Chapter 52 Fortifications (Please collect and recommend)
After figuring out the source of the other party's peanuts, Luo Chong nodded secretly. Peanuts grow underground, and the surface looks like grass. For someone like Luo Chong who has only eaten peanuts but has never seen a peanut field, the peanuts may be right under his feet, but he would not recognize them.
It can be said that Luo Chong was very lucky this time, otherwise he would probably miss this important crop. He does not have the ability of black rats to dig peanuts from the ground.
Luo Chong pretended to taste one and said that he liked it very much. He told Rat Da that peanuts can also be exchanged for pottery, but the shells must be intact and not damaged.
He just looked at the peanuts in the bag. Some of the shells have been broken, the peanut coating has fallen off, and some of the kernels have been cracked in half. There is no problem eating such peanuts, but Luo Chong wants to use them as seeds, so the more complete the better, otherwise it will be a big joke if they cannot be planted.
Luo Chong asked someone to bring out a large basket of chestnuts and told Shu Da that he could exchange a basket of whole peanuts in shells for a pottery bowl.
Shu Da couldn't believe that Luo Chong would offer such a "favorable" condition. He was immediately ecstatic and quickly promised to bring more next time.
In the end, Shu Da took away the large basket, a pottery pot and a pottery bowl. Luo Chong also gave him a spoon, and they left in a hurry.
As for how they would spend the night in the jungle and what they would eat along the way, it was none of Luo Chong's business. Luo Chong only cared about peanuts, population, and fortifications.
Speaking of this, Luo Chong wanted to slap himself. This time, he was attacked by a strange tribe at the entrance of the cave. Fortunately, they were not going after people, and fortunately, their number was not large. If they came here specifically to attack the Han tribe, even if the Han tribe could stop them, there might be casualties.
Luo Chong had planned fortifications before, that is, the city, but such a large wall can't be built just by saying so, it takes too long, and during this period of defense gap, a defensive fortification that can be relied on must be built first.
Luo Chong first asked Dashu to take people to fill the brick kiln with water to seal the kiln, and he stood at the entrance of the cave to think.
It is winter now, the land is frozen hard, it is not convenient to dig, the rafts can't be inserted into the soil, and the defense is not high enough. Building the earth wall also requires digging the soil, which is not practical. Finally, Luo Chong set his sights on the brick kiln.
The brick kiln has been burning for two months, and now a large number of bricks have been piled up. The construction of the city will not start until next spring, so now these bricks are idle. Thinking of this, a simple and fast defensive fortification appeared in Luo Chong's mind.
Just do it, anyway, there is nothing to do in winter. Since you don't want to learn to read, just toss it well, isn't life about tossing it?
Early the next morning, Luo Chong called all the adults together and told them that they could move bricks for the next two days without studying. The tribesmen cheered immediately, which made Luo Chong very helpless. They thought, "Are you not good at studying? When I find something to make paper, I will torture you to death."
Luo Chong first used ropes to enclose a 150-meter-long square frame at the entrance of the cave. In fact, there are only three sides, one of which is the cave, which is equivalent to enclosing the cave with three walls, leaving only a two-meter-wide door on the east side, and even the animal pen is enclosed inside.
A three-meter-high horse barrier is used as the gate at the entrance. The horse barrier is made directly of wood, and four layers of spears are tied side by side on the front. Even Rourou and Huishan dare not easily bump into it. This work is guided by Luo Chong, and operated by wooden barrels and wooden pigs.
This simple wall is directly built with blue bricks. No adhesive is used. It is just pouring water on the built brick wall. In such a cold day, the water poured into the cracks of the bricks will quickly freeze the bricks into one. Blue bricks are water-resistant, so this will not affect the bricks. When the weather warms up and thaws in the spring of next year, these bricks can still be used to build the city. It does not affect their use, but just temporarily moves them to another place.
Blue bricks are ready-made, so they can be stacked directly. All adults in the tribe work together, with a wheelbarrow and so many tools, the height of the wall soars at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The Han tribe has a sense of crisis because of the arrival of the Black Rat Tribe, and is building the wall as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, at the Black Rat Tribe, Rat Da was cooking broth in a clay pot, introducing to the elders what he had seen and gained from this diplomatic operation.
Rat Da brought back a clay pot, a clay bowl, and a large backpack for chestnuts. These things were all rare, and Rat Witch was very interested in them, especially the rattan backpack. This thing was very simple to make, and the materials were easy to find, but it was very practical. The Black Rat Tribe still used animal skins to carry things, which was very inconvenient, so Rat Witch immediately called a few smarter women to imitate it.
After arranging the backpack, the broth was also cooked. Rat Da and Rat Witch each had a bowl. Rat Witch was very satisfied with the way the broth was eaten, which not only warmed the body, but also saved food. The barbecue that could originally feed one person could feed two people if it was made into broth, which indirectly doubled the food reserves.
After taking a sip of the broth, Rat Da had a strange expression. The broth he cooked was watery and had a fishy smell. Although it could warm the body, it was not tasty. It was far from the taste of the bowl he drank in the Han tribe.
It was definitely bad. Luo Chong's big bone soup had salt and pepper in it. How could it taste the same?
After drinking the broth, Rat Wu asked someone to try the stone basin from his tribe. The stone basin could be used, but it heated very slowly and there was no lid to keep it warm. It took a long time to boil the water. There was only one larger stone basin, so it was still unusable. He had to exchange it with the Han tribe.
Next, Rat Da introduced the situation of the Han tribe to Rat Wu. The number of people in the Han tribe was about the same as that of the Black Rat tribe. Of course, this was just what Rat Da thought. He did not see all the people in the Han tribe.
All the people in the Han tribe had their hair tied on their heads. Their leader was a minor who wore a glowing thing on his head, like the sun, and their weapons also glowed like the sun.
The Rat Wizard was frightened by the Rat Big, and he could not help but imagine the scene of everyone in the Han tribe with a small sun on their heads. He could not help but feel longing.
The people in the Han tribe all wore boots. Those boots were very nice. They were not just animal skins wrapped around the feet, and they would not fall off without a rope.
Their tribe also had endless food. There were two big monsters with long noses, which were much taller than humans. Just one of them could feed the whole tribe for a month. The key was that the two monsters were still alive and listened to the Han leader very much.
The Rat Wizard listened to the Rat Big's description and fell into fantasy. There was a small sun on his head and he rode a tall long-nosed elephant. If the Rat Wizard had read Journey to the West, he would definitely swear: Oh my god, the one with a glowing head and riding an elephant, isn't that Samantabhadra Bodhisattva under the seat of Tathagata?
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Friends upstairs, how are you? Friends in the water, shake with me, raise your recommendation tickets, and throw them all at me... ! ! !
(End of this chapter)
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