Chapter 37 Establishing a caravan
The male lead of the drama "Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law" is more beautiful
Shen Nong laughed so hard that his stomach hurt. This look reminded him of a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law drama that a colleague in the lab had been following.
The background of the time period is a rural area of ancient Earth. On the day the male protagonist goes to get engaged, he looks exactly like Ze Dangzhen, holding a chicken in both hands.
That's not right, Ze mentioned more and Ze is much better looking than that actor.
At that time, he asked his colleagues what they thought about this. His colleagues said that they were trying to find wisdom from the ancients in an attempt to resolve the conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in their own families.
Shen Nong watched a few episodes at that time, but later he refused to watch it even if he was beaten to death.
I was scared by the messy and chaotic life there.
Shen Nong laughed enough, he waved his hand and asked Ze to follow him into the tribe.
He chose a pheasant with hangings all over its body and followed closely behind.
Put the pheasant into the chicken coop and open the hide. Although I was very careful, a few eggs inside were still crushed.
Shen Nong has read some miscellaneous notes, which talk about how to identify eggs that have been infested with rice without strong light. If you shake it next to your ear, most eggs that have been infested with rice will make some sound. You can also smell the smell, and eggs with a stronger fishy smell are also infested with rice.
He put the egg next to his ear and shook it, but could not hear any sound. He then put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, feeling that each one had a flavor.
After shaking and sniffing for a long time, Shen Nong still couldn't come to a conclusion.
At this time of the year, everything is reviving, and there are quite a few roosters in the flock. Most of these eggs are green eggs.
Anyway, it was not a big deal to have a few eggs, so when building the chicken coop, Shen Nong made some partitions, picking out half of the hens and putting them in another place, and then eating the eggs laid by these chickens directly.
Now he couldn't miss any possibility of hatching chicks. Shen Nong stood up and wiped his hands clean. "Put them all in the chicken coop and let the hens hatch them."
After settling the pheasants, Shen Nong returned to the big earthen house in the square.
Except for going back to the cave to sleep at night, he would stay here all the time, making it easy for the tribesmen to find him.
Ze lifted the leather curtain hanging on the door of the earthen house for Shen Nong. After entering, he found two people standing inside, who seemed to have been waiting for him for a while.
Shen Nong looked at the chairs beside him and motioned for them to sit down. "There are so many wooden chairs in the room. Why don't you sit down now that you're here?"
Bao Qiu obeyed Shen Nong's words and did whatever he was told to do. Lang Yu saw Bao Qiu sitting down and followed him to sit down.
The wooden chair was covered with animal skin, which was very soft. Shen Nong sat down and found a comfortable position.
Ze noticed that Shen Nong's lips were a little dry, so he went to the fire pit to boil some hot water.
Shen Nong didn't care. He glanced at the two of them. Lang Yu looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, and Bao Qiu also had a serious expression, as if he had something to say.
Shen Nong could probably guess what they wanted to say.
After all, they were one of the best hunting teams in the Salt Tribe, and their orcs were not low-level. They just didn't want to lie around in the tribe, nor did they want to sweep snow in the tribe all day.
Shen Nong released his supernatural powers to check the injuries of the two.
It is said that it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. After a whole winter of recuperation, their bodies have recovered quite well.
Shen Nong had already made arrangements for the people from the Salt Department. He asked, "What do you think of the pottery jars and animal skins in the tribe?"
The two didn't understand why the priest suddenly asked them this. Bao Qiu was about to speak when Lang Yu interrupted him, "Clay pots are very convenient to use and can make food delicious."
After saying this, he did not forget to swallow his saliva and kept praising the meat soup and fish soup.
It seems that he is also a foodie.
Bao Qiu was calmer and confirmed the benefits of the pottery jar mentioned by Lang Yu. He also added the differences of animal skins, "The animal skins in our tribe are softer than those in other tribes. Not only do they not have an unpleasant smell, but they also have a little fragrance. They are not bitten by insects and will not rot."
He paused, then continued, "Better than the best hides in the Salt Department."
The Yan tribe is the largest tribe here, and the best animal skins in the Yan tribe are the best animal skins in this land.
Bao Qiu's words were undoubtedly the highest affirmation of the animal skins of the Mu tribe.
Shen Nong certainly knew that his animal skins were good, otherwise he wouldn't have thought of going out to trade.
"Then do you think that if we take our tribe's pottery and animal skins and exchange them with other tribes, we can get a lot of things in return?"
When he mentioned that he wanted to use the pottery jar to exchange things, Lang Yu lowered his eyes and looked unhappy.
He couldn't hold back his words and said directly: "Priest, the clay pot may not be replaced."
Shen Nong asked him, "Is it because the Salt Department also has pottery jars?"
Lang Yu nodded and said, "Priest, you don't know the chief of the Salt Tribe and the old priest. They will not allow the Wood Tribe to take the pottery jar out for exchange."
Shen Nong chuckled, and a trace of disdain appeared between his handsome eyebrows. "Even if the Salt Department doesn't have anything that catches my eye, do you think I would trade with a pottery jar here?"
It was really arrogant to say that even the most powerful tribe did not have anything he could value.
But after hearing this, Baoqiu and Langyu thought carefully about the winter they had spent in the Mu tribe and felt that what the priest said was right.
In the past when I was in the Salt Tribe, things that were treated as treasures in the tribe were not worth mentioning in the Mu Tribe.
Take the best hide from the Salt Department, for example. It is not bitten by insects and has no odor. But the smell is pungent, and the hide is a bit hard.
The worst animal hide in the Mu tribe is better than that one.
As seventh-level orc warriors, they lived in the best caves and had the best food when they were in the Salt Department.
But in winter, they still shivered with cold. The food was not as good as the one in the Wood Tribe. The soil used to stew meat in the Wood Tribe was more fragrant than the meat they ate in the Salt Tribe.
It is reasonable for the priest to look down on the Salt Department.
They don't even look down on it now.
After thinking about it, Bao Qiu roughly understood what the priest meant by "going out to exchange". "Does the priest want to go to a farther place to trade with the tribe there?"
A charming smile bloomed on Shen Zhi's pretty face. "That's right, you will form a caravan to go out for trade then."
A tall figure suddenly appeared in front of him. Shen Nong was sitting, his eyes just falling on the other person's strong waist and abdomen.
Ze handed the ceramic cup in his hand to Shen Nong, "Priest, drink some water."
Shen Nong retracted his gaze and pursed his lips. He was indeed a little thirsty, so he took the cup and drank it in small sips.
Bao Qiu's gaze fell on Ze's back, and he did not see Shen Nong's previous smile.
Although Bao Qiu didn't know what "caravan" meant, he could probably guess that the priest wanted to leave this matter to them.
Lang Yu seemed to understand what he heard, so he pulled Bao Qiu aside and asked him, "Does the priest mean that we should go out and trade for the tribe in the future?"
Bao Qiu smiled and nodded, "Do a good job."
After drinking a few sips of water to moisten his throat, Shen Nong continued to discuss the matter of forming a caravan to go out for trade. Originally, he thought that Bao Qiu and the others could go by themselves.
The rice plants were drawn so that they could look for them, but he also thought that he had been here for so long and had only walked back and forth between a few tribes without going out to take a look.
It’s a bit of a pity.
So I decided to go with Bao Qiu and the others, so that I can see more plants in the Beast World, which are not found in these interstellar spaces.
Knowing that Shen Nong was going on a long journey with Bao Qiu and the others, Ze immediately said: "Priest, I..."
Before he finished speaking, Shen Nong nodded and agreed, "You go too."
Go sleep with me.
Shen Nong didn't say the rest, just thought about it in his mind.
It’s such a long journey, and if Shen Nong doesn’t have anything familiar around him when he sleeps, he might become the first person in the beast world to die of insomnia.
Shen Nong determined the number of people in the caravan and left Hu Xiao and the others in the tribe.
The Mu tribe needed someone to protect them, and although the guards were much stronger than before, he would be gone for at least a month, and with Dahei around, he wasn't too worried about the cannibals.
But the Salt Department was ultimately a disaster.
From what Bao Qiu had said to him before, it was not difficult for Shen Nong to see that the leader of the Salt Tribe, Mang Lin, held a grudge against the Mu Tribe, or to be more precise, against him, because of the death of his brother.
If Hu Xiao and the others go together, if the Yan tribe causes trouble for the tribe, Yang Lei and the others will not be their match.
However, they have to sow seeds now. The tribesmen have never planted seeds before, so Shen Nong can only leave after the sowing is completed.
This is a good opportunity to take advantage of this time to get some more pottery jars and animal skins.
Shen Nong also planned to take some fish skin clothes, but the quantity was less than that of animal skins, and the quantity of animal skins was less than that of pottery jars.
Shen Nong originally wanted to get a cart to put the goods on and let the ox pull it, but when he thought about the rugged mountain road and the fact that they might have to cross the forest, the cart would not be easy to move, so he had to give up.
But he still wanted to make the cart, but he didn't plan to use it for trade.
There are not enough people in the tribe, and making crossbows is a technical job, so the elders can't help.
But moving bricks and digging soil at the brick kiln are hard work, so the old people always want to help.
But they were unable to move those things, and several of them who went to help sprained their backs.
In addition to processing medicinal materials and memorizing medical knowledge every day, Tu Dong also has to take care of the old man's waist, which increases his workload a lot.
The ground inside the tribe is relatively flat. After the cart is ready, it is put on the ox and asked to pull it. They just need to lead the ox to the destination.
The collection team can also use it to transport the collected wild vegetables and fruits. They can stop at the foot of the mountain, go into the mountain to collect them, and save a lot of effort when pulling them back with a car.
The body of the cart is easy to make, but the wheels are difficult.
Shen Nong calculated the size on the wooden board and pulled Ze over to do the hard labor for him. He used the giant tree to grind out seven wooden strips with the same arc according to the size.
Fourteen small holes were evenly chiseled around a small wooden stake with a diameter of about 25 centimeters, and straight wooden strips of uniform length were inserted into each hole.
The number is too small and the wheels' load-bearing capacity is insufficient.
There are two evenly spaced holes on the inside of the curved wooden strip, which fits perfectly with the straight wooden strip.
After all the pieces are assembled, it becomes a big round wheel.
With accurate data and wheel samples, Shen Nong directly threw the things to the production team.
The production team is composed of a group of strong and skillful people, and they are responsible for making everything made of wood.
The captain of the production team is a level 4 female orc warrior named Shixia.
Sanding wood is not easy, especially since they don't have the right tools.
When making the crossbow cart, Shen Nong watched Shi Xia holding a stone axe and chopping at the wood, with even the afterimage of his swinging arms.
The wood produced is smoother than anyone else's, and the shape is also beautiful.
Shixia is very strong and has skillful hands.
Sometimes Shen Nong didn't even need to say much. She would just take a look at something, take it apart and think about it herself, and she would understand how to do it.
So when the production team was set up, Shen Nong directly gave the captain position to Shi Xia.
In the orc world, the strong are respected.
The things that Shixia makes are fast and good. And when everyone else still doesn't understand, Shixia already knows how to do the whole process.
Therefore, none of the dozen or so people under Shi Xia's command disobeyed her, and they all wholeheartedly called her Captain Shi Xia.