After just one day of getting used to it, Shi Meng took Shui Yun and the others on a hunting trip.
The general direction has been explained clearly to them, and they have also simulated it several times with a target. As for the small coordination, they can just get used to it slowly during hunting.
The current hunting team has more than sixty people, which is larger than the entire population of the Soaring Snake Tribe when they first came here.
At the same time, Shihua also took the women of the Blackwater Tribe out to pick wild fruits. Except for a few fruits, most of the fruits were not that fresh and sweet, at least they did not taste like the fruits Song Xuan had eaten before. those feelings of happiness.
The skin of most fruits is relatively thick, and the core is relatively large, so there is not much that can be eaten, but even so, it can at least relieve the greasy feeling of eating meat every day.
Considering that there were more and more people in the tribe, Song Xuan asked Shihua and the others to clean up as much as possible around the fruit trees when they went out to pick wild fruits, so as to give the fruit trees a better growth condition.
Unfortunately, no large-scale fruit groves were found around the tribe.
Since there are no wild ones, they can only cultivate them by themselves, so Song Xuan also let them see that smaller trees can be dug back. It would also be good to circle a piece of land around the tribe specifically for planting fruit trees.
This season is quite suitable for planting trees, but if it comes to autumn, they may not be able to survive.
In order to facilitate picking, the location of the fruit forest is not too far away, just on a mountainous area four to five hundred meters away from Teng She.
It is still in the preliminary stage of conception, but Song Xuan has already started to take a few prisoners and start to pack the firebreak around the orchard. It will still be the same as the rice field, just use a fire to burn it clean, and plant trees. It doesn’t have to be as troublesome as planting rice. It can be used after it is almost burned.
The rice in the tribe has been planted for two months. Even though it has rained for more than half a month, it seems that the rice is growing very well so far, and there are no accidents.
Song Xuan's current hope is that they can successfully grow rice. In this way, combined with the current plan, within two or three years, Teng She will no longer have to rely on hunting as the main way to obtain food.
However, there are still many areas that need improvement, and we still have to do it slowly and step by step.
Although Shuiyun and the others joined the tribe, after the two groups left, the previous calm was almost restored.
Song Xuan also gave himself a rare task, which was to teach the children of the Blackwater Tribe for an hour or two every afternoon.
These children have relatively strong learning abilities, and using them as a breakthrough point can also speed up Shuiyun and the others' overall learning of Mandarin. This has been tested on Teng She, and the results are pretty good.
At the same time, when they were fishing, Song Xuan also told the children of the Tengshe Tribe that as long as they have been taught, they should try to let them speak out. Understanding them is definitely not Song Xuan’s ultimate goal, and explaining them clearly is the most important thing. .
The original language has a large number of words that cannot be expressed, and the meaning can only be conveyed through drawings. Although it is a big torment for them to learn Mandarin, it becomes much more convenient after learning it.
Soon the first joint hunting team returned to the tribe. Compared with the past, the time this time was not particularly long. They only went out for four days, but the harvest was quite rich.
There were more than a dozen sheep alone. Seeing the sheepskins around everyone's waist, Song Xuan estimated that this was a litter.
However, after putting down the prey, Shi Meng came over mysteriously, took a white stone from his arms, and said to Song Xuan
"Angel, look what this is?"
Song Xuan took the stone. Although the surface was white, part of it rubbed off when he touched it with his hand.
Song Xuan was not an ore expert. He looked around and couldn't understand it, but he always felt familiar. The stone was not very hard and would easily break into pieces when collided with ordinary stones.
Seeing Shi Meng's mysterious look, Song Xuan suddenly had an idea.
He put his finger stained with white powder on his tongue and licked it. Sure enough, a bitter and salty taste immediately filled his mouth.
Song Xuan looked at Shi Meng and said excitedly:
"Salt? This is salt!"
Seeing that Song Xuan had actually researched it, Shi Meng nodded slightly disappointedly, but then responded excitedly:
"Yes, the angel is salt!"
Then he told us about his experiences on this trip. This time, because there were more people, Shi Meng took everyone to a place that had not been penetrated before. Sure enough, the prey here did not disappoint everyone, large and small. There are so many varieties.
Although it was the first time to hunt, everyone cooperated very well. Shuiyun and the others also brought great help to everyone. There was no feeling of being unfamiliar at all, and they integrated very quickly.
On the third day of hunting, Shui Yun took the lead and discovered a group of sheep on their way. At this time, the sheep happened to have reached the mouth of a valley, so Shui Yun did not take action immediately and immediately notified Shi Meng not far away.
This valley was completely surrounded by stones and was extremely steep, which was not common around Soaring Snake. When Shi Meng and the others arrived, the sheep had not come out yet.
The two discussed it and decided to investigate the situation and catch them all in one fell swoop. However, since the last time he made a fool of himself, Shi Meng no longer forced himself to capture them alive.
Seeing that there were only two paths around to escape, after arranging the manpower, the attack began.
The valley was not long, only about a hundred meters long. After blocking the exit, Shi Meng rushed in with his men.
After walking around for dozens of meters, the scenery in front of me suddenly became clear, and I saw these sheep licking the stones on the cliff.
Seeing Shi Meng and others rushing over, the sheep were not panicked at first, but were very surprised. Then they thought of running away, but at this time, the front and back roads were blocked by Teng She's people. .
It's not that easy to escape now. Soon all the dozen sheep were wiped out. Not one of them could escape, and two were even caught directly.
Only then did Shi Meng look at the rocks around him. It was well known that sheep ate grass, but this was the first time he had seen them eating rocks.
Shi Meng, who was very curious, imitated a sheep and licked the stone while everyone was not paying attention. This lick made him freeze on the spot.
But fortunately, he reacted quickly and didn't even take action. He secretly took a piece back to the tribe. This hunting ended here. Fortunately, enough prey was obtained, and the previously planned run-in was It was also done very well, so it did not arouse the suspicion of others.
There is nothing wrong with being so cautious as a leader, especially since there are many prisoners in the team. Although they seem to be more obedient at the moment, there is still some risk after all.
There were twelve captives who went hunting alone. Although being able to go hunting meant that they had gained a certain amount of trust from Teng She, both Song Xuan and Shi Meng were always on guard against them.
Such as the making of bows and arrows and the making of pottery, these are areas that they cannot touch.
Not to mention that this stone might be salt. After tasting the salty taste, Song Xuan had basically determined that this should be the legendary mineral salt.
And the salt content is quite good as it is very salty.
The importance of salt in this era is self-evident. The Karasuba tribe relied on this thing to make a fortune, and it still exploits a large number of tribesmen to work for him.
There was even a period of time when Teng She was a little panicked due to the shortage of salt. Although she didn't know the reason, everyone knew that if she didn't replenish salt for a long time, her physical strength would not be as good as before.
In this era where hunting and gathering were the main livelihood, lack of power basically spelled the demise of the tribe.
Fortunately, in this year's exchange conference, the Soaring Snake and Wolf tribes exchanged some. In addition to the previous efforts of the Black Feather tribe to exchange prisoners, it has basically been able to meet the needs of the tribe for one year.
Because the main food is still meat, the use of salt is not as exaggerated as Song Xuan's previous life. He only needs to put some in the soup every time to replenish the entire tribe.
Although it is used sparingly, the value of salt is indeed extremely high. A bowl of salt for a sheep is simply a sky-high price for Song Xuan. It is obviously killing him, but Teng She has not discovered the relevant resources before. We can only let them slaughter us.
If the rock mine discovered this time can be mined, it will solve a big problem for Tengshe. At least for the main resources, Tengshe no longer has to rely on other tribes.
It is better to have your father and mother than to have it yourself. This kind of strategic resource is still in your own hands, which is more reassuring.
The two discussed for a while and decided to start the next hunting tomorrow and at the same time try to mine the salt ore in the valley.
After dinner, when all the prisoners returned to the prisoner's courtyard, Song Xuan summoned several leaders over, including Shui Yun.
Yanba is not a trivial matter to Teng She, and Song Xuan and Shi Meng alone will definitely not be able to get it, so there is no need to keep it so tightly secret from their own people.
But Shuiyun Songxuan also thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to ask him to come over.
Although he had just joined the tribe for the first time, if he hid it from him, it would definitely not have any impact on the outside. However, Song Xuan thought that Shuiyun would definitely feel a little uncomfortable at that time, and hiding it would definitely be a form of distrust. Performance.
As long as the salt mine is mined, it will naturally be impossible to hide it. It will only take half a month at most. Song Xuan thought about it and told him in advance. It seemed more appropriate and it could also win over people's hearts. .
Sure enough, everyone was very shocked when they heard Song Xuan said that this might be a salt ore. Both tribes had paid a lot of money for this. They couldn't bear to eat the things they hunted, so they had to exchange them. salt.
Everyone knew its importance without Song Xuan having to say anything. Xiang Shuiyun looked around nervously and felt relieved when he saw that there was no one around.
