Ding Qi didn't care about those people, took out his bamboo basket, stood on the bank of the river, buckled the basket upside down into the river, and when he fished it out, it was already stuffed with a foot-long fish.

Beckoning a person to help lift the fish to shore, a large number of fish jumped and scattered all over the ground, and there was a feeling of harvest in it.

This scene was seen by the leader of the Blue Tiger, who not only had a strong interest in the fishing net, but even had an interest in exploring the bamboo-backed basket that Ding Qi was carrying around.

Gotta find a way to swap these two things over!

This was what the Blue Tiger Leader thought, and he was curious about the Ding tribe who could take out clay pots, clay bowls, fishing nets, bamboo back baskets, and even tame wild beasts, and he wanted to find out. How could such an unknown small tribe have so many useful tools and knowledge, and only a tribe that has been passed down for a long time can have such a heritage.

If the Li tribe was not a tribe that admired exchange and had no interest in war, with so many brave hunters in their tribe, he would have the heart to kill this tribe and master the production method of these tools himself.

The blue tiger was thinking about it here, there were already a lot of fish piled up on the shore, and the tribesmen were fully engaged in fishing, so many fish could be eaten for five or six days in winter. Ding Qi also handed over the basket to the others to catch fish, and he ran to the side and secretly built a fire, preparing to let the people who went down to the river come here to roast the fire, after all, it was winter, and the river was very cold.

Ding Qi let the Li tribesmen enclose another net, and let them get too busy with fishing, and there were already two large piles of fish on the shore, and from time to time one or two fish jumped and breathed the last of the air.

"Blue Tiger Leader, these fish should be enough for these slaves, right?"

Seeing that the leader of the Force Tribe kept thinking there, Ding Qi had to interrupt him.

The leader of the Li tribe woke up from his contemplation, clasped his right hand on his chest, performed the inter-tribal etiquette to Ding Qi, and said sincerely:

"Ah, enough is enough, Leader Ding is really amazing, it is beyond my imagination to be able to catch so many fish with such a thing that is all holes."

"Well, this one is called a fishing net, which can be used for fishing, and it is made by our tribe. As you can see, this netting is very powerful. ”

Ding Qi told the name of the Blue Tiger fishing net, which can be regarded as outside the alliance, the name of the fishing net is played, and the value of the fishing net is squeezed out as much as possible, sooner or later this skill will be promoted, if the price is expensive, the tribe that buys it is too few, which is not conducive to the promotion of technology and cannot promote the development of productivity.

"Leader Ding, this fishing net is really amazing, I just don't know if this fishing net can be exchanged?"

The leader of the Li tribe couldn't help but ask the question, and he was looking forward to receiving an affirmative answer. However, from the expression on Tinch's face, he was disappointed.

"It's not that I don't want to, it's really that our Ding tribe inheritance doesn't allow me to exchange this thing, only people who become a tribe can, and can even learn how to make fishing nets, including making pottery, taming wild beasts, etc."

Ding Qi rejected him again, but still gave him a hope, tempting them to join the Ding tribe as a whole. The temptation is great, and there are many people in the Li tribe, but they will not easily join other tribes.

But hope is still to be given, and then Ding Qi threw out the novel concept of alliance, pointing out the necessity and advantages, responsibilities and obligations of alliances. Ding Qi emphasized that joining the alliance members can enjoy lower exchange requirements. Originally, a clay pot needed fifteen pots of power stones to be exchanged, but after joining the alliance, you can use ten pots of power stones to get it. Priority can be given to the purchase of the latest tools and other supplies produced by the Ding tribe, including food.

The leader of the Blue Tiger was attracted by the suggestion of this alliance, and he was still thinking about weighing it, but Ding Qi didn't give him a chance, and directly pointed out that if he was a member of the tribal alliance, he could immediately get a fishing net to use.

As soon as he heard this, Lan Hu was not calm. He didn't care about the fish, turned his head and ran towards the tribe, the fat on his body shook and shook, but it couldn't stop his urgent mood. He was going to share this information with the Witch and discuss with him what to do.

Ding Qi didn't care about anything else, and went straight to the place where the salt rock was stacked, where Ben was already waiting.

Time was of the essence, and he needed to turn the salt rocks into coarse salt as soon as possible and get back to the tribe before the snow fell. As for refined salt, it has to be processed after returning to the tribe to obtain coarse salt. The thirty-two slaves have belonged to Ding Qi since today, but now Ding Qi doesn't care about them, and only assigns them a task to find firewood.

Ding Qi chose the place to boil salt in the middle of two large stones by the river, close to the river to get water. And the middle of the stone has been covered with branches and weeds, don't worry about someone peeking, the other side of the river can be seen at a glance, you can see any movement during the day, and you don't have to worry about it at night, primitive people with night blindness are no different from blind people at night.

Ding Qi borrowed three clay pots from the Li tribe, and lined up there, the pots were already filled with water according to Ding Qi's requirements, and in front of the fire was a large pile of salt rock.

Ben took the little cutie and the little gold in the sky to hunt with Ding Qi after he came, and went to find vines suitable for weaving back baskets, Ding Qi expected that the existing back basket was not enough to hold all the coarse salt, so it was better to prepare in advance.

All three clay pots are lit, and after the water boils, Ding Qi pours the salt rock into it, stirring it with a wooden stick while pouring it until it is all melted, and then continues to pour the salt rock and stir, and the cycle repeats. When the solution in the clay pot becomes very thick, stop adding salt rock to it, change to low heat, stir slowly, let those dirt impurities and other things sink to the bottom of the pot, and the salt crystals will slowly precipitate out, until all the salt crystals appear, and then stop the fire.

It is three pots of white flower salt, which is comfortable to look at, but the salt that comes out at present still has a certain amount of moisture, and it needs to be dried to make coarse salt after drying.

Pouring coarse salt onto the skins on one side revealed a thick layer of earth on top, and a layer of yellowish crystallization between the clay and coarse salt, which were also some impurities. After removing those impurities, there is probably more than half and less than two-thirds of the coarse salt left, and the preliminary estimate is that three parts of salt stone can obtain about two parts of coarse salt.

There must still be impurities in the coarse salt, and the normal boiling of salt has to go through the key link of filtration, but Ding Qi has limited time, so he can only omit this step and deal with it after returning to the tribe.

By the time they returned, Ding Qi had already boiled six pots of salt and got four pots of coarse salt.

It was already dark. It's winter, and it's getting dark early.

Ding Qi selected three people from these slaves who looked more intelligent and clever, each of them was responsible for a pot, and Ding Qi instructed them to boil salt.

The others, under Ben's arrangement, one-third of the people went to bake food, and one-third of them went to build a simple triangular shack, which was similar to the one built on the road where Ding Qi and the others had come before, except that there were no ready-made trees and they needed to bury stakes. The last third went around to gather weeds and branches and used them as roofs for their huts, so that they would not be blown by the wind.

There is strength in numbers!

The shack was built in more than an hour, and three stone circles were made in the middle of the stone circle for making a fire, which would be warmer at night.

Next, Ben took half of the people to the force tribe to get back the slaves' own animal skins, and also brought back the animal skins that Ding Qi had negotiated with the Blue Tiger Leader before, which was the leather that Ding Qi was going to make animal skin clothes for them. The hides were exchanged for a day's use of the fishing nets

Others grilled fish in front of the shack, each with two fish, until they had their fill. As for the place where Ding Qi boiled salt, they were not allowed to come, and the three people who helped Ding Qi boil salt also became Ding Qi's key protection objects.

After dinner, Ding Qi was going to continue to boil salt all night, and Ben took seven or eight people to sort out the vines he had brought back, and began to weave the back basket according to Ding Qi's request, trying to make sure that everyone could carry the back basket before departure. And this time the back basket will be denser, mainly for better storage of coarse salt.

The newly-received slaves took great interest in this novelty, and when they were full, they devoted themselves to learning how to make baskets.

The people of the Force tribe were actually very curious about what Ding Qi had done, and they also wanted to know what was inside. But every time he approached, he would hear an eagle's chirping, and then Ding Qi would come out of the well-shielded place, and drive back those who were going to come with various excuses, or call them aside to talk.

At this moment, the leader of the Force tribe and the Witch Doctor continued to discuss joining this alliance.

"Chief, this alliance you mentioned does have certain advantages and benefits, it can bring a lot of tools that other tribes don't have, and you can exchange the least for more needs."

The Witch sat in his corner, holding a strip of meat in his hand and sipping it in his mouth, until in the end it seemed that there was no taste at all, and it was even more difficult to swallow. He simply tossed the strips aside and told the leader what he thought.

"But our tribe has been passed down to this day, relying on this power stone. Except for our own strength, we didn't pose a threat to other tribes, especially the big ones. They just treat us like a tribe guarding the power stones, and when they need the power stones, they will give some appropriate things in exchange. This is where our tribe is at the moment. ”

The Witch seemed to be caught in his memory, and continued to say:

"In the tradition of the Witch Doctor, it is mentioned that our tribe has been beaten by other tribes several times before it is about to develop into a big tribe, and it is only through various methods that it slowly recovers. It was those big tribes that attacked us, and although the tribes that attacked us were changing every time, I always felt that they had negotiated it, but they didn't allow us to become stronger. ”

There was a look of fear on the witch's face, as if he was terrified of something:

"If we join this alliance, I suspect that our tribe will be attacked again, and it is even possible that it will be exterminated. So, I don't agree with the alliance! ”

It was also the first time that Blue Tiger had heard of such a thing, and he hated it in his heart, and he had an extreme hatred for those big tribes. But he also understands that the current strength of the tribe will definitely not be able to defeat them, and he can only maintain the current situation.

"Alright! There's nothing to lose if you don't join this alliance, it's just that the net is so powerful that we can catch so many fish, it's a pity that we can't exchange it, but we still have one more day of use tomorrow, and we're sure to catch more fish. If the legendary Aragami comes out, won't we have to worry about it like this? ”

The Witch's eyes lit up, then darkened again.

"Well, let's inquire more, if there is an Aragami, our small tribe will definitely have a bright future! As for the fishing nets you are talking about, sooner or later there will be! ”

"Alright, Golden Elephant Witch, let's keep looking. In addition, what this Ding tribe is doing is very tight, and I sent a few people who can't get accurate information. ”

"Stop trying to peek, each tribe has its own secrets, just like our power tribe, and we don't want other tribes to know our secrets."

The Blue Tiger Leader smiled embarrassedly:

"Okay, Witch Healer."