"When~Dangdang~"

The crisp sound traveled far away.

This is a new thing made in the tribe, basically similar to the gong of later generations, although it is only a little bigger than the plate, but the sound is not small, and the snake is also in a valley, and the sound of the gong can be heard throughout the valley.

In this way, there is no need to send a dozen children out to shout everywhere every day, and a few strokes on the gong with a wooden stick wrapped in animal skins will be heard by everyone around.

At least there is no problem in covering the area around the tribe at the moment, and it is usually struck two or three times, and most people start to pack up and go home at the first sound of the gong.

Now this gong has also become the object of competition among the tribal children, and Song Xuan really has no choice but to adopt the reward method, and those who perform better can only ring the gong the next day, but it stimulates a child's enthusiasm for learning, and his attitude is much better all of a sudden.

Now the ground is still a little muddy, and the main people who work in the fields are still the captives, but the time to eat in the tribe is still the same, and the captives also have their own food, which is naturally done by a few women of the wolf tribe.

Although the rice has been consumed for a winter, the captives eat gruel, so they only eat most of it, and the rest can continue to let the captives eat for a few more days, but fortunately, after a winter of adaptation, both the captives and Teng Snake and everyone have gradually adapted to eating rice.

Now that it needs to be done from morning to night, Song Xuan also deliberately arranged some more food for the captives, so that they can finally fill their stomachs, and they will not be consumed too quickly.

However, other things are not convenient to work, but the river has completely thawed, Shi Mao is leading people to prepare the corresponding materials at this time, and will set off for the downstream tomorrow to inform the tribes, compared with previous years, the time will definitely be earlier, but if the weather is completely better, it will be the busiest time in the tribe, and then use those time just to exchange some salt and other things with everyone, Song Xuan feels that it is a bit of a waste of time.

Anyway, now the tribes are not busy, and it is more convenient to come and go, it is better to arrange it in advance, and now it is not as troublesome as the previous tribe to notify, it takes a month before and after to get it completely done, and now as long as it is smooth, at most half a month can go back to each home with supplies.

However, this year we have to build a fixed place for future exchanges, so it will definitely be a little more troublesome, at least a simple house must be built, whether it is to rest at night or shelter from the wind and rain, it is very necessary.

So this year's task is also very important, in addition to informing the various tribes, they also have to choose the place in a short time, and build a few houses at the same time, but they don't have to worry about the materials, Shi Ban has already brought people to cut enough wood back, and sharpened all the ends with axes, so that after arriving at the selected place, you can directly use stones to smash into it, and the house can be built soon.

However, so much wood naturally cannot be transported by canoe, after all, in addition, you have to bring a lot of straw to make the roof, and now at this time, there is not much thatch that can be used directly outside, and it is not crushed by the snow, and it is almost rotten.

And they don't have much time for the stone trade, so it's convenient to use the straw in the tribe.

However, in this way, there is not much space on the three boats going downstream, but Song Xuan thought of a new way for them, that is, to tie the wood with a rope and hang it directly on both sides of the boat, so that they can go downstream with the boat, as long as they are tied tightly, there should be no big problem, although now with the integration of snow, the river has risen a lot, but the flow speed is not so fast, and it is not intense.

In this way, the place was chosen, and the boat was directly approached to the shore, and the wood could be carried over.

Although it will be soaked in the river for a few days, it will not affect the use too much, in any case, it is definitely much more convenient than mining in situ, and it is very time-saving, as long as a few people stay there can build the house in a very short time.

The three boats need a total of eighteen people, four of whom are responsible for informing the various tribes, and then put down the six people to build a house on the spot after choosing the location, the general direction of several people has been clear, but the specific location still has to be investigated on the spot, after all, this is a fixed exchange place in the future.

As a place where the blind date conference will be held in the future, it must be spacious enough, although the number of people has decreased sharply, but the conditions have also become much better, and the population will soon grow, especially on the side of the snake, although the number of people is not more than other tribes before, but the survival probability of children is indeed much greater than that of ordinary tribes, and the proportion of children dying in the future will only become less and less.

In fact, this year, Teng Snake was barely able to hold a blind date meeting, but considering that the tribe itself is composed of several tribes together, it is ready to digest it internally, according to the current ratio of men and women, there should not be too many people vacant, since this is the case, then simply follow the old rules, and then with other tribes next year.

In Teng Snake, Song Xuan was not ready to make so many twists and turns like before, and directly told the situation to everyone who had reached the age this year, and let them choose the right person by themselves, and then hold a ceremony collectively after a while, although it was a little less romantic than the kind of dancing and choosing around the circle, but at least before that, I could have a general understanding, but these children basically understood each other, even if it was with the people of the wolf tribe.

I believe they have made some mental preparations before this, but being able to stay in the tribe must be the most satisfying thing for them.

Now that the Teng snake has developed to such a point, whether it is a boy or a girl, naturally they don't want to get married, and other tribes may even have a problem with eating, let alone other conditions.

This is also a problem that Song Xuan is very worried about, this year is fine, but if a blind date conference is held with several other tribes next year, it will be enough to give people a headache.

In the past, it was good that there was only one person, and it was possible for the tribe to agree to the conditions of the entry, but in the future, the number of snakes will only increase, and this may even suck out other tribes in a short period of time, and no one will let this happen easily.

But not only are the girls in the tribe unwilling to get married, but Song Xuan also doesn't want to send them away, after all, they are all children who have been taught for a long time, and these children are the backbone of Teng Snake's next generation.

The best way is to include several other tribes as well, but Song Xuan doesn't want to do this, even so, the number is not particularly large, and Teng Snake also has to consider the issue of bloodline, Song Xuan is already very worried, after all, in addition to Teng Snake and the Sheep Tribe, several other tribes have been communicating here for dozens or hundreds of years.

Even if new people will be entered through various means, it will not have much impact after all, and the bloodlines of the entire region are relatively highly consistent.

If it continues like this, there will only be a gradual extinction of this path, so when the Teng Snake becomes stronger, it must contact the surrounding tribes as soon as possible.

However, if the population is very considerable, there is no need to worry about this kind of thing, but it is difficult to say how much this number is, at least the current population of Teng Snake is far from meeting this requirement.

Fixing the wood on both sides of the boat will make the speed a little slower, after all, the resistance to the forward is much greater, but it also brings a good direction, that is, the boat is more stable, and the swing from side to side is obviously not as great as before.

This provides some ideas for making big ships in the future, and the current canoe transportation capacity is only barely enough, and if you want to get out of the basin, the boat is also a very good way.

Song Xuan also knew that there was a way to forcibly connect several canoes, from the current point of view, this method is also feasible, but the boat made in this way is definitely not as good as the kind of boat that lays keels and nails planks, but if it is only used in the transitional stage, there is no problem, and it is very suitable for the communication of several surrounding tribes, and the current canoe is not enough, whether it is cargo capacity or the speed of progress, it is not very satisfactory.

Nowadays, the surface of the ship is the cabin, and every time the cargo is carried, it must be covered with animal skins, and even so, it is very troublesome in the event of wind and rain, and it is easy to seep through the gaps, and each ship needs to arrange too many people, at least four people must be able to run a round trip.

And for larger boats, in fact, the increase in manpower is not so obvious, even if it is the splicing in Song Xuan's imagination, the six to eight people on the boat should be able to completely control it, and this also includes the person who needs to be responsible for pulling the boat when going upstream.

There are also things like sail masts, which are also very useful for ships, but these accessories can only be pondered slowly in the future, after all, the temporary development direction of Teng Snake has not yet involved this aspect.

And as for the situation further south, only the tribes in the entire basin may be familiar with it, and the other tribes can be regarded as basically ignorant, especially the existing tribe, which is either always in the center and rarely faces danger, or it is a snake, let alone known.

However, for so many years, there has been no tribe against the current, obviously there is a reason, as for the specific situation, we can only wait for the Teng Snake to gradually explore in the future, the world is still quite broad, and the Teng Snake is only in a corner.

"Unfortunately, I have a cold, my condition has been a little bad recently, everyone pay more attention, all kinds of viruses have been fierce recently, remember to prepare medicine in advance, don't be like me, I found out that I had eaten it before...... or2

And this month's 3000 ha, 6000 will definitely not be able to be completed recently, and it will affect the full attendance later, please forgive me, I wiped my nose first, hahaha"