The nettle in Ding Qi's hand is a very nutritious herb, with spherical or spindle-shaped roots, rich in starch, known as "ginseng fruit", which can treat anemia and malnutrition. It can also be used for sweet food and wine; The root contains tanning material, which can be used to make tannin gum, and can be used as an astringent. Yellow dye can be extracted from stems and leaves; It is also a nectar source plant and a forage plant. This tannin gum is a good thing, more on that later.

At that time, Tinch was on an extreme survival mission and was airdropped into that area, with only a knife on his body, and no water or food. On the third day, he was hungry and thirsty. When I saw a rabbit eating the young leaves of these nettles, I uprooted it and tasted its tubers, but I didn't expect it to be sweet and juicy. He dug out dozens of them in one go, and ate them all without caring about the soil on them.

After the training mission, he asked his instructor what this thing was, and the instructor told him that it was bracken nettle, a specialty of the northwest, and in fact, it was also cultivated all over the country, but everyone didn't care much about it.

Ding Qi told the two of them in detail about the role of fern nettle, and the two of them were also eye-opening. The fact that these native-born primitive people had never eaten this surprised Ding Qi was a little surprised, and he could only attribute it to the fact that humans had not yet discovered it.

This kind of thing is a large patch as soon as it grows, and it can reproduce asexually through its own stems and leaves. However, Ding Qi was a little hesitant and didn't know how to bring the nettle back. I can only observe it again tomorrow morning, and if it really can't be done at that time, I will dig more of this on the way back and try to plant it.

In the evening, there is a cool breeze. In order to get a good night's sleep, some people directly crush the stinky artemisia in their hands and apply it to their bodies to prevent mosquito bites. Ding Qi actually brought a tent himself, but in order not to expose this item that was different from the times, he had to "enjoy with the people".

They slept soundly all night, and no wild beasts came to harass them. When Ding Qi got up, he was greeted by a clear sky. It's just that the eastern sky, full of flowing clouds, and the bright red morning glow is very beautiful, which sets off the sun even more dazzlingly.

Seeing this scene, Ding Qi frowned, and then beckoned to come to the warehouse.

"Cang, let's prepare, there is a possibility of heavy rain today."

Cang was a little puzzled, not knowing why the leader would say this, but he also hurriedly conveyed the leader's order and asked everyone to prepare for the rain.

Ding Qi turned around and came to the place where Xiao Erhei was grazing yesterday evening, and as far as the eye could see, a large patch of bracken nettles grew on both sides of this stream, densely packed, and it looked like it could have about fifty or sixty acres of land.

Ding Qi was overjoyed, this is really a lot of resources! When it is ripe, it is collected and used as stored food, so that the winter food will not be so monotonous, and it can be eaten as a snack. Think about the deer seeing this snack food, it must be very happy.

The small yellow flowers all over the ground are like small flowers woven on a green carpet, or the fabric of a floral skirt. Presumably, when they saw this nectar source full of yellow flowers, they would definitely jump up with joy, and then they would be able to taste what the bentle honey tasted like. Moreover, when the tribe has the ability to produce linen, it can also extract yellow dye from the nettle, dye the linen cloth and wear it, and the clothes of the tribesmen will have color.

Nearby, Yun was squatting on the ground studying the nettle, and farther away, some antelopes and deer were grazing with their heads down, looking up from time to time to avoid being touched by predators.

Ding Qi communicated with the people of the Witch Doctor's Order, and along the way, he also talked to Yun about a lot of knowledge about herbal medicine. They said that because they had been engaged in gathering and hunting activities for a long time, they knew very well about the traits of plants, which ones were edible, which were poisonous, which were sweet and which were sour, and which were hemp, etc., and could not be said to be very knowledgeable, but most of them still knew.

It's like Shennong tasting herbs, they can distinguish between herbs and edible plants, and can understand the function of some herbs, which can be used to treat some simple red wounds, etc.

After breakfast, Ding Qi sat on Xiao Erhei's back, patted his neck and said:

"Xiao Erhei, look for your way back to the horses, and take you back to see!"

Ding Qi wanted to tease it, but he didn't expect Xiao Erhei to really move forward, and go faster and faster. Hurry up and wave your hand and let everyone follow.

To be honest, when Ding Qi caught these horses, he was a little more spiritual, and he could always do something incredible. For example, yesterday's encounter with the wolves, excluding the factors of its own good fighting, is actually in the depths of its memory to deal with the experience of dealing with wolf attacks. This is a survival skill taught to it by the horses, and it has worked hard to learn it, and it is very likely that it has participated in the battle against the wolves itself.

As for the other horses, it can only be said that they follow the big way, and if there is a leader, they just have to follow.

Isn't it a little sad?

A group of people hurried up and ran down for half a day, and Ding Qi estimated that he had traveled about 80 kilometers. At this time, the people were resting at the edge of a forest, and a large tree shaded the sky and provided shade for everyone and horses. Running and stopping along the way, but always under the sun, people are sleepy and need to rest.

Ding Qi took Cang and three warriors to hunt in the woods, while Yun followed to see if he could find some different herbs.

It can only be said that the primitive era was the world of animals, and humans were still a minority. No, it didn't take much effort, and a few people had already hunted a male elk that was not like six pheasants and one and a half the size of May Fourth. The elk can be recognized, also thanks to its typical characteristics, four dislike.

That is, its head and face are like a horse, its horns are like a deer, its neck is like that of a camel, and its tail is like that of a donkey.

The half-deer, which weighed about eighty kilograms, was carried back by two warriors on wooden poles.

In addition to these harvests, they discovered a vine: Shibora. Green leaves, overgrown on a flat field. When everyone was chasing an injured pheasant, they strayed into the place where the plant grows, and were scratched red marks on their hands and legs, and blood oozed out.

Ding Qi didn't pay attention to it at first, but after he saw the performance of the crowd, he realized that it was the astringent lawan that he had often seen in the fields and fields before, and in some places it was called Lala Seedling, and the scientific name was Humulus. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, such as hypothermia cough, heat poisonous sores, and skin itching. There is also an earthwork that says that hot compresses can treat diarrhea in children, which is a very good herb.

In addition, humulus can be fed, silaged or dried hay to increase livestock-related meat, eggs and milk production.

After Ding Qi explained to the cloud, he asked everyone to collect a bunch of roots, stems and leaves for the cloud to process. In particular, more than a dozen roots were collected, wrapped in a layer of moist soil and placed in a leather bag, and went back to see if they could survive. It's not yet time for it to bloom and set seeds, so you can come back and collect them.

This plant grows fast, but why doesn't it grow around Ningcheng? Ding Qi had carefully probed the growth of the surrounding plants.

When they came out of the woods with their prey, the sun above them suddenly dimmed, and then it shone brightly. Ding Qi looked up and saw that there were already thick clouds piling up in the sky.

"Cang, it's going to rain heavily, I'm going to build two straw sheds and collect firewood, I can't march today."

The crowd quickly sprang into action, and so did Tinch.

In less than an hour, two larger wooden sheds were erected, one of which was a meter above the ground to keep out moisture and make it easier to sleep at night. Another wooden shed allowed the horses to enter, so that they would not get wet and cold.

"Chief, why don't you put a shed under that big tree, the branches and leaves on it can still keep out a lot of rain!"

Ling was a little puzzled, Ding Qi put the tree on some bowls in the forest, the thickness of which was only ten meters high, but there was a big tree seventy or eighty meters high.

“

Aren't you afraid of thunder? When there is thunder, you don't dare to stand in an open place or where there are big trees. ”

At this time, it had begun to rain lightly, but under this shed, I didn't feel it, it was just stuffy. Ding Qi looked up at the sky, raised his hand and pointed to the sky, and told him the reason, and the others all looked like they suddenly realized.

"Alright. Before it was too big, hurry up to barbecue and eat, and then go and give the horse some grass back. ”

Click~

Thundered~

A bolt of lightning that went straight to the heavens and the earth, followed by the sound of thunder, startled the people who were eating the barbecue, and even the horses had some commotion.

Then the raindrops the size of beans fell and crackled. No one spoke for a while, looking at the rain curtain formed by the heavy rain outside, covering the whole heaven and earth.

Crackling!

A thunderbolt suddenly sounded overhead, but before everyone could cover their ears, they saw a bolt of lightning slash down from the top of the big tree outside the forest, and exploded a huge fire, and a thigh-thick branch fell, and soon the tree began to burn, and the heavy rain could not extinguish the fire.

A group of people who are temporarily deaf I look at you, you look at me, and then look at the leader who is sitting there calmly, and his mouth can't close in shock. When the rumbling thunder faded away, a group of people hurriedly knelt on the animal skin and saluted Ding Qi.

"Aragami, true gods and people! Bless the gods of the wilderness! ”

Ding Qi pouted for a while, and said in his heart that this is just a coincidence, look at it scares you.

"Okay, this is just an ordinary phenomenon of nature, just like rain and wind, you don't have to worry too much, hurry up and eat and sleep."

But what he didn't know was that everyone regarded him as a god, and in addition to the various "miracles" that Ding Qi had done in the past, he now believed that he had the ability to prophecy and summon lightning. Just now, the lightning split the tree was to let everyone know that you can't stay under the big tree when the thunder strikes, so he summoned a lightning bolt to play a warning role.

The next day, the rain passed and the sky cleared.

Ding Qi continued to move forward, following the old horseshoe prints and the guidance of Xiao Erhei in the direction of the horses. From time to time, they stop to avoid danger and observe their surroundings in search of useful plants or seeds and herbs.

They were looking for the horses, but something panicked happened within the tribe.

When the tribal warrior went out hunting, a bluebird clan warrior named Skylark went to urinate and never returned, along with a mountain knife and a wooden bow on his body. The fellow warriors searched for a long time, but they couldn't find anything, except for the bubble of urine, and they couldn't find any useful information in the surrounding grass.

Ben rushed to the scene as soon as possible, and found some clues according to the tracing method that Ding Qi had taught him before. But when he led people to find the place along the traces, he only found a stripped corpse, and someone even snatched his animal skin coat, and finally disappeared without a trace. Ben searched all corners of the area, but found no trace of the other party.

Ben knew that there were unknown people who were eyeing the tribe, to be precise, the tribe's bronze weapons.

Immediately, Ben led the personnel back.

But before he could reach the gates of the city, the bear came running with men and told him another bad news.

"Ben, something happened again. You ordered all the people outside the city to return to the city and count the personnel. Red deer reported that there was a person missing, and they were still together when they returned to the city, but they couldn't find anyone after entering the city. According to Ma Lu's recollection, it was chaotic when he returned to the city, and it is possible that he lost it halfway before entering the city. ”

It's hard to believe that after running for a while, it's such a short distance back to the city, and a person is missing under his nose. But things have already happened, and it's useless to dwell on them, let's stabilize the situation first.

While! While! While!

The bell rings for a meeting of the tribes.