Chapter 272: Returning with a Full Load
"Pack everything up and go!"
Although everyone also brought some supplies with them when they came, after all, they were mainly weapons or something, so they were not bulky, but at this time it was different, and everyone was given at least forty or fifty catties of ore.
Coupled with weapons and so on, everyone's burden is not light, and as for food, most of it is handed over to a few horses.
Although he really wants to put some pressure on these horses, after all, the weight-bearing capacity of wild horses is very average, and Song Xuan also knows that the horses of later generations have to rely on fine feed to support them if they want to carry weight for a long time, but at present, Teng snakes only have forage to feed, so in order to prolong their lifespan, they naturally have to save some use.
Although I was very excited when I was digging these ores, and I was riveting them all together, there was still a lot of pressure to carry them back at this time, but since they had been dug out, it was natural to bring back as much as I could.
It's a pity that there is no suitable cave nearby, otherwise you can still store some ores or materials, and now you can only find a place where the trees are more messy to open up a path, and put the rest of the ore into it, after a few days of excavation, this piece has been destroyed completely different, as long as the people of the Black Feather tribe come to find these changes, just since it has been done, you don't have to care too much.
For the Teng Snake people, this is the hope of the tribe, carrying back nearly three thousand catties of ore, even if it can only refine one-tenth of the weight of bronze, it will be a great improvement for the strength of the tribe.
In fact, all kinds of weapons are calculated, and the average one only consumes about one and a half catties of bronze, so that as long as it can be successfully refined, most of the people in the tribe will definitely be able to use bronze weapons.
But the next thing you need to do is to return to the tribe safely, fortunately, there is no trace of the Black Feather tribe in these days, and now you are rushing back directly, and there is a high probability that you will not collide with them.
As long as you return to the tribe, you don't have to worry too much about it.
Although the volume of the ore is not large, but the density is very large, an inconspicuous small bag can hold twenty or thirty catties, although the bags in the tribe are made of animal skins, but the ore is still a little stressful, so everyone has at least two packages.
However, in this way, it can be evenly arranged on the sides of the body or front and back, and it is easier to walk out.
It has been half a month since I left the tribe, and the next thing is to hurry back, fortunately, although the road is far away, but the route has been walked after all, and when we came, we also paid special attention to the opening of the line, and tried to widen it for the narrower places, and now the road back to the tribe is much better, although the weight has increased a lot, but the speed should be not much different from when you came.
And the terrain of this part of the black feather is obviously much higher than that of the Teng Snake, from the north of the Teng Snake tribe to the vicinity of the Wu Yu tribe, there are continuous mountain ranges, not to mention hundreds of miles, and the terrain is getting higher and higher from south to north, Song Xuan estimates that it is very normal to travel hundreds of kilometers.
So although it is still a mountain road to go back, the terrain is gradually decreasing on the whole, and it is naturally easier to walk, although the gap may not be too big at ordinary times, but at this time everyone is carrying dozens of catties of ore, and this gap can still save a lot of effort.
But even so, there were still four people in the team who only brought twenty catties of ore, and they were responsible for checking the surrounding situation.
Although the safety will be improved a lot when returning to the tribe, there is still no room for the slightest sloppiness, but these four people are all in turn, although the weight is less, but it is scattered around, in general, it is more difficult, if there is a fixed person to carry out, the pressure of a trip is also very great.
Although the Teng Snake people are gone, but those traps have been left intact, Shi Yong even added some when he retreated, if nothing else, it is difficult for the Black Feather tribe to know that Teng Snake has been here, so when they come, they must be the last time, and the more the number of traps, the more powerful they are, which can naturally cause them more trouble.
However, the casualties that such a trap can cause are also very limited, after all, as long as the first person is hit, the people behind will definitely be more careful, but even if they lose one person, it is a good thing for the Teng Snake Suo tribe, and under the advantages of the other, the pressure on Teng Snake to deal with it will only become smaller and smaller.
In the entire team, only Song Xuan and the stones are carrying less ore, Song Xuan is completely because his strength is relatively weaker, and it is okay to walk with living materials in ordinary times, but once these ores are added, he is a little powerless.
And the stone is completely because of physical reasons, he was originally seriously injured, after several years of recuperation, he slowly returned to the state of a normal person, usually walking is no longer a problem, but it is still much worse to lift things.
Therefore, the ore carried by the two of them is only about 30 catties, but with the addition of weapons and food, it is nearly 40 catties, which is not very easy.
Although everyone was sweating along the way, the smile on everyone's lips could not be hidden no matter what, and in the team, except for Wucang and a few horses, everyone knew that the tribe could make these ores into powerful and very handy bronze weapons.
After all, Wucang has never seen the bronze weapons in the tribe, and he has always thought that Teng Snake also wants to make these ores directly into weapons, and when looking for ores, he even suggested to Song Xuan that most of these stones that Teng Snake is looking for are unqualified, but they are not the same usage, after all, they can't be told to him, Song Xuan can only pretend to go his own way.
Although the frequency of the use of the bronze in the tribe is very high, but they all deliberately avoid the captives of the two tribes of the black wolf, especially the captives of the Wuyu tribe, there is a long barrier between them and the people who use the bronze knife and axe, and the distance is relatively far, usually separated by four or five rice fields, plus everyone camouflages the bronzes, so it is not easy to identify, but for the speed of the snake to reclaim the rice fields, there are still many people who will be a little surprised.
After all, the work of the snake is not easier than theirs, and the people who want to deal with the roots of the tree are more aware of how troublesome it is to turn them out of the ground, but as long as they pay a little attention, they can detect the place where the snake people pass by, but after a while, they will pile up a few small hills made of tree roots, but the information they can get is only that, and the deeper can only play their imagination.
After all, it was a new thing that had never been heard of before, so even if they wanted to break their heads, they would never know that Teng Snake had made such a transformation of their weapon.
On the way back to the tribe, although they were very tired, everyone was still in good spirits, after all, they would get closer to the tribe with every step, and they didn't have to worry about their safety all the time when they came.
Unless it was the people of the Wuyu tribe who had just left Teng Snake and the others left, they arrived at the place where the ore was, and immediately pursued it, otherwise it would be a little difficult to catch up, and Song Xuan also had a whim, and stepped out of a number of very obvious roads around the mine.
Although each road is not long, only four or five miles, it is enough to toss them, so many routes, the people of the Wuyu tribe, it is very difficult to choose at one time.
After walking for five and a half days, I finally came to the old site of the Teng Snake tribe again, this time we didn't have time to continue to delay here, after all, there was still a small half a day, so naturally I had to move forward, but fortunately, there was a place to rest in front, although it was not a cave, but it was a depression, and it was four or five meters away from the surroundings.
The top is shaded by trees on both sides, and although it is a little cold during the day, it is very warm when the bonfire is lit at night.
After leaving the vicinity of the mine, the campfire can be re-lit at night, so that it is much warmer to sleep.
Although the current climate is not very cold during the day, and you may even sweat and pant when you walk with ore on your back, once the sun sets, the temperature drops rapidly, and it is still a little cold without a campfire.
After leaving the old site of the tribe, everyone's footsteps did not slow down, the further they went, the more familiar they were with the surrounding environment, so the pace was getting faster and faster, and after leaving the mine for thirteen days, the group finally came to the vicinity of the snake.
This place is only four or five miles away from the tribe, and it is the core area of the Teng Snake, because it was to defend against the people of the Monogatari Department who came to attack and harass, so even a small number of traps were scattered on such a long distance.
However, at this time, Song Xuan's people slowed down not because of these traps, the traps were all arranged by their own people, and there were relatively obvious signs left around, although people from other tribes might not be able to find them, but for the Teng Snake people, as long as they glanced at the tree, they could find the marks they had made before.
The reason why the pace was slowed down was mainly to let people run back to inform Shi Meng that they could call it a day early today and bring the captives back to the tribe as soon as possible, after all, dozens of people were carrying so many ores, and they still tried their best not to let the remaining captives know.
As for Wucang, he has also been warned many times, after all, Teng Snake has done quite well here, and there is no possibility of revealing his whereabouts, so Song Xuan almost explicitly said to Wucang that as long as he hears a similar discussion among the captives, then the responsibility will be on his head, and at that time, whether the captives guess it themselves or what he told, he will be responsible for everything.