Chapter 442 Mission Completed (Please vote and subscribe)
The warriors of the Han tribe quickly brought these things according to Shu Da's request, ten large white porcelain bowls, and half a bag of white salt, plus the small bag they just took away. This gift was already quite luxurious in the eyes of Yu Tu. He didn't expect that Shu Da would give such a generous gift when no deal had been negotiated yet.
However, what he didn't know was that this was nothing to the Han tribe. The same white porcelain bowls could be produced by a kiln in the Han tribe, and there was more than one such kiln.
"This, is really for us, without exchanging anything?!" Yu Tu asked in disbelief.
"Of course, since you live here now, we are neighbors. There are no other tribes around here. Anyway, we are not far away. We should communicate more often. After all, you also need to continue your bloodline.
Don't worry, we can still give these things to the Han tribe. It can be regarded as a gift for the first meeting between our two tribes. This time I came to your tribe, and I hope you can visit our Han tribe and discuss the exchange of white salt." Rat said generously.
"Thank you for your gifts. These things are really precious. You are a very good person and straightforward. Your leader should be good too. I think our deal will be settled.
By the way, when can we go to the Han tribe to meet your leader? It will be autumn soon. Everyone needs to store food. The sooner this matter is settled, the better. I can also go to the leader of the Han tribe and give some of our unique things as soon as possible." Yu Tu asked excitedly, wishing to meet the rich fool of the Han tribe right now, hoping to get some more good things from him.
"Well," Rat Da thought for a moment and made a decision.
"How about we wait until we complete the task assigned by the leader, and then I will take you back together. What do you think? It will only take two or three days. We will go back after we find what we want."
First, we will collect silk cocoons for two or three days. The Han tribe will harvest rice on the way back. Then, we will let them see the Han tribe's powerful food reserves and huge city. Then, we will bring this fool to the leader and trick him. Once the leader's domineering spirit bursts out, the Taro tribe will immediately bow down. Then, as the initiator of the whole thing, I will be the well-deserved first credit, Rat Da thought to himself.
"That's no problem. We can prepare some gifts. Since we are neighbors, you can also set up camp near our tribe these days. We are close to the water source, which is more or less convenient and can also increase communication."
Seeing that the Han tribe's Shu Da was so easy to talk to, Yu Tu didn't want to make the relationship so stiff. After all, he had given gifts and there was a large long-term supply deal to be negotiated. He should give him some trust.
To be honest, he didn't dare to bring the Han tribe to his own tribe when he met with them, but the Han tribe invited them to visit the Han tribe when they first met. The comparison made Yu Tu feel embarrassed. Apart from anything else, he was already inferior to them in terms of courage.
"That's great, but don't worry, Chief Yu, we have our own food, so we won't cause you too much trouble."
When Shu Da heard the other party inviting him, he immediately climbed up the pole. After all, the task of collecting silkworm cocoons assigned by Luo Chong was not for him, but for Sang Qiu. His main task was to select a place, a site for building a city, and the only place near the water source and a large open space was near the original residence of the Chestnut Tribe. If he couldn't get there, how could he complete the task assigned by Luo Chong? He had promised in front of the chief.
The next thing was a matter of course. The residence of the Yu Tribe was just to the south of the open space in the forest that Shu Da had imagined, at the junction of the chestnut forest and the grassland. Shu Da and his group set up their camp in the center of the large open space, not far from the Yu Tribe, but not interfering with each other, and just in time to measure the terrain, which was perfect.
Although Yu Tu invited Shu Da to sit with them again, Shu Da did not agree. The progress of the mission had been delayed because of the affairs of the Yu Tribe, and he had to hurry up.
After arriving at the camp, Shu Da ordered people to unload everything on the car and set up camp on the spot, and then sent half of the soldiers to drive the car to escort Sancho and the others to the chestnut forest to find silk cocoons, while Shu Da himself took the remaining few people to survey the terrain.
For this mission, Shu Da also specially applied for two compasses to measure the direction, and then he and several soldiers measured with a soft ruler made of fine hemp rope, first the distance to the river, then measured a square open space with a side length of one kilometer, and the width of the moat to be reserved around it, and where it would be more convenient to divert water.
Especially the last one, the direction of the artificial river is related to the transformation of paddy fields, and how many paddy fields can be transformed is the key factor in grain production, so repeated measurement work became Shu Da's task. Several people rode back and forth on horseback, and used flags to mark the ground after each measurement, and then recorded it on the white paper given by the leader, drawing a simple sketch, and returning to show it to the leader.
Some people from the Yu tribe noticed the abnormal situation of Shu Da and his team, but they didn't know what they were doing, and the other party didn't go to their residence and fields to make trouble, so they didn't care.
But Sancho's group on the other side was different. They were looking for the cocoons mentioned by the leader, but the Yu tribe thought they were collecting chestnuts, and they also pulled two carts in. How much were they going to collect? In order to prevent the Han tribe from collecting all the chestnuts at once, Yu Tu also quickly sent the women of his tribe to rush to collect chestnuts. In order to supervise the Han tribe, he even ordered the collection team to go with the Han tribe, and collect more in front of them if possible.
However, after just one day of contact, they found something wrong. The Han tribe did not pick any chestnuts, but instead looked for insects everywhere on the trees. What's more, they actually found a kind of green big fleshy worm and some cocoons made of fleshy worms in an afternoon.
After finding the chestnut silkworms mentioned by the leader, Sangqiu was also very happy. This at least proved that the leader was not lying, and there was such a thing. Moreover, the difference between chestnut silkworm cocoons and mulberry silkworm cocoons was that chestnut silkworm cocoons had good gloss and could reflect light. If they could be made into cloth, they would definitely be better than mulberry silkworms.
Moreover, with these chestnut silkworms, they could be regarded as having a firm foothold in the Han tribe, and no longer had to worry about being randomly allocated because of their lack of contribution.
The cocoons were collected in batches and loaded onto trucks and transported back to the camp, and then boiled in a large cooking pot and dried. This lasted for three days, and Shu Da and his team had almost completed the task of collecting and mapping.
Wild silkworm cocoons are not uncommon in the chestnut forest. In three days, they collected quite a few, totaling five or six baskets. They have already completed the preliminary processing, killing the silkworm pupae to ensure that they will never come out again.
Shu Da also took a general look at the terrain, which basically met Luo Chong's requirements. Even if there were places that did not meet the requirements, they found ways to make adjustments.
Now it was the agreed day, and it was finally time for them to pack up and go home, taking Yu Tu to Hanyang City to broaden their horizons.
(End of this chapter)
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