"The spiritual ancestors witness! You, come from the east of Luba? The white sea in the east? The big island in the sea?..."
"Ancestors witness! We come from the east! We are a kingdom in the lake, a vast continent shrouded by the Lord God! We have received divinely inspired prophecies and come across the sea..."
The Thousand Islands Cold Current flows continuously to the south, bringing the coldness of the Arctic waters to the edge of the Kamchatka Peninsula. There is snow on the peninsula in October, and in November the temperature has already reached sub-zero temperatures. On this cold coast, in this biting cold wind, the two people beside the campfire were chatting enthusiastically and dancing. Even if both parties couldn't understand a complete sentence, they all relied on gestures and drawings on the snow, but their faces were full of surprise and excitement.
"Ancestors! You, your ships actually come from the east of Luba, from the sea of Luba! Ah! You are not the tent department of Luba in the north, nor the island department of Luba in the south... You are... from Luba in the east Kaibu! That’s it, no wonder you have big ships, no wonder you are different from them!”
"Lord God! Luba? What is Luba? Is it the sea?"
Exploration Captain Zuvalo blinked and repeated a word that always appeared in the other person's mouth. But after hearing Zuvalo's repetition, hunting captain Mu Quan had some misunderstandings. He hesitated for a while, then put his hand into the thick deerskin robe. After groping for a while, he took out a long and narrow deerskin bag and a deer stomach water bag. Then, he solemnly handed the two things to Zuvalo and explained them seriously.
"From Haibu, Tou Ren! You treat me to something warm, broth. I treat you to something warm, Luba! Luba, in the coldest winter, it warms the body and can save lives!"
"What? These two, Luba? Invite me to eat?...Uh, is this your friendly custom?"
Exploration captain Zuvalo was startled. Although he couldn't understand the other party's words, he vaguely guessed what the other party meant. He hesitated for a moment, took the water bag containing something, and also took the long and narrow bag. Then, he opened the water bag first, and a strong smell of blood hit his nostrils instantly. It was the most familiar blood drink in the plateau tribes!
"Ah? It smells so familiar! Is this blood wine? Or pure blood? Is it a sacrifice to declare the gods?..."
Exploration captain Zuvalo sniffed his nose and found no smell of wine. He looked at the hunting captain Mu Quan again, who showed a simple smile and made a drinking gesture.
"Lu Ba! Drink, Lu Ba!"
"Gudu! Huh?...This smell? It's not human blood...it's deer blood?"
"Drink, Luba! From, here...heart!"
Seeing Zuvalo drinking the deer's blood, hunting captain Mu Dog laughed happily. He pointed to his heart and signaled to Zuvalo that it was the most precious deer’s blood! In the tradition of Kamchatka tribes, drinking each other’s precious deer heart blood is an expression of friendship.
In the winter of tens of degrees below zero in Far North Asia, the Kamchatka tribe had neither wine to keep warm, nor chili, ginger, and sugar to warm the body. The only thing that can warm them up and restore their frozen and weak bodies is the most precious deer bark, the deer bark that can cure diseases and warm the body!
During this era, neither the cold-resistant rye of Europe nor the cold-resistant potatoes of America were introduced into Siberia. For the Kamchaga Zhu tribe who domesticate deer, the most important food sources in their lives are deer and fish! And the deer herd, the precious domesticated deer herd, is the source of daily necessities for most tribes!
Deer meat is the staple food of the tribe. Deer fur can be used to keep out the cold and make armor. Deer antlers can be made into daily utensils such as needle combs. Deer bones are used to make bone tools. Deer sinews are used to make bows...and are used to treat diseases and warm the skin. The body, used to save lives in the winter snow, is three kinds of deer bark, or three kinds of deer treasures: deer heart blood, deer whip and deer fetus!
Of course, deer fetuses are the basis for the continuation of the deer herd, and Kamchatka tribes are generally reluctant to use them unless the nobles of the tribe are seriously ill. Therefore, there are only two common life-saving deer barks...
"Phew! If you drink this deer's blood, your body will feel warm instantly!..."
Exploration captain Zuvalo drank a few sips of the deer's heart blood and felt hot all over his body and his face turned red. The cold and biting night wind seemed to become gentle in an instant.
"Lord God! It's such a good thing! Come on, take a sip and warm yourself up!..."
Under the reluctant gaze of hunting captain Mu Quan, he handed the water bag containing the deer's blood to several kingdom warriors behind him, allowing these warriors from the south to take a few sips. Then, he opened another long and narrow leather bag, and when he saw the dried shape, the expression on his face was wonderful.
"Ah this? Is this also Luba?..."
"Luba! Food, Luba! Warmth, life-saving!..."
"Uh... you want me to eat this? Lord God, the habits of these tribes are really strange!..."
The exploration captain Zuvalo hesitated for a few breaths, thinking of trusting the local Jiaoman brothers to obtain more important intelligence and information... After a moment, he opened his mouth fiercely and bit down, as if he was rushing to eat. Like a beast…
"Ancestor! You...eat less, eat sparingly!...This, this is something that can cure diseases and save lives in the wind and snow! What's more, if you eat too much, you will..."
Seeing this scene, hunting captain Mu Quan felt his heart bleed and felt vaguely regretful. The hunter Mulu stared at the leader of the Longship Tribe in front of him with his eyes widened in awe.
"Ancestor! Such a powerful tribal leader! He actually drank so much deer bark and ate so much deer bark... This... I will be unable to recover from this for several days!..."
The wonderful misunderstanding ended quickly, and the long "negative" effects will be left behind. Exploration captain Zuvarro held his head high and expressed his "most sincere goodwill." Then, he took out a longbow brought by the longship, a bag of bronze feather arrows, and a bronze axe, and gave them to the hunter Mulu as another friendly gift. Then, with intense eyes, he smiled and pointed at the recurved compound bow on Mulu's back, making it clear, and waited patiently.
"Uh! Such a big hardwood bow? A bag of sharp arrows? A golden metal axe?...Ah? They were all given to me?! Haha! The sea in the east is really good!..."
Hunter Mulu stroked the fir longbow in his hand, felt the extremely high-quality elastic wood of the bow body, and looked at the simple and even crude production process, and sighed with regret. Then, he happily touched the bronze axe, struck it a few times with the stone axe, and listened to the crisp sound.
"Huh? The golden ax doesn't seem to have become brittle. It should be made of bronze... Unlike the iron ax, it can be used in winter! Hahaha, it's really good!..."
Hunter Mulu held the copper ax and giggled happily. He recognized bronze, and the tribe also had a few bronze wares, which were obtained from fighting with other tribes and had been passed down and used for many generations.
Compared with iron, which is easily frozen and brittle, bronze alloys are better able to withstand low temperatures. Although simple tin materials will suffer from "tin epidemic" in severe cold and turn into tin powder that can be crushed when pinched, alloys of copper, tin and lead will not cause problems and can survive in extreme cold temperatures of tens of degrees below zero. Still maintains a certain resilience.
"Huh? You want my bow in return?"
Hunter Mulu smiled honestly for a while before he saw Zuvalo's clear instructions. He thought for a moment, then generously handed the compound recurve hunting bow to Zuvalo.
"Ancestral witness! Here you go! A return gift from a friend, thank you for the broth and gifts!..."
"Haha! Praise the Lord God! Praise our separated brothers!"
Exploration captain Zuvalo smiled brightly and nodded with satisfaction. He touched the multi-material bow body and handed this compound recurve bow, which he had never seen before, to the kingdom warrior behind him. Then, he thought for a moment and said to the warrior leader Chaka Pu Shijian.
"Shi Jian, help me get two kilograms of gold, and also bring His Majesty's most important box of 'credentials'!...I want them to identify it!...May the Lord bless me! I don't know about these strange tribes." , is it the three islands and tribal alliance predicted by His Majesty, or some kind of female straight tribal alliance..."
"Yes! Captain!..."
