And that's it? ”

"Did the leader use his divine power to subdue this bull and let it follow the leader?"

"Nope! I think it has something to do with the bull's nose ring that the boss uses. ”

Seeing everyone's remarks, Ding Qi didn't care about the explanation, so let's guess first. Turning to the earth, he said:

"See what I just did, just do it, let everyone help you, and soon all the cattle will be fitted with the cow nose ring, and it will be easy to drive the cows!" However, you have to find more dandelions to feed them, which can be regarded as supplementing their nutrition. ”

While the tribesmen were busy there, Ding Qi came to Little Red and fed the fiery red horse some salt water with a clay bowl, salt and water.

Since following Ding Qi, the color of this horse king has become more and more gorgeous, as if he is a burning horse, so that the people call him "Divine Horse". Ding Qi guessed that it might be because he gave the horse king salt water, which replenished the nutrients it needed in his body, which made him rejuvenated.

Next, Ding Qi went to check the oil tung on the horse's back, this is a treasure, there can be no mistakes, in case of heat and mildew, it will be a waste of such a big effort. Except for some of these things, which are used to make tung oil, the rest must be used to make seeds.

However, when it comes to autumn, you can send someone to the Dongtong Valley again, and you can arrange for the thunder of the Tuva clan to do this. He was a transit point for the surrounding tribes, an outpost that extended to the steppe, and would later maintain contact with the Tuva side through horse teams or other means, and regularly transport the surrounding goods back to the tribes.

In addition, the grassland is rich in resources, and two or three squads of warriors should be arranged there to collect herbs and metal deposits, or simply let the horse hunting tribe do this, in exchange for some living materials and tools, presumably they must be willing.

There are many metal deposits such as iron ore, copper ore, gold and silver ore, and coal mine on the grassland, some of which can be dug out with a little excavation under the turf, such as open-pit coal mines, copper mines, etc. These mineral deposits are waiting for Ding Qi to be mined, excavated, and now in the world.

In later generations, all kinds of metal mines, coal mines, etc., on the grasslands, made the country with tens of millions of livestock rich.

The more I thought about it, the more I thought it was a good place to build a bigger city around it and integrate the surrounding tribes into it.

After the nose ring of the cow was straightened, the whole herd was completely honest, and even if it was unwilling, it had to do according to the will of the human being, and completely lost its previous freedom. It's just that it's all of their own choosing, and they can't change it again. Even the little calf was a little sullen, but fortunately the little cutie had been following him to relieve his boredom, and soon he was happy again, and ran around the herd with a few calves.

As for the donkeys, although they can still control it with a donkey, running for a long time will still make them lose their patience. Therefore, after Ding Qi checked the various supplies, he took people to collect some palm-sized leaves. Thread a string on two leaves, each leaf twice, and tie the string to the donkey's head to cover the donkey's eyes, so that it can only see a small area under its head, and not all around.

When a donkey barks in front of it, it follows the donkey in front of it and doesn't let the surrounding movement startle the donkeys. Especially at night, it can calm them down. This can be regarded as a manifestation of the wisdom of the working people, and it was used by Ding, who grew up in the countryside, and he was the first person in the ages!

The problem of cows and donkeys has been solved, and the speed of the whole team is slightly faster. When they arrived at the Tuva tribe, a group of people took a group of cattle to rest there for a day, and tied the spear wood they had prepared to the cattle and continued their journey.

Before leaving, Tinche left three axes, saws, and bronze shovels for each of the Tuva tribesmen, which were necessary for every warrior, and now handed them over to the Thunder for safekeeping. In addition, they were left with about 20 catties of coarse salt, so that they could make the excess meat into salted meat for storage. Or take it to the surrounding tribes for exchange, and be sure to use the signboard of the Ding tribe to promote the Ding tribe.

"Thunder Patriarch, don't worry. When I returned to the tribe, I arranged for ten craftsmen to come with the people of the tribe of horse hunters to help you build some houses and heating facilities. And before that, you have to go to the surrounding mountains and forests in advance to cut down trees and bring them back, and pile them up outside the spear woods, so that they can be useful when the time comes. ”

Thunder quickly nodded in agreement.

He was very clear about Ding Qi's methods, and Aragami was doing it for the sake of his clan, wishing he would bring more good things and ideas to the tribe.

"Moo~"

"Ang~Ang~"

The cattle began to set out, mightily and in a hurry. Ding Qi rode on Xiaohong, driving the beasts with the others, running before and after, busy, only busy with one thing every day, that is, going home.

In the process, White Fang and the others had already returned to Ningcheng, and after secretly bringing back the black mountain knife and telling the Elder Buck the reason privately, he brought some coarse salt and other materials, especially some tin strips, back to Tongcun, where he was ready to cast bronze tools at the same time. These bronze tools are intended for exchange in Lucun, reducing transportation costs, manpower and time.

However, after seeing the ten extra wolves in the tribe, White Fang insisted on asking two wolves from the stag to take them away, which was also to strengthen the defense of Copper Village.

The buck also specially explained that after White Fang arrived in Tong Village, he could organize a part of the people to transport some copper plates to Lu Village, and Ben would lead the warriors and the exchanged slaves to transport them back to the tribe.

When I set off for Lucun a few days ago, I had prepared a lot more types and quantities of materials. For example, nets and fish pots for fishing, shovels for digging soil, sickles for mowing grass and knives for cutting and peeling meat, and a lot of salted fish, salted meat, and salted bamboo shoots have been prepared for food, which can be regarded as promoting the production method of these ingredients, so that more tribes can store edible things.

Presumably, this exchange meeting will definitely be able to exchange more slaves and specialties of various tribes.

Moo: They were on their way back with the people of the Bey tribe, but the conch leader stood between him and the mussels every day, preventing them from contacting. Other than that, the whole return journey was very pleasant. Moreover, from top to bottom, the Bey tribe was amazed by the skills and methods displayed by the warriors of the Ding tribe, even the methods of hunting and trapping small beasts made them amazed, pestering them all day long to learn how to hunt and trap.

This made a group of soldiers both annoyed and happy, annoyed that there were too many people learning, and the chattering questions were endless. Happily, a few young women from the Bey tribe came with them, and they also had a great interest in learning in the warriors' pile, which made a group of warriors who had not yet found a wife very excited, and they all crowded there to teach the girls skills.

This made Moo embarrassed for a while, and every time he quickly turned his head away, bluntly saying that he didn't know them. This made the mussel who looked at him through the conch leader cover his mouth and snickered, but was glared at by the conch leader for a while.

Zhuang, who was moving quickly, got rid of the warriors of the southern part of the mountain who were chasing after them, and finally arrived at the range where the Xia tribe was located five or six days later. Unexpectedly, Zhuang encountered the same problem as in the southern part of the mountain. After seeing Zhuang them, the warriors of the Xia tribe who went out hunting and patrolling unanimously thought that he was talking nonsense, who would come so far to exchange, it must be the gap sent by the tribe in the south of the mountain. The warriors of the Xia tribe demanded that they immediately lay down their weapons and become slaves of the Xia tribe. Even if the golden hook came forward to explain, it didn't work, and he was slapped by the other party.

It seems that the hatred between the Xia tribe and the tribes in the southern part of the mountain cannot be resolved, and they have made each other and their affiliated tribes the object of battle.

Unable to bear it, Zhuang had no choice but to knock down those difficult hunters and lead people down the road to find a small tribe close to the scorpion tribe. When Zhuang led the warriors to pass by this tribe before, he rested here for a long time. Golden Hook had dealt with them before, and knew their leader. It's just that they didn't expect that the news they got in this small tribe was a little inaccurate, and the Xia tribe didn't accept this Ding tribe from the far north at all.

Because from the perspective of the common sense of the people of the Shannan and Xia tribes, it is impossible for any tribe to go out of their way to travel such a long distance just to come and exchange goods.

Since it didn't work, Zhuang had to use the most stupid method to find contact and exchange with other small tribes, and use this as a breakthrough to build the reputation of the Ding tribe.

The small tribe named Centipede, after smiling again at a gift handed to their tribe by Zhuang, warmly welcomed them into the tribe to rest. The leader is a typical tribesman in his thirties, with a square head and a large face, prominent eyebrow bones, long hair tied by a straw rope on both sides of his forehead, a feather inserted in his ear, and a bare upper body, a grass skirt underneath, primitive and solid.

After Zhuang arranged for the warriors to take out the pottery, people from the Centipede tribe outside the tribe hurriedly ran over.

"Chief, there is a team of people outside who claim to be from the southern tribe of the mountain, saying that they have something to visit the leader."

"Humph! Let the leaders come in, and the others stay outside the tribe, and I'll go to them when I've talked to the two captains, Zhuang and Golden Hook. ”

Elephant Trunk was annoyed, and he chased after him all the way, but he didn't want to lose anyone. This couldn't help but make him think, could it be that the person he was chasing was a bunch of dummies, and he disappeared out of thin air.

He was already on fire, but when he heard that the Centipede tribe only let one person in, and the others stayed outside, the fire accumulated in his heart immediately exploded. This made him completely change his previous mentality of being cautious and afraid of being discovered by the Xia Tribal Alliance. Convert yourself to the cost of yourself, arrogant and domineering yourself.

A punch knocked down the warrior who had just reported the news, and the centipede tribe immediately blew up the nest. The warriors took up their arms and rushed over to surround them.

This noisy sound finally woke up the green centipede and immediately came out to check, while Zhuang followed them together to avoid any accidents.

Outside, people on both sides pushed each other and yelled at each other. Although the centipede tribe is a small tribe, they are very united, and they keep retreating against the trunk of the elephant.