Although Wu Yun was also very interested in this glaze bowl with a very smooth surface, he surprisingly did not question Lang Chi.
After playing with it carefully, Wu Yun showed an expression of victory. Just when Lang Chi thought that the matter was over, who would have thought that Wu Yun's face suddenly changed, and the bowl in his hand was slammed to the ground. .
"Bang!"
This moody behavior scared Lang Chi and everyone in the Wolf tribe to kneel on the ground, not daring to take a breath.
After throwing the bowl, Dark Cloud's face suddenly turned sunny.
"Haha, leader Langchi, get up!"
"It's up to you to lead the way from now on!"
"Yes~"
Seeing that the dark cloud was still the same dark cloud he was familiar with, Lang Chi climbed up shakily.
Facing the dark clouds, Lang Chi had no choice but to brace himself. He also knew that the consequences of provoking the dark clouds would definitely not be something the Wolf tribe could bear.
"Lang Chi, tell me about the surrounding situation!"
"There were a total of eleven tribes around Chief Wuyun, namely the Wolf Tribe, the Bear Tribe, and the Kite Tribe..."
Before Lang Chi could finish his introduction, Wu Yun interrupted him directly:
"Where's Soaring Snake?"
"The Soaring Snake is to the west of the Wolf Tribe. It takes about five days to get there by boat~"
"Haha~"
Lang Chi was also confused by this hehe, and had no idea what Wu Yun meant.
"Go on!"
Then, Lang Chi introduced the situation of each tribe to Wu Yun in detail, especially the disappearance of the Black Water Tribe. Of course, the disappearance of the Black Water Tribe was not taken seriously by Wu Yun. After all, in his opinion, there were only fifty or sixty people. Tribes don't need attention.
However, Lang Chi did not tell the whole story. He had never told the Black Feather Tribe about the Sheep Tribe. This time, he still hid it even in front of Wu Yun.
Of course, if I didn’t mention it before, it was entirely because Lang Chi had other thoughts. Wuyu is located in the north, with thousands of people in the tribe, and has long-term control of scarce resources such as salt mines, allowing the Wolf tribe to make profits from it even as a second-tier dealer. Some.
But most of the proceeds were turned over to the Black Feather Tribe, and the Wolf Tribe's life was far from as easy as other tribes imagined.
According to everyone's exchange quantity, the Wolf Tribe can actually make a living on this, but the reality is that the tribe still needs to hunt like other tribes to meet its daily needs. After all, the profits of seven kilograms of ten kilograms of salt have been taken away by the Wuyu Tribe. , the rest is barely enough to earn money for running errands.
Although the Black Feather Tribe apparently does not have the strength in the south, it still controls everyone's life through the Wolf Tribe.
As time went by, Lang Chi came up with the idea of getting rid of the Black Feather Tribe. Of course, in order to get rid of it, his own tribe must first have enough strength.
"Lang Chi, I heard that a lot of salt was lost this year. What's going on?"
Seeing that he still couldn't escape after all, Lang Chi could only tell the set of reasons he had prepared.
It's just that there has been too much rain in the past two years, which has caused considerable losses to the various tribes downstream. With fewer people, the demand for salt has naturally decreased. It just so happened that the Blackwater Tribe was available to prove it, so it was reluctant to give up. He got away with it.
Wu Yun didn't take it to heart. After all, this was just one of the many incidents King Wu told him when he set out. Although Wu Yun was not the kind of person with strong limbs and a developed mind, in his opinion, these dozen or so tribes were still alive. It won't be long, but there is no big need to ask Lang Chi these questions now.
After explaining to Wu Yun for a long time, Lang Chi was also thirsty, but Wu Yun didn't say anything. He didn't even dare to take another sip of water. He could only swallow the water that was gone and continued talking.
Although Wu Yun did not take these ten tribes seriously, he still listened to Lang Chi's explanation with great interest, especially the number and development of each tribe.
After all, he has experienced hundreds of battles. Although the enemy is weak, Wu Yun also knows that a tiger will use all his strength to catch a rabbit.
"Lang Chi, which tribe do you think we should start with?"
Hearing Wu Yun's inquiry, Lang Chi knelt down in fear again. Although he had roughly understood Wu Yun's purpose this time, letting him choose the primary target was also very stressful for Lang Chi. of.
Even though the Wolf tribe has mastered resources like salt and has to pay a high price, after so many years of getting along, there is still affection between everyone, and Lang Chi has already had additional ideas about the surrounding tribes. It's just that the Wolf Tribe's development has been a little slower, but he had planned to launch operations in the past few years, but the emergence of Soaring Snake disrupted it.
Especially when Teng Snake could also go to Yanba to exchange things with the surrounding tribes, Lang Chi regarded Teng Snake as his biggest enemy, especially when he saw Teng Snake becoming more and more powerful.
But no matter how you look at it, this is an internal matter within the dozen or so tribes of your own. As a result, after planning for so many years, you are going to be picked by the Wuyu tribe. Naturally, you feel a little uncomfortable for a while.
There was a lot of thought in his head, but it only happened for a moment. Seeing that Wu Yun was a little impatient, Lang Chi hurriedly said:
"How about we start from the Soaring Snake Tribe first!"
He still had some feelings for Lang Chi from other tribes, but he had no such feelings for Teng She Lang Chi. So when Wu Yun asked him, although he knew this was not the best plan, the first one he said was still Teng Snake. tribe.
"Hahahahahaha..."
After hearing Lang Chi's choice, Wu Yun laughed crazily, as if this decision was very funny.
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Hearing Wu Yun's cheers, Lang Chi thought Wu Yun agreed to his suggestion, and was about to rejoice, but unexpectedly Wu Yun suddenly said:
"Okay, let's start with the Kite Tribe!"
Although Wu Yun was stunned by Wu Yun's way of speaking, thinking about it carefully, this is also consistent with the situation of the Wu Yu tribe's trip. After all, among the surrounding tribes, the Kite tribe is the one with the largest number of people.
This is even more so in Wu Yun's eyes. There are only three tribes that he can put in his eyes, namely the Kite Tribe, the Bear Tribe and the Soaring Snake Tribe. Although the Bear Tribe has strong fighting power, Wu Yun is also very interested in the warriors of his own tribe. confidence.
And the most important thing is that the population of the Bear Tribe is not very large, and it has not yet exceeded 100, so no matter how strong it is, it will not be much stronger.
Although the Soaring Snake tribe has a large number of people, judging from the current situation, it only has about a hundred people, and this includes the prisoners who were captured by Soaring Snake before.
From Wu Yun's point of view, these twenty-odd captives would definitely make a decision the moment they saw him coming, and it was very possible that they might even defect on the spot. Then the Soaring Snake Tribe would have nothing to fear.
On the contrary, the Kite tribe with the largest number of people is more challenging. One hundred, sixty and seventy people are not considered a small tribe in this era. In the eyes of Wu Yun, since he has come over, he will start with the most powerful tribe, and then like The autumn wind swept through the southern tribes like fallen leaves, and finally returned in triumph.
After all, they brought three hundred warriors, so it is not difficult to achieve such a goal.
And with the wolf tribe as a guide, whether it is traveling to various tribes or conquering them, it has become a lot easier, and these hundreds of people have already been regarded as something in his pocket when the dark clouds came over. , they are the best human shields.
After confirming the direction of each tribe with Lang Chi, they began to formulate specific plans, although they had been discussed in the tribe for a long time.
But after all, there were no maps in this era, and most of the information was summarized from Lang Chi's few words. Naturally, it was not as detailed as the detailed face-to-face questioning now.
Knowing that Wu Yun would not listen to his suggestions, Lang Chi fully played the role of a tool man, answering one sentence and saying nothing more. Soon the specific conquest plan was released, starting with the Kite tribe, and then the Xiong tribe. Tribes, and then go around to Teng She. Once the three major tribes are eliminated, the other tribes will not be a concern.
But the biggest problem is that people in each tribe are basically still taking advantage of the last period of time to get enough food. Not all of them are in the tribe. When the dark clouds are gone, they naturally want to kill them once and for all. If they can, they will kill them. Kill them, and take the rest back to the Black Feather Tribe and become prisoners.
After thinking for a while, Wu Yun set his eyes on Lang Chi, and a chill suddenly surged directly from the soles of Lang Chi's feet.
"Leader Langchi, this time we have to..."
………………
Now the area around Soaring Snake is covered with rice, and there is not even a place to pass. Everyone can only go around the edge of the woods.
This year it seems that the preparations are not particularly adequate. Although I have taken the time to level the surrounding open space, the area is still too small. Once the number increases, it will not be enough.
But fortunately, the weather was good, the sun-baked ones were a little thicker, and the new ones were spread thinner, so they could barely accommodate them.
Looking at the remaining rice fields, only ten pieces had not yet been harvested. Everyone also speeded up their work. Although the harvest had not been completed, the first two batches of rice had been transported back to the granary, filling an entire grain bin. cellar.
Not much, just about three thousand kilograms.
Song Xuan still made some mistakes in estimating the capacity of the grain cellar. Now it seems that nine grain cellars are really too much. Calculated at three thousand kilograms each, it is at least twenty-five thousand kilograms. This is the most in the tribe this year. That's about 15,000 to 6,000 kilograms, which means that a whole room of grain cellars may not be of use.
But fortunately, most of the grain cellars were made in time, and everyone's hunting and gathering time was not wasted. Moreover, if it is not used this year, there will be less work next year. The scale next year will definitely be much different from this year, even if it is ahead of schedule. Be prepared.
Most of the people were still responsible for harvesting the rice, but considering the mental state of Shi San and the other two, Song Xuan just let everyone take turns and choose from the twenty or so people who stood up on the first day.
The situation was unclear at the time, and there were many people willing to take charge of threshing. Song Xuan was also very active in writing down everything. Although it may not be complete, it should not be a problem until the rice harvest is completed.
If everyone works hard, the next ten acres of land will be harvested tomorrow. Of course, the threshing has not been completed so quickly, and only half of it has been threshed so far. After the work is completed, everyone will be added to it. .
Although there is no threshing house, Song Xuan also figured out that the center of the open space directly opposite the tribe is an excellent place. Although it is not large, it is still dozens of meters wide.
If you beat it in the center, no matter what, there is still a piece of rice with it, and it will not splash too far. If you want to build a house now, it is too late to wait for it to dry. It is better to do it directly here faster.
Just as Song Xuan expected, all the rice was successfully harvested the next day. Seeing that the rice fields that were golden nine days ago were now bare, everyone in Tengshe inevitably felt a sense of accomplishment.
Even most of the prisoners were like this. They were involved in the entire process from planting to harvesting the rice, and they did the most work.
The most important thing is that after the rice is harvested, it will definitely enter their stomachs. After all, going out to work is still work, and it is much safer in the tribe.
Regardless of whether it is hunting or gathering in dangerous places, these captives are the ones who rush to the front. The first choice is naturally those who are not very obedient. After all, more than half of them have joined Soaring Snakes now. They are still better than the die-hards. few.
But no matter how you go to the wild, there are still risks. Even if you climb a tree to pick fruits, you have the greatest risk of making a mistake. Many people have fallen badly because of this.
As for those who fell to death, of course, this has not happened in Tengshe in the past two years, but injuries are still inevitable, not to mention when going hunting, what is in hand is not the best weapon, and you still need to run in The risks on the front line against beasts can be imagined, and even in Soaring Snake, some people died.
Compared with these things, although planting and harvesting rice will be a little tiring, there is basically no need to consider safety. You can even take the time to drink water and be lazy when you are tired.
Naturally, this is basically not allowed during hunting. Although they run the most and do the most tiring work, the hunting team does not consider rest at all. Shi Meng and others usually arrange it according to their own situation, completely Fromon's thoughts will not be taken into account.
From the perspective of the captives, working in the tribe is much easier. The most important thing is that it only happens twice a year, and the total time is only a few months.
After all, it has been more than a year since they came to Tengshe, and Song Xuan did not hide anything about rice from them. Most of the prisoners knew the news about the same as the people who were ejected. After all, only a few people knew the specific planting. That’s all.
Most people only participated in the process of reclamation, planting and harvesting. As for the control of water volume in the rice fields and the control of solar terms, they did not know in detail. However, as the area became larger and larger, some people in the tribe It will definitely increase gradually, and everyone will know more details by then. Song Xuan cannot worry about everything like this forever, and it is not difficult to grow rice. At least it is not difficult to keep them alive.
After the rice was harvested, everyone eagerly joined the threshing team. Now there was no need to laugh. It was the turn of the two people responsible for threshing. After a busy day, there was basically no big difference. The dust on the entire open space was so gray that it took a long time to completely disperse.
Of course, although the work is a bit dirty and tiring, the effect is very obvious. The task that originally took seven or eight days to complete has been solved in one day with the help of dozens of people.
All of a sudden, the open space for drying was not enough. Song Xuan could only let everyone find a suitable place to spread the rice. Even the tribe was covered with rice.
Just when everyone was busy working in full swing, a light rain suddenly fell from the sky. Fortunately, it came and went quickly. It only rained for a while and then stopped, and the ground was not even wet.
Of course, the rice outside is still a little more suitable, but fortunately it is not serious, and it will come back after one more day of sunshine. This also strengthens Song Xuan's idea of clearing out enough open space next year.
There are open spaces all around the tribe, but except for the two areas in front of it, the other two directions cannot be used for the time being. Although the trees above have been cut down and burned for the safety of the tribe, the roots of the trees have not been removed. It fell off, but it still stood out in a daze.
After all, the purpose at that time was to keep enough vision, but if you want to dry the grain properly, these tree roots have to be completely removed for the time being. However, since Teng said there is such a need, he will just deal with it in a targeted manner.
Although it is troublesome, these hundred acres of rice fields have been cleared away. A few open spaces are not difficult for Teng She. Moreover, there is a long stretch of grassland in the south of the tribe. When the time comes, it will be cleaned up and it will also be a very good place for drying. .
After another busy day, everyone finally finished processing all the rice. All the straw was scattered in the rice fields across the river. When it is completely dry, it can be piled up and then burned as desired. .
Although the rice has not been completely dried, most of the tasks have been completed. As long as God gives it a hand, all the rice can be transported into the granary in four or five days.
Naturally, I will not be so tired after that. At most, I will turn over the rice with a bone shovel every day to let it dry more evenly. After drying, I will shovel it into the basket bit by bit and transport it back to the tribe. among.
This little work is nothing to everyone who has been busy for more than ten days, so Song Xuan did not wait for it to be completely finished, but took everyone into the carnival today.
Although there was no hunting for ten days, Song Xuan very generously asked Shi Meng to kill five sheep. Although it was not a lot, it was barely enough for everyone. Moreover, before sunset, all the rice was threshed. Song Xuan also asked Shihua and the others to rush out some rice.
Including rabbits and random things, this can be said to be the most sumptuous meal in recent times. Of course, everyone has eaten well in the past ten days. After all, the hard worker Song Xuan also made Shi Yan Enough meat.
It was a rare time to relax. After working for more than ten days, everyone was finally able to relax. Although they were very tired, everyone gathered around the bonfire and sang the roughest songs. Song Xuan also joined in and joined everyone. Sing and dance wildly.
Although he has come to a primitive society, Song Xuan has already accepted the reality. Even without the various convenient technologies of the past, this is not a bad thing. Everyone treats themselves better than before in the company. It is completely It was as if he wanted to face the savior again.
The most important thing is that there is no intrigue here at all, and you can fully release your heart. Although each of them is tall and sloppy, they never have any bad intentions. In Song Xuan's view, this is exactly the best thing about everyone. All sides are so cute.
"Woooooo~"
Just as everyone was stretching their bodies wildly, Shi Jiu and Shui Wu also brought accompanying music at the right time. Although they were both bone flutes, Teng She's was obviously more slender, and the tones they played were naturally different. Everyone is a clan witch, and although Shi Jiu is a little more immature, there are still many places where they can communicate.
Especially the water witch has reached his age. Although his life in Tengshe is not worse than before, it can be seen from his white hair and rickety body that he is almost at the end of his life, so he is still relatively modest. The water witch always knows everything about Shi Jiu.
Give Shi Jiu what he has inherited as much as possible. After all, Teng Snake cannot always maintain so many witches from different tribes. Everyone in Blackwater also knows very well that Teng Snake has retained their beliefs to a certain extent. , but it is only a temporary measure.
As they live in Tengshe for longer and longer, they must be fully integrated, even with their beliefs. Of course, Song Xuan also promised them that their totems will always exist in the tribe.
But no matter what, according to Teng She and the current scale, it is definitely impossible for multiple witches to exist at the same time. The existing two are already the limit.
After all, as a witch, there is no need to participate in daily production. Shi Jiu is not familiar with it and was exchanged as a prisoner, so he has no idea in this regard.
Although the water witch knows, he is a latecomer after all, and freeloading is obviously not in line with the situation, so although he is not young, he is still doing what he can to help.
Fortunately, there is Shi Yan in the tribe. Although he is younger than Water Witch, he is also the eldest person on Soaring Snake's side. The two of them formed a pair smoothly, and they usually don't have much work to do. It would be too onerous.
The water witch had already appointed a successor when he was in the Blackwater Tribe, just like Shi Jiu before. Before he came, he got the news that there was no witch on Teng She's side, so he still had some other concerns in his heart. Thoughts, but after knowing about Shi Jiu, he didn't even say anything about it.
Just by looking at Shuiyun, the two of them already knew what to do next. Therefore, in order to ensure that Blackwater's inheritance was still alive, Water Witch could only spare no effort to hand over everything to Shi Jiu.
But fortunately, there is no difference in treating them as expected. They are just like their own people. Song Xuan is also very open-minded about different beliefs. This makes Water Witch feel relieved a lot, even though he has completely joined Teng She. , but for the totem that I have believed in all my life, I still feel a little bit reluctant to let go.
