In the Ye Qiong tribe, on the stone city wall on the south side, a young warrior is looking ahead, standing straight in the tower on the city wall.
Suddenly, some black figures appeared on the horizon in the distance. They were too far away to see clearly what they were.
The young soldier immediately blew a warning whistle, the lowest level, with a very low sound. The purpose was to alert the soldiers stationed at the southern city wall that something was going on!
The soldiers all looked towards the end of the south. Every time the soldiers from the timber base in the south or Ye Qiong came back, this kind of whistle would sound. Although it seemed a bit redundant, it was also an indispensable part of city defense.
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The soldier who was the first to blow the whistle immediately blew the whistle to clear the danger after seeing the huge figure at the front of the black shadow.
Several soldiers who were responsible for opening the city gate immediately ran down excitedly.
In the distance, at the front of the team, were Daidai and Ye Qiong riding on Daidai's back.
There were a total of twenty people in the team, and there were five carriages. The contents inside were all black sand. The wheels of the carriages pressed out a deep ravine under the ground, which was enough to show that the black sand was amazingly piled up.
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The weather around the Ye Qiong tribe is pretty good these days, but it snowed a few days ago, and it has been sunny the rest of the time.
At the waterfall base, the current progress is quite good. Thanks to the efforts of Ye Qiong and the soldiers, they have now reached the bottom of the left passage.
The amount of black sand stored in that space was so huge that the soldiers couldn't step on it. Once they got stuck, it would be very troublesome to get out. They could only tie a rope around their waist and move in little by little.
Exploring the periphery is not very fast.
For the tribe, there is no need to worry about knowing how big it is down there. The most important thing is to be able to utilize the black sand first.
So recently, under the command of Ye Qiong, five loads of black sand were mined out. In terms of efficiency, it was not fast.
But there was nothing we could do. After all, we not only had to bring the black sand up from the ground more than 300 meters deep on the left side, but we also had to bring the black sand up from the waterfall.
And there is another troublesome thing, that is, it is difficult to get the black sand to the lumber base in the south!
A handful of black sand is actually not heavy, but a sack of black sand is different. Even the forest ape would have a hard time carrying it.
A sack with a diameter of about 40 centimeters and a height of one meter, if filled with black sand, would weigh hundreds of kilograms. Although a forest ape could carry it, it would have to grow from between the dense forest.
It is not easy to carry back the trail that is dozens of kilometers long.
This is just a bag...
The warriors in the tribe simply cannot bear the weight.
Therefore, every time the black sand is transported to the southern timber base, it is basically a matter of forest apes, and the soldiers can only take a small bag and follow behind.
After about a week of accumulation, I finally collected enough black sand for five carriages.
The trail in the dense forest is now very tightly packed.
This time, Ye Qiong personally led the team and escorted five carts of black sand back to the tribe from the southern timber base.
For today's tribes, the role of these black sands is very great.
Originally, Ye Qiong's task for Yang Jianxin and Tang Li during the summer of the Ye Qiong tribe was to exchange as many iron items as possible with other tribes. It didn't matter what they were, as long as they were made of iron, or even had a higher iron content.
, can be exchanged for animal skins.
Now it seems that the task of the caravan next year will be much easier.
Based on the current overall technological level on Snow Star, these black sands can completely function as currency.
Before reaching the south gate, the gate slowly opened and a team came out to respond.
Compared with clay soil and coal, the collection process and transportation process of black sand are much more difficult.
After entering the tribe from the south gate, Ye Qiong led the team to the blacksmith shop immediately.
Five carriages parked directly in the open space next to the blacksmith shop. In just a moment, Kuang Baichi came out with a few apprentices, and Ye Qiong also jumped off Dudu's back.
"Aba...Aba..."
Looking at the five carriages parked in the open space, Kuang Baizhi was a little surprised and puzzled, and he also had some expectations in his heart. In his memory, Ye Qiong would often come back from outside the tribe with some weird things.
At the beginning, Kuang Baizhi was more or less puzzled by the things Ye Qiong brought back.
But after a long time, when he figured it out on his own, it was a very fulfilling breakthrough feeling, a bit like doing a math problem. After a series of processes, he finally got the correct answer.
Ye Qiong looked at Kuang Baichi and the disciples behind him, and was not in a hurry to explain, but took Kuang Baichi to the back of the carriage.
After grabbing a handful of the black sand from the car, Ye Qiong looked at Kuang Baichi and said, "In the future... our tribe should not be short of iron."
Kuang Baichi stretched out his hands and took the black sand poured out of Ye Qiong's hands.
After listening to Ye Qiong's words, Kuang Baichi showed no expression and seemed to be thinking about something.
"Abba..."
Putting the black sand in his hand in front of his eyes, Kuang Baizhi began to observe and study it. Gradually, his eyes began to light up.
After a while, Ye Qiong no longer cared about it, and directly held the black sand in his hands, took small steps, and trotted back to the shop.
Ye Qiong waved to the soldiers after he sank, indicating that they could unload the black sand. Now the only place in the tribe that can use the black sand is the blacksmith shop.
As for what to build with these black sands later, Ye Qiong, Ye Tianlong and the elders in the tribe still need to discuss it before making a decision.
With the strategic materials in the passage on the right side of Waterfall Cave, the Ye Qiong tribe is most in need of cold weapons.
The thing that the tribe can currently produce and is relatively scarce is the giant crossbow.
So Ye Qiong's current plan is to build more giant crossbows and ensure the absolute safety of the cave first.
As for the railway tracks and trains, they can start planning now. After all, Ye Qiong has already built the steam engine.
So in theory, as long as the tribe has enough iron, the train plan can be implemented this winter.
If the railway tracks and trains can be put into operation next spring, then there will be no problem with the Ye Qiong tribe's material reserves next year.
At that time, there will be conditions to attract more tribes. As long as the subversive thing like the train is brought out, other tribes will recruit more tribes as long as they see this monster-like existence and know how powerful it is.