Chapter 324: Rich Bamboo Products (Please vote and subscribe)
Luo Chong held the bowl in one hand and the bamboo tube of sea salt in the other. He pondered for a while and asked You Fu, "Apart from these, are there any other things?"
"Yes, these are all exchanged with the nomadic tribe with our goods. I just want to bring them back to show the leader."
You Fu said while waving to his subordinates. Someone immediately went to their horses to get things. A pile of things were brought back directly and piled in front of Luo Chong.
There were not many things, but the variety was very complete. There were short bamboo tubes as big as bowls, which were actually used as bowls by them, as well as bamboo tube cups and long bamboo tubes, which were kettles. There were holes drilled on them and tied with hemp ropes, so they could be carried on their backs. From this point, it is not difficult to see that they already knew how to make hemp ropes, or produce hemp products.
There were other large items, such as mats made of thin bamboo strips, and bamboo arrows, which were thin and straight and grew naturally. It seemed that they had many varieties of bamboo. There was also something that surprised Luo Chong, which was bamboo slips, wide bamboo strips made of thin hemp ropes, with words and pictures engraved on them, but Luo Chong couldn't understand them.
"Chief, chief? Do you know what these things are? This tribe is also very powerful, and they can make so many good things. And the painting on the metal bowl, I don't quite understand it either. It seems to be some kind of sacrifice. Their god is this bowl?" You Fu asked puzzled, hoping that the omnipotent Luo Chong could tell him the answer.
"Well, I know, there's nothing magical about these things. I know them all. The salt in this is sea salt. In fact, you should have seen this thing. It's the salt lake over there in the Eagle Tribe. When the water containing salt is dried by the sun, salt will be obtained. The same principle applies to this sea salt. It
's just that the sea is much larger than the salt lake, so large that you can't see the end at a glance. They should live by the sea, so they discovered the method of drying salt. It's different from our mineral salt. You should have smelled this sea salt, the smell inside is the smell of sea water." Luo Chong said while holding the tube of sea salt.
After Luo Chong's explanation, all the people in Youfu who had been to the Eagle Tribe understood it, and instantly felt that there was nothing magical about it. Luo Chong also took other things to continue explaining to them.
"The remaining things, as well as this container for salt, are actually a naturally grown hollow plant called bamboo. They are very thin and tall, very strong, and flexible. They have many uses. You can actually see from these things that bamboo can be used for basically anything. In fact, there are more uses, but the other party doesn't know how to use them yet, or hasn't brought them over. This is possible." Luo Chong pointed at those things and said to them.
You Fu and the others also nodded in sudden realization. They originally thought that these were all good things, but now after listening to Luo Chong's words, they felt that they were very ordinary. They were just a kind of plant. The Han tribe also had magical plants, such as the hanging thorn man-eating tree, which can produce sugar and can be used as a weapon.
What surprised and admired them even more was that Luo Chong seemed to know everything. He only needed to take a look at these things to know what they were made of, and they were things that no one had ever seen before. However, they were no longer surprised by this.
"Chief, is this plant called bamboo so useful? What else can it be used for? Can it be eaten? Can it produce food?" You Fu couldn't help but ask.
"Well, there are many things that can be made with it, but it can't produce food. This plant is like a forest, growing in patches, very densely, and very fast. Every year, a tender bud will drill out from the root, which is called bamboo shoots. That thing is edible, but it can only be eaten as a vegetable, not a staple food.
In addition, when you said making things, there are many uses for it, from large ones such as houses and bamboo rafts, which are small boats, to small ones such as bamboo spears, bamboo bows and arrows, and even bamboo shields and bamboo armor. As for its use in daily life, as you have seen, it is mainly used as a container, and it can also be used to make bamboo pens and bamboo paper. In short, it can be used to make many things, and it can be used as a universal material." Luo Chong continued to introduce the uses of those bamboos.
A group of people were stunned. They didn't expect that this plant called bamboo was so useful and could be used to make so many things. Luo Chong himself was also full of emotion. Why didn't he travel to this tribe when he traveled through time? Starting by the sea and with bamboo, it was like a paradise, right? He was so miserable and had to figure out everything by himself. Fortunately, there were still many resources nearby, allowing him to develop in a short time.
"Oh! So that's how it is. Then, chief, what is that metal bowl made of? Our tribe doesn't seem to have this kind of metal. Compared with our bronze and steel, which one is better?" You Fu pointed to the last silver bowl and asked.
"Well, this metal is called silver, or silver. It is easier to smelt than copper and iron, but a little harder than tin. The temperature for melting silver is much lower than copper and iron. It's nothing to be surprised that they can smelt silver.
Besides, if you compare it with our bronze and steel, it depends on how you compare it. This thing is actually very soft. You can see that you can even leave teeth marks on it with your teeth. It's not as hard as our bones, so this thing can only be used to make a bowl. It's hard to make a pot, and it's very heavy. It's impossible to make weapons or daily necessities. Barely, for us at present, this thing is useless.
But this thing does have a special use, it can test poison, silver will change color when it touches poisonous things, of course it is not absolute, not very obvious, and some poisons cannot be detected, if this thing touches sulfuric acid and nitric acid, it will also turn into water instantly. "
After Luo Chong said this, a group of people suddenly had an expression of sudden enlightenment, You Fu even had a look of pity on his face, maybe he thought that if it was useful, he could trade with the other party, or it was not impossible to rob it directly.
But Luo Chong couldn't care about these now. After You Fu asked these questions, it was Luo Chong's turn to ask. He was also very interested in this tribe with bamboo and hoped to learn more about the other party.
"In addition to the things you brought back, have you found out any useful information, such as whether the other party has vehicles, whether they can grow food, whether they can weave cloth, and whether they have other metal products?" Luo Chong asked about the things he cared about most.
Luo Chong did not ask about the issue of animal husbandry. This tribe has already traded with the nomadic tribes on the grassland. Even if they did not know how to breed animals before, they should have learned it now. There will definitely be no shortage of cattle, horses, sheep, etc. As for whether they breed other animals, it is unknown.
(End of this chapter)
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