Struggle in the Steam Age

As Lanhua said, when the members of the mission turned around the small hill on the side of the road, they saw that the end of the path was a forest clearing by the side of a small stream, and a large log and dirt rose above the clearing. A settlement surrounded by a wall built. A light smoke rose from the settlement.

And some very rough farmland was opened up in the open land around the settlement, and it was planted with small trees two to three meters high. The trunks of these small trees are bare, with green claw-shaped leaves growing on top. Some tauren are walking around among these crops, as if taking care of these crops.

"What is this?" The team doctor who was carrying a large pack of medicines exclaimed. He is a student of Liszt, because he owes Liszt a huge favor, plus considering that if the original White Eagle In the case of the Federation, there is a ceiling for doctors from real civilians like him to rise, so it is better to go to this emerging territory to fight.

However, because he was born in a docker family in the city, he didn't know much about agriculture, so he became a little curious when he saw the tall plants planted outside the tribe of people. These crops are obviously different from the various fruit trees and low rice in Lawrence's farms. Not only do they have no fruit, but even these small trees have no flowers.

"This is cassava, a crop grown by local indigenous people, and later turned into a tropical specialty. Like potatoes and sweet potatoes, they eat their starchy roots, and these roots grow below the ground. "Because of the previous knowledge instillation by the God of Knowledge, Lawrence easily recognized these uncommon crops.

"Then why don't we plant it?" the team doctor asked, seemingly puzzled. "I think planting these things looks very good, and the people who are willing to grow this thing means that the yield of this thing should not be low."

"The main reason is that this thing is not only poisonous, but also tastes bad." Lawrence glanced at the orchid who walked past the tribe and said. “Especially, although the cassava grown by this herd of cattle is large, it does not require meticulous management. The problem is that it is also very toxic, and even the residual toxins after treatment are dangerous.”

"Why do the tauren people choose this thing as their crop?" the doctor then asked. "Since there is such a big flaw, why don't they choose some better crops?"

"Actually we want to change it too, but we have been unable to change it before." At this time, a big black-haired tauren walked out of the cassava field, carrying a large spear on his shoulders. There was also a wild boar hanging from the spear shaft, dripping blood dripping down.

"Our place used to be a goblin, except for this kind of cassava, which is hard to destroy, planting other crops will be eaten by them." This black-haired tauren took the root on his shoulders. The spear was handed to the other members of the hunting team behind him, and then he spoke to Lawrence. "You are the mission sent by the humans. Thanks to you for helping us solve more than half of the goblin problem, you also sold us so many weapons and tools we need."

Hearing what he said, Lawrence realized that the spear he was holding was the same batch I sold before. At that time, because human weapons did not fit their size, the spearheads of this batch of spears were actually remodeled with a batch of shovel purchased earlier. Fortunately, the quality of this batch of shovel ordered from the Republic of New China is very good, so After transforming the growth spear, it has good performance and can meet the needs of these tauren people.

"After all, this kind of trade satisfies the needs of both of us, and is actually beneficial to both of us. And we are here to find more products that both sides can use for trade." Lawrence finished extending I took my hand, and then introduced myself, "I am the head of this mission and the lord of this island, Count Lawrence August of Sauer."

"Ah, welcome." The **** tauren on the other side may only know that humans will send an envoy to them to discuss recent events and exchange views on the future, and they have also made some preparations. "Welcome to the Great Horn tribe, my name is Tomahawk Great Horn, the leader of this tribe." After speaking, he shook hands with Lawrence.

But after introducing himself, the tauren named Tomahawk just stood there in a daze, as if he didn't know what to do next. Obviously he had made some preparations for the arrival of the human mission before, but he did not expect that Lawrence, the most distinguished human on the island, would personally lead the team over, so after saying the welcome speech and self-introduction he had memorized before. He seemed to stand there stupidly, as if he didn't know what to do next.

"Can we go inside the stockade and see?" After discovering the embarrassment of the tauren, Lawrence hurriedly finished the game. "Standing here is not a good place to talk."

"Of course, of course please come in." Lawrence said. This tauren chief named Battle Axe also woke up suddenly, and then said. "Of course we welcome friends to come to the stockade to have a good chat with us, and then everyone will eat barbecue and drink sweet wine around the fire."

After speaking, he took Lawrence and the others to the stockade. At the gate of the stockade, I saw Lanhua and a tauren with white hair, gorgeous costumes and various jewelry talking to Lanhua. After seeing the Chief Tomahawk approaching with the human mission, this person should It was the old tauren of the tribe shaman who opened his arms in a welcome gesture. .

"Welcome, welcome. Friends from far away." The tauren said in an old voice, "I have heard the omen from nature and our ancestors. You will bring us peace and prosperity. ."

Such tribes often enshrine ancestral spirits, and before they do anything, they will use shamans to ask those ancestral spirits and listen to the sounds of the surrounding nature to fortune-telling. Now listening to this shaman's statement, the ancestor spirits of the tauren tribe should be very supportive of their cooperation with humans.

This is a good sign. If these tribes want to cooperate, if there is support from the clergy, the cooperation will be much smoother than expected. Because in these tribes that have just stepped into civilization, the shamans have a high reputation in the tribe~www.wuxiahere.com~ If they and the chief agree on certain things, these things are basically confirmed by iron and steel.

After walking into the tribe surrounded by walls, Lawrence discovered that the tribe was not a tent made of large animal skins like the tauren tribe he had imagined. Instead, they used trees as a frame, and then used dry leaves and some The long grass is bundled as some thatched houses built on the roof.

These thatched houses are also very characteristic. They are all erected by tree houses more than half a meter above the ground to avoid moisture on the ground. At the same time, these houses have thick roofs, thin and low walls and Doors and windows that basically account for half of the wall area. In short, this is a kind of architecture that is quite suitable for the local area.

At the beginning, some people in the mission felt that the only downside of the buildings like Tauren was that they were easy to attract all kinds of mosquitoes. It would be bad if they were bitten and infected. But later they discovered that the tauren would use a kind of smoke to smoke away most of the mosquitoes, and the remaining few mosquitoes could not break through the thick hair of the tauren.

After Lawrence and the others sat in the largest house in the tribe, they all sat on the edge of the firepit in the middle of the house and chatted. According to what Tomahawk said earlier, he has sent the most elite hunters to other tribes to inform the arrival of the human mission. It is estimated that tomorrow, the tauren tribes scattered throughout the hilly area will be able to gather.