[The first release of this book is 17k, please come and support me if you read the book! Haha! There is still a day and a half until the collection statistics on the 27th, and there is still a big gap before the collection number explodes, haha!] The tiger entrenched in the forest
After the siege, the logging work was able to continue. The sand and gravel yard in charge of Huafeng was also in full swing and was being carried out in an orderly manner.
Two days later, the calcined and refined lime was continuously transported by truckloads of transport vehicles, and the wood and sand were also continuously delivered to the address of Sunset Fort.
Because it was the first time they came into contact with lime as a building material, the construction craftsmen did not know how to use it. Hua Xi quickly demonstrated it. It has the same effect as clay, but the difference is that the viscosity of lime is many times better than clay, and
It also has anti-corrosion and dehydration functions. The craftsmen quickly mastered the use of lime and took action to build the Sunset Castle.
The construction plan of Sunset Fort is the same as that of China City. The only difference is that the scale is much smaller than that of China City. The city wall is 100 meters long and 100 meters wide, and then some simple functional houses will be built inside. Of course, this is only the preliminary construction, and it will be followed later.
With the construction of the wharf and shipyard, it will be expanded again. Since there is no need to dig a moat, the progress of the project will be accelerated.
While the Sunset Fort was being rapidly constructed, Hua Xi specially dug a 100-meter-square pit outside the city wall that was being built, in an open space about fifty meters away from the shore, to allow seawater to flow into the pit in order to pass through the scorching sun.
After baking, seawater evaporates and crystallizes to produce sea salt.
The armed deployment of escorts transported to each tribe was strengthened, and Tukan, who was responsible for the tribe's foreign trade, announced to each tribe that from now on, the supply of salt required by each tribe would be the responsibility of the Chinese tribe, and the original Keni tribe had been merged into the Chinese tribe.
tribe
After hearing the news, almost all the tribes were not unhappy at all. On the contrary, they were very happy with the Chinese tribe’s policy of reducing the price by 10%.
After controlling the supply of salt to most tribes in a radius of hundreds of miles, the Chinese tribes obtained more items from them. Tukeng also came up with the idea of not only providing salt, but also carrying some ceramics and silk woven from them.
Most of the items exchanged with various tribes as luxury items such as paragraphs and clothes were exchanged for people and ores. In this way, the Chinese tribe also bypassed the middleman of the White Wolf tribe and gained the opportunity to directly talk to other tribes.
Chance
Regarding the actions of the Chinese tribe, the White Wolf tribe, which is currently too busy to take care of itself, can only open one eye and close one and ignore it.
The construction of Sunset Fort was proceeding in an orderly manner. On this day, Hua Xi took Hua Feng, Hua An and others to the North Gate farmland outside China City to check on the growth of rice.
Patrolling along the river bank, the passing peasants knelt on the ground when they saw the clan leaders and elders arriving. Of course, this was also the so-called dignity and etiquette conveyed by Hua Xi through the priest's mouth.
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A group of more than thirty foreign tribesmen were walking along the river bank in the distance. They finally crossed a hill and finally saw a majestic city in the distance. One of them cursed and said: "Chief, this is the Chinese city in front of you! He
Damn it, we had to drive in the forest for several days, and several tribesmen were killed by wild beasts! Damn it!"
The leader stood up, looked into the distance, and said, "Are you sure this is the tribe in front of you? It looks very powerful!"
The person who originally scolded me took a closer look and confirmed: "It's this tribe."
"Well, there seem to be a lot of people collecting things in front of us. It will be clear if we go over and ask." The leader, known as the clan leader, waved his hand and called on the clansmen to hurry up and move forward.
Since the North Gate is almost entirely covered by mountains and vast forests, Hua Xi did not arrange patrol cavalry at the North Gate. Therefore, when a group of more than thirty foreigners came to the edge of the farmland, Hua Xi had just
I realized that the people coming in front of me didn’t look like the clothes of my own tribe.
The man who scolded his mother saw Hua Xi and others walking towards him by the river, and quickly shouted loudly and asked: "Hey, you guys, is that city in front of you the place of the Chinese tribe?"
Hua Feng glanced at the clan leader and other elders beside him, and replied: "Yes, there are brothers from the Chinese tribe in front of me. Do you need any help?"
"Go away, who is your brother? No matter how big or small!" The man scolded Hua Feng with a dark face, and returned to the group of foreigners to report to the leader: "Chief, that's it!"
"Well, let's go!" The leader nodded, and walked straight towards the north gate of the city with the tribesmen behind him without even looking at Hua Xi and others.
Hua Feng, who was a little overwhelmed by the sudden scolding, stood in a daze for a while and watched the other group walk away. Hua Xi stepped forward and patted Hua Feng's broad shoulder and laughed.
: "Haha, I didn't expect that the dignified elders of our Chinese tribe would be scolded by a group of barbarians. Haha, let's go wandering around again!"
For a moment, there was laughter everywhere, and everyone did not pay any attention to the arrival of dozens of barbarians. They were probably just people who came from the forest for their reputation, so there was nothing to make a fuss about.
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Not long after this group of barbarians left, they passed through the farmland of Nuo Da and arrived at the north gate of China City. Like the south gate, the north gate has moats and gates and other defenses. Now the situation is flat, so the city gate has not been closed. Twenty Middle Gate
The gate is open to facilitate the tribesmen's daily access to work. There are dozens of guards holding spears beside the city gate. From a distance, they can see this group of barbarians who are obviously foreigners.
When this group of people came to the city gate, the guard guarding the city stepped forward and asked in a deep voice: "Hey! Where are you from?"
The leader of the clan took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "Haha, we are the Baishi clan in the north. I am the clan leader of the Baishi clan. I am here to exchange goods with the noble tribe!"
"White Stone Clan? Are you the leader of the White Stone Clan?" The interrogating guard Mi looked up and down at the barbarian who claimed to be the leader of the tribe, and then asked them to wait at the city gate while he went to pass the message.
The leader silently retreated and returned to stand next to his clansmen. When the scolding barbarian saw that he actually wanted his group of guests who had traveled a long distance to stand by the door and wait for the announcement, he was so angry that he immediately cursed loudly and carelessly: "Fuck,
What a bad tribe, our clan leader came here in person and showed off his arrogance!"
"That's right, Patriarch, I think this Chinese tribe has a lot of stuff. Why don't you just go back and bring someone over to grab it? Why come here to make an exchange with them!" A man with a scar face whispered.
"That's right. We have so many warriors from the White Stone Tribe, and we have weapons forged from the sacred stone. We can just rob them. Why should we be afraid? I think they all look like sissies. It's trivial to beat them!"
The people around them all echoed and shouted in response. Some people could not help but draw weapons from the leather bags in their hands.
Upon seeing this, the leader immediately shouted: "Fuck stop it! We are here to inquire about information and see the environment before making a decision. Now we are not here to fight and grab things. No matter how bad the Chinese tribe is, we will not even be able to defeat dozens of us."
They are really a bunch of brainless idiots who can’t deal with anyone, can’t they even use their brains to think about it?”
Being scolded by the clan leader, the group immediately lost their temper and became depressed. They all put away their drawn knives.