We made you the chief, and now you've become the world's chief?

Chapter 82 The Xia Tribe Arrives

"Chief, so much, are we having it?"

"Yes. These are yours, these are from the Da tribe."

It was just one day later than originally planned, just as that batch of specially made pottery jars was finished firing.

The special feature is the pattern on the jar.

The pottery jars used by the Xia tribe were covered with densely engraved characters, which not only increased the friction when holding them, but also served an educational purpose.

However, for the "export goods" given to the Da tribe, there was no need to use words; instead, some pictures were drawn on them.

Fish, meat, and killing bears, wolves, and so on.

We're about to start mass-producing bricks, and when the "model house" is built, it will be painted on.

The reason for this is to promote the wonderful life of the Xia tribe.

I can't understand the text, but the visuals are always fine.

When this rare item arrives in the tribe, it will definitely attract everyone's attention, and everyone will see it.

After seeing it, the people of the Da tribe will ask questions. That's exactly what they want to hear. After asking, people who have lived in the Xia tribe will talk about it. After talking, there will be discussions, and the publicity effect will naturally follow.

This painting was also initiated by Xia Minghao and completed by the Wu clan, especially Wu Na, whose painting skills are no different from those of modern people.

I thought it would take a lot of effort to get these people to help me carve the clay blanks in batches, but it turned out to be very easy, saving me a lot of time.

"This earthenware pot is yours. It contains meat and oil, and the oil has already been salted. You can take it home and eat it, or you can leave it. It can be stored for a long time."

The three pottery jars were given to three people, one of whom was Daka, and the other two were people who had made outstanding contributions to the Xia tribe in the past few days.

The others also put in a lot of effort, and Xia Minghao even gave them some salted wolf jerky. Seeing that there was both salt and meat, the Da tribe members were all smiles.

In addition, there is a ceramic pot with the same configuration, an empty ceramic pot, and a ceramic vat that will take a lot of effort to move later.

This is not for Daka and his group, but for the leaders of the Da tribe, the Wise Family.

With this arrangement, it can be said that the upper and lower classes of the Da tribe were able to deeply understand the quality of the Xia tribe's products, and "trade" naturally became more frequent in the future.

"lets go."

After glancing at the large orange cat in the fence that was howling all day long, Xia Minghao led ten members of the Li clan, with Lipa as their leader, and ten members of the Xi clan, with Xifa as their leader.

Hifa and others served as guards, while Lipa and others stood guard on the perimeter.

With such a lineup, plus bear bone weapons and javelins that were considered advanced for this era, as long as they were a little more careful, they could at least protect themselves if they encountered any danger, even if they couldn't win.

Led by Daka, they set off from the cave near the river and headed towards the bridge on the riverbank.

When he got closer, Xia Minghao frowned.

I had looked at it with binoculars before, but it was only from the side and the distance was too far to see the whole picture.

I only realized now that the bridge was even more rudimentary than I had imagined.

It's just a piece of wood, thick and large, but unstable. If you touch it with your foot, it will roll from side to side and sway back and forth.

"Is this the river you crossed?"

Xia Minghao looked at the Da tribe members with some surprise and curiosity.

If you're just walking there alone, it's not a big problem.

But Daka and his group were carrying baskets of salt stones on their backs as they crossed this log bridge.
If you're not careful, you could fall right into the river and become food for the snakehead fish.

"Yes, Chief Xia."

Seeing that Daka nodded, Xia Minghao began to look around, it seemed there was nowhere else to go.

They immediately prepared to have the Li clan find a tree long enough and build a few more on it.

But after searching for a long time, I still couldn't find a tree that was long enough.

Daka was initially puzzled, but after seeing the actions of the Xia tribe members, he began to understand and immediately spoke to Xia Minghao.

"Chief Xia, we'll carry our things over there, it's alright."

"fine?"

Xia Minghao, who was still worried about whether to delay his trip to the Da tribe for another day, looked at Daka when he heard this.

“Yes, Chief Xia, look.”

After speaking, Daka immediately hugged his beloved pottery jar and walked towards the log bridge.

The earthenware jar was already quite large; when it was designed, the parameters were precisely the size that a person could hold.

Such a large pottery jar, held in Daka's arms, walked onto the log bridge as if it were flat ground.

Squatting down and lifting his feet, like he was doing a Russian squatting dance, it was over in no time.

Seeing Daka go and come back, like a circus act, Xia Minghao's eyes lit up.

As expected, professional tasks should be handled by professionals. The salt-harvesting team from this tribe has made so many trips back and forth that they've naturally figured out quite a few patterns. Moreover, they probably have some natural talent for balance; otherwise, someone carrying heavy loads on a log bridge would probably have fallen in and become fish food long ago.

"Could you move this over there?"

After thinking for a moment, Xia Minghao pointed to the pottery jar that the Li clan had placed on a flat spot on the ground.

“Of course, Chief Xia.”

Daka immediately responded that he was very willing to do more for the Xia tribe chief.

He immediately called a few people, and they began to lift the earthenware jar. Daka was at the front, leading the group to squat down, adjust the height, and then they quickly passed it over.

There wasn't even a single scene that could thrill Xia Minghao.

"Wait, don't bring it back!"

Seeing that Daka and the others wanted to move the pottery jar back, as if they had just been demonstrating it to him, he quickly called out to the other side of the river.

"Find a place, put it down, make sure it's flat. Then come back."

This time, Daka and the others understood and quickly returned to collect their belongings and transport them over.

After transporting all the remaining supplies, the Xia tribe began crossing the river one by one.

Once they reached the other side of the river, Xia Minghao looked at the log bridge behind him.

Repairing the bridge is still very necessary, especially since there is a large volume of cargo to be transported. As the saying goes, "He who walks by the river will eventually get his shoes wet," and the worst thing is that someone might slip and fall.

After returning from the Da tribe, I'll consider when to start focusing my energy on bridge design.

After crossing the river, it wasn't far to the Da tribe.

As you walk into the woods, you soon come across a flat clearing.

Rows of wooden houses came into view first.

The log cabin is not square, but round, as if the logs were bundled together.

Or perhaps they resemble large wooden barrels, with dry reeds covering the top.

I've never seen this kind of wooden house design before. Although it does provide shelter from the wind and rain, the waste of wood is extremely serious.

A few people could be seen, seemingly building a new wooden house. Xia Minghao happened to look at Daka and asked.

"How long will it take to build this?"

"Howl? Howl, the next heavy rain, and then it will come."

When talking about arriving at the tribe's wooden house, Daka's face instinctively showed pride.

Such a small house takes a year to build?
Seeing the primitive way people are tamping timber into the ground, and considering the lack of breakthroughs in materials, which leads to low efficiency in timber acquisition and serious waste of timber in this type of house, it's understandable.

At this rate, the wooden houses built are far inferior to the brick and tile houses that their Xia tribe is about to build.

He was already thinking about whether he should demonstrate the "Xia Tribe Speed" and let them see the Xia Tribe's infrastructure.

Then, we can set up an "engineering team" to build houses directly for the Da tribe, and in return, we can get even more resources.

Upon hearing the announcement, Damon stepped out of his house and looked at Xia Minghao.

Daka did not linger, and the members of the Da tribe all left to return to their houses.

Those with families showed the good things given to them by the Xia tribe to their relatives, while those without families planned to secretly hide them away, hoping to take them out and look at them later and laugh out loud.

"Chief of the Da tribe, I want you to take me to see where you harvest taro."

Xia Minghao got straight to the point and said it without hesitation.

Damon did not refuse and immediately led Xia Minghao toward the edge of the forest.

After walking for a while, through the gaps in a few trees, a vast wetland marshland came into view.

This is such a huge swamp!
Once you reach the boundary between the sparse forest and the swamp, there are no trees to block your way.

Xia Minghao picked up the binoculars and looked into the distance.

Following the direction of the river, the swamp is surprisingly large, probably connected with the swamps that the migrants saw along their journey.

The swamps far from the riverbank are also particularly wide, and only at the farthest point do they turn back into a forest.

Using a telescope, Xia Minghao estimated that the entire swamp area was about a hundred hectares, the size of several hundred football fields.

This place is rich in animal and plant resources; if it could be developed on a large scale, it would be a treasure trove.

While still looking at the swamp, he suddenly heard two clattering sounds that were not unfamiliar to Xia Minghao.

Immediately put down the binoculars and look in the direction of the sound.

As expected, it was a wild duck!

(End of this chapter)