Chapter 66: Rice and Gourd
"Two of you died, and I will pay you ten skins." Kasa's words are quite wealthy.
Su Yang nodded, "Okay, what about the forest?" What do you get in exchange? ”
"Take this thing, our name is Mang, you can eat it."
Ji Li took out a small gourd from his waist, which immediately made Su Yang's eyes light up, not that he thought of a magic weapon or something when he saw a gourd, it was unrealistic. It's because the gourd can not only be used to hold things, but also can be eaten, boiled in soup or stir-fried, and it tastes very good. After breaking in half, it can still be used as a scoop, a good thing.
Just when he was about to accept the gourd first and then continue to negotiate, he never expected that the basket would pour out a handful of millet from the gourd, how could this be possible?
"This is mang, but it's for eating. If you scatter mangs on the hillside, you can harvest more mangs......"
Without waiting for the Kasa to finish speaking, Su Yang had already grabbed the millet, that is, the rice, and he was indeed not mistaken, and hurriedly bit open the chaff with his teeth, and it was really rice inside.
"Where did you come from?" Su Yang was so excited that his voice trembled a little, and finally waited for you, fortunately I didn't give up, happiness came easily. At this moment, he shouted in his heart, he can finally weave straw shoes, and rice grass is the best material! Well, it seems that rice is a little more important.
He replied with a solemn expression, "It was the god who asked a big golden bird to give us food from the Dongyi Dragon Clan. ”
Translated as a super large bird flew one day, and when passing by the Dragon Clan, he was frightened by their roar, and dropped a handful of rice from his mouth, and then the people of the Shenlong Clan found that they could eat it, so they went to find more rice. It's pie in the sky!
Regardless of the origin of the rice, Su Yang hurriedly asked the rice they had brought out, and whether there were still seeds for the gourd. With these two things, you can directly change the status quo of the rock tribe. When the time comes, he wants everyone to have straw sandals to wear and straw to make beds...... Well, let's focus on rice yield and cultivation first.
Fortunately, he took communication and speech in college, and after graduation, he entered the Animal Husbandry Bureau, which is equivalent to running a business, and his eloquence and communication skills are very good.
They still have a lot of rice, which they are reluctant to eat, so they use it to keep their seeds. In addition, this kind of rice belongs to the upland rice of early rice, that is, it is not planted in paddy fields, but grows on the slopes of mountains, as long as it is not shaded by trees and exposed to sunlight. As for the yield, it is certainly not high, it can even be said to be very low. But now that the land is vast and sparsely populated, with rice, it can replace the tubers and fruits that used to be eaten when there was a shortage of meat, and the rice can be stored for a long time, at least you can boil some porridge to hang your life.
As for why it is called "mang", it is because the big bird was called like this at the beginning, and the mango is the call of the bird.
"Mangmang, delicious. If you have planted mangs, you won't have so much to hunt in the forest. "The hat is illustrating to explain what planting is, and Guan Gong is playing with a big knife in front of him.
After a while, Chundu had already brought food over, and the atmosphere was even better, of course, the merchant girl was next to Su Yang the whole time, but she didn't speak.
Su Yang is already understanding the civilization level of the Dongyi Long clan, there is already pottery there, but there is no salt in the clan, and if you want to eat salt, you have to exchange it from the outside. And in terms of development, compared with this side, it seems to have taken a fork in the road. According to the situation of the rock tribes, if they continue to hunt in the future, then the dependence on warriors will become more and more great, and sooner or later there will be warriors who will rebel, and once the tribes start a war over food, the men may turn over and transition to the patrilineal clan.
On the Long side, the women have studied pottery, which belongs to the situation of women making pottery and men not approaching; And the women also studied simple planting, which belongs to the level of slash-and-burn farming, burn the weeds on the hillside, sprinkle the seeds, and then rely on the weather to eat, the climate is good and the harvest is abundant, and the poor climate is not a big problem.
Because the women also learned to breed, the Shenlong clan raised a flock of sheep, because their tribe was big enough to sweep away the nearby prey, so the women changed from the previous gathering to grazing. They came out of the herd by grazing.
In this way, the men of the Long clan don't know anything else except hunting, and they finally ask for a daughter-in-law, and they can't see each other a few times a year, and they may even go to other tribes to see their wives again, and find that they are already happy to be fathers! Sad, sad, whimper!
Su Yang thought to himself, if there was really the Yan Emperor Shennong Clan, it was estimated that he would not be a member of the Twelve Dragons Clan, because in that environment, even after he passed, he would have to kneel! How can there be a chance to rise to the throne.
"What is your totem, why don't you see your teammates have witches, or totem warriors?"
"If we run out, there will be no totems." He didn't want to talk about totems, as if there was some taboo.
Su Yang is not easy to forcibly ask, let's come to Japan. At first, he wanted to fool these people to the rock tribe, but now he thinks he can slow it down, mainly because there are too many people in the hat, and if they are stuffed into the rock tribe, they are likely to have indigestion, and if something happens, it will be all over.
"Hat, this mango and gourd are indeed good things, but they can't be sown until after winter. And now that winter is approaching, we have to hunt more meat, and there are not enough beasts in the forest. You see if this will work, in the future, we will hunt together, including the chaotic tribes, and the three tribes will distribute the prey.
It is also possible to trade salt for you, but the orphans among you, that is, children without parents, and men and women who have lost their spouses, and even celibate old people, will be sent to the rock tribes. So that the rest of you are a small family combination, and we can also help you feed the population who have no relatives, and at the same time, we can have a surplus population, we can cook more salt, make pottery, and go to other tribes to exchange for food, and finally we can both survive and survive the winter, you see.
If you agree, then I will ask Matsu and Jiang Li of the Chaos Tribe to form an alliance with you. If you don't agree, then go to war. ”
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly stepped back, and the merchant girl quickly blocked in front of him, with tacit understanding, knowing his cautious habits, well, in fact, it was a pity for his life.
As a result, he didn't move at all, he still sat there, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I promise you." But you have to agree that in the future, the children will grow up to marry and live together. ”
"Of course, we all live in the same tribe as husband and wife." Su Yang suddenly admired Ji Li, in this period, not everyone has the courage to elope.
If, if he defrauded all the tribes in the vicinity, would the merchant girl agree to elope with him? Brave the world together, or beer together!
Come back to your senses, let's take care of the aftermath first. He immediately called Matsu and Jiang Li, and talked about the negotiation just now, focusing on rice, and of course also bringing gourds by the way.
Jiang Li is just a foil, and he can't compare with Matsu in terms of momentum at all, and the old man is very satisfied with this result, so there is an extra Mang tribe in this area.
He began to count the celibate population, and also took out half of the rice and gourds, and finally took out a lot of animal skins, about seventeen or eighteen.
"There are more, there are more animal skins, and if you say ten, you only need ten." Su Yang said with a righteous face. It's not that he doesn't want to take advantage, but the extra hides can't fall into his hands, so why bother.
Who knew that Ji Li actually said: "Isn't your marriage match not sincere, don't disturb, and you still have to accept gift money?" The extra animal skin is given to Su Yang by our Mang tribe, and when you grow up, you will either come to the Mang tribe, or we will send you a woman to the rock tribe. ”
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After passing through the end of the Ming Dynasty and possessing the pawn of the guard, Fan Jinyan, in order to fill his stomach on the battlefield, resolutely took up the glorious and sacred profession of a bandit.
He never thought of competing for hegemony in the world, but he forced Chongzhen to sign the edict of abdication with tears, the children of the Eight Banners left the bitter cold and barren land, the kings of Nanyang bowed their knees and surrendered, and the Western countries fought for a hundred years.
He did not give a single inch of land to his heroes, but the fiefs of his courtiers were all over the world.