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Chapter 266 Hexi Rally
It has been seven days since the tribesmen of the Niutou tribe crossed Daxiong Mountain again and set foot on this paradise land.

This time, the cow mother led the team.After listening to Niu Wa and others describe what they saw and heard, and seeing the pottery and linen they brought back, she no longer had any worries and decided to take a long trip away to form an alliance with the Sky Clan.

Also coming with the Niutou Tribe was the Big Fish Tribe.

The Big Fish Tribe and the Niutou Tribe have been friendly neighbors for many years. They are relatively close to each other, and they are both small tribes in the Anxi border. Therefore, they often communicate with each other, and any good things they have are given priority to internal exchanges. They are somewhat like brother tribes.

Not long after Zhang Tian led the crowd to leave, the people of the Big Fish Tribe came to the Niutou Tribe with a lot of fish as usual.

The Big Fish tribe lives by the river and fishes as their industry. Summer is the harvest season. The uneaten aquatic products are made into dried fish. The expensive ones are exchanged at the gathering, and the cheap ones are kept for their own rations.

The gatherings of various tribes in Hexi have been going on for a long time, and the primitive trade of barter is quite developed. Although there is no clear price for various goods, there are still differences between high and low.

Especially fish. There are no tribes in this area who don't fish. However, some tribes have favorable geographical location and abundant aquatic products, while some tribes can only catch small fish and shrimps.

In short, everyone grew up eating fish. People know which fish is rare, which fish is abundant, which fish has fewer bones and tender meat, and which fish bones are more poisonous. People have a clear mind.Anyone who dares to cheat with trash fish or poisonous puffer fish will be beaten out of his head.

During every harvest season, the Big Fish Tribe would bring part of the fish catch to the Niutou Tribe and exchange it with them first.

However, today is different from the past. As soon as they arrived at the Niutou Tribe, they heard the news that shocked them extremely: there was a tribe more powerful than the Star Tribe living on the side of the mountain!
In fact, the people of the Tauren Tribe don't know how powerful the Star Tribe is. This is their wishful thinking.

From their standpoint, they naturally hope that their friendly neighbors will be as powerful as possible. It is said that when one person achieves enlightenment, a chicken or a dog ascends to heaven, and a tribe takes off, the surrounding tribes will also benefit from it.

The Big Fish tribe was doubtful. Since their ancestors settled in this area, they had never heard of a powerful tribe on the other side of the mountain. Why did the Sky Clan suddenly appear?

But their neighbors described the power of the sky in great detail, such as the power of the sky, the transformation of grass into woods, the transformation of people into stars after death, and the impressive story of Nuwa patching up the sky...it didn't sound like they were made up.

Until Niu Wa and others returned and brought back many precious pottery and extremely thin linen cloth, which opened their eyes and shocked them. They heard that they were given for free, and they were even more envious!

The evidence is so solid that they cannot believe it.

The leader, Yuchang, led his tribe to look up to the sky and pray to the sky that night. Then he canceled his return plan and sent a tribesman back to report the news, while the large army followed Niu Mu on the journey.

They wanted to go to the Land of Peach Blossoms to see it with their own eyes. It would be great if they could also get free pottery and linen.

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Before Niu Wa and others left, Zhang Tian made an agreement with them that Niu Mu must come to participate in the alliance ceremony on behalf of the entire tribe, so that the Niu Tou tribe could truly become a member of the Sky Clan.

He expected that the Niutou tribe would not be able to refuse, but he did not expect that they would buy one and get one free.

Zhang Tian once again acted as a tour guide, leading the Big Fish tribe to visit various production areas and public buildings. At the same time, he painted cakes for them, claiming that as long as he joined the Sky Clan and led the tribe to move here, they would be able to enjoy endless delicacies and high-quality pottery. , nice clothes and free education.

On the first day spent in Taoyuan, all the members of the Dayu tribe fell. As Niu Wa said, the life here was completely different from what they knew. After climbing a few mountains, it was like arriving in another world!
In addition to pottery and linen, there are so many new things waiting for them to explore. Not to mention anything else, they can play with the seesaw for a year!
That night, they watched the entire process of the alliance ceremony and learned that in the coming spring, Niu Mu will lead all the tribesmen to "immigrate" to Taoyuan. From then on, there will no longer be a Niutou tribe, only the Sky Clan.

Seeing that the poor man wanted to ascend to heaven, Yuchang couldn't sit still any longer. He found the sky priest overnight and respectfully expressed his strong desire to immigrate.

"Is this your idea alone, or the idea of ​​all of you?" Zhang Tian asked.

"My companions and I think so, but we can only represent ourselves. When we go back, I will tell my people, I believe I can convince them!"

Zhang Tian smiled and said: "No matter what your tribe thinks, as long as you are willing to abide by the rules of Taoyuan, you can migrate here to live and become the people of the sky."

Yuchang was slightly shaken, thought for a while, and finally insisted on his opinion: "I will convince them!"

"Okay, then when the leaves start to turn yellow, we will go to the meeting with the Tauren tribe. We will pass by your territory then. I hope you have made a decision."

After forming a blood alliance, Niu Mu actually wanted to move "the whole country" immediately, but Zhang Tian stopped her.

Although the Niutou tribe is a small tribe, there are still nearly a hundred people, and at least ten new dormitories will be built. The autumn gathering is coming soon, and both sides need to prepare for it. Time is too tight, so Zhang Tian proposed that next year We will move here after the snow melts, just in time for spring planting.

Of course, this winter, the Niutou tribe can send some young people to Taoyuan to go to school, mainly to learn the language and adapt to the new environment and new group in advance. By the way, they can participate in the heaven-sacrifice ceremony and sports meeting and experience the holiday life.

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The intense heat of midsummer is fading day by day, and the colors of the forest are gradually changing. The maple and hickory trees are still in their summer glory, while the color of the ash trees has faded, with mottled yellow spots appearing on the outermost leaves. Occasionally, a few fallen leaves fall down, laying a new layer on the surface of the leaf pile. When animals step on it, they will make a quiet creaking sound.

The tribesmen who were selected to go to the autumn gathering began to pack their bags, and the camp was a busy scene.

Most of the tribesmen have experience participating in tribal conferences. The autumn gathering is similar to the tribal conference, but it is obvious that the climate in this area is quite warm, and the number of tribes must be more than that in the bitter cold land, so the scale of the autumn gathering will be even grander!

Genes that crave social interaction and love to join in the fun are on the rise, exciting people.Those who were not selected were extremely upset, but they could not blame others, because the candidates were decided by drawing lots, which was a very fair method. They only blamed themselves for their bad luck and were destined to stay at home and have a miserable autumn harvest.

But going to the autumn rally is not easy. According to Niu Mu, it takes at least ten days to travel from Taoyuan, and the round trip takes 20 days. Including the time spent at the rally, the trip will take a month. .

Even if you travel for a month, you will be exhausted, not to mention traveling across mountains and rivers.

The items brought for exchange this time were mainly hemp products, including clothing, shoes and socks, quilts, fishing nets, etc. They are light and portable, and are not available in other tribes. They are more cost-effective than pottery.

Fishing nets are also available in other tribes, but due to the backward spinning technology, the fishing nets produced are not good at cutting water and have poor performance. Zhang Tian brought the fishing nets not for exchange, but to demonstrate advanced technology and promote the Sky Clan to attract people. Talent.

Pottery is also brought, the quantity is relatively small, mainly small pottery, including some pottery tools, such as spindles, net pendants, pottery drums and so on.In addition, there are food and daily necessities, such as fruit wine, combs, oil lamps, soap...

Pack up and set off on a cool morning!
Led by Zhang Tian and Lin Yu, there were 18 people in the group.

The affairs of the clan are handled by the chiefs of each tribe. This is the third harvest. The clan members are already familiar with the whole process. Even if Zhang and Lin are not around, they can do a good job.

When they arrived at the Niutou tribe, the other party was also ready.

There are not many things they need to prepare. The most important cargo of the tribe is live cattle. According to the instructions of the Sky Priest, they will no longer exchange them with others and will all return them to the clan in the future.

This summer, they caught many cows alive, far more than before, both bulls and cows.

Zhang Tian counted seventeen cows in total, eleven bulls and six cows, all of which were adult cows, and two of the cows were pregnant.

Let the Niutou tribe tame them first, and then let them drive the cattle to Taoyuan when they migrate next spring.

There is definitely no hope of spring plowing next year. If things go well, we may be able to use oxen power when plowing the Akita.

Rest for a day at Niutou Tribe, and then head to Big Fish Tribe with Niu Wa and others leading the way.

It took a day and a half to get there.

The Big Fish tribe lives by the river. Their lifestyle is similar to that of the riverside people. They build nests in trees and make a living by fishing.

However, the hydrology here is more complicated than that of the riverside tribes. The mother river that the riverside tribes rely on for survival is a wide main river. This is a typical wetland ecology. The river is covered with reeds and aquatic plants as tall as a person, cutting the water flow into crisscross patterns. The waterway, rowing in it, is like walking through a maze.

Seeing that the sky priest and the wizard were shocked by the scene in the river, Yuchang smiled and said: "This is nothing! There are only more than one reed and water plant in the giant turtle lake! The giant turtle tribe even used reeds and water plants to plant roots in the lake. Build floating islands one after another and settle directly on the lake!"

Zhang and Lin looked at each other and saw the surprise and curiosity in each other's eyes.

Yuchang led the guests from afar to the Big Fish Tribe’s camp in the woods by the river.

Yuchang kept his promise, and after returning from Taoyuan, he narrated what he saw and heard, and tried his best to promote the teachings of the sky. With the help of precious pottery and linen, he successfully persuaded some tribesmen to look up to the sky and pray to the sky.

Zhang Tian used the old method to randomly select a lucky person to entrust his dream. When that lucky person woke up, he had become a solid supporter of the sky. He would speak out his own words and attract more people to fall into the sky's embrace.

Long before they set off, the Big Fish Tribe had been completely dyed blue, and Zhang Tian's faith value also reached 1848.

Yumu, the chief of the Big Fish Tribe, warmly entertained them and sincerely expressed his willingness to form an alliance with the Sky Clan and become the people of the Sky.

Zhang Tian said: "The Sky Clan is a fusion of various tribes, so the alliance ceremony needs to be performed by the chiefs of each tribe. Just you and me can't do it. This winter, you can send two people to Taoyuan to study, and when the winter passes , you can bring your tribe to Taoyuan for the alliance ceremony."

After all, they haven't formed an alliance yet. Zhang Tian only gave them two places for further training. The Niutou tribe is already a member of the Sky Clan, so there is no limit on the number.

Yumu expressed his heartfelt thanks, knowing that he had taken good care of them.

Rest for one night at Big Fish Tribe and continue on the road the next day.

There is no road in the world, but when there are more people walking on it, it becomes a road.

The road leading to Giant Turtle Lake has been walked by countless people. The road is flat and the weeds have been cleared away. The road is easy to walk and it is the season of autumn. This is what Zhang Tian has walked since crossing over. The most relaxing trek ever.

The key is that the people of the Niutou Tribe and the Big Fish Tribe were not in a hurry at all. They traveled at a normal speed throughout the entire journey, leaving enough time to rest along the way.

Arrive at the Dayan Tribe three days later.

The Wild Goose Tribe, as its name suggests, has flocks of wild geese in the waters where they live. This is exactly what Zhang Tian needs!

Wild geese are wild geese and are the ancestors of domestic geese.

my country is the first country to domesticate domestic geese, which were domesticated from swan geese. Gray geese are the origin species of European geese.

How can we do farming without poultry?Since there are no red jungle fowls in this area, Zhang Tian can only focus on ducks and geese.

One of the benefits of a developed wetland ecology is that there is no shortage of waterfowl.

Zhang Tian stood by the lake and looked around. Not only were there groups of swan geese, but mallards, the ancestors of domestic ducks, were also everywhere!
Although the Dayan Tribe occupies a building near the water, it has not yet developed a breeding industry. The Niutou Tribe is still trying to tame the bison. They have no intention of domesticating the bison. It is really a waste of resources.

It’s not their fault, it’s just that this area of ​​water is so rich, with countless fish, waterfowl and reptiles making their home here.Fertile soil breeds lazy people. Since fishing and hunting are enough to fill the belly, who would have the idea of ​​​​taming them?
The Dayan tribe is a medium-populated tribe, with a total of more than 200 people.

Chief Yanyu spotted the strange faces among the Niutou tribe and the Big Fish tribe at a glance, and was a little surprised: "They are not your tribe, are they?"

The Dayan Tribe does not have close contact with the Niutou Tribe and the Dayu Tribe, and Yan Yu does not recognize most of their tribesmen. The reason why they can detect something wrong at a glance is purely because the clothes these people wear are very different from others.

It wasn't animal skin, leaves or rattan. It was a material he had never seen before, and it had different colors. It was very special and made his eyes light up!
There was no need for Zhang Tian to come forward in person. Yumu and Niuwa talked to each other and actively explained the reason to everyone in the Dayan tribe.

(End of this chapter)