The water potential of Jicang River is much larger than that of Bashui and Wushui, and it is close to the mouth of the river. The river becomes extremely wide and flows slowly here.
Several mountains have been scoured by the two rivers for hundreds of millions of years, forming a vast plain that is larger than the river beach at the mouth of the Uzu Valley upstream.
Standing at a high place and looking up and down the Wulong River, you can clearly see the different landforms and environments.
In the upstream direction, there are rolling mountains. Each mountain is higher than the other, and there is no end to the layers.
In the downstream direction, the mountains gradually become lower, and the line of sight is extremely wide. You can see a line of stretching mountains on the distant horizon. Under this extremely broad and transparent line of sight, it is probably hundreds of miles away.
This is the same as what Xu Chen had speculated before. Going down the river, it should gradually connect to the plain area.
It is not yet known how long this river is, whether it leads directly to the sea or is a tributary of a major river.
Although the Wulong River is large enough, according to his judgment, the dry season is about the same size as the Han River, and the wet season is comparable to the Yangtze River, but the climate of this era is very different from the Earth we were once familiar with. If the time and scale of last summer's heavy rains were based on,
There is still a high possibility that this river is a tributary of another larger river.
So, what will the scale of the larger rivers downstream be like?
Xu Chen felt like he couldn't figure it out.
But these are not things he needs to consider right now.
He came here this time to check the hydrology and environment at the mouth of the Ji Cang River. Next time, he will arrange for someone to try to see if they can go down the river from the Ba and Wu tribes to get here, and then go up the Ji Cang River and enter the Gonghuo Basin.
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As long as this waterway is opened, the time between the two places will be greatly shortened in the future, and the exchanges between the two alliances will be more frequent and convenient.
With the development of the Gonghuo Plain, a dock may be built at the mouth of the river in the future, gradually forming a dock town, which will radiate and drive freight and personnel exchanges between the entire Gonghuo Alliance and the Ba Nationality Alliance.
Because it was already getting late, Xu Chen led people to conduct a general inspection near the mouth of the river.
That night, we camped at the foot of a nearby mountain that was sheltered from the wind and spent the night.
Early the next morning, Xu Chen led people to continue up the river to check if there was a road leading to the Uzbek people.
However, he was a little disappointed. After walking more than ten miles upstream, he encountered a cliff blocking the river. On the other side of the river, there appeared a tributary about the same size as Wushui. There were even people wearing furs on the river beach.
primitive man is hunting.
"嘢嚯~~~~"
The hunters who followed couldn't help but wave and call excitedly.
The savages on the opposite side soon discovered their presence. They stopped hunting and ran to the river bank to observe. Some people started waving and shouting.
Gu and others joined in the fun and blew the horns, and Ju and others also raised the chess pieces high and shook them vigorously, which frightened all the savages on the opposite side. They screamed and fled in all directions, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
"Cowardly quack!"
A group of hunters burst into laughter.
Xu Chen couldn't laugh or cry.
It seems that there should be many primitive tribes on both sides of this river.
However, the river blocked communication, which gave him some ideas.
When the time comes, build rafts to the opposite side and gather some tribes. In this way, three alliance forces will be formed, and the population will further increase.
As the population increases, the pace of his exploration and expansion will also be greatly accelerated.
As long as the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can communicate with each other, this section of the Wulong River will be included in his sphere of influence.
Therefore, although he did not find a shortcut along the river to the Uba tribe, Xu Chen was still very satisfied. This trip was a fruitful one.
On the way back, Xu Chen called Lei and the leaders of the captive army who came with the Gonghuo tribe to give instructions and arrangements, and asked them to take time to come near the river to inspect the situation. Especially when the water rises in summer, they should pay careful attention to the flooded areas.
location, make some advance preparations for the future construction of the wharf, and arrange for people to inspect the water flow conditions of the Jicang River in all seasons to provide detailed channel data for future waterway traffic.
When we returned to the Gonghuo Clan, it was already the evening of the next day.
The two-day hunting competition has ended.
The six ethnic coalitions participated in the hunt and obtained the most prey, but they did not participate in this competition. They only wanted to explore the situation on the other side and obtain food.
The twins, the little witch and the dragon, stayed at the station to maintain order in the hunt and judge the results of the hunting competition.
Because the Gonghuo tribe lost a large number of hunters, their results in this hunting competition were not good and they only won third place. Among the alliance tribes, a tribe named Qu, second only to the Gonghuo tribe, won first place. The two of them
A total of more than forty wild beasts were hunted every day, including a giant aquatic beast.
This giant beast looks like a beaver, but it is nearly two meters long with head and tail. It has rodents, huge claws, a flat tail, gray-brown fur all over its body, and two huge sharp incisors thicker than its arms.
Looking at this terrifying thing, Xu Chen's face turned pale and he was stunned for a long time.
From the outside, it looks like a close relative of the beaver that likes to build dams in the water, but its size is terrifying.
And looking at its thick and sharp front teeth, it is estimated that it can easily break wood as thick as its waist.
"Where did you get this?"
When Xu Chen came back to his senses, he felt his anus tightening and his back felt cold.
"Linga!"
A group of Qu hunters pointed at a large dense forest near the river bank two miles upstream.
Xu Chen was silent again.
They happened to pass by that forest when they came here a few days ago. It was a swamp with many huge willow trees and a large number of plants like mangroves. Their roots were intertwined with each other. The situation was complicated.
, even with a Qia guide leading the group, they still walked around for nearly an hour before they came out.
At that time, I only thought that there were many water birds, turtles and snakes inside, but I had never seen anything like this.
But judging from the appearance of this thing, it does belong to a swamp creature.
It's not surprising that it appeared in that tidal flat forest, but its size was just too scary.
Even if two or three hunters meet it, it probably won't be enough for it to grind its teeth.
And this thing can swim. If the raft is tipped over while passing by on the river, the consequences of falling into the water will be unimaginable.
Therefore, the river does not appear to be as peaceful as it appears on the surface.
If these things appear in groups, they can almost cut off the traffic on this river.
In addition, with such a large beaver, larger fish, snakes and even crocodiles may be hiding during the period.
The more he thought about it, the more the hairs on Xu Chen's body stood up.
The Jicang River is just an inconspicuous river. The Wulong River not far away is larger, flows farther, has a more complex hydrological environment, and there must be more terrifying beasts on land and water.
Just like the dragon that once entrenched itself in the swamp forest at the mouth of the Uzu River.
The world is far from simple and peaceful as we know it.
In this sparsely populated and isolated primitive wilderness, there are still so many super beasts hidden that I don’t know or recognize.
Although this beaver is not as ferocious as a dragon and seems much less ferocious, its exaggerated size and sharp claws are enough to make people tremble with fear.
“Is there a lot of this thing in the river?”
Xu Chen turned around and asked a captive leader of the Gonghuo Tribe.
"Doga, we kill four or five every year..."
The captive leader clapped his fingers and thought as he spoke.
"Is it easy to kill?"
Xu Chen asked with a twitching face.
"It's not easy to kill the snake, it's better to eat the snake. The skin is warm and easy to make clothes!" the leader replied seriously.
Although Xu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, his face was still full of confusion.
The Gonghuo Tribe is the largest tribe in the Gonghuo Basin, with more than two hundred adult men. They hunt countless large and small beasts a year. Although they mainly hunt small and medium-sized beasts such as wild deer and wild sheep, they occasionally hold a
Large-scale hunting groups of medium and large beasts such as wild ass and bison are hunted. The tribe is very powerful, but only four or five of these super giant beavers can be hunted in a year, which shows that it is very difficult to hunt this thing.
There are probably two reasons. One is that the living environment is complex. In the dense forest on the tidal flats, it is not easy to deal with amphibians. The other is that its huge size and sharp claws make it not a vegetarian at first glance.
The most important thing is that according to the habits of beavers, this thing likes to live in family groups.
However, the fur of this thing is thick and soft, waterproof and warm, so it should be a good leather product.
The Qu tribe won the first place in the hunting competition by relying on one beast. The second place was a tribe called the Kun tribe. It seemed that the number of hunted beasts was more, and there were also three adult wild wolves, but it is said that almost all the hunting teams
They all voted for this beaver, which shows that all primitive people thought that this thing had terrible fighting power and was very difficult to hunt.
But I am afraid, but this is a barbaric era of fighting against the harsh natural environment.
Anyway, it is just a huge beaver, and compared to more ferocious beasts such as tigers and dragons, it is not worth mentioning.
Therefore, after Xu Chen carefully inquired and communicated for a while, he gave Lei and others a few words of advice and then put the matter aside.
No matter how difficult it is, waterway shipping must be opened up. In the process of development and development, some sacrifices are inevitable, and we cannot stop eating because of choking.
In the evening, a grand award-giving and warrior blessing event was held on the river beach near the wooden platform where the inheritance ceremony was held.
The top three tribal hunter teams received pottery and linen as rewards.
Xu Chen each awarded a pair of bows and arrows as prizes to the three selected tribal warriors. The twin little witches and the great witch of the Gonghuo tribe blessed the three warriors respectively.
After the event, there was a regular bonfire dinner.
A total of hundreds of large and small beasts were hunted in two days. Some of them had been slaughtered and eaten yesterday. The beasts killed today and the huge beaver were also disemboweled, grilled and cooked.
Xu Chen took out the remaining jar of vine fruit wine and invited all the tribe leaders, leaders and warriors to share it.
Eating meat, drinking wine, and chatting, under the leadership of three witches, thousands of people sang and danced around more than a dozen bonfires in the dusk, and the jubilation slowly ended late at night.
Everyone was very happy at this banquet, because no one was beaten today, which made several tribal leaders who were beaten one after another in the past few days both happy and disappointed.
Although I didn't get beaten, I'm afraid I won't be able to taste such delicious fruit wine again for a long time.
This method of making wine is said to be a secret of the Ba people.
I want to eat it in the future, but I don’t know what year or month it will be.
Perhaps, getting beaten is not a bad thing, because there may also be wine.