What is the price to pay for buying a warrior from a tribe of bulls?

Before, Lytton might have said, "A barbecue." ”

"If one roast doesn't work, just two."

"Three meals at most, there is nothing that can't be solved by three meals of barbecue in the wilderness."

……

But now, Lytton had discovered that a broken bowl could buy a warrior, and as a leader, he felt a faint sadness. His men were too easily satisfied, and the chieftain was deeply concerned about the safety of the tribe.

Thunder Tiger has a seemingly huge fish cage on his head, but in fact, the weight of the empty fish cage is nothing to the warrior Thunder Tiger. A gust of wind ran towards the fishing grounds near the river bend. Before leaving, he patted his chest and promised that he would come back at once and take Lyton to find that strange dirt.

In fact, Lytton himself did not know whether the strangely colored clay was more suitable for pottery.

For the unfamiliar job of potter, he supported him with the spirit of exploration to find the most ideal material and obtain the final product - pottery.

Compared with the mature process of pottery, the role of clay is more obvious. The craft can be mastered by proficiency, but the quality of the clay material directly affects the overall performance of the pottery after it is made. Too crisp, too crispy, are not qualified pottery.

At a distance of several kilometers, Lei Hu ran back and forth in ten minutes, not only did he come, but also brought the young people in the two tribes. One is a rock, and the other is a thunderbolt. He ran back with a grunt, and began to shout from afar: "Chief, we can go." ”

"What's the hurry?" This bit of movement is a piece of cake for Lei Ju, when this guy hunts, he is almost a tireless lord who runs all over the mountain, he glared at Lei Hu viciously, and his eyes met Lyton: "Chief, I heard that you want to make pottery?" ”

"Yes! The tribe didn't have a decent piece of pottery, and had to find a way to prepare some pottery. Many foods are cooked in a more appropriate way than grilled over fire, and the taste is better. Lytton spoke without thinking, and he did not think that making pottery was a very difficult task, at most a time-consuming and laborious task.

Before that, he needed to prepare several clays to choose from in preparation for his pottery project.

But Lei Ju showed a very surprised look, and then began to try to get Litton to give up this unrealistic idea: "Chief, you may not know that making pottery requires the blessing of the fire god, but we are a tribe of wild bulls, you know, we don't worship the fire god at all......"

As he spoke, Lei Ju spread his hands and seemed to tell Lytton a cruel truth, the work that God did not support, the Barbarian Bull tribe would not do it.

Litton thought it was a little funny, could it be that without the help of the Vulcan, the pottery would definitely fail?

In his opinion, it may be difficult for him to make a high-temperature kiln made of refractory bricks, but to make a batch of simple pottery, all you need is a large fire pile of dry wood, and when the fire is hot, cover it with dry insulation materials, such as thick straw, and add it little by little.

In later generations, the Li people in Hainan still insisted on this process of firing pottery, and it only took one day to complete the firing of simple pottery. The Tibetans of Shangri-La also use the same method, but it takes longer, and after two or three days, the clay embryos can be fired into black pottery. As long as you catch up with the good weather, you can fire pottery anywhere.

Litton thought it was very strange, could it be that there were really tribes in the wild world that specialized in firing pottery?

It's really weird, if anything. It shows that in a certain social consciousness, Barbarism has established a general environment with a clear division of labor. The only deficiency is that this division of labor is almost non-existent when there is little interaction between tribes.

Li Dun smiled: "How do you know this, and the blessing of the god of fire, is it a legend of the continent, or the words of the witches of other tribes?" ”

"I ......"

Lei Ju struggled for a while, his face kept changing, and finally said dejectedly: "It was a person from the Yantu tribe who told me. ”

"The Yantu Tribe?" Litton moved his steps, and then said to Lei Ju: "Talk as you go." The Yantu tribe you are talking about is the tribe that has been blessed by the god of fire? ”

"Hmm. This tribe is the only one in the surrounding area that is able to fire pottery independently. Their ancestors are said to be servants of the god of fire......"

As for hearsay, Lytton was not interested in knowing. But he was interested in seeing the pottery firing process of the Yantu tribe to test whether his idea of firing pottery was feasible.

"Where is the Yantu Tribe?"

"Where exactly......" Lei Ju scratched his head and smirked embarrassedly: "I knew that the Yantu tribe would always come to the Manniu tribe after a while, bringing exquisite pottery in exchange for our prey furs and other goods. ”

"Swap?"

"Hmm."

The Rock joins in on the side, and offers a piece of news that would be useful to Lytton: "Chief, this tribe comes to our tribe about once a year. Most of the pottery brought with me is small ceramics that look good, but are not practical, and they are expensive. ”

"Did the Yantu tribe come to our tribe with pottery today?" Lytton asked casually.

Rock frowned for a long time, shook his head and said, "I don't know what the reason is, the caravan of the Yantu tribe hasn't come to our tribe for a long time. It's been about three or four years. ”

"Three or four years?"

Li Dun was a little inexplicably disappointed in his heart, the Yantu tribe that had not appeared for three or four years was afraid that it would not appear in the camp of the Manniu tribe again in a short period of time. For him, he lost the opportunity to get close to the craftsmanship of the Yantu tribe's pottery, as well as the opportunity to chat with the potters and gain valuable pottery experience.

Small ceramics are easy to transport, as long as they can ensure sales, whether they are small or large?

Litton said that as long as he can see the pottery in the other person's hand, his success rate in making pottery will be greatly increased. If he could steal the master, he would even be able to imitate a similar type of pottery with the simple work of firing pottery. From Lytton's point of view, the few broken jars left in the tribe are not very good.

"Your heads are really wooden, pottery is so important in life, and the Yantu tribe who master the production of pottery deliberately raises the price, and the pottery is easy to break. In this way, the Yantu tribe, which controls the pottery-making process, treats us as wheat, growing a stubble and cutting a stubble. Haven't you thought of any other way? Lytton asked angrily.

For the leader's sudden tantrum, several tribal warriors looked at each other, especially Lei Ju, whose eyes rolled rapidly, as if he had an ulterior secret.

"Chief, you mean?"

"We don't have to pay for hides, food, or even population, and we can use pottery."

……

Lytton's original intention was to be a technical man since technology is so popular. When you learn technology, you can not only meet your own needs, but also use technology to return the materials that the tribe depends on, why not?

When Lei Ju heard this, his eyes lit up, and he felt that the leader of Lytton had simply spoken to his heart.

Any misunderstanding he had about Lytton before was so naïve. After all, the leader is the leader, and he has a far-sighted vision and level, and he thinks differently. His cheeks flushed with excitement, and Lei Ju suddenly slammed into a waist-thick tree on the side of the road, and the big tree was tormented by Lei Ju's brute force, and the leaves rustled to the ground: "Chief, I think so too." ”

Litton was taken aback by Lei Ju's reaction, and said in his heart: "What's wrong, I'm shocked." But his face was as calm as an ancient well, and he seemed to be the most loyal listener.

"And then?"

Just such a sentence evoked Lei Ju's meeting, and the tide hit. There was a look of regret in his eyes, and Lei Ju then spoke: "That year, I left our tribe with the Yantu tribe and ambushed near the White Bird Lake, preparing to take advantage of their unpreparedness when they were camping and tie up a craftsman to come back. ”

Li Dun was greatly surprised, and of course he understood why the caravans of the Yantu tribe never came to the Barbarian tribe again. However, all this seems to be worth it, as long as the Manniu tribe has potters who fire pottery, not only can they save a lot of resources, but they can even get the opportunity to call on other resources, which can be described as a hundred benefits and no harm.

Rock was also shocked by Lei Ju's audacity, and asked in a low voice, "Did you succeed?" ”

"That potter is weakly like you, and he can escape the palm of Lei Ye's hand." Lei Ju said disdainfully.

The rock was despised again, but he was not angry, but puzzled: "But the tribe has never come to the potter, so where did the potter you caught go at that time?" ”

"Lost." Speaking of this paragraph, even Lei Ju felt faceless.

"Lost?"

The other three, even with Lyton, screamed.

The status of the potter is very high, and it is one of only a few high-level trades in the wild world. didn't expect Lei Ju to lose the potter he had worked so hard to catch.

This makes it emotionally difficult for Rock and others to accept.

Lei Ju explained: "Actually, it was also unlucky, I tied the potter I caught to the trunk of a tree in the forest, and wanted to catch another one. I didn't expect to be discovered, not only was it discovered, but it also attracted wolves. Speaking of wolves, Lei Ju straightened his waist and said proudly: "I'm not afraid of wolves." ”

But then the momentum fell again: "But the potter I caught was unlucky, and after the wolves appeared, he disappeared......"

Well, Litton finally understood Lei Ju's thoughts, and his ideas and Litton's ideas as the leader were both one-and-done solutions, except for the difference. Lei Ju's method seems to be easier to implement.

Of course, it is also more brutal.

Lytton didn't say anything on the way after that, but he always felt that something was wrong, but he just wanted to go where something was wrong, suddenly, as if a flash of inspiration, he quickly grabbed Lei Ju's arm and asked, "What kind of livestock did they use to carry goods when the Yantu tribe brought pottery to trade?" ”

"What kind of livestock, people carry their own backs."

Walk.

There are no large livestock for the transportation of goods, and it is completely dependent on manpower.

There are all kinds of indications that the Yantu tribe is not far from the Manniu tribe, and they have a map that makes Litton think about it.

And a small Yantu tribe has completely become the tribe that Lytton attaches the most importance to, and there is no one.

In response to the old saying: "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty." ”