Chapter 361 Bamboo Diplomacy (Please vote and subscribe)
"Well, it's nothing important. This thing is called water chestnut. It is a kind of nut that grows in water. The shell is black or red, and there is white flesh inside. It can be eaten, but it is of no use to us." Luo Chong explained to Dashu.
"Oh, so that's how it is. I thought the leader asked those people to find it specially, but it's not. Does the leader still want to see that woman?" Dashu said with sudden enlightenment.
"Let's meet her. I should have seen the woman you mentioned. When I went to the wetlands east of Babao Mountain to look for rice, I met a tribe that collected this kind of water chestnut. At that time, I taught them how to make rafts. It seems that they have learned it. I just don't know what their purpose is this time." Luo Chong briefly introduced his relationship with the water chestnut tribe.
"No wonder. I was wondering how they could make something that floats on the water. It looks different from our wooden boats, but it's a flat plate. It turns out that the leader taught them how to make it. But why didn't you ask our tribe to make that thing? I think that raft should be easier to build than our wooden boats, right?" Dashu asked in confusion.
"Hehe, that thing is simple to make, but it can't hold anything. It's okay for a person to stand on it, but it can't be compared with our wooden boats for transporting things. Even if it can hold people, it can't hold as many people as our boats. Okay, let's not talk about this. Let's go outside the city first and ask them what their purpose is this time."
"Yes, leader."
Dashu and Luo Chong went out of the city together while talking. Lingcao, who was sitting at the gate of the city holding a porcelain bowl and looking around, soon saw Luo Chong.
"God! It's really you! I finally see you again! Thank God for giving us the way to build a raft!" When Lingcao saw Luo Chong coming, she quickly put the bowl aside, and knelt on the ground with excitement, giving Luo Chong a big gift. She really worshipped Luo Chong as a god.
Luo Chong didn't expect her to have such a big reaction. He looked at the woman carefully. It was indeed the woman who pulled his boat to prevent him from entering the swamp. After all, the other party was kind-hearted. Luo Chong still had a good impression of Lingcao, so he quickly asked the soldiers to help Lingcao up, and then stood in front of her, communicating with gestures.
"Are you here to see me for something? I heard that you have companions. Let them come over. I am the leader here, and I will not let anyone hurt you." Luo Chong said, trying to maintain a friendly smile.
After Lingcao understood what Luo Chong meant, she looked at the soldiers holding various weapons around her, then looked at Luo Chong, and after a little thought, she decided to call the remaining four people to the shore. Although it looked dangerous, she had confirmed that Luo Chong was the god who taught them how to make a raft, and he would not kill them. Otherwise, there would be no need to go through so much trouble.
So Lingcao quickly went to the river to call her tribesmen to the shore at Luo Chong's instruction. The remaining four people were very happy to see that Lingcao had really connected with the leader of the tribe, and they quickly paddled the raft to the shore. Finally, several people worked together to drag the raft to the shore, and then accompanied by Lingcao, they came to the city gate again.
"Chief, look at their raft. Does it look like the bamboo thing Youfu brought back last time? I think the raft is made of bamboo. And the weapons they hold seem to be made of bamboo as well." Dashu looked at the bamboo raft that the people dragged ashore. The more he looked at it, the more familiar it looked. So he asked Luo Chong beside him for confirmation.
"Huh?"
Luo Chong didn't care about the raft of the Ling tribe. In addition, it was a little far from the shore, so he didn't pay much attention to it. After all, it was just a raft that he taught them to make. Even if they learned it well, how good could they be?
But when the tree mentioned the word bamboo, Luo Chong suddenly became excited. Bamboo raft? They found bamboo in the wetland?
This news shocked and excited Luo Chong. He couldn't help but be excited. This is bamboo, the natural universal material that Luo Chong has been looking for, but he has never found any bamboo. After all the trouble, the bamboo is in the wetland, and he didn't find it when he entered the wetland last time.
But now it's good. A tribe that seems to have a good relationship with him actually has bamboo. Then, whether it absorbs this tribe or trades with them, the Han tribe can get the source of bamboo. This is definitely a good news. Just
as Luo Chong stretched his neck to look towards the river bank, five people from the Ling tribe also came to the South City Gate under the leadership of the soldiers. Among these five people, in addition to Lingcao, there are three men and one woman. The woman holds a bamboo spear with an animal bone on the top, and the man carries a bamboo bow and bamboo arrows.
Luo Chong was relieved when he saw the outfits of the people. Although he didn't see the bamboo raft, the bamboo weapons on them couldn't be fake. They must have bamboo.
"God, this is my tribesman." Lingcao took the lead to greet again. The remaining four tribesmen were also curiously looking at Luo Chong. They had never seen Luo Chong before. Seeing Luo Chong's dress, they felt that he looked very high-end. However, due to Luo Chong's identity, they didn't dare to look at him too much. They took a quick look and saluted to Luo Chong.
"Well, what do you want to see me for? You can tell me directly." Luo Chong said to them.
As a result, the other party also looked at Lingcao, obviously led by Lingcao.
"God, according to your revelation, we have not only learned to make rafts, but also know what kind of edible grass we can eat. However, we do not know how to control their growth and can only collect wild grass seeds to eat, so I would like to ask God to teach us what to do." This paragraph is a bit complicated, but as Lingcao gestured back and forth to the rice field, Luo Chong understood the general idea.
"I can teach you, but as you can see, I am the leader of this tribe now, so I naturally have to think about the tribe. I can't help you for free, so if you want to learn, you must exchange something, such as your bamboo." Luo Chong said at the end, and pointed to the bamboo spear in the hands of another woman, telling them that he wanted this thing.
"Bamboo, bamboo?" Lingcao imitated Luo Chong's pronunciation awkwardly. So this thing is called bamboo? !
"Yes, that's what we need. Of course, we won't ask for so much for nothing. We can exchange our things for it. If you agree, I will send people to teach you how to grow rice." Luo Chong said these words and nodded to Dashu. How could Dashu not understand what Luo Chong meant? He immediately asked someone to take samples of the goods that the Han tribe usually sold.
(End of this chapter)
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