This big man's name is Vacha. On the way here, Zheng Luo has already introduced this person to Shao Xuan. Because Vacha is often stationed in salt mines outside, he does not spend much time in the tribe every year, but he will come back when offering sacrifices. The position he stands is relatively high, and Shao Xuan still has an impression.
It was because of the impression that Shao Xuan was surprised.
In my impression, Vatza's skin is dark, and when the temperature is high, his bare arms and other exposed skin appear to be oily from the sun.
There is a small poisonous insect in the salt mine area. After being bitten, there will be scars. When the scars are healed, if the residual toxins are not completely discharged, a pit will be left.
And Vacha, who is often stationed in salt mines, has a lot of experience of being bitten by poisonous insects. The most obvious is his pitted face, which looks very rough, much more obvious than the peel of an orange. However, the people of the tribe didn't think it was anything, and even thought that it looked more imposing and could hold the team down. In fact, this is indeed the case. With this face, when Vachcha is stern, he looks at people like a huge rock, which is about to hit the next moment, which is really compelling.
But now, not only the "impressive" pits on Watcha's face are gone, but his skin has turned brown and dark, and now it has turned a lot red. At first glance, Shao Xuan really didn't meet the person. After a while, it was confirmed that this was Vacha.
Seeing Shao Xuan's scrutiny eyes, Wacha was also embarrassed. Every time someone came to see him, he would be amazed. Wacha looked at the water basin himself, and even borrowed the only bronze mirror in Wu's place to look at it. "Awful to see"!
Wacha felt that he had no face to see the tribe's people, there was no pit on his face, and he felt that he was not the former captain of the mine guarding team, Wacha. Hurry up!
Seeing Vacha with a sad face, Zheng Luo said angrily: "This is a good thing! It proves that the residual poison in your body has been cleaned up!"
The poison left by the poisonous insects in the salt mine is very tenacious. Even the herbs made by the Taihe tribe cannot be said to be completely effective. Moreover, the medicines made by Taihe are limited, and anyone who needs them has to replace them with a lot of things. I was reluctant before, and naturally I would not change the herbs. But who would have thought that it was just a few eggs when he came back to recuperate, and it became like this!
Just as he was talking, a woman came in with a large jug full of water. It was Watsa's wife, Susha. The husband and wife were both totem warriors and guards of the mine team.
Seeing Zhengluo and Shao Xuan, Susha quickly put the big water tank full of water aside, and put a few long pigtails decorated with animal teeth behind him, smiling and showing white teeth, " The chief and the elders are here!"
Like Vacha, Susha's complexion is also much rosier, and he doesn't look like he is always stationed in the salt mine.
Saying that, Susha took out another egg and said to Wacha, "I just went to Wu's place to exchange it, and we'll share it later."
There are four members of the Wacha family, their husband and wife, their younger son, and his mother. Wacha's father died a long time ago during a hunt, and now there are only four of them. Usually, the Wacha couple go out to guard the salt mine, and the family is an old lady with children.
At that time, when she heard that there was an accident at the mine, the old lady was anxious. When she saw that Huacha returned from a serious injury, and Susha was not in a good state, she used the salt from the family to go to Wu's place for two duck eggs. The old lady heard that those eggs have detoxification effects and are also very useful for body recovery, so she immediately exchanged them for the two of them to eat.
Not to mention, the effect is quite obvious.
Susha, who was not seriously injured, got better in a few days. Vacha was lying down because of the severe injury, too many toxins in his body, and multiple fractures in his body. He couldn't get out of bed at all. However, seeing this injury, I can get out of bed and walk around, and the toxins in my body are almost cleared, and the speed of recovery will be faster in the future.
As soon as he saw the egg, Vacha showed helplessness on his face: "My injury is already healed, so I don't need to eat, you three should be divided."
"This is the last one. In the future, if you want to eat it, you may not be able to eat it! There are not many eggs left in Wu's place, and your body is almost recovered, so you don't need to eat any more." Susha took the eggs and planned to cook them.
The duck eggs picked up by the patrol team will be put into Wu’s place, and not everyone can easily get eggs from Wu’s. The Watsa couple is a work-related injury, and the tribe is also responsible, so the first two Eggs were given by witches, and it was they who continued to exchange salt for them later.
Because the Wacha family was stationed in the salt mine, they also got a lot of salt. Shao Xuan saw several pottery pointed-bottomed jars in the house, with open and deep belly, and lace on the mouth of the jar. There is also an earthenware pot with a round bottom, these are the utensils they use to boil the salt.
There is also a smaller ceramic beaker, which is not one of the main salt-boiling utensils, but is used for measuring. When trading between tribes, this kind of pottery cup is used, and the transaction is carried out with a small pottery cup of salt as the unit of measurement. However, sometimes the tribes are too far apart, and the transaction is troublesome. When making pottery, more small pottery cups like this are made. The brewed salt cubes are kept intact in the cups, and then the cups are accompanied by salt. The other tribes that traded at the door were exchanged at an equivalent value. To a certain extent, these salts could already be used as currency here. Because of this, the tribes took the salt mines seriously. Back then, they also used force to forcefully squeeze in and divide up the salt mines.
When Susha left, Vacha asked, "What do you want to know, chief?"
"Shao Xuan wants to ask about the salt mine." Zheng Luo moved two wooden stakes and sat alone with Shao Xuan.
"In the salt mine, at the beginning, Liehu and Sen's people, is there room for them to take action?" Shao Xuan asked.
"That's right." Although Vacha was injured and almost died, he still knew whether the other party kept his hand or not. If the other party really wanted to kill them all, they wouldn't be able to have so many people coming back alive.
"A few days before the change, did Liehu and Sen's people change anything?" Shao Xuan asked.
Vacha shook his head regretfully, "I didn't notice it."
It's not that Vacha is careless, but that the other party is too cautious. There are five tribes stationed in the salt mine, and no one will easily trust other people. Yanjiao and Taihe are still cooperative. Sometimes they communicate more, but the other three talk less. Moreover, the location and area where each tribe is stationed is different. Under normal circumstances, they will not set foot in the range of other tribes.
This Zheng Luo also asked the person who came back and did not get any useful information, "So, it must be something very important, and the discoverer was worried that more people would notice, so he tried his best to hide it."
Shao Xuan listened to Wa Cha and talked about the situation at that time, and then got up and said goodbye.
"Leader, elder, the salt mine must be taken back as soon as possible! It can't be delayed until after the winter!" He has dealt with the fierce fox tribe too many times, and Vacha deeply understands the cunning of those people. May lose that salt mine forever.
"Don't worry, you take good care of your injuries. I will take someone out tomorrow with the people from Taihe. Shanfeng has already made an appointment and will discuss it carefully. If you want to go to war to snatch the salt mine, you will do it even if it snows." Zheng Luo said.
Leaving from Vacha, Zheng Luo asked Shao Xuan, "What are your thoughts?"
"It's still the previous guess. The attitudes of Liehu and Sen are inconsistent, and when they attacked for the second time, they also attracted many reinforcements from other tribes. It is obviously planned. Now there are salt mines, they must be guarding. Strict." Shao Xuan said.
"That's why Shanfeng's people will suffer. They were also puzzled. When they went to inquire, they found that their attitude had changed. The fifty people Shanfeng went out to inquire, only a dozen or so returned. Shanfeng was angry this time. Very, in the past, they seldom came out in winter, but now because of the salt mine, they said they would fight even if it snowed heavily." Zheng Luo sighed, but his eyes were firm, "No matter what, we must get the salt mine back! Shao Xuan, you. Go back and have a good rest, and go with me tomorrow."
"it is good."
After returning, Shao Xuan took a good rest, and when he returned to the tribe, the whole person relaxed, and the sleep effect was quite good.
In the morning, Shao Xuan wrapped the sword that Gong Jiaheng had repaired in leather cloth, and brought some things that he often used when going out.
Zheng Luo has been waiting there. In addition to Shao Xuan, there are Duo Kang and more than 40 warriors. However, Guangyi was left in the tribe and took the patrol to strengthen the defense to prevent others from taking advantage of the air to raid.
After leaving the range of the tribe, after waiting for a while, I saw fifty people from Taihe coming over, led by the leader of Taihe. In this tripartite meeting, the leaders of the three tribes came forward.
"What is the temperament of the Shanfeng people?" Shao Xuan is not familiar with the Shanfeng tribe. Except for the salt mines, the Yanjiao tribe and the Shanfeng tribe have nothing to do with each other, and he rarely hears it.
"Shanfeng people? It's a group of people who think they are birds." Duo Kang replied, concise and to the point.