In the past, if Song Xuan showed this attitude, no one would dare to object, but today, everyone refused to retreat, even Shitou, who had always listened to Song Xuan's words.
song Meng said that most people in the tribe are not able to use it at the moment.
In addition to the stone panel being a must here, you can also use it later to clean up the rice fields. Use an ax to cut off the dug roots, which will also facilitate planting in the next year. Although it is a little less efficient, it is better than setting fire to it. Burn it, or let it rot on its own faster.
"I want a dagger!"
In terms of practicality, the knife is definitely more practical. In terms of handsomeness, the sword is naturally more elegant, but both consume more bronze. For now, I will make do with a dagger. Anyway, Song Xuan usually uses it. It’s not much, and it’s easy to carry a small dagger with you.
After hearing Song Xuan's agreement, everyone retreated, and Shi Ban held the ax in his arms like a treasure.
Although it was determined that bronze could be extracted, Song Xuan did not take the next step, but worked with the stone to figure out a new mold.
In addition to daggers, there are other things in the tribe, but after all, they are made of stones tied to wooden sticks, which is very different from those made of bronze.
Moreover, these things and stones have not been seen before, so he still has to rely on Song Xuan to describe them to him. The method is not difficult. He can directly knead a similar one out of clay. As long as it is burned hard, it can be used as a model.
This template is completely made according to the size that needs to be burned later. After it is baked, you can hold it in your hand and try it out to see if it conforms to daily usage habits. Anyway, it is made of clay, and it is very easy to modify it. Easy, now that it has been confirmed, although they are very excited, everyone is not in a hurry.
Song Xuan also told Shitou that he must make it into the most suitable feel before making a mold. Compared with refining metal, this pottery, which has basically no requirements, is much simpler. It does not need to be like the pottery used by the tribe. Generally, it has to be burned overnight or even longer to maintain sufficient hardness. As long as it is molded, it can hold the copper water without spilling. Anyway, it has to be smashed later, and the quality is poor. Some, on the contrary, are easier.
Now that the kiln needs to be opened, we can simply bake a batch of pottery. After all, winter is coming soon, and it is not that convenient to bake pottery in large quantities. Even now, making clay is very difficult. Unless a big fire is set up next to it, there is absolutely no way to go on.
Shitou also called Shi Tao and Shi Tao over. The current workload was not something he could complete alone. He also needed to make molds. The job of firing pottery could only be left to Shi Tao and Shi Tao. They also followed Shi Shi. I have been learning to make pottery for a long time, and there is no problem in making most pottery, but it usually doesn’t require so many people.
There is no problem for Shitou to do some normal work, but it is still a bit reluctant to walk for a long time or do heavy physical work. If he is allowed to go outside to participate in hunting, it will probably only hinder everyone. It is better to stay in the tribe and study pottery. Anyway, every time the pottery is exchanged, the benefits brought by the pottery to Teng Snake are much more than what one or two people can bring back from hunting.
Compared with the original pottery in the tribe, the current pottery in the tribe is not only much thinner and lighter, but also harder. Everyone can see these changes.
So even if they didn't participate in the hunting, no one would complain.
But after all, kaolin has not been discovered, and the porcelain Song Xuan wants cannot be made for the time being. Fortunately, the current pottery is a little uglier, and there is no problem in using it. The stone has even begun to think about drawing patterns on it. However, I haven't found a suitable pigment yet, so now I can only make some black patterns. Although they are not that beautiful, they can still shock everyone in the tribe.
After all, it is the icing on the cake. Song Xuan neither supports nor objects to this. Just let Shitou figure it out by himself. Anyway, it will not delay the usual production.
The production of various weapon models should take a day or two to be completed, so Song Xuan stopped delaying things here and went to work in the fields with everyone.
The ax that was originally going to be refurbished has also been brought here. Shi Ban has already wedged the handle. It is relatively smooth, at least more comfortable than the stone axes in the tribe. However, it is still somewhat heavier, but if it is used to chop things, this weight Not only will it not make people feel more tired, but it will also be easier and less labor-intensive to use.
Since Shi Meng and others did not choose the stone ax at the beginning, Song Xuan also counterattacked a little and handed the bronze ax to Shi Yu and asked him to chop down the tree roots with him.
Although Shi Yu knew about the bronze weapons, Song Xuan did not keep him here before. After all, he would definitely use bronze arrows in the future. If paired with bronze weapons, under the current conditions, it would be better than other arrows. Everyone is using it more.
Song Xuan had talked a lot with Shi Yu on the way back, so he didn't give it to him this time, and Shi Yu didn't care at all. Compared with those things, the status of bows and arrows in his mind was obviously much more important.
Without bows and arrows, Shi Yu might have remained ordinary in the tribe. Although his strength was not weak, there was nothing outstanding about him.
But after having arrows, his role when participating in hunting is sometimes greater than the sum of several people. The same is true in battle. When the enemy enters the attack range, he starts shooting, even if only four or five arrows are shot. That also means that it can reduce the number of four or five people on the opposite side, and basically all the arrows are fired. Even if they cannot be killed on the spot, there is still no problem in temporarily losing their combat effectiveness.
So after Song Xuan promised to make him some bronze arrowheads, Shi Yu was no longer interested in other weapons. At this time, Shi Yu had already used the arrowheads collected from the archers of the Wuyu tribe and installed them On top of Soaring Snake's arrow shaft.
Although the penetrating power cannot be as strong as real bronze, the power is obviously much better than that made from ordinary bones. However, it is not without its shortcomings, that is, the ones made from ore are still rougher after all, and the size Very uneven.
For an expert like Shi Yu, changes in weight are still quite sensitive, not to mention that the smallest ore arrowhead can be nearly half smaller than the largest one. Although Shi Yu tied up several of them excitedly, he still shot a few arrows. Then, he placed it in the deepest part of his quiver.
Although the power has become much greater, the feel is much worse, and the accuracy of the past has been lost. The deviation between the aiming place and the shooting part is still quite large. For masters, such errors are really unacceptable.
After all, bronze weapons are the secret of the tribe. Although they are refined from Karasuba's weapons, those who believe in Karasuba do not believe that the stone in their hands will become so shiny one day.
In order not to attract attention, Song Xuan and Shi Yu could only stay away from the large army and drove the prisoners farther away. At the same time, they also put the ax in the mud and rolled it around. Although they felt a little distressed, after taking it out again, it became clear The ax looks ordinary. If you don't get closer, if you look closely at the ax blade, it's hard to see the original luster.
The rice field opposite the tribe must be the focus of planting in the future, so the two chose a secluded corner here and began to clean up the tree roots that the prisoners had dug out.
It is much easier to have an ax. A tree root two fingers thick can be cut off with two or three axes. Although it has been dug out, it does not mean that it will disappear when the land is plowed next year.
Unless you are very lucky and the level is completely dry and the fire burns cleanly, the possibility is not high. After all, not all the roots have been dug out. At most, only half of each root is exposed, and the rest Most of it is still buried in the ground. The way Song Xuan cut it off now can actually pull it up a lot at once. When it reaches the desired position or it can't be pulled anymore, then cutting it off directly will have the opposite effect. Much better than other ways.
Although it is slow and very troublesome, it doesn't matter in order to make planting next year more convenient and produce a higher yield.
After all, it is not that easy to make it completely rot. Even under the 100 acres of rice fields where rice has been planted this year, there are still many roots that are not completely rotten. There will definitely be some damage when plowing next year. trouble.
However, the number should not be too much. It will be a year old at most, and the tree roots inside should be completely rotten. At least the layer where the tribe grows rice will definitely be gone.
In addition to weapons, the tribe also needed bronze for plows. Today's plows are still made of bones and stones, and their shortcomings are naturally the same as ordinary weapons.
If bronze can be extracted from the later ores, it should be used on plows. If there are plows made of bronze, it will definitely be much easier to plow the fields next year.
You must know that there are five to six hundred acres of open land in the tribe, which is not a small project. Even if only three to four hundred acres are planted, it is enough for everyone to work. Song Xuan has even finished it, even if it is not opened in the end. , and plans to force planting.
Although the yield may be lower by then, you can still harvest something, which is much better than no harvest at all.
But no matter what, the more than 200 acres of land opposite the tribe must be managed well. This can be regarded as the basic base of the tribe.
These areas must be cleaned up, and it would be best if we didn't have to worry about such a thing in the year after tomorrow.
However, Song Xuan felt that even if the later ore could not be refined into a relatively perfect bronze, if it was only used for plows, it shouldn't be a big problem.
Although the number of livestock in the tribe is not particularly large, it can barely meet the needs of agriculture. The calves returned this year have also grown up a lot. Together with the agreement with the cattle tribe and Uncle Lu's family, they form a ten-person tribe. There should be no problem with a few plow teams.
If you just do some simple reclamation, the speed shouldn't be too slow.
Although he was holding a bronze axe, chopping down tree roots was a tiring task, and Song Xuan's movements slowed down after a while.
Where the two passed by, several hills made of tree roots were piled up. They could just set them on fire next year.
Not to mention other things, the land around Teng Snake is quite fertile. It has not been developed and utilized before. There is a thick layer of vegetation accumulated on it. Although the land below is full of tree roots, it is slightly better. In some places, digging down thirty to forty centimeters is full of black soil.
Although there is no shortage of nutrients, Song Xuan doesn't want to waste it. Anyway, there is nothing bad in being fertile.
The ditch in the rice field opposite the tribe has begun to take shape. Of course, it is impossible to completely separate the rice field like the original Hundred Mu. In order to facilitate and save time, it is only surrounded by a circle and then connected internally. Just a few.
Such work has also begun on the hundreds of acres of rice fields downstream. This must be completely dug before winter comes. Then all the water can be introduced and soaked for a whole winter. It is comparable to Dry cover with snow works much better.
Especially the vegetation ash on the surface can slowly seep into the ground in this way and remain on the ground. It is actually not particularly convenient for farming. Just like Song Xuan and his two men, their hands and feet were all black at this time, and even their faces were covered in ash. Several black marks.
Of course, the people working in the fields at this time were all the same. The captives did not have enough grass. Many people used only a piece of wood without even having time to tie the bones on it. First, there was not enough time, and secondly, there was no time to Not so much rope and polished fan bones.
Both require time, but fortunately Shihua and the others are working overtime to cut the hides, and the bones are given to the captives to be polished in the past few days.
In the future, with bronze knives, it will be much easier for Shihua and the others to work, especially when cutting animal skins. They can cut skin strips as thin as they want, and it will definitely be fast and good.
But it is a pity that animal skins have slowly lost their original status in Soaring Snake. Next year, hemp cultivation will definitely be further expanded. First of all, we want to try to make sure that the tribe does not use animal skin strips next year. Of course, there will definitely be no Including prisoners.
No matter what, as long as it is a tool used by prisoners, it is definitely lagging behind Soaring Snake, and it also needs to be strictly monitored, even if it is like a rope.
Most of the surrounding tribes still use ropes cut from animal skins. Song Xuan has also seen ropes made of bark and the like, but the quality is not that good at first glance. It can't even compare to animal skin ropes, and even worse. Don't talk about Teng She's hemp rope.
Obviously he has realized this, but he has not found suitable materials. After all, not everyone has cheats like Song Xuan and can take many detours.
Since the death of Ti Wuyun, the captives in the tribe have not only become much more honest, but also have undergone considerable changes in their mentality.
There are only a few people who still want to escape now. Even among these few people, they are not thinking about running away now. After all, now is definitely not a good time. The weather is already so cold. Even if they escape, If they go out, there is a high probability that they will not survive in the wild. They still have a very clear understanding of this.
In addition to these people, many people from the Black Feather Tribe also began to understand why Wu Mu and the others were so determined to stay in Soaring Snake.
Not only was he very generous in letting them join Soaring Snake, but he even treated them completely as his own people. He also arranged spouses for them and led a life that was even better than that of the people of the Black Feather Tribe. not bad.
Ask yourself, among the Wuyu tribe, this is absolutely not how prisoners of war and slaves are treated. Even the leaders of friendly tribes like Lang Chi are treated as inferiors.
They have already seen Teng She's combat power and know how powerful it is. Although they had the right time and place, after all, they had a numerical advantage at the time, and it was quite large. Their defeat cannot be said to be entirely a matter of luck. .
Although they had just become prisoners not long ago, some of them had already begun to think about not resisting anymore. Of course, this was only limited to the people of the Wuyu tribe. Those of the Wolf tribe had not thought about resisting for a long time, especially Lang Chishen. After the death, although the leader died, almost no one in the wolf tribe thought about revenge for the leader.
Although most people also know that Lang Chi is taking the blame for the entire Wolf Tribe, even if Lang Chi is alive, he should not think of resisting the Soaring Snake Tribe. After all, that would not be of any benefit to the Wolf Tribe. With the Wolf Tribe The current strength is no longer qualified to become a large tribe, let alone losing the protection of Karasuba.
Even if Soaring Snake lets them go now, the next life of the Wolf Tribe will not be easy. Not only will they have to avoid Soaring Snake, but they will also have to hide from the Black Feather Tribe. There has been no news from Wu Yun's group for a long time, and they are probably the first to be found. It's them who are the only ones. By that time, the world will be really big, but there will be no place for anyone to live.
So instead of thinking about how to escape, it is better to continue working with Teng She, at least Teng She's attitude towards them is much better than that towards Karasuba.
Of course, the most important thing is that everyone in the Wolf Tribe now knows that Xue'er has become a member of the God's Envoy. Although they don't know the progress, they did not see Xue'er working together today. At least they should still be in the tribe. .
With this relationship, Teng She would definitely treat them better, but those who had this idea basically thought too much.
Although the relationship between Xue'er and Song Xuan is now well known in the tribe, it has nothing to do with other people in the Wolf tribe. The reason why Teng She has a slightly better attitude is entirely because of the women and children, who are not willing to follow to attack Teng She. As an adult male, no one likes him.
There is even some disgust, especially for Yuan Yu and the others. If Lang Chi had not committed suicide, this emotion would be even more serious, but for this kind of rebellious boy, he must be educated well in the future.
Even if most people in the wolf tribe have realized their mistake, they have done such a wrong thing after all, and this cannot be solved by a wolf chi committing suicide.
However, Teng She's most important task now is to clear out the rice fields, and at the same time, build the necessary houses before winter comes. Naturally, these people can only move back. Giving the prisoners so much food now is also Worrying about not having enough to eat and not being able to do the work is not a sign of generosity. Even the captives are willing to let them have enough to eat every day.
Considering the situation in the tribe, Song Xuan was going to feed the captives fish later. Whether it was live fish or dead fish, the tribe had a lot of them. Especially this year, there was basically no shortage of salt and there were more pickled fish. stand up.
The children also worked very hard this year and brought back a large number of fish every time they went out, most of which were naturally put into the river to raise.
Although Teng Snake and everyone else ate on a regular basis, they didn't eat too much. After all, just getting a few large ones was enough to satisfy their usual appetite.
The small fish will naturally be released, but it is obviously not cost-effective to keep big fish in the river. Especially those that weigh more than ten or twenty pounds, they will only become thinner as they are raised. It is better to catch them and eat them. You can eat freshly and enjoy it to your heart’s content.
In addition to things like snails and river clams, even if it is water clouds, they will not feel uncomfortable at all when they arrive at Soaring Snake.
However, Shuiyun and the others ate more of these things because of the pressure of life. After all, the tribe was not strong and sometimes they might not be able to obtain enough prey, so they naturally had to fish something from the river to fill their stomachs.
In addition, there are no novel preparation methods. They are all roasted on the fire. No matter in terms of taste or texture, it cannot be regarded as delicious. However, when it comes to service, there are not such high requirements. As long as it can be eaten. It's quite good, and according to Shi Meng, the prisoners of the Wuyu tribe seem to be very interested in what's in the river.
After all, there are no decent rivers near the Black Feather Tribe, so the river fresh food that can be eaten is naturally quite limited, let alone the abundance of Teng Snake, so it is the first time to eat various shellfish in the river, Wu Yun's people Everyone's eyes lit up, these things were quite delicious to them.
However, the things in the river are fine for making tooth sacrifices. If they are used as staple food, the whole body will be exuding the fishy smell in a few days. The Tengshe people have experienced this personally. When the Tengshe tribe just moved here, it was If it weren't for this small river, which was not too big, it might not have been able to survive the first difficult winter.
So although they were tired of eating at first, everyone would go to the river to touch some back from time to time. In addition to wanting to eat, they also missed those days. That was the most difficult time for Teng She and everyone.
But Song Xuan doesn't like these gadgets very much. He still likes to eat big crabs in the river. He ate a lot after autumn this year. After all, everyone has roughly figured out Song Xuan's preferences. The children met They all sneaked back, but unfortunately the last tasting time was ruined by Wu Yu. By the time Song Xuan came back from participating in the exchange meeting, there were no crabs left, and they had already gone into the hole and couldn't come out.
