Chapter 331: Razor Crisis
In the name of hunting, a lot can already be done. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Under the pretext of carrying prey, a wheelbarrow workshop was established. You can make a wheelbarrow first. Wang Chuan told Qi at that time not to be greedy, but they learned a lot without understanding, and after they came back, they almost forgot a lot of things. Because there were no bamboo wedges here, and they didn't get some carpenter tools from the River tribe, they could only make a wooden frame when they came back, and the wheels were not made.
So many people in the Yi tribe have not learned to make wheels in the river tribe, and Bihu may not have learned it. Wang Chuan felt that it should be feasible to do some things first and get them to Bihu's side to exchange for bronzes. Bihu is building around, and there should be a lot of demand for cars. The division of labor on both sides of the exchange, mutual communication, just have their own expertise.
Carpenter's tools or something, Wang Chuan also has a set in his luggage. Bihu and Lambra are also available there. But these ancestors who were not dedicated to the Yi people, Wang Chuan sacrificed all weapons. No problem on the tool. There is no bamboo as a wedge, and other hardwoods can be used instead. Wang Chuan also took some other bronzes from Bihu as a bride price, but he did not marry, so he did not give them out, and he could also be turned into copper nails. Such a small amount of copper nails combined with hardwood should be more stable than bamboo wedges.
It would be even more perfect if the axles and hubs were also cast in copper. But now there is not enough copper, so let's wait for more copper from Bihu to come back.
In addition to the wheel workshop, Wang Chuan planned to build another bow and crossbow workshop, the reason was to make more bows and crossbows to improve his hunting ability.
Since Qi doesn't like to set up an army, let's not do that for now. However, in the name of improving hunting ability, it is still possible to line up in the morning to learn the ability to fight against tigers. As long as it becomes a habit to train and obey in formation, these people will not let the army still be able to fight and kill, and make the shadow follow.
Qi knew that the flood was coming, and it was related to the fate of the entire tribe, so he had to reluctantly agree to Wang Chuan's suggestion, and for the purpose of letting the people of the tribe eat three meals, the Yi people who went to the tribe across the river were mobilized and arranged in various important posts. In the past few days, the hunting team of more than 300 people has been in the hands of Qi and has been operating according to Wang Chuan's requirements.
If you want to eat three meals or something, Wang Chuan naturally can't let the thousands of acres of millet and weeds outside the village grow. So on an equally well-fed night, he told a group of old ladies a story about the weeds and ghosts sharing the blessings of the gods and birds in front of the campfire. It probably means that the weeds in the field are all changed by desolate ghosts, and they grow together with the millet of the divine bird's grace, which will thin the blessing of the divine bird. The divine bird wants to give more millet to the Yi people, and it will be eaten by these desolate ghosts. In order to get rid of the desolate ghosts, it is necessary to clear the weeds in the field, so that the gifts of the sacred birds will be greatly increased in autumn.
Someone in the old lady questioned Wang Chuan's words, so Wang Chuan made up a story about the dragon and phoenix family, saying that he knew these because they were mentioned in the divine dragon instructions. I came here because of the dragon instructions to find Ke, the phoenix. In the end, he also drew the appearance of the phoenix in the later generations.
After thousands of years of beautification in later generations, the phoenix was dignified and dignified, and it quickly conquered this group of old ladies. They immediately said that they would mobilize everyone tomorrow to get rid of all the weeds outside. Don't let the desolate ghosts take away the slightest bit of the grace of the divine bird.
The appearance of the phoenix was a few points better than Wang Chuan thought.
After the old ladies squinted their dim old eyes and learned to identify weeds with Wang Chuan, they really cared for the tribe, except for the others who went out to fish and hunt, regardless of age, bent over and pulled weeds on the ground from morning to night. And it is demanding and meticulous. Wang Chuan was greatly embarrassed. Wang Chuan and the old ladies asked for some manpower, diverted a stream in the distance, flowed through this millet land, and watered the millet with the method of splashing water, and after a few days, the growth of these millet seeds became gratifying, and the old lady smiled when she saw this, and said that the gods favored the birds.
After seeing this phoenix, the ancestor of Yiren never forgot it, and later personally asked Wang Chuan to draw a big one for her. Wang Chuan had no choice but to find color and ink, and drew one for her on a large animal skin, and asked her to hang it in the big house where she lived.
Wang Chuan compared Ke to a phoenix, and said something like dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, which made many people in the tribe happy to see their relationship come to fruition. Some of the children told Wang Chuan that many people in the tribe were discussing whether Wang Chuan could marry Ke away.
In addition, the construction of the stockade that Wang Chuan had chosen on a small hillside in the distance began. It is claimed that it is only to build some large animal pens to ensure that more livestock can be raised in the future. When there are not enough axes and machetes to cut trees, it is difficult to clear trees and level the land. Therefore, Wang Chuan dug a cave over there and asked people to burn bricks and tiles first.
This is where the work begins. The hunting team went out for three or five days, with the eaglet as a scout, and there was always a harvest. This has always kept the people of the hunting party with a certain passion.
Wang Chuan took the time to make a progress estimate, and with the current mobilization of manpower, it seems that the new village may not be completed until the beginning of spring next year. And that's also based on the fact that the winter isn't too cold. If you want to build a new village sooner, you can't do it unless you mobilize the whole tribe. But in the current situation, Qi obviously does not have so much energy to mobilize others.
Wang Chuan remained optimistic about this result, and he believed that when he had done enough wheels and returned with bronzes, the Yiren's attitude towards Qi could still be changed. At that time, it should be possible to mobilize more people in the name of using more bronzes.
What will never be missing in the plan is the accident, when Wang Chuan was calculating how many wheels to make and integrate the caravan to go to Bihu's side, on this day, a group of people from outside the tribe of the Yi people came over.
Wang Chuan heard the movement and wanted to go out to have a look, but Qi Heke and the others panicked and blocked him and the beast pets in the courtyard and didn't let them go out.
Looking out from the door of the courtyard, the tall and strong Yiren was holding various weapons with a gloomy face and preparing for battle, and the woman hid in the house, but she was also quietly preparing weapons, and her face was fierce and ready to fight.
"Enemies?" Wang Chuan asked in a low voice.
Qi said with a complicated face: "It's not true." They are several large tribes in the lower reaches of the Taihe River. They used to be very friendly with us, but after we built the stockade, they changed. Now they are persecuting us every day. Either they borrowed iron from us, or they asked us to help build a house...... They often do this, come and go after a while. Do not go out. Provincial regeneration incidents. ”
Wang Chuan looked at the eaglet flying in the sky and said, "They have almost surrounded the entire stockade. Will it come in? ”
Qi said: "We supply pottery to dozens of surrounding villages every year, and we have a covenant in advance, and they dare not attack us. Otherwise, they will be besieged by all the surrounding tribes. ”
Wang Chuan said: "But if you are blocked and bullied, help build a house or something, it will be inevitable, right?" ”
Qi nodded, suddenly feeling quite aggrieved. The Yi people are fierce, never give in during the migration, and they will take revenge if they have revenge. But when I arrived at my own home, I was bullied like this, how aggrieved I felt? The oppression that Wang Chuan said, in addition to building a house, often carries other insults. Yi people are beautiful, and both men and women will be molested in every way when they come to the tribe of these people. And because they have to take care of the tribe behind them, many times they can only secretly endure these grievances.
But the other party is powerful, what else can be done but endure?
Ke held Wang Chuan's hand tightly, and his little face was pale. This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, although she can be protected in the stockade every time, but this is not a small fright for her. She glanced at Wang Chuan and looked outside, hoping that this omnipotent man would summon a divine dragon with a wave of his hand and wipe out the people outside. But reason told her that it was impossible.
Wang Chuan took Ke into his arms, comforted him for a while, and asked, "This is the reason why you said that you can't go out with iron?" ”
Qi nodded helplessly.
Wang Chuan asked, "Who are they?" How many people are there? ”
Qi Dao: "The people outside are mainly people from the three clans. This tribe is said to be the descendants of the Yan people, divided into three parts: left, middle and right, and the number of people in each is not less than that of our Yi people. And there are also surrounding concubines, and there are no concubines and other people who form an alliance, and the number of people is afraid to be five times that of our Yi people......"
At the gate of the Yiren Village, Zu Lao and Zhen and others had already passed and were negotiating with the people who came. I only heard loud and loud voices over there, and then a quarrel began. Some people shouted something to spread the word in, and the Yi people shouted angrily, and many people rushed to the gate of the stockade with weapons.
Wang Chuan didn't know much about the language here, so he asked, "What happened?" ”
Qi wiped a handful of tears and said: "Every year after autumn, our tribe will hold a beast festival, and this year it will be the turn of the Zuo clan outside. They just said that the Yan people wanted to borrow our village to hold this event. ”
The Beast Festival or something, it should be an event such as a sports meeting in the future. This kind of activity is an important way for the surrounding tribes to exchange people and materials, and it is also an occasion to show the strength of the organizers. It is natural for people to want to make their tribe better.
At a time when everyone lived in a shack, now there are brick and wood houses on the Yiren side, which naturally steals the limelight from others. In the case of the lack of Yi people's strength, it is naturally the most reasonable to borrow something. The so-called borrowing, in later generations, Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, or there is a saying that "I borrowed it by my own ability", why should I pay it back? This is tantamount to forcibly seizing the village. Wang Chuan estimated that the Yi people had formed an alliance with the people of the surrounding tribes before, and they should not have expected such a thing, so this may no longer be within the scope of some covenants.
The Yi people outside were clamoring, obviously enraged. Someone suppressed the clamor and said something loudly. Qi sneered and translated to Wang Chuan: "They said they were willing to give us ten bags of millet in exchange." ”
"Millet? Do they still have millet now? Wang Chuan's heart moved, and he suddenly thought of some bold approach.