Guarded by three big men, Yan Zheng was lying on his back, for fear that the arrows that didn't have long eyes would hit him.

At this moment, he really regretted it, if the leader had told him in advance that there was danger in the mountains, he would have stayed in the cave and waited for the return of his people.

He hugged the bird's nest and lowered his body in fear, listening to the panicked cries of his people.

In the face of such a surprise attack, the clansmen had no organization to speak of, and they were all running in one direction frantically.

And this group of wild men is also very difficult, and the sound of arrows breaking through the wind is always heard in the air.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, the tribesmen stopped to catch their breath.

Strangely, the wild men did not pursue and release the arrows again.

The leader looked at the vanishing mountain savages with some embarrassment, and his eyes showed hatred.

This time, a total of three clansmen did not return.

There were more than twenty wounded, and even the three big men who protected Yan Zheng had an arrow in the back.

Fortunately, the arrow did not penetrate strongly, but it hung on him and did not hurt his internal organs.

All the clansmen were a little sad, looking deep into the mountains, as if hoping that the companion who stayed behind would miraculously run out of the mountain.

After waiting for a few hours, the leader finally ordered the team to return.

Judging by his silent expression, he was also saddened by this loss.

Yan Zheng didn't understand why they would take the risk to hunt this pheasant-like bird.

He looked at the nest he was holding, and almost cried.

Two of the six eggs were broken, and only four were left intact.

He had to hope that these four eggs could hatch perfectly.

He handed the broken egg to the injured clansman, who smirked and poured the egg into his mouth.

The return journey was less joyful for the clansmen.

But for Yan Zheng, the mood is good.

If there was no such thing as going into the mountains behind, this expedition would have been perfect.

He got a total of 57 back baskets of nitrate and 28 back baskets of iron fungus and slime.

There are more than 10 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, three kinds of seasoning crops, and four eggs.

The price paid was a dozen skins, plus ten baskets of dried meat, plus the lives of three clansmen.

Overall, the operation was a success.

He dug up all the marked plants along the way, and carefully let the people carry them without hurting the roots.

In fact, for him, three seasoning crops are the biggest harvest. Because it is closely related to his future life, he dreams of eating fragrant meat now.

The tribesmen walked without hurry, and when they returned to the tribe again, it was already the third day after departure.

They were welcomed by the tribesmen, who soon discovered that there were fewer people in the ranks.

Looking at the harvest again, the clansmen could not be happy.

Not only did they lose a lot of skin and jerky, but they also lost their people, but they only got a few dozen baskets of soil.

The leader was also a little frustrated, and he silently explained the trip to Wu.

Wu Chang let out a long sigh and focused on what Yan Zheng had brought back.

Yan Zheng didn't have time to share their sadness, and after he signaled to the leader of Wu He, he summoned a few clansmen to go to the reeds by the river to dig some soil.

Then he used the soil to build a small vegetable patch next to his thatched hut.

After leveling, he carefully planted the three seasoning crops he brought back into pieces.

Peilan, Xinyi, Shiso.

Whether he can eat meat happily depends on these three plots of land.

After doing this, he picked up the four eggs and went to the thatched hut.

There are many ways to hatch eggs in the soil method, and the only thing he can do is the soil kang.

As for whether he can succeed, he doesn't have much hope, anyway, there is a maid Lan Ya to help him guard, and he doesn't have to work hard.

He found the people who had burned the pottery that day and let them play in the mud in the thatched hut.

After setting up a small clay kang with a chimney, Yan Zheng lit a fire in it and waited for it to be dried.

He was busy until night, and Yan Zheng was sure that he could hatch the eggs.

Spread a layer of thatch, then cover with animal skins, and then place a clay cup with water on the other side of the kang with water.

I felt the temperature of the clay kang with my hands, which is probably the feeling that my hands can feel the warmth.

After a few tests, the size of the fire and the rate of heating up can be determined.

Then I felt the temperature of the water in the clay cup with my hands.

Yan Zheng asked Lan Ya to watch him operate it again, and he also deliberately simplified it.

When the water in the clay cup is warm, the skin is lifted and the egg is cooled.

Then by stretching the firewood, keep the kang as a small fire.

As for egg turning and humidification, this has to be done by Yan Zheng himself.

When he was a child, he had seen the old lady incubate eggs with a kerosene lamp, and the principle was similar.

Under his signal, Lan Ya quickly understood that she had to guard this earthen kang all night.

She didn't complain at all, and even carried the joy of a girl.

This made Yan Zheng's conscience sting, and it took more than twenty days to hatch the eggs, and he didn't know if he could succeed.

Just because of one of his ideas, a young girl had to work so hard for more than 20 days.

In order to settle his conscience, he immediately ran to the leader's thatched hut, wanting to find a few helpers for Lan Ya.

After listening to Yan Zheng's gesture, the leader deliberately went to Yan Zheng's thatched house to take a look.

After thoroughly understanding what Yan Zheng meant, there was a burst of brilliance in his eyes.

He thanked Yan Zheng heavily, and then he actually wanted to stare at it himself.

Yan Zheng was speechless for a while, isn't it just a pheasant?

How could the leader be so concerned?

He immediately felt empty, this is a chance hatching egg, if one does not hatch in the end, then how to explain?

But looking at the leader's radiant eyes, he still silently taught the leader how to operate.

Then Yan Zheng watched speechlessly as the leader called Wu Ye over, and the two of them decided to stare together.

Yan Zheng sighed, he couldn't understand the mind of the savage.

In order to prevent being woken up by these people in the middle of the night, he chose to move to sleep in the leader's thatched hut.

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Lying on the hide, he recalled the exploration and felt that the most difficult thing was iron ore.

There must be iron ore in that Black Forest, and he just hated not having a magnet.

Because as long as he had a magnet, he could let his people go to the river in the Black Forest to collect iron sand.

And the big river next to the tribe can also collect iron sand.

Although the efficiency is very slow, a few clansmen can still make a hoe after collecting it for a month.

Of course, it would be better if you could find shallow iron ore exposed on the surface.

It doesn't need to be a bonanza, as long as it can have a few hundred tons, it is enough to make this tribe the most powerful existence in the wild world.

In the final analysis, it is the natural geographical environment that will affect the process of development, and it does not seem to be the determining force, but for many races and regions, this is the determining force.

If the Indians had grown up with copper and tamable large livestock, they would not have lived a primitive life for thousands of years.

Even with an advanced calendar, astronomy is doing well. But in terms of productivity, they haven't changed much for thousands of years.

Therefore, even if there is no copper mine, Yan Zheng must let the people of the tribe understand that some stones can refine the most powerful weapons and the best tools.

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