From the birthplace of the Yanjiao tribe to the longboat tribe, the distance is a little far, and it is not possible to reach it in a day or two, and you have to rest a few times along the way.

Yang Sui is more familiar with this side, although he can't say it too carefully, but where there are tribes, where there are markets, etc., this can still be said.

When he was in his hometown, in order to deal with the people of the Wanshi tribe, Shao Xuan was injured at the same time, and the clothes and pants he was wearing were stained with blood, and there were many scratches, tattered, and he looked quite depressed.

In the central part of the country, many tribes are very particular, especially those large tribes, people are judged by their clothes at the beginning, and those who are well dressed will first be classified as large tribes, and those who look more sloppy and down-and-out are classified as small tribes that do not want to pay attention.

After arriving at the bazaar, Shao Xuan went to exchange a piece of animal skin clothing. The skin of the beast is not as comfortable as the skin of the fierce beast, but at this time, you can't ask for too much, just look a little decent, after all, you can't lose the face of the tribe when you come to the middle of the country, right?

In addition to changing some winter clothes, Shao Xuan also prepared some food to eat on the road, and also inquired about the surrounding pattern, and improved the map in his hand.

Yang Sui also went to change a few thick fur clothes for winter wear, he did not use a spar such as a water moon stone, nor did he use jade, but a kind of shell.

The shells were polished, drilled and strung with rope, which was the "currency" that many people used to exchange things. When Shao Xuan was with the Pu tribe, he heard that this kind of shellfish "currency" had been mentioned in some markets, but many questions could not be solved at that time, and Yang Sui, who often used shells to trade, gave Shao Xuan a not very detailed explanation.

"This kind of shell is very useful, and many people in the middle of the country like to polish it into ornaments with this beautiful shell. In addition, this kind of shell is ground into powder, which can be used for medicine and pigments, and it is said that when the people of the Lu tribe fed the beasts they raised. They also like to mix some shell powder, and many tribes have followed suit, oh, and pottery makers also like to use some shell powder...... Hey, anyway, many people like it, so this kind of shell can be traded in the central part of the country. ”

Yang Sui handed Shao Xuan a shell, "In our tribe, there are often people who are said to come from the distant seaside, and they will bring a lot of these shells. We only need to exchange a lot of shells with them for very little things. When I left the tribe, I took a lot of them with me. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Sui was proud, although the tribe often drought, and the harvest was not good, but these shells from other tribes made the tribe not much miserable, some people who often go outside. Every time, I can exchange shells for a lot of things.

Some kind of Cheng dù said on the rain tribe. It can be regarded as a local tyrant tribe. The harvest is not good, the shells come to make up, and the life is still the same.

Not every kind of shell will be popular, Shao Xuan asked some more things about this kind of shell coin, and they were all recorded on the animal skin scroll one by one, thousands of years ago. This kind of "payment" method is not popular, this has to be understood by the tribesmen, and don't come over and not understand anything.

Since it is a kind of "coin", Shao Xuan naturally can't ask for those shells in Yang Sui's hand in vain, so he exchanged a string with Yang Sui with a water moon stone. Put it in a leather bag and take it with you when you return to the tribe.

Shao Xuan pinched the shells, and they were quite strong. In this string of shells, the color is not exactly the same, the white shells have a white luster, like shining pearls, and the other colors look good, no wonder those in the middle who have begun to pursue "beauty" like to use this shell to polish jewelry.

"It's getting colder and colder. Yang Sui gathered a animal skin coat that he had just exchanged from the market, shivered in the wind, looked at the sky, and said, "Shao Xuan, I think that within three days, it will probably snow here." It's about the same on the other side of the Longboat tribe. ”

"Then you'll have to hurry. Shao Xuan said. Once the snow starts, it's much more difficult to get there.

However, the good thing is that the winter here is not as cold as the Yanjiao tribe, according to what Shao Xuan has learned, it will not snow all the time in winter here, nor will it always snow heavily, and even the rivers in some places will not freeze.

Accustomed to the kind of winter where the sky and the earth are full of white ice and snow and the cold wind is blowing, here's nothing.

"Shao Xuan, aren't you cold?" Yang Sui asked as he looked at Shao Xuan, who was wearing a not thick animal skin coat.

"It's fine. ”

Shaking his head, looking at the chirp that landed from the air, Yang Sui put on all the animal skin clothes and a fur cloak that he had changed into today, wrapped himself like a silkworm cocoon, and wrapped his head in it, revealing his nostrils and eyes.

When flying in the air, it will be colder, and as the weather begins to drop significantly, the flutter blows uncomfortably, and that's all.

Glancing at the person wrapped in layers of animal skins, he stretched out his claws to grab it, his wings fluttered, and he flew up again.

According to the direction pointed by Yang Sui, the two of them and one eagle hurried again, and the good thing was that it was much more convenient from the air and avoided many detours. Listening to Yang Sui's words, the Changzhou tribe will not be far away. It will definitely arrive in three days, maybe two days.

It's just that Shao Xuan was a little too happy.

A day later, Shao Xuan looked at the Y-shaped forked river in front of him and asked Yang Sui, "Which way to go?"

The expression on Yang Sui's face was like constipation, and he was silent for a while before replying, "I don't know." ”

Even if there is a map, Shao Xuan just drew some rough drawings in this area based on other people's descriptions. In these years, the map of this place cannot be very accurate, even if others show the map of the place to Shao Xuan, there are many inaccuracies. It's really that today's maps are too rough to draw, with a few simple lines, and it is impossible to find the exact location.

And Shao Xuan still believes too much in Yang Sui's experience and sense of direction.

"I just remember that if you follow the river, you can get there. Yang Sui was also helpless, he followed the long-distance team from the other side through the longboat tribe to the middle, not far from this river, he remembered that he had been walking near the river, he really didn't know that there would be such a fork in the road here, so that when he returned from the middle to the edge, he couldn't remember the road.

Left or right?

Generally speaking, if there is a wide tributary and a narrow tributary, then it is fine, the longboat tribe naturally goes to the side of the wide tributary, but now......

Looking at the two tributaries of about the same width in front of him, even Shao Xuan couldn't tell which side to choose.

There was no human figure around, and no signs of people were found in the vicinity. In a small area, you won't see other tribes.

It's off the beaten track.

Either wait here to see if anyone else passes by and ask for directions, or let the chirp fly forward and explore the way first, or turn back and ask someone for directions.

The former is too uncertain, just like Yang Sui said, now that it's almost winter, there are a lot fewer people coming out for activities, who knows when they will be able to meet the third person?

"That'...... What then?" Yang asked, clutching his hungry stomach.

Shao Xuan thought about it and made a decision: "It's not early now, let's rest nearby for one night first, and wait until tomorrow." ”

"I think so too, there should be a few fleets of the Longboat tribe that haven't returned this year, they will definitely pass through here when they go back, let's wait a little longer and we should be able to see the fleet of the Longboat tribe." It is said that they all return to the tribe in the days before and after the snowfall. ”

"Well, then wait around the corner. Shao Xuan glanced around and pointed to a mountain next to him, "Go over there." ”

After hunting a wild beast, lighting a fire, roasting and eating, Shao Xuan came to a place on the mountain, from here, he could clearly see the situation on the other side of the river, and he would not miss anything.

"If there is a fleet of longboat tribes passing by at night, you can see it from a long distance, and the fire of the boat river is not nonsense. Yang Sui said.

"Boat river fire?"

"You'll find out when you see it. Yang Sui yawned and went to find a leeward spot to take a nap.

Midnight.

Shao Xuan opened his eyes and looked at the fork of the river, but he didn't find anything, but when he looked upstream, he found that a little spark was moving.

No, it wasn't a little spark, it was a ship with torches.

When the ship over there got closer and closer, "Mars" also became a line of fire.

It was the fleet of the Longboat tribe, and each boat had torches burning and there were many boats, so it looked like a flowing line of fire.

This is the boat river fire flow?

This river is often called the "Boat River" because it is often carried by the fleet of the Longboat tribe, and the fire flow is probably the current situation.

Chirp saw the "fire stream", flapped his wings, and the sleeping Yang Sui was awakened.

Looking down with a yawn, Yang Sui was overjoyed: "I really ran into it! This is the fire flow of the boat river!!"

Shao Xuan has seen too many things in his previous life, and this scene is nothing now, but this is undoubtedly shocking in today's environment.

The boat of the Longboat Tribe is really big, a little bigger than Shao Xuan thought, and it is stable, and there are masts and sails on board. But now, most of the boat's movement still relies on manpower, and Shao Xuan can clearly hear the sound of paddling coming from there.

"Are they also on their way at night?" asked Shao Xuan.

There were no radars, no navigators, and other aids, but the boats of the Longboat tribe were able to move safely at night.

"The fleet of the Longboat tribe often goes this way, and it is very familiar, and there used to be many people who also sailed at night, but many of them had accidents, either they crashed ashore, or there were other accidents, but it is very rare to hear of accidents in the Longboat tribe. And the boat river fire flow is the most distinctive scene of the longboat tribe. Yang Sui looked at the long stream of fire below and admired.

On the boat river, Shao Xuan watched this "fire flow" gradually come to the fork and pass through the tributary on the right.

"That's it!" (To be continued......) R1292