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Chapter 264 Star Tribe
While the women were making fire to cook, Zhang Tian saw the pottery, which was in poor quality. This was not surprising, but what was strange was that there were not many of them. They were mainly large utensils such as pots, basins, urns, tripods, etc. The most commonly used bowls and spoons were on the contrary. No.

After asking, I found out that their pottery was exchanged with other tribes. They did not know the method of making pottery and firmly believed that it was a kind of magical stone. They were obviously deceived.

Niu Wa was very proud. He introduced the benefits of pottery to Zhang Tian non-stop, and said categorically: "This kind of stone is very rare! You must have never seen it, right? Just a few jars, and we lost one Where’s the cow!”

Zhang Tian smiled and said nothing, thinking that he would take you to see the world tomorrow.

It was dark, and the stars were shining brightly under the night sky.

After the meal, Zhang Tian asked the hunters to look up to the sky and pray to the sky. The tribesmen of the Niutou tribe followed suit and also looked up to the sky.

[Faith value: 1775]

Zhang Tian looked at the prayers of the new believers and found nothing new, so he followed the same old content and entrusted the dream to Niu Mu, urging her to join the Sky Clan and become a citizen of the Sky.

Faith value dropped to 1765.

This is the first time that the people of the Tauren tribe have prayed to a distant existence. They have been unsmiling from beginning to end, but at the same time they feel very novel and eager to get a response.

After retracting her gaze, the cow mother looked more casual and chatted with the young sky priest: "I heard that in the far east, there is a very large lake. The people there call it Sky Lake, which means that the lake is like the sky. It's just as vast and boundless, with no end in sight. I don't know if it's true or false..."

"It's true." Zhang Tian nodded slightly, "That lake has another name: ocean."

This matter was also mentioned in Crow's prayer. From this point of view, the indigenous people Crow and the others encountered should have contacts with the tribes west of Hexi and belong to the same cultural circle.

"ocean……"

Niu Mu smacked the new word. She thought Sky Lake was more vivid and easier to remember.

Aze followed the conversation between the two and asked: "Then have you seen Sky Lake, Lord Priest?"

"I saw it in my dream."

The cow mother seemed to have thought of something, and asked abruptly: "You just said that the embrace of the sky is open to everyone, does that mean that everyone can become a citizen of the sky?"

"That's right."

Sensing the difference in Niu Mu's expression, Zhang Tian immediately added: "Why do you ask that?"

The cow mother smiled and shook her head: "It's nothing, I just remembered some things I heard from other tribes a long time ago. It is said that in the far east, near the Sky Lake, there is a very powerful tribe called the Star Tribe. They worship the stars and call themselves descendants of the stars.”

"I was thinking, since the stars are made by people, and there are our ancestors among them, then we seem to be the descendants of the stars too? The people of the Star Tribe should also look up to the sky when praying, right? So will they do the same? People of the sky?”

"I know them too!" Niu Wa echoed, "Our Thunder Stone was exchanged by the Hedong tribe from the Star Tribe first, then to the Dachuan Tribe, and finally to me!"

Good guy, I dare you to let this fragment of glass meteorite fall into my hands three times in total before it fell into your hands...

Zhang Tian complained in his mind, thinking that the Star Tribe was close to the seaside, and maybe Wolf Boy and the others would run into it.

Thinking of this, he felt that he needed to know more relevant information.

"Looking up to the sky is a way to express respect. If you just look up to the sky without respect for the sky in your heart, you cannot be regarded as a people of the sky. You said they are a powerful tribe because of their large population? Or because of their supplies? a lot of?"

The strength of primitive tribes is directly linked to the number of people. Unless they also invented bows and arrows, it would be possible to defeat more with less.

Unfortunately, the local natives don't know how to count. In any hearsay, the Star Tribe is portrayed as a place with many lands, great resources and abundant resources. However, no one can tell exactly how many people there are. In short, it is much more than other tribes. many.

Aze said: "I heard from the people of the Big Ship Tribe that the priests of the Star Tribe can make stars fall from the sky and turn them into sharp stones!"

Niu Wa immediately retorted: "Fake news! We have all been deceived before! The sky priest said that stars are made by people. If a star makes a serious mistake, he will be executed and exiled! The executed star will be Turn into stone, and the banished stars will fall!”

Niu Wa has become Zhang Tian's moral defender, taking his words as an iron rule.

We can't blame him for lacking independent opinions. After seeing the miracle performed by Lin Yu, even a determined atheist will inevitably be shaken, let alone an ignorant primitive man?

Zhang Tian is very interested in these rumors. After reading hundreds of issues of "Approaching Science", he knows that the more bizarre the rumors, the simpler the truth is.

He guessed that perhaps a long, long time ago, a meteorite dragged a bright tail flame across the sky and landed on the territory of the Star Tribe, making a thunderous noise and creating a big crater.The ancestors of the Star Tribe regarded this scene as a miracle and gradually developed star worship, or meteorite worship.

He told Lin Yu the information and his analysis, and Lin Yu agreed: "This is a reasonable speculation. I think this star tribe is probably the cultural center of this area, and its influence can extend to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. , there should be something, the salt in this area might be made by boiling sea water."

Lin Yu didn't mention it, but Zhang Tian had forgotten about it. The word "salt" existed in the local language, which meant that the Niutou tribe at least knew that such a thing existed.

He asked the cow mother about the source of local salt.

The cow mother was a little surprised: "Have you ever eaten salt? Salt is a very precious material. It is said that only the Star Tribe has it. We have only heard of this kind of thing and have never eaten it. The people of the Dachuan Tribe are very refined. If you want to exchange a small bag of salt for one of our cows, we won’t agree!”

Zhang Tian burst into laughter. It sounded like Niu Mu was quite critical of this ship tribe.

He asked casually: "It seems that all the things on the east side of the river are handled by the Dachuan tribe. After they go to the east of the river to exchange, they will then bring them back to the west of the river to exchange for you. Is that so?"

"There is nothing we can do about it. The Dachuan tribe lives by the river, and there are many boats. Because it is convenient to come and go, some of them specialize in doing this. The gatherings on both sides of the river west and east of the river have participated in this. They exchange the things over there at a high price to the other side, and then exchange the things over there to us at a high price. They don’t pay anything, and they earn a lot of benefits for nothing!”

Speaking of this, the cow mother got angry, poked the cow baby on the forehead and scolded: "This stupid boy has been fooled by the Dachuan tribe! He is holding the best bull whip in our tribe. I have never seen it in my life." He actually replaced such a thick bullwhip with a broken rock! I’m so happy to be back! I’m really pissed off!”

The boss was caught off guard. Niu Wa blushed and defended loudly: "It's a thunder stone, not a broken stone! You don't understand about hunters! I am the most heroic hunter, how can the stone I like be called a broken stone?" "

Everyone laughed, and the air was filled with joy.

Zhang Tian also smiled, but in this matter, he was on Niu Wa's side.Niu Mu's prejudice against the Dachuan Tribe is unreasonable. Although they haven't produced anything substantial, they have put in physical strength, time and wisdom, and they should make the difference.

Enough of the small talk, the cow mother returned to the topic: "Are we considered citizens of the sky now?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent and looked at the sky priest with burning eyes.

Zhang Tian did not answer but asked: "Do you want to become the people of the sky?"

The cow mother said frankly: "We want to be protected by the sky, we want to be guided by the sky, and we want to live a better life."

"Then you should join the Sky Clan and form an alliance with us. As long as you abide by the rules of the Sky, you can live the same life as us."

"Your clothes are very good. You can definitely get a lot of good things when you bring them to the rally. But we don't know what your life is like yet." "We will go back tomorrow. You can send some people to go with us. Go Live in our territory for a few days and get a feel for it." Zhang Tian issued an invitation.

The cow mother said: "We still have to attend the autumn meeting, and I'm afraid we won't be able to make it in time."

"There's still time, it's still early for the leaves to turn yellow!"

Zhang Tian said, took out a rope from his pocket, tied seven knots, put it in the palm of the cow mother's hand, and said: "Every day, cut off one knot. I promise you in the name of the sky that when you cut Drop all the knots and your people will come back.”

The cow mother didn't know why, but she saw that the sky priest looked serious and didn't seem to be talking nonsense, so she nodded and accepted it carefully.

"Anyone want to go with you?"

Before he finished speaking, a series of "I"s suddenly sounded in the camp!
Nearly everyone, both men and women, came forward to recommend themselves.

Niu Mu was not surprised. If she were a few years younger, she would definitely be the first to sign up.

Choosing people is a troublesome matter. How many people to choose and who to choose or not to choose are all wisdom.She felt it was hard to make a choice, so she simply left the problem to the wise sky priest: "Priest, you make the choice."

Zhang Tian happily agreed and asked loudly: "Who is the most heroic hunter among you?"

"I!"

Niu Wa jumped up suddenly and slapped her chest hard.

He had claimed it many times before. Zhang Tian originally thought he was bragging, but he didn't expect that after he stood up, no one really challenged him.

I was mistaken, it seems that this young man has two brushes.

Niu Wa is not the strongest in the tribe, nor is he the fastest, but he is recognized as a master of taming cattle, and the level of taming cattle is the most important reference standard for the Niutou tribe's "evaluation".

Zhang Tian then asked: "Who has the best weaving skills among you?"

"I!"

A woman stood up and introduced herself openly: "My name is Anuma."

Zhang Tian looked her over, nodded, and asked, "Who is the best at polishing among you?"

He asked questions one by one, and people stood up one after another... The most promising talents from all walks of life in the Niutou tribe were selected one after another.

Zhang Tian's eyes swept across their faces. There were six people in total, exactly three men and three women.

His eyes finally fell on the cow mother and she said, "Okay, it's decided that it's them."

A troublesome matter was easily resolved in this way. The sky priest was really smart!
Niu Mu's favorable impression of this young man gradually increased, and she gave a few words to the chosen tribesmen, focusing on Niu Wa.Zhizi Moruomu, her child is as honest and honest as a cow, and can be easily deceived.

If only Niuwa was half as smart as Sky Priest...she thought to herself.

Niu Wa didn't have this consciousness, and said a little impatiently: "I know! Don't you still feel relieved about me?"

After saying that, I slipped back into the house to pack my things, not giving my mother a chance to nag her.

Early the next morning, Niu Mu woke up from her sleep, rushed into the crowd like the wind, grabbed Zhang Tian's arm, and screamed excitedly.

"I dreamed! I dreamed!"

Everyone was frightened. They had never seen a cow behave like this in their entire lives. It was like a cow going crazy protecting its calf!

Zhang Tian understood in his heart and patted Niu Mu's back to calm her down.

After she calmed down, she asked, "But did you have a dream about guidance?"

Niu Mu nodded vigorously, and she let go of Zhang Tian's arm. Thinking of her rude behavior just now, her face turned red.

It was understandable that she would be emotional when she had a guidance dream for the first time, but it was indeed rare for the cow mother to be so startled even though she was already quite old.This shows that the cow mother has a very young mentality.

"What did you dream about?" Zhang Tian asked.

Everyone put down their work, pricked up their ears, and cast curious glances.

The cow mother told her tribe members truthfully about the scene she dreamed about, the conversations that took place in the dream, and the guidance she received...

Originally, she was a little worried last night that her son would be deceived, but at this moment, Niu Mu felt relieved because the guidance told her that the Sky Clan was warm and friendly and would never be detrimental to the Niutou Tribe.

After breakfast, the six selected people were already ready to go, with eager faces on their faces.

Before setting off, Zhang Tian did not forget to place an order with the Niutou Tribe: "Whether you join the Sky Clan or not, we hope to exchange live cattle with you. Not only bulls, but also cows. We need a lot of cattle, the more the better!" "

The men thought that the sky priest did not understand cows and couldn't help but remind him: "The bull is more powerful."

“But a bull cannot give birth to a calf.”

Everyone looked at each other, confused.Among their criteria for selecting cattle, there is never such a thing as "reproductive function". Instead of raising calves in a time-consuming and laborious manner, it is better to tame wild bulls directly.

The Niutou tribe has not yet developed agriculture and is not so dependent on cattle, so it can be done in this way.

Zhang Tian had more things to consider.

The current population of the clan exceeds six hundred. If all the primitive tribes in Hexi can be absorbed in the future, the population will be at least two to three thousand.

It is impossible to meet the needs of everyone by domesticating bison. Artificial breeding and selective breeding must be domesticated and the path of sustainable development must be followed.

This is of course a long process, which is why it is important to take this step as early as possible.

The group of people bid farewell to the cow mother and embarked on the return journey.

(End of this chapter)