Chapter 564: The Jiang Clan in the Great River Plain (Please vote and subscribe)
You Fu listened to his nephew's words and understood what happened. He nodded slightly and walked towards the leader, saying as he walked.
"Go get some clean water to wash them, and get some medicine and clean linen to bandage them."
"Yes."
A medicine practitioner from the Snake Clan immediately went to prepare these healing items. After a while, he came over with a wooden box and began to treat the wounds of these people.
The leader was also confused. Since he got on the boat, he looked at everything on the boat curiously. Seeing these people wearing "gorgeous" clothes, their advanced boats, and all kinds of strange things, he didn't recognize many of them.
At this time, one of them also came to him with a box and squatted down, then took out a white long-necked porcelain bottle from it, pulled out the wooden stopper on it, and immediately a strong strange smell came out from it, smelling like the smell of some plant.
The doctor took out a bamboo clip, held a linen strip and dipped it in the blood-red potion in the bottle to clean his wound. This was a wound medicine contributed by the Tree Tribe. It was taken from the sap of a tree in the Dark Forest. The Tree Tribe often used this thing to treat wounds. It also had an anti-inflammatory effect, but the effect was limited. However, it was still good for cleaning wounds.
After cleaning the wound, the doctor took out a smaller porcelain bottle and poured some light yellow trauma powder contributed by the Snake Tribe on the wound. Finally, he bandaged it with linen strips.
The leader watched all this silently, but he didn't think that the other party was harming him. After all, he saw so many exquisite small bottles and didn't think that anyone would put poison in them. It was just that this was a little different from the healing method he knew. If it was in their tribe, those older people might find some fresh herbs to chew in their mouths and then press them directly on his wound.
Soon, the rescued people were bandaged, but the boat was still moving. The leader didn't know what the principle was, nor did he know how the boat moved, but he knew that he had to get off the boat now, otherwise he didn't know where he would drift to, and they had to go back to the east bank.
So he glanced at the crowd and saw that You Fu was the leader of the crowd, and the young man who had just saved him was also standing beside You Fu, so he knew that You Fu was the leader of these people.
"Friends, thank you for saving my people, but we have to get off the boat now. We have to go back to the east bank of the river. Can you take us there? We will have gifts for you."
The leader gestured to the people around him, and then pointed back and forth to the east bank.
You Fu glanced to the east, then nodded, and immediately asked the fleet to move towards the east bank.
The crew looked at the wind direction flag on the top of the mast, then the helmsman at the stern steered the rudder, and the sailors climbed onto the platform on the top of the cabin, untied the ropes and began to adjust the sails.
The crosswind swelled the sails, and the crew pulled the ropes to adjust the angle from time to time. Soon, the big ship turned around and drove diagonally to the east coast. It took less than two minutes to reach the distance of several hundred meters, which shocked the people who had just been rescued.
What kind of artifact is this? It's too powerful. Not only does it carry a lot of people, but it also runs so fast. In fact, there are two small boats like the one they just sat on parked on the big ship. But the small boat is not small. You know, it was carrying nearly 40 people and still running normally.
The leader was shocked by You Fu and his men again. However, at this time, the ship was about to dock, but the big ship was not ready to go over. Although the water here is deep, it is better for the big ship not to dock, otherwise it is easy to get into trouble.
"Everyone, lower the sails, drop anchor and stop the ship. We will rest here today and send them ashore with a small boat." When they came to a few dozen meters from the shore, You Fu shouted and issued an order to stop the ship and rest.
But the leader did not leave first. Instead, he watched the Han tribe send his people to the shore first. Then he came to You Fu, untied the animal skin package on his back, and took out a bulging animal bladder (that is, bladder) from it. It was sealed and filled with something unknown.
"Here, this is our gift, salt. Thank you for saving my people and sending us here." The leader handed the bladder to You Fu.
You Fu was surprised to see that there were several bladders in his package. Needless to say, they must be the same thing. In addition, he knew what the salt in the bladder was without tasting it. It was just some large salt particles with a lot of impurities in a yellowish color. It might be directly dug out and smashed from salt mines without any human treatment.
Moreover, You Fu understood at once why the leader waited for his tribe members to land, and then stayed here to give gifts to the Han tribe. To put it bluntly, this guy was very careful, afraid of exposing that they were carrying a lot of salt. If the Han tribe had bad intentions and wanted to rob them, they were all on the Han tribe's boat, with no land in front, behind, or around, and they might all die here.
So he let his tribe members land with most of the salt, and left one person here to give gifts to repay the Han tribe for saving their lives. At that time, even if the Han tribe had bad intentions, at most they would rob his salt and kill him. When his tribe members landed, they took advantage of the familiar terrain, and the Han tribe would not be able to catch them again.
To put it bluntly, this guy was not a bad person, and he was a good person who was grateful, but he was also very cautious. In the end, he dared to stay alone to deal with the Han tribe, which proved that he was very courageous. He was indeed a talent. No wonder he was chosen by their tribe as the leader of the salt transport operation.
But it was obvious that his caution was unnecessary for You Fu. You Fu smiled and shook his head, then told You Zhi to bring a gift.
The leader didn't know what You Fu was going to do, and why he didn't take his salt, but he chose to stay and was prepared for the worst. He was quite tough and didn't show any fear.
But after a while, he saw You Zhi, who had just saved him, and another person holding a lot of things. It was a roll of brown ramie cloth, a set of ceramic utensils with Chinese characters, a small bag of white salt and brown sugar cubes in a small wooden box.
You Fu took the bag of white salt, opened it and showed it to the leader, then pointed to the urine bubble in his hand, indicating that we also have this thing, and it is better than yours, so you don't need to give it to us. Finally, he sealed the bag and stuffed it into the leader's arms.
Then he took the roll of sackcloth, tugged at his clothes, told him what it was for, and stuffed it into his arms again.
Then he took the box of candies, took out one and put it in his mouth, told him it was for eating, and then stuffed it into the leader's mouth. Finally, he took the set of porcelain of different sizes and showed it to him. He couldn't let him take it himself, but You Fu still said.
"These are gifts from our tribe to your tribe. You can take them back and give them to your leader. Tell him that you can exchange them. Our boat will not leave and will wait for you here." You Fu tried to communicate with him in simple phrases, smiling all the time and acting harmless.
The leader also understood it, nodded excitedly, and then took a small boat to the shore by the crew. The things were also put on the shore for him to take away.
The leader's man held the things with his hands and feet, fearing that he would accidentally break them, and then immediately went into the woods by the river, and soon met the tribesmen who had come ashore first.
"Yong, you're back. They didn't do anything to you, did they? Hey? What happened to you?!" An uninjured team member asked immediately when he saw the leader coming back. But when he saw the figure approaching, he saw that he was actually holding a lot of things.
"These are all given to our tribe by the people from that tribe just now. They asked me to bring them to the leader. Let's not talk about this for now. Is Chi okay? Is he awake?" The leader named Yong answered a few words immediately after seeing his team members, and then asked about the unconscious boy.
"Ah, he is awake. He said that he was bitten by something in the river, so he reached out to pull the thing away, but he lost his skin. There were more and more things biting him, so he started to struggle in the water. He thought he was going to die. He was crying just now. Haha, that boy." Another uninjured tribe member also laughed and said.
"Well, it's not his fault. He just came of age. This is his first time to get salt. He has no experience. It's good to come back alive. Okay, let's hurry up. It will be dark if we get late. We are so tired today. Some people are injured. We'd better not spend the night outside. It's better to go home quickly."
"Well, let's go. Be careful of being taken away by wolves if it's late. Let's go quickly. There will be hot soup to eat when we go back."
Yong led the dozen tribesmen and quickly returned to their tribe along the marks left before.
At the place where the Han tribe stopped the boat on the shore, Youfu had ordered everyone to go ashore. It was not good to stay on the boat all the time, so only a dozen people were left on the boat to guard, and the others all went ashore to set up camp.
Youzhi followed Youfu all the time and asked him curiously.
"Uncle, do you think those people will come?"
"Of course they will. This is a big tribe. Since they can get salt and bring so much, it means that their tribe has a large population. Even if not all of it is consumed by their own tribe, they must keep it for trading with surrounding tribes. But no matter what, a tribe that can find channels to get salt on its own will definitely be stronger.
And the leader of a strong tribe must be a smart person and a person who is good at learning, otherwise he would not be able to lead so many tribesmen. So when they see the gifts we send, those white salt, brown sugar, cloth, and porcelain, they must be the technology they have always dreamed of, and they will definitely want to learn how to make them. So no matter whether they plan to rob, cheat, or make friends with us and learn from us, they must come, otherwise they can't do anything."
You Fu analyzed with certainty, and at the same time he was teaching his nephew, hoping that he would do something big for the Han tribe in the future, but selfishly speaking, he was also cultivating the next generation of successors for his own clan.
You Zhi thought for a while and suddenly asked, "What does the clan uncle mean? It's dangerous for us to go ashore. Why don't we wait on the boat?"
"Haha, it's our own decision to go ashore. They don't think we will go ashore, so they won't attack rashly, because they think that even if they bring people to fight, we are floating on the boat, they can't do anything to us. The crew hasn't been ashore for several days, and it's good to relax ashore. After
all, the boat is too crowded. But we still have to be on guard. Maybe they will send people to watch us in a distant place where we can't see.
Tell the people below, after the camp is set up, send people to pick up some firewood around, and scout the surrounding terrain by the way. In addition, spread the sentries farther away, so that everyone can keep an eye on the surrounding movements." You Fu smiled and made arrangements again.
"Oh, I see, I'll arrange it now."
You Zhi was thoughtful after listening, and he immediately arranged the sentries when he figured it out.
On the other side, Yong and others, after most of the day's trek, finally returned to a larger settlement.
This settlement is close to a tributary of the river, not far from the river. There are large fields near the shore, where millet, which looks like dogtail grass, is planted. It has already formed ears and entered the flowering period. Large groups of bees are busy shuttling in the millet fields, collecting honey while pollinating the flowers of the millet. However, it is now evening, and the bees have begun to return home one after another.
These bees fly back to the forest next to the settlement in groups. There are dozens of rattan boxes made of vines, and there are still many holes on the lids. The bees drilled directly into those holes.
An old man with white hair and beard, hunched over, was standing next to the beehives. When he saw the bees coming back, he smiled happily, then opened the lid of one of the beehives, broke off a piece of the honeycomb inside, put it in a reddish-brown double-eared pottery jar, and went back humming an unknown tune while carrying the jar.
The bees here are all artificially raised by the Jiang clan, a skill passed down by their ancestors. Hundreds of years ago, they also learned to grow millet and sorghum, and developed pottery. Now they have developed into a fairly large tribe with a population of more than 2,600. The houses of the tribe are scattered on the plains by the river, just like a small village.
(End of this chapter)
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