survival in the wilderness

The dilapidated huts were scattered. Under the eaves of a house, Lin Yan saw a machete. With the owner's permission, Lin Yan picked it up curiously, and handed it to Shi Zhi and the others.

Several people looked at each other, and they were sure that it was made of iron. Obviously, the people of the wilderness tribe could already forge iron tools.

Not long after walking, Lin Yan saw a woman squatting in front of a wooden basin in front of a house, so Lin Yan stopped to look carefully.

In the big basin in front of the woman was a fat grass carp with its tail still exposed, and in the pottery bowl beside her was some yellowish white stuff mixed with impurities.

The woman reached out and picked up a little white substance from the bowl and spread it on the fish. After a while, she turned the fish over and continued to apply it.

Huang Ying asked, "What is she doing, what's in that bowl?"

Shui Sheng also saw this scene, especially when he noticed that Lin Yan's eyes were bright, he stumbled and asked Yuan Qing what the woman was doing.

Lin Yan patted the woman, pointed to the bowl, and then pointed to his own mouth, asking if he could taste it.

The woman hesitated for a moment before nodding, picked up the bowl and let Lin Yan take it by himself.

Lin Yan couldn't wait to pinch a little white granule and stuff it into her mouth. The bitter salty taste filled her taste buds, and her body trembled slightly with excitement.

This is the taste, I have been thinking about it for seven years, and I finally tasted it again.

Lan Yue walked to Lin Yan's side, imitating Lin Yan's movements, quickly stretched her hand into the bowl, and licked her fingers with her tongue.

It was the first time to try a weird taste, Lan Yue frowned, very puzzled, what was Lin Yan excited about.

Huang Ying also came over, and just about to reach out, the bowl was taken away by the woman, looking at them warily.

Salt is a very important condiment, and the wilderness tribes also spent a lot of money in exchange for it.In order to keep the meat longer, it is salted.

Shui Sheng asked Yuan Qing what it was and how it came from.

It took a lot of effort to figure out that it was the most cherished item of the Yuanye tribe, and they bought it from the Qingyan tribe in exchange for cotton cloth.

The Qingyan Tribe is to the east of the Yuanye Tribe, and it takes five days to walk down the Yang River to reach it.

Salt is the main product of the Qingyan tribe, and there are mineral salts everywhere.Just like the cotton of the wilderness tribe, it is very distinctive.

Seeing that Lin Yan returned to normal, Lan Yue asked, "What is this, it smells weird."

The light in Lin Yan's eyes could no longer be concealed. She grabbed Lan Yue's hand and said excitedly, "It's table salt. We finally found it. The biggest gain from this trip is it."

"It doesn't taste good." After Lanyue tasted it herself, she questioned the salt.She had heard Lin Yan mention table salt before, but after tasting it herself, she couldn't imagine how to eat it.

"Don't underestimate table salt. It is a necessary substance for our human body. It's fine if we didn't have it before. Now that we have found it, we must bring some back."

Lin Yan looked at Shuisheng, "Ask them where the salt comes from."

Shuisheng smiled, "I've already asked. Continue eastward along the Yang River, and you can walk five days to the Qingyan tribe, where salt is produced. The salt of the Yuanye tribe is exchanged with cotton cloth from the Qingyan tribe."

Lin Yan rolled his eyes, "You asked Yuan Qing to take us to see cotton, which is the raw material for making cotton cloth, and it is very important. It would be great if we could bring some cotton seeds back to plant."

Shui Sheng immediately understood Lin Yan's meaning, and communicated with Yuan Qing.

Next, they walked for more than an hour, walked out of the wilderness tribe's settlement, and came to a wilderness plain. At a glance, it was covered with cotton. It was the time of flowering, and there was a large area of ​​white flowers, which was very spectacular.

Huang Ying exclaimed: "This is cotton, such a big flower, it looks so beautiful."

The shortest cotton plant in front of me is two meters high, covered with flower buds, and the top buds are fully bloomed, a piece of milky white.

Lin Yan was also speechless in shock. He had no idea that the Yuanye Tribe was a big cotton grower. No wonder they were all wrapped in cotton cloth.

When they saw Yuan Yu just now, they were very curious about their own clothes and looked at them for a long time.

On the way here, Lin Yan also saw the process of cotton weaving by the people of the wilderness tribe, which was very crude and inefficient.If the cotton can be brought back, with Sun City's current technology, cotton cloth can be made very soon.

"Not only is it beautiful, but after the cotton grows into cotton bolls, the fibers inside are the raw materials for making cotton cloth. The clothes made of cotton cloth are comfortable and soft, which are much better than linen."

Lin Yan looked at Shuisheng, and was about to say something, when suddenly a dozen gray wild dogs rushed out of the dense forest next to the cotton field.

It turned out that they had long been the prey of the wild dogs. Seeing them standing still, the wild dogs finally moved.

The accident came suddenly, the wild dog was extremely fast, Yuan Qing and the others changed their expressions drastically, and turned their heads to run away.

Yun Qing immediately ordered: "Line up, draw the bow and shoot the arrow."

The people who followed quickly stepped forward and blocked Lin Yan and the others. Some drew out the bows and arrows behind them, while others raised their arms and pulled the crossbow arrows away. The arrows flew towards the pack of wild dogs.

The well-trained man shot the arrow without fail, and shot the wild dog. The pain made the wild dog howl wildly.

Yuan Qing and the others had already run a certain distance, and when they heard the barking of the dog, they looked back while running.

Seeing this, they were immediately shocked, none of those people ran away, they all stayed where they were, and most of the wild dogs that made them feel like an enemy had already fallen.

Yuan Qing stopped. He saw the wild dogs fall down one by one, and slowly stopped moving.He shouted to the people who ran away: "Stop, don't run, the wild dog is dead."

At this moment, Yuan Qing looked at Yun Qing and the others with shock and fear, the things in their hands were too powerful.

It is so sharp that it can kill a wild dog with one blow, Yuan Qing longed for such a sharp weapon.

He stared at the bow behind Yun Qing with fiery eyes, if he hadn't just witnessed Yun Qing's process of drawing the bow and shooting an arrow with his own eyes, he would have rushed to grab it if he hadn't felt apprehensive.

The surprise subsided quickly, Lin Yan looked at Yuan Qing and his group's undisguised eyes, and understood the shock that the scene just brought to them.

The wild dog came at the right time, and just couldn't find a chance to show it, so the wild dog happened to come along.

After looking at the cotton, the group bid farewell to Yuan Qing and others, and returned to the boat. It was already evening.

They also promised Yuan Qing that they would not leave tomorrow.

I didn't get the cotton, and I needed Yuanqing's recommendation to go to the Qingyan tribe. They couldn't leave without achieving their goal.

The wilderness tribe is very interested in Lin Yan's boat and bows and arrows, and they can't let them go.

The two sides have their own needs, and they are still waiting for tomorrow's detailed discussion.

At night, more than 20 people gathered at the home of the leader of the Wilderness Tribe. They are all authoritative figures of the Wilderness Tribe.

Today, Yuan Qing and the people who accompanied Lin Yan and the others were all there to discuss how to treat the visitors from Sun City.