A group of primitive people could still imagine and understand the use of rattan baskets, bark ropes and even making bows and arrows.
But burning mud into such a container as solid as stone is not as simple as understanding, but requires unparalleled wisdom.
Before Xu Chen came back to life, the best tools they had were stone knives and stone axes.
This beautifully explained container has never been seen in any tribe, and no one has ever mentioned it in their ancestors.
In other words, this is Xu Chen's unique invention.
And this is also a skill unique to the tribe.
With this kind of strong and easy-to-use pottery, it will bring great changes to the lives of the tribesmen.
In the future, various foods no longer need to be served in leaves and shells.
In the future, miscellaneous grains can be heated directly in the pottery bowl, and there is no need to slowly smoke them on the stone slab next to the fire pit.
It can also be used to drink water, store grain and food, and no longer needs to be piled directly on the ground.
Especially with this magical pottery, the Ba tribe will become the richest and most popular tribe in this area.
After other tribes know about it, they will definitely come over with a lot of food and animal skins in exchange.
Then you will no longer have to worry about not having enough food.
Even in winter, there will be enough animal skins to keep out the cold.
So in the midst of the joy of the whole family, Mother Ba officially announced at the dinner that she would fully support Xu Chen in making and firing more pottery, and that she must let everyone in the neighborhood attend the Witch Lords Conference in the fall and Mother's Day next spring.
The tribes all knew about the Ba tribe's pottery, and asked them to exchange the best animal skins and the most valuable things. They also used the pottery to recruit the strongest men from other tribes to the tribe.
Eating, chatting, and amidst the lively exchanges, Xu Chen finally got enough information today.
The tribe I belong to is called Ba, and there are five other tribes nearby.
One of the most powerful tribes is called Wu, which we have already learned about before.
Although no one can tell how many people there are in the Wu tribe, judging from their gestures and emotions, it is estimated that the Wu tribe is not small and very powerful. It probably bullies other tribes. Therefore, every time a group of male barbarians talk about,
They were all agitated and indignant.
In addition, Xu Chen also learned for the first time that although these savage tribes rarely interacted with each other on weekdays, in order to maintain contact, they actually had festival-like gatherings in spring and autumn.
The autumn gathering is called Witch Lord. Of course, this is the pronunciation. Because there is no word, Xu Chen cannot know exactly the meaning of Witch Lord, but it can be seen that everyone is very concerned about this exchange meeting.
There is also a Mother's Day in spring. The meaning of this is relatively close to Chinese in terms of pronunciation and language. Xu Chen can roughly guess the meaning, which may be to worship ancestors.
Matrilineal clans maintain the relationship between tribes and clans through maternal blood. Everyone takes their mother's surname. Through constant division, new families are created to expand territories around them. These blood-related families maintain contact with each other, thus forming a family.
A loose tribal alliance.
The Ba ethnic group is a family that split from the U ethnic group.
Muba's mother is from the Uzbek ethnic group.
Therefore, the Ba and Uu people have a common ancestor, so Mother's Day may be a ceremony to worship their ancestors.
At the same time as the sacrifice, there will be an activity similar to a collective blind date to select men for the adult women of all tribes.
For the strong and healthy development of the tribe, the stronger the man, the better.
Therefore, if you want to attract the strongest men to marry into your own family, you need to give enough gifts to seduce and compensate the other tribe.
Because this is an era with vast land and sparsely populated areas, population is the most important asset, and the youngest and strongest men from other families must be selected, so it must be done with enough sincerity and a sufficient price.
For example, the Ba tribe has three young women who have reached marriageable age.
It stands to reason that if you can recruit three son-in-laws, the tribe will have three more strong men.
Of course, as long as the price paid is high enough, each woman can recruit two or three men. Currently, women are in a dominant position and can enjoy polygamy. Anyway, it is a group marriage system and there is no fixed relationship between husband and wife.
Marrying a man is actually equivalent to getting a common husband for all the women in the tribe.
In addition to being responsible for hunting for the tribe during the day, men also have to work hard at plowing the fields and doing crazy output at night.
Xu Chen has been confused since he learned about this marriage system.
Is this happiness for women or happiness for men?
Of course, marriage is never one-sided. In future generations, daughters will not worry about marrying, but now men will not worry about marrying. For all tribes to thrive and develop, it is essential to continuously introduce new blood, so the demand for good men is naturally in short supply.
But the Ba tribe is very small and not strong enough, and they don’t have many betrothal gifts. If no one else is willing to come, then no one will be able to recruit them.
In addition to the betrothal gift to recruit a son-in-law, you can also exchange for a son-in-law, but at the moment, the Ba people don't have any suitable men to exchange for.
Xu Chen, Gu Heju, who are closest in age, are all underage.
But this year is different. The Ba people have rattan baskets, ropes, bows and arrows, wooden hoes and even pottery. These are advanced inventions and creations that are not found in nearby tribes. They are all symbols of the tribe's wealth and strength.
Especially bows, arrows and pottery can kill almost all tribes instantly.
Even the largest Uzbek tribe can only pale in comparison.
As long as a few of these are taken out, it will be enough to exchange for a few strong young men from other tribes, and the strength of the tribe will increase a lot.
It's even possible that one day the tribe's strength will surpass that of Wu...
A group of people were eating, dancing and quarreling loudly.
The saliva flies with the bonfire, and the cheeks are the same color as the sunset.
This is a typical bragging activity, and Xu Chen is all too familiar with this situation.
Tens of thousands of years later, human beings have always behaved like this.
If there is another plate of peanuts and a bottle of Erguotou, the sky will burst.
Therefore, he listened hard with his ears open and basically said nothing. At the same time, he digested and absorbed the new information. When he encountered someone he didn't understand, he would exchange a few words with the savages on the left and right. Although they were all very simple words, he gradually learned
I have more ideas in my mind.
Ropes, rattan baskets, and wooden hoes are the basic tools of life. Even if he hadn't invented them, they wouldn't have made much difference to the current tribal survival.
This simple tool can be easily produced in production and life, so it is not particularly outstanding. Maybe there may already be similar things in some larger tribal areas.
But bows and arrows and pottery are definitely epoch-making innovations.
In particular, the emergence of bows and arrows suddenly gave primitive humans enough strength to fight against powerful beasts, instead of relying on physical strength and speed to fight head-on. Just like hunting wolves a few days ago, they took the initiative to expand their living space.
Lay a solid foundation for the development of the tribe down the mountain.
Pottery, on the other hand, will significantly improve the quality of human life. From consuming hair, drinking blood, and simply baking food, to boiling hot water, cooking medicine, porridge, and stewing, it will bring about a deeper change, that is, for food. The processing of food will become more abundant, wine, sauce, pickles, etc. will appear one after another, and the types and methods of human food storage will become more abundant and diverse.
Therefore, if the Ba people take out these two things, they will definitely become the target of competition among all tribes.
But in fact, what Xu Chen wants more right now is cloth.
If the cloth can be woven before winter comes, it will definitely become the most desired thing by all the nearby tribes.
As long as they want it, Xu Chen will have enough confidence to slowly bring these tribes under his command and form a powerful tribe. Hundreds of miles around will become the territory of the Ba tribe, which will give them greater opportunities to contact more people. Distant humans and tribes.
So after listening to a group of savages bragging and eating dinner, Xu Chen went to the puddle to check the soaked bark and found that some of it had begun to rot. He picked it up and rubbed and pulled it a few times. Most of it didn't work at all. It was easy. Just tear it off, but there are still two types that are relatively strong and can also separate the softer fibers.
He breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the two branches tied together with the bark, and placed them at the entrance of the cave.
After the earth kiln at the foot of the mountain is built, you can start spinning and weaving. If you can succeed, you can start collecting these two barks on a large scale and officially start weaving.
Once there is cloth, a group of savages are no longer savages.
But a group of savages wearing clothes.
Xu Chen couldn't help but twitching his face and sighing when he heard the um um um ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah sounds inappropriate for young people.
Driving, grinding your teeth, snoring, farting, and not washing your hands when you poop, it’s so bad...
Did God deliberately arrange to punish me?
He muttered all the way to the woods to find a place to defecate. After mumbling for a long time, he came out with grinning teeth and rubbing his buttocks.
There was no paper to wipe my butt, and the stone scratched my anus so much that it hurt.
A half-moon rises up into the sky, and the surrounding fields are like black daisy.
The roars of wild beasts and the cries of night birds could be heard from all around.
Under the light of the moonlight, a thin shadow was tracing traces on the rock wall beside the fire pit.
Ye's expression was serious and persistent, and his movements were also very careful.
She wanted to engrave all the words and graphics written by Xu Chen into imprints and not let time erase them.
In her opinion, these are more important things than bows, arrows and pottery, and they have an unparalleled temptation for her.
"Zao...Gah!"
With no one around, Ye secretly released his stubbornness.
"Zao!" came a familiar and clear voice from behind.
Ye's thin body trembled slightly, then turned his head with a face full of shame, and looked at Xu Chen, who was walking over waving his hands with nowhere to put his hands.
"Zao!" Ye lowered his head and whispered to correct his mistake.
"By the way, you are not allowed to talk to me in the future!"
Xu Chen rubbed Ye's messy hair, then picked up a piece of charcoal and started writing today's diary in the blank space.
First draw a bowl, then draw a jar...
"Bowl~"
"bowl!"
"Can~"
"Can!"
"Cup~"
"cup!"
As the night gets darker, there are more and more words on the cave wall.
Because the amount of information gained today is so large, this diary is extremely long, and I have written more than 20 words without realizing it.
Xu Chen finally gave up and looked at the cave walls covered with graffiti in the moonlight, and couldn't help but sigh again.