Chapter 271: Uninhabited Dock
Judging from the current situation, the most lacking thing on Demon Suppression Island is tools. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Whether it is a saw, an axe, or a shovel and hoe for land reclamation, they are extremely scarce on Demon Suppression Island. There are even as few as a few dozen people to use a single tool.
Since the copper smelting furnace was opened in the village, it has been able to independently make hoes, axes and other tools with relatively simple processes.
The elders in charge of the copper smelting furnace, although they still look old-fashioned, but with the copper coins and arrow molds downloaded from the system, they made hoes and axes that can be used many times according to the gourd drawing scoop.
When their innovation was rewarded and encouraged by Wang Hao, they worked hard one by one and wanted to do something great again.
Wang Hao heard that the clan elders in charge of the copper smelting furnace were discussing how to smelt the shovel.
As for the weapon, although several clan elders had melted a bronze sword, the hardness could not be compared to the black iron sword given by the ancestral god.
After being easily cut into several pieces by the black iron sword in the battle, the clan elders could only honestly melt the sword into copper ingots again, leaving it to make farm tools.
Since there is no shortage of farm tools in the village, Wang Hao will naturally not be stingy. This time he went to Demon Suppression Island, and he brought a large number of farm tools.
In addition, according to the number of people on Zhenmo Island, Wang Hao also brought plenty of pottery and a large number of straw sandals.
The herbs that are usually used to stop bleeding and remove blood stasis, the condiments used for seasoning, and some other daily necessities, Wang Hao has moved a lot of them to the ship.
It's just that when Wang Hao opened a warehouse to get salt, he found that the salt reserves in the village had bottomed out.
After questioning Wang Hao, he learned that since the exchange day, the most popular thing in the village was not condiments or pottery, but table salt.
Because the production method of table salt is listed as the top secret by Wang Hao, in order to keep it secret, the number of people making salt has not been increased.
Originally, there was a large amount of salt stored in the village, but after Zhao Village helped the village last time, Wang Hao generously waved his hand in order to express his gratitude, and fifty percent of the salt reserves were given to Zhao Village.
Then, with the development of the village, the number of places that needed salt increased, and the number of exchanges from other villages also increased, which led to the shortage of salt and the decrease in reserves.
If this is all there is, the village will be able to hold out for a while, and the amount of salt in the warehouse will not be so scarce.
The main reason is that there are fewer and fewer salt stones scattered around the salt lake, and every time the tribe wants to get a salt stone, they have to break it from the top of the large stone wall.
In this way, it is equivalent to increasing the labor cost of producing salt, which is no less than worse for the current situation in Wangcun.
After listening to the clansmen, Wang Hao couldn't help frowning.
The extraction of table salt is actually quite simple. The entire salt lake is a big salt mine in Wang Hao's eyes.
Just filter the water from the salt lake a little and then dry it. The remaining crystals are edible table salt.
The main reason why Wang Cun took the trouble to extract salt from the salt stones and mud near the lake was because there was a very domineering turtle living in the lake.
The turtle in the salt lake is a tertiary creature. It is called the salt turtle by the tribesmen.
No one knows how many years salt turtles have lived in the salt lake. Everyone only knows that the salt turtle is the most domineering third-level creature in this area.
In the eyes of the salt turtle, the entire salt lake belongs to one of its turtles. Without its permission, let alone pumping water from salt lakes to extract table salt. Even if you just run over and take a sip of the lake, you will be chased by the salt turtles.
And now, the village still doesn't have the strength to fight hard with the third-level creatures, so naturally they don't dare to touch the water of the salt lake.
After thinking about it and failing to come up with a solution, Wang Hao could only transfer more than a dozen savages to join the salt-making team to serve as coolies for digging soil and stones.
At the same time, on the basis of the original, the price of salt has been raised by 20%, and the supply is limited every day.
However, these solutions can only solve the temporary urgency. If you want to extract a large amount of salt, you will need to fight the salt turtle sooner or later.
The third-level creatures entrenched in the Liucun Coal Mine, as well as the salt turtles in the salt lake, lay in front of Wang Hao like two mountains. These are the main factors hindering the development of the village and must be eradicated in any case.
It's just that it's really too difficult to hunt a third-level creature. The case of the tiger toothfish is an isolated case, and it is almost impossible to replicate.
Because of Wang Hao's trick, the tiger toothfish will swallow the black iron stick.
Then the tug-of-war with the giant caused the black iron stick to get stuck in its mouth, and it couldn't spit it out or swallow it anyway.
The wide mouth of the fish makes the gills of the fish closed, unable to discharge the impurities in the water, which causes its stomach to be filled with sediment, and then it is strangled to death.
However, as far as Wang Hao knows, salt turtles do not eat food from the shore.
Normally, it dismisses the corpses of the creatures it tramples to death, and as long as no creatures touch its lake, it rarely even shows its face.
Putting these things aside for the time being, today's main task is to send these daily necessities to the Demon Suppression Island, and by the way, to test the results of Wang Hu's training during this time and see the devil ape.
When sailing against the current, it is best if it can go downwind. But if there is no tailwind, a crosswind is also a good option.
And today, it happens to be a crosswind weather.
After this period of training, Wang Hu was not panicked when he set off, and everything was handled by him in an orderly manner, and Wang Hao nodded with satisfaction.
"Seeing us coming over with such a big boat, Old Man Xie will definitely be stunned!" When everything was dealt with and the sailboat moved forward smoothly, Wang Hu ran to Wang Hao's side and said with a smile.
"After being away for so long, I don't know if the devil ape still knows us. If only I could kidnap the devil ape back this time! Looking at the regressive scenery on both sides of the strait, Wang Hao also said with a smile.
As the village prospered, so did the fame of the village. There is no one in the surrounding village who does not know the name of Wang Village.
In the eyes of the surrounding villages, Wang Village is a magical place.
The food in Wangcun seems to never be finished. As long as you are willing to agree to the conditions of Wang Village, which are not harsh, and swear to join Wang Village, you will be able to obtain food supplies from Wang Village.
Even if it's the season when food is plentiful, there are always some unlucky villages that are constantly starving.
It is precisely because of these reasons that during this time, more and more villages have contacted Wang Cun and want to join Wang Village.
Because of the appearance of sweet potatoes, the food for this year's winter has been enriched. Not only can Wang Village be planted for one season, but the Demon Island can be cultivated all year round, regardless of season or time.
In the case of sufficient food, Wang Hao naturally would not refuse these people who wanted to come to his village.
In his opinion, these small villages around him are all production bases of 1,000 people. As long as there are roads to each other, these production sites can be connected.
In the Great Wilderness, it is not feasible to build ordinary roads, and asphalt roads must be used to prevent the destruction of the roadbed by the vegetation with amazing growth on the Great Wilderness.
It is precisely for this reason that taking the lead in opening waterways and establishing contact with Zhenmo Island has become the most important thing for Wang Hao.
Because of the need to measure the water level and draw a route map, the sailboat stopped and stopped, and it took almost a day to reach the dock of Zhenmo Island.
However, after leaving for more than ten days, the vacant land that was cleared by Wang Hao and them on the dock was overgrown with dense plants again.
When Wang Hao left, he had instructed Old Man Xie to send someone to guard the dock every day.
But when Wang Hao and the others came over today, they didn't see a figure on the dock.
Boarding the dock, leaving half of the people on the boat, Wang Hao led a few people towards the Demon Suppression Lake.
The black asphalt road is the masterpiece left by Wang Hao and them last time. The two new crew members stepped on the smooth, straight asphalt and didn't know how to get their feet. They felt like they were all in the air.
Wang Hao looked at their surprised appearance and didn't say anything, there will be more new things in Wang Village in the future, but it is just a 100-meter-long asphalt road, which is not worth explaining at all.
Although the shore on both sides of the pier is overgrown with plants, there are not many fallen leaves on the pier, and the asphalt road is also very clean, looking like it has just been cleaned.
There is also a bonfire that has just been extinguished in the open space next to the asphalt road, and a rowing boat moored next to the Demon Lake, all prove that there are still people in this area not long ago.
But what made Wang Hao strange was that he looked left and right, but he didn't find where anyone was. (To be continued.) )