The twenty strong men that this man brought with him were all riding horses, taking care of the twenty or so followers behind Ma Yue, so the team was not moving very fast.
Ma Yue's followers were still useful, especially those from the Fire Rabbit tribe, who were skilled in fishing and weaving nets at sea. If they were brought back to the Haifan tribe, they would bring back advanced experience and technology.
"Daka!" Ma Yue called out the name of the other leader, which was roughly homophonic to the name, "Are you selling this?" Ma Yue pointed at the copper dagger in Daka's hand and asked.
"Exchange?" Dhaka asked with gestures.
"Yes, that's what I mean." The language barrier is really troublesome. I have to gesture even when speaking.
"No, forging a knife like this is very troublesome." Dhaka denied it. It was understandable, as tough copper knives were so rare. If anyone mastered the copper-making technology... you can keep it secret, but you can't trade it? Really! Whether it makes sense or not, Ma Yue secretly criticized this guy.
Since the possibility of trading copperware has disappeared, all that remains is to find the way home.
They walked and walked. This time they spent almost all their time walking on the road. Fortunately, Ma Yue had a horse to ride, so it was not too tiring.
"arrive!"
Wow! Stone City!
Yes, it seems natural that with advanced copper-making technology, one could build a stone city.
Walking into Stone City, it seemed a bit desolate. What was that all about? Stone City was so large, but it wasn't even as lively as the wood-fenced courtyard of the Western Ghost Tribe? Not to mention any sort of trading area.
Faintly, Ma Yue felt a solemn and sad atmosphere.
A section of the Stone City...collapsed!
Ma Yue finally sensed something was wrong with the stone wall. One side of the wall, roughly five or six hundred meters long, was almost uniform in width.
The reader asked, is there anything wrong with this?
This is a serious problem. The most basic principle is that such a long wall will not work without pillars (buttresses) connecting it.
Walls and pillars?
The walls in today's society are generally brick walls. When a brick wall reaches a certain length (about four or five meters), it needs to have a brick pile in the middle, which is similar to a pillar. The pillars and the wall are connected by reinforcement bars so that the wall will not fall down.
Of course, what to do when there's no rebar these days? When Ma Yue was building the wall at Poseidon City, he could only use some thin, resilient vines and straw ropes as reinforcement (he had to make do). The width of the pillars, of course, had to be greater than the width of the wall.
If the width of the stone wall is two meters, the connecting pillars in the middle should be roughly three or four meters wide.
Apparently, the people here don't understand the importance of connecting with wider pillars every few meters.
This fallen part of the stone wall was probably knocked open by some powerful force, like a siege log. It is possible that it was knocked open by eight or ten strong men.
Ma Yue looked at some people who were repairing the stone wall. There was not even any white lime on it. It was really stuck with mud.
Ma Yue had also heard that in the past, rural areas had mud walls. Yes, they did, but could they be strong? Ma Yue was skeptical.
Without pillars, reinforcements, or suitable cementitious materials, it would be strange if this so-called stone wall could be strong.
After passing through the first level of the stone city and the middle door, I heard wailing and saw many wounded soldiers lying on the ground. It seemed that a fierce battle had taken place here.
"Big Chief!" Seeing the boss of the Stone City, Dhaka was also very respectful, "This is the wizard I invited, the kind with powerful divine power." Dhaka did not lie. Along the way, at least he saw Ma Yue, the charlatan, perform a fireball performance, which directly set the firewood pile on fire at night.
If Ma Yue hadn't shown some real skills, Dhaka wouldn't have been so attentive to him along the way.
"Is he more powerful than our witch?" asked the chief (for the sake of humanity, this is how I meant it, so as to avoid inconvenience for everyone reading it).
"Yeah, yeah!" Dhaka nodded desperately, describing the 'miracle' of the fireball he saw on the road. Adjectives like far and big might have been used.
The chief prepared a sumptuous lunch to entertain Ma Yue, the "witch".
"Salt, there's salt here." The stew had a moderate saltiness, but the other seasonings were completely lacking. However, judging by the chief's expression of pain after adding so little salt, it seemed likely that salt was scarce.
We have fish and meat, which is great. What about the staple food, sweet potatoes?
Ma Yue had seen sweet potatoes before. When Lei Qing swept through the Lei Shen tribe's lair, he seized a lot of sweet potatoes that had just been planted by the Lei Shen tribe.
Ma Yue felt that sweet potatoes weren't a staple food, so there was no point in growing them. At least, they didn't offer much of an advantage in the Haifan Tribe, and their annual yield per mu was roughly the same as potatoes.
"Isn't it good here? Why don't you want to stay?" the chief asked curiously. With the advancement of his own tribe, the surrounding tribes, big and small, were very envious.
"I got lost and need to go home." Ma Yue had nothing to hide. "My tribe is better than yours, richer, and more powerful."
Of course, it would be even better if you could exchange copperware with the Sea Tribe.
"What do you need my help with?" Did I come here just to help? Even if I could take a copper knife with me when I leave, it would be nice. The most important thing is to ask for directions! "If it's too difficult, a knife won't do."
Now that I am a powerful wizard, I should be more arrogant.
"The enemy has a very powerful wizard. In a moment, he used his divine power to blast open our stone city..."
Although communication was difficult, Ma Yue understood roughly.
The attack was on a hostile tribe, and a fierce cultivator similar to 'Lei Feng' appeared and took the lead in attacking the stone wall of the tribe with his divine power.
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