We made you the chief, and now you've become the world's chief?

Chapter 96 The news reached the Da tribe
A gigantic werewolf body lunged forward, its face revealing a gaping maw!
"Yeah~"

With a soft groan, Ye Zi opened her eyes in alarm and looked up at the sky, where the eastern sky was already beginning to lighten.

Ye Zi had a nightmare; she dreamt that she was captured by a wolf tribe.

The midsummer mornings are not cold, even outside the white mist on the river surface where the waterfall cannot be heard.

On the water's surface, which reflected the faint light like a mirror, a fish suddenly surfaced, splashing water everywhere.

Yezi's small body trembled again in fright.

Looking around, there were still the Xia tribe members, all asleep, and the chief.

A thoughtful look flickered in her eyes, and then she cautiously approached Xia Minghao, carefully snuggling into his arms.

The warmth instantly enveloped the leaves, just like it had been by the campfire in the Wind Tribe.

But that loose embrace, while providing warmth, offered him no sense of security whatsoever.

Ye Zi thought for a moment, then her eyes sparkled.

A gentle breeze blew towards Xia Minghao, carrying moisture from the riverbank, and slipped into his clothes.

Because of this rare coolness, my body involuntarily curled up a little...

Feeling the embrace hold her even tighter, Ye Zi finally closed her eyes and fell asleep contentedly.

This time, no one got up early. Like Xia Minghao, they all slept until the sun was high in the sky before they opened their eyes.

Of course, for Xia Minghao, the sun shining on his butt was just an exaggeration, but for others it was a real thing.

Yesterday I spent half the day looking for malachite and tin, and dug for a long time, but not much.

Therefore, Xia Minghao decided to stay here for the night and continue digging the next day until he had enough to make his money before going back, so that he could "return with a full load".

Xia Minghao sat up from the boat and led everyone back into the white mist, with Ye Zi controlling the wind to clear the way.

We re-entered the cave behind the waterfall and arrived at the site where we had been excavating the day before.

Liba and the others immediately started, just like yesterday, finding a piece of granite rubble and beginning to knock on the malachite on the cave wall.

Malachite is not the kind of mineral that is solidly buried underground, but rather copper ore that has first been transformed into water-soluble copper sulfate.

Then, through a series of reactions carried by water, malachite, also known as basic copper carbonate, is formed.

This makes malachite mining much easier; if a large amount of copper is needed later, then copper mines will have to be mined.

Mining copper is a complicated process. It requires precise location, strong tools, and a large workforce.

We can only hope to figure out iron smelting as soon as possible, without wasting too much time on this.

"Chief, this is beautiful, can I have one?"

Xia Minghao was still holding up a flashlight to examine the interior of the cave, marveling at its immense size. Even at the highest setting, the flashlight couldn't reach the end of the cave. Suddenly, he heard Li Ba's voice behind him.

The flashlight was set to the lowest setting, and as he turned around, the beam shone directly on Liba's bald head, like a giant light bulb in a cave.

I never expected that this big, burly guy like Liba would be interested in such a trinket as malachite.

Xia Minghao was about to refuse, but then he thought of other things and nodded.

"I'll use this to make something even better for you later. You all have it because you and I discovered it together."

"Better?"

The reasons given later were simply ignored; everyone only heard what the chief had said earlier.

There was no doubt, only joy.

They believed Xia Minghao's words and naturally began to look forward to what "better" things Xia Minghao would give them, even better than this beautiful emerald green stone.

After discussing it for a while, they started looking for malachite again, knocking it off, and they were noticeably faster and more energetic.

The reason for agreeing to this, given the current scarcity of malachite, is that the copper-tin ratio for bronze production needs further investigation.

This is a good opportunity to produce the experimental products from the early stages and give them to these people as medals, while also stimulating everyone's initiative.

Kill two birds with one stone.

By noon, the cave had become much brighter, and Xia Minghao led everyone and Malachite out of the cave.

As I was about to leave, I looked back at the cave that was now hidden by the waterfall and pondered to myself.

This cave is still not fully explored. It's so big, and we don't know what else might be hidden deep inside.

However, he would have to come back sooner or later. He would definitely need to collect a lot of stalactites from here, as well as other stones such as dolomite. Xia Minghao couldn't recognize some of them, but he could identify some of them, and they were all useful.

Magnesium can be extracted from dolomite, and the dazzling white light of fireworks is produced by magnesium. As for other stones that are not yet fully understood, their composition can be explored later, once a "primitive laboratory" is established, and perhaps some unexpected discoveries can be made.

Liba and the others carried malachite and tin onto the ship one after another. The ship's waterline continued to drop, but did not exceed the safe range.

After estimating the quantity of malachite and tin, Xia Minghao smiled faintly.

The bronze tools produced in this batch are now sufficient for basic use, and the Xia tribe's productivity will experience a significant leap forward.

After all the humans had huffed and puffed their way onto the ship, Xia Minghao gave Ye Zi a meaningful look.

Soon, the air currents stirred, the bark of the sails billowed up again, and the wooden boat gradually accelerated, heading towards the Xia tribe!

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"Did this grow from the ground?"

There are a lot of people from the Da tribe today, and many of them are not here to exchange goods.

At first, Lipa and Shifa were very nervous, thinking that the Da tribe was planning to attack the Xia tribe while the chief was away.

But when they discovered that the group of people had arrived and were only staring at the house, they realized that the news of the Xia tribe building a house had spread to the Da tribe, which had attracted a crowd of onlookers.

"This is what we created, it's... labor!"

Lipa held the bone spear, thought for a moment, and then responded to the questioner from the Da tribesman.

What is labor?

"labor?"

The questions that followed left Lipa speechless. His brain raced, but he still couldn't get any answers.

While I was pondering this, I suddenly saw someone bulldozing against the wall of the earthen house.

Lipa quickly stepped forward to stop him.

The men of the Nada tribe were terrified by the bone spear in Lipa's hand and quickly ran far away, but they couldn't help but look back at the house.

As the crowd of onlookers from the Da tribe came and went, the news quickly reached Damon's ears.

Damon then brought this news to the wise man's room.

Granddaughter Dali was also in the room, listening to the wise man tell stories about wisdom.

Dali worships wisdom and wise people.

In primitive society, Dali's age was already at the time for mating. Of course, in the Da tribe, it was not just mating, but also marriage.

But Dali was not like other women seeking a mate, who would expose their snow-white breasts and shake them wildly when they met a strong man.

Instead, they covered the part that symbolized fertility with a small beaver skin, which was not comfortable.

As the daughter of the Da tribe chief, she was a privileged and favored person, possessing choices beyond the simple instinct of reproduction.

She wanted to choose someone with wisdom, not necessarily a great sage, but at least someone like her father…

“Wise one, the Xia tribe has suddenly built houses that are better than ours in just a few days.”

"Moreover, the people who went to the Xia tribe also saw that they had something that could stand on the swamp, and that thing would bring them back all sorts of things from the swamp."

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As Damon recounted his story, the wise man remained calm and composed, as if everything was within his expectations.

Dali's eyes showed surprise and disbelief. She couldn't imagine that a house even better than the one in the Bida tribe could be built in just a few days, just as her father had said!
For the Da tribe to build a habitable wooden house, they have to wait for the moon to be full at least once!
As a tribe that has only emerged from the caves a few decades ago and transitioned from migration to settlement, they naturally have a special affection for these habitable houses, which is also a source of pride for every member of the Da tribe.

The wise man remained silent for a long time, gazing at the tree patterns on the walls of the wooden house, symbols of the passage of time.

Damon waited in vain for a reply, and just as he was about to ask another question, he finally heard a voice coming from the wise man's mouth.

"The chief of the Xia tribe is a wise man, with wisdom far surpassing mine..."

Damon was shocked, not only by his father's confidence in the Xia tribe chief, the yellow-skinned, black-eyed, black-haired man, but also by a sense of fear at such powerful wisdom.

After her initial surprise, Dali's expression revealed a hint of longing.

Just as the atmosphere became somewhat tense, Dali's voice suddenly rang out.

"Father, I want to..."

(End of this chapter)