Chapter 106 Start, boundless land!
Chapter 106: Set out, the boundless earth!
As the saying goes, in October, the harvest season, and autumn is approaching, and the Vulcan tribe also ushered in the first harvest year in the Stone Age.
Except for some ape people who stayed in the headquarters of the Vulcan Tribe and the Black Rock Tribe, all the other Vulcan tribes were transferred to that Grand Canyon.
Under Chen Xu's command, the apes began to use pseudo-bronze farm tools and stone tools to combine them with the millet.
The joy of harvest was filled with the entire Vulcan tribe. The millet plants more than two meters long were cut off from their roots and tied into bundles, and transported back to the Vulcan tribe.
The millet on it was smashed with a stone hammer and brought to the side. Some were divided as seeds to be planted for the next year. The others were crushed with stone mills to make the initial rice flour. The remaining millet rods were carefully cleaned up.
After careful sorting, these millet poles more than two meters long are excellent choices for building houses and building houses. They are the best alternatives to making straw mats before reeds are found.
In addition to harvesting millet, the apes began to harvest the mountain spirits and flax they had planted before. Many apes, under the command of Chen Xu, went to the jungle to collect edible wild fruits everywhere and placed them in a corner of the cellar to preserve them in preparation for winter famine.
Throughout October, the apes in the Vulcan tribe were in the joy of harvest. During this period of time, the battle was carried out less. It can be said that this period was the most comfortable time the apes had ever lived since they could remember.
For the first time, they tasted the taste of a dough made of millet flour. Although in Chen Xu's opinion, it was still a bit stuck and difficult to swallow, these steamed dry foods that looked like steamed buns from later generations made it almost impossible for primitive humans who were used to eating raw meat and grass roots to control themselves.
The deliciousness of cooked Polygonatum is also deeply retained in the hearts of primitive humans.
After the harvest season, the weather gradually became colder, and all kinds of wild beasts began to hunt wildly, preparing for the coming severe winter.
Herbivores are constantly storing fat in their bodies, and carnivores are constantly replenishing their bodies' energy. The ancient experience makes them understand how difficult it is to spend time peacefully in the snowy winter.
If one is not prepared well, what awaits them will inevitably lead to a tragic end of starvation to death.
Although the meat and fish hunted by the apes were well preserved after salt, and the breeding industry in the tribe was flourishing, even without the many millet flour harvested this time, the apes could spend the winter safely, but Chen Xu still instructed the old apes to prepare carefully.
Before winter came, teams of apes went out to hunt wildly, while those who could not hunt were constantly going out to collect edible things, bring them back to the Vulcan tribe, or collect the delicious leaves and hay outside and store them in the tribe to facilitate the diet of livestock in winter.
More apes began to repair their houses, constantly covering thatched mats on the roof, while piles of firewood were cut out and piled up next to their respective rooms.
With the underground space of the Black Rock Tribe, some coal was dug out and transported to the Vulcan Tribe while mining the copper mine.
However, because the amount of coal mined is too rare, there is only a bunch of them in front of a few powerful apes.
Most apes have the firewood they collect and the little charcoal they sintered on weekdays. Of course, charcoal is just a fire-driven thing, and no one can use charcoal as fuel for luxury.
The weather turned colder, and even with the thick body hair on the ape people's bodies, they could feel a hint of coolness. In this case, everything in the tribe was almost ready, and the entire jungle seemed to have quieted down, as if they had felt the arrival of the harsh winter.
On this day, Chen Xu led the troops from the Heiyan Tribe's garrison to stand quietly, looking at the direction on the back.
The ape warriors in these four brigades are all fully armed, not only wearing thick leather armor, but also holding sharp pseudo-bronzes in their hands, and each ape has a small round shield in their hands.
The shield was made of hard tree boards, wrapped in a layer of animal skins outside, and nailed them tightly with bronze nails. The weight of a single person was almost fifteen or sixteen kilograms. Even with the strength of the apes, it seemed a bit difficult to dance this thing for a long time.
However, after a long period of training, the ape warriors in Chen Xu's tribe are now accustomed to this kind of thing.
The main equipment of their weapons now is a round shield and a spear. Of course, although the spear is still a wooden handle, the tip is replaced with sharp bronze, and its lethality is more than several times stronger than originally.
In addition, some short bronze daggers were also equipped in the army. All of these apes and men had long bows on their backs and long arrows hanging on their waists. However, the long arrows now have been added with arrow feathers, and there are already bronze arrowheads, but most of them are stone and bone arrowheads.
These are the standard equipment for ordinary warriors in the tribe.
Starting from the squad leader with extraordinary combat power, the apes can already equip various bronze ware according to their preferences, including powerful bronze axes and violent bronze hammers.
Of course, the bronze knife developed by Chen Xu that was very suitable for chopping appeared in the queue. In addition, even the bronze sticks from later generations were completely released.
Only the bronze sword was not equipped by the ape man because it was too troublesome to cast.
It can be said that even if the current unit of the Vulcan Tribe is obtained during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, its combat power cannot be underestimated.
Their equipment has completely exceeded the level of this era, and of course their strength is completely enough to use this equipment.
Not to mention anything else, just take archery as an example. If Chen Xu is confident about the originally terrifying Shengfan tribe, he only needs thirty people and a few rounds of volleys to solve a 100-life team. This is a fundamental improvement in his strength and no fraud is allowed.
"It's time. As the saying goes, the autumn is clear and cool, and it's just right for killing people. Recently, the development of the tribe has fallen into a bottleneck. My cultivation level is also stuck in the early stage of the fourth level of heaven. It's time to go to the vast earth!"
Looking at the clouds rolling in the sky, Chen Xu breathed a little relieved, suddenly shouted loudly, and walked first with silver horns in his hand. Immediately afterwards, this army far surpassed the civilization of the times moved forward, and the target was the boundless land that existed in his imagination.
During this expedition, Chen Xu's main goal was to occupy a settlement in the vast land. Of course, the primary target was the sudden arrival of silver life.
Whether it is because of the previous reasons or if you want to gain a foothold on the edge of the vast land this time, this Silver Life Tribe will be the first obstacle for the Vulcan Tribe to sell the jungle.
This time, Chen Xu should have brought the old ape man in the Cang Tree. After all, he is an old guest in the vast land. However, because he is too old, he is really unable to travel long distances, and he also plays a huge guiding role as the small leader leading the development of one direction in the Vulcan tribe, so he did not follow the march.
On the contrary, as the hunting captain, the bird-feathered ape man, after hearing that Chen Xu was going to the vast land, he couldn't help but recommend himself excitedly.
Considering that the hunting team has been completely mature, it is nothing to lose the bird feathered ape man, and their trip does require someone who knows the infinite land very well, Chen Xu brought the bird feathered ape man with him.
Starting from the Black Rock Tribe, the journey to the original tribe of Bird Feathered Ape Man was not easy to walk before, but after several expeditions of the fully armed Ape Man army, a new route has been determined.
Although due to time and manpower, Chen Xu did not pave this new road like the road connecting the god of fire and black rock, and could almost be used as a modern highway, but he also sent people to clear some obstacles above and drove out the restless jungle overlords around him.
In the past, it took many days to march from the Black Rock Tribe to the Toriyama Tribe even if it was quickly marching. Now, it only takes one and a half days to follow this newly opened road.
If a direct channel can be opened, it is like the one that was opened before, perhaps the time will be reduced to about one day.
It can be said that the distance between these tribes in a straight line is not very far. The fundamental reason why it takes so much time to walk is because the complex environment in the jungle requires detours from time to time, and it is easy to lose its direction and take many more detours.
With the opening of a truly straight road, the distance between these tribes is no longer a problem.
In just over a day, Chen Xu led four brigades of elite apes and the excited bird feather apes to the iconic hill.
Looking at the unique rock and looking at the excited appearance of the Bird Feathered Ape Man, Chen Xu also understood that they had temporarily arrived at a destination, that is, the Bird Mountain Tribe.
Since there are still many days to go and none of them have been detected, in order to maintain the energy of the soldiers, Chen Xu decided to rest in the Toriyama tribe for a while, while restoring the combat power of the troops, he also fought more game.
After all, if a few apes described well, the road ahead would be very desolate.
The surging bonfire was lit again on the top of the Bird Mountain Tribe, and the sunlight gradually dimmed. The ape warriors skillfully opened the captured prey and wiped it with the salt they carried with them, and then put it on the bonfire to bake it. Soon, the elegant aroma of meat filled the entire top of the mountain.
When the barbecue is ripe, the ape man handed the most plump part to Chen Xu, the leader.
Sitting on the edge of the cliff, tearing the fat barbecue with one hand and holding a few wild fruits with the other, Chen Xu couldn't help feeling drunk.
Once upon a time, when he stood on this mountain, he was left with despair and tremor. He never thought that there would be such a day, and that it would come in this posture.
"I guess it's the canyon of the ambushers, right? It looks like a gourd mouth!"
While feeling moved, Chen Xu took advantage of the dim sunshine and looked at a canyon not far east. He clearly remembered that it was there that he laid the real victory of the last expedition.
He couldn't help but think of the end of this expedition and murmured, "I don't know what the scene will be like this time. I have been looking forward to it for a long time!"
(Shan, sorry, the update was late. A buddy came to find Apple, wasted time, woo woo.)
Chapter completed!