Vine tribe, Uncaria house, night.
"Auntie, why can't you go out when it's dark?"
Fuling sat on the threshold, and Tiandong, who was more than two years old, lay in her arms, curiously asking various questions.
At this time, the moon was like water, and the whole tribe became quiet.
Poria looked at Tiandong lovingly, scratched his little nose, and said, "Because it's dark, all kinds of ferocious beasts come out. If you go out after dark, you will be eaten by ferocious beasts."
"Then why hasn't dad come back yet?"
"Because your father is a warrior in the tribe and has to hunt far away so that we can have meat to eat."
Hearing the word "hunting", Xiao Tiandong clenched his fists with longing on his face: "When I grow up, I will become a warrior like my father, go hunting and eat meat!"
Poria laughed dumbly: "Okay, from now on our family Tiandong will be a brave warrior and eat meat every day."
"I certainly will!"
Xiao Tiandong was very serious and his eyes were firm.
Poria rubbed Tiandong's little head, looked at the moon in the sky, and then looked at the mysterious rocky mountain at night, praying that Uncaria would return safely with its prey.
Every time the tribesmen go out to hunt or fight, they will encounter various dangers. Those who stay at home will inevitably be worried.
Because no one knows whether this time is a separation of life and death.
Precisely because of this extreme lack of security, tribal people need faith. Faith can bring courage and spiritual sustenance to people, allowing them to become braver.
"Auntie, I want to listen to hunting songs..."
"good."
Poria cleared her throat, and then sang softly in a very ancient tune:
"Mysterious forest... full of dangers..."
"You brave warrior...come into the mountains to hunt..."
"The patron saint of the tribe...protects the warriors from defeating the ferocious beasts..."
"Back from hunting... everyone eats meat..."
"Back from hunting... everyone eats meat..."
…
The ancient and simple hunting song floated in the night sky as Poria cocos hummed it repeatedly.
Little Tiandong, who was over two years old, gradually couldn't hold his eyelids as he listened, and soon fell asleep.
Perhaps, in the dream, he will become a brave warrior, walk into the mysterious forest, fight with various ferocious beasts, and finally return with a full load of prey.
"I fell asleep so quickly."
After Fuling sang several times, she looked down and saw that Tiandong had fallen asleep, and her little face looked particularly cute in her sleep.
Poria couldn't help but kiss Xiao Tiandong on the forehead, then carried him to the house and put him on the bed.
In order to prevent mosquito bites, Poria went outside the house and pulled out a handful of fan grass, kneaded the juice out, and smeared it on Tiandong's clothes and beside the bed, so that mosquitoes would not come near.
In fact, she could also dig out some charcoal fire in the fire pit and put a handful of stink grass on it to simmer.
However, burning stink grass produces strong smoke and is quite choking, and Poria cocos is afraid of choking children.
After finishing this, Fuling took out a few pieces of cut animal skin, bronze needles and thin thread, and began to sew.
As the owner of a clothing workshop, Fuling works very hard. Whenever she has time, she will think about how to sew better clothes, backpacks, and shoes.
…
The sixth day of May, the breeding area.
"Hululu..."
Under Dajiao's careful breeding, more than 30 wild boar cubs have grown up smoothly, especially those boars that have escaped from low-level tastes and have grown fat, which makes people happy to see them.
"After raising them until autumn, they can be killed. Then choose a fat one as a sacrifice to the vine god."
Dajiao patted the back of a wild boar. The thick meat made him quite satisfied.
Wild boars in the mountains are very ferocious, but domestic wild boars are used to people and behave more docilely.
Of course, it is only relatively tame.
As these wild boars get bigger and bigger, the pig pen can no longer contain them. If they are forced to be kept inside, they can break the door.
Therefore, Dajiao now has a dedicated area of land to raise these wild boars. The pig pens are usually left open and they are allowed to wander around in that area.
Strangely enough, after the door is opened, these wild boars will wander outside during the day, and when it is feeding time and at night, they will consciously return to the pig pen.
This made Dajiao very worry-free.
In addition to these wild boars, more and more various beasts and birds are domesticated by the Teng tribe.
Such as the wild bird.
When he wiped out the Mengniao tribe, Dajiao picked up some Mengniao eggs, then brought them back to the tribe and let the One-horned Bird hatch the eggs.
Now, these little rams have grown up to half their size and are beginning to show their ferocity.
Those colorful ducks, colorful pheasants, and one-horned birds did not dare to approach this group of raptors because they were too fierce.
Oddly enough, tribesmen like ferocious beasts and birds. These large and ferocious birds quickly attracted the attention of many warriors.
These warriors begged Jiang Xuan to let them try to tame the wild bird into a mount.
Although wild birds cannot fly, they have long legs and can run very fast in the forest. They also have strong endurance and strong attack power, making them very suitable for use as mounts.
Jiang Xuan thought about it for a moment and agreed to their request.
Anyway, the Vine Tribe already has several kinds of mounts, so it doesn't matter if there is another kind of wild bird.
…
Vine tribe, shipyard.
"Crash..."
Another wooden boat was launched.
Different from other wooden boats, this wooden boat is larger, up to ten meters in length, with a leak-proof sealed cabin inside the boat, and a bronze anchor on the stern.
Most importantly, this wooden ship has a mast in the middle and a sail.
The sails are sewn from treated animal hides, which are very tough and can withstand strong winds.
By the artificial lake, Jiang Xuan said excitedly: "The Teng tribe finally has its first sailboat!"
Compared with wooden boats that rely entirely on oars for rowing, sailboats have obvious advantages.
It can sail with the help of wind, and if the wind and water are favorable, it can be very fast.
With the sailboat, the warriors of the Vine Tribe can truly try to get out of the river basin of the Vine Tribe and go to wider waters and more distant places!
Beside Jiang Xuan, the soldiers in the shipyard also cheered. They had put a lot of effort into this sailboat.
"Let's go up and try the sea!"
Some soldiers put a long wooden board on the hull of the boat and connected it to the shore.
Jiang Xuan walked up the wooden plank and asked several soldiers from the shipyard to also go up.
"Sail!"
Jiang Xuan gave the order, and a soldier immediately took the planks back to the ship, while the others walked under the mast and began to pull the sails.
The sail made of animal skin was raised little by little. When it reached the top of the mast, the soldiers tied the rope connecting the sail tightly to the ship.
"Huhuhu..."
The sail was very big, and when it was blown by the wind, it immediately swelled up and moved the entire ship sideways to the left.
"Chief, what should I do if the ship doesn't move forward?"
Except for Jiang Xuan, no one in the Teng tribe has ever seen a sail, and they don't know how to operate it. So when encountering this situation, they can only ask Jiang Xuan for help.
Jiang Xuan said calmly: "Pull the rope to change the direction of the sail."
"yes!"
The sail did not only have ropes in the middle, but also had a lot of ropes on both sides. The soldiers pulled the ropes of the sail hard to change its direction into the wind.
When the sail is adjusted to an angle, the hull tilts slightly, and the sailboat slowly moves forward driven by the wind.
"Success!"
Although the soldiers were not very used to the tilting sailboat, they were still very happy to see it moving forward.
Jiang Xuandao: "Manipulating a sail is a technical job that requires you to constantly try and sum up experience. Now our ship has one sail, and the wind power that can be utilized is relatively limited."
"In the future, our ships will be built bigger and bigger. There will be two sails, three sails, or even more sails on the ship."
"By then, as long as you can control the sails skillfully, the Vine Tribe's ship will be able to sail farther!"
Jiang Xuan's words made the warriors on the boat feel excited. They even began to imagine the scene of the Vine Tribe's ship sailing on a wider water surface.
The artificial lake was too small. When the soldiers on the boat gradually figured out how to use the wind direction to drive the sailboat forward, they drove the boat directly into the Feiyu River.
The Feiyu River is wider and has more maneuverable space, so sailboats can steer and sail freely on it.
However, new problems soon emerged.
The sailboat goes down the river very quickly with the help of the wind, but what should we do if we want to go back again?
"Close to the shore and lower the sail!"
Jiang Xuan gave an order, and the sailboat quickly approached the shore and lowered the sail.
After losing the power of the wind, the sailboat could only be driven by flowing water, and its speed was obviously much slower.
"Lower the anchor!"
"Crash..."
The bronze anchor was thrown into the water and quickly hooked on the rocks on the river bottom, firmly holding the ship in place so that it could no longer be pushed by the current and continue to drift downward.
Jiang Xuan said to the soldiers: "If the wind blows from the opposite direction of the water flow, and the water flow is not fast, we can use the wind to go upstream."
"If the wind direction is the same as the current direction, we can only lower the sail and continue paddling with the oars. We can also make the boat go upstream, which is more difficult."
"If we encounter a section of the river where the water flow is relatively fast, then we have to get off the boat in groups, use ropes to pull the boat up, and pull the boat up."
"do you understand?"
Those soldiers tried their best to write down Jiang Xuan's words, but they didn't quite understand them and no one spoke to them.
Jiang Xuandao: "It doesn't matter. In fact, I don't understand it very well. If we practice more, accumulate more experience, and try more, we will definitely be able to find the correct method."
"Get the oars and row!"
The soldiers picked up the thick oars one after another, divided them into left and right sides, and started rowing.
The soldiers were very strong, and after rowing a few times, the ship began to move upstream.
When the ship moved directly above the anchor's landing point, Jiang Xuan immediately shook the winch at the stern and pulled up the anchor.
Later, Jiang Xuan and the soldiers worked together to swim upstream, rowed the boat into a bay with gentle water flow, and anchored again.
The soldiers of the fishing team were fishing by the river. When they saw the new boat, everyone became excited.
In order to deal with the Black Snake Tribe, Jiang Xuan had the shipyard work day and night and built many wooden ships.
Most of these wooden boats belong to fishing teams.
The warriors of the fishing team relied on wooden boats to fish in deeper waters and farther places, and harvested a lot.
That's why they get so excited when they see a new ship.
Jingjie even approached Jiang Xuan and began to inquire about the new boat, and asked Jiang Xuan to assign the new boat to the fishing team.
