"Ah, oracle of God...... I can ...... Is it? ”

Song Xuan and Shi Meng discussed it, and felt that it would be more appropriate for Yang Yang to lead the team, but Yang Yang was a little surprised when he heard the news, after all, he had only been in the tribe for a long time, and he had just participated in the first hunt.

"Shi Meng has to follow him to pick salt, and the team can only be handed over to you to bring!"

"It's okay, old sheep, just get it like before!"

……

Shi Yong and Shui Yun also persuaded on the side, although Yang Yang was still a little worried, but seeing that everyone believed him, he also took over the task:

"Yes, oracle, chief...... I...... Come! ”

It takes a lot of time to mine salt every time, and it is very troublesome to toss back and forth, so Song Xuan doesn't want to run from time to time.

So this time I must get some more back, at least to meet the consumption of the tribe for most of the year, so that it can be mined once or twice a year at most, which is not so troublesome.

Since this time the small valley was renovated, everyone did not rush to set off the next day, but made corresponding preparations in the tribe.

All kinds of tools had to be packed, and many of them were made in the winter for the purpose of extracting salt.

In order to improve efficiency, the original few pots must be a little insufficient, so Song Xuan is going to add two more pots for evaporation, fortunately, the pottery is prepared in advance, and now it can be pulled out of the warehouse.

In addition, the use of bamboo as a water pipe, which was previously envisaged, can also be arranged this time.

In this way, it would be much more convenient to get water, if it weren't for the limited ability, Song Xuan really wanted to lead the water down directly from the mountain.

After a whole winter, I don't know what the small sheds that I built at the beginning have become now, and once they collapse, these will have to be rebuilt, so I can't bring less axe ropes.

But even if it doesn't collapse, it is estimated that it will not be the same, and it is inevitable to repair it.

The most difficult to carry were the three stone mortars, although each one did not look particularly large, only fifty or sixty centimeters wide and only thirty or forty centimeters thick, but they were extremely heavy.

Each piece weighs three or four hundred catties, and although it is a bit troublesome to carry such a large stone in the tribe, Shi Meng and they can handle it alone, but if they want to transport it for a long time, it is not so easy.

It's okay to let them carry a few steps, and even a few people with great strength can move it, but with the mountain and over the mountains, basically no one can do it, and they still have to carry it.

For the sake of these three heavy stone mortars, Song Xuan asked Shi Hua to lead people to weave out a few very thick ropes.

It was tied up with two rings, and two rings were exposed on it, and two people could lift it up by passing through it with a stick.

It's still too easy, but it's enough to move forward.

And as long as the wood is long enough, both ends can be increased manpower, Shi Meng took three people to try, and it was already very easy for the four of them to come together, but they may not have carried things like this, and it was still a little uncoordinated to walk.

It is not common to carry things like this in the tribe, although large animals are also hunted in the wild, but they are generally divided so that everyone can use and carry a part of it, even if they build a house in the tribe, the thick wood is carried by several people and walked.

The last time I used it was when I built a wooden bridge last year, but although the wood I made last time was very heavy, not only was there a large number of people, but the place was also spacious enough, and the distance was not far, so it was relatively not as troublesome as it is now.

However, the stone mortar has already been built, and it would be too embarrassing if it couldn't be moved, and even if it was a slow walk, that is, a day's journey, it shouldn't be a problem to be patient.

Due to the large number of materials carried this time, there were a lot more people, and there were 25 people.

The hunting team is mainly responsible for the transportation of the stone mortar, because it needs to be carried all the time, even for these conditions, it is not an easy matter, so Song Xuan asked them to take turns in groups of three, so that everyone has time to rest, and if they are carried to the salt mine, it is estimated that few people can stand it.

Although it is easier to lift up more people, but in the mountains and forests, most places are not so convenient, although the two are a little tired, but it is better as long as it is a place where people can walk, there is no big problem for two people, even if there are some places where the terrain is slightly different, the other person can also come up to help.

Although the goods on Song Xuan's back are not heavy, they are not small in size, there are two bags of bamboo charcoal, which are naturally used for filtration, although some of them were left last year, but it is unknown whether they can be used after such a long time, and they can only take some from the tribe.

Although there were more goods on their bodies, which slowed down everyone's progress, in the evening, everyone still arrived in the valley.

After a winter's devastation, the wooden shed also collapsed.

But it's not a big problem, you can continue to use it after a little tidying up, and this time I also brought so many tools, which can be well reinforced.

"Shi Meng, you take someone to fetch some water!"

"Let's cook first, and we'll clean up tomorrow!"

It's not early, no matter how much you get it tonight, you can't get it completely done, and everyone is a little tired all the way, so it's better to recharge your energy and strive to get it done as soon as possible tomorrow and put it into production as soon as possible.

The wood that was stored here last year is good, and it has dried out after this period of drying, so it can be used directly.

Because I was carrying too many things, I didn't make a fire this time, I only brought a little match, and I still had to use a fire bow to make a fire.

"Wangcai!"

"Whew!"

Hearing Song Xuan's shout, Wangcai outside the valley responded, and hurriedly ran into the valley.

This time, Song Xuan still brought Wangcai over, and having his company in the wild was somewhat not so boring, and this time Wangcai was not in vain, all the ignition materials were hanging on him.

Song Xuan even prepared a special animal skin pocket for him, with a small pocket on each side of his body, a few handfuls of pine needles on one side, and some small wooden sticks and fire bows on the other.

Anyway, these things are not heavy, and they are also a piece of cake for Wangcai.

Wangcai now looks like an adult wolf, and he may be better fed and very large, at least few wolves caught in the tribe can be as big as Wangcai.

Although he has been living in the tribe, Wangcai is still very yearning for the wild, and from time to time he will go around the surrounding mountains and forests, but fortunately he will come back at night, the first time is "missing", Song Xuan is still a little worried, afraid that he will run out, so he will not come back.

As a result, Wangcai quietly entered Song Xuan's house in the middle of the night, and Song Xuan was startled when he got up in the morning.

After doing this a few times, Song Xuan didn't care about him later.

Anyway, no matter how much you run, it's just around the tribe, and Wangcai also brings back some small surprises from time to time, often bringing rabbits back, and once even carrying back a lamb.

Apparently it wasn't in vain to work outside.

However, in recent times, Wangcai has gone out more frequently, and the time to come back is getting later and later, and Song Xuan can even sometimes see Wangcai come back in the morning.

I don't know what it's up to.

"Woo~"

Looking at Wangcai, who was coquettish on his calves, Song Xuan hurriedly pulled him away, untied the animal skin pocket on his body, and poured out all the things in it.

It is still very simple to make a fire with a fire bow, especially the velvet has been prepared, these velvet are scraped from the bamboo to dry, very easy to use, and after a while, the flame appeared in Song Xuan's hand, and Song Xuan quickly put it in the pine needles.

Looking at the flames, Song Xuan also sighed that he had not yet given birth to his hands, this was his own housekeeping skill at the beginning, if he didn't have this hand, it would really be difficult to suppress this group of primitive people, but now everyone will use it, and Song Xuan doesn't need to use these things.

"Oracle! Oracle!

Just as Song Xuan sighed, Shi Meng's shout came.

Handing over the fire to the others, Song Xuan hurriedly walked towards Shi Meng.

"What's wrong?"

"Water, water gone?"

“(⊙_⊙)？”

Hearing this news, Song Xuan was directly stunned for a moment.

Water is a necessary thing for salt mining, although everyone brought a little, but there is not much left to drink all the way, let alone use it for salt mining, and even if you don't drink that water for a day, it is not of much use.

Hearing this, Song Xuan also quickened his pace and climbed up with his hands and feet.

As soon as I went up, I saw Shi Meng's big face.

"What's wrong?"

"Divine envoy, there is only so much water in the pit!"

Looking at Shi Meng's comparison painting, it is estimated that there is only a bottom left of the water.

"Let's go, go over and have a look!"

Before he reached the puddle, Song Xuan could see the difference, when he came last year, the water in the pit was full, and it even overflowed from the side, but this time he really couldn't see it at all.

After all, there is only a little bit of water left, although it can still be used, but if it is used to refine salt, it will definitely not be enough.

This waterway had taken a lot of effort to get out, and this time he didn't bring so many tools, Song Xuan never thought that something would go wrong here.

"Let's go, go up and have a look!"

The water here is caused by the spring in the mountain, and it stands to reason that it should not stop flowing for no reason, after all, Song Xuan did not overexploit it, but just changed the direction.

Moreover, the surrounding topography has not changed much, and the earthquake is obviously not true.

Walking up the ditch, there were a lot of fallen leaves in the ditch, but at this time, Song Xuan couldn't take care of it, so he rushed to the source first to see what the reason was.

After all, there is no sign of water flow in the small ditch and the surrounding area, and it seems that the flow should have been cut off for a long time, definitely not in the last day or two.