In the Stone Age, people had already learned to use fire to drive away wild beasts and bake food. Except for some special festivals, everyone usually ate a small amount of meat with fruits to satisfy their hunger. This rare occasion, when the new patriarch takes office, you can have a rich meal.
Almost everyone, regardless of age or sex, is like a carnivorous beast, biting the meat in their hands crazily.
"Alas..." Looking at the scene in front of him, Hua Xi's eyes turned red for no reason. Now there are 67 tribesmen who need to rely on Hua Xi to lead them out of the predicament. For the first time, Hua Xi feels that the burden on him is so heavy.
From this moment on, he is the leader of the clan, and he has to think about everything before he can do anything. After eating, except for one person who is left to stand guard at night and add firewood to the camp fire, the rest of the people are either
In the hut, or in the cave on the stone wall, there are two figures patrolling around the tribal camp. They are the new patriarch Hua Xi and the elder Ziding.
To lead the tribe out of this predicament of having no meal and waiting to freeze and starve to death in winter, we must first solve the problem of food. Many wild dogs were killed today, including the 9 wild dogs I killed in a tree.
and a coyote, there are 23 in total. Even after eating this meal, there are still nearly 30 dogs, about 2,000 kilograms of clean dog meat. According to the average adult, 5 kilograms of meat and 2 kilograms of fruit a day, that is barely enough.
Of course, if they can last for 8 or 9 days according to their previous calculations, then it will not be a problem to last for half a month. During the inspection tonight, Hua Xi discovered that the tribe members did not know how to preserve meat at all, and they simply kept it.
Peel the fur off the dog meat, remove the internal organs, and place it on a ventilated rock. The meat will easily rot and smell, which is extremely unhygienic. But by the looks of it, even eating carrion will still be delicious!
After a sleepless night, some hazy plans and ideas about the future of the aquatic tribe interspersed in Hua Xi's mind from time to time. The early morning sunlight came in from outside the cave. Hua Xi's biological clock, which was used to getting up early, automatically woke up at seven o'clock, but when Hua Xi
When Xi walked out of the cave, he suddenly found that the entire Shui tribe was standing in front of his cave, seemingly waiting for the new leader to give the order.
"Hua Xi" Hua Xi kept shouting his name, pointing his finger at himself, and motioning to the tribesmen below to try shouting a few words. At first, many people looked at him incomprehensively, but as the new tribe leader kept making gestures
, everyone basically understood that "Hua Xi" was the name of the clan leader, and then there was a shout of "Hua Xi" with such a short word. It took Hua Xi dozens of minutes to let the clan members understand the meaning, and it also made Hua Xi
Xi realizes the importance of language and writing, but this thing requires a relatively long cycle of promotion and education. Only by using it more often can it have a better promotion.
The top priority right now is two things: safety and food storage methods
After the camp was disturbed by wild dogs yesterday, the guardrails, which were much higher than the height of people, were damaged and loose to varying degrees. In some places, there were large holes with a radius of half a meter. These hidden dangers pose a great threat to the safety of the tribe. Another
The problem is the storage of meat. Although the tribesmen can speak a little Mandarin, they still cannot communicate in most languages. We need to find a way. Since language communication is not very convenient, then solving it with practice and subtle influence may be the best education.
Way to go
The first thing Hua Xi has to do is to reinforce the guardrail. After all, the safety of the clan members is the most important. Food can last for a few days. In Hua Xi's eyes, the original guardrail is useless. If it had been replaced yesterday, it would have been a wolf or something bigger.
It is estimated that there will no longer be a water tribe of beasts, and I don’t know what kind of field it is now. He learned the lesson this time. He first communicated with Zi Ding using words and body movements, and then asked Zi Ding to issue his instructions.
Order, this saves a lot of time. The elder Ziding also learned during this exchange that the clan leader’s language calls those things wood, large and heavy stone tools are called stone axes, and those with flat points and sharp points are called stone knives.
There was also something called Teng who was searching for wood. Cao Teng's order was quickly conveyed. Shimai left quickly with twenty water tribe warriors because they wanted to know how this new macho clan leader wanted to strengthen the guardrail.
In their opinion, the guardrail is already quite good, and no matter how hard it is reinforced, it cannot be improved much.
Taking advantage of Shi Sui's spare time when they went out to collect fortification materials, Hua Xi ordered the other women and children, except for the two women who were taking care of the babies, to go to the nearby woods to collect some fruits, hay, broken branches and other flammable materials.
Of course, there were a few men accompanying him to protect the firewood. Hua Xi took the elder Ziding and 9 young and middle-aged tribesmen to build a simple yet strong double-layer frame with 2x2 specifications. The frame material was made of ten
Hard logs are built on top of a half-meter-high rectangular stone furnace built with dozens of stones and mud blocks. There is a 30-centimeter-wide furnace mouth under the stone furnace on the south side, which is used for filling firewood. During the construction process,
Hua Xi did not forget to teach the language while holding something in his hand: "Stone, stone...wood, mud..."
The intelligence of our ancestors obviously cannot be guessed with suspicion. After nearly an hour of Hua Xi's words and deeds, the elder Ziding and the other nine tribesmen all learned to build a stone furnace and a few simple words. Hua Xi and the others were just busy.
After finishing the work at hand, Shi Zhui and others who went out to search for trees, grass vines, and fruits also returned to the camp of the Water Tribe one after another to report what they had found to the leader Hua Xi.
There were more than 20 bundles of log roots, grass vines, dead grass, etc. Although the guardrail could not be made indestructible, it could still resist the invasion of wild beasts and foreigners. Without further ado, Hua Xi, a hyperactive child, still followed the old method.
, first pointed at the tree and said loudly: "Tree". After others figured it out, he first picked a relatively thick log, picked up a simple knife and sharpened one end of the log, and then ordered the stone hammers and them to follow the guardrail at intervals.
Digging a hole two steps away. Obviously, this kind of physical work is not done by modern people like Hua Xi. After just a few cuts, he felt that his arms were sore and weak. It seemed that he had to give way to Xian. Fortunately, there were a few in the clan.
The one who seemed to be smarter, Hua Xi learned it after a few demonstrations, and the terror of the Pu Dao was also regarded as a sacred tool by the tribe. After digging the pits, there were 23 pits in total, and then tilted the sharpened logs.
Just insert it diagonally, but the work of the guardrail is not finished yet. The last step is to ask the tribesmen to weave some thicker branches and grass vines around the original guardrail. In this way, even if the beast wants to get in, it will not be so easy.
, and it is easy to be hit to death by tribesmen inside the guardrail with wooden sticks, stone hammers and other weapons.
After the men, women, and children from the aquatic tribe saw it, their eyes showed some puzzlement. It would be understandable if the guardrails were reinforced. After all, the reinforced guardrails are indeed stronger and safer than the original ones, but they are inserted upside down.
I can't tell what the pointy wooden stick under the guardrail is for. It doesn't seem to have much effect on wild beasts. Even the "well-informed" eldest son Zi Ding looked at Hua Xi with a puzzled look on his face.
Hua Xi, who had been getting along with each other for a day, hesitating and asking questions, didn't know what the big question mark above their heads meant. However, he just smiled but did not explain, and he couldn't explain. Sooner or later, this thing will be sent.
It's useful, they will understand when the time comes
After finishing these things, it was already sunset time. The lazy sun was shining with the last afterglow of the day. The busy camp, the gurgling river, the majestic mountains and the vast expanse of blue grassland formed a happy and carefree scene.
Rural landscape paintings reveal indescribable relaxation and carefreeness
However, is this really the case?
The next step is to teach the tribe how to preserve meat. Before time travel, Hua Xi only knew about smoking and curing, both of which are based on removing moisture, and then developed various methods. The first thing to do is to cut the dog meat.
The work of cutting it into pieces is naturally done by the great patriarch. This is a rare performance opportunity. From one of the women, who had been cutting it with a stone knife for a long time without much effect, he took the left leg of a whole wild dog and a cold light flashed.
, he raised the knife and lowered it, the sound of the simple knife cutting across the bone was very clear, "Puff", followed by dozens of "Puff... Puff", and he effortlessly chopped open a ten-pound left leg for dozens of times.
Meat cuts of various sizes
"Suck..." Seeing the power of this terrifying weapon again, everyone in the tribe was shocked. Some even knelt on the ground, muttering something...
"Hehe, the effect is good. I will have to create more miracles if I have the opportunity in the future." From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the majority of the clan members who were kneeling behind him. Hua Xi was very satisfied with the effect. Prestige, in any era, is a great influence for individuals and groups.