Chapter 64 Where is the Salt?
The work of skinning and cutting meat lasted until midnight, but the tribesmen were so tired that their eyes were red, but they didn't know how to rest. They were really happy. These people had never seen so much meat in their lives. In the end, there was really no other way. Luo Chong could only force them to rest. The meat would not run away in the yard, so why rush.
He arranged several tribesmen who had already rested to take turns to stand guard. Luo Chong also went to rest. He had not rested for two nights and a day, and he was really a little bit exhausted.
At dawn the next day, the tribesmen who had only rested for half a night got up with full energy. Luo Chong was also helpless and could only re-arrange their work. First,
he asked the lame man to lead the big mouth and the monkey to open the furnace to smelt copper and make 42 bull nose rings first; then he asked the men to dig two small pools, lay blue bricks in them, and pour plant ash water to nitrate animal skins, cow skins, pig skins, deer skins, horse antelope skins, wolf skins, a total of more than 200 pieces, divided into two types: hairy and leather, soaked in two pools respectively.
The rest of the people were still dissecting the meat. Dashu and a few others were sorting out the horns and tendons of the cattle. Luo Chong called over the three adult men from the Xieding tribe.
"Where did the salt stone you used to trade with us come from? It's the salt we eat now."
"Chief, the salt stone is in our cave, but I haven't seen it." One of the men answered.
"Never seen it? Didn't you say it was in the cave? You live there every day, how could you not have seen it? What about you two? Have you seen it?" Luo Chong asked curiously.
"Chief, I know where it is, but I haven't seen it either."
"Chief, what they both said is wrong. At the innermost part of our previous cave, there is a hole leading to the underground. The salt stone came out of that hole, but the hole is very small, only children of three or four years old can enter, so we adults have never seen it."
The last man explained to Luo Chong in a servile manner that the life of the Han tribe is so good now, and there is still endless meat to eat. He doesn't want to make the chief unhappy and then be driven out.
Oh, if that's the case, it makes sense. Salt exists in nature in the form of seawater salt or mineral salt, but salt is a water-soluble substance, so there are very few surface salt mines.
Even if there are surface salt mines, after a heavy rain, the salt on the surface will be dissolved by water and then seep into the ground, so surface salt mines are almost impossible to exist in theory.
"Well, you answered very well, then can you still remember the specific location? If I ask you to find it again, can you find the entrance to the cave?" Luo Chong nodded and continued to ask.
The man nodded quickly and said flatteringly: "Yes, I can find the cave, chief, shall we go today?"
Luo Chong frowned and glanced at him. Why did he feel that this guy was so much like a traitor who couldn't wait to lead the way for the devils?
Luo Chong didn't say anything. He turned around and climbed up the wall to look west for a while, then said, "No, there's no hurry now. Those wolves are still lurking in the jungle to the west. It's too dangerous if there are not enough people. Let's wait for a while."
"Yes, yes, the leader is right. It's not safe to go now. I'm really not as good as the leader."
Damn it, do primitive people know such advanced behavior as flattery? If you have a higher level of education, would you still say "My king is wise, and we are ashamed of ourselves." What the hell.
"Shut up, get back to work." Luo Chong glared at him and sent the three people away.
Now that we know where the salt mine is, we don't have to worry about the shortage of salt. It's only a matter of time before it is mined.
Luo Chong asked people to take out all the salt in stock and began to teach them how to make pickled meat so that all the meat can be stored. By the way, there are also sausages. This time, we harvested a lot of pig intestines and cow intestines. They are just right for stuffing sausages after washing them.
On the other hand, the Han tribe was busy processing the harvest, and the Black Rat tribe that had been visiting the Han tribe had already gone back.
The Black Rat tribe and the Yuanshu tribe were both on the east bank of the stream, and the two places were only half a day's journey apart. The Rat Witch and Rat Da took Luo Chong's warning very seriously. There were powerful cannibals near their tribe, and this situation was very dangerous.
The two high-level officials discussed it and finally decided that Rat Da would lead a hunting team of 20 people to explore westward to see if there were any traces to prove whether it was really as Luo Chong and Da Shu said.
In the Black Rat tribe's residence consisting of several huge tents, the Rat Witch was directing the women to build fences for defense, and even learned from the Han tribe to use wooden stakes and stone spears to make a chevaux de frise as a gate.
This visit to the Han tribe made the Rat Witch feel a lot of emotion and learn a lot. He wanted to learn the tall and solid walls of the Han tribe, as well as brick-making, pottery making, and breeding, but he couldn't do it at all. Now even if he imitated, it was a mess.
Watching the tribesmen using the pottery they traded for to cook broth, they discussed while eating how powerful a tribe would be that could make such a high-end stone basin. And according to the people who came back, the Han tribe had more good things.
"It would be great if we could also be exchanged to the Han tribe."
Although this sentence was not said, it was the voice of many members of the Black Rat Tribe.
The Rat Witch took a backpack woven by a woman from his own tribe. It was crooked and not symmetrical at all. The grids were not the same size. Even the edge of the basket was not well closed. It was very difficult to use. He couldn't help but sigh. Is the gap so big? He can't learn it.
The Rat Witch closed his eyes, and the golden crown on Luo Chong's head kept flashing in his mind. The dazzling golden word "Han" flashed in his mind. Is that their god? Luo Chong's words kept echoing in his ears.
'God may exist, but I have never seen him.'
'I was born knowing so many things, no one told me.'
'This land can support 30 tribes of 200 people. We will not move away. I will invite other tribes to join us.' One sentence after another kept hitting the brain of the rat witch.
"Join the Han tribe. As long as you join them, you will have endless food to eat, endless animal skins to wear, and a safe place to live. Don't you want to follow that god-like boy?
Then what are you still hesitating about? In order to covet your own little power, will you give up the happiness that is within the reach of the whole tribe?
You actually want to learn from the Han tribe. Do you think you are really a witch? Have you ever seen a god? Don't you have any idea in your heart? Wake up, kid, and stop dreaming."
A voice kept rising in the heart of the rat witch, making him dizzy. He suddenly opened his eyes and said excitedly.
"No, no, our tribe is not smaller than the Han tribe, why should we join it? Didn't the Han leader say that he could make the soil grow endless food? Wait a little longer, wait a little longer, what if what he said is not true, just wait a little longer."
The Rat Wizard hurriedly found an excuse to comfort himself.
At this time, a child of eight or nine years old suddenly ran into the door of the tent, and as soon as he came in, he shouted: "Witch, our leader is back."
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