Jiang Xuan walked around the shipyard. With the current progress, it would be good to be able to build the first wooden boat that can actually be launched before next summer.
As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as the first wooden boat can be successfully manufactured, subsequent manufacturing speeds will become faster and faster, laying the foundation for building larger boats.
"Take your time, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry."
"Wait...tofu?"
Jiang Xuan suddenly thought that the Teng tribe had beans, and they were very big black beans. They should be able to make tofu, right?
At worst, you can still make soy milk!
It tastes much better than eating beans directly, and you don’t have to worry about stomach bloating if you eat too much.
"Yes! Why did I forget the soy milk and tofu!"
Jiang Xuan encouraged several people in the shipyard, then left the shipyard and headed to the stone tool workshop.
Not long ago, almost all the workshops of the Vine Tribe moved to the east coast, including stone tool workshops.
The advantage of this is to separate various workshops from the residential area, ensure a better living environment in the residential area, and avoid being affected by various pollution and noise from various workshops.
The stone tool workshop is easy to find because there is always the sound of polishing.
Jiang Xuan walked into the stone tool workshop and found Old Man Blackstone.
"Chief, what stone tools do you want to make?"
Old Black Stone looked at Jiang Xuan expectantly. Due to the emergence of bronze ware, many tribesmen no longer relied entirely on stone tools, resulting in less work in the stone tool workshops.
This makes Old Black Stone very sad. Compared to bronze ware, he prefers various stone tools. Even the various bronze hammers and bronze chisels sent by Jiang Xuan are rarely used by him.
He stubbornly uses the same old tools because he feels they are easier to use.
But some of the young apprentices had already begun to use bronze tools when making stone tools, and Old Blackstone had no objection.
In the alternation of old and new tools, Old Blackstone is more stubborn towards himself but more tolerant towards others, and does not restrict the apprentices from using new tools.
This is one of the reasons why Jiang Xuan respects the old man Heishi very much.
"I want to make a stone mill that can grind various grains into powder."
"Stone mill?"
Old Man Blackstone frowned and his eyes were blank, because he had never heard of this kind of stone tool.
Jiang Xuan thought for a while and said, "I'll make a model for you out of mud, okay?"
Old Blackstone nodded. Jiang Xuan had done this several times before using clay to shape a model, and it was very useful.
Jiang Xuan took a stick, dug some soil outside the stone tool workshop, added a little water and mixed it into a ball of mud, and then shaped it into the shape of two stone mills. The texture is drawn.
"Look, the stone mill is divided into an upper half and a lower half. This eye is called the grinding eye, the middle one is called the stone grinding shaft, and the lines on it are called grinding teeth."
"The upper half of the stone mill is connected to a wooden handle and can rotate along the axis, while the lower half is fixed."
"When the grain is placed into the stone mill along the grinding holes, and then the stone mill is pulled, the teeth will grind the grain into powder bit by bit, and then flow out along the edge."
Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and then explained: "It's just like our teeth eating food. Grinding them back and forth can chew things bit by bit. The same principle applies to stone grinding."
Old Blackstone looked at the stone mill model made of mud in Jiang Xuan's hand, and his eyes became brighter and brighter as he listened to his explanation.
He is an old stone tool master, and he only needs to know a little bit to know whether this thing can be made.
At the same time, he showed a very strong interest in this very practical neolithic tool.
"Chief, you put this mud stone mill here, and I will grind it out into a real stone mill!"
Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "I trust your skill in polishing stone tools."
Jiang Xuan hesitated for a while and then said: "There is another suggestion. I don't know if you can accept it."
"Whatever you say, chief."
Jiang Xuandao: "This stone grinding shaft is very important. If it is made of wood, one will wear easily and the other will break easily. If it is made of stone, ordinary stone will break easily. High-quality stone is used to make an axis. It’s a bit wasteful.”
"Because we will need many such stone grinding machines in the future, it is impossible to use high-quality stones to grind the axis."
"So, I think it would be a good choice to use bronze to cast the stone grinding axis. It is both wear-resistant and not easy to break..."
After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, he looked at Old Man Blackstone sincerely, because he knew that Old Man Blackstone didn't like bronze wares very much. Jiang Xuan wasn't sure whether he could accept it if he added bronze wares to the stone wares he polished.
Old Blackstone's expression froze, he was silent for a moment, then looked at the bronzes being used by other apprentices in the stone workshop, and finally gave in helplessly.
"Since the leader thinks that bronze is suitable for casting stone grinding axes, then... let's cast it in bronze."
Jiang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Old Blackstone would be too stubborn and conservative. In that case, the durability of the stone mill would be much worse.
Jiang Xuan wanted to leave, but he saw that Old Blackstone looked a little lonely, so he stopped again.
"How about we go outside and talk?"
Old Blackstone nodded, and then followed Jiang Xuan outside.
Walking outside the stone tool workshop, Jiang Xuan and Old Man Heishi sat on several big rocks.
"Let me tell you a story."
Old Blackstone nodded, his eyes still relatively lonely.
Jiang Xuan thought about it for a moment and said: "A long time ago, our ancestors first used only stones, sticks and animal bones as hunting tools."
“Because these items can be picked up and used anywhere, which is very convenient.”
"Later, someone discovered that stones with sharp edges were very good at cutting animal hides and meat, so they began to use sharp stones."
"Not long after, someone discovered that tying sharp stones or animal bones to wooden sticks could cause greater damage to prey, so they combined the stones or animal bones with wooden sticks to make stone spears and bone spears. spear."
"Later, our ancestors discovered that polishing stones into various shapes could be better utilized, so they invented the technique of polishing stone tools."
"It can be seen that the tools used by our ancestors were slowly created by themselves. In order to have stronger attack power, our ancestors often combined two or three materials to create new tools."
"If our ancestors hadn't combined stones and sticks, we wouldn't have stone spears."
"Since our ancestors could combine several materials, why can't we now? As long as the tools are easy to use, it doesn't matter whether they are made of stone or bronze."
After listening to Jiang Xuan's words, Heishi had a thoughtful expression on his face. He was touched by Jiang Xuan's words.
Yes, as long as the manufactured utensil is easy to use, it doesn’t matter what kind of stone or bronze it is made of?
After a long time, the old man Blackstone said solemnly: "Chief, I understand, I will try to accept bronze."
Jiang Xuan smiled and nodded, feeling relieved. After all, what he said was not in vain.
Old Blackstone stood up again, and the loneliness in his eyes disappeared.
Although he is old, he is not a stubborn person, otherwise he would not let the apprentices in the stone tool workshop use bronze tools.
Now, after Jiang Xuan's explanation, he has figured out that he can no longer hold on to the pile of old tools in the future. There are better tools, why not use them?
After Old Man Heishi figured it out, he returned to the stone tool workshop and immediately began to study the stone mill model left by Jiang Xuan. He was very interested in this new stone tool that could grind grain into powder.
Jiang Xuan also returned to the West Bank residential area, because there is still a very important event waiting for him to do, which is the autumn sacrifice.
The Vine tribe holds many sacrifices a year, but there are only two large-scale sacrifices a year, namely the spring sacrifice and the autumn sacrifice.
Among them, autumn sacrifices are the most solemn.
Because autumn is often a time of harvest, there is plenty of food in the tribe, which is suitable for holding large-scale sacrifices.
Moreover, during this year’s autumn festival, the number of people from the Vine Tribe will increase significantly.
Because when he attacked the Raptor Tribe, Jiang Xuan promised that as long as those prisoners did not run away, did not cause trouble, and fought bravely, all of them could join the Vine Tribe and become true members of the Vine Tribe.
The battle has been won and this year’s harvest has been good. It’s time to fulfill our promise.
After returning to the residential area, Jiang Xuan immediately summoned all the leaders and began to arrange the sacrifices.
The two hunting teams, as well as the fishing team, have to go out to find suitable sacrifices, the more the better.
The planting team must select the best grains and vegetables, and the guard team must clean up threats around the tribe to ensure that the sacrifice goes smoothly.
Other teams also need to prepare various sacrificial supplies and clean up the tribe.
When the entire Vine tribe began to prepare for the autumn sacrifice, the happiest people were the captives.
Because they can finally break away from their status as captives and join the Vine Tribe!
After more than a year of running in, they have truly adapted to the Vine Tribe and have a full understanding of the power of the Vine Tribe.
In addition, all the prisoners who had the most sense of resistance were killed, and the remaining prisoners just wanted to live a peaceful life. The idea of revenge for the former tribe was becoming less and less.
Because in the Vine Tribe, their lives were much better than in the previous tribes. It could even be said that the gap was very big.
In this case, joining the Vine Tribe became the best choice for most captives.
On September 29th, after the sun rises, the autumn festival of the Teng tribe officially begins.
"Woooooooo..."
As the horn sounded, the dressed-up Vine tribe members and a large number of captives gathered in the open space in front of the altar.
Everyone wears their best animal skin clothing, hangs various accessories that symbolize glory, and has the totem patterns of the vine tribe and warrior patterns painted on their faces.
"Kakaka..."
Under the control of Shen Teng, the four gates on the Vine Wall were temporarily closed, and all people who did not belong to the Vine tribe were expelled.
Then, the sacrificial ceremony officially began.
Chi Shao walked up to the altar and began to chant the magic spell to invite the gods.
"Buzz!"
As the red peony root sang, the divine vines on the stone mountain erupted with intense divine light, making people afraid to look directly at the terrifying divine power.
Dozens of giant dragonflies flew up, bathing in the sunshine and divine light, and kept flying around the stone mountain.
After Chi Shao finished chanting the mantra to invite the gods, a soldier shouted loudly: "Sacrifice!"
The Vine Tribe warriors lifted various sacrifices one after another, walked up to the altar in line, put down the sacrifices and walked down the other side.
Soon, the sacrifices on the altar piled up into a small mountain.
Red peony bowed again: "Please enjoy the sacrifice to the Vine God."
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Countless roots protruded out of the earth, quickly wrapping around the various sacrifices on the altar, and soon wrapped the entire altar.
After the divine vine had finished enjoying all the sacrifices, its roots retracted underground.
Chi Shao on the altar did not take the next step, but looked at Jiang Xuan.
Seeing this, Jiang Xuan nodded towards Chi Shao, walked to the left side of the altar, faced the nearly two thousand captives, first affirmed their efforts and performance on the battlefield, and then announced that all the captives would join the Teng tribe.
After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, all the people who were freed from their status as captives cheered excitedly. They had been waiting for this day for a long time.
After these people cheered, the sacrifice continued. Chi Shao stood on the altar and began to chant blessing spells.
"Crash..."
Countless vines appeared above everyone's heads, and then sprinkled large swaths of divine liquid, as if it was raining heavily in the sky.
This divine liquid was sucked into the bodies of the people of the Vine tribe. Many people who had not yet become warriors became Isshiki warriors after absorbing the divine liquid.
Those who have become warriors have become stronger.
After the big sacrifice, the strength of the entire Vine tribe will increase to a certain extent.
