20. Find the coconut tree

Xu Jie continued: "Are there any beaches on this island that can be flooded at high tide?"

The old fish-man in the lead, though puzzled by the human child's question, replied, "Yes, just to the west, all over the beach." ”

"Then take us over and take a look. Also, is there a tree on this island that will leak a sticky white liquid when the bark is broken?" asked Xu Jie

The old man of the fish-man whispered to the others next to him, and replied in a half-loud voice, "There is no such tree. ”

And when he had said that, he led them to the western shore.

Walking into the woods on the island, Xu Jie walked in the middle by the turtle prime minister. He looked left and right, and for a moment he asked the fishman on the side to point to a plant and put it away, and then pointed to another plant to put it away and take it away!

When he was about to leave the woods, Xu Jie found a plant similar to the coconut tree on the earth, and the top of the tree also had round fruits.

"Go and pluck some of the fruit from that tree for me. Xu Jie shouted eagerly. Maria suddenly came to her senses, it may be that Xu Jie discovered the kind of plant he said. With a wave of her little hand, an arrow of water shot down a large fruit.

Xu Jie struggled to get off the ground, ran over, stabbed the fruit with a dagger tied to his leg, pulled it out, and a stream of clear water flowed out, Xu Jie went up and took a sip, a little sweet fragrance, slightly sweeter than the original coconut water on the earth.

Randomly broke the fruit, there was indeed flesh inside, but it was not pure white, there was a little bit of yellow, cut a small piece and put it in the mouth, the juice was very fat, and the sweetness was stronger.

Looking at the peel, there is a green mesoderm on the outside, about 0.5 cm thick, and on the inside is the husk, which is two centimeters thick, and on the inside is the flesh that is two centimeters thick and contains the fruit liquid.

Xu Jie stood up, cut a piece of pulp for Maria, motioned for him to taste it, and said, "This is the plant I am looking for, I call this coconut, and this tree is called the coconut tree." This coconut juice is very nutritious fresh water, you sea people may also need it, this yellow flesh can be squeezed out of coconut oil, and it can be made into a lot of things at that time, and this husk can be made into palm mats, mattresses and the like after processing. ”

"Is that useful? It's a treasure. "Maria was very happy. "Are there many of them on this island?" said Maria, turning to the old fish-man.

"Lots of them, all over the west beach side and the north beach side. ”

"It seems that the coconut rough processing here can be done. Xu Jie said to Maria.

Continuing to walk forward, Xu Jie did not ask Xuan to hold him. He pulled a handful of vines on the side, but did not tear them off. "Huh? It's pretty sturdy. "You must know that although Xu Jieneng is small, his strength is the strength of an ordinary adult.

Xu Jie stopped, cut down this section of vines with a dagger, took a closer look at the fracture, and smiled. "It's hemp. Maria, this can be made into hemp, and it can be made into strong rope, and it can be made into cloth, and it can be made into paper, and it is all over the woods, and I didn't pay attention to it just now, and I almost missed this good thing. ”

Maria didn't know what it meant to be busy, but he was happy to hear Xu Jie say it so well!

The island is not small, and it has been three hours of walking from the landing site to the west coast beach that the old man of the fishman said.

This beach is similar to the white sand beach in the territory, except that it is yellow sand, which can be used to make salt.

"Maria, if I make salt by the sea, I can skip the cistern and go straight to the evaporation pond, and when I return to the territory to make cement, I can make a cement pond for drying salt. ”

"What is cement, what is it for?" asked Maria curiously.

"Cement is a kind of powder, and when it is mixed with sand, gravel, and fresh water in a certain proportion, it can be made into any shape, and when it dries, it can be as hard as a stone. For example, this salt-drying pool is mixed with cement and gravel, and after it is done, it can be used for many years, and the salt that comes out has no impurities. Xu Jie went back to Maria to explain the use of cement.

"Oh, that can be done with mud to stone, and it works the same. ”

"Turn mud into stone?" Xu Jie was stunned for a moment. If there was such magic, it would be much easier.

"Do any of you in the Sea Clan know this kind of magic?" asked Maria.

"Probably not among us sea tribes. Except for a few of our sea tribes who are born mages, most of them are warriors. Mages are also mostly water, wind, and spiritual. There must be a lot of earth mages among you humans, and this magic can be used by only a level 4 mage. ”

"Maria, the fourth-level human magician shouldn't come to you to make a salt pool for you, right? But when I return to the territory, I can learn this magic from my mother, and in the early stage, I should use this stupid method to dry salt first. ”

Maria looked at the little Xu Jie and thought, how old are you, you want to learn fourth-level magic, it seems that you can only use stupid methods to dry salt!

Seeing that it was still early, Xu Jie and some of them headed for the next island. Just over half an hour later, an island larger than just now appeared. "It's such a big island. ”

Mary pouted and said, "It's not big, it's just a small island, and there may be a thousand degenerate sea people on this island." ”

After arriving on the island, another group of poor naked Sea Tribesmen came to kneel down and greet them.

By this time, it was already dark, so I did not go to the island to explore, but camped at the edge of the forest not far from the beach.

Xu Jie taught those Hai people how to drill wood to make fire: "Tear off some of the bark of this kind of pine tree, tear it vertically, and put it under the sun to dry for a while, and the moisture will be gone." This kind of pine bark is oily, use this dry pointed stick, quickly drill back and forth, and when there is a little smoke out, put this dry grass wool on it, do not press it tightly, and then quickly drill back and forth, blow with your mouth, and there will be fire. ”

According to Xu Jie's method, a young man of the sea tribe with a shrimp head really drilled out of the fire, feeling the heat emitted by the fire, he cried, crying very happily, as if he had found the meaning of life.

Before, because he couldn't participate in the hunting and fighting of the Sea Clan like his brother, he could only hide on the island, eat and wait for death, and there was no hope in his whole life, no goal, and he could only increase the burden of food for his brother when he lived, and he blamed himself very much.

The little human child in front of him gave him hope, and in a short time he had learned to make a fire, he was actually very smart, he knew that he could make a fire and then he would burn hot food for his brother to eat.

Because he had already seen Xu Jie commanding one of his fellow degraded sea tribesmen with this crab head, he put a huge sea mussel shell that had been thrown aside on the fire, and used three stones to support it underneath, and went to ask someone to bring a coconut, took out the coconut water and poured it into the shell to burn.

At this time, the guards of the sea tribe sent several sea fish more than one meter long, removed the scales with wood chips, dug up the gills, dug out the internal organs and washed them, cut them into pieces, threw them into the shells and burned them, and put a large handful of white salt.