Chapter Seventy-Nine: Costume Change

However, the people on both sides who have been more familiar with each other have already communicated at this time, and learned that Teng Snake only dried the mushrooms and kept them, and they have been preserved until now, and some of the mushroom flavors have not been lost, but more delicious, and the people in the black water also feel very amazing, it turns out that this thing can still be eaten like this, which is really an eye-opener.

The next day, the tribe covered all three houses with thick grass and mud, and at the same time raised a number of fires around them to try to dry them as soon as possible.

Most of the mud is dug out of the river for the convenience of the material, and the silt does not smell good, even if you have paid attention to it when digging, it will still have a little taste, and it can be slightly better after drying.

Anyway, the most important thing here is wood, you can use it boldly and with confidence, in order to build a new house for Shui Yun, a batch of wood has been cut in the past two days, and there are naturally more branches that can be used as firewood.

In two days, the group built three houses, which is barely completed, at least for now, it is not a big problem to move in.

In the past two days, the people in Heishui are not as restrained as before, and Song Xuan has also explained to Teng Snake's people, trying to communicate with the people around him as much as possible, no matter what, the relationship will be good first.

As for the language of communication between the two sides, it is naturally based on the original language here, and as for Mandarin, it can only be taught to them slowly in life, but it is generally very fast to learn, and those captives in the tribe, like Gongyi, they have more contact with the people of Teng Snake, and they learn relatively quickly, and now they can communicate without barriers.

Although the other people don't know what to say, there is still no problem in listening to the command, I believe that it won't take much time for Shui Yun to understand, take it slowly, step by step, and don't need to be too anxious.

Even if the house has been built, today Shi Meng and they still did not go out to hunt, but in the tribe and the people of the Shuiyun Heishui tribe to familiarize themselves with the weapons of the Teng Snake, there is still a big difference in the hunting mode of the two sides, and the black water is definitely still the most primitive way.

Even if Song Xuan asked someone to bring him a few slings and some pottery pills at that time, the amount was enough for them to practice and use it for hunting, and the slings were fine, as long as they were careful, they would not be damaged easily, but the pottery pills were different, as long as they didn't hit the prey, it was still more difficult to find them back.

And the most important thing is that now the main weapons of hunting in the tribe have gradually transitioned from spears to bows and arrows, before Shui Yun and they came, half of the hunting team on Teng Snake's side have used bows and arrows, although some have not participated in hunting, but after practicing for more than ten days, there is still no problem in terms of skills.

It is estimated that a few of them have seen such things as bows and arrows on Heishui's side, and that was the time they fought with the Wuyu tribe.

And at most, he saw this kind of weapon on the other side, and it should not be known what it was, after all, Song Xuan was also very cautious at that time, and after collecting the bow and arrow, he took it back and did not show it in front of them.

The traditional way of hunting is naturally to find a way to find the traces of wild beasts, and then if you can surround it, it must be better to surround it, and if you can't surround it but are found by the prey, it will be a fierce chase, and it is completely to see who can't hold it first, even if you occasionally use some javelins or something, the effect is generally poor.

Although the Teng Snake is now looking for prey first, as long as it is not in a group, the small group of people that finds it can attack directly, without thinking about encircling it and cutting off its back road or finding a direction that is easier to chase.

As long as the distance is enough, Zhang Bow and arrow will come to so many arrows first, as long as two or three arrows are pierced, it will be much more convenient to chase later, although there are also those who can escape everyone's pursuit, but after all, they are a minority.

The most important thing is that this way improves the speed of everyone's hunting, you don't have to waste too much time on one or two prey, as long as you shoot it, it is generally difficult to escape the clutches of everyone, even if the distance of the prey, sometimes it can be thirty or forty meters or even farther, but it is easier to catch up when you are injured.

Of course, it is not that there is no off-target, now the Teng Snake team is about thirteen or fourteen people, before the latest batch of bows and arrows came out, each team averaged five bows, even if everyone was around to shoot out at one time, that is, five arrows.

In order to ensure secrecy, the distance is generally far away, and few prey is kept still, only one or two arrows in a round is the most common situation, sometimes bad luck, may only be able to do the grass startled the snake, directly scare the prey away.

However, compared with its extremely high efficiency, Song Xuan and Shi Meng both think that this is very worthwhile, they used to go out hunting once, and the limit that can be covered is within a radius of four or five miles, as long as this is still not entangled with the prey too much, it is normal to have a radius of two or three miles, three or four miles.

Now the hunting team has directly doubled on this basis, although the prey harvested has not doubled, but it has also increased by a small half, the key is that the fierce chase has become less, and the physical strength is preserved more, and these physical strengths are better used on the more difficult beasts.

Prey such as saber-toothed tigers and brown bears, which were not too dare to provoke before, are still willing to touch them as long as they can keep two squads around, after all, the gains brought by this are too great, and the risks are much lower than before.

Even this kind of fierce beast, when facing the arrows that come from it, even if it is not shot, it generally does not think about coming over and fighting to the death, so everyone's safety is still better guaranteed, and there are not as many injuries as before, most of the wounds are produced when chasing prey, and now there are few injuries due to fighting with wild beasts.

Shui Yun's addition also directly emptied Teng Snake's arsenal, and some of the previous weapons were given to the captives, and now the rest are also taken out to Shui Yun and them.

As for their previous weapons, except for a small number of people who have not been allocated and are still using them, the rest are all temporarily put in the warehouse, and there is a high probability that they will not be used in the future, after all, the workmanship is still so much worse than Teng Snake's, otherwise Shui Yun would not have asked for some to go back directly after participating in the battle last time.

To Song Xuan's surprise, Shui Yun and their slings turned out to have a high proportion of people who could use them, and basically everyone in the hunting team could come a few times, and although the women were not particularly accurate, they could at least use it.

At present, the production of bows and arrows has not kept up, whether it is in hunting or fighting, the role of the slings is very obvious, after all, the amount is large, cheap, full and durable.

Although sometimes it is difficult to find a good angle in the vast jungle when facing prey, as long as the conditions allow for one or two blows to the prey, it is not something that ordinary beasts can bear.

The effect is sometimes no worse than that of a bow and arrow, and even sometimes it is easier to break the limbs if you are lucky, but the conditions for use are indeed a little more harsh, first of all, the surrounding must be wide enough, otherwise the slings will not be able to turn at all, and it is not easy to do this alone in the forest.

So Song Xuan is also going to let them learn the use of the slings first, Shui Yun they don't even need to train, just send things to them, it just so happens that Shi Yu and they have eliminated a batch, after having a bow and arrow, the slings are not very useful, and they are basically not used in ordinary times, especially when the number of bows and arrows is sufficient.

At first, they would bring Shi Yu with them, but after a long time, they basically put it in the tribe, after all, the weight of the projectile is not small, and the weight of a dozen projectiles plus the catapult is almost two catties.

Originally, the burden on their bodies was heavier than that of others, and although bows and arrows were easy to use, they were not easy to carry.

The bow more than one meter long is not light even if it is made of wood, and it is not light after adding arrows, and the most important thing is that it is not convenient to walk through the jungle with such a long guy, and it is not like a spear, it is basically a stick, and it can be carried away no matter what.

Even if the spear javelin is scratched, everyone is not distressed, but the bow is different, it is a more precious thing in the tribe, and it becomes less convenient to use after scratching, especially the bowstring, if it is scratched or even directly scraped, it can not be used directly.

The same is true for arrows, whether it is an arrow or an arrow tail, there is no room for a little scratching, if the arrow feather is scraped off, then the remaining two petals can only be removed, otherwise it will become a burden for the stability of the flight.

These two things can be seen from the output of the tribe, and it is not easy to make them at present, so everyone does not dare to easily destroy them, if it causes some loss in order to hunt wild beasts, it is acceptable, but due to their own carelessness, it is not easy to explain.

Therefore, when passing through, Shi Yu and they were also very cautious, first of all, they protected the bow and arrows in their arms, even if they scraped a few wounds on the surrounding branches, they had to ensure that they would not hurt the bow and arrows.

Fortunately, now the hunting team has also changed the way of queue, and the person with the bow and arrow generally walks in the middle, and there is only Shi Yu and another person who shoots better at the front.

Let them be in the middle of the first convenient support, if there is any unexpected situation, whether it is the beginning or the end, they can quickly rush over.

Second, after the development of others, the road must be relatively easy to walk, and the people who are now walking in front also deliberately make the narrow road larger, in order to make it easier for the archers to pass, as long as they are careful enough, the general problem is not much.