Many people present knew something about the past situation of the Five Ghost Clan.
The Five Ghosts themselves know better that when their ancestors were forced to migrate to the Devil's Valley, they smeared various kinds of mud and ore powder on their bodies to cure skin diseases. Then the tribe began to use different colors to distinguish tribesmen, and
A new tradition was formed until Xu Chen appeared and rescued them from the devil.
In the past, in addition to painting their bodies with color, they would also wear some decorations such as beast skulls and horns on their heads, not just to look good, but to cover up physical defects and intimidate enemies.
And this habit is not only shared by the Five Ghosts, but also by all tribes.
Especially applying various colorful paints and tattoos on the body has the same effect and tradition.
However, after Xu Chen was born and became the leader, these original habits also changed quickly. Because after the emergence of linen clothes, painting pictures on the body was no longer popular, but the habit of applying paint on the face was
It still exists, but it's just not as exaggerated as before. People would smear it on their faces only when hunters go out to hunt or go on expeditions, or hold some competitions and exchange activities.
As for people like the Ba and Wu people who have been following Xu Chen for a long time, not many people have done this for a long time. As for the newly established Royal City Forbidden Army, they directly prohibit graffiti on their faces and bodies in their discipline.
After all, a guy usually covered in paint looks weird, which will seriously affect the perception and the majestic image of the royal city.
"Your Majesty the Witch King, we may have misjudged the color. The four hands may be disguises, but the glowing eyes are Moga's?"
Although Xu Chen speculated that the demons that scared them so much that they were almost annihilated were just a group of barbarians, Lei felt extremely lost and even ashamed in his heart, but he still didn't want to admit that this was the truth, so he asked with a dry mouth.
Xu Chen asked curiously: "Are you sure these people's eyes will shine?"
"Hui Ga!"
Many hunters nodded vigorously together.
"This is hard to explain!" Xu Chen held his chin and nodded slightly, then tapped the location marked on the map a few times with his hand, stood up and said, "Let's do this, you guys rest for two days, and I will personally take people to follow me to see it.
Look, the tung oil in Youtung Forest is very important. This waterway must be opened as soon as possible. Next year we will build several large ships at the same time, which will require a lot of tung oil. Whether they are a group of demons or a group of barbarians, they must be killed. They must not affect our development.
Big plan!"
"Your Majesty the Witch King, let me go this time!" Long asked with excitement on his face and clasped his fists.
"Your Majesty the Witch King, let me go!"
"Let me go!"
A large group of officers began to quarrel.
At first, they heard that it was a kind of terrifying demon, which made everyone tremble in fear. But now Xu Chen said that these demons might just be some barbarians, so they suddenly became bolder.
Xu Chen waved his hand and said: "This matter is not urgent. Commander Lei and the others have just come back and need to rest. There are also injured and missing people who need to be dealt with. If you are fine, you should go back and continue to supervise the construction of river embankments and bridges until these things are arranged.
Say it again!"
After driving away a group of officers who were eager to perform meritorious services, a group of hunters who followed them also scattered back to their tribes to rest. Feng Helei stayed behind to discuss rewards and casualty compensation standards with Xu Chen, and then they all left.
Although Lei's group came back in a state of confusion, with two people missing and more than ten injured, the condition of the injured was not serious. Many of them fell into the water and were injured by hitting rocks in panic. Only two people were injured by the barbarian attacks.
Three, and because they were protected by leather armor, the injuries were very minor. Most of them were already well on the way back. The remaining few were still walking with a slight limp, but Xu Chen did a simple inspection.
I feel like there won't be any side effects afterwards.
Xu Chen didn't expect that Lei and the others would encounter such a situation when they came back.
In view of the importance of this waterway, Xu Chen did not dare to be too careless.
The next day, after going to the tribe of the two missing hunters to express condolences and provide some compensation for the casualties, the three military and political hall commanders Feng, Lei, and Long were summoned again as well as some tribal officers to discuss arrangements for dispatching troops.
According to Lei and a group of hunters, the number of demons that attacked them was not large, and no more than thirty were seen.
But because the image was terrifying and it was on a narrow cliff, it caused huge panic and caused the entire team to be instantly confused.
After roughly understanding the situation, Xu Chen decided that not too many people would be involved in the operation this time.
In the barren mountains and dense forests, there is safety and security when there are more people, but there are also advantages to having less people, that is, the movement is small and the command is flexible, and the actions are more concealed.
In addition, the construction of river embankments and bridges is currently in full swing. The construction of the royal city, housing construction, and paddy field reconstruction require a large number of manpower, and it is not suitable to mobilize too many strong laborers to travel.
Therefore, after discussion, Xu Chen arranged for Feng to continue to sit in the royal city and supervise various construction inspections. Long guarded the barracks and was responsible for maintaining order in the royal city. Lei was still the military commander of this operation. In addition, he selected an officer from the Gonghuo tribe and the Cicha tribe to join.
As for the remaining candidates, it will be left to the Military and Political Hall to recruit. The requirement is that they are familiar with water and are mainly experienced hunters who are good at mountain and forest warfare.
In addition, in order to process tung oil near the tung forest, Xu Chen had arranged for the Huiba people to bring several craftsmen who were proficient in the oil pressing process to the Gonghuo Basin when he came back last time. He also asked the foundry to process a batch of copper for making oil cakes.
Hoops, even stone mills, pottery pots, steamers, etc. were all ready. After Lei returned from building the camp, he took these craftsmen's tools to the tung forest camp to officially build a pressing house.
It's just that he didn't expect this to happen, which caused some changes in his plan.
Originally, he only needed to ask Lei to take the people and make another trip with these manpower and tools.
But now, he decided to go and see for himself what kind of strange tribes were attacking the hunter team.
In fact, he was also a little curious as to whether a different race of people would suddenly appear and satisfy his desire and need for fair-skinned, beautiful and long-legged beauties.
According to the current state of human existence and environment, this possibility is almost zero.
But he couldn't help but want to take a look and confirm it with his own eyes.
What if...it really does happen?
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One day later, a team of sixty people set off from Jicang River Pier.
One big boat and three rafts.
Three years have passed, and several small boats have been broken and decayed. Only the largest wooden boat is still intact, but it is now mottled and old, and looks like symptoms of overuse. There are bump scars everywhere, even on the hull.
, there were also several large impact dents, and there was even a hole in the bow deck. It no longer had the stunning momentum it had when it first appeared.
The reason why Xu Chen attached so much importance to this operation was actually because of his extreme desire for tung oil.
Only by transporting a large amount of tung oil from the tung forest can large-scale shipbuilding begin next year.
With the current development of Pakistan, whether it is for daily transportation of the Ba, Wu, Yugong, or Cicha tribes, or for transporting scarce resources such as salt, lacquer, tung oil, etc., larger, stronger and more durable wooden boats are needed.
Rather than exploring the territory in the northwest, southwest, and other places with complex environments such as mountains and mountains, Xu Chen preferred to use waterways to explore in the southeast.
The sudden discovery of a large number of tung trees on the south bank of the Wulong River was like a gift from heaven, and he immediately saw the opportunity for development.
Half a day later, the fleet docked at the mouth of Yugongzu River.
The accompanying hunters and craftsmen walked to the Yugong clan carrying rice seeds, pottery, wheelbarrows, steamers, stone mills, copper hoops and other supplies.
After arriving at the Yugong tribe, Witch Yugong was not in the tribe, but had already led a team to pick spicy and sour fruits near the salt mine.
Xu Chen couldn't help but be moved by Yu Gongwu's strong enterprising spirit.
With so many witches under his command, only the witches of the Yugong clan set an example and are the most active in their work.
While her promotion to the Grand Wizard in Blue this time fulfilled her wish, the construction of such a huge pie as Yugong City also stimulated her to work harder all the time.
Xu Chen's second arrival was warmly welcomed by the men, women and children of the Yu Gong clan. After learning about the last encounter of Lei and others and Xu Chen's plan, the officers and hunters of the Yu Gong clan also asked for help, considering that
The Yu Gong clan members were more familiar with the situation in Jiangnan and the recent changes along the way to the salt mines. Xu Chen recruited more than ten hunters from the Yu Gong clan to join the team.
Because they were traveling on foot this time and were carrying a large amount of production and living materials needed by the Tung Forest camp, the march was slow. It took five full days for the team to reach the salt mine camp.
After arriving again after more than a month, everyone seemed to have a feeling of traveling through time and space when they saw the huge changes in the camp.
When Xu Chen left, the camp construction had just completed the construction of the wooden house frame, and had not yet started building doors, windows and roof coverings. The lake was surrounded by fallen and discarded trees and tangled thorns and weeds.
But this time I came, the whole camp had a completely new look.
The camp's wooden house compound covering an area of several acres has been completely completed, and large paddy fields and dry fields have been reclaimed around the lake. All the felled treetops and branches have been cleared and moved to the campground to be piled into firewood piles, leading to the camp.
A simple road nearly three meters wide has also been built in the direction of the salt mine.
A large number of barbarians and hundreds of strong men and women from the Yugong tribe are sweating profusely, clearing wasteland and carrying mud, rocks and thorns.
Although everything still looks simple, the atmosphere of the entire camp has changed.