When Yang Tian tried to burn pottery again to solve the problem of drinking water safety, because after careful thinking, he had taken a little care in soil selection, air drying, charcoal and pottery kiln, etc., and it seemed that the quality was much better than the previous defective product that was not successful at all. Finally, a piece of pottery that could barely be hung up and held at a certain distance from the fire source could boil water without breaking. It's just that this thing is not so much pottery as some kind of green brick. Obviously, although charcoal is used, perhaps because of the quality of the charcoal, or because of the problem with the fire hole of the pottery kiln, it still cannot reach the temperature of the pottery, so it is fired as a "brick"

Of course, at this time, the men, women, and children in the clan still did not understand the difference between brick and pottery, so when they saw that Yang Tian could make such a complex and regular stone out of mud, they were even more admired. It's just that Yang Tian certainly knows the true quality of these things he produces, but he doesn't dare to use a brick to boil water or make ordinary utensils on a regular basis, if that's the case, maybe he will be exposed. As a result, I had to spend more time preparing a few more pieces for backup.

In Yang Tian's opinion at this time, the attempt to make pottery was somewhat unsuccessful. Because: people do not understand the safety hazards of drinking raw water, and they do not often encounter bad years and need to store food, there is no urgent need for things such as clay pots. In other words: in this era, the appearance of pottery does not determine the survival and competitiveness of a clan or tribe will be substantially improved, which may be the reason why there is a "potteryless Neolithic Age" in my impression?

It seems that only by working on the stone tools that people are familiar with, the tribes on the island will really be able to do what they are capable of...

At the beginning, Yang Tian thought that patiently polishing a stone tool would definitely be much stronger than the crude paleolithic tools used by the people on the island now. However, he didn't expect that Yang Tian had spent most of the day polishing the stone tools, and the progress of visual inspection was extremely slow. To make a decent stone axe according to your own ideals, with your current craftsmanship and even the selection of materials, I am afraid that it will not be possible without a few months of fatigue.

And after living on the island for a few days, Yang Tian also learned some common sense: stone tools are worn, and no one knows how long he, a layman in nature, can use a stone tool after spending several months to polish it, and what the cost-effectiveness ratio is. More importantly, is there really an urgent need to improve stone tools on the island, which is not farming, but mainly fishing, hunting and gathering, and has a relatively comfortable life? The environment here is like a place where people are content with negativity...

After dawn, a burly young man from the inner and outer clans of the tribe followed the witnesses of many other clans to the back mountain, and learned Yang Tian's method of assisting in communication with others, while using charcoal sticks to assist in painting, while comparing with people, and conveying in front of everyone: "I have decided to duel with you with a stone axe with a wooden handle, time... It can be after the sun has risen so many times on the fingers of ten people, except for me. The other clans will also participate on the other side of the mountain, how about it? ”

Yang Tian was silent, because he seemed to sense that some people in this tribe, or some people with considerable status, were hostile to him. It's not just one or two conspirators in a clan who don't like it. Because if only a few people are dissatisfied with themselves, then they will never encounter such a battle. It is clear that the outsider, who can make artificial fires, threatens the potential prestige of some of them.

As for your odds of winning against these people ... Yang Tian didn't have any chance when he thought about it. Let such a teenager who has not participated in a school brawl at this time duel with the best of these clans? I don't have the old man in the fantasy novel.,It's purely a beggar and a dragon king than the treasure.。。。

It's just that at this moment, Yang Tian suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some differences in the specifications of the wooden sticks tied to stones held by the young men of the other two clans that he demonstrated, so he asked by analogy: "It seems that it is not the same length or size, is this okay?" ”

Several of them smiled and waved their hands, pointing to themselves, after these days of communication with the people on the island, Yang Tian also understood: this is saying: you can use what suits you, it doesn't matter if the specifications are available...

The huge pressure also made Yang Tian have to use his brain carefully at this time to see what the odds are to survive this catastrophe... When Yang Tian looked at the general specifications of the wooden sticks tied to the stones in the hands of these people, Yang Tian suddenly had some ideas. However, until these ideas were verified, Yang Tian would not dare to take risks.

After that, Yang Tian, who had some way of communicating with these people, stretched out his hands, pointed to the sun, and then pointed to his hands and mouth, and gestured: "How about giving you an answer in ten days?" ”

Hearing such an answer, many of the people who came seemed to show a trace of contempt. Even among such a tribe of islanders who are not still martial. Shameless prevarication and procrastination are also seen as cowardice and cowardice. It is understandable that ordinary people cower in this kind of duel on the stones, but this legendary god man undoubtedly seems to be a little unworthy of the name...

That night, the patriarch of the Ying clan, an old woman who looked a little old, spent a lot of effort to make Yang Tian understand through the communication skills accumulated over the past few days, through the method of drawing and diagramming: "Every time there is a sunrise with the number of fingers of thirty-five people, such a duel of the clans will be held on the island routinely. In the past, one of the special treatment of the infant clan was that they could not participate in such martial arts duels, but because of this, they were also isolated. In every duel match, there will be as few as five or six, and as many as seven or eight deaths. The loser, even if he does not die in the duel, will choose to throw himself into the sea. It is possible for a dedicated man in each clan to die because of this, and the same is true for women. If there aren't enough people going to duel, lots will be drawn to decide who will take part ... ”

Yang Tian's heart was slightly relieved, because this at least showed that this kind of competition duel was probably a method of orderly population control on the island. In order to avoid excessive pressure to survive, the net increase of the entire tribe by 2% is eliminated every year, although this time it is certainly targeted by some people, but the pressure does not seem to be so great.

Of course, Yang Tian knew that he would compete with these natives who were likely to have been selected and prepared for a long time according to their routines, and there would be no chance of winning, and under fair conditions, a prepared healthy woman would not be able to deal with him, depending on how much cultivation he had made in terms of the weapons he used in personal duels.

At the critical time, Yang Tian thought of at least two kinds of "ultimate Neolithic weapons" that might be easily processed into a kind of "ultimate Neolithic weapon" that did not exist in the entire Neolithic Age in human history

When the sky was bright, Yang Tian first chose a stone that looked quite hard by the sea, at least Yang Tian had some of the most basic attempts these days. Such stones do not seem to be suitable for processing into stone tools or stone axes. It's just that Yang Tian has other ways to complete the drilling.

First of all, when the stone sandwiched between the cracks of the earthen kiln was burned with charcoal fire, it looked somewhat hot, and Yang Tian carefully used the water in the pottery bowl he had just made to carefully drip water on a position of the hot stone. Under the principle of thermal barrier cold contraction, the middle part of the stone is constantly broken, and soon a pit is cleared.

Then Yang Tian did the opposite, and it probably only took about daylight or so to dig two obvious pits in the stone. In the evening, the babies continued to work with the help of the fire, and soon the stone with the round hole was processed. If you stick a wooden stick directly into it and fix it with a rope, it seems to be much stronger?

Yang Tian's goal is not only to make perforated neolithic tools, but also to specially smear the outside of perforated stone tools with clay and carefully sculpt them. Although his craft is very crude, it doesn't seem too difficult to make a unique flat hammer with six edges and corners that is more lethal than a bony weapon.

Later, Yang Tian, who had some experience in hands-on ability, seemed to have a success this time, and fired some kind of unique hammer head that combined punching neolithic tools with brick tools. Because there was some thought and care at the beginning, the weight of the entire hammer does not seem to exceed a catty. Such an axe and hammer, which is light enough and has a certain amount of lethality, is obviously able to compare to the heavy and rudimentary paleolithic tools in combat

However, just like that, because he was too amateur in terms of skills, and he didn't know how powerful those who specialized in this art were, Yang Tian still decided to continue to put some thought into the production of new weapons. At the same time, in order to deal with possible accidents, the infant clan, who can make the whole himself more or less prestigious, also has a considerable ability to adapt, Yang Tian has to prepare some "off-the-plate moves" and reserve combat preparations...