Chapter 100: Crocodile Hunting
Under a low jungle, Chen Xu looked at the bird feather ape man who had been following him with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "What's the matter with you?" ”
"Yes, great Vulcan. ”
After sorting out the language, the Toba ape people were quite excited to tell Chen Xu about the harvest of their group by the big river, and finally stated, "The creature named the crocodile by the god of fire, although the flesh is tough and unpalatable, but the skin is tough, we accidentally caught one, and found that it was difficult to completely peel it off with ordinary stone tools." ”
"In the end, I used those artifacts to completely shave the crocodile skin, and after I finished it, I found that if the crocodile skin could be worn on the body, it would be much more convenient to hunt. ”
The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and when he got to it, he almost danced with his eyebrows, and it seemed that he must have really realized the magic of crocodile skin.
"Oh!"
A light flashed in his eyes, listening to these words, Chen Xu's heart was really touched, the words of the bird feather ape man gave him a wake-up call, it was obvious that if he could be equipped with clothes made of leather, the survivability of the apes could not only be improved by one or two percent.
Now, it seems that they also have some qualifications to make leather goods, after the last expedition to Heiyan, Chen Xu brought back ten pieces of red copper, after careful polishing, now has become more than a dozen exquisite weapons, far more convenient and sharp than stone weapons.
After a period of jungle hunting, the Vulcan tribe has captured many jungle overlords, although these jungle overlords are not demon beasts, but they are also very strong natural overlords, their canine tooth bones are very dense, and the weapons used to grind are very sharp, even if they are not far behind the red bronze weapons.
Although these weapons add up to not much, there are one or two hundred, in addition, there are many bones of the jungle overlord in the tribe, if they are made with all their strength, they can also get more sharp bone weapons, in Chen Xu's point of view, it will not take a few days, not to mention more, there is still no problem with five hundred sharp bone weapons.
With these weapons, which resembled the steel knives of later generations, it was possible to cut leather armor, and due to the development of the fishing industry, the production of fishing nets became a top priority in the tribe, so the research and development of materials for the weaving of fishing nets became a top priority in the minds of the ape people.
Under the leadership of the valley ape-men, the apes who were in charge of fishing formed a branch, which was the prototype of the textile industry, which specialized in finding plants that could be kneaded into silk strands, and developing the weaving of various ropes.
By now, they had made great progress, and a few months earlier they had mastered the art of weaving hemp rope from the skin of the flax tree, and the technique of weaving unusually tough silk threads was gradually taking shape by mixing various plants.
With the efforts of these apes, it is much easier to weave silk threads suitable for sewing clothes, and if you add a little animal tendon, imitating the style of the horse armor of later generations, as long as you have a suitable animal skin, Chen Xu will soon be able to make a leather armor.
With these conditions as a basis, it seems that the matter of making leather armor can also be put on the right track, and now the words of the Toba ape man have reminded Chen Xu.
If you ask which creature has the best skin to make leather armor, it seems that in addition to the jungle lords who hunt in the tribe, there are only crocodiles left by the river.
And the hunting of the jungle overlord is not simple, if it is not necessary, Chen Xu will not risk the extraordinary cost of the death and injury of the tribesmen to provoke them.
But if you deal with crocodiles, it's different, with some modern tools, with the strength and agility of these apes, and act collectively, these so-called killer crocodiles are completely a joke, and they can't bring them any harm at all.
With these thoughts quickly turning around a few times in his mind, Chen Xu shouted to an ape-man not far away, and after a while, the super ape-man led the members of his brigade to arrive.
"That's a good idea, so lead the way now!"
After Chen Xu finished speaking, the bird-feather ape-man suddenly roared excitedly, turned around and strode forward.
Everyone walked directly through the woods to the east, and quickly moved forward along the territory that used to belong to a certain speed-type jungle overlord, but now it was the territory of the Fire God, and after walking for less than ten minutes, they arrived at the river beach where Chen Xu and the others had seen the Overlord Saber-toothed Tiger for the first time, saving more than two hours in time compared to before.
This vast area from the river beach to the hill is now completely owned by the Vulcan tribe, and all the terrifying jungle overlords who are threatened, and the cluster of carnivores such as jackals and porcupines have also been driven away, and now this area is quite peaceful, and has become a paradise for some herbivores.
Now as soon as everyone came to the side of the river beach, what caught their eyes was many herbivores drinking water, including yellow sheep, wildebeest, elk, one-horned rhinoceros, etc., in short, the biological species are very complex, and Chen Xu's knowledge cannot completely distinguish them.
Mixed in the middle of a group of herbivores, are a few smuggled over carnivores, for this kind of carnivores, the apes also take a laissez-faire attitude, as long as they do not form too large a scale, they will not drive and kill, this is of course Chen Xu's order.
Getting back to the point, across the beach, the elite ape-man warriors walked and alarmed all these peaceful animals, and in the face of the terrifying queue that swept across the jungle, they could only choose to avoid the gray, as for those carnivores, when the group of ape-men appeared, they had already hidden in the jungle with their tails between their legs, and they had already been scared.
Soon before coming to the river beach, Chen Xu saw dozens of apes in the hunting team were surrounding the river, one by one with bamboo spears and wooden sticks in their hands to tease the dead wood crocodiles in the river, once a crocodile was fooled, open its big mouth to pounce, as long as it was close to the shore, it would be completely caught by the apes with the fishing nets in their hands, and then a few people used their strength to completely drag it onto the river bank.
After that, the ape-men, who had also been trained to imitate the training methods of the army, easily killed the struggling and roaring crocodile, threw it on the beach behind them, and began to lure the next crocodile on.
The whole process seemed skillful and fast, full of artistic beauty, after watching it for a while, Chen Xu understood that these apes had thoroughly mastered the surnames of these murderous crocodiles, and the current crocodiles, in their eyes, were just a bunch of food that could crawl.
Chen Xu's arrival soon alarmed the ape-man who was on the rise, seeing the great god of fire coming, everyone stopped their work one after another, and the ape-man in the water also retreated to the river beach, all bowing their heads slightly to express their respect for the god of fire.
After a few words and a few praises of the ape-man, Chen Xu called an old ape-man in the hunting team, and just now, Chen Xu noticed that it was this old ape-man who had full authority to command all the affairs of the crocodile hunt.
Summoned all the super apes and the captain and deputy captain of his brigade, and in front of everyone, Chen Xu instructed the somewhat flattered old ape man to carefully explain the method of hunting crocodiles, and promised that if he spoke well, it could really be popularized on a large scale, and in the future, this old ape man could become the deputy of the Toba ape man and enjoy the treatment of the vice captain of the hunting team.
Hearing this, the old ape-man was naturally very excited, and the other apes also cast envious eyes, and even the Toba ape-man couldn't help but be a little jealous of this old guy's good luck, but they didn't say anything, after all, this old guy does have a set of hunting.
He is from the Cangshu tribe, at the beginning of the fire god tribe in the handyman, the daily task is to pick wild fruits, grass stems, and do some other sundries, until one day, out of the words to remind the hunting team, only to enter the field of vision of the bird feather ape, did not expect to be out of control from then on, to now, has become a living dictionary in the hunting team.
What's even more unexpected is that this old guy will get the kiss of the god of fire, and it is conceivable that if he does not die early in the future, he will definitely rise all the way.
Here, I can't talk about the ideology of the apes, the apes gradually realized the benefits of rights in the long life of abundance, some careful thinking also arose in the hearts of the apes, and the signs of private ownership began to rise gradually, and the position of the deputy captain of the hunting team will naturally make the apes rush to it.
For example, almost every ape-man now has his own room, so private goods are gradually becoming popular.
Like Chen Xu, the god of fire, the entire tribe of the god of fire is his private belongings, so there are not many private items in his room, but there are a few, such as the red copper knife of the leader of the black rock, such as the vajra dagger, such as the long horn of the leader of the deer horn, such as the silver wolf horn in his hand.
With Chen Xu's example, first several captains and vice-captains in the army had rooms for reading, and then they began to store exquisite pottery, sharp weapons, and some delicious fruits, intentionally or unintentionally, and after that, this trend spread to several small leaders, who also had rich personal possessions, and did not worry about eating and drinking at all.
Therefore, up to now, the apes in the entire tribe, whether men, women, or children, can be said to have their own private property, and the consciousness of private ownership has gradually penetrated into the hearts of the apes, and the concept of class has shown a complementary and complementary promoting effect, and it is rapidly spreading among the Vulcan tribe.
Soon, the excited old ape-man trembled and passed on the experience of hunting crocodiles to the captains, and under Chen Xu's instructions, he personally selected a few ape-man warriors, demonstrated them in the water, and successfully hunted a murderous giant crocodile more than four meters long, which perfectly expressed the method he said before.
At this moment, Chen Xu saw that this old guy really had two strikes, so he followed his previous promise and gave him the position of deputy captain of the hunting team.
With the experience and guidance of the old ape-man, the super ape-man and several captains seemed to have some experience, so Chen Xu ordered them to start hunting the killer giant crocodile with the assistance of the old ape-man.
Seeing this scene, Chen Xu completely handed over the matter to the super ape and the bird feather ape, so that they could hunt and kill this crocodile as much as possible while ensuring safety under the guidance of the old ape.
(To be continued)