Now that spring has begun, these peppers have begun to sprout, tangled in clusters on low shrubs and tree trunks.
Pepper has a very spicy smell. In autumn and winter, the Muya people will collect some and pile them up near the cave to dry them and use them as firewood. In addition, they can also spread them in their nests and use their special smell to drive away snakes, rats, insects and ants. It is considered the most primitive pepper.
Insect repellent methods.
As for using pepper seeds specifically to grill meat, they have never had this concept.
When used as a spice, it is even more impossible for these savages who are still in the stage of consuming hair and drinking blood.
They are still struggling not to go hungry, and they don't even bother to put on clothes.
This kind of thing is only needed by a guy like Xu Chen who pursues delicious food beyond his time.
And this kind of demand can just bring the same high-value wealth to the poor Muya people. Both parties get what they need and everyone is happy.
In the process of searching for pepper, Xu Chen also had a careful communication with the Muya clan chief, hoping that they could specially clean up the places with pepper, and at the same time find suitable places to sow or transplant more pepper saplings in autumn.
Afterwards, store and dry them properly. Do not use this method of blowing lamps and pulling out wax to cut down trees for firewood or bedding.
The Muya clan leader naturally happily agreed to Xu Chen's proposal, and at the same time expressed his most sincere gratitude to Xu Chen.
Xu Chen's visit this time was entirely to deliver the gospel.
Because Xu Chen promised that no matter how much pepper they planted and collected in the future, the Ba people would collect it all according to the order, and the price would be very high, and the pottery and linen would be freely exchanged.
After receiving Xu Chen's promise, the entire Muya clan burst into joy.
People are incomparable. When the Muya tribe broke away from the Uzbek tribe and settled in this barren mountain to survive, it was extremely difficult to survive because they were not welcomed by the Uzbek tribe. Even though they later slowly reintegrated into the Uzbek tribe alliance and accepted the
The leader of the Great Witch, but he is still at the bottom of the contempt chain.
For so many years, the Wu tribe has never given the Muya tribe any good looks.
At every gathering and transaction, the Muya tribe could bring out the least items, and they could not exchange for urgently needed survival supplies.
But since the rise of the Ba tribe, the Muya tribe has truly experienced the feeling of being recognized and respected by others.
They can be exchanged for needed pottery from the Ba people without discrimination, and can also learn various advanced skills.
Now, Xu Chen has brought them another way to make money.
As long as they plant and collect pepper well, they can obtain a steady stream of wealth.
"Your Majesty the Witch King, Xie Ga!"
The white-haired Mu Ya clan leader held Xu Chen's arm tightly and cried with joy.
"Thank you, thank you. I should thank you for letting me find what I have been looking for for a long time. I hope you can plant it well, just like the Ba people sow food. The Muya people will definitely become very rich in the future because of pepper!"
Xu Chen's words made everyone in the Muya tribe feel happy and excited. They all nodded and said that they would develop production in accordance with the instructions of His Majesty the Witch King and work hard to build a beautiful and prosperous Muya tribe.
Facing the excited men and women of the Muya tribe, Xu Chen naturally did not hesitate to praise him, saying that the Muya tribe is the backbone of the Six Tribes Alliance, and the future development of the alliance will require more support from the Muya tribe. He came here not only to take a look.
Everyone, we also specially brought the great witch's sincere care and blessings for the Muya tribe. We hope that the Muya tribe will continue to work hard, not wait or rely on it, concentrate on development, and focus on seeking happiness.
Hearing that the great witch still cared about him every day, the entire Muya tribe was so excited that their emotions collapsed, and many women burst into tears of happiness.
After so many years of independence for the Muya tribe, they finally felt the deep care of the great witch for the first time, and also felt a kind of happiness they had never experienced before.
In the following time, Xu Chen held a regular military drill, then awarded flags and horns, issued military badges, armor, bows and arrows to the officers, and encouraged them to train well and join the six tribes next month to go to the Gonghuo tribe to participate in the great witchcraft
The inheritance ceremony was carried out, and a time was also scheduled to gather at the Uzu tribe.
In the afternoon, Xu Chen, led by the Muya hunters, went to inspect the valley near the foot of the mountain, mainly to familiarize himself with the living environment near the Muya tribe and to provide some guidance for future development.
The Muya clan is located in the northwest of the Uzbek tribe, and is actually only separated from the Uzbek tribe by a large mountain. There is a relatively fast-flowing stream in the territory, and in this stream, you can still pick up some copper ores and even
Occasionally you can find amber and gold.
From this, Xu Chen concluded that the area of the Muya tribe and the copper mine of the Wu tribe must belong to the same mining area. In other words, there must be a large copper mine within about ten kilometers of where the Wu tribe and Muya tribe meet.
Mineral veins exist.
It's just that there are ravines, valleys and high mountains everywhere, making it very difficult to develop.
After staying another night in the Muya clan, Xu Chen led the team to set off early the next morning. Under the leadership of the Muya hunter guide, they headed towards the Ji clan along another rugged valley path.
The development of the Ji and Cang tribes is relatively rapid.
The houses built have been completed and are not too large in scale.
The situation in the farmland is roughly the same. It is about a hundred acres, and it has sprouted now, and it has begun to have a hint of pastoral life.
However, the spirits of the two tribes are much better than those of the Hu and Muya tribes.
Especially for Xu Chen's arrival, the two tribes were extremely enthusiastic and excited. They received him as if he were a great witch. They took out all the dried fish and meat that were not in storage, and arranged for hunters to go hunting and fishing.
I would rather my own people be hungry than let Xu Chen and everyone who came with him be well fed.
Xu Chen was still very satisfied with the attitudes of the Ji and Cang tribes. He also stayed with the two tribes for a few more days and carefully helped plan the next phase of house construction and farmland reclamation plans. After reviewing the flag-conferring formal commissioning training
Afterwards, the commander asked the two tribes and the accompanying hunter team to jointly conduct a large-scale military exercise, and even entered the territory of the Qia tribe at one point.
Since the Gonghuo Tribe and the Qia Tribe's lairs were taken away last time, most of the men of the two tribes have become prisoners, and a group of the youngest and strongest women have also been taken away, causing the two tribes to suffer a serious loss of vitality.
After the great shaman of the Gonghuo Tribe returned at the end of November, he quickly arranged for hunters to bring a large amount of animal skins to the Cang Tribe to apologize, and redeemed some of the men from the tribe, and some remained with the two tribes to help with construction.
Accept reform through labor.
This was Xu Chen's suggestion when he left.
Redemption is part of the agreement, but the two tribes can choose whether to release the person based on the actual situation. Xu Chen’s idea is to release the person slowly. If he stays, he can help the two tribes build houses, and at the same time, the Gonghuo tribe’s strength will be empty for a long time.
for a period of time, so that he would have enough time to arrange manpower, insert the guidance working group of the Six Races Alliance first, and gain a certain amount of initiative.
There are more than 200 adult men of the Gonghuo tribe, and there are still about 50 old, weak, sick and disabled people in the tribe. The last time they stole the tower, there were more than ten casualties and more than 170 prisoners. Each tribe was allocated 60%.
The remaining 40% are left to the Ba people to engage in construction.
There were nearly sixty adult men of the Qia tribe, and more than thirty people were captured, who were distributed in roughly the same proportion.
The total number of prisoners left behind by the Ji and Cang tribes exceeds forty, and it seems that half of them have been redeemed now.
The Cang and Qia tribes are only one day apart, about thirty kilometers down the Cang River in Jiji.
In the past, there were still contacts between the two tribes. Since the conflict, the Qia tribe has shrunk their hunting areas on a large scale and almost dare not move upstream where the Cang tribe is.
However, the Cang tribe has recently begun to move downstream on a large scale. While showing off their power, they have also completely occupied the gold-rich river valley.
Primitive savages have always collected gold as a golden gemstone, but apart from being beautiful, it has no practical use. It wasn't until Xu Chen appeared that gold had the value of replacing pottery and linen.
The Cang people now know that the great witch's new scepter and golden horn are magic weapons made by Xu Chen using gold. Therefore, they feel that the value of gold must be huge and very useful to Xu Chen, so they often go to the lower river valley during the cold winter and dry season.
Come find gold.
The source of this river flowing out of gold is actually the canyon where the dragon was encountered, so Xu Chen named the canyon Yinlong Gorge, and the river was naturally named Yinlong River.
The mouth of the Yinlong River that merges into the Jicang River is only more than ten miles away from the Qia Clan. In order to observe the movements of the Cang Clan, hunters from the Qia Clan often come to inquire.
Therefore, when they saw several flags and the mighty hunters from the Six Clans Alliance appearing nearby, these Qia tribe hunters were frightened, thinking that they were going to attack their tribe. While arranging for people to go back to report the news, there were
The hunter leader pretended to be brave and came forward to ask about the situation.
After all, the two sides have reached a peace agreement, and they have been hunting hard to raise animal skins to pay compensation, and at the same time they want to redeem all the captives.
After learning that the coalition of six ethnic groups had no ill intentions, these hunters managed to calm down from their panic.
Xu Chen enthusiastically invited them to watch the joint military training and hunting of the three tribes. After seeing the strong fighting strength of the three tribes, these hunters of the Qia tribe completely lost their temper. Looking at this fully armed and majestic team,
Full of incomparable fear and awe.
After the two tribes were stolen from the tower last time, they were coerced by the shaman and the woman captured by Xu Chen, and had to surrender. But this time, they sincerely realized the huge gap between the two sides.
Because the strength of the two sides is no longer comparable and they are not at the same level at all.
They believed that if the combined forces of their two clans had encountered this well-trained team last time, let alone fighting for more than ten days, they would have been completely defeated in half a day.
So it was not unfair for the two tribes to lose last time.
Even a little lucky.
Fortunately, the Six Clans Alliance was merciful, otherwise it would have been more than just a simple prisoner, and there might have been hundreds of casualties.
After spending six days with the Ji and Cang tribes, Xu Chen not only inspected the living environment and living conditions of the two tribes, but also conducted a survey of the mountains, rivers, geography, animals, plants and mineral resources within the hundreds of miles of river basin of the two tribes.
A simple survey yielded more detailed data.
The Jicang River flows up and down for hundreds of miles and has abundant water resources. There is a large amount of water all year round, and it is completely suitable for boating.
If the two tribes had boats, it would only take up to two hours to go to the Qia tribe, and more than half a day to the Gonghuo tribe.
Although there are currently no suitable tools and skilled craftsmen to build wooden boats, in order to strengthen the connections and exchanges between several tribes in the Jicang River Basin, boats will inevitably be built in the future. Therefore, Xu Chen asked the two tribes to find water with deep water and slow flow near their residences in advance.
A simple dock was built in advance with stones in the place where the ship was built, and the wood was cut and dried to prepare for shipbuilding.
After everything was arranged, the time came to the end of January.
This parade of six ethnic groups also officially ended, and Xu Chen led the team back home.