Chapter 268 Prepare to Set Sail

In the good expectation of the leader of the Green Tribe, the first batch of millet planted by the Qingque tribe has sprouted, and the second batch of millet was also planted today.

The small millet seedlings are tender and green, very similar to several types of grasses such as dogtail grass that are common in later generations.

But when they grow up, you can tell the difference between them.

Millet can produce food that makes people hungry, and there are only a few weeds that are not much worse than millet, and there are only a few grass seeds that are not valued by people.

It also took more than half a year, and the difference in what was harvested was really a bit big.

The people from the donkey tribe came again. This was the third time since the beginning of spring, and they came two times more than the rest of the tribes.

And it is different from other tribes who basically only need salt, and rarely bring food and fur in exchange for pottery.

Every time the donkey tribe came, they would bring a lot of furs and a lot of food.

These furs and food will be exchanged for pottery and brought back.

Han Cheng did some calculations. Up to now, people from the Donkey Tribe have exchanged the most pottery from the Qingque Tribe among the surrounding tribes.

There are more bone tribes than the Qingque tribe, and the wealthiest sheep tribe.

Could it be that I misread it at the beginning? Not only is the donkey tribe not the poorest, but it is also the richest among the surrounding tribes?

Is it a big dog that hides deeply?

Looking at the figures of the people from the donkey tribe who left behind a pile of things and went out of the gate with a lot of pottery they exchanged for, Han Cheng was puzzled.

Today, the people of the Qingque tribe did not go to the fields to work, but went to Yanshan with some tools and weapons.

Provide salt to several tribes for free, so that the salt saved by their tribes will be consumed quickly.

Especially the donkey tribe, every time they come and go back, they will bring a lot of salt, this time they brought three jars, so Han Cheng strongly doubts whether these guys are eating salt.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Clatter..."

For cooking salt,

The people of the Qingque tribe have already done it very well. After arriving at the Salt Mountain, some people smashed the salt ore, some were in charge of filtering, and some were boiling it with fire.

Now the people of the Qingque tribe no longer carry the salt ore back and boil it as before, which is too much trouble.

Instead, he brought the tools directly to Yanshan and cooked them here.

It is much easier to bring the finished salt back than to bring the salt ore back.

The place where the salt is actually boiled is not in the Yanshan Mountain, but beside the spring not far from the Yanshan Mountain.

It was the place where Han Cheng, Tietou and others poured water and salt into clay pots in order to lure Uncle Lu and the others.

This spring was not very strong originally, and it was not enough to boil salt.

But this kind of thing obviously couldn't help Han Cheng.

When he took the elder brothers and the others, they dug the spring down half a meter deep, and dug a reservoir not far away that was more than half a meter deep and five square meters in size, and there was no shortage of water for boiling salt. .

Near the spring, an open space was opened up, and three fires were burning on the open space, and on top of each fire was a large vat for boiling salt.

As the water evaporates, the salt that melts in the water will condense on the bottom of the tank...

Water is the source of all things. In the mountains and forests, where there is water, there are generally more birds and beasts. There are many footprints left on the wetlands at the edge of the reservoir and the spring.

However, the birds and beasts who came to drink water today are destined to be disappointed and return, because this piece of water is occupied by a group of domineering monkeys.

This group of monkeys can not only walk on two legs, but also make all kinds of strange things, especially the red, jumping things, which scare the animals...

The efficiency of boiling salt directly in Yanshan is very high. In five days, the Qingque Tribe not only made up for the shortfall, but also had eight more jars of salt than before.

These salts are enough to be used for a long time.

When Han Cheng and the others leave, those who stay in the tribe don't have to worry about salt.

The weather is getting warmer day by day, and when the last batch of millet is planted, the rapeseed in that piece has fully grown, almost half a meter high or low.

Some impatient ones have already bloomed a little golden.

Many things in the world will happen when they should happen. Blindly avoiding is not a very clever way. Except for making one's heart flustered, the gains in other aspects are generally not too great.

Han Cheng, who had no other reasons, was finally about to start his first real long-distance travel since he came to this world.

"Bang bang bang..."

This is not the clapper ringing when someone came to the tribe, but the lame is using stone knives, stone chisels, and wooden sticks to make the last spare oar.

The building of paddles is a must, otherwise how can we move forward? It can't all depend on the waves, can it?

Although Han Cheng was a little coquettish sometimes, his level of skill was far from enough to make the boat wave, so he had to honestly build oars.

A total of four canoes of the Qingque tribe have launched into the water, and now they are parked at a place with enough temporary docks beside the small river in front of the tribe.

The cables are tied to the big wooden pegs nailed on the shore, and several canoes are crowded together, floating up and down in a small range with the waves, which is very rhythmic.

Senior Brother, Shang, and Junior Brother Sha held paddles tied with leather ropes under their arms, pulled the cable, and pulled the canoe to the shore. While the boat was swinging back and forth, they came to the canoe.

After more than ten consecutive days of practice and familiarity, now facing this level of shaking and floating, the senior brother and others are able to face it calmly, and will no longer feel the unconscious leg trembling like before.

Not to mention that there will be no worries such as "after I come up, the boat will be crushed to the bottom of the water".

On both sides of the bow of the canoe, there is a tree stick about 20 centimeters higher than the body of the canoe. On each of the four sticks in each canoe, there is a branch of this tree.

After the eldest brother stepped onto the wooden boat, he skillfully hung the paddle in his arms on the wooden branch.

Then I started to pick up some bottles and cans handed over from the shore.

These are all things they prepared in advance for this long trip.

Among them, food is the most prepared. In addition to the jars placed at the beginning, there are also a lot of salted fish and bacon that are marinated and dried.

Among them, there are clay pots for cooking, boiling water, and bowls for storing rice.

Weapons such as bows and arrows, rattan shields, slings, spears, and spears will naturally not fall.

The things they carry are all separated, and there are some on the four canoes. This is to prevent them from losing all their supplies, getting into trouble, or even being caught in the event of an accident. Group destroyed.