Chapter 358 Butterfly Effect (Please vote and subscribe)

The person paddling the bamboo raft on the river was none other than the Ling tribe that Luo Chong met when he went to the swamp to look for wild rice, that is, the group of people who soaked in the water to pick water chestnuts.

At the beginning, Luo Chong paddled a homemade fish skin boat, and later stepped on flippers into the mud to collect rice in front of them. It is no exaggeration to say that Luo Chong left a deep impression on them at that time. He was able to make a means of transportation that floated on the water, and he could enter the forbidden area in their mouths, and he was not swallowed by the mud.

This was almost a god-like existence in their hearts. Of course, they also tried to contact Luo Chong, and learned from him how to make a raft with wood. A few pieces of driftwood tied together can hold people floating on the water. This idea is really magical. Then the people of the Ling tribe became keen on making rafts and all kinds of rafts.

Because they lived in the swamp, although there was dry land all year round, the surrounding environment was still dominated by water networks. Without such a means of transportation that could float on the water, they could not swim far, so they began to try to make various rafts with many different materials, until one day they found bamboo in the swamp.

It was a pity to say that there was a bamboo forest in the swamp, but Luo Chong was only concerned with finding rice at the time, and had no other thoughts, no time and opportunity to find anything else. At that time, there was a group of blue antelopes tied to the shore. It was hard to say whether they would run away if they went back too late, so Luo Chong went back quickly after finding rice. It was precisely because of this that he missed the universal material of bamboo. However, Luo Chong's bad

luck does not mean that the Ling tribe has bad luck. They live in the swamp every day, so they are naturally more likely to encounter those bamboos. It is also relying on the discovery and use of bamboo that the living standards of the Ling tribe have improved rapidly.

In the past, they could only soak in the water to collect wild water chestnuts, or occasionally kill a small animal to satisfy their hunger. However, after they had bamboo, they could paddle bamboo rafts to farther places to collect water chestnuts. Because of the expansion of the territory, the harvest was several times more than before, so that the Ling tribe would not go hungry.

And this is only one aspect. Since the bamboo, the Ling tribe's ability to make weapons has also improved a lot, bamboo spears, bamboo bows, bamboo arrows, bamboo harpoons and bamboo baskets.

The birth of these bamboo weapons gave them the ability to eat meat. They could paddle bamboo rafts to fish, and use bamboo spears to hunt small animals such as otters and beavers, and they could also conquer other tribes.

However, the tribes in the swamp are very limited, far fewer than the tribes on land. After all, not everyone can get enough food in the swamp.

In this way, the Ling tribe relied on a large number of bamboo rafts, natural bamboo weapons, or military conquests, or threats of annexation. After annexing four or five small tribes in a row, they finally had no opponents, and the number of people increased to more than a thousand, becoming the overlord of the swamp.

The rapid rise of the Ling tribe was all due to Luo Chong. It was Luo Chong who taught the Ling tribe how to build rafts, so they could go further. Otherwise, they would not have discovered bamboo and then relied on bamboo to rise strongly. Although all this had nothing to do with Luo Chong directly, it was also a butterfly effect brought about by him.

However, the butterfly effect brought about by Luo Chong was not over yet and was still affecting the Ling tribe.

The Ling tribe themselves knew that they could become so powerful and improve their living standards so much, all because of the skills taught by Luo Chong. They felt that Luo Chong was a god who came to inspire them. Otherwise, why would he suddenly parachute near their tribe?

Under this theory that Luo Chong was the god of heaven, the Ling tribe began to dig deep into their memories, hoping to get some inspiration from them. When they first met Luo Chong, what did Luo Chong do besides teaching them how to build a raft?

As a result, they soon discovered something very important. The "god" came in that small boat and took away a plant from the forbidden area. The "god" came specifically to find that plant. Something that even the "god" cared so much about must be a very useful thing.

This major discovery made them very excited, so the Ling tribe immediately organized people to return to the forbidden area to look for the unique plants that Luo Chong had taken away. They followed Luo Chong's example, using bamboo rafts as boards and laying them step by step into the mud, and then they naturally found the rice that Luo Chong had picked at that time.

After they collected some rice, they didn't know the function of this plant at first, but what else can plants be used for besides some being able to cure diseases and some being edible? Maybe the "gods" were looking for this kind of thing just to eat it. This thing must be edible. After all, those water birds love to eat this kind of thing, and they are still alive and well, which means that people should be able to eat it too.

So they began to try to eat rice in various ways, such as roasting rice ears. In the end, they were either not cooked or roasted directly. In some special cases, they turned into popcorn. In short, they never got the correct way to eat rice. Until one day, a tribe member of the Ling tribe put the peeled rice in a bamboo tube and cooked it with fish, and then they got a bamboo tube fish porridge.

This sudden discovery made the top leaders of the Ling tribe very happy. The cooked rice was no longer so dry and hard, but became soft and delicious, and exuded the unique fragrance of rice. It was indeed a rare delicacy in nature. No wonder the "gods" loved to eat this thing.

In order to verify whether this way of eating is correct, they specially cooked several bamboo tubes of rice with water. However, because they did not know the correct ratio of water to rice, the rice they cooked either became thin rice soup or porridge, and some even cooked bamboo tube rice.

Finally, after verifying one by one, the Ling tribe came to the conclusion that no matter how the rice is cooked, it is edible, especially the dry rice without water, which is simply the best in the world.

Sweet, soft and glutinous natural pollution-free rice, mixed with the unique fragrance of rice and fresh bamboo, has a soft and glutinous taste that is not only very delicious, but also suitable for all ages. Even children and the elderly with weak teeth can eat it, and it is also very filling. Half a bamboo tube of rice can feed an adult. This kind of rice is served with barbecued meat, roast goose, grilled fish or broth, and the taste is surprisingly good.

This new food soon became popular in the Ling tribe, and they began to search frantically for rice nearby. As expected, the efforts paid off. The Ling tribe found more wild rice gathering places in the swamp one after another, which became the first target of the Ling tribe's collection team. Rice gradually began to surpass their water chestnuts and became the staple food that the tribe generally liked.

Although they have not yet learned to grow rice and still rely on collecting rice grown from wild rice, this undoubtedly paved a road for farming for the Ling tribe. As long as they continue to eat rice, it is only a matter of time before they develop their own cultivation.

But no one ever thought that this conclusion would be realized so quickly. However, to talk about this, we have to start from the time when the Ling tribe suddenly discovered that the Han tribe's new city was planting rice by the river one day.

(End of this chapter)