As soon as Lin Yan finished speaking, Shi Zhi and others immediately came over, picked up the stones, and started observing.
Shui Sheng's eyes flashed slightly, and he asked the savages about the origin of those stones, hoping they would take them to take a look.
In order to show friendship, he took out the hemp rope and steamed buns that he had prepared before coming. After vigorously selling them, the other party agreed to take them to the stone quarrying place.
Walking through a place where savages lived, the natives looked at them with curiosity and panic in their eyes.
Lin Yan said: "This area is where they live. There are three to four hundred people. They all live in caves, so why not call them cave people."
Huang Ying smiled and said, "You are so random in your name. At that time, Li Shu and the others lived in a tree house and they were called the Tree House Tribe. Now these people live in a cave, do they really want to be called cave people?"
"I can't come up with a good name, so you can give me a name." Lin Yan felt that it didn't matter what he was called, it was just a code name to distinguish him.
Huang Ying said: "Then let's call him a caveman."
After climbing over a low hill and walking for nearly half an hour, we reached our destination.
This is a deserted land with sparse vegetation, which is in sharp contrast to the dense vegetation before. Limestone is everywhere. Lin Yan exclaimed: "This large area is made of limestone, and it looks like it has abundant reserves."
Shi Zhi immediately picked up a piece and looked at it carefully, "It is indeed the same as the previous stone. If this piece is full, it will be enough for us to mine for many years."
Everyone else had smiles on their faces. Huang Ying said: "We are so lucky. We met cavemen and discovered limestone just a few days ago."
After Shui Sheng knelt on the ground and looked carefully, he stood up and said, "It's really good luck. We still need to get out and move around more."
Yun Qing walked to Lin Yan. Although she had just heard them talk about the uses of limestone, she had never taken a class and could not imagine the use of these stones. She asked: "Are these stones really useful? Do you want to take them back?"
"This is not an ordinary stone, this is limestone, which can be processed into a variety of chemical substances. It is something we urgently need. Captain Yun Qing, the space on the ship is limited and we cannot carry too many things. We will only leave a little for when we return from this trip. We’ll make plans later.”
After listening to Lin Yan's words and looking at her serious look, Yun Qing knew that these stones were unusual, so he nodded and said, "I'll do as you say."
Looking at the dozen or so cavemen leading the way, Yun Qing asked, "How do these people handle it?"
They are aboriginal people, and they should not watch helplessly as their own people mine out the stones and transport them away.
Lin Yan thought for a moment and said, "Let's stay here first, and we will have to rely on them to mine limestone in the future."
The group of people took a sack of limestone and left. The caveman stood by the river and watched the boat go away but was confused. They initially wanted to keep the ship as their own.
Living by the river all year round, the cave people not only had fire, but they also made rafts. But how could a raft compare with a boat? When I first saw it, my heart was moved. Then I made a sneak attack at night. Unexpectedly, I was beaten so hard that I couldn't fight back. force.
After seeing the food and utensils of the Sun City people, the cave people's eyes were shining, and they talked a lot with Shui Sheng. They wanted their good things and wanted to go to Sun City to broaden their horizons.
Shui Sheng has already reached an agreement with them and promised to bring them good things in the future and also take them to visit Sun City. The time has not yet been determined.
On the boat, there were no cavemen in sight. Lin Yan and the others were surrounding Shuisheng.
Huang Ying: "Tell me, how did you learn how to speak as a caveman?"
Lin Yan: "How do you understand a completely unfamiliar language?"
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Shuisheng smiled shyly and said: "I caught those two people last night, but they couldn't communicate. I was thinking about how to communicate with them. So I stayed with them for a whole night, starting with the simplest things, and I learned it. Their pronunciation. I’m not proficient yet, I need to practice more in the future.”
Lin Yan gave a thumbs up, "It's amazing. You are very talented in languages. From now on, you will be responsible for teaching the cave people to speak our language, and strive to make them all speak the language of Sun City."
Lan Yue said directly: "The aquatic talent is good. When we meet other tribes in the future, let him communicate with us and strive to popularize the language of Sun City so that there will be no language barriers wherever we go."
Shui Sheng smiled bitterly, "You think highly of me too much."
"You can definitely do it. We all believe in you." Feng Wenwen rarely interjected.
Lin Yan said seriously: "Shui Sheng, you can really do it. We will go out more often in the future. The cave people we met today are just a small group. We may meet more people in the future, even a tribe larger than the Sun Tribe. The language Communication is very important, and you have to shoulder this responsibility.”
After a moment of silence, Shui Sheng nodded, "I understand."
After a pause, he continued: "What do you think about the cave people? There are three to four hundred of them. Although they are curious about Sun City, they are unwilling to move to Sun City. We must get those limestone rocks. No cavemen.”
Seeing that Shuisheng's expression was serious and he was obviously very serious about this matter, Lin Yan said seriously: "If you don't want to move, just stay. We can't force them to leave home. We can also ask them for help in mining limestone. If you ask, you already have it. idea?"
Shuisheng nodded, "It's not easy for the cave people either. It's their home and they don't want to leave. We are intruders, so it's best if we can coexist peacefully with them."
"That's what I think. Not everyone is going to move to Sun City, it depends on their own wishes."
Lin Yan raised his head and looked around, "Everyone is idle, so let's think about how to mine limestone. You also know that limestone will form quicklime after being calcined at high temperature, and quicklime will turn into hydrated lime when it meets water. We can't mine limestone. Take it out and transport it back, it’s too heavy.”
Shuisheng immediately said: "Just like a mine, we can build a factory, station people there, and just ship the quicklime back."
"Yes, this is the easiest thing to do." Huang Ying agreed. "Although the cave people have caves and fire, they are very different from us in other aspects. We can provide them with food or tools in exchange for mining limestone, and each can get what they need."
Lan Yue: "Yes, mutual benefit is the best."
While the others were talking, Yun Qing walked in, "You are right. We will arrange for someone to go there when we get back."
In the next few days, the boat went down the river very fast and smoothly, but never met anyone else.
Along the way, we saw many herds of animals drinking water on both sides of the Yang River, mostly cattle, sheep, ducks and geese.
On May 10th, at noon, Huang Ying standing on the bow of the boat suddenly shouted: "Come and see, it's very flat over there. Are there many houses?"
With this shout, everyone couldn't sit still. Since discovering the cave people, they have never met a stranger again.
If there really was a house, it would be a big tribe.
(End of chapter)
