Lin Yuan took Jiu Yao and walked in the lush mountains for most of the day, and it was getting dark, so they found a depression in the stone wall, set up two small tents, lit a bonfire, and prepared to spend the night here.

Fortunately, it is not the rainy season, so they don't have to worry about waterproofing and keeping out the cold, Jiu Yao brought out the backpack from the Pangeng clan, which is very well equipped, in addition to a large number of dry food made of corn or other unknown grains, there are actually a few bags of clothes, Lin Yuan picked a few, hid in the tent and changed into them.

When he came out of the tent, he suddenly found that Jiu Yao was looking at him with an obsessive expression.

"God-given...... Unexpectedly, you clean up, it's quite handsome! ”

Lin Yuan laughed dryly, he looked at the clothes he was wearing, it was the standard Pangeng dressing style, wearing a close-fitting animal skin vest inside, warm and comfortable, and a gray-white linen robe jacket on the outside, which was not only breathable, but also easy to change after being stained.

"You guys...... How do you make the coat? Uh, I mean this flax? In order to break the embarrassment, Lin Yuan changed the topic and said.

"You know hemp?" Jiu Yao was a little curious.

"Uh, I'm just guessing, this texture...... Didn't you produce the flax yourself? Lin Yuan asked tentatively, he remembered that when he was in the Pangeng tribe before, he didn't see any looms for them, nor did he see any fields for growing flax, so he boldly guessed that the linen cloth of the Pangeng tribe actually came from other tribes.

Sure enough, Jiu Yao nodded and said:

"Yes, this is a specialty of the Luohe Clan,...... However, this is not what you are talking about, we call this ramie, and the Luohe people grow this ramie in large quantities in their territory, and then use a large number of slaves to make linen...... This kind of linen cloth is very precious! ”

"Oh~" Lin Yuan thought that flax originally originated on the Mediterranean coast and should have only been introduced to China around the 18th century...... And Jiu Yao said that this ramie is very precious, which is also true, because only flax has the largest hemp production, and he doesn't know much about ramie, but it is estimated that the yield should be very low, so ...... When he was in the Pangeng tribe, he did find that only those high-ranking women would wear linen coats, and most of the low-status men only wore the animal skins of primitive society.

"How expensive is this linen?" Lin Yuan asked.

"It's very expensive, and the cloth and animals are the same...... This is a well-known trading rule in the world. ”

"Cloth and animals?"

"God's gift, hehe, I'm sorry, I forgot that you were just given to this world by the gods, the meaning of that sentence is that a piece of cloth is about equal to a beast, we generally exchange a wild boar with the Luohe tribe, that is, a wild boar, in exchange for a horse of linen."

Lin Yuan couldn't help but be amazed, it turned out that in this era, linen cloth was so valuable, so if he started a piece of land in the future and organized people to engage in the weaving industry, wouldn't it be easy to develop......

"Godci, you say, what kind of Yan clan is in your hometown...... What the hell is it...... Hey? ”

Jiu Yao was halfway through her words when she suddenly stopped, and she pricked up her ears, as if she was listening to something.

Lin Yuan also frowned, he seemed to have heard a sound from the woods in the south just now......

"Did you hear that, too?" Lin Yuan lowered his voice and asked, Jiu Yao, as a girl, can actually have the same keen sense of hearing as him, which made him a little surprised, you know, under normal circumstances, an ordinary girl would not care about the abnormal noises around her, only like Lin Yuan, who has been in the primitive society for so long, will she practice this instinctive sharp reaction.

Jiu Yao didn't answer Lin Yuan, she raised her eyebrows, immediately got up, and put the soil on the ground to cover the fire, Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what she meant, she was going to extinguish the fire, and the two of them worked together to cover the mound of soil under their feet on the fire.

Three times five divided by two, the fire that was originally burning was instantly extinguished, and the surrounding area returned to pitch black.

Lin Yuan quietly pulled out the fruit knife on his waist, patted Jiu Yao gently, signaled her not to move, and then groped for himself and took a few steps in the direction where the sound came from.

"God-given...... Don't go over, whatever it is, it's gone......"

Lin Yuan frowned, listened intently for a long time, and sure enough, there was no sound over there, but if he held his breath and concentrated, he could vaguely hear the sound of Suo Suo in the distance, and it gradually disappeared.

Lin Yuan put the fruit knife back in his arms and slowly pushed it to Jiu Yao's side, he couldn't help but look at this little girl, don't look at her look not much different from ordinary girls, except that she is a little dark and has a somewhat sturdy figure...... But I didn't expect that this little girl would have such a keen insight.

"You...... Also found? ”

As soon as the two of them sat down, they almost asked in unison.

Jiu Yao scratched her hair apologetically, and hurriedly added:

"I thought you didn't hear it...... I didn't expect you to be so powerful! Are men so good in your tribe? ”

Lin Yuan was suddenly a little embarrassed, he instantly understood that the Pangeng tribe where Jiu Yao was located was a typical matriarchal clan society, their tribe upheld the superiority of women and the inferiority of men, warriors and hunters were all women, and most of the men were only engaged in simple manual labor.

"Well...... Yes, we Yan people, every man is as powerful as your Pangeng women...... Forget it, I don't want to say much about this, what do you think...... What was that just now? ”

Lin Yuan asked, he was not familiar with this era, so he wanted to hear Jiu Yao's thoughts first.

"Maybe it's a fox, a weasel or something...... Attracted by the firelight......"

Lin Yuan nodded, did not say a word, and after a while, Jiu Yao suddenly said:

“…… Maybe...... It's ...... people."

Lin Yuan snorted, he had heard this kind of movement before, it was definitely not a beast or something.

"Jiu Yao, let's be careful tonight, don't light the fire, you sleep first, I'll be on duty, let's take turns on duty."

"Well, okay...... Providential...... Otherwise, you might as well go to bed first...... Jiu Yao whispered.

Lin Yuan smiled slightly, shook his head, and said:

"No matter what happens to your Pangeng clan, in my hometown, men are born to protect women, you go to sleep."

Jiu Yao wanted to say something, but she wanted to say something and stopped, looking at Lin Yuan's resolute back, as long as she got into the tent.

……

Nothing happened overnight.

Early the next morning, Lin Yuan and the others embarked on their journey early, whether it was a man or a beast last night, it was not a good sign, perhaps, they were being followed......

Lin Yuan decided that it was not advisable to stay here for a long time, and that it was better to return to the wilderness to the north as soon as possible...... Whatever has become of the place, at least as far as the eye can see, the enemy is not easy to hide.

The idea has been decided, the two of them went into battle lightly, walking like flying, fortunately, the settlement of the Pangeng clan itself is not too far from the plain, when Lin Yuan pursued Chi You, he also marched quickly for a day, and now they have walked for half a day yesterday, and the rest of the road is not far.

As soon as the sun was about noon, they had already left the valley and came to the plain.

Before walking out of the mountain, even though Lin Yuan had imagined countless times in his mind what the wilderness would become, he would never have imagined that it would be what it would be like in front of him.

It was a green and endless field, which had been artificially cultivated into patches of fields, and although it did not form a square tic-tac-toe stalk like it is in modern times, there were many people who walked out of the path, going back and forth in the fields.

The original wasteland full of barren grass has long since disappeared completely, and the inaccessible fringe area has now become one of the most frequently active areas for human beings.

Lin Yuan stood on the hillside, looking into the distance, he couldn't help but be stunned, he was now a little doubtful that he could find the exact location of Huadu, the scene in front of him was completely different from thousands of years ago.

"God-given, you...... It's your first time here, right? Be careful, my grandmother has not allowed us to come here, it is said that the people here are very bad......"

Lin Yuan snorted, then smiled at Jiu Yao and said:

"It's okay, it's me!" With that, he took Jiu Yao and walked quickly towards the depths of the field.

Not long after they walked, they came across the first tribal camp, which was a super-large settlement, and it was estimated that this tribe had at least tens of thousands of people living here, much larger than the Pangeng tribe, and more than the Yan clan alliance combined.

Lin Yuan tried to talk to a few people who were working in the fields, but they ran into a wall, and as soon as the other party saw Lin Yuan and them coming, they immediately hid away.

"These people may be slaves......," Lin Yuan explained to Jiu Yao, and then they walked to the vicinity of the settlement, and found that the other party's settlement was all surrounded by walls, and the shape of those walls was actually the same as the Huadu wall designed by Lin Yuan thousands of years ago, which was made of mud smeared on the stones.

Lin Yuan saw it, and a familiar feeling arose in his heart, no matter what, the tribe here must at least have some relationship with the Yan clan back then, maybe, it may still be the descendants of the Suiren clan back then, yes, the location of this camp is quite close to the camp established by the Suiren clan back then.

But when Lin Yuan and the others walked to the gate of the wall, they were surprised to find that there were dozens of guards holding weapons such as stone axes and stone spears standing at the gate, strictly checking the people coming and going, and Lin Yuan and they hadn't approached yet, a few guards saw them in strange costumes, and immediately rushed over with their teeth and claws, Jiu Yao saw that the situation was not good, grabbed Lin Yuan and ran back.

Fortunately, the guards didn't chase for long, so they scolded and went back.

What's the situation??!

Lin Yuan panted and wondered why those guards chased after him as soon as they saw him.

"Jiu Yao...... What's going on? Whew......"

Jiu Yao was also tired from running, she gasped for breath and replied:

"Perhaps...... Whoosh...... Maybe it's because of the clothes we wear......"

"What's wrong with this dress? Are they fighting the Pangeng? Lin Yuan's reaction speed was very fast, and as soon as he heard Jiu Yao say this, he immediately understood, maybe it was because of this traditional costume of the Pangeng clan that the other party mistakenly thought that he was an enemy......

But Jiu Yao shook her head and said:

"No...... God, they're at war with all the other tribes......"

"Ah???h

"Hmm...... God, I don't know this is not your Yan clan, huh...... I knew it was an ordinary tribe of plainsmen, so I warned you first, this ...... Whoosh...... On this plain, there are ...... Probably...... A dozen tribes, they ...... They are often at war with each other, and they are at war all year round, so my mother won't let us come here......"

"They're at war with everyone? What's going on? Lin Yuan said with a frown.

Jiu Yao showed a helpless expression and said with a smile:

"Hehe, who knows? In our eyes, they are a bunch of unreasonable bad people, because in their eyes, it seems that all people want to rob their territory, so they have malicious intentions towards anyone who comes from outside. ”

Lin Yuan nodded, he somewhat understood, this is actually human nature, greed......

Originally, when human beings mastered the technology of cultivating farmland, the population should have developed rapidly, and the flat and fertile land, as an important resource suitable for cultivating food crops, was bound to become the object of competition between major tribal forces, and the originally sparsely populated wilderness became a hot and valuable territory.

Just as primitive people would initially fight each other for their prey, without a unified and powerful regime, these primitive people would only instinctively fight with their neighbors for their own one-third of an acre of land, and be greedy...... Selfish...... A farce has been staged in this fertile land.

"God, let's ...... Where to go further? ”

Lin Yuan looked into the distance, thought for a moment, and then said:

"Okay, let's continue, continue to walk north, I seem to have some impressions, the direction of Huadu, it should be over there!"

With that, Lin Yuan took Jiu Yao and continued to walk north.