Through the toll incident, Yan Zheng felt that he was taking headhunting culture for granted.

He felt that there was really no right to speak without investigation.

Although headhunting has led to wariness among various tribes, there are also some basic beliefs.

It was as if after the leader gave away the skins and flesh of the beasts, several wild men immediately rushed over and said a few words in a prayerful posture.

Yan Zheng guessed that this should be a few oaths.

That is, the tribe accepted the leader's gift and swore that there would be no headhunting this time.

This surprised Yan Zheng at the same time, but also felt reasonable.

In this way, under the close supervision of more than a hundred young people of that tribe, Yan Zheng walked along the side path with the team.

There was no more communication between the two sides, and each other's eyes were full of vigilance, but neither of them acted excessively.

Yan Zheng felt that this was a positive sign, the tribe in front of him, they were also backward, but they were just relying on the large number of people.

If this manpower advantage can be offset in the future, there is a high probability that other tribes can accept rules like tolls.

And he found that this tribe was relatively far away from his own tribe.

This also gave him a new way of thinking, headhunters must have caused the most hatred with neighboring tribes.

Therefore, there should be a lot of market in this area!

As the team continued to move forward, Yan Zheng came to a mountainous area.

He had been in the tribe and had seen the outline of this main peak.

It was only when he got closer that he realized that it was a huge mountain range that stretched horizontally in front of him, and there was no end in sight.

This kind of scenery looks very majestic, which makes Yan Zheng can't help but sigh.

The leader pointed to a mountain in front of him and muttered to Yan Zheng, as if to say that they had been to this mountain before.

Then he took Yan Zheng and walked towards the valley next to him.

It was already dusk, and the leader asked the team to pick up the pace.

Before it was completely dark, they came to a cave.

The leader said that this was the cave.

Under the light of the torches, Yan Zheng observed the cave.

He found that there were a lot of quartz stones here, which looked white on the cave walls.

Looking at the dirt below and the soil on the cave wall, Yan Zheng nodded with satisfaction.

As long as it is a hole, the soil will contain nitrate.

Because of the existence of nitrifying bacteria, the cave has been depositing nitrate for thousands of years, especially in the cave is generally warm in winter and cool in summer, and this difference with the outside temperature leads to the easier enrichment of nitrate in the cave.

All the clansmen began to prepare to rest, and to Yan Zheng's surprise, there were traces of human activity in this cave.

The clansmen also seem to be very familiar with this cave, and many people are lazy and begin to find a place to rest after entering the cave.

The clansmen who were in charge of lighting the fire and cooking even found a pile of dry firewood in the cave.

Yan Zheng only drank porridge as usual, he really couldn't accept it, meat without salt and seasonings.

The three seasoning crops he found this time, as long as they are planted well, will soon be harvested.

Even if he doesn't have salt, he can try to eat some fish or something.

The tribesmen had a good appetite and devoured them one by one.

The leader was not thinking about eating, he asked Yan Zheng through body language, he had already gone to the cave, what did he want to do.

Yan Zheng pointed to the soil on the wall, scraped it off, and signaled the leader that he was here for it.

The chief held the soil and looked and sniffed, but could not see anything famous in it.

Yan Zheng smiled and let him taste it.

The leader hesitated for a moment, then picked up a bit of dirt and put it in his mouth, then spit it out with his eyes wide open, and hurriedly rinsed his mouth.

Yan Zheng smiled even more happily, it seems that this is a very good nitrate.

The leader did not have the anger after being teased, he had already figured out the truth, the stranger the taste, the more useful.

When the people had eaten their fill, the leader asked them to begin collecting the earth from the cave walls.

At Yan Zheng's request, they tried to fill every basket as much as possible.

It's just that the soil is looser, so you have to hammer it to get the maximum amount of dirt away.

Fortunately, the clansmen have good skills in weaving the back basket, so they won't leak too much, otherwise, Yan Zheng really has to get the sack out first.

After doing this, the leader gave another order to the people.

This made a few young men seem to be a little dissatisfied, but after expressing a few words, they were scolded back by the leader with a word.

They had to find a place to sleep.

After a while, the cave was snoring like thunder.

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The next day, Yan Zheng got up very early.

Sleeping in a cave is really torture.

But as soon as he opened his eyes, he noticed that the leader seemed to have gotten up earlier, and he was standing at the entrance of the cave, looking at the sky as if observing the weather.

After seeing Yan Zheng get up, the leader signaled to him that he would take people to the mountains today.

This is the first time that a leader has done something with a purpose.

Yan Zheng was a little curious, but from the leader's slightly serious expression, he understood that this trip might be a little difficult.

He didn't want to ask why, not to mention, he was also interested in the mountains.

When the sky turned white, the leader woke up all the clansmen.

He didn't even give time to eat breakfast, so he led the team and began to walk towards the mountains.

The clansmen also acted very quickly, and the big man who carried Yan Zheng on his back began to become three people.

The three of them took turns reciting a section, as if to ensure speed.

The leader quickly and cautiously navigated the mountain paths, which became narrower and narrower, and in many places were not even roaded.

After climbing the first hill, the leader brought the party to a halt.

After a moment of observation, the team moved on.

Yan Zheng didn't know what they were looking for, and his eyes were constantly looking to see if there were any new discoveries.

After walking for a while, he slapped the big man who was carrying him violently.

After the big man understood, he shouted in a low voice, and the leader immediately stopped.

Yan Zheng pointed to a piece of honey locust in the distance and motioned to the leader to let people pick some.

It's a wild honey locust that looks like it's all over the place, and it's a good natural detergent.

It's not a big discovery, but at least it can be used instead of plant ash for bathing.

The leader asked a few of his clansmen to pick some and hurried on.

When we crossed a mountain again, there was no road to speak of, and there were thorns and steep slopes everywhere.

The leader asked the people to stop, and then they all hid tightly, and began to wait for something without saying a word.

Yan Zheng also waited with the three big men on the side, judging from their serious expressions, he obviously attached great importance to this matter.

just kept lying on his stomach, and when Yan Zheng was sleepy, the big man next to him suddenly moved slightly.

Yan Zheng immediately cheered up, only to hear two crisp cries coming from a tree not far away.

He looked closely, and he noticed that there were two very nice big birds in the tree.

Wrong! Why the fuck is this so much like a pheasant?

The tribesmen were delighted, and some people began to creep closer.

The leader gave a stern stop look, which frightened the people from moving again.

Then the leader picked up a bow, approached the big bird very lightly, raised the bow and arrows, and swished!

The tribesmen said that it was too late and that it was too fast, and just as the big bird was about to flee, one by one they jumped out, and a dozen arrows flew out.

It's a pity that the self-made wooden bow is not strong, and it is all stroke masters.

The leader sighed with a pang of pain on his face.

Yan Zheng looked at the feathers on the leader's hat, and seemed to understand why they were here.

It seems that the feathers of this big bird are very precious in the eyes of the tribe.

However, these big birds are only found in the mountains, so they have to try their luck here.

This also makes sense, why the tribe would accept bribes before and then let people go over generously.

It seems that this is a kind of mutual compromise made by the two sides in order to reduce miscalculations after a long period of contact.

And Yan Zheng thinks that more than one tribe should enter the deep mountains, otherwise why is this kind of bird only left in the deep mountains?

Unless this bird can only live deep in the mountains.

It's a pity that this time, the leaders are unlucky.

The leader gathered his people with some frustration, as if he wanted to ambush him in another place.

Yan Zheng stopped him and asked the people to take a look at the big bird's nest in the tree.

After the clansmen came down with the big bird's nest, Yan Zheng found that there were six eggs inside.

He couldn't help but be happy, wasn't it just a few birds?

It's too simple for him!

Just as he was triumphant, a strange scream rang out.

The leader's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly asked a few big men to protect Yan Zheng, and the group began to evacuate quickly.

Whoosh - the sound of arrows breaking through the air was heard.

Yan Zheng was shocked, he didn't expect that there were still wild people in this deep mountain.

And the arrows will be released when you meet!

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