A straw rope quickly formed a knot in Shao Xuan's hand.
Duokang and Guangyi looked at Shao Xuan eagerly, waiting for Shao Xuan to speak.
Shao Xuan looked at the conclusion on the straw rope, showing a relaxed look, "The day after tomorrow is fine, it's a good day."
Through the divination by knotting the rope, Shao Xuan interprets the result of the divination, and the day after tomorrow is a good time to leave.
Winter is coming to an end, and they can't really wait until the winter is over before leaving. It's too hasty. Many times, the beasts in the mountains and forests react faster than them, so it's always good to prepare in advance.
"Then I'll inform the people in Changzhou and Taihe." Dokang excitedly got up from the hide and rushed out of the wooden house. First, I went to the leader of the Changzhou Tribe, Timber. After all, to leave, I had to convince them.
The people of the Changzhou tribe are really good at observing the celestial phenomena. In the past, they were making decisions about this kind of thing, but now, the people of Yanjiao are of course more inclined to Shao Xuan's choice, and even the Changzhou tribe is good at observing the astronomical phenomena. After learning that it was Shao Xuan's decision, Mu You didn't say anything.
"Then set off the day after tomorrow and inform everyone that you are ready to leave!" Mu Liao was also eager to return.
Leaving the logging here, Dokang also went to the Tai River to inform the decision.
The camp suddenly became lively, like hibernating animals waking up from their slumber, moving their muscles and bones and planning to have a big fight.
On the day of departure, the sky that had been continuously gloomy suddenly became clear. Although the moon could not be seen at night, and the winter had not officially passed, the time was coming, and the rare good weather also made everyone feel that winter seemed to be over. leave early.
"Prepare to return!"
The ice layer on the coast has been broken ahead of time, the ship will not be hindered by the ice layer, and the ice layer is also thick, and there is no ice in places slightly far from the coast or near the Crocodile River. This is not a big threat.
Twenty-five boats, each with more than 100 Taihe people, some with more and some with less. Five more boats, but still slightly crowded. In addition to the people in Taihe, there are various supplies on board.
Among the twenty-five ships, five ships were different in appearance from the other twenty ships. This was the result of the wood logging and his subordinates' high-precision technical personnel to make five test ships. It can be clearly seen from the appearance that it is more aggressive. The most obvious is the projection windows, which are used for shooting arrows or throwing spears. The appearance is also more arrogant.
These five ships were not prepared to be used for too long. The reason why they were used as test ships was because the shipbuilding wood of these five ships could not be more perfect due to time and conditions. processing.
Generally speaking, when they build ships, they will dry the wood in advance, or use the kiln drying method to dry the wood in the kiln, but there is no kiln here, so the logging is the second best, and the smoked drying is used. The method is simpler. At first, because it was not suitable for the wood conditions here, a lot of wood was damaged. Later, with experience, the situation did not occur again, but the wood that was baked would be darker, so the five newly built here. The ship was obviously darker than the other twenty ships.
It's not pretty, but it works.
Of course, even if the wood has been baked, but because of the limited conditions, the amount of wood is too large, and the drying effect is far from meeting the requirements of logging. However, the situation is different now. They are eager to leave and do not have much time to specifically bake the wood. , Fortunately, even if these ships can't last for too long, it is completely possible to support them back.
In the future, when they expand their fleet and go to sea, they will find a suitable place, build a larger camp, and build a large kiln to bake the wood.
Mu Cao felt that he was full of energy, and only hoped to go back quickly and tell the people in the tribe what happened here. They were just the first group of people to explore first. Compared with the previous team of the Changzhou tribe, The number of people is much smaller, but after a trip, the nature will be different. Their Changzhou tribe will gradually shift their focus, and they will no longer quarrel with other tribes in the inland areas. They have no time to spare.
The trade route at sea will be opened by their Changzhou tribe!
Leaving this continent where their ancestors lived, the people of Taihe looked at the distant scenery and felt quite emotional. Of course, it was only a momentary emotion. These tribes that have integrated fire, the number of times they migrated in history. There are definitely a lot of them. The feeling of leaving a place will be reluctant, but it is not so strong. As long as they feel that they will be better in the future, the complex feeling of reluctance will fade away quickly.
After there are too many people, it is impossible to always rely on the supplies on the boat. As long as there is time, the people on the boat will try to catch some small sea fish from the water to add meals. Sometimes they use nets, sometimes they use fish directly. .
The medicines made in advance also avoided the occurrence of some diseases. As early as when they went out to sea, Shao Xuan reminded the logging. For this logging, Shao Xuan is still very grateful. After all, their Changzhou tribe has rich experience in the past. , limited to the major inland rivers, and the river and the sea are still far different.
The same as when they came, when they returned, they also encountered bad weather. Many people in the Taihe tribe were not used to it. After a few days of depression, they could only take medicine every day.
Qingyi sometimes goes into the water, even if the sea is still cold at this time, but he has swum in the frozen river and the sea before departure, and he doesn't care about it anymore. The only thing to guard against is the dangerous creatures in the sea.
Today is another sunny day.
The sea was relatively calm, with only bouts of mild wind blowing.
"Ah-"
The sound of eagles in the sky surprised Shao Xuan, who was looking at the map. He took the telescope and climbed to the observatory on the mast, looking into the distance.
"What's the matter?" asked Mushu.
There is only one telescope, no matter how good the eyesight of the woodcutters is, the less they can compare to the giant eagle on the mountain, and the telescope.
Shao Xuan looked into the distance and did not see any dangerous sea beasts, but found that there were many fragments, fragments of ice!
"There are a lot of ice cubes ahead, watch out!"
I didn't encounter any icebergs, and I don't know where the ice cubes came from. They were big and small, and there were a lot of them. However, probably because of the continuous melting, the size of the ice cubes did not pose too much threat to the ship.
Logging makes people slow down, and when the floes are getting closer, he finds that there is something in the ice!
I took the net, fished up the piece of ice floes, and carefully distinguished it, only to find that there was a bug in the ice, similar to a beetle, the size of a fist, I don't know what kind of bug, I have never seen it before.
In the past, logging would definitely not be interested in these beetles, but now it is different, this is found at sea!
Who knows if it's something from the sea
Doesn't look like it
How do you know it's not from the sea
"Catch it up! Get it all, and bring it back to the tribe to see something fresh!" After a pause, he remembered something, and then Mushu said to Shao Xuan, "Don't rob me!"
The Yanjiao people were not interested at first, but when they saw the wood cutting, they became interested.
Dokang pointed at the ice cubes that looked frozen, and shouted to the people in Yanjiao, "Get a few and have a look!"