Mo Shan looked at the corpses outside the camp in a daze, a little distracted.

A few days ago, these men had called the priest very respectfully when they saw them, but because of the order of the solitary detachment, they began to hunt them down, and finally died here.

Ay......

Mo Shan sighed in his heart, he didn't blame the Xia tribe or Xia Qi, he just couldn't understand why things had become the way they were.

Obviously, he just wants to rely on this tribe, become the priest of the Dushan tribe again, and avenge the leader. But now that the people of the Dushan tribe have been killed, the two tribes are considered to have made a mortal enmity, and there is no room for relaxation.

Pan took people to clean up the battlefield, Xia Qi turned his head to look at Moshan, and didn't see the loneliness on his face.

"Tell me, how many people are in this Dushan tribe, and how many people can participate in the battle."

Regarding Xia Qi's question, there was obvious resistance on Mo Shan's face, although it was true that he was expelled from the tribe, but he just wanted to use the Xia tribe at the beginning, and for the Dushan tribe, his sense of belonging was definitely higher than that of the Xia tribe.

But......

Because of those fools, the patriarch of the Xia tribe obviously had a very strong hostility towards the Dushan tribe.

But the situation is stronger than people, and feeling Xia Qi's increasingly fierce killing of him, Moshan finally succumbed.

"The Dushan tribe should have more than 1,300 people now, and in addition to the old people and children, there are probably more than 900 people who can fight."

The moment Mo Shan finished speaking, he suddenly lost his spirit.

In this era, there are many people who can betray their tribe for a bite to eat.

There are also people who would rather die than give in and betray their tribe, but there are very few.

And Moshan was just in between, at first he didn't want to betray the Dushan tribe, but in the face of the threat of death, he finally gave in.

But when Xia Qi heard it, he almost didn't react, what kind of thing, more than a thousand people dare to run rampant? Are you blind to my eyes, who built more than 2,000 of the walls?

Oh, the pit in the south has been dug up, go dig the north one, these people didn't look? That's fine.

I don't know if these guys are lucky or unlucky, they walked all the way from the other side of Daxia Lake, and they didn't touch the fishing team, and it just so happened that the foundation pit in the south had been dug yesterday, except for some of the people who went to dig clay, the rest were transferred to the north to collect firewood and dig the pit.

After more than ten minutes, the battlefield was cleaned up, and the usable loot was piled up and piled up at random, and the people were taken away and disposed of.

Xia Qi rummaged through the loot at random, a few stone spears, a few slings, and a few animal skin bags, these were all the loot.

Let's say these guys are poor, but the tip of the stone spear is made of jade, but when they say they are rich, they don't have any protective gear on their bodies, and they don't even have any copper items.

Xia Qi opened one of the animal skin bags, which contained a gray-white powder and granules.

"What is this?" Xia Qi asked Moshan.

Mo Shan glanced at it and replied, "This is the flavor soil, and sprinkling some on top of the food can make the food even more delicious." ”

He also told Xia Qi that not far from the camp of the Dushan tribe, there was a depression with a kind of whitish soil, because it could add flavor to food, and people would often collect some.

Hearing Mo Shan's words, Xia Qi's heart moved, and his heart said, Why does this thing sound so like salt? So he dipped some of his fingers into his mouth and put them in his mouth, and instantly a salty, astringent and earthy smell filled his mouth.

"Phew!"

Xia Qi's whole face was wrinkled, but the joy in his eyes was almost overflowing.

It's really the salt that I've been thinking about for a long time!

Originally, Xia Qi didn't care much about the Dushan tribe, as long as the other party didn't die first, he didn't bother to provoke, after all, the top priority of the tribe now was to build the city wall, and the Qingyan tribe was there.

But seeing the salt, Xia Qi instantly adjusted the tribe's next plan, and obtained the salt from the Dushan tribe, which was alongside the construction of the city wall and the planning of the Qingyan tribe.

Xia Qi didn't want these salts just for the sake of appetite, but the salt was too important.

In China, salt has been an important resource since ancient times, along with iron. It was also one of the most important financial sources of the feudal dynasty.

Salt has the title of the king of all flavors and has an irreplaceable effect on maintaining human health.

"Patriarch, are you looking for me?"

As soon as the deer returned from the exploration mission, someone came to inform the patriarch that he had something to look for, and hurriedly ran over.

Looking at the deer in the dust, Xia Qi's heart felt a trace of unbearable, but this matter is very important, in a sense, it can be said that it is related to the future development of the tribe, so this task is none other than the deer.

"Yes, on the other side of the Great Xia Lake, there is a tribe called Dushan. You go and find out how many people there are in this tribe and where the camp is located. ”

Xia Qi thought for a while, and then said: "Also, you see if there is a depression near the Dushan tribe, there is a kind of white soil, if you can, collect some back." ”

For Moshan, Xia Qi has always been skeptical of his words, and judging from his previous performance, it can be seen that he still has feelings for the Dushan tribe. What's more, until now, he has not surrendered to the Xia tribe.

Xia Qi didn't want to be cheated by this old guy in the end, and became a knife in his hand.

After receiving Xia Qi's task, Lu didn't dare to slack off, and immediately gathered five of his subordinates after leaving Xia Qi, formed an exploration team, and set off towards the Dushan tribe on the other side of Daxia Lake.

They paddled on skis and on the ice, with blindfolds on their faces.

Skis and eye patches, these are the two things that Xia Qixin has come up with.

Skis allow them to paddle quickly on snow and ice, while eye patches are a guarantee that they won't get lost in the snow.

It is easy for people to suffer from snow blindness when walking in the snow, and wearing sunglasses on the blue star can solve it, but in this primitive era, there is no such thing as sunglasses.

Therefore, Xia Qi thought of a way to dig out two thin slits in a piece of animal skin, which is also called a blindfold.

After putting on the blindfold, a person observes the outside world through two thin slits, which can reduce the exposure of people's eyes to the sunlight reflected by the snow. Although it may be a little uncomfortable at first, after wearing it for a while, it will be used to it.

The deer and their entourage paddled quickly on the ice of Daxia Lake, and it took them nearly two days and one night to reach the other side of Daxia Lake, which shows how big the area of Daxia Lake is.

Along the way, they ate some jerky when they were hungry, grabbed a handful of snow when they were thirsty, and traveled overnight, which caused the exploration team to look a little out of spirits.

Six people were lying on their stomachs by the lake for a short rest, their bodies covered in white woolen cloaks, perfectly concealing their figures.

In a matter of minutes, they climbed up from the snow, and each chose a direction and scattered, looking for useful information.

Later, the six people regrouped in the same place, and five people, including the deer, shook their heads, indicating that they had not found anything.

"I found a lot of footprints over there." Finally the man said.

"Let's go, go over and have a look."

Looking at a large footprint on the ground, Lu analyzed: "Judging from the pointing of the toes, the other party went all the way from the south to the north, and finally reached our Xia tribe through the ice. If nothing else, the owner of these footprints should be Moshan and the people who chased him. ”

As an exploration team, the most basic direction is to know the most basic direction, otherwise you can't say why you can't make a map.

It also didn't snow during this time, otherwise the footprints were covered with snow, and if you want to find the Dushan tribe, you really have to waste some thought.

For the analysis of the deer, several team members gave it a approval.

"In this way, let's follow these footprints, and we will definitely find the camp of the Dushan tribe."

"Just do as you say."

Seeing that several team members had no opinions, the deer stopped being verbose and took the lead along the footprints.

It didn't take long for a mountain to appear in front of several people, the mountain was not too high, and you could see the faint camp at the foot of the mountain, and everyone's hearts were shocked, knowing that they were not looking for the wrong place.

It's just that from here, the defense has become much tighter, and from time to time you can see the warriors of the opposite tribe patrolling.

The deer were discussing how to get as close to the Dushan tribe as possible.

"The goal of the six of us is a bit big, so I'll go to check on the Dushan tribe alone, and a few of you will go to find the depression that the patriarch said, and collect some of that white soil as much as possible."

The group immediately split up, knowing that this was undoubtedly the best thing to do, and out of long-standing trust in the deer, none of them refuted.

After the team members parted, the deer breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly took off the skis, and in order to increase the field of vision and observe the surroundings more conveniently, the deer even took off the blindfold.

The deer's sheepskin cloak began to move closer and closer to the tribe in the distance, and the whole time, his mood was calm, his ears carefully catching all the sounds around him, and his eyes kept wandering.

"Someone!"

With a small cracking sound, the deer's heart tightened, and he quickly lay on the ground, almost blending with the snow with the white fur on his body.

The wandering eyes carefully observed the surroundings, only to see three people with stone spears walking by more than ten meters away, they did not notice the deer in front of them, and talked to each other and walked away.

It wasn't until the three of them were far away that the deer breathed a sigh of relief, maintained a position lying on the snow, and crawled slowly forward with his arms for some distance......

At first, the camp of the Dushan tribe was only a small one, but as the deer approached, the size of the response of the Dushan tribe continued to increase.

Bang... Bang...

As he got closer to the Dushan tribe, the deer's heartbeat also increased, and in the silence of the snow, he could clearly hear the sound of his own heart beating.

"Whew-" With a long and slow exhale, the deer forced himself to calm down.

"Calm down, calm down! I have the protective cloak that the patriarch gave me, and those people will not find me. ”

The deer held his breath and crept forward, not in a straight line, but in a detour, trying to keep himself in as shelter as possible.

In the end, the deer managed to reach a position that was quite close to the Dushan tribe and was able to see the situation of the opposing camp.

After a rough estimate of the total population of this tribe, the deer began to choose to retreat.

The deer took a deep breath and began to slowly retreat, completing the task was not the ultimate goal, and it was only a success to send the collected information back to the tribe.

He knew very well in his heart that he was still within the confines of the other tribe's area, and it was not safe until he was really away from this area.

The deer crawled slowly and retreated, until he reached the place where he took off his skis, he quickly put on his skis, the snow poles in his hands poked the ground again and again, and the scene on both sides was rapidly reversing backwards, even if the Dushan tribe found him, they would definitely not be able to catch up.

By the time the deer had successfully reached the agreed location, the other five were already waiting there, and they were much smoother compared to the deer.

Even after such a long period of snow, the snow in that depression is more conspicuous than the surrounding ground. While they were collecting the white soil, a few people from the Dushan tribe came, but because they were wearing cloaks, they were not discovered, and not far from them, there was a group of people from other tribes, and they were eyeing their own tribe.

In the same way, if it weren't for the fear of being discovered by their own group, they would definitely grab a few more tongues and come back.

In the end, the exploration team, which had successfully completed the task, marched towards the direction where the Xia tribe was located.