Just as Lan Hua said, when the members of the mission turned around the hill on the roadside, they saw that at the end of the path was a forest clearing beside a creek. On the high side of the clearing stood a large wooden platform made of thick logs and earth.
A settlement surrounded by walls. There was light smoke rising from the settlement.
Some very rough farmland has been opened up in the open space around the settlement, which is covered with a kind of small trees two to three meters high. The trunks of these small trees are bare, with only green claw-shaped leaves growing on the top.
.Some tauren are walking around among these crops, seeming to be taking care of them.
"What is this?" The team doctor who was carrying a large bag of medicines exclaimed. He was Liszt's student, because he owed Liszt a huge favor, and considering that if he was in the original White Eagle
As far as the federation is concerned, there is a ceiling for a real civilian doctor like him to rise, so it would be better to go to this emerging territory and try his best.
However, because he grew up in a dockworker family in the city, he didn't know much about agriculture. Therefore, he became a little curious after seeing the tall plants planted outside the tribe. These crops were obviously similar to those on Lawrence's farms.
The various fruit trees are different from the low rice. Not only do they have no fruits, there are even no flowers on these small trees.
"This is cassava, a crop grown by local indigenous people, and later became a tropical specialty. Like potatoes and sweet potatoes, we eat their starchy roots, and these roots grow below the ground.
"Because of the knowledge instilled by the God of Knowledge, Lawrence easily recognized these uncommon crops.
"Then why don't we plant it?" the team doctor asked with some confusion. "I think it's easy to plant these things, and the fact that these tauren are willing to plant them means that the yield of this thing should be high.
"
"The main thing is that this thing is not only poisonous, but also tastes bad." Lawrence glanced at Orchid who was walking towards the tribe and said. "Especially because the cassava grown by this group of tauren has a large yield and does not require careful management.
The problem is that it is also very toxic, and even the residual toxins after treatment are dangerous."
"Then why did the tauren choose this thing as their crop?" the doctor then asked. "Since it has such a big defect, why don't they choose some better crops?"
"Actually, we also want to change, but we have been unable to change before." At this time, a large tauren with black hair walked out of the cassava field, carrying a large spear on his shoulder.
There was a wild boar hanging on the spear shaft, and blood was dripping down.
"There were always goblins in our area in the past. Except for cassava, which they can hardly destroy, any other crops they planted would be eaten by them."
He handed the spear to the other members of the hunting team behind him, and then said to Lawrence. "You are the envoys sent by the humans, right? Thanks to you, you helped us solve most of the goblin problems and sold us so many of us."
Weapons and tools needed."
After hearing what he said, Lawrence realized that the spear he was holding just now was from the batch I sold before. Because human weapons did not fit their size at that time, the spearheads of this batch of spears were actually
It was modified from a batch of shovels that were made in the past. Fortunately, the quality of this batch of shovels ordered by the Xinzhou Republic was very good, so after being modified into a spear, it has good performance and can meet the needs of these tauren.
"After all, this kind of trade meets the needs of both of us and is actually beneficial to both of us. And we came to you this time to find more products from both sides that can be used for trade." Lawrence finished speaking and stretched out his hand.
He took action and introduced himself, "I am the leader of this mission and the lord of this island, Lawrence August, Earl of Sauer."
"Ah, welcome." The big black tauren opposite may only know that humans will send a delegation to them to discuss recent events and exchange prospects for the future, so they have made some preparations."
Welcome to the Bighorn Tribe, my name is Tomahawk. Bighorn, I am the leader of this tribe." After saying that, he shook hands with Lawrence.
However, after introducing himself, the tauren named Tomahawk just stood there blankly as if he didn't know what to do next. Obviously he had made some preparations for the arrival of the human delegation, but he did not
Thinking that it would be Lawrence, the highest-status human being on the island, who personally led the team here, so after saying the welcome speech and self-introduction that he had memorized before, he stood there looking a little stupid, as if he didn't know what to do next.
What to do next.
"Can we go into the stronghold and have a look?" After discovering the tauren's predicament, Lawrence quickly came to smooth things over. "This is not a good place to talk."
"Of course, of course please come in." Lawrence said this. The tauren chief named Tomahawk also suddenly came to his senses, and then said. "Of course we welcome friends to come to the stockade and stay with us.
Let’s chat, and then we’ll all gather around the fire to eat barbecue and drink sweet wine.”
After saying that, he led Lawrence and the others towards the stockade. At the entrance of the stockade, he saw Lanhua talking to a minotaur with white hair, gorgeous clothes and various jewelry.
After Chief Tomahawk approached with the human envoy, the old tauren, who should be the tribal shaman, opened his arms in a welcoming gesture.
"Welcome, welcome. Friends from far away." The tauren said in an old voice, "I have heard the omen from nature and ancestors. You will bring us peace and prosperity.
.”
This kind of tribe often worships ancestral spirits, and before they want to do anything, they will ask the ancestral spirits and listen to the surrounding natural sounds to divine good and bad luck. Now listen to what this shaman said, the bull head
The ancestral spirits of the human tribe should be very supportive of their cooperation with humans this time.
This is a good sign. If these tribes want to cooperate, if there is the support of the clergy, the cooperation will be much smoother than expected. Because in these tribes that have just entered civilization, the shamans are
The tribe has a very high reputation, and if they and the chief agree on something, it is basically confirmed.
After walking into the walled tribe, Lawrence discovered that the tribe was not the large tents made of animal skins like the tauren tribe he imagined, but instead used trees as frames in each room, and then used dry leaves and some
Long grass was bundled into bundles and used as roofs to build some thatched houses.
These thatched houses are also very distinctive. They are all raised by tree houses more than half a meter above the ground to avoid moisture on the ground. At the same time, these houses have thick roofs, thin and short walls and
Doors and windows occupy basically half of the wall area. In short, this is a building that is quite suitable for the local area.
At the beginning, some people in the mission thought that the only disadvantage of the Minotaur buildings was that they easily attracted various mosquitoes. It would be terrible if they were bitten and contracted diseases. But later they discovered that the Minotaurs would use a
The smoke smoked away most of the mosquitoes, and the few remaining mosquitoes had no way of breaking through the thick fur on the Minotaurs' bodies.
After Lawrence and the others sat in the largest house in the tribe, everyone sat by the fire pit in the middle of the house and started chatting. According to what Tomahawk just said, he had sent the most elite hunters to other tribes to notify the arrival of human envoys.
According to the news, it is estimated that the tauren tribes scattered throughout the hilly area will be able to arrive tomorrow.