Because there are very few interactions between tribes, there are great barriers to language communication, especially between tribes in different regions. They are isolated from each other and have developed and developed. Gradually, they have formed their own different language systems, with obvious differences in dialects.
However, because the ancient languages have similar inheritance, although they each innovated a large number of language vocabulary and the tones are also very different, the most basic theory of the language is still the same, that is, single words and single sounds, and the way of combining words is the same. Obviously, it is still the same.
Xu Chen believes that the style of ancient Chinese is at best the obvious difference between modal particles and pronunciation.
This similarity, coupled with the exaggerated and rich movement expressions that are universally applicable, provides a simple possibility for communication between different tribes.
However, the behavior and habits of the Kugou Alliance seem to be significantly different from the two alliance tribes of the Wu and Gonghuo tribes. They like to paint themselves in five pure colors of gold, green, red, white and black, rather than like the Gonghuo and Wu tribes.
Other tribes like to use different colors to paint patterns all over their bodies.
There is only one possibility for this huge difference in behavioral habits, and that is that the Five Ghost Tribe and the Wu Gonghuo Tribe belong to different groups.
And they worship a ferocious man-eating monster with a human face and a bird body.
Regarding the man-eating monster with a human face and a bird's body, Xu Chen naturally would not really regard it as a kind of ghost. At least he has traveled through the world for three years and has not discovered that there are supernatural elements in this world. At most, it is animals and plants and the things he was familiar with.
The earth we know is very different.
However, in ancient times, there were descriptions of various human-faced harpy monsters both at home and abroad, including Egypt, Greece, and China. In the Pre-Qin Qin Dynasty's Book of Mountains and Seas, there were repeated descriptions of various human-faced harpy-bodied animals.
And God appears.
The Book of Mountains and Seas is not a purely mythological work, but an ancient map of mountain and sea geography, minerals, animals and plants. Many of the mountains, rivers, geography, animals and plants in it can actually find some corresponding evidence in reality.
Even if it is a monster with a human face and a bird's body, Xu Chen knew that there is a human-faced eagle in South America, the American harpy eagle, also known as the harpy eagle... The harpy eagle, with a wingspan of two to three meters, is the largest on earth.
Birds of prey, and their food includes monkeys and other primates, so harpy eagles are also nicknamed monkey killers, and there are many local incidents of sneak attacks on human children.
If your guess is correct, then the man-eating ghost worshiped by the Five Ghosts might be a raptor similar to the harpy eagle.
However, times are different now. In the era when super raptors like the horned eagle existed, the earth's climate was no longer suitable for large animals to survive. However, in the current climate environment, the sizes of animals and plants are much larger. At present, raptors such as the horned eagle,
Maybe he can only be considered a small man.
It seems that I need to feed and train my two big eagles well, and maybe they can actually ride on them and fly.
Fawkes in Harry Potter was created based on this horned eagle with a human face and a bird's body.
In ancient China, there was also a mythical figure like Lei Zhenzi.
Just like dragons, there may be more mysterious and strange species to be found now.
Therefore, Xu Chen was still very interested in this kind of monster with a human face and a bird's body.
However, what he is most interested in right now is undoubtedly lead ore.
With these two things, he almost had the decision of the Five Ghost Clan in the palm of his hand.
If you want to be awesome in any era, you have to have a mine at home.
A top-notch family must have a lot of mines.
Xu Chen still has a long way to go before reaching the goal of many mines.
The two lead ores found in front of me are what the Five Ghost tribe used to smear their bodies.
Lead is the earliest cosmetic used by humans.
The main component of galena is lead sulfide, which is lead-gray and has a metallic luster.
The ancient Egyptian aristocrats had the same habit of wearing heavy makeup like primitive humans. They especially liked to use galena powder to apply eyeshadow very heavily. It looked like their eyes were getting bigger, and they were also sparkling, which was very sexy, but it looked good.
It looks good, but it dies very quickly.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China, white lead ore has always been a whitening skin care product favored by the aristocratic class.
Cerusite is a mineral with a crystal texture. After grinding it and applying it on the face, it can not only whiten and nourish the skin, but also make the skin smooth and shiny. It looks good, but it also dies quickly.
Because lead can cause lead poisoning when it comes into contact with the skin.
In fact, lead is one of the longest-used metals by humans, and has been used longer than copper. However, it was not until the rise of atomic physics and the emergence of the concept of heavy metal poisoning that people gradually began to be wary of it.
In fact, even in the West, heavy metal poisoning and radioactive poisoning were discovered very late.
After Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium, she confirmed that radium could kill cancer cells. As a result, a trend of radium-based health care emerged among Western aristocrats. Various toothpastes, facial masks, cosmetics and even foods containing radium appeared one after another.
Among them is a kind of radium water drink. It is said that drinking one bottle every day can make the body stay youthful and youthful. It has been enthusiastically sought after by many nobles. There is a rich man in the United States who drank 1,400 bottles in five years and finally drank himself to death.
The body riddled with holes turned into a huge radioactive source. He could not be cremated or buried. In the end, he could only build a lead-skin coffin and bury it deep underground.
As a heavy metal, lead can poison people, and it is also the only basic metal material in human society that can be used in large quantities to isolate radiation and protect human health. One thing can defeat another. This has to be said to be the magic of nature's creation.
The main components of ancient bronze are a combination of copper, lead, and tin.
Xu Chen didn't know the specific proportion, but the amount of lead was the least. Its main function was to improve the toughness and ductility of the bronze, while the function of tin was to lower the melting point and increase the hardness.
The more lead, the easier it is to cast, and the more tin, the harder and brittle it is.
The more exquisite and complex the bronze, the higher the lead content.
Like weapons and knives, the tin content is higher.
For a highly demanding musical instrument like a copper bell, the ratio of the three elements must be very precise. It must be hard enough to produce a rich and loud sound, and must be tough enough not to be shattered.
In order to smelt a suitable bronze alloy according to needs, craftsmen need to conduct repeated experiments and accumulate a lot of experience.
However, Xu Chen did not necessarily want to cast bronzes like those in ancient times.
He doesn't want anything from Zhong Ding, he just wants a bronze ax that can chop trees and split wood.
If he dropped his ax into the river now, and the river god floated up and asked him if he lost a gold axe, a silver axe, or a copper axe, he would definitely cry excitedly, "copper axe, what I dropped is a copper axe, and it's a copper axe."
Copper alloy, don't fool me with those worthless gold and silver axes.
It is impossible for a god to give him a bronze ax at the moment.
All gods were created by him.
He himself is the greatest magician in prehistory who is more godly than a god.
This ax can only be created by himself.
But at the moment, if you want to cast a suitable bronze, it is impossible to use lead alone. Moreover, the two kinds of lead ore add up to only more than ten kilograms, which is of no use.
Therefore, Xu Chen, after a burst of excitement, had not found another more important tin ore, so he could only ask people to put these lead ores in clay pots and store them specially, and try to simply make copper and lead another day.
Alloy to see the effect.
Because in the industrial age, copper-lead alloy is also a very important industrial material. It is widely used in fields such as pistons and crankshafts. It can also have very high hardness. Making knives and axes is definitely much harder than pure copper, but this is
Knives made of this alloy cannot be used by killers.
Because you can't lick it often, otherwise it will die quickly.
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The day before the Witch Lords Conference.
The Wu ethnic group and the nearby Hu ethnic group, the Muya tribe, arrived successively in the afternoon.
At this point, all tribes participating in the conference have arrived.
Compared with the solemnity and seriousness of Mother's Day in March, the Witch Lords Conference is much more relaxed and lively.
The number of participants from each tribe was much larger than that of Mother's Day, but there were far fewer women. The main participants were young and middle-aged men from each tribe. Their goal was to compete for the top three places in the hunting competition, hoping to win the title of warrior.
However, as soon as these later tribes arrived, they were stunned by the emergence of the Eye of God. After worshiping at the entrance of the valley, their minds were still awake. When they entered the valley, they were pulled aside by the tribes who had arrived earlier and asked if they had any questions.
They didn't bring any gold or gems, but they were willing to exchange them for fine leather goods, linen, etc.
Just when several clan leaders were stunned and surprised by the worthless gold and gems they had brought, they slowly heard an even more surprising news.
When you go up the mountain to visit the Temple of the Mother of God, you should prepare some gold and gemstones. There is a pool on the mountain. Only if you throw treasures into it, will the gods bless you. The more you throw away, the more you will be blessed.
After hearing the news, the chiefs and leaders of the three clans of the Cang, Hu, and Muya clans were no longer calm, and they all ran to ask Muba. After learning that the news was true, they all became excited, turned around, and ran back to ask for help from their clan members.
Collect all the amber, turquoise, gold, gems, etc. that you brought.
Because this conference was mainly about trade and exchange, each tribe brought a lot of items. Not only were there common items such as animal skins, horns, bones, teeth, and feathers, but there were also hats, pockets, and leather boots made of fur.
Various new items such as quivers, and almost all the six tribe alliances also brought some linen cloth.
As for the various gold, turquoise, amber, agate and other colorful gems, jade ores, etc. that were collected just as a curiosity in the past, now they are specially arranged to find and collect them.
Because the Ba people collect almost everything, each tribe collects these minerals and gemstones in a more extensive manner. Each tribe collects them in baskets and loads, just to exchange them for more pottery from the Ba people.
Even if the pottery cannot be exchanged, giving it to the Ba people can be regarded as a greeting gift.
Therefore, these clan leaders mobilized to collect them. Each tribe made a large pile. After loading them all in backpacks, they followed the great witch up the mountain to worship the old mother goddess.