Song Xuan prepared these things, not for other things, but mainly to use these things that were relatively precious in other tribes to exchange them for some more seed stones from their hands.

Except for a few tribes upstream who need to go against the current, the other tribes can go straight down the river, and at most they will be there in the tributaries for half a day.

The river is much gentler downstream, so it's not too tiring, and the most part of the journey is spent on the boat.

So people who can't bear it really can't do it, like the last time Shi Yong came back, although he seemed very happy, but he was mainly surprised by the large amount of food, and there were still some complaints along the way, after all, he was originally the kind of person with a relatively violent temper, and letting him do this kind of work was simply Zhang Fei's embroidery, which was naturally a little inappropriate.

Song Xuan only hoped that Shi Feng could familiarize himself with the route along the way as soon as possible, although the surrounding tribes added up to more than a thousand people, but this market was not too small for the current Teng Snake, and it was still profitable to do it well.

As the weather became colder and colder, the harvest in the tribe also showed a cliff-like reduction, and Shi Meng and they were angry, so they simply ran around the tribe to hunt, and after a year of recuperation. There are more animals within a radius of ten miles around the tribe, but even so, it is definitely not as good as a place that has not been involved, but fortunately, it is close to home, and they can come back in two days at most.

Anyway, it's unlikely that you'll want to hunt enough prey in the wild, so it's better to choose a place close to home, at least in terms of eating and drinking.

This weather is not easy to spend the night in the wild, especially for hunting can not bring too many supplies, Shi Meng for convenience, most of the time they will not bring tents or the like, generally take two slightly thicker animal skins, one at night one to cover a cover, close to the bonfire, make do with it.

It's not troublesome to take things out, but it's not easy to get them back, especially after hunting, everyone will bear a part of the prey, plus weapons, living materials, these things really can't be freed up to take the tent again.

But around the tribe is much better, according to Shi Meng's footsteps of more than ten miles of mountain roads, that is, two hours of things, and two or three days back to come back, there are not many things caught, naturally they can bring more things.

In addition, there is a very important purpose, that is, to train the children in the tribe who are about to become adults, although there is no clear concept of time in Teng Snake, but there are still relatively specific requirements for whether to become adults.

That's fifteen winters, and after the fifteenth winter, you're an adult, and before that, you have to work, but it's not too dangerous.

Of course, after the age of ten, you will gradually begin to contact the skill of hunting, usually the intensity of hunting is too high, naturally there is no heart to take them, now is the right time, the prey will not be too dangerous, and the hunting team is not so busy, naturally can calm down and give a good guide.

Now there are more than forty underage children in the tribe, and there are twelve men and women over the age of ten, although girls don't need to hunt every day, but the basic skills still have to be mastered, even if they go out to pick wild fruits, they will inevitably encounter some wild beasts, and we can't easily let them go when the time comes.

Fortunately, the weapons in the tribe are usually in contact with everyone, especially the new weapons such as bows and arrows, which have a long attack distance and great lethality, so they are naturally the best choice for hunting.

Now the bows and arrows in the tribe have been equipped with most of the hunting team, except for a few people in Blackwater who have not been distributed, and the others have one each.

As for the rest, it is also in the making, according to Shi Ban, the materials are still quite sufficient, although it can't be done by everyone, but give him another half a year, half of the tribe will use bows and arrows, it shouldn't be a problem.

Song Xuan is already quite satisfied with being able to make half of the people who Teng Snake use bows and arrows, whether it is hunting or fighting, not everyone can use bows and arrows, or they have to form a high and low match, and when the time comes, with the rattan armor and shield used in close combat, the combat power of Tengshi can be doubled several times.

The rattan shield is still being improved, and after each modification, everyone will try it again, from which to find out some details of the problem, and at the same time, Shi Ban is also thinking about better weaving techniques, and the new shield is obviously stronger than the previous one.

Anyway, he is not in a hurry to use it for the time being, so Song Xuan did not urge him, but just asked him to remember to save more materials, although he is not in a hurry to use it now, but he will definitely have to make a batch before the spring of next year, so as to prevent trouble.

Looking at the nervous appearance of more than a dozen children, Song Xuan also patted them on the shoulder and encouraged, how many of them went out hunting for the first time, and Shi Pi was one of them.

Fishing is usually very cheerful, but if it is really chasing prey in the wild, it is still a big challenge for them.

In addition to the regular weapons, Shi Pi also brought his small bow and arrows, and the complete bow and arrow naturally could not be his turn, after all, the hunting party had not yet assembled it.

He grinded this one out of the stone class for a long time, although he opened a back door, but the materials used are naturally not the best, although the wood is made of wood specially made of bows and arrows, but the bowstring is made of ordinary animal tendons and hemp rope.

According to the strength of adult bows and arrows, this bowstring is naturally insufficient, but fortunately, they also took this problem into account when they made the bow, so the bow arm itself is thinner.

In this way, they match each other, but the overall lethality is not great, although it is much better than the one he played before, but the arrow shoots thirty or forty meters, and there is no big threat.

But even so, as the first person among the children to have a bow and arrow, they were still sought after by other children, and Shi Ban and several of them were naturally attacked by this bow and arrow, and many children wandered around their houses every day.

Naturally, no one dared to disturb them when making bows and arrows, and Song Xuan didn't allow others to get too close, even the people who were flying snakes, so when they came out, a group of children swarmed around them, all wanting their own small bows and arrows.

Seeing that they were entangled, Song Xuan had no choice but to let them do some simple things first, it was too time-consuming to bend the bow arm with wood, and a bow arm could not reach the most perfect in a month or two, so Song Xuan asked them to make a batch of bamboo to make do with it first, and then send away this group of children first.

However, what Song Xuan didn't expect was that although it was made of bamboo, the effect was also quite good, it was more than enough as a toy, and because the bamboo in the tribe was full of toughness, the better ones could shoot up to thirty meters.

Of course, the lethality is definitely not good, and Song Xuan does not allow the children in the tribe to use polished arrows, after all, they are still children, and it is a little too dangerous to use arrows with arrows, in case the sense of hand is not practiced, it is not good to accidentally injure one's own people.

Although these bows and arrows are a little enough to take out to hunt, but it is perfect for practicing the feel, especially a few children who are about to become adults, they will join the hunting team next year, and they will definitely have to choose a more competent weapon when the time comes.

Now a few people who are playing better can already shoot the bullseye at a distance of 20 meters, and use a proper bow and arrow in the back, although it also takes a certain amount of time to get used to, but it is definitely much better than starting from scratch.

However, this is just an expedient measure now, and when the number of bows and arrows is enough to allow Shi Ban and them to make bows of different levels, adults are naturally like this, and children and women can reduce the amount of strength needed.

Eating and drinking, both nervous and excited, a dozen children, followed Shi Meng and them to the mountains and forests not far away, for different people's weapons are good at, Shi Meng also assigned them the best teacher, basically every child has two adult hunting team members by their side.

Needless to say, these people are like fish in water in the forest, whether it is tracking, tracking, hunting, they are all good hands, even in the dense forest, the speed of running is not slow.

In addition to the conventional hunting methods, what also needs to be mastered, that is, how to arrange traps, the role of traps is naturally needless to say, whether it is hunting or defending against the enemy, it has a very good effect, and the last time it dealt with the Black Feather tribe was to play a huge role.

But it's good to use it for defense, the only thing you need to pay attention to is to arrange it secretly, but it's not so easy to catch the beast by him, the premise of the trap can play is that you must find out the beast's course of action, this alone requires a very keen observation, you need to judge from the footprints on the route, feces, and even the surrounding branches are broken, whether this is a place where the beast often passes.

If you only pass occasionally, or if you haven't walked the route for a long time, it is basically difficult to catch the prey, and you can catch the prey by traps, just waiting for the rabbit to hit the tree, and if you don't even find the right route, it will be even more difficult to think about what to gain.

So the first lesson of this hunting is to teach them how to find the traces of wild beasts, of course, now they are some small beasts, their range of activity is relatively fixed, not too large, and generally take not many routes, it is still relatively easy to find.