Chapter Seventy-Seven: Preparation
"Yes, chief, there are indeed tribes across the river!" After listening to Chen Mo's description, the river was not surprised at all. I felt that this was the right thing to do.
In primitive societies, tribes were generally concentrated near rivers, even in the deep mountains and old forests, there must be rivers or lakes nearby.
After all, water is the cradle of life, and the water's edge is also the best place for hunting.
The river was not surprised at all when he heard that there were people on the other side of the river, and it was rightfully so!
"Uh..." Chen Mo was a little speechless, he thought that He would be surprised, but he didn't expect He to behave very calmly.
"Chief, many tribes are built along the river. It's no fuss. He calmed Chen Mo and continued: "Chief, how many people do you plan to take to cross the river? Every time you take people out, there are casualties, why don't I take people out this time?"
"No, this time I'll take Niuniu to cross the river together!" Chen Mo rejected the kindness of the river, he is a chief, and he must be responsible!
"But, chief, have you forgotten that the last time you were in danger, Niu Niu ran back as soon as possible?" reminded He.
"It's a big deal, this time I let the tiger master and Niuniu go out with me, I don't believe that in front of the tiger master, Niuniu still dares to be a second or five boy!" Chen Mo remembered Niuniu's Guan Rong deeds last time, and his heart was a little panicked.
"But chief, our people can swim across the river along the vine rope you are tethered to, but how can they cross the river, and won't they be thrown over with trebuchets?" the river asked.
"Well, the mountain people have their own tricks!" Chen Mo said mysteriously.
Since someone on the other side of the river found his tribe, Chen Mo did not plan to cross the river quietly, so if he wanted to cross the river, he had to be strong, so that the people on the other side knew that he had crossed the river with the two masters.
Chen Mo thought back to the environment on both sides of the river, there were many stout trees, which were a little symmetrical with the side of the river, so Chen Mo could make a suspension bridge, a suspension bridge that connected the two banks.
What is needed now is to get more rattan ropes, get some bamboo chips, rattan ropes may not be strong, but we are better than the number, and the number of more can completely weigh the weight of adults.
Today's adult primitives are about 1.5 to 1.6 meters tall and weigh more than 100 pounds. And the saber-toothed tiger weighed two hundred and forty or fifty pounds.
Chen Mo did an experiment two days ago, and a rattan rope can bear the weight of about two adults. Chen Mo planned to use three rattan ropes as a group on both sides of the river to make five sets of hanging ropes, and then spread bamboo pieces little by little, and the bamboo pieces were relatively lighter.
After dinner, Chen Mo and the clansmen weaved rattan ropes together, this time they could throw the entire braided rattan rope across the river, and there was no need to let Jiu Jiu work hard to wrap around the tree.
All it takes is for a skinny clansman to cross the river along the rattan rope, and then let the clansman tie the rattan rope that has been thrown over, which is more firm, safer and more stable.
Chen Mo arranged the work process, and then went back to his house to tease the dogs and dogs. For such delicate work as weaving rattan ropes, Chen Mo felt that he was not smart, his hands were not skillful, and he had no talent in this area.
The three siblings are growing up very fast now, and their body is more than half a meter long. The dog and the dog are very close to Chen Mo, because Chen Mo often secretly brings them food, and Wangcai loves Chen Mo and doesn't care about it.
Even when Chen Mo fed it food, it didn't bother to move, and its mental outlook was exactly the same as that of the tiger master, extremely ladylike.
Chi prepared the water for Chen Mo's feet, Chen Mo obediently lay on the bunk and fell asleep after washing his feet, Chi looked at Chen Mo with a worried face.
She really wanted to stop Chen Mo from crossing the river to explore the unknown environment, but Chen Mo was the chief, and some things had to be undertaken personally.
The night sky is beautiful, and it is early summer, and the clansmen who stayed by the rattan rope by the river lit torches and played a game of catching stones.
In primitive society, there were few entertainment items, and in a safe environment, in addition to making children, it was still making children, and in a dangerous environment, it was digging pits and making traps.
Under Chen Mo's education, the people of the water army tribe learned to sing, and learned to catch stones and crutches, as well as eagles and chickens. It is regarded as the earliest entertainment project of primitive society.
Although they were having a great time, they didn't dare to take lightly what Chen Mo commanded, and observed the movement of the rattan rope on the river from time to time.
As the night deepened, several clansmen arranged the order of duty with each other, and then went to sleep in groups, and the clansmen on duty were very competent, and did not play games anymore, but leaned on the trees, staring at the other side of the river and singing.
In early summer, the wind by the river is very cool, and the wilderness is silent, only the songs of the water army tribes are wafting.
On the other side of the river, a group of people gathered around the rattan rope, staring at the fire across the river, very quiet, without making a sound.
It was dawn, Chen Mo stretched his waist and walked out of the room, and when the busy people saw Chen Mo, they stepped forward to say hello, Chen Mo nodded his head and came to the fire alone to drink a bowl of meat porridge.
I have to start building bridges today, Chen Mo must maintain enough physical strength, so he doesn't say much, in fact, he is lazy to say, they are all familiar faces, every day is good morning, good morning, Chen Mo is too lazy to say.
The rattan rope has been braided and piled up next to the fire, Chen Mo picked up one and pulled it, it is very sturdy, it should be usable, as long as there are no accidents.
There are several large bundles of bamboo chips, and the width of each piece is about 5 cm.
Weapon: Chen Mo also planned to bring a bone spear, and only one bow and arrow.
Bows and arrows have appeared more than 20,000 years before history, although Chen Mo made a bow in the naval tribe, but due to the constraints of various conditions in primitive society, the quality of the bow is not up to standard.
Chen Mo once made a bow from willow trees in the 21st century, and according to the video teaching, it took several days to make a bow body of a willow tree, and bought a Kelaf bowstring online.
Chen Mo tried his power in the courtyard, and he could shoot to about twenty meters or so. Because of the constraints of materials and processes, the bow made by Chen Mo is only so powerful, and the quasi-head can be said to be non-existent.
In the primitive society, Chen Mo used a bow made of bent trees, and used a bowstring made of deer tendons, which had a shorter range, although he brought a few bows and arrows when he rescued the river last time, and when it came to actual combat, Chen Mo found that there was almost no practicality.
The bone spear can be thrown 40 to 50 meters with good penetration, while the bow and arrow made by his own tribe cannot be shot by pheasants twenty meters away.
After returning to the tribe, Chen Mo and Zhuang carefully studied the process of improving the power of bows and arrows, and spent a week making a jujube wood bow and compound deer tendons.
This increased the range of the bow and arrow to more than thirty meters, and it could penetrate a layer of deerskin.
Chen Mo shouted: "There is a long difference between theory and practice!"
Chen Mo led the clansmen to the river with the finished materials, and today no matter what, the suspension bridge must be done!