Suddenly brought back an important news, the Chi tribe stopped about a hundred miles away from Jiuyuan City, and a group of dwarves fought with them, and the two sides fought to the death.
Yuan Zhan really wanted to take the initiative. He didn't like to wait for danger to come to his door. It was his nature to bury all the danger first, not to mention that he still had this ability.
Yan Mo also thought the same way. He had this idea when he first heard that the Chi clan was running this way. Yuan Zhan’s ability was simply the biggest cheating tool when fighting in groups. Good to speak first.
Yuan Zhan understood him, and he didn't want to see his master priest being punished by the ancestor gods. He thought about whether he should provoke the Chi clan like he did last time, so that they would attack him actively, so that he would have a reason to fight back.
But the matter of the mermaid witch made him dare not leave Yan Mo too far, even though Yan Mo's self-protection ability is not weak, and he also wants to test Jiuyuan's current defense and fighting ability. Jiuyuan wants to be strong and long-term in the future. He can't do it alone.
Mo also said that the proportion of blood warriors will not be too high. They were all successful before because the quality and talent of the first batch of people were very good. This point has also been informed to the whole tribe, lest they have too high expectations. Therefore, in the future, the people of Nine Elements will still be composed of a large number of ordinary people and a small number of blood warriors.
And this time coincidentally, except for him, Mo and a few others, most of the blood warriors were sent out to hunt, and now only ordinary warriors and old and weak women and children with little fighting power remained in the tribe.
It can be said that this is the best opportunity to test Jiuyuan's current combat and defensive capabilities, and it is also an opportunity to better integrate the Yuanji people with the Awu tribe, and at the same time see if those dwarves really want to cooperate. Yuan Zhan believes in himself, as long as there are no fighters above level 6 among the enemy, even if he is defeated, he can take more than 80% of the population away safely.
"Have you found any blood warriors among the Chi clan?"
"No." Meng said affirmatively.
"How many are there?"
"It's hard to count, I probably counted it, maybe two thousand." Meng said uncertainly.
"How many dwarves face them?"
"There were only four or five hundred people. When I came back, I saw that they were dying, and they were fighting and retreating."
"The other dwarves didn't help them?"
He shook his head violently and curled his lips, "Those dwarfs are just like us. Each tribe has its own thoughts. I saw many people running towards us on the road, and they didn't intend to help their brothers at all."
"What the hell are those little green-skinned monsters trying to do?" Yan Mo, who was extremely sleepy, muttered while holding his heavy head. He just wanted to sleep now.
The question Yan Mo raised was also what Yuan Zhan wanted to know.
But Meng shook his head again, "I have no idea what they are going to do, I can't get close to them, and I can't understand what they are saying. Will it be for food?"
"Isn't there enough food in the forest? Mo, I'm going to talk to Ramon, the warrior leader of the mermaid tribe tomorrow... Mo?"
Yan Mo opened his mouth and was already sound asleep with his head on his hands.
Yuan Zhan pointed at the door.
A question mark appeared on his face.
"You can get out, rest until noon, and continue to investigate."
Meng, "..." Your boss is amazing! Hmph, get out! I'm going to sleep with Xia Fei. If you dare, you will push our priest down to sleep too!
The next morning, when Yan Mo appeared in front of people again, he had a big round leather cap on his head.
Fortunately, the weather has turned cold at this time. Although it has not completely entered winter, the cold wind in the morning and evening at the end of autumn is still very biting. As a priest who walks a few steps ahead of others in everything, it is not a big deal to put on winter clothes in advance.
Cough, but Yan Mo overlooked one point, this is a primitive society that has never seen such items as hats, at least the Jiuyuan tribe, mermaid tribe and dwarves have never seen it, so he thought it was a trivial matter, but it became One of the most striking things.
"What is Master Mo wearing on his head?"
"It is said to be called a hat!"
Now these two lines of dialogue can be heard everywhere in the tribe, and soon everyone knows the item of hat.
"Master Mo said that the hat can keep out the cold in winter, protect the head, face and ears, and reduce illness after wearing it." Mo's students spread rumors.
"Then besides Master Mo, can we also wear it?" This is a member of the tribe.
"Of course. Master Mo said that anyone can wear a hat, and he put it on to let everyone follow suit." The children proudly and ostentatiously said.
Yan Mo saw that the fur hat caused a sensation that he didn't expect, so he simply drew more than a dozen pictures of fur coats, leather vests, leather vests, leather jackets and pants, and put them in the conference hall for everyone's reference to make new clothes , As for whether it can be made... There will always be one or two ingenious ones, right
Yuan Zhan went to the mermaid to talk about common defense and resisting foreign enemies. Yan Mo followed because he was afraid that he would lose his temper.
In fact, Yan Mo thought too much, Yuan Zhan was much more cunning and tolerant than he knew.
Since he offered to talk to the mermaid, he would not get angry casually unless it was necessary.
"Why do you suddenly think of going to find the mermaid? Didn't they already promise to let the soldiers sent to help obey our orders?"
Yuan Zhan snorted, "We are standing in front of Qingyuan Lake. If the Chi clan really attacked here, those mermaids would hide in the lake, and nothing would happen. What about us? They sent those soldiers over, but we paid for it." It’s fine if the Shi people are our enemies, if not, why should we not only bear the safety of Qingyuan Lake, but also give them the benefits of soldiers?”
Yan Mo looked at the young leader with admiring eyes, and it really didn't hurt him at all.
During this period of time, because he was ordered to make friends with the Jiuyuan people, Ramon hadn't changed his defense. Hearing that Yuan Zhan came to him, he suddenly had the urge to run away.
But he saw that the leader of Jiuyuan had become a sixth-level blood warrior, while he was only a fifth-level warrior, so he could only be beaten in front of Yuan Zhan.
It's not that there are more powerful fighters in the clan, but those fighters are the most precious power in the clan, and the clan leader will not let them show up easily if it is not necessary.
"My people have heard that there are about 2,000 small pig monsters running towards Qingyuan Lake. We don't know whether their purpose is Qingyuan Lake or Jiuyuan, so I'm here to ask you, you mermaids Do you intend to join forces with us?" Yuan Zhan asked Ramon calmly, as if all the unpleasantness had never happened before.
Ramon was startled, it turned out he wasn't here to beat him up, it was so dangerous! Immediately said seriously: "Thank you for the news, our clan is ready for defense. Uh, Zhan Boss, what do you mean by joining forces?"
"Regardless of whether the Chi clan came to attack you or us, our two clans will fight against the enemy together. During this period, you don't have to pay us anything, and we won't pay you either."
Having been with Jiuyuan for so long, Ramon also knows what reward means. He didn't dare to agree immediately, but said cautiously: "I need to explain this to our patriarch first, and I can't answer you yet."
"I'll get an answer tonight at the latest." After saying this, Yuan Zhan didn't let Ramon have a chance to talk to Yan Mo, and dragged his priest away.
Yan Mo, who had no chance to speak from the beginning to the end, "..."
Curious about the leather hat worn by the little priest, Ramon was about to ask for friendship, "..."
At noon, I went to see the second batch of blood warriors who were being excited. In the afternoon, Yan Mo saw that Yuan Zhan was so busy that his eyes turned blue, and the remaining people in the tribe had too few manpower, so he had to stop for a while. The study of bone refining has taken over the logistics.
Food and other preparations were better than Yan Mo expected, especially fur reserves.
Now there is no shortage of fur in the tribe. One is that they don't use fur to make tents when they build houses. The second is that the biosphere in this land is rich, and it has basically not been damaged by human beings, and the harvest is good every time it is hunted. The powerful leader of Sanyouyuan Zhan led everyone to hunt everywhere. Not only could they trap many wild beasts at once, but they could also hide underground to escape when they encountered powerful ones. How many times richer than before.
With a lot of harvest, there will naturally be a lot of animal skins. Before winter comes, they have already tanned a large amount of fur for use.
Later, although Yuan Zhan no longer took the soldiers to hunt, but after Jin and others came, a warrior group was organized in the tribe, and everyone went out to hunt in turn. The harvest was not as rich as before, but it was enough to feed and clothe.
"We have lived here for less than a year, and the large beasts within a radius of a hundred miles have almost escaped. Now that there are so many dwarves living around, plus the original tribe, if we want to have a good harvest in the future, we have to go far away. Go away." Yan Mo was making the final statistics, and after seeing the data, he reminded Xia Yuanzhan.
"It's like this everywhere." Yuan Zhan didn't take it seriously, at best he just ran a little farther to hunt.
Yan Mo rolled his eyes, "Don't be stupid! Look at the Yuanji tribe, how hungry are they every winter? I think they probably had as much food and drink as we did in the first two years after choosing a site to move there. What about a few years later? No matter how alive those wild beasts are, they can’t keep up with the continuous hunting and killing year after year.”
"Everyone lives like this... Didn't you let me plant so many earth yuan fruits? You also asked everyone to capture live cattle and sheep to raise, isn't that enough?"
"Of course it's not enough! It will take several years to domesticate, and it's not a long-term solution to grow soil yuan fruits by ripening them. The fertilization of the land will not keep up with the consumption of the land. Do you want the inner city to become a saline-alkali land?"
"Why did it become a saline-alkali land? What is a saline-alkali land?"
"Because..." Yan Mo could only spend some time explaining to him.
Yuan Zhan understands that the land is just like people. If you want to make it work, you need to constantly topdress fertilize, give water, etc., and pay attention to the amount, otherwise the land will die or fall into a half-dead state. When the time comes, you Let it do nothing.
"That is to say, try not to repeatedly ripen a large number of plants on the same piece of land in the future?"
"Yes, it's not just the same piece of land. Unless it's for experiments in the future, we'll try to let everyone plant it normally."
Yuan Zhan nodded, even if Yan Mo didn't say anything today, he didn't plan to farm alone to bear all the rations, because it would not only make the people in the tribe lazy, but also make it a habit for everyone to ask for it. This, absolutely not!
While making notes on the slate, Yan Mo told Yuan Zhan his plan.
"We now have 215 sheep and 19 cows in captivity. We don't know how many will be left after this winter. Those cows and sheep are wild and aggressive. They want to escape all day long. I sent people to herd sheep and cattle. People were injured twice in three days, and there were more than this number before, and many people ran away and killed in the middle."
"I'll make a pit."
"No, what's the difference between that and the original tribe? What I want is that they are willing to stay and give birth to future generations, instead of falling down after eating for a whole winter. When the weather gets colder, I will master the bone refining technique a little bit more. Can you use bones to put nose rings on all those cows?"
"Huh? A nose ring?"
"Do you want something that can make a cow obedient?"
"If you wear it, I will." Yuan Zhan is not stupid.
Yan Mo chuckled, flicked the man's ear cheaply, "I'll put one on your ear then."
Yuan Zhan thought, if you dare to wear it for me, I will wear one for you too!
Yuan Zhan is also busy, Yan Mo is counting food, he is counting weapons.
Finally, the two counted and checked the numbers with each other.
"Meat reserves are relatively sufficient, there are few fruits and vegetables, there are enough furs, and there are many weapons, but bows and arrows, stone axes and hammers are also good, and the workmanship is relatively rough, especially bows and arrows. These bows will not take long to break. They are not sharp enough, the flying distance is not far enough, the lethality is not strong enough, and the technique is not good enough." Yan Mo is a doctor by profession, he can remember the general shape of these weapons is good, how can he know the detailed production method. So he doesn't ask how well everyone can do it, he just waits for the whole tribe to slowly explore and improve it in the future.
"After you master the inheritance of the Bone Refining Clan, we can try to make stronger and tougher bone bows." There is no comparison in the original battle, and I just feel that everything now is incredible. He felt that bows and arrows were a big killer. If they didn't know the existence of this thing in advance, even the blood warriors would probably be shot to death by the lowest level fighters if they were not careful.
Yan Mo never counts on things that he has not fully obtained. He is not as optimistic as Yuan Zhan. He knocked on the slate, looked at the statistics on it, and frowned: "It looks good, and it is enough for more than 300 people to eat for a whole winter." , but this reserve is still not enough, who knows what will happen later.”
"Hey, they haven't come back yet. When they come back, it should bring a big harvest."
"But they haven't come back yet! And we can't just consider our tribe, what if the original and dwarves ask us for help? Before winter, you'd better take people to the forest again and try to get some live pheasants back , I’ll try to see if I can domesticate them first. It would be even better if I can get wild boar cubs, and wild boars can be raised in pits. They have fewer natural enemies and are omnivorous, so they can eat anything.”
"Okay." Yuan Zhan agreed without hesitation, this is a trivial matter.
"I have a hunch that the Chi clan will only be our first batch of enemies. With the fruit of witch luck, our enemies may continue to flow."
Yuan Zhan felt something was wrong, "Do you have any ideas?"
Yan Mo did have some ideas, but he didn't plan to tell the other party yet.
Yuan Zhan was about to question him, but the guard knocked on the door, "Boss, Sir Mo, there are mermaids here to deliver the news."
Ramon came in person. In the central garden behind the conference hall, there is a small lake connected to the waterway outside. He is waiting there now.
This is a loophole in defense, but Yuan Zhan and Yan Mo have no intention of plugging it for the time being. Anyway, it can't be blocked, so it's better to be more generous.
Ramon conveyed to them the decision of their patriarch Haisen: the mermaid tribe will advance and retreat with Jiuyuan, no matter which side the enemy attacks, the other side will deal with it together.
Ramon also brought a token of cooperation between the two races, "This is the conch shell used by the mermaid clan for emergency communication. When you are in danger, just blow this conch shell in the living water. As long as there are mermaids nearby, our fighters will call you." Immediately come to Jiuyuan."
Yan Mo took the conch and immediately realized that the conch was also a bone refining item, "How far is the effective distance?"
"You can definitely hear it in Qingyuan Lake. If it is not Qingyuan Lake, as long as it is connected to the running water of Qingyuan Lake, according to your statement... we can hear it within a thousand miles."
Yan Mo also took out a horn from his pocket and handed it to Ramon, "If there is a place where the mermaid needs Jiuyuan, blow this horn, and we will rush to the place where the horn blows as quickly as possible."
Speaking of this, he smiled, "Don't be in the water, our people can't fight on the water, let alone in the water."
Ramon also laughed. He didn't think it was possible for the Long-tailed tribe to blow the horn. The main reason the chief was willing to give the conch was because of this young but mysterious little priest.
The patriarch himself said that with this little priest around, it will only be a matter of time before Jiuyuan becomes stronger.
Many people in the clan worry that if humans become too numerous and powerful, they will harm the mermaid clan, but the patriarch is more lenient than everyone thinks. He said that Qingyuan Lake is so big and the shoreline is so long, even if there is no mermaid today. Jiuyuan established a residence nearby, and tomorrow there will be other races or tribes, and it is impossible to catch up.
Instead of fighting with these new neighbors every day, it is better to make friends with one worthy of friendship and help each other. Although there are dangers, dangers and opportunities coexist.
Ramon didn't understand what the patriarch meant by opportunity, but since the patriarch said so, it must be reasonable.
After Yan Mo put away the conch, he felt a little admiration for the Haisen patriarch who hadn't met yet.
Is it because being a patriarch has a thicker skin and deeper thoughts than ordinary people
Yuan Zhan was able to talk to the mermaid about joining forces to fight the enemy without changing his face after being beaten into a puddle by the opponent's big witch, just because it was beneficial to the entire Jiuyuan.
And the patriarch of the other party was able to accept the olive branch offered by the "enemy" without any fear of turning his face after the original war.
But the mermaid clan is obviously much stronger than Jiuyuan. Why are they still willing to cooperate with Jiuyuan on an equal footing when they are full of advantages? If we only look at each other's fighting strength, the mermaid clan will suffer a great loss if they agree to join forces this time.
Yan Mo couldn't figure it out, it couldn't be because the other party was concerned about his ability to make poisons, right
Before entering the conference hall, Yuan Zhan who was walking beside him suddenly said, "I may have to upgrade again."
"Hey?!"
A bearded man crouched in the grass, looked up at Qingyuan Lake not far away, and then at the tall city nearby.
Unexpectedly, a large tribe no less than the three cities appeared here!
Strange, why didn't he see it when he entered the forest last time? Maybe because of the wrong direction
A large tribe with such a magnificent appearance, and two such huge moats that are not naturally formed at first glance, there must be many high-level blood warriors inside. He didn't want to offend this tribe when he was still weak.
Especially when he saw that the dwarves who had escaped from the forest had become slaves of this large tribe, like worker bees, busy building houses and new walls outside the city. What's even more frightening is that even the mermaid warriors have been absorbed by this tribe and are now patrolling the river!
Bypassing them, the people in that city must not let him discover him, let alone let them discover his purpose.
The bearded man quickly changed direction and gave orders to the Chi warriors who were following him. His pronunciation was very strange, short and sharp, like the Chi tribe.
The warrior of the Chi tribe understood the bearded man's order, turned around and ran back the way he had come. It has to go back and tell its people to return to the forest as soon as possible, and not to confront the warriors of this tribe.