Lin Tao roared like the tide, occasionally mixed with the roars of wild animals, making the atmosphere particularly scary.
There is no way to go back today, so we can only camp here.
Xu Chen returned to the area where the native savages gathered, and ordered some people to look after the prisoners, while others went nearby to see if they could catch some prey, and also arranged for people to collect hay and firewood.
"Don't use fire and don't use it when gathering firewood!" Youba hunter reminded in surprise.
"Try it, maybe you can make fire!" Xu Chen waved his hand.
So the group of people dispersed.
Although he didn't know how Xu Chen made a fire, he said that no one objected to collecting firewood. It was winter in this barren mountainous place, and it would be really difficult to live without a fire.
A group of people got busy. Xu Chen also looked for some dry weeds and moss in a nearby dead tree, found a secluded place, and asked Gu Heju to find a tool for drilling wood and making fire that he made at home.
come out.
This tool is actually a hand drill, but the drill bit is not bone or ordinary stone, but a piece of flint polished into a cone shape.
Flint is a kind of volcanic rock, which is dense and hard. Its main component is quartz with a special structure. Its scientific name is alpha quartz. It is nodular in shape and its cross section can easily form a shell-like texture. It is the best stone for making stone tools and is more durable than ordinary basalt.
It is easy to form sharp structures. In ancient times, this stone was used to make simple lighters. Fire sickles and the earliest flintlock guns were made of flint and steel sheets with high carbon content.
Steel pieces are currently unavailable, but flint can easily emit sparks during collision, so Xu Chen borrowed this property to make a tool for drilling wood to make fire.
In ancient China, there were Sui people who drilled wood to make fire. Many historians believe that they used wood to drill wood. In fact, there are still great differences and controversies in the geological community.
Because the Sui people made fire by drilling wood from an ancient myth. It is said that the branches of a fire tree called Sui wood were used to make fire. However, this kind of plant has not been found in nature. Instead, humans have learned to make fire artificially.
After that, all flint was used.
Therefore, in the geological community, it is generally believed that the Sui people used flint instead of flint to drill wood to make fire.
In high-speed rotation and friction, the harder the object, the faster it heats up. The hardness of wood will definitely be much different than that of stone.
The tool Xu Chen made for drilling wood and making fire is very simple. It is a straight stick as thick as an egg. Split the bottom and insert a very blunt cone-shaped flint. The method of use is also very simple. Find a thicker stick.
dry hardwood, put the flint stick on top, and wrap a rope around it. Two people pull the rope back and forth, driving the stick to rotate back and forth quickly, causing the flint and wood to rub and heat at high speed.
This structure is very simple and is much more convenient and powerful than rubbing it back and forth with one's hands.
Someone on the Internet has tested that fire can be successfully drilled out of hardwood. He believes that this type of flint pole is more likely to succeed.
So after all the materials were found, Xu Chen held on to the wooden pole and asked Gu Heju and Gu Heju to pull it back and forth with ropes. At first, the cooperation was not good, and the drill rod would often be pulled and tilted around.
After coming out of a small hole, the wooden pole stopped jumping back and forth. The three of them gradually became more proficient in their cooperation, and the wooden pole began to quickly rotate left and right on the wood.
"Quick, go faster!"
Seven or eight minutes passed, although the fire did not come out, but under the fierce high-speed friction, the wood slowly began to show signs of blackening and carbonization, and a smell of burning wood was emitted, which gave Xu Chen hope to light a fire.
So he kept urging the two personal tool men to speed up.
Gu and Ju's arms were sore from pulling, but they seemed to feel the breath of fire on the wood, so they pulled harder.
Watching the three of them doing some indescribable things to a dead piece of wood, some hunters who were looking for firewood or guarding prisoners gathered around to watch out of curiosity, but everyone was confused and didn't know what to do.
"Wow, smoke, quack!"
After three people's unremitting efforts, after more than ten minutes, some dry moss placed between the drill bit and the wood began to smoke, and there was a violent commotion among the onlookers.
"Quick, quick, the fire is going to come out!"
At this time, there was no need for Xu Chen to urge or give orders. Gu and Ju pulled the rope harder as if they had been given blood.
"Whirring whirring……"
The drill pipe rotated back and forth more violently, and the moss smoke around the drill bit grew bigger and bigger. Xu Chen kept tearing off large balls of dry moss and stacking them on top, until suddenly a light of fire appeared and the moss began to burn.
"Wow~~"
The group of hunters who were watching suddenly made a violent commotion and screamed in surprise.
Xu Chen did not dare to neglect, and kept piling dry moss and some dry weeds on top, and kept blowing air with his mouth, and soon the flames burned violently.
"Quack, quack, there's fire!"
"Quick, bring all the firewood over here!"
Amid the noisy shouts of the crowd, Xu Chen quickly ordered more firewood to be brought, and he selected some dry twigs and gently added them to the flames. Slowly, the flames burned bigger and bigger, and finally turned into a raging pile.
burning flame.
This is not a miracle, it is a miracle.
Looking at the bonfire that appeared out of thin air, a group of Mongolian and Yugong hunters knelt down directly in front of Xu Chen, lying on the ground in the dirt and grass clippings, and kept making sounds like ghosts and wolves howling from their mouths.
Although a group of Ba hunters and captives have long been accustomed to Xu Chen's magic, the appearance of the fire made everyone's awe of him rise again. He was like a giant in their minds and began to step on the road.
The earth supports the sky and moves closer to the true god.
This is no longer a skill that humans can possess.
Fire has been a magical power that can only be controlled by gods since ancient times.
Humans have never found any way to make fire outside of nature.
All are obtained by relying on the gifts of God.
Burning trees caused by lightning strikes, fires caused by drought, or huge natural disasters caused by fire rain from the sky. Any source of fire is extremely scarce, and they are all punishments or favors from the gods to humans.
And the fire of every tribe is the most precious wealth.
A tribe that has lost its fire will quickly fall into chaos if it cannot find a new fire. Venomous snakes, insects, ants and even wild beasts will begin to invade the tribe, bringing various diseases and injuries.
Fire is the greatest security guarantee for human survival.
It is not only for baking food, but also for heating, driving away snakes and insects, driving away wild beasts, preventing plague and disease, etc.
Everyone is accustomed to eating cold food and sleeping in the open when they go out, but wherever they go, they try to find tribes with fires to stay and stay overnight.
From the time I left home until now, today is the only day I may not need any heat.
But unexpectedly, Xu Chen used a wooden stick and a rope to get fire from the wood.
This magical power can only be achieved by God.
And this pile of blazing flames also frightened a group of indigenous captives to an indescribable level. Their faces were filled with dull confusion, and they even completely forgot about the severe pain and the deaths and injuries of their tribesmen.
These human beings are completely different from the Mongolian people. Their clothes and weapons are all very different from the Mongolian people.
Because they underestimated the enemy yesterday, I thought that just like the previous attacks, the Mongols would hide in the open space and have a not too fierce fight with them. If they were lucky, they would cause some casualties to the opponent to calm down the anger of the hot spring being robbed.
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But unexpectedly, these people rushed directly into the woods and launched an attack on them. Not to mention their sharp weapons and equipment, they were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.
There were heavy casualties, and only seven or eight people escaped.
And what I didn't expect was that these strange human beings with terrifying strength would directly kill them in their lair today.
This situation has only occurred two or three times before, and most of them were defeated at the expense of huge casualties of the Mongols.
But this time, these strange and tyrannical foreigners gave them no chance and took the blame for them.
Hatred and anger have been suppressed like a volcano without daring to erupt. Some of the uninjured ones were still struggling desperately to escape from the binding ropes when the hunters were not paying attention, and then waited for an opportunity to attack in the dark.
But the appearance of a bonfire completely silenced a group of people, and their minds were so blank that their souls could not return.
In fact, they also like fire and have owned fires before, but because they don't know how to save them, every time they finally get a little fire, they will soon be extinguished due to rain and snow.
They attack the Mongolian people in winter all year round. Not only do they want to drive away the enemy, but they also want to get fire from the Mongolian people. They have succeeded several times a long time ago, but as the Mongolian people continue to grow, such opportunities are becoming less and less.
The valley suddenly became abuzz with excitement due to the appearance of the bonfire. The blazing flames illuminated the dark primitive jungle. Hunters who went out to hunt in the nearby valley were also attracted back by the rising smoke. They learned that it was Xu Chen who used magical power to
Method got the fire, and suddenly Feng and a group of hunters also roared excitedly, turned around and rushed into the nearby forest to hunt again.
Since the advent of pottery, after getting used to eating cooked food, the habit of eating raw meat has gradually been abandoned. Especially the fragrant, warm and appetizing food such as multi-grain porridge and minced meat in bone soup are hard for the Ba people to part with.
They were already prepared to suffer tonight, but unexpectedly, the great Witch King once again created a miracle that only the gods can create, bringing them a winter bonfire.
Around sunset, the hunters who went out to hunt came back one after another. Although the harvest was not too big, they also managed to catch a few mountain deer and small animals. There were six large and small animals. Although there was not enough food for so many people, they also carried dry food.
With meat cubes, stewed and grilled, you can have a delicious meal.
Several beasts were disemboweled, and the earthenware pots they carried were filled with water, minced meat and bones, and stewed.
There was a large amount of salt brine nearby. Xu Chen had people make a lot of salt frost, add water to a clay pot, melt it and let it settle. He then used clean linen clothes to overlap and filter out the sediment, and then mixed the obtained brine into the meat porridge and bone soup.
Some large pieces of fresh meat are also soaked in salt water and then smoked around the campfire.
With salt, the taste of food will become different.
Even the Mongolian people have never known that food can be processed and grilled in this way.
As the pottery pot began to stir, a strong aroma began to permeate the valley, and the barbecued meat also exuded a unique burnt aroma, bringing with it a completely different and wonderful taste.
A large group of hunters were sitting around several bonfires, smelling the strong aroma of meat and swallowing their saliva continuously.
And a group of indigenous savages were also fascinated by the temptation of this fragrance. Many children couldn't help but burst into tears, completely forgetting that they had just experienced a tragic massacre.
For this group of indigenous savages, they are not short of salt and do not need to eat a large amount of raw flesh and blood to replenish salt. They also need fire to barbecue food.
However, their living environment and status have greatly restricted their desire for fire.
But this group of strange foreigners suddenly descended from the sky, bringing them a fire they had not seen for several years, which seemed to instantly dispel the coldness of winter.