In the following time, the Ba hunters who had packed up their weapons did some simple treatment and bandaging for the injured Tujiu savages, and then a large group of people returned to the cave where the Mongolian people lived and started to light a fire and cook.
In order to make tomorrow's operation smoother, after dinner, Xu Chen called the Mongolian chief and some Mongolian hunters who were familiar with the indigenous savages' territory to have a detailed discussion. He also captured a few Tu savages who were not too seriously injured and asked the Mongolians to repeat
interrogate to obtain more detailed information.
The message is very simple. Follow the direction of the attack of the indigenous savages and continue to the deep mountains and old forests in the south for more than half a day. There is another valley. This group of indigenous savages lives near that valley. There are several places in the valley where there is no grass growing.
Gather a large number of beasts to pick up this salty stone.
Because the Mongols couldn't bear the harassment from these indigenous tribes, they didn't just sit back and wait for death. Instead, they occasionally took the initiative to attack, hoping to completely eliminate these monkey-like Tu savages, but their strength did not allow it.
Although they had attacked the opponent's territory several times, they were quickly repulsed. However, they would also take the opportunity to pick up some of these salty stones, and lick them a few times when they had a headache, fever, and body discomfort. Unexpectedly, there were
It turned out that the condition was getting better, so the Mongolian people always believed that these stones could cure diseases and treasured these stones as treasures given by the gods.
Xu Chen didn't know whether salt could cure diseases, but he knew that a lack of salt would definitely cause many diseases in the body. Therefore, sometimes when the body is extremely short of salt, supplementing some salt would definitely improve the body's functions.
Because the Mongolians rarely had the chance to attack savage territory, they had very little of this kind of rock salt. They brought back some and slowly licked it away.
The remaining piece has always been kept in the hands of the clan leader as a treasure. When a clan member is sick, he will take it out and lick it a few times.
This is how Xu Chen looked when he saw this dark, smooth, and richly coated stone.
It was impossible to lick, but in order to test his idea, Xu Chen still asked the Mongolian chief for the stone, saying that he wanted to break it open and have a look.
Although the clan leader was very reluctant to part with it, he did not dare to refuse. Moreover, if Xu Chen succeeded in this operation, the Mongolian people would have endless stones to lick in the future, so in the end he readily agreed.
Xu Chen found two stones and smashed the rock salt. The exposed cross-section confirmed his judgment. There were a large number of translucent salt crystals inside, which were standard salt brine ores. He carefully pounded these stones into pieces, from which
He picked out a transparent salt crystal and took a sip. The familiar salt smell that he had not seen for a long time made him let out a long breath.
There is no place to be found even after wearing iron shoes, and it takes effort to find it.
He finally found the salt he had been looking for for a long time, and it was almost within easy reach of the Ba people. The distance between the two places was only two to three hundred miles.
If this distance were placed in the past, it would only take half a day to get there and back.
But at the moment, except for the Mongols and the local indigenous savage tribe, almost no outsiders know about it.
And even the Yu Gong clan and several nearby tribes don't know about such a good thing, which shows how closed human life is in this era.
It stands to reason that there will still be some gatherings and exchanges between tribes every year. The Mongolian people can completely exchange the rock salt mines with other tribes for more useful wealth, but they seem to have never done so.
With this question in mind, Xu Chen still had a conversation with the Mongolian clan leader at the Yugong Clan.
But the answer he got made him dumbfounded.
It turns out that the problem still arises from the battle for the great witch that once caused the tribe to split.
The Mongolian people have always supported the La people. They used to be the same people as the La people. After the Great Witch Inheritance Incident, the La people retreated and fled and split into two. The La people fled to the north, while the Mongolian people fled to the south. In order to escape
Pursued by the Yu Gong clan, they fled all the way to the primitive jungle farthest away from the Yu Gong clan. After wandering for a long time, they finally found this hot spring area inhabited by indigenous savages, and finally occupied the hot spring at the cost of heavy casualties.
Even though the La tribe in the north lost their shamans, they never surrendered to the Yu Gong tribe until the Mao Tun tribe killed all their men not long ago.
The Mongolian people in the south have been unwilling to submit to the Yu Gong clan for a long time, but later, for the sake of the continuation of the ethnic group, they had to compromise and submit to the leadership of the Yu Gong clan's great shaman in order to obtain the power of marriage exchanges.
In short, all tribal alliances are similar. Although they belong to the same alliance, there are constant grievances and hatreds within them, and the conflicts cannot completely disappear.
Therefore, apart from traveling to and from other tribes for marriage every year, the Mongols refuse all collective activities on the grounds that the distance is too long and inconvenient. Naturally, they will not exchange good things like rock salt with other tribes.
Moreover, rock salt is not easy to obtain. It is not enough for oneself, and it is impossible to exchange it.
After figuring out the information through gestures, exchanges and guessing, Xu Chen suddenly had some ideas and told the La tribe's current situation.
When they heard that all the men of the La tribe were killed by the Maotun tribe, and the women and children were killed and eaten, the Mongolian chief and several leaders were filled with grief and anger. However, when they learned that the remaining women, children, old and young were sent away by Xu Chen,
After going to the other side of the river and handing them over to the Thunder Clan and saying that they would take good care of them, the Mongolian chief and several leaders burst into tears of gratitude, and some even burst into tears.
For these single-minded savages, their thinking is very simple, kindness is kindness, hatred is hatred, good is good, bad is bad, just like the battle between them and these primitive indigenous people for hundreds of years.
It has never stopped. No one has ever thought about communicating and discussing peaceful coexistence with these indigenous savages. Instead, they have always deliberately planned to kill each other and completely solve this disaster.
What's more, it is almost impossible to eliminate the rifts and hatred caused by the belief in great witches.
Both the La and Mongolian people regard the great shaman of the Yugong clan as a heretic, not an orthodox inheritor, and are unwilling to recognize and accept her leadership.
However, after all, it was a tribe led by a great witch. Compared with the indigenous savages, the level of civilization has evolved a lot. They know how to assess the situation and endure hardships. For the survival of the tribe and the addition of fresh genes, the Mongolian finally chose to recognize the Yu Gong tribe.
The leadership of the Great Witch is only a forced compromise, and the seeds of hatred and hostility have not completely disappeared.
This makes the Mongolian tribe a maverick tribe in the Yugong Clan Alliance, living independently in the south and having little contact with other tribes.
Because of their psychological sympathy and helplessness for the La people, the Mongolian people were unable to provide more help. However, after they heard about the situation of the La people from Xu Chen, they immediately became very close to Xu Chen and gave up completely.
This time, they all expressed their excitement and excitement that they would fully help Xu Chen attack the indigenous tribes and seize the salt mines there.
Xu Chen got the answer he wanted, with a relaxed smile on his face.
Although the Yu Gong clan surrendered, the subsequent management is still troublesome. After all, there is no bridge or road and it is inconvenient to travel. Although it is right in front of you, the communication between any tribe is based on heaven's plan. In addition, there is a shortage of manpower. This kind of
As the area explored becomes larger in the future and the more tribes are ruled, management troubles will increase.
The reason why emperors in ancient times divided princes into feudal states was not because they didn't want to strengthen management, but because they couldn't because poor transportation and natural conditions seriously hindered the centralization of power, so they had to use this method.
In addition, tribes survive as separate ethnic groups and have formed a strong sense of territory. Before the tradition of ethnic life is completely broken, tribal autonomy is the only option.
However, the feudal feudal system based on tribal autonomy will inevitably weaken the power of the royal power. As the strength of the ethnic groups and princes increases, the demand for territory and power will also expand. In the end, wars between tribes and princes are inevitable, and even
It will further weaken and threaten the rule of the royal power.
From this, various moralities and etiquette came into being.
The purpose of these ruling methods is only one, which is to win over, divide, suppress the disorderly expansion needs of various ethnic groups, and maintain the balance of power between ethnic groups and princes.
Xu Chen does not need the Yu Gong clan to be monolithic, just like he did with the Uzbek Alliance and the Gonghuo Alliance. Without full control, he should try his best to cultivate some new forces to fight against the established forces of each ethnic group and keep the alliance at a unified level.
This is an unstable state, so as to maximize control.
Taking advantage of the relationship between the La people and their hostility and hatred towards the Yugong people, it would be a good choice to win over the Mongolian people.
Although the demand for salt is not obvious at the moment, as the scale of farming continues to expand, salt will surely become the most urgently needed and scarce resource for all alliances and tribes.
At that time, he will be able to firmly control the Yugong Clan Alliance in his own hands through the Mongolian people and the salt mines.
Only when you have a mine at home can you live a free and comfortable life.
Previously, the Uzbek people were divided and recovered through copper mines.
In the future, he will divide and completely conquer the Yu Gong clan through the salt mine.
In order to let everyone understand the benefits of salt mines, Xu Chen cleaned up the smashed halite ore, put the collected salt crystals into an earthen pot, melted it with water, and then cooked a can of salty wheat-bean meat cubes.
Porridge.
When the leader of the Mongolian tribe, the leader of the Yugong tribe, He Feng, and other leaders tasted this porridge with a unique salty taste, they were all surprised and full of praise, saying that the food made from this salty stone is indeed extremely delicious.
, it tastes more delicious than cold, fresh meat, and some people even said that some of their uncomfortable symptoms suddenly disappeared.
Naturally, Xu Chen blushed and ignored this shameless horse.