Yang Shubao had dealt with the Xhosa people before, but the two sides had no detailed contact, and he still didn't know much about the Xhosa tribe.

This time they were going to not be a tribe, but a 'township', a tribe of Xhosa was equivalent to a village, but they did not live alone, they were all clans living next to each other, and then each clan belonged to a tribal chieftaincy, and these territories were clustered together into a settlement, so it was more like multiple villages gathered together into a town.

Each tribe has a chief, which is naturally the head of the clan, and there is also a large chief in the whole settlement, who is often the eldest or the most credible of the chiefs, and the other chiefs form a council to assist in the management of the affairs of the whole settlement.

The town is called Dracaena because of the fact that there is a dragon's blood forest growing in this area.

Lao Yang knows about the plant of the dragon's blood tree, which can be called the old birthday star of the plant world, and can generally live to be 8,000 years old.

The metabolism of species that can live for so long is naturally slow, and the growth of the dracaena tree is extremely slow, and the trunk thickens by less than one centimeter every year, so every dracaena that can make people look at it is a thousand-year-old tree.

It's another long journey, the town of Dracaena is quite far away from Hluchluwe, it is located at the junction of the Free State Province and Kwa Province, the traffic is not convenient, most of the road in front is easy to walk, there is no road behind, the car is driving on a dirt road.

Yang Shubao was tired from driving all the way, so he asked Kurutan frankly: "You and these Xhosa people are not of the same clan and race, and they are so far apart, so how can there be a connection?"

"We met them during our tribe's migration, and when we were in a plague crisis, it was the kind people of the Dracaena who helped us get through the crisis, and we have been in touch on and off ever since," Kurutantan said. ”

This made Lao Yang quite surprised: "You have met them on the migration road? As far as I know, the Xhosa people do not migrate, they are an agricultural civilization, which means that your tribe has been to such a far place?"

Kurutan smiled mildly: "Teacher Yang, I understand what you mean, yes, we are the dragon's blood tree that we encountered in our wanderings, our tribe did pass through these places, in fact, for thousands of years, the footsteps of our San people have spread all over all regions of southern Africa. ”

The Xhosa people were also wary of foreign civilizations, and most of their settlements were far from the towns, which was why they needed enough land to cultivate, and some of the Xhosa people had been close to the cities, but the expansion of the cities drove them away.

The town of Dragon's Blood Tree is relatively close to a town called Madadeni, and after passing through this town, you can see this settlement by driving more than fifty kilometers to the northwest.

Naturally, there is no road here, the dirt road is not easy to walk, and the car on Lao Yang's side can't run after a burst of sun and rain.

Hurrying and hurrying, they finally arrived in Dragon's Blood Tree Town.

The town was surrounded by cultivated farmland, and many black men could be seen working in the land shirtless.

There are usually no outsiders here, so when the car drives along the muddy dirt road, the people around them stop working and come to the roadside with farm tools to watch the excitement.

The land of the settlement is surrounded by a dragon's blood tree, and it is no wonder that the local area is named after the dragon's blood tree, and there are indeed many such plants here.

The dragon's blood trees are very beautiful, they are very strong, and the leaves grow fat and thick, and the shape is strange, like a sword in the hand of a warrior.

Dracaena is a medicinal plant in China, as well as in South Africa.

They drove into the ghetto, where there was a simple thatched hut at the intersection, where several elderly people sat munching on something like young tobacco leaves.

Seeing the arrival of the car, the old people came out one after another to stand on the road and look, Kurutan signaled Yang Shubao to stop: "We are going down to introduce ourselves." ”

The car stopped, and some people ran out of the other thatched huts in the settlement, and these people went out with knives, bows and arrows, spears, and shotguns!

There is no need for Lao Yang to bother with the matter of pulling relations, the tribe of Kurutantan and the town of Dragon's Blood Tree have been in contact, and they have verified each other's identities with a set of dazzling etiquette that Lao Yang and the international students see.

The Xhosa people speak English, and an old man patted Kurutantan on the shoulder affectionately and said, "Oratantan is okay? The last time we met, we were all young men, and we agreed to go hunting hippos together, but we never made an appointment." ”

Kurutantan said with a little bitterness: "Uncle Oratantan has passed away. ”

The old man sighed and said, "Then it seems that we can't complete the agreement." ”

With the relationship between the Mulberry people, the attitude of Dracaena Town towards them was much more polite, and an old man took out the tender green leaves from his coat pocket and handed them to them, motioning for them to put them in their mouths and chew.

The old man showed them how to chew with relish, grinning and even green juice trickling from the corners of his mouth.

Lin Lin, a little girl who loves cleanliness, was full on the spot.

Upon learning of the arrival of guests from afar, the Grand Chief of Dragon's Blood Tree Town personally came to entertain them.

The Great Chief is in the prime of life, looks like he is in his forties, tall, big-handed, and always looks energetic.

Kurutantan had a previous acquaintance with the Great Chief, who also went to school and even joined the school's soccer team in college, and Kurutantan went to see their game, and today's conversation started with that football game.

From football games to college days, Kurutantan threw out the team of international students in a timely manner and told the big chief about their intentions.

The Great Chief is highly educated, and things will be easy to do.

Yang Shubao took out the model of the water purification clay pot and gave it a brief explanation to the big chief, and the big chief understood: "This is equivalent to an activated carbon clay pot? Good thing, how about the water purification effect? We really lack this kind of thing here, and now I ask them to use disinfectant tablets to treat the lake water before drinking, but after using the disinfectant tablets, the lake water has a strange smell, and the big guys don't want to drink it." ”

Kurutantan said: "Its disinfection effect should be similar to that of disinfectant tablets, you can promote it, it is very convenient to use, drinking water is healthy, and our tribe has implemented it." ”

The chief solemnly thanked Yang Shubao, and called a few people over and said, "Go and inform the guards that we are going to hunt river pigs today and use river pork to welcome the distinguished guests from afar." ”

Yang Shubao wondered, what kind of animal is the river pig?

He wanted to ask Kurutantan, but the Great Chief and Kurutantan then talked about the development of the San farm, which was a major event for the San tribe, and he could only interject, so he could only listen.

The Great Chief is worthy of being a highly educated talent, he has a good eye, and after seeing that Yang Shubao and the international students are not interested in his topic, he pointed outside and said: "If you are bored, then go and go around, our town is very underdeveloped, but there are some things that can make you feel novel." ”