With Jiang Xuan's help, Shi Shoun successfully inherited the position of leader of the Giant Claw Tribe.
Although he is not strong or capable, under the pressure of the Vine Tribe, especially when the terrifying divine vine is still floating in the air, no one from the Giant Claw Tribe dares to object.
After Shi Shoui took office, the first thing he did was to send people into the underground caves to find all the tribesmen who were fainted or still hiding.
The second thing is to move out all the gold collected in the tribe and give it to the Vine tribe. "Danglang!"
The stone shovel placed half a bag of gold on the ground, opened the bag, and said to Jiang Xuande: "All the golden stones we found underground are here."
Until now, Stone Shovel still thinks that the gold is just a golden stone, not much different from other stones.
Jiang Xuan picked up the bag and took a look, only to see that it was filled with natural gold. The amount was staggering, and a small part of the gold had been forged into the shape of knives and coins.
Jiang Xuan picked up a gold knife coin, looked at it carefully, and said: "The craftsmanship is good, who polished it?"
The stone shovel became nervous and said at a loss: "I polished it together with the people in the tribe."
Jiang Xuan nodded. He knew that Shi Shou was afraid that the Teng tribe would continue to pursue the matter of counterfeiting knife coins, so he turned to ask other questions.
"Where did you get these golden stones? They were dug out of underground caves."
"Can you take me to the place where the golden stones were dug out?"
"Yes, but the cave is relatively deep. If you want to go in, you need to get some torches that are more resistant to burning."
"Then you go get it. Okay, I'll go right away." Stone Shovel turned around and entered the Giant Claw tribe's residential area to get the torch.
Because they often drill holes, the people of the Giant Claw tribe are very good at making torches, and the tribe will always prepare various torches.
After a while, Stone Shovel came over carrying a bundle of torches. There were seven or eight torches in this bundle, all of which were carefully made to withstand burning.
"Let's go and have a look underground."
Jiang Xuan is very interested in the origin of gold. He believes that the Giant Claw tribe must have dug a gold mine underground, and it is a rich mine. Otherwise, it would be impossible to produce so much large natural gold.
The stone shovel lit a torch, and then took the lead to get into a cave. Jiang Xuan, Uncaria Stone Loach, and several warriors from the Vine Tribe followed one after another.
At this time, the fire in the cave at the foot of the mountain was no longer burning, but there was still some smoke and pungent smell left in the cave.
Fortunately, the smoke and smell have been diluted by fresh air and become bearable.
The underground caves of the Giant Claw tribe are crisscrossed with many vents. There is wind inside. If you encounter a rock crevice, the wind will be even stronger.
As Jiang Xuan moved forward, he curiously looked at the underground world excavated by the giant claw tribe.
The underground cave is oval in shape. Thanks to the relatively large size of the giant-clawed beasts and the frequent entry and exit of the tribe's members, the cave is relatively spacious and ordinary people can walk with their waist straight.
In some places where the soil is relatively loose and prone to collapse, wood will be used to support it. In some places where there are many stones, the area will be detoured or widened.
The narrow and claustrophobic space gives people an extremely unsafe feeling.
Whether it is Jiang Xuan, Uncaria, Stone Loach and others, they all feel very depressed, their vigilance has been raised to the extreme, and they have an indescribable sense of fear in this environment.
However, there are also some surprises in the cave, such as the high-quality stone as huge as the walls, which is tantamount to a huge treasure for the warriors of the Vine Tribe.
Of course, this kind of treasure is buried deep underground and is difficult to move out. It can only be dug out bit by bit. After walking for a long time, Jiang Xuan finally couldn't help but ask: "How far is it?"
Shi Shovel hurriedly replied: "Take two more turns ahead and we'll be there soon."
Jiang Xuan could only continue to move forward patiently, while paying attention to the burning of the torch.
In this kind of underground cave, there are too many uncertain factors, such as floods, landslides, lack of oxygen, getting lost, etc., which may lead to death.
Jiang Xuan doesn't want to stay here for too long. "Wow..."
As he walked, Jiang Xuan vaguely heard the sound of water flowing in front of him. He guessed that there should be an underground river ahead.
As they continued to move forward, the sound of water flow continued to become louder.
After the stone shovel took them around two turns, they entered a natural cave. The cave was very beautiful, with a large number of stalactites shining brightly under the firelight.
There are many puddles on the ground. The water in these puddles drips from the stalactites above and is very clean.
What surprised Jiang Xuan the most was that there were actually some transparent bugs living in these puddles. These bugs had a lot of legs and looked a bit like centipedes, but their whole bodies were transparent.
The eyesight of these strange insects has almost completely deteriorated, and even the light of fire cannot attract their attention.
Jiang Xuan curiously asked Shi Tu: "What do these bugs eat in the cave?" Shi Tu said: "Eat rocks. Eat stones?"
"Yes, they eat these white stones. Our Giant Claw tribe calls them stoneworms. Stoneworms? It's interesting. Can you eat them?"
The stone shovel shook his head and said: "You can't eat stone insects. If you eat them, you will get a stomachache. Some people in the tribe have eaten them before. It is said that they taste like eating stone powder."
It seems that the people of the Giant Claw tribe have already tasted this insect and learned a tragic lesson.
The group of people continued to walk forward, and after walking not far, they saw an underground river. The water was not deep, and it was relatively clear, and it was flowing "gushingly".
At the same time, a large number of white crystal stones appeared on the rock wall next to the underground river.
Under the illumination of the fire, the crystal stones in the cave are reflecting the light, which is breathtakingly beautiful.
After walking along the underground river for a short distance, the stone shovel led them into another cave.
The wall of this cave is almost entirely made of white crystal stones. When walking in it, it feels very dreamy.
After walking about fifty meters, the shovel said with a slightly excited voice: "This is it."
Jiang Xuan looked up and saw that the white crystal stones on the cave wall were covered with a large amount of gold, which shimmered under the light of the fire.
He finally saw what he wanted - a gold mine! "Get rich, get rich!"
Jiang Xuan looked at the glittering golden cave, and the surprise in his heart was simply unspeakable.
If it were in the past life, even if a gold mine was discovered, there is a high probability that one would not get much benefit, or even bring disaster.
But in this world, tribal people have not yet realized the value of gold, and even regard gold as an inferior stone because it is too soft.
When Jiang Xuan thought that all these gold mines would soon belong to him and the Vine Tribe, Jiang Xuan was so excited that he couldn't help himself.
Shi Tu only knew that the gold could be used to make fake sword coins, so he couldn't understand why Jiang Xuan was so excited.
However, since Jiang Xuan likes this thing, the giant claw tribe is useful, and the stone shovel feels a little more at ease.
As long as it is useful, it will be taken seriously, and the Giant Claw tribe can survive.
If it is of no use, the Giant Claw Tribe may be wiped out by the Vine Tribe one day.
Jiang Xuan walked to the rock wall and stroked a fist-sized ball of natural gold on it. This world is incredibly rich in animals, plants, and minerals.
If it was the world in the previous life, natural gold was usually small particles of gold sand, or fused with rocks, a thin layer, and there were very few large pieces of natural gold.
But in the gold mine in front of Jiang Xuan, the gold is embedded in crystals piece by piece. The small ones are as big as fists, and the big ones are even as big as millstones. It is very amazing.
Jiang Xuan saw a stone hammer and several stone chisels underground, so he picked them up and went to chisel a piece of gold on the crystal stone wall.
"Ding ding ding..."
The stone hammer and stone chisel are made of very good materials, and the sound they make is very clear.
Because the crystals are all in pieces and have a relatively loose structure, Jiang Xuan chiseled a few times, and the square crystals continued to fall down.
He continued to chisel, and after a while, he chiseled off the fist-sized piece of gold. "Good stuff!" Jiang Xuan held the piece of gold and looked at it repeatedly. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it.
He put this piece of natural gold into his animal skin backpack and planned to take it back as a decoration.
Then, he said to the stone shovel: "I will give this golden stone a name, gold."
"From now on, the Giant Claw Tribe will send a batch of gold to the Vine Tribe every thirty days until all the gold in this cave is mined. Do you understand?"
Shi Shovel nodded hurriedly, and then asked cautiously: "Besides gold, do we need anything else to send as a gift?"
What Shi Shovel is most afraid of is that Jiang Xuan asks them to send food and animal skins, because these two items consume the most and are what each tribe needs most.
The Giant Claw Tribe is good at digging holes, but their hunting ability is relatively average. The food and animal skins of their own tribe are not enough. If they want to give them to the Vine Tribe, it will be even worse.
Jiang Xuan thought for a while and said: "In addition to gold, you can just send some high-quality stones each time. Other things are not needed for the time being."
"Don't worry, Chief Xuan, we will definitely deliver it on time." Shi Tu breathed a sigh of relief and secretly rejoiced in his heart.
The Giant Claw tribe has no need for gold, nor does it think it has much value.
High-quality stone is very precious to other tribes, but it is not so scarce to the Giant Claw tribe.
Shi Shou is satisfied, Jiang Xuan is also satisfied, it can be said that everyone is happy.
Later, Jiang Xuan worked hard to chisel some natural gold, and asked Undou and others to take some of it out.
It wasn't until the stone shovel reminded him that there were not enough torches that Jiang Xuan left with Uncaria and others still unsatisfied.
Before leaving, Stone Loach picked up some crystal stones and put them into the animal skin bag. Uncaria asked curiously: "What did you pick this up for?"
Shi Loach said: "The fracture looks quite sharp. Let's take it back and polish it to see if it can be used to make arrowheads."
"Making arrowheads?"
Uncaria thought for a while, then imitated the stone loach and picked up some crystal stones and went back.
He didn't want to make arrowheads, but wanted to try whether he could polish them into stone balls and give them to his son to play with.