"Dang~dang~"
The crisp sound spreads far away.
This is a new thing made by the tribe. It is basically similar to the gong of later generations. Although it is only larger than the plate, the sound is not quiet. Teng She is also in a valley, and the sound of the gong can be heard throughout the valley.
In this way, there is no need to send a dozen children out to shout every day for dinner. They can knock a few times on the gong with a wooden stick wrapped in animal skin, and everyone around will hear it.
At least there is no problem in covering the areas around the current activities of the tribe, and they usually knock it two or three times. Most people start to pack up and go home when the first sound of the gong is heard.
Now this gong has become the object of competition among the tribal children. Song Xuan really has no choice but to use rewards. Only those who perform better can knock on the gong the next day. However, it has inspired a kind of children's enthusiasm. My enthusiasm for learning and my attitude suddenly improved a lot.
The ground is still a little muddy now, and the main people working in the fields are captives. However, the meal time in the tribe is still the same, and the captives also have their own meals, which are naturally made by a few women from the Wolf tribe.
Although the rice was consumed throughout the winter, the prisoners only ate gruel, so they only ate most of it. The remaining rice could be used by the prisoners for a few more days. Fortunately, after a winter of adaptation, Both the prisoners, Teng She and everyone have gradually adapted to eating rice.
Now that they had to work from morning to night, Song Xuan also deliberately arranged more food for the prisoners, so that they could finally fill their stomachs and not consume them too quickly.
However, it is not convenient to work on other things, but the river has completely thawed. Shi Mao is leading people to prepare the corresponding supplies. He will set off to the lower reaches tomorrow to inform various tribes. Compared with previous years, the time will definitely be earlier. , but if the weather completely improves, it will be the busiest time in the tribe. If he uses that time just to exchange some salt and other things with everyone, Song Xuan feels that it is a waste of time.
Anyway, the tribes are not busy now, and it is more convenient to travel. It is better to arrange it in advance. Now there are not as many tribes as before. It is very troublesome to notify. It will take a month to complete it. Now, as long as everything goes smoothly , it can take at most half a month to return to each home with supplies.
However, this year we have to build a fixed location for future exchanges, so it will definitely be a bit more troublesome. At least a simple house must be built, which is very necessary for resting at night or sheltering from wind and rain.
Therefore, their task this year is also very important. In addition to notifying various tribes, they also have to select a place in a short time and build several houses at the same time. However, they don’t need to worry about the materials. Shi Ban has already led people to chop them down. Enough wood was brought back, and one end was sharpened with an axe, so that after arriving at the chosen place, one could directly smash it with stones, and the house could be built quickly.
However, naturally, so much wood cannot be transported by canoe. After all, in addition, a lot of straw must be brought for roofing. At this time of year, there is not much thatch that can be used directly outside, and it is not covered by snow. Crushed, almost rotten.
Moreover, Shi Mao and the others didn't have much time, so it was convenient to use straw from the tribe.
However, in this way, there was not much space on the three boats heading downstream, but Song Xuan came up with a new way for them, that is, to tie the wood with ropes and hang it directly on both sides of the boat, so that it can be connected with the boat. Let's go downstream together. As long as we are tied tightly, there shouldn't be any big problem. Although the river water has risen a lot now that the snow has blended in, the flow rate is not that fast and it is not intense.
In this way, after choosing a place like this, just dock the boat to the shore and carry the wood over.
Although it will be soaked in the river for a few days, it will not affect the use too much. In any case, it is definitely much more convenient than mining in situ, and it is very time-saving. As long as a few people stay, they can start mining in a very short time. Build the house.
The three boats require a total of eighteen people, four of whom are responsible for notifying each tribe. After choosing the location, six people will be put down to build a house on the spot. The general direction is already clear to them, but the specific location still needs to be inspected on the spot. After all, this is the fixed exchange location in the future.
As a place where the blind date conference will be held in the future, it must be spacious enough. Although the number of people has dropped sharply now, the conditions have also become much better. The population will soon grow, especially the Tengshe side. Although the number of people before was not as high as other places. There are many tribes, but the survival probability of children is indeed much higher than that of ordinary tribes. In the future, the proportion of children dying will only become smaller and smaller.
In fact, Tengshe can barely hold a blind date conference this year, but considering that the tribe itself is composed of several tribes, so in order to prepare to digest it internally, according to the current male-to-female ratio, it should be vacant There won't be too many people there. In this case, we should simply follow the old rules and join other tribes next year.
In Teng She, Song Xuan was not prepared to go through as many twists and turns as before. He directly told the situation to everyone who had reached the age this year and asked them to choose the right person. After a while, they would hold a ceremony collectively. Okay, although it’s a little less romantic than dancing in a circle and choosing, at least you can have a general understanding before this. However, these children basically understand each other, even with people from the wolf tribe. The same is true.
I believe they have made some mental preparations before this, but being able to stay in the tribe is definitely the most satisfying thing for them.
Now Teng She has developed to such an extent that no matter whether it is a boy or a girl, naturally no one wants to get married. Other tribes may even have a problem with eating, let alone other conditions.
This is also a problem that Song Xuan is very worried about. This year is fine, but next year if he holds a blind date conference with several other tribes, it will be enough to cause a headache.
It was okay before there was only one person, and the Zhu tribe could agree to the conditions for marriage. But in the future, the number of Teng Snakes will only increase, and it is even possible that other tribes will be emptied out in a short period of time. This kind of No one will let this happen easily.
But not only are the girls in the tribe unwilling to get married, Song Xuan also doesn’t want to send them away. After all, they are all children who have been taught for a long time. These children will be the next backbone of Teng She, and they will be exposed to relatively new things from an early age. , it will naturally be more helpful to the tribe when it grows up in the future.
The best way is to include several other tribes, but Song Xuan doesn't want to do this. Even so, the number of people is not particularly large. Teng She also has to consider the issue of blood relationship later. Song Xuan is now very worried. , after all, except for the Soaring Snake and Sheep tribes, several other tribes have been communicating here for tens or hundreds of years.
Even if there will be new people entering through various means, it will not have much impact after all. The bloodline of the entire region is relatively highly consistent.
If this continues, it will only lead to gradual destruction. Therefore, after Teng She becomes stronger, she must establish contact with the surrounding tribes as soon as possible.
However, if the population is very large, there is no need to worry about this kind of thing, but it is hard to say what the specific number is. At least Teng She's current population is far from meeting this requirement.
Fixing the wood on both sides of the boat will make the speed slightly slower. After all, the forward resistance is much greater, but it also brings a good direction, that is, the boat is more stable, and the amplitude of the left and right swing is obviously not as much as before. Big.
This provides some ideas for building larger ships in the future. The current transportation capacity of canoes is only barely sufficient. If you want to get out of the basin, boats are also a very good way.
Song Xuan also knew that there was a way to forcibly connect several canoes. From the current point of view, this method is also feasible, but the boat made by this method is definitely not as good as one with a keel and wooden planks. But if it is only used in the transitional stage, there is no problem, and it is very suitable for communication with several surrounding tribes. The current canoes are somewhat insufficient, whether it is the cargo carrying capacity or the speed of advancement. Neither is very satisfying.
Today's ships have a warehouse on the surface, which must be covered with animal skins every time they carry goods. Even so, it is very troublesome when encountering wind and rain, and it is easy for it to seep in from the gaps, and each ship needs to be arranged There are really too many people, and at least four people are needed to run one round trip smoothly.
As for larger boats, the increase in manpower is actually not that obvious. Even with the splicing that Song Xuan imagined, six to eight people on the boat should be able to fully control it, and this also includes the need to pull the boat when going upstream. people.
There are also things like sail masts, which are also very useful for ships. However, these accessories can only be considered slowly in the future. After all, Tengshe's current development direction has not yet touched on this aspect.
And regarding the situation further south, of the tribes in the entire basin, only the Zhu tribe may be familiar with it. The other tribes are basically ignorant. Especially the existing tribe, which is either always in the center and rarely faces danger, or It is Teng She, even more unknown.
However, there is obviously a reason why no tribe has gone upstream for so many years. As for the specific situation, we can only wait for Teng She to gradually explore in the future. The world is still quite vast, and Teng She is only in a corner.
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