After the old witch's anniversary ceremony, a grand and lively blessing ceremony was held on the river beach.
Amidst the beating drums of Dongdongdongdong, the horns of hunter teams from various tribes sounded in unison.
In an open space surrounded by more than a dozen ethnic flags.
The little dragon who had just turned one month old was placed on a piece of animal skin, surrounded by various foods, bones, teeth, bird feathers and other items.
The big shaman took the lead, held up his staff and circled around the little dragon, singing melody shamanistic songs to celebrate the birth of life and wish him healthy growth.
The five witches of the Gonghuo Tribe, the Five Ghost Tribes, the Wu Tribe, the Yugong Tribe, and the Pi Tribe also held their scepters high, singing and dancing along with the little witch in response to the ancient witchcraft songs, with serious and serious expressions.
In addition, there was a group of burly hunters wearing furs, bare-chested and painted with colorful paints, holding spears, roaring and jumping around while making roars.
These hunters are not ordinary hunters, but a team composed of officers from various tribes.
Feng, Mo, Ju, Gao from the Ba tribe, Long and Lei from the Wu tribe, Heng from the Cang tribe and officers above second lieutenant level from other tribes are among them.
Moreover, they all put on furs that they had not worn for a long time, and were dressed like the barbaric attire they wore when they lived in caves a few years ago.
The men, women, and children squatting all around had enthusiastic and excited eyes, and the roars of Wu Ga and Wu Ga came one after another, pushing the atmosphere of the entire river beach to a climax.
This is a special sacrificial event, just for a baby who is only one month old.
Various ethnic groups and tribes have been going on for countless years, but no baby has ever received such high standards of treatment.
But everyone takes it for granted.
Because this baby is unusual, he was born under the guidance and blessing of the gods from a great witch, and the pregnancy process was also bizarre, as he actually ate a mysterious dragon egg.
If these processes are still normal.
Then on the same day, His Majesty the Witch King also picked up and ate a dragon egg due to the guidance of the gods, which added a layer of gossip to this seemingly mysterious and bizarre event.
Although His Majesty the Witch King and the Great Witch of the Pi Tribe have done nothing, this child must be the child of the Pi Witch and His Majesty the Witch King.
As for the process, there are various miraculous techniques that are spread.
Of course, these gossips can only be talked about in private or made up in the mind, but it is hard to say whether in the stories hundreds and thousands of years later, they will be added to the story and turned into another kind of myth.
After all, some things cannot be studied and thought about in detail.
It's like Xuanniao's business. When you understand, it's actually a woman's cheating.
A woman's mouth is a liar.
They have known this since primitive times.
As for the palace fighting dramas in later feudal dynasties, they are just childish things that have been inherited and developed.
Men are very simple, and they always have only one simple idea, which is to sleep with a beautiful woman they don't know.
However, Xu Chen is a responsible man, more responsible than any man in this era, because he did not pull up his pants and refuse to admit his guilt. While trying to cover up the Pi tribe witches, he also wanted to plan a brilliant future for his son.
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This ceremony to bless the baby was grand and lively, and the participants were all the witches and military officers, the core leadership group he could control.
Although there is no concept of loyalty and loyalty yet, there is awe and obedience to gods and strong men.
Through this ceremony, the baby's reputation in the hearts of these people and the tribe will be greatly enhanced. Over time, a kind of awe and obedience will naturally arise.
No matter whether this child can grow up in the future or whether he has the ability to inherit the throne and rule all the tribes when he grows up, at least now we can start to hype up the situation.
Soon the blessing ceremony ended.
Xu Chen walked to the field, unwrapped the baby wrapped in the animal skin with both hands, and then raised the baby high in the air and shouted:
"This boy was born with the blessings of gods and gods. He is very healthy. His mother is a great witch of the Pi tribe. She got guidance from the gods in the Mongolian tribe and ate a mysterious dragon egg and became pregnant. This child will be destined to be extraordinary. The witch said that he
He will be the most powerful warrior of all tribes in the future. For the healthy growth of this child, I decided to keep him by my side and teach him all the knowledge I got from the gods. I hope he will be brave, wise, generous and upright.
Because he was born by Pi Wu eating a dragon egg, I named him Zilong. He does not belong to any tribe alone, because he is a common gift from the gods to all our tribes. I hope everyone can help him and educate him.
Love him and treat him the same way all tribes treat the inheritors of great witchcraft.
Here, we would like to thank our mother goddess for her gift, Wu Ga!"
"Wuga!"
"Wuga!"
"Wuga!"
The whole place was filled with excitement. Men, women, old and young cheered and roared together, and the sound resounded on both sides of the Jicang River.
After the completion of two unique sacrifices and blessing ceremonies, the annual witchcraft ceremony officially kicked off.
After a short period of preparation, the hunting teams composed of warriors from each tribe lined up and prepared to set off to participate in the hunting competition.
With the intensification of human activities, there are very few wild animals near the Gonghuo tribe. Due to the planning and settlement construction of the royal city on the other side of the river, as well as the reclamation of a large amount of farmland, there are almost no groups of large and medium-sized herbivores within nearly ten miles up and down.
animals, so this year's hunting competition had to travel further afield to find competition venues.
With the popularity of horses and the increasing power of bows and arrows in the past two years, the hunting level of hunters has been rising sharply, and the hunting scope has been greatly expanded.
In the past, hunting was only within ten miles of the residence, but now, the hunting areas of each tribe can easily reach fifty miles. In terms of area, the hunting range has expanded dozens of times.
As this hunting area expands, the overlap of hunting grounds between tribes will become higher, and the competition for prey will become greater.
Fortunately, the main food of various tribes has begun to shift to plant seeds, and their reliance on hunting is becoming less and less.
Even among the Ba people, hunting has almost become a kind of work, just like the division of labor among other members such as making pottery, farming, making woodenware, etc. They complete their tasks step by step every day, and it is no longer a necessary responsibility to maintain the survival of the tribe.
The hunter team also became three. One team was led by Feng for hunting, one team was responsible for fishing, and one team was led by Mo and was responsible for transporting trading goods such as salt, metal, and pottery between the Yugong clan and the Gonghuo clan.
The Ba tribe can be said to be the special tribe that has changed the most, fastest and most radically among all ethnic groups.
Other tribes have not yet completely solved the problem of food and clothing.
Including the Uzbek ethnic group, which owns the fastest-growing copper mines, and the Gonghuo ethnic group, which has the largest population and the most farmland, they have not yet completely completed agricultural upgrades and transformations.
Therefore hunting is still a very important activity for these tribes.
However, there are very few wild beasts near the Gonghuo Tribe Basin. In the past, there were almost no wild beasts on both sides of the river where wild beasts gathered together. They could only go to the nearby mountains for hunting on weekdays.
Although there is a lot of prey on the mountain, it is not concentrated and the environment is complex, making it not suitable for large-scale hunting competitions.
Therefore, after discussions between Xu Chen and a group of hunter officers, this time the home venue of the hunting competition was placed on the river beach near the mouth of the Jicang River downstream.
The distance from the Gonghuo Tribe to the banks of the Wulong River is thirty miles. In the past, it would have taken most of a day just to walk, making it impossible to go back and forth in one day.
But now there are not only horses, but also wooden boats and rafts. Coming and going is much more convenient and faster, especially when going there, the wooden boats and rafts can go down the river, which only takes a little more than an hour, which is about the same speed as riding a horse.
So after getting ready, the team of hunters wearing leather armor, carrying bows, arrows, spears and rattan shields boarded rafts and wooden boats, and set off from Gonghuo Pier. Dozens of rafts and four large and small wooden boats lined up in the Jicang River.
The nearly two-mile-long procession headed toward the mouth of the river with trumpets and drums honking and joy.
On the river bank, hundreds of hunters of all ethnic groups also raised flags and horns, chasing wooden boats and rafts along the newly built river bank avenue last year, and headed straight towards the Wulong River noisily.
Looking at the wooden boats and rafts racing in the river, and at the team of horses racing on the river bank, Xu Chen stood on the deck of the largest wooden boat, with a sense of joy and joy that he had never seen before on his face.
Heroic.
After six years, he finally felt an unprecedented sense of pride and pride.
Building the royal city is just to show off and satisfy some of your own selfish desires.
But these hunter teams are our true foundation.
This situation reminded him of the scene in ancient times when kings led large armies to hunt in the fields.
Although he is not a king yet, he already has the same atmosphere and effect.
Perhaps the ancient kings’ field hunting only inherited the ancient hunting competition.
It's just an ancient habit turned into a fixed political and military performance.
In fact, just like now, the meaning of hunting competition has changed dramatically from what it was a few years ago.
It turns out that the purpose is to enhance communication between the alliance tribes, learn from each other's hunting experience, and use hunting competitions to sacrifice to the gods, thank the gods for giving food, etc. It is an important means and form for tribes to learn from each other and condense feelings.
But in recent years, hunting competitions have really begun to become an entertainment competition.
Because more and more ethnic groups and tribes are participating, and their scale is getting larger and larger, the competitive spirit among ethnic groups and tribes belonging to different witch commanders is getting stronger and stronger, whether they are competing for the title of warrior or the competition for prizes
, are full of a sense of competition, and communication is not very meaningful, because the strengths of the major alliance groups are similar, and there is nothing to communicate with.
The sacrificial ceremony is nothing more than a grand meat feast, where all ethnic groups and tribes gather together for a lively carnival.
As for thanking the gods for giving food, after eating and skipping it, naturally they will all be forgotten. The really serious time is only the moment when the ceremony is held.
Just like when a man goes to bed with a woman, when they are most passionate and energetic, the energy only lasts for a few minutes. After a shiver, it becomes boring and enters the sage time. Even if you look at it more, you will feel tired.
What makes this kind of hunting competition more ritualized is that there are almost no spectators in the competition in Yuanli's residential area. This kind of hunting activity has almost nothing to do with ordinary tribesmen. They can't follow them to watch, and can only watch.
The hunters, a group of witches and leaders were left, and they would all represent the powerful class in the future.
This kind of competition has begun to change. This chapter has been completed!