The bamboo is deep in the forest, where the insects chirp, and there is a slight coolness from time to time, not the wind.

This summer, it doesn't seem so muggy.

Since the merger of the Dahua tribe and the Shangwolf tribe, there are more than 500 tribesmen, when the weather is fine, there will be 100 men in the prime of life to go out hunting, 100 young women in the vicinity of the cave to collect food, and the remaining more than 100 in the prime of life to stay in the cave to protect the old, weak, sick and disabled, and in case of emergencies, they can also defend in time.

Li Buyu is only thirteen years old, although they all think that they are children who need to be protected, he still has been with Huayang, picking wild fruits in the woods, going to the big river to see the flowers and the night sky, and hunting in the mountains and forests together.

In ancient times, it was not an era when one person could fight alone, there was a need for ethnic groups, tribes, and many people to advance and retreat together. Li Buyu later learned that Huayang was lured to the tiger's den deep in the woods that day, if it wasn't for himself, he might not die and shed his skin, as for who it was, he didn't say, but Li Buyu still found that he looked at Huatai's expression very cold, and many times when Huatai was smiling, he clenched his fists and had green tendons.

On this day, they went hunting with ten prime men, and in the process of chasing the wounded deer, they came to a hillside that they had never been to before.

The land in this mountain is barren, except for the bare rocks, that is, a thin layer of soil, and there are only low thorny shrubs in the crevices, on which there are many small green wild fruits, which are not conspicuous, exude a strange smell, and occasionally there are a few small plants with thick leaves, round and lovely.

They chased the wounded deer until they reached the top of the hill, and the deer stood by the lake and looked back at them, its big round and watery eyes full of determination, and it screamed and turned and jumped into the lake.

"Puff ......"

The splash of water fell on their faces and bodies, and at this moment, Li Buyu looked at the deer who would rather die than be imprisoned with his mouth half open, and a drop of lake water splashed into his mouth - slightly bitter, very astringent, and very salty - salt!

After a little thought, you will know that this is a depression on the top of the mountain, and the rain and snow have accumulated for many years, but there is no source of the river, and the lake water cannot be "metabolized", but can only be evaporated by the sun and mountain wind, bringing excess water.

The clansmen just wanted to jump down and catch the deer, this is the only prey today, how could it be spared because of its spirit.

"Wait a minute!", Li Buyu grabbed Huayang's arm and whispered, "This lake has a great creation, you let them all go find some branches and hay, as long as they can make a fire, you can help me drill wood to make a fire." ”

Li Buyu looked around, walked around for half a circle, and found a thin stone slab with a depression in the middle, Huayang moved the stone slab to the two stones that Li Buyu built, and the clansmen also came back with branches and hay, Huayang quickly drilled wood to make fire, and under Li Buyi's command, let the firewood burn under the stone slab.

Li Buyu held a lot of lake water in his hand and put it on the slate, watching the lake water boiling, the water continued to evaporate, and a layer of white crystals formed on the slate.

Li Buyu picked up the fist-sized white stone, rubbed it twice on the slate, and dipped some white powder with his index finger into his mouth, although there was still a faint bitter taste, but I had to admit that this was shoddy edible salt.

When he went down the mountain, Li Buyu was carrying the piece of salt lump like a baby, and Huayang saw the smile he couldn't hide, and he began to look forward to its real use.

The two clansmen, who were carrying their great hero, the deer, suddenly tripped over the earth and rocks, stumbled, and almost fell into the bushes, when he suddenly found those small turquoise fruits, and called out to the leader Huayang.

Huayang carefully picked a few small green fruits, put them on the tip of his nose and sniffed them, which were a little pungent, but they didn't smell bad, and he didn't know if they were poisonous.

Li Buyi pinched one from his palm, looked at it carefully, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and immediately spit it out, it was rattan pepper, seeing Huayang patting his back worriedly, he smiled comfortingly and said, "Rattan pepper, like salt, is a very important seasoning." If you make it at night, you'll know what the real human delicacy is. ”

Huayang instructed the clansmen to pick some more, and then went back to the cave, and finally hurried back to the cave before the sun completely set.

Today is another day full of harvest, and the other tribesmen who went hunting have also returned, and they have brought back a dozen small wild animals, and the woman in charge of gathering has brought back a lot of wild fruits, wild vegetables, and mushrooms.

Li Buyu sat on the ground and sat by the fire, holding a meat skewer wrapped in a layer of rattan pepper crumbs and juice in his hand, roasting slowly, seeing that the heat was about the same, sprinkling a layer of salt powder, ignoring the sound of the clansmen swallowing saliva and the hot eyes full of longing, he took a bite, not only signaling that it was not poisonous, but also tasting the taste, he handed the meat skewers to Huayang like a treasure, "You quickly try my craftsmanship, it is guaranteed to be delicious enough that you can swallow your tongue." ”

Without hesitation, Huayang bit a piece of meat on his hand, nodded proudly, chewed carefully, swallowed slowly, and enjoyed the delicious taste that hit his heart. He didn't care about the tendencies and critical eyes that the old man wanted to stop, and after expressing his gratitude to Yulang, he took the meat skewers and buried himself in eating them, it was really a delicacy that he expected and expected, he guessed that it would be delicious, but he didn't expect it to be delicious to this extent, it seems that he had lived a life of drinking blood before.

Fat and thin kebabs, fat meat fragrant but not greasy, lean meat strong but not firewood, tender, burnt crispy, peppery, fresh and salty, the perfect combination of rattan pepper and salt, which has never been before, can be said to be "rare in the world".

After Huayang finished eating the meat skewers, he looked at Li Buyu with unsatisfied eyes, "It's delicious, is there anything else?" You are so amazing, we will go to that mountain tomorrow, send more people, and collect more salt and rattan peppers." ”

Li Buyu nodded, and handed him the three freshly grilled meat skewers, "I'm responsible for making it, you are responsible for eating, this has a recipe, I'll teach you slowly." ”

For the next half month, they have been arranging for their clansmen to guard the Tianchi Salt Lake, both as a guard and as a guard.

They also transplanted thirty pepper trees from that hill and planted them in the tribe's territory, but for various reasons, only six survived.

I don't know who leaked the secret of salt, but lately there have been people from other tribes wandering down the mountain, always wanting to come to the mountain to see what is going on when they are not looking, or rather, their real intention is to fight for territory.

Fortunately, they did not rest on their laurels, and found time to train every day, running, lifting stones, practicing chopping, chopping, stabbing, killing and so on. They also made a large number of weapons, long sticks, sharpened spears, stone axes, stone hammers, etc., each with their own weapon, which could be used both for hunter-gatherers and to defend the tribe.

These are the decisions of the high-level established at the beginning of the merger of the two tribes, and the high-level is composed of four people from the Dahua tribe and three people from the Shangwolf tribe, namely Huayang, Huatai, Fire Persimmon, Feiyu, Li Buyu, Sancheng, Xiyu and other seven people.

On this day, when Huayang and Li Buyu led their clansmen to collect salt at the Tianchi Salt Lake, they suddenly found that a large number of people were pressed under the mountain, and it was roughly estimated that there were 400 people.

Their purpose is obvious.

Li Buyu looked at the attackers below the mountain with an expressionless face, they were not going over the mountains, but sending them to death. Although they only have one hundred and fifty men, and it is easy to be surrounded, easy to attack and difficult to defend, compared with the attackers, they do not have a numerical advantage or geographical advantage, but they have a united warrior, not a rabble, the so-called time and place are favorable, and there is the possibility of counterattack with people.

Huayang raised his spear high, pointed to the sky and swore an oath, so that the clansmen quickly gathered, and said, "Brothers, you are all warriors of the tribe, put away the treasures, pick up weapons, and let them have no return!"

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The blood of the tribesmen was boiling, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

At this moment, he stood in front of the crowd, resolute, brave, majestic, and strategic, and seemed to have become the Sirius Lord of the Heavenly Realm who terrified the ghost world. In a trance, Li Buyu seemed to see that the man was wearing armor, holding a seven-foot divine soldier, and the white wolf was standing side by side with him, and the red hair on his forehead was fluttering in the wind......

Coming back to his senses, Li Buyu was eager to try the next war, and seeing that they were already preparing to fight, he hurriedly proposed, "Huayang, can you roll the stone first, you can hurt their sharpness without a single soldier." ”

"Don't worry, wait for them to get closer. ”

Li Buyu pinched his right ear in embarrassment, how could he forget, this is Sirius King, the lonely arrow of the immortal clan, can fight well, invincible, how can he be stumped by this small battle, he naturally has a spectrum in his heart, everything is under control, why should he bother to get an axe, but he is still eager to fight side by side with him!

Seeing that Li Buyu was suddenly lost, Huayang felt that he had just spoken bluntly and unkindly, and said softly, "Follow me closely for a while, and I will protect you." ”

"No, I don't need your protection, you let me grow up, I can't hide behind your back all the time. ”

"Don't make a fuss, be obedient. ”

Li Buyi looked up at him steadily, not moving. Do you still think I'm an honest and honest person, no, never be! The Queen Mother and Tu Yi imprisoned a fierce beast, and Bai Lianhua You hold the key that can open the cage, congratulations, let this devil wake up, he learns to struggle, one day, he will bite all the shackles and shackles and get free.

Huayang couldn't be persuaded to move, so he had to say, "Be good, I don't want you to die with me, I want you to live." ”

"I won't die if you live. I won't be a drag on you, you don't need to be distracted to protect me, besides, I have the protection of the wolf king. ”

Huayang sighed and relented, "Okay, follow me." ”

"Hmm!"