Chapter 22: Looking for Salt
Five days later, three bamboo houses were built, and the tourists finally had a place to stay, no longer having to wander around and worry about their future like before.
This is also due to the fact that after Jiang Xuan and others became warriors, they became stronger. They only needed to burn the bamboo bark and then they could quickly chop it down with a stone axe, saving a lot of time.
These three bamboo houses are a little far away from the bamboo forest because Jiang Xuan doesn't trust these tourists yet and doesn't want to live too close.
In addition, Jiang Xuan also built bathrooms and toilets for them, and strictly required them not to urinate or defecate anywhere, and to take a bath frequently, otherwise their bodies would be covered with lice, which was terrible.
Since they have arrived at the Teng Tribe, they must follow the rules of the Teng Tribe. Jiang Xuan does not want to give these tourists the impression that he is easy to talk to.
A leader who is too easy to talk to will make the tribesmen below him lose their respect, and their execution of orders will be greatly reduced.
A leader must be able to use both hard and soft tactics.
After solving the accommodation problem, Jiang Xuan started to let them work.
Beside the stream, in the vast flat land, Jiang Xuan said to Gan Song: "You don't need to hunt or gather. Your current task is to clean up this large area of land and then turn it over with the bone hoe."
Gan Song said uncomfortably: "There are so many of us, we have to eat a lot of food every day..."
Jiang Xuan knew what he meant, that he was afraid of starving if there was not enough food.
"Don't worry about the food. Since you are in our Teng tribe, we will definitely not let you go hungry."
Gan Song had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay, I'll listen to the leader."
"By the way, did you encounter other tribes when you came here?"
Jiang Xuan had not forgotten the smoke from cooking and the hunting sounds he had heard in the jungle before.
At first he thought it was caused by these tourists, but later he thought that was not right, because these tourists did not have the ability to hunt on a large scale.
Gan Song thought for a moment and replied affirmatively: "Yes."
"What kind of tribe? Where is it?"
Gan Song said: "It is a tribe on the way. They have many terrible mosquitoes. Their wings are as wide as this."
Gan Song gestured, and Jiang Xuan estimated that it was about thirty centimeters wide.
Considering that mosquitoes usually appear in groups, even a bison will be sucked dry by such a large mosquito in an instant...
When Jiang Xuan thought of this scene, he took a breath of cold air. The scene was really too terrifying.
"This tribe is very fierce. Dozens of us wanted to join the tribe, but they killed us. That's why we fled here."
There was an obvious expression of lingering fear on Gan Song's face.
"Do you know where they live?" Jiang Xuan asked again.
Gan Song shook his head and said, "When we encountered this tribe, they were still migrating. Then we ran for our lives. I don't know where they went later."
Tribes that lived on hunting and gathering would migrate every once in a while in order to obtain more sufficient food, and rarely settled in one place.
Jiang Xuan felt a lot of pressure because he didn't know which tribe had migrated to where and how far it was from the Teng tribe.
"So how many of them are there?"
"There are at least a few hundred people, but I'm not sure exactly how many there are."
"I understand. Go to work first."
"good."
Gan Song took the bone hoe and went to work. They needed to remove and burn the grass, bushes and thorns in the wasteland, then turn the land over and pick up the grass roots, tree roots and stones.
Reclaiming wasteland is a very hard job, but fortunately the tribesmen have always been able to endure hardships and work hard, and as long as they can have food to eat, they have no complaints.
Jiang Xuanze stood by the stream, feeling very heavy.
A tribe of several hundred fierce people is a huge threat to the small Teng tribe and can easily destroy everything they have worked so hard to create.
There is no solution to this problem for the time being. Jiang Xuan only hopes that the tribe will not come here in the short term, or that the ancient vine is strong enough to protect the vine tribe.
"We must expand the tribe as soon as possible, otherwise we will be too passive!"
Jiang Xuan clenched his fists. He believed that as long as he was given a few years, he would be able to expand this small tribe through his own efforts, and then he wouldn't have to be timid.
"Guteng, take Nanxing with you and continue to use traps to catch fish by the creek after clearing the weeds and bushes. Keep an eye on these tourists at the same time."
"Remember, dig the pond in the open space. Don't go into places where the grass is too dense or where the water is too deep, so as to avoid danger."
Uncaria said solemnly: "Don't worry, Chief. We will pay attention."
Uncaria led Nanxing towards the stream. Now the grass and trees beside a section of the stream had been cleared and were no longer overgrown with weeds as before.
Jiang Xuan nodded and said to Chishao and Shiqiu, "Let's go into the mountains and look for something."
"What are you looking for?" Chishao asked curiously.
"Salt!"
"Salt?" Chishao's eyes widened: "Can you find salt?"
Stone Loach was also shocked. Salt was really too precious for the tribesmen.
Jiang Xuan said: "The witch in my dream told me a way to find salt. I want to try it out and see if it works."
When Chishao heard this, he didn't ask any more questions, and the same went for Shiqiu.
The tribesmen were extremely awed by the mysterious witch. No matter how difficult something was to understand, if it was said by the witch, then there would be no problem.
There was a reason why Jiang Xuan went to look for salt at this time.
When they first arrived here, they made a living by hunting and gathering, and they could also replenish salt by drinking animal blood and eating meat.
Once the number of people in the tribe increases, relying solely on hunting and gathering will definitely not be enough, because the food source is extremely unstable and even depends on luck.
Planting and breeding are better and more stable ways to obtain food.
However, large-scale planting and breeding will also face a big problem, that is, salt shortage.
Although planting can bring a lot of food, the reduction in meat consumption will inevitably lead to insufficient salt intake.
In addition, work requires a lot of sweating, which causes salt loss faster.
The final result will inevitably be that a large number of tribesmen will fall ill due to lack of salt, and it will be a pipe dream for the tribe to develop.
Therefore, Jiang Xuan must get enough salt to better carry out planting and breeding!
If you live by the sea, it is easy to get salt, and you can even find small amounts of dried salt on the rocks.
But in the southern wilderness, in the primitive jungle, it is not easy to find salt.
However, Jiang Xuan knew that large herbivorous animals would actively look for salt to eat in the wild.
The larger the herbivore, the more salt it needs and the more frequently it will have to look for salt to eat.
Jiang Xuan has lived here for more than half a year. He is familiar with the surrounding environment and has a certain understanding of the prey in the jungle.
He knew that in the jungle to the south, there was a group of huge bison. The activity range of these bison was relatively fixed. If he followed the bison, he might be able to find the place where they took in salt!
Jiang Xuan has been thinking about this method for a long time. When he goes out hunting, he will also pay attention to the movements of this group of bison.
Jiang Xuan didn’t know whether he could find salt by following the bison, but he had to give it a try.
Jiang Xuan thought about it, walked to the stream, and told Gouteng and Nanxing his thoughts.
Tracking a herd of bison takes time. If they haven’t returned by dark, Gouteng and Nanxing will definitely be worried. If you tell them in advance, they won’t be so worried.
Afterwards, Jiang Xuan, Chi Shao and Shi Qiu returned to the bamboo house, took their weapons and even some dried meat, and then stepped into the vast primitive jungle.
Thanks to the book friend "Footsteps in the Rain" for the reward of 500 book coins and monthly tickets.
(End of this chapter)
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