Chapter 84 Verifying the Conjecture
According to Zhou Xu's instructions before departure, the current development of the third camp is all carried out around the camp, and there is no intention to explore further outward.
However, vigilance work still needs to be done.
In this way, Ye Jinghong arranged Zhou Chongshan on the mound outside.
At that time, Zhou Xu chose to set up camp here largely because of the existence of this mound.
In Zhou Xu's view, this mound is a natural sentinel tower. It doesn't even need to be rebuilt. As long as someone is placed on it, it can serve as a sentinel tower.
And now, Zhou Chongshan was arranged to be there by Ye Jinghong.
I have to say that with someone specifically responsible for guarding and ensuring the safety around the camp, everyone can work with more peace of mind.
At present, their main focus is still on fishing. After all, in this era, food and safety are the two basic guarantees. Only when these two are guaranteed can they have spare energy to do other things.
The river is quite wide, and the depth in the center is probably deep enough. At the same time, there is one thing that the fishermen in the tribe are not used to.
That is, the water in the river is flowing! This is completely different from the water in the lake.
For fishermen who are used to fishing on the lake, it is difficult for them to adapt to the sudden change of fishing environment to a flowing river.
During this period, a fisherman proposed...
"It would be much more convenient if we had a raft."
Zhou Xu estimated that the width of the river was about 30 to 40 meters, and the raft could sail on it with almost no pressure.
However, making a raft also requires a lot of wood. The amount of wood at the grassland camp is relatively limited. If you want to make a big thing like a raft, you must wait for the Black Moon Camp to deliver the wood.
In fact, Zhou Xu was also quite urgent about the manufacture of rafts at the grassland camp.
It was not for fishing, but in case they encountered a group of centaurs, who had four legs and bows and arrows, and they really couldn't run away, they could just jump onto the raft and take the water route to escape from pursuit.
Of course, chevaux de frise is also needed. It takes time for you to escape to the raft and then slide away on the raft, right? Deploying chevaux de frise outside the camp can buy them some time at a critical moment.
After all, he had seen the strength of that group of centaurs, so Zhou Xu had to think more about the issue of life and death.
Zhou Xu stayed in the Black Moon Camp for five days, and then rushed to the Grassland Camp with two full carts of wood.
The weight of these two carts of wood can be said to completely exceed the total of all the materials they carried at the time, but in this case, their mobility efficiency was improved.
Zhou Xu had people take turns pushing and pulling the cart along the way. Since they were familiar with the route, it only took a day and a half to successfully reach their grassland camp.
The tribesmen who were busy working in the camp knew they were coming and hurried out to help unload the goods.
During this period of time, the drivers naturally took the time to rest. The camp even made a fire and cooked for them. Each driver could enjoy a whole grilled fish.
But on the other hand, after eating, they had to set off immediately and return to the Black Moon Camp.
Even if these two trucks were fully loaded with wood, they were not enough for the grassland camp.
So in the next few days, they would probably have to travel back and forth between the two camps frantically to deliver wood to the grassland camp.
Even in this primitive age where everyone is a workaholic in order to survive, the workload is huge.
During this period, Zhou Xu, who returned to the grassland camp, naturally went to Ye Jinghong and Zhou Chongshan to inquire about the situation.
Ye Jinghong reported the situation inside the camp very neatly and everything was normal.
"What about the group of centaurs? Have they appeared nearby recently?"
Faced with this question, Ye Jinghong looked at Zhou Chongshan and motioned him to report.
After all, during this period of time, the person in charge of standing guard was Zhou Chongshan.
Zhou Chongshan was not ambiguous about this and immediately said...
"The group of centaurs are not around."
"That herd of antelope didn't show up either, did they?"
No matter what the herd of herbivores were originally called, from the moment he saw them, they were called "antelopes".
"Yes!"
After getting this answer, Zhou Xu suddenly understood.
[As expected.]
For any living thing, food is the basic condition for survival.
Just like when they are looking for a camp, they will also check whether there is any food around. I think the centaurs, who are also living creatures, will do the same.
With this as a premise, judging from the situation at the time, that group of antelopes were clearly the main hunting target of the Centaurs.
In other words, wherever the antelope herd runs, the centaurs will follow.
The time in a day is limited. Faced with the antelope herds that are always moving, even the centaurs probably don't have much free time to wander around.
Following this line of reasoning, they only need to avoid areas where herds of wild antelope appear, and they can successfully avoid the group of Centaurs.
Now it has been proved that his idea was not wrong.
At this stage, their tribe didn't need to rely on hunting those antelopes for a living anyway, so there was no need to expose themselves to the sight of a group of centaurs whose true background was not yet known. The risk would be too high.
However, we still need to take necessary precautions.
The two truckloads of wood sent from the Black Moon Camp were not assembled yet.
If they are assembled into rafts or barricades for transportation, it will take up too much space and reduce transportation efficiency.
Anyway, assembly itself is not difficult. After comprehensive consideration, the most sensible approach is to let the Black Moon Camp directly deliver the processed wood.
There are two types of wood delivered this time. One type is sharpened at one end and is used to make chevaux de frise.
The other type is simply polished log pillars, which are used to make rafts.
A cart of each type of wood was brought over, and at this moment Zhou Xu had already begun to organize the tribal members to get busy.
The production of rafts and chevaux de frise was carried out simultaneously on both sides.
During this period, Zhou Xu's main focus was still on the chevaux de frise.
After all, they had already made several rafts at the Black Moon Camp, and most of the fishermen in the tribe had already mastered some of the techniques involved.
The most he would do would be to check it out briefly after they were done.
But this was the first time they had made a chevaux de frise. If Zhou Xu didn't take care of it, they might not be able to put it up on their own.
But after Zhou Xu joined, things became simple.
Now that the wood has been polished, they only need to follow Zhou Xu's instructions and tie the wood together and secure it with bark ropes.
The production of chevaux de frise requires a lot of wood, and a cart of wood is only enough to make one.
As for the location, there is not much to it.
To put it bluntly, the current defensive deployment of their camp is leaky on all sides and has problems everywhere. With only one barricade, it doesn't matter where it is placed.
(End of this chapter)
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