Chapter 238 Fish Scale Fruit

He also thought of a question: How much meat do so many crocodiles eat every day? Do they hunt for meat themselves, or do they rely on people to feed them? Jiang Xuan believed that even if the crocodile tribe was very powerful, it would not be able to feed so many crocodiles by feeding them. These crocodiles should go to the river to hunt for food every day.

In addition to the large number of crocodiles, the crocodile tribe also has many houses, which are crowded together.

The houses of the Crocodile Tribe are very interesting. All the houses are on stilts, and many of them have ponds underneath. The wood has been soaked in water for who knows how long, but there is no sign of decay at all.

This is much stronger than the Otter Tribe's giant water nest building.

The Otter Tribe's structure is built purely by piling up wood, and is not very technically demanding.

In addition to crocodiles and houses, Jiang Xuan also saw large areas of plants that looked like water hyacinths, but whose leaves were thicker and longer than those of water hyacinths.

There are so many of these plants that they can be found almost everywhere in the crocodile tribe.

Jiang Xuan curiously asked the witch of the Crocodile Tribe: "What kind of plant is this?"

The witch of the Crocodile Tribe smiled and said, "This is called fish scale grass. It is one of the most important foods in our Crocodile Tribe."

"Fish scale grass?"

Jiang Xuan felt a little confused. This thing didn't look like fish scales. How did it get this name? The shaman of the crocodile tribe knew what Jiang Xuan was thinking when he saw his expression, so he said to the warrior next to him: "Go pick some fish scale fruits."

"yes!"

The warrior immediately walked to the pond nearby and used a handful of grass to cut open the gourd-like swollen part of the fish scale grass, revealing the fist-sized white fruit inside.

The warrior cut six fish scale grasses in a row, then put the fruits in an animal skin and returned to the witch.

"Wu, we have brought back the fish scale fruit."

The shaman of the Crocodile Tribe nodded and said, "Give it to the guests."

The soldier then presented the fish scale fruit to Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Xuan didn't hesitate and picked up a fish scale fruit. Instead of eating it directly, he observed it first.

After observing it, he finally understood why this thing was called fish scale fruit.

The fish scale fruit is round and milky white, and the surface looks like it is covered with a layer of fine fish scales, which is very beautiful.

Jiang Xuan tried taking a bite and found it had a crunchy texture and a distinct sweetness, much like food rich in starch.

Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up. This was something good that could fill his stomach! No wonder the Crocodile Tribe planted so much fish scale grass in their territory. They used the fish scale grass as food.

Jiang Xuan's first thought was to find a way to bring some of this good stuff back to the tribe. The Teng tribe has rivers and wetlands, so it should be able to grow it successfully! "Good stuff, really good stuff!"

Jiang Xuan ate two fish scale fruits in a row and praised them highly.

The witch of the Crocodile Tribe said generously: "Since your friends from the Vine Tribe like it, I will give you a leather bag when you return."

Jiang Xuan asked in surprise: "Really?"

"Of course, it's not something precious."

In fact, fish scale grass is planted in many tribes in the central region. Because it grows by the river, whenever there is a flood, a lot of fish scale grass will be washed away, float downstream and take root everywhere.

Therefore, things like fish scale grass grow in a large area in the central region, so its preciousness is naturally reduced.

Of course, in the entire central Southern Wilderness, the Crocodile Tribe is the first in terms of the scale of fish scale grass cultivation, because they occupy the alluvial plain of the river and the geographical conditions are very suitable for the growth of fish scale grass.

Jiang Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that the Crocodile Tribe could give him some fish scale grass.

He was really afraid that this thing was unique to the Crocodile Tribe. If the Crocodile Tribe strictly controlled it and did not allow people to take it out, it would be more difficult.

Since it is not, Jiang Xuan can boldly bring some fish scale grass back to Teng Tribe to plant. If the planting is successful, Teng Tribe will have one more food crop.

The more types of food crops there are, the more places they can be used, and the stronger the tribe's ability to resist disasters will be.

For example, when encountering a drought, even if other crops have low yields, drought-resistant food crops can still obtain normal yields.

When encountering floods, food crops that are not afraid of water, such as fish scale grass, can also produce good harvests.

This is why Jiang Xuan searched everywhere for grain and vegetable seeds.

After eating several fish scale fruits in a row, Jiang Xuan followed the shaman of the Crocodile Tribe and finally entered the residential area of ​​the Crocodile Tribe and climbed up a stilt house.

This stilt house is quite large, with one side leaning against solid ground and three sides surrounded by ponds.

There are a large number of crocodiles living in the pond. Their cold eyes and terrible fangs are intimidating.

Jiang Xuan followed the shaman of the Crocodile Tribe and went upstairs along the simple stairs.

The stilt house is a two-story building, and the members of the crocodile tribe live on the second floor.

What surprised Jiang Xuan was that there was a fire pit in the middle of the second floor of the Crocodile Tribe! How was this done? You know, although half of the buildings of the Otter Tribe were also in the water, their fire pit was on the shore.

But the stilt houses of the Crocodile Tribe are completely suspended above the ground, and the ground is covered with wooden beams. Wouldn’t the fire burn the houses down?

In the stilt house, the shaman of the Crocodile Tribe sat on the floor covered with animal skins beside the fire and motioned for Jiang Xuan to sit down as well.

After Jiang Xuan sat down, he kept staring at the fire pit, hoping to find out why there was a fire pit on the second floor of the stilt house in the Crocodile Tribe.

He found that there were a large number of stacked stones where the fire pit was located, and the flames were burning in the center of the stacked stones.

Seeing that he was staring at the fire pit, the witch of the Crocodile Tribe laughed and said, "These stones were piled up from the ground to form the fire pit."

"This is the wisdom of the ancestors of the Crocodile Tribe."

After hearing what the shaman of the Crocodile Tribe said, and after some on-site observation, Jiang Xuan quickly understood why there was a fire pit on the second floor of the stilt house.

When building a stilt house, a large and tall stone pillar is first built in the middle.

This stone pillar goes straight to the ground of the stilt house, so it can be directly built into a fire pit without worrying about burning the wooden beams.

Jiang Xuan was amazed by this.

Many things, when broken down, are actually not complicated, but if someone doesn't tell you the method, it would be difficult for you to think of it.

The shaman of the Crocodile Tribe was also very satisfied with Jiang Xuan's reaction. He was full of pride for everything in the Crocodile Tribe, including the fire pit located on the second floor of the stilt house.

Soon, warriors brought fresh meat and fish, as well as a pile of fish scale fruits.

The shaman of the Crocodile Tribe threw the beast meat and fish scale fruit into a large clay pot in the fire pit to boil, and added a little salt into it.

What surprised Jiang Xuan was that the salt from the Crocodile Tribe was snow-white, and it was not in the form of salt blocks, but granules.

Jiang Xuan looked surprised. How could the Crocodile Tribe have such good salt? The Crocodile Tribe witch smiled and said, "This is our own salt!"

Jiang Xuan felt a little confused. Wasn't salt a very scarce commodity? Where did the Crocodile Tribe get it from?

Could it be that they controlled a natural salt pond or salt well? Jiang Xuan was puzzled, but the shaman of the Crocodile Tribe could not tell him where the salt came from.

"If your Teng tribe needs salt, you can bring the goods here for trade."

"Okay, we'll definitely come if you need us."

Jiang Xuan did not tell the witch of the Crocodile Tribe that the Vine Tribe also produced salt.

There were two other warriors in the stilt house. They said nothing and focused on grilling meat and fish.

As time passed, the soup in the pottery pot quickly boiled. After the animal meat and fish scale fruit were stewed, a rich aroma was emitted.

The animal meat and fish that the two warriors were roasting began to emit fragrance, and the entire stilt house was filled with the aroma of food.

Jiang Xuan asked the shaman of the Crocodile Tribe again, "Can the fish scale fruit be cooked and eaten?"

The shaman of the Crocodile Tribe answered affirmatively: "Of course, fish scale fruit can be eaten raw, cooked, or roasted. You can eat it any way you want."

"What a great stuff!" Jiang Xuan exclaimed again.

This trip to the central part of the Southern Wilderness is worth it, even if it is just to harvest fish scale grass, a food crop that grows in the wetlands.

After the food was cooked, the Crocodile Tribe Wu and Jiang Xuan ate together.

The crocodile tribe is very focused when eating. They basically don't talk while eating and only talk when they are full.

Jiang Xuan held a pottery bowl and tasted fish-scale fruit, cooked animal meat, grilled fish and grilled meat.

Although he felt that the taste was not as good as what he cooked, he still politely praised it for being delicious after eating it.

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They had just finished eating when they heard footsteps on the stairs.

After a while, a young girl came in. She was carrying a water beast on her right shoulder and another water beast in her left hand. There was blood on her face and she looked very wild.

“Boom!”

She first put the larger water beast on her right shoulder on the ground and said, "Witch, this is my gift to you."

The old witch of the Crocodile Tribe showed a kind smile on his face and said, "What a good child."

The girl placed another slightly smaller water beast in front of Jiang Xuan and said seriously: "This water pig is for you. Thank you for saving Shiya."

Jiang Xuan looked at the water beast called "water pig".

The water boar looks a bit like a wild boar, but is much smaller than a wild boar and has no tusks. Its four feet are not hooves, but relatively large claws.

This kind of water beast is also a specialty of the central part of the Southern Wilderness. Jiang Xuan has never seen it in the northwest part of the Southern Wilderness.

Then he looked at the girl again.

The girl was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with delicate features, big, bright eyes, and long black hair casually tied behind her with a thin rope.

She was wearing animal skins, carrying a bow and arrow and three short spears on her back, and a tooth knife made of animal teeth hanging around her waist. Her whole temperament was very wild.

Most importantly, Jiang Xuan saw three warrior patterns on her face, which meant that despite her young age, she was already a powerful three-color warrior.

The witch of the Crocodile Tribe explained to Jiang Xuan: "She is Shiya's sister, Qingye, and Shiya is the child you just saved."

Jiang Xuan suddenly realized, no wonder she carried two water beasts over to thank him.

Qingye asked, "Friend from the Fuji Tribe, what is your name?"

"My name is Xuan."

"Xuan, I remember. I just came back from hunting and have not yet processed a lot of prey. I will find you after I am done."

After Qingye finished speaking, he bowed to Wu, then hurried downstairs and soon walked away.

The witch of the Crocodile Tribe looked at the water pig on the ground and said softly, "What a good child."

Jiang Xuan said: "Wu, I want to go around the Crocodile Tribe, is it possible?"

The shaman of the crocodile tribe nodded and said, "Of course, I'll find someone to take you there, otherwise you will be attacked by crocodiles."

The witch of the Crocodile Tribe walked to the door, found a young warrior, and asked him to lead Jiang Xuan around.

Jiang Xuan carried the water pig downstairs. He first found a place and cut the water pig into pieces.

He threw the viscera, meat, and bones to the crocodiles in the water to eat, and only peeled off the animal skin, washed it, and carried it with him.

This made the leading warrior feel somewhat favorable towards Jiang Xuan, because in the crocodile tribe, the status of crocodiles was almost as high as that of the tribesmen.

Being nice to crocodiles is equivalent to being nice to the people in the crocodile tribe.

In addition, since Jiang Xuan had saved Shiya before, the soldiers leading the way became even more enthusiastic towards Jiang Xuan.

In addition to growing a large amount of fish scale grass, the crocodile tribe’s residence also grows some other edible plants.

However, their planting method is quite extensive. Apart from weeding, there are almost no other steps. Whether the crops grow well or not depends entirely on fate.

With this kind of planting method, the yield of crops can be imagined.

In addition to planting, they also raise some big fish and wild animals.

Every time we returned from hunting with a full load, there would always be some fish or wild animals that could not be eaten.

Initially, the only way to preserve the leftover fish and game was to smoke them.

Later, someone discovered that if they didn't slaughter them but raised them, wouldn't that solve the problem of food spoilage?

This method later developed into breeding.

Of course, because the tribesmen themselves did not have enough food, whether it was farmed fish or wild animals, they ate very poorly, and often went hungry, so their growth rate was extremely slow.

Compared with the relatively mature planting and breeding techniques of the Teng Tribe, the planting and breeding techniques of other tribes are too backward and the output is too low.

"Cry..."

Jiang Xuan was strolling when he suddenly heard a sharp bird cry in the distance.

He looked in that direction and saw a group of black-toothed birds flying towards him.

On the other side, Tangyuan also flew up and circled around the black-toothed birds several times in the air, its purple feathers shining in the sun.

Tangyuan's wingspan now reaches more than 50 meters, while those black-toothed birds have a wingspan of only a dozen meters. The size difference between the two sides is really too big.

The black-toothed birds were so frightened by the dumplings that they couldn't even fly steadily.

Fortunately, Tangyuan was just having fun and did not attack the black-toothed birds. He flew away after a few circles.

The black-toothed bird landed in the open space outside the fence of the Alligator Tribe.

Jiang Xuan asked the Crocodile Tribe warrior next to him in confusion: "Don't they say that crocodiles don't like ferocious birds? How come the Black Tooth Bird can land outside your tribe?"

The warrior replied: "The Black Tooth Tribe is a friend of the Crocodile Tribe. Every time they come, they bring a lot of good things. Our crocodiles have become accustomed to them."

The warrior paused for a moment and then said, "Your purple ferocious bird is several times larger than the black-toothed bird. Our crocodiles are a little scared."

After listening to this, Jiang Xuan was speechless for a while.

It turns out that crocodiles don't dislike ferocious birds, but they don't like ferocious birds that are stronger than themselves. Ferocious birds like black-toothed birds can't pose much threat to them, so they naturally don't care.

(End of this chapter)