Looking at the white salt in the bowl, Shi Meng and the others focused their attention on the mountains nearby.
Although there are not many places that can be mined, even so, if this place is fully developed, it will be enough to feed the Tengshe Tribe for many years.
Before Song Xuan could say anything, someone took the initiative and started banging stones again. If the salt was exchanged for food, the busy work of so many people in one day would be much faster than hunting.
Even if you can't trade with other tribes, you can save money by eating it yourself. Everyone can understand this simple truth, so everyone works very hard.
Song Xuan did not continue to refine the salt. The current steps have been basically determined. Even if there are slight adjustments later, the changes will not be big. The main thing is that the equipment may need to be upgraded.
The pot used for eating in the tribe is still a bit too deep. You can make the mouth of the pot larger, and then make it a little shallower. It is not a problem. It is not difficult to solve this problem. As long as Song Xuan of the current new kiln does not say the size is too high. It's outrageous. There's no big problem in burning the stone.
For filtering, you can just make a few more in the tribe later, or you can even have the stone burn some pottery that fits the size.
It is easier to use pottery. At least the opening on the top can be made into a funnel shape, which saves a little effort when pouring.
At this time, Song Xuan thought of a new equipment. During the initial refining, he could make a larger pot, or a vat, which might be more appropriate. Calculate the amount of stones that need to be put in each time, and put them on top of the sediment. A finger or two allows the stone to leave a spout when making pottery.
When heating like this, you can plug it with something, as long as it doesn't leak. After the heating is completed, the large impurities inside will have settled down, and the water can be released directly from the spout, so that when the time comes It will save a lot of effort.
Of course, these are all Song Xuan's ideas. What needs to be considered at this time is where to refine the salt.
The safest way is to crush the ore and transport it back to the tribe, and then find a separate place to slowly refine it. The refined salt can be sent directly to the warehouse, but this long-distance transportation is very expensive. Increased burden of manpower and material resources.
The best way is to mine and refine it on the spot, and just carry the salt back when the time comes. However, this also has risks, that is, it is easy to be discovered. After all, if you refine it here, you will definitely need a large gathering place. And the number of people coming each time cannot be too small, which will definitely increase the risk of being discovered.
So Song Xuan called Shi Meng over, in order to ask him about the specific location of the valley and to discuss it with him.
Song Xuan only knew that this place was in the north of the tribe. After leaving the tribe, he went around east and west, and most of the way he walked was in the forest, which made him really confused.
"Angel, this is in the northwest of the tribe!"
"How's the way from Karasuba?"
"It's far away..."
Before he finished speaking, it was clear that Shi Meng understood what Song Xuan meant, but fortunately, this place was far away from the direction where Wu Yu mainly came.
And according to Shi Meng's description, walking northeast from here, there are two large mountain ranges, and further east is the mountain pass. Although the mountains here are not high, these two mountains are very ups and downs. , the terrain is very complex, unless the Wuyu tribe can make great efforts to go around from the west, it will be difficult to discover this place.
After getting the confirmed results, Song Xuan finally felt a little relieved. At least among the tribes that have been discovered around here, the one who needs to worry about now is the Wuyu tribe. Even the previously very powerful Kite tribe, now Teng She's The population is almost the same as him.
Moreover, Song Xuan is confident that Teng She's overall strength will definitely be much stronger than theirs. From the exchange meeting, it can be seen that the quality of everyone's weapons is very average, and the long-range capabilities are the same as Teng She's before. The main weapon is the javelin.
At least in terms of distance, they are already two levels better than the Soaring Snake Tribe. Whether it is a sling or a bow and arrow, they are more stable and accurate than a javelin.
The other small tribes of sixty or seventy people are not to be feared. Song Xuan has no idea of becoming king and hegemony. The best thing is for everyone to develop together. Otherwise, if you want to annex them, it is not special at present. difficulty.
Of course, the consequences of this kind of forced annexation will naturally be very serious. Either the people will be killed and left alone, or the people will be captured as slaves. In fact, neither result is very good.
The surrounding area is so vast, and the tribes are close to each other for dozens of miles. Teng She can't even use up the space she occupies, let alone occupy other people's territory.
As for the manpower, in Song Xuan's opinion, catching so many slaves was far inferior to joining the Soaring Snake Tribe willingly. It was a laborious and laborious task to find ways to keep an eye on the captured slaves.
Therefore, peaceful development is the best thing. Since there are no tribes to worry about, direct extraction here is the best situation.
Song Xuan has not thought about selling them for the time being. If he only uses them in his own tribe, he does not need to build a lot or send people to garrison them for a long time. He can just build a few simple sheds and wait for a while. A group of people were sent over here to spend some time refining some of it, and then carry it back to the tribe.
If you optimize the equipment and find a way to find a water source around you, the refining speed should not be too slow.
It’s not that Song Xuan doesn’t want to sell it. First, everyone has already identified the Wolf Tribe for trading. Although the Wolf Tribe cannot fully meet everyone’s needs, there are not many free parts. If possible, Song Xuan did not refuse to do this business.
But if you really want to snatch food from their mouths, it is probably not an easy task. As the saying goes, destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents. The same is true here. Although I don't know where the salt of the wolf tribe comes from. Yes, but I think it’s a big price to pay, otherwise it wouldn’t be sold so expensively.
If Soaring Snake really wants to compete with them, it is estimated that the Wolf Tribe will have to work hard in the end. Although the salt sold every year is not much, the price is relatively high, so the Wolf Tribe is developing quite well, and the entire tribe has nearly one Hundreds of people.
It is not a wise thing to provoke such a tribe, but it is not that the current Teng She can't offend him. If the two sides fight with real swords and guns, Teng She will definitely not be cowardly, but he is afraid that they will just tolerate it like Teng She. development.
Song Xuan still wants to understand the source of their salt. After all, the output does not look like it was mined by himself. You must know that even in such a small valley, if it is fully mined, there is still no problem with seven or eight kilograms a day.
But the wolf tribe doesn't seem to bring much salt every time, only a few hundred kilograms. They don't want to earn this money, and Song Xuan doesn't believe it at all, so there is only one possibility. Their salt may be big. Part of it does not come from doing it myself.
Ever since he learned the location of the Wolf Tribe, Song Xuan had always had a suspicion in his mind that their salt might come from the Wuyu Tribe. However, after comparison and analysis, it was found that the salt from the two tribes were not exactly the same. It is obviously purer than that of the wolf tribe.
Song Xuan didn't want to take action easily until the matter was understood.
Of course, there is another main reason. Teng She cannot send too many people to stay here for a long time. If you want to fully develop this place, you will need at least twenty or thirty people.
If there is no way to divert water, the number of people will be much higher. With so many people refining salt here for many years, the harvest of the tribe will be greatly reduced.
You must know that even the current Soaring Snake Tribe cannot meet the survival needs of the entire tribe through just one way. Whether it is hunting, gathering, or even fishing, they all occupy a very important position, and it can even be said that they are indispensable.
Dozens of people stay here, which is a very big investment. If they can exchange enough things, it will be fine, but if there is a quarrel with the wolf tribe, it will be difficult to say.
If the Tengshe tribe did not save enough food during this period, then to be honest, the risk would still be too great. Neither Song Xuan nor Shi Meng would dare to take this risk now.
In the foreseeable future, both Song Xuan and Shi Meng knew that there would definitely be a big battle between Teng She and the Wuyu tribe. It was only a matter of time, so Teng She must accumulate enough food now, and no matter when the time comes, Whether you take the initiative or defend passively, you will definitely not be able to go hunting for a long time.
From the current point of view, Song Xuan feels that it will take at least half a year to feel at ease, but it is still far from enough at the same time, especially after the Blackwater Tribe joined. Although they increased their manpower, they did not bring any physical objects.
Of course, the current output is roughly estimated by Song Xuan, because after all, rocks that can be mined are not available everywhere, and it is also difficult to do so. The entire step from smashing the rock ore down to breaking it into powder and finally refining it is still very time-consuming. Time.
But no matter what, if you mine it casually, there will definitely be no problem here to meet the daily needs of the tribe. A dozen or twenty people will be busy for seven or eight days, which should be enough for a while.
If the output is more, it can also fill the vacancy of the wolf tribe, which would be a good thing.
