Meng's roar suddenly echoed through the tribe.

The sound was so loud that it startled birds and beasts in a large area of the forest.

The female Lizardmen watching the commotion giggled.

The Goblins at that moment were truly comical.

The Goblins who got up shrank their necks and smiled ingratiatingly.

They backed away, their eyes wandering.

As soon as the boss's gaze moved away from them, they would immediately run away.

Taking a deep breath, Li Meng grinned fiercely.

"Since you're here, let's get things done!"

"Follow me, bring some food."

"Call everyone who hasn't come, gather at the Iron Cave!"

With that, Li Meng strode towards the direction of the Iron Cave.

Watching the boss's departing figure, the higher-ranking Goblins looked at each other.

At that moment, they felt a bit panicked.

But since the boss had said so, they had no choice but to follow.

"I... I'll go get food!"

"Me too!"

And so, Li Meng led a group of higher-ranking Goblins in a grand procession heading north.

Half an hour later, outside the Iron Cave.

Li Meng emerged from the forest, bathed in the scorching sunlight.

Li Meng looked up at the glaring sun.

"This is the place, bring the knife!"

A Goblin quickly handed over a knife.

The knife wasn't big, resembling a kitchen knife.

"Bring the meat!"

There was movement in the cave.

More than ten Goblins carried a wild boar carcass, panting as they approached.

They set it down less than three meters from Li Meng.

Holding the kitchen knife, Li Meng turned to look at the higher-ranking Goblins.

There were a lot of them, nearly a hundred.

Most were Big Goblins and Goblin Soldiers.

"Now, I'm going to teach you how to store food!"

Although Goblins eat carrion, they prefer fresh meat.

They can get the necessary moisture from the meat alone.

Therefore, it's rare to see Goblins drinking water directly.

Even if they do drink, they don't drink much.

Drinking too much can lead to diarrhea at best, water intoxication at worst.

Making jerky is very simple.

You can remove the moisture from the meat by drying and roasting it.

Dried jerky can be preserved for a longer time without rotting.

The next day, in the afternoon.

Outside the Iron Cave.

"Boss, I... I don't like eating jerky!"

Looking down at the jerky in his hand, Gobu Di had a mournful expression.

"You have to eat it even if you don't like it. It may not taste good, but it fills your stomach and gives you strength to fight. During wars with other Barbarians and humans, we can't waste time hunting. Eat!"

Since yesterday, the first batch of jerky had already dried.

There were several racks on the open ground outside the Iron Cave.

Strips of jerky hung from the racks.

Facing the boss's gaze, Gobu Di had no choice but to force the jerky into his mouth and chew.

As he chewed, Gobu Di's eyes lit up.

His big mouth kept moving, eating with great relish.

After a while, the jerky was finally chewed and swallowed.

"How does it taste?"

Gobu Di quickly nodded.

"Boss, it's very chewy, the more I chew, the tastier it gets!"

Li Meng grinned, feeling very satisfied.

It seemed Goblins could accept jerky after all.

Li Meng glanced around at his higher-ranking Goblin underlings.

"Remember what I taught you, this is dry food, and you must learn to prepare it yourselves!"

The Goblin underlings nodded repeatedly.

The process of making jerky wasn't complicated.

They had memorized it and would try it out when they returned.

"Alright, disperse!"

The higher-ranking Goblins scattered in a rush.

They all entered the forest, heading towards the tribe.

Li Meng turned and entered the Iron Cave.

Benben was about to return, bringing back a large group of Ogres.

Ogres couldn't be exposed to sunlight.

Therefore, they needed to be equipped with full-body armor.

With armor shielding them, they wouldn't have to fear sunlight.

However, making the armor couldn't be rushed.

The sizes of the Ogres would definitely vary.

If not custom-made, the armor wouldn't be comfortable for them to wear.

They could first forge the weapons needed for the Ogres.

In the following days, Li Meng stayed in the Iron Cave and didn't go anywhere.

Some things outside were quietly happening.

The future predicted by the simulated life could be changed.

But some things were bound to happen.

And Li Meng wouldn't stop the events that triggered them.