Chapter 543: The Newly Discovered Deer Tribe (Please vote and subscribe)

In the hot summer, the deer tribe living on the banks of the big river waited until four or five o'clock in the afternoon as usual to come out and move around, avoiding the scorching sun at two or three o'clock.

Women stood in the shallow water holding wooden harpoons to hunt swimming fish, and some people pulled ropes and dragged out rattan cages from the river. There were some water plants or fresh fruit pulp, and some animal bones and remains, but the most eye-catching thing was the live fish trapped in the cages. No matter how hard they struggled, they could not escape the fate of being roasted into dried fish. This was the trouble caused by greedy bait.

Because it was hot and unwilling to wear grass skirts like adults, the children, all naked, shouted and surrounded the fishing cages, excitedly counting how many fish were caught, and then happily followed the adults to carry the cages back.

There were also some girls who were learning to gather food. They were digging something in the soil under the trees with thin branches. From time to time, they would run to the river and pour some water into the small hole in the ground. After a while, a cicada larva would come out.

The girl happily picked up the insect and put it in a small cage hanging around her waist. There were already dozens of cicada larvae in it. This thing is high in protein. After roasting it over a fire and peeling off the shell, there is a ball of white lean meat bigger than peanuts inside, which is also a rare delicacy.

There were also some naughty children standing by the river playing in the water. Even if they were scared and driven back by the adults around them, they had to stretch their feet and wade in the river.

The men were not idle either. Some dug a pit by the river and stood there barefoot to step on the mud. This was of course not for playing, but for making pottery. You can see it from the gray-haired old man next to him who was carefully pinching a container that looked like a jar.

The clay embryos that had been kneaded and dried were taken away, put in a dedicated open space, and then piled with hay and firewood, and set on fire.

Of course, such open-air firing can also make pottery, but the success rate is relatively low. Since the temperature cannot be controlled and there is no kiln room for heat preservation, open-air firing is more likely to crack and the scrap rate is high.

The remaining strong hunting team members took their carefully made weapons and searched and hunted along the river bank to both sides of the tribe.

This can drive away the wild beasts that come to the river to drink water in the evening and prevent them from attacking the tribe members of their own tribe, and can also hunt some prey by the way.

Usually at this time, animals will come to the river to drink water. The hunting team has no need to search for prey everywhere under the scorching sun. It is better to wait by the river, which can not only protect the tribe members, but also hunt a lot of meat, especially the deer that is not very big in size is abundant in this area. Several deer can be hunted every day, and they have even caught them alive.

Perhaps it was because it was hot and it was difficult to preserve the deer if they killed them directly, so they tied the live deer to the tree with a rope, but the stupid deer just ate grass under the tree and didn't die after a long time.

So this situation aroused their speculation. After discussion with the leader and the elders, they decided to catch some more and tie them up.

In this way, the Deer Tribe inexplicably learned to raise them.

The Deer Tribe is good at learning and finding some interesting things, and raising questions about them, which then triggers thinking. No matter what they think about, they can get some experience and benefits in the end.

However, this kind of thinking and learning is limited. When something completely exceeds their imagination and even something they dare not dream of appears in front of them, all the people in the Deer Tribe are stunned.

The river, which is hundreds of meters wide, flows slowly, and suddenly a figure floats over from upstream.

The man is wearing strange clothes, his hair is all tied on top of his head, and he is wearing a bamboo hat with a large brim, and a white airbag on his back.

The most important thing is that this man is standing on a strange object painted white, which allows him to float safely on the water.

He is holding a triangular wing in his hand. The wing is made of something unknown, but it is taller than a man, and there is a strange symbol painted on it with black paint.

Behind the strange thing under the man's feet, there seems to be a wooden stick dragged, one end of the stick is deeply immersed in the water.

This is actually a bamboo pole for measuring water depth. The bamboo pole is hollowed out, filled with sand and sunk into the water, and the other end is tied to the reconnaissance boat. If the bamboo pole hits the bottom and is blocked, the part on the reconnaissance boat will also tilt forward due to the effect of the lever. It is a measuring tool that can intuitively "see" the water depth, and it was also invented by Luo Chong.

The people of the Deer Tribe were stunned to see this strange man standing on the water without moving, and he could move downstream by himself just by holding the huge "wings".

"Uh, what is this thing? Is this a person? What is he standing on that can actually float on the water? Did he make it himself?"

A series of questions appeared in everyone's mind, but they found that there was no existing experience and knowledge to answer these doubts for them. Even the oldest, most experienced and wisest elders in the tribe did not know what it was and stared at the river in a daze.

The driver of the hydrographic reconnaissance boat on the river obviously saw them. After three days, he finally saw a living person. This was also a relatively important discovery. So he turned the triangular sail in front of him sideways. The sail was no longer under force. The entire reconnaissance boat suddenly lost power and began to slow down and drift on the water. Then he manually erected the depth detection pole and inserted it into the mud at the bottom of the river. It was used as an anchor and the reconnaissance boat stopped at once.

The single-man reconnaissance boat was parked in the middle of the 100-meter-wide river. The driver stood there and stared at the people of the Deer Tribe on the shore. In fact, there was a gong hanging on his sail. As long as the gong was struck, it would warn the fleet 500 meters behind.

But the hydrological conditions were good now and did not affect the passage of the fleet. The water flow in this section of the river was very slow. It should be because the terrain was too flat and there was no rapids. He just found someone on the shore, which was not a dangerous alarm. So he did not strike the gong, stopped the boat and waited quietly for the fleet behind to catch up. He was alone now and would not contact the people on the shore by himself.

"Look, that person has stopped, he stopped, what is he going to do? Is he going to come over?"

"Long legs, long legs, you run fast, go and call the hunting team back, and tell them that there are strange people on the river."

"Children, go back to the house quickly, and those who fish should not stand by the water. Hurry up and gather together, and everyone will guard the tribe and wait for the hunting team to come back."

The elders who stayed at home quickly made arrangements and arranged for everyone in the tribe to be alert. They were not sure what the strange man standing on the water wanted to do.

The distance of 500 meters was not far for a sailboat with only half sail raised. It took less than a minute to reach the destination after speeding up.

The observer standing on the top of the bow cabin soon saw the hydrographic reconnaissance boat parked in the middle of the river in front. The boat was fine, and the people were fine. It should be the scout who parked it himself. He must have discovered something. At this time, the observer also smelled the smoke in the air and subconsciously looked at the shore on both sides. Soon, he found something unusual on the east bank of the river. There were many people, women, and women holding wooden fishing forks.

So the observer immediately reported the situation to You Fu in the cabin and asked for the next action, whether the fleet should dock and contact them.

You Fu was also very excited when he heard that a tribe was found. He ran to the second deck on the top of the cabin to observe the shore. He found that there was indeed a tribe, and there seemed to be quite a lot of people. Based on the number of women left in the tribe, he initially judged that there were at least four or five hundred people in this tribe.

"Retract the sails, beat the drum to order the rear ships to retract the sails, use flags to let the fleet row and continue to move forward, drop anchor at the location of the reconnaissance boat in front, pick up the reconnaissance boat, and order the fleet to stop in the middle of the river and not to dock."

You Fu issued a series of orders, and many crew members on the ship started to move. The sailor untied the ropes and lowered all the sails. The rower came to the stern and began to manually output power to push the sailboat forward slowly. The messenger on the second deck beat the drum to alert the rear ship, and then used flags to convey the order to them.

The three large ships moved in unison and quickly glided to the vicinity of the reconnaissance boat, then completely dropped anchor and stopped. The scout saw that the large ship had stopped and sent a recall flag to himself. He also retracted the triangular sail and held the bamboo pole to move towards the large ship. Then, with the help of the crew, he and the boat were pulled onto the bow deck of the large ship.

The Deer Tribe was even more shocked at this time. No, it should be said that they were terrified. The one-man reconnaissance boat had already puzzled them and even caused panic. Now, there was another giant monster that was dozens of times bigger than that one. There were three of them at once, and there were countless people on it. What

frightened them the most was that they seemed to hear a huge noise coming from the giant monster. The sound was dull but very loud, like the muffled thunder from the sky before a heavy rain.

Fortunately, the men of the tribal hunting team came back in time. They didn't leave far away. After all, they had to protect the tribe from wild beasts. But when they ran back and saw three large ships parked on the water, they were also dumbfounded. What was this? There were so many strange people on it. What did they want to do here?

"Captain You, don't we go over and make contact with those people? Should we pull the boat over? I see that the water is deeper where there are rocks over there, so we should be able to stop the boat." The first mate on the No. 1 ship asked.

"We can't go over there. This is not a question of whether the water is deep enough. Can't you see that they are already very scared and nervous? If we go over there now, what if they suddenly attack us? What if they throw fire on our ship? Aren't you afraid that the ship will burn down?" You Fu objected immediately.

"Then why don't we go now? But our mission, the leader agreed that we should have more contact with people from other tribes?"

The first mate also began to refute. He had never partnered with You Fu before. Originally, he was supposed to be the captain of the new ship, but You Fu suddenly dropped in from the sky and he became the first mate (first mate). He felt a little resentful in his heart, and he didn't know You Fu. Now he thought You Fu was a timid person and despised him even more.

"I didn't say no contact. Have someone lower a landing craft to the stern. A few people come ashore with me on the landing craft. The rest of you stay on the boat and don't move.

Oh, by the way, prepare some gifts. Bring a set of porcelain, a can of white salt, chili and cumin seasonings, and two meters of linen. Well, that's about it. Get ready quickly. Also, everyone who lands with me must wear a sword. Everyone, be alert."

You Fu issued another series of orders. The sailors started moving again. They came to the stern and lowered the larger landing craft with ropes. Each large ship had two landing crafts, and a single landing craft could carry thirty people at a time.

This time, the first mate on the boat didn't say anything. This special brewer was not timid at all. He was clearly very brave. A few people dared to go ashore and face hundreds of people on the other side. Even if they had knives on their waists, not everyone dared to go there. So he stopped talking.

The landing craft was quickly lowered. You Fu personally brought a few of his confidants and gifts to board the boat, and paddled towards the Deer Tribe on the shore with a manual wooden paddle.

"They are coming, they are coming, but there seem to be only a few people."

The Deer Tribe became more nervous. Fortunately, they saw that not all the other side rushed over at once, only a few people came, and they did not seem to have any sharp weapons, such as spears, but they were still very nervous.

You Fu was also very experienced. He did not stupidly rush directly to the shore of the Deer Tribe, but staggered with them for dozens of meters and paddled diagonally towards an open space on the shore.

The distance of dozens of meters was reached in a blink of an eye. You Fu calmly led his men to land on the empty waterside. The people of the Deer Tribe also stared at them closely. This group of people did not seem to have any malicious intentions. This was the most intuitive feeling of the leaders and elders of the Deer Tribe.

Youfu's contact with other tribes, traveling around the country, and doing business everywhere did not start when he joined the Han tribe, but they did so during the You tribe period. His experience is so rich that it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the best in the Han tribe. There are also these confidants who often follow him on missions, and they naturally make the most correct response without Youfu's personal arrangement.

There are only seven people in the team. Youfu is walking in front holding a two-meter-long folded linen. Others hold gifts, and some hold the handle of the knife without holding anything. But these seven people have one thing in common, that is, they have a warm, hearty, and sincere smile on their faces.

As we all know, no matter how many languages ​​there are in the world, the expression language is universal. As long as you smile at others, the other party will definitely feel your kindness. If he doesn't feel kindness, it must be that you smile too obscenely.

At this moment, seeing several people without obvious weapons, smiling and holding exquisite things in their hands walking towards their tribe, the leaders and elders of the Deer Tribe suddenly had an idea in their heads.

"Could they have encountered some difficulties and want to seek help from our tribe?"

(End of this chapter)