Quartz sandstone deposits

What Shen Wu discovered was a quartz sandstone deposit, with all kinds of quartz sandstone, covering a wide area. According to Shen Wu's speculation, there are also crystals underground.

Quartz sandstone is crushed and washed with water, acid washed and then washed with water again, and quartz sand with relatively low iron content can be obtained. This kind of quartz sand is the best raw material for making glass. Shen Nong looked at the exposed rocks, and the content of quartz sand in river sand is not as high as this. The best raw materials are delivered to him, and Shen Nong doesn't want to push them away.

He looked at the sea below the mountain. If other tribes on the coast also agreed to come and work, then there would be no shortage of manpower to extract quartz sand, the raw material for glass.

Now we have to figure out how to get other tribes on the coast to come and help with the work.

Following Shen Wu and continuing into the mountains, Shen Nong was not idle either.

The orcs of the fish tribe still needed medicine, so Shen Nong started looking for herbs according to the prescription given by the system. At noon, Shen Nong bought meat and steamed buns directly from the mall. After the three of them had eaten, they continued to climb the mountain. After Shen Wu finished the survey, he marked some useful points on the wooden board, and Shen Nong had found all the herbs.

It was getting late, and if they didn't get down the mountain, it would be dark soon. The three of them didn't waste any more time and returned along the same route. When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, it was already dark. However, the fires of each tribe were burning more than usual, and they were still helping the Hai tribe find people.

Shen Wu went straight back to the dormitory arranged by Shen Er. Shen Er had sent him the location on the chat platform.

Ze took Shen Nong's hand and led him towards the residence in the dark, "Priest, go to the side." Ze pulled Shen Nong to the right. Shen Nong looked down and found a small stone at the place where he was just now.

"Ze, are you still afraid of the dark?" Shen Nong asked casually.

He paused slightly, tightened his grip, and after a moment of silence, shook his head, "Don't be afraid. After awakening, your vision will be better at night than during the day."

Shen Nong burst out laughing when he saw Ze was nervous. He looked into Ze's eyes and said jokingly, "Then it's your turn to hold my hand at night. My eyesight at night is not as good as during the day."

Ze raised the corners of his lips, lowered his head and kissed Shen Nong's eyes, "Okay."

When they returned to their residence, they found an old man with disheveled hair and a wooden stick in his hand standing at the door.

The orcs of the Wood Tribe and the Feather Tribe have very high requirements for hygiene. They have to tie their hair up except when sleeping.

He was clean and wearing fish skin clothes. This man was definitely not an orc from their Mu tribe or Yu tribe. Shen Nong glanced at the wooden stick in the old man's hand and remembered that all the priests of the tribes he had seen before, young or old, had this thing in their hands.

He walked forward and asked, "Priest of the Fish Tribe?"

Yu Shui saw the great gratitude rising in Shen Nong's heart. He put down the wooden stick and was about to kneel on one knee to perform the highest etiquette only when worshiping the beast god.

Shen Nong knew that this was the ceremony performed by the beastmen when they worshipped the beast god. He did not think that he could be like the omnipotent god in the hearts of the beastmen, and he could not bear this ceremony.

Shen Nong reached out and helped him, then led him into the house. "The orcs of the Fish Tribe will need to drink herbal medicine for treatment later. I have already collected all the medicine. It's just right for you to come in with me. I will divide it according to the dosage, and you can take it back and boil it for them to drink."

Yu Shui didn't know what to say to express his gratitude to the priest of the Mu tribe, so he followed Shen Nong into the house.

"Drink some water." The light from the fire pit in the room was limited, but Shen Nong still saw Yu Shui's chapped lips. He poured a bowl of water on the table for Yu Shui to drink.

Water is the most precious thing to fish, so he fed the bowl of broth to the injured orcs. There was one bowl of broth for nine people, and each person only drank one or two mouthfuls.

He wouldn't dare feed him too much, because he can't drink too much sea water.

Yu Shui licked his lips, staring at the water on the table and feeling his mouth become even more dry. Finally, he couldn't help it. He hadn't drunk so much water in a long time.

After a quick gulp, the bowl of water was soon empty. After finishing the drink, the fish smacked its lips. Hiss, the taste of this sea water is wrong. Why does it taste a bit sweet? Shouldn't it be salty? Doesn't it make your mouth uncomfortable after drinking it?

Shen Nong sat not far from the fire pit, dividing herbs by the light of the fire, sweating all over his forehead. He thought to himself that he had traded a lot of honey and beehives in the marginal tribe this time. After arranging things here and returning to the Mu tribe, he would boil the beehives into beeswax and make candles.

He heard the sound of the fish drinking water and knew that it was very thirsty. "There is still some in the pottery jar on the table. If you want to drink, pour it yourself."

Yu Shui bowed several times to Shen Nong's back, then carefully lifted the pottery jar with both hands and poured water into the bowl. After another bowl of water, Yu Shui felt like a fish that had been dry for a long time, and was thrown back into the water when it was about to die of thirst, and came back to life.

After putting down the bowl, Yu Shui wiped his mouth and sighed, "I never thought that the sea water would taste better than the stream water one day."

He didn't know what method the Wood Tribe used to make the sea water so delicious. But he didn't mean to ask. Drinkable water at the seaside was very scarce. The Sea Tribe controlled the streams in the mountains and made all the tribes at the seaside obey them.

He knew very well how important the method used by the Wood Tribe to make the sea water taste good was. He knew that even if he asked about such an important thing, no one would tell him, and he shouldn't ask too much.

When Shen Nong heard Yu Shui's sigh, he continued to divide the herbs and said, "It's not sea water, it's groundwater."

Yu Shui was stunned and blurted out: "Groundwater? What kind of water is this?" He had never heard of this kind of water by their sea.

Yu Shui regretted it after he finished speaking, and he quickly explained, "I didn't mean to ask about the source of the water..."

"It's no big deal to tell you. Finding a place to dig a well and successfully draw groundwater is a technical job. It takes experienced orcs from my Mu tribe to do it." Shen Nong wrapped the divided herbs with large leaves and only divided them into nine packages. Each of the nine orcs got one package. "Boil these herbs twice, divide them into two meals, one in the morning and one in the evening, and drink them for two days. If you don't know how to boil them, ask the orcs from the Mu tribe to help you. They know how to do it. I'll divide the rest tomorrow and have someone send them to you."

Yu Shui took the herbal bag. He could feel that the priest of the Mu tribe was a little uncomfortable with his kneeling, so he bowed instead. However, Shen Nong still felt awkward when the old man bowed to him.

Yu Shui stood up and prepared to leave. Shen Nong suddenly remembered what Yu Shui said after drinking the water. He called out to him, "Wait a minute, I want to confirm. Did you always think that the water we drink is sea water?"

"Yes." Yu Shui nodded, and then said: "Not only our tribe, but all other small tribes think so."

"You think we don't have drinkable water, so we would rather starve to death than listen to the Sea Tribe and not come to work." Shen Nong understood what was meant. "So, it is the Sea Tribe that supplies drinkable water to each tribe, right?"

Yu Shui nodded in agreement. His eyes moved to the pottery jar filled with water on the wooden table and he told Shen Nong everything he knew, "Priest Mu Tribe, you are right. Every tribe on the coast listens to the Sea Tribe and dares not resist in the slightest. The fundamental reason is because of the water.

The Sea Tribe controls the mountain streams, and all tribes that want to drink water must listen to the Sea Tribe.

All the orcs in our seaside tribe think that you drink sea water, so even if you provide food and accommodation, we dare not easily disobey the words of the sea tribe priests.

So if you want other tribes to disobey the Sea Tribe and work for the Wood Tribe, you only need to rely on water.”

Shen Nong understood. No wonder these orcs would rather starve to death than come to work for them in exchange for meat.

Then this matter will be easy to handle.

Yu Shui had something on his mind. If he had just left, he wouldn't have said anything. But the analysis he had just given to the Wood Tribe priest made him understand that if the Fish Tribe joined the Wood Tribe, no one from the Seaside Tribe would dare to harm them in the future.

"Priest of the Wood Tribe, I want the Fish Tribe to join the Wood Tribe." Yu Shui finally said it.

Although Shen Nong was a little surprised at Yu Shui's choice, he didn't find it strange.

They have water and food. The orcs of the Fish Tribe almost starved to death, and then the entire tribe was burned down by the Sea Tribe. The chief and the stronger orc warriors were almost all burned to death.

"Yeah, okay." Shen Nong nodded in agreement.

Yu Shui grinned, and the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes piled up layer by layer. He wiped the corners of his eyes with his arm, and under the firelight, his cloudy eyes were now surprisingly bright.

Shen Nong's heart skipped a beat when he looked at Yu Shui's eyes. This look... He suddenly remembered that Yu Ji had told him before that if a tribe has a priest, it cannot take the initiative to merge with other tribes.

Unless the priest dies, there will be no new priest in the tribe.

Shen Nong wanted to say something, but he was a little stuck. The expression and eyes of the old man in front of him were exactly the same as when his teacher told him to escape and die in danger.

"Wait, the Fish Tribe still has a priest, so it can't join other tribes." Shen Nong noticed that Yu Shui's expression became more determined, and hurriedly said: "You can make a covenant with me and let the Fish Tribe become a subsidiary tribe of the Wood Tribe."

Yu Shui froze in place. Becoming a subordinate tribe of the Wood Tribe? How is that possible? Did he hear wrongly?

"Our Yu tribe is very weak. We are not qualified to become a subordinate tribe..." Although Yu Shui really wanted to do this, how could their tribe be qualified to become a subordinate tribe of a large tribe?

Shen Nong smiled and said, "What's the big deal? I don't care whether you are strong or not. As long as you work hard and don't have any bad intentions, that's fine."

Yu Shui nodded and waved his hands after hearing this, "Okay! After the contract is signed, the Fish Tribe will be a subsidiary tribe of the Wood Tribe. All the orcs in our tribe will work hard and will not have any bad intentions!"

The crystal of Yu Shui was carried with him, and there was no other place to hide it. Shen Nong was very familiar with the process of forming a contract, and after completing it, Ze just came in with water.

While Shen Nong was distributing the medicine, Ze went out to boil water, thinking that he could take a good bath and sleep after Shen Nong finished his work.

Yu Shui packed the crystals and left happily with the herbal bag. The big thing in his mind was solved, and he felt relaxed and comfortable. He had to go back and tell Yu Ye the good news.

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The next morning, Shen Nong found Yu Shui and asked him to take some orcs from the Fish Tribe back. He pretended to rebuild the tribe, but in fact he was waiting for orcs from other tribes to ask and spread the news that the Wood Tribe had drinkable water.

Yu Shui walked steadily with the help of a wooden stick, and his previous decadent look had mostly disappeared. He patted his chest and promised to get things done.

"Priest, priest, there is movement from the Fish Tribe!" The orcs of the Sand Tribe ran all the way back to the tribe to pass the message to their priest.

The priest of the Sand Tribe quickly asked, "How do they look? Are they in bad condition?"

The orc thought for a moment and shook his head firmly. "They look good. They are all smiling. They are clean and their hair is not like grass. It has become shorter. They look pretty good."

The priest of the Sand Tribe was not quite convinced, "Are you seeing things?"

"You're right, priest." The orc remembered something and said to the priest of the Sand Tribe, "I also saw them holding a bamboo and pouring it into their mouths, just like drinking water. Priest, is there really drinkable water in bamboo? Otherwise, let's go to the mountain to get some bamboo water to drink. We haven't had a good drink of water for a long time."

The priest of the Sand Tribe fell into deep thought. He listened to the orc's next words, but he did not agree with them.

It's not like we don't know what's inside a bamboo. It's empty, so how could there be water inside? Even if there is water, it must have been put in later.

But where did the water they drank come from? Did the foreign tribe give it to them? I didn't hear the orcs from the Sea Tribe say that the foreign tribes were allowed to use stream water. Did the Fish Tribe also follow the foreign tribes and start drinking sea water? Did they want to die?

The priest of the Sand Tribe hurriedly stood up and walked towards the Fish Tribe, and the orc who had replied hurriedly caught up with him.

"Yu Shui! Yu Shui, where are you?" The Sand Tribe is very close to the Fish Tribe, and the two tribes usually interact better than other tribes. The priest of the Sand Tribe is really worried that the Fish Tribe will drink sea water recklessly to quench their thirst. Isn't this fatal?

Yu Shui heard the familiar voice and poked his head out of the cave. His clean face was now covered with ash because he had stayed in the dark, burning cave for a while.

"Shamu, why are you here?" Yu Shui asked in surprise.

Shamu walked around Yushui and looked at his old friend. He found that he really looked very good, just as the tribe members had reported. Shamu even thought that Yushui looked better than ever before, which was really strange.

Turning back to the starting point, Shamu caught a glimpse of green bamboo on the ground. He remembered why he came here, and patted Yu Shui on the shoulder and sighed, "Yu Shui, we were priests of the tribe together. After so many years, you should know that drinking too much sea water can kill people, right?"

Yu Shui nodded without hesitation, "Of course I know."

"You know why you're still drinking!" Shamu pointed at the bamboo tube on the ground, looking worried, "How much sea water did you drink in the past two days in the foreign tribe?"

Yu Shui knew that Shamu was worried about him, and he was touched. That day when the Fish Tribe was on fire, when he was lifted up by the orcs of the Feather Tribe, he saw the orcs of the Sea Tribe holding the orcs of the Sand Tribe and not letting them rescue them.

Thinking about what the priest of the Mu tribe had told him, Yu Shui turned around, picked up the bamboo tube and handed it to Shamu, "Try to drink it."

Shamu refused to give in, saying that he did not want to drink sea water, but he still reached out to take the bamboo tube and drank a mouthful. When he got close to the mouth of the bamboo tube, Shamu smelled something wrong, and after the water entered his mouth, his thoughts were further confirmed.

The water in the bamboo tube is not sea water.

"Which foreign tribe gave you this water? Could they have stolen the stream water from the Sea Tribe? Stop associating with the foreign tribe and wait for the Sea Tribe priest and the chief to find you, then go and admit your mistake. If the Sea Tribe knows that the foreign tribe stole their water, do you think they will let them off?" Shamu was so anxious that he wanted to rush to the Wood Tribe right now and pull back all the Fish Tribe orcs.

"Look at your dry mouth." Yu Shui lifted the bottom of the bamboo tube and asked Shamu to drink more. Shamu was not dry. This water was not easy to get. Just drink a sip. How could he drink more?

Yu Shui laughed, his old voice sounded full of energy, "The Wood Tribe didn't steal the water from the Sea Tribe. They found another kind of drinkable water called groundwater. This water is cleaner than stream water and tastes sweet. I've been full from just drinking water these past two days. You drink. If I'm thirsty, I can go to the Wood Tribe to drink."

Shamu knew that there was no need for Yu Shui to lie to him, so he didn't care whether it was groundwater or surface water. He tilted his head back and drank all the water in the bamboo tube.

Really thirst quenching!

The beastman who followed Shamu was staring at the bamboo tube with his mouth watering. Yushui also gave the beastman a bamboo tube of water and said, "Drink it."

The orc didn't dare to answer. Shamu looked at the young orc's cracked lips and nodded, "Go on."

"Hey!" The orc took the water excitedly, took a sip and covered it up.

Seeing this, Yu Shui asked in surprise: "Aren't you very thirsty? Why did you only drink one sip?"

The orc from the Sand Tribe scratched the itchy scalp with one hand, and with the other hand he held the bamboo tube in his arms, protecting it tightly for fear of dropping it on the ground. "Take it back for my father, mother, brothers and sisters to drink. They haven't had water for a long time."

Upon hearing this, Yu Shui picked up all seven or eight bamboo tubes on the ground and handed them to Shamu, "Take them back and give them to the tribesmen to drink. Although there is not much, everyone can have a sip or two to taste the water."

Shamu didn't want to take it, but the tribe was really short of water. Because the Hai tribe had to find the priest and the chief these two days, all the tribes had to help find them. If they couldn't find them, they wouldn't be allowed to go to the mountain to get water.

Now, except for the old orcs who cannot move and the newborns who cannot walk, there are only two orcs left to protect him, and all the other orcs have gone out to help find people.

The summer heat is unbearable. People who have been searching outside in the sun for a whole day come back without a sip of water. Many orcs of lower levels have already fallen.

The children were crying loudly because of thirst, and as a priest he saw it all but could do nothing.

Although the water Yushui gave was not much, it could at least save a few orcs who were dying of thirst. Shamu's eyes were moist as he took the bamboo tube. Seeing Shamu's expression, Yushui knew that something was wrong and became worried. "What happened to the Sha tribe?"

Shamu sighed, this was no secret, so he told Yushui.

After understanding the reason, Yu Shui didn't know what to say for a moment. His mind was full of the conditions that the Wood Tribe gave them when recruiting workers, and the means that the Sea Tribe had always used stream water to control their various tribes.

During the two days in the Wood Tribe, although Yu Shui did not take good care of the Wood Tribe because of Yu Ye's injuries, he and the Fish Tribe talked a lot on the way back from the Wood Tribe.

I had three meals of meat a day, and drank as much water as I wanted. Before going to bed at night, I used the herbal bags I received to soak my body in water and scrubbed my body. I was not bitten by mosquitoes all night, and I slept soundly until dawn, feeling refreshed.

What they did was learn how to store the prey they caught in the sea for a longer period of time. Which tribe wouldn't know this as a secret? They actually learned it!

The tribesmen who followed them were happier than Yuye and the others when they learned that the Fish Tribe was a subordinate tribe of the Wood Tribe. This was something Yushui had not expected, as he had thought that the tribesmen would be worried and afraid. After all, becoming a subordinate tribe of an alien tribe was equivalent to standing on the opposite side of all the tribes on the seaside.

Apart from these, in Yu Shui's heart, the priest of the Wood Tribe was like a beast god, and he was extremely awed by him. He clearly understood that no one could save a dying person.

Yu Shui knew that the Fish Tribe would develop well in the future with the help of the Mu Tribe. He looked at Shamu and hoped that the Sha Tribe would also do well in the future.

"Shamu, our Fish Tribe is now a subsidiary tribe of the Wood Tribe."

Yu Shui's expression was calm, but Shamu could still hear the joy hidden in Yu Shui's voice. He subconsciously blocked his questioning, and just stood there blankly holding the bamboo tube, his mouth opened and closed several times, and he managed to say, "Why?"

"Because the priest of the Wood Tribe saved Yuye and the orc warriors of the hunting team, because the Wood Tribe taught my people how to preserve fish meat for a long time, because there is meat to eat, water to drink, and a bed to sleep on." Yu Shui said from the bottom of his heart: "As a priest, this is the best choice I can make for my people."

Shamu's Adam's apple slid, and he wanted to say something but didn't. He held the water in the bamboo tube, lowered his head, and wondered what he was thinking.