In the evening, the Jia tribe members lit a huge bonfire near the cave, took out the stored wheat beans and grains and hunted beasts to cook porridge and barbecue, and started a grand singing and dancing feast.

Xu Chen also took out some of the stone salt he brought to the Jia people and told them how to use this strange salt grain to cook barbecue food to enhance the food's freshness.

There is no need to explain what supplements metal sodium ions.

The demand for salt is the natural instinct of the human body. Primitive people have difficulty hunting due to meat and exercise, so most of them are actually in a state of salt deficiency for a long time.

Therefore, when these salty foods were put in their mouths, everyone felt an excitement that they had never felt before. They drank porridge and meat in big mouthfuls, and wanted to bite their fingers and pottery bowls and swallow them.

The wonderful feeling and taste brought by natural salt is a feeling of satisfaction of demand that has never been seen before, and it is more exciting than eating raw meat and drinking hot blood.

Therefore, after eating and drinking, when the leader of the Jia tribe excitedly asked about the source of this salt grain, Xu Chen briefly introduced the conquest of the Yu Gong tribe this time and explained the origin of the salt, indicating that the salt production area is far away, the environment is harsh, and the yield is not high, so it is not possible to supply all tribes on a large scale. However, as long as everyone works hard to farm, they can exchange some grain and other items at that time, and tung croaker can do it.

Because of the sudden appearance of salt, the bonfire dinner became rich and lively, and it also stimulated the entire Jia tribe to boil blood and roar in winter to quickly burn the fields and cultivate large amounts of wheat, beans and grain in the beginning of next spring, pottery, salt, cloth, and more men and women.

Because they are increasingly discovering that what they lack most now is people. Only with enough manpower can they have enough development strength. As for the temporary shortage of clothing and food, it will be over once they are endured. This is how our ancestors have survived for hundreds of years.

After staying for one night in the Jia tribe, the next morning, Xu Chen and others, led by the Jia tribe hunters, raised their flags and roared over the mountains and ridges and headed towards the Kugou Alliance dozens of miles away.

There are five tribes in the Kugou Alliance, and their living habits are very different from those of the Gonghuo tribe and the Wu tribe, which migrated from the northwest.

Although they also lived in rock caves and penetrated animal skins, used stone swords, stone axes, spears and sticks, and were basically in the same state as the Gonghuo Clan, this tribe had a strange habit, which was that since childhood, they liked to apply themselves to a unified color.

Five Alliance tribes, five colors, are like real pigment people, and they are very clearly distinguished.

I said some of the behavioral habits of the Kugou tribe at the last meeting of the Witch Lord, but it was not until I really saw it that Xu Chen really understood that this primitive tribe was so weird that it made people feel numb.

Because they raised the flag and shouted loudly, the five frightened tribes almost burst out. A large number of hunters were holding weapons and carrying all kinds of messy beasts and skulls on their heads, and even dead skeletons flocked from all directions. It looked like a group of monsters and ghosts from hell, making them feel cold and sweaty. If it weren't for the loud blocking and translation of the people of the Jia tribe, Xu Chen would have drawn out the dragon-toothed scimitar and launched a ghost-slaughter battle.

If it really happens, later historical books might record this:

"In that year, in October of winter, the king came from the west and was blocked by the five ghosts. The followers were frightened. The king blew the horn of the gods, waved the magical artifact dragon teeth, and slaughtered the five ghosts in the wilderness of the Wulong, known in history as the Battle of Kugou!"

Although the scene was chaotic, the battle to kill ghosts did not start.

Although the five Kugou tribes were numerous and powerful, they were frightened when facing the well-equipped Ba tribe coalition, equipped with flags and horns, and after repeated explanations and persuasions from the Jia tribe hunters, they finally heard that the visitor was a distant tribe with pottery and linen, they slowly calmed down.

However, because of fear, the Kugou Alliance was still vigilant enough to avoid the orders of the far-reaching visitors who were not allowed to move forward and retreat. The hunters of the five tribes were crying and howling along the way, and Xu Chen and others entered the cave where they lived.

This is an extremely spacious valley, and there is a lake of 100 acres in it. The rippling blue waves are refreshing. There are three streams of different sizes poured into it around the lake, and then flowed out along a valley, which should eventually flow into the Wulong River.

Although it is winter, you can still see a large number of water birds on the lake surface, with dry reeds around it, and some dry lotus roots, chicken heads and water chestnuts can also be seen on the water surface.

This is a really good place!

The more southeastwards, Xu Chen felt that the Ba people and Wu people were barren and narrow.

As the saying goes, relying on the mountains and relying on the mountains and relying on the water to eat water.

With such a large lake, the unique environment is enough to support a large and medium-sized tribe.

The situation of the Kugou tribe is indeed the case. The five tribes are actually scattered near hillside streams around the lake, with a total of more than 300 people, which is exactly the size of a large and medium-sized tribe.

Although the Kugou tribe did not allow Xu Chen and others to walk around in the valley to look around, Xu Chen quickly figured out the general situation of this tribe.

In addition, he also had a major discovery. Most of the people in this tribe look very similar and very ugly.

It’s not because they painted their bodies in different colors and were subjected to the visual impact of various strange beast bones and skeletons, but because they were not very normal in appearance.

There are crooked mouths, slump noses, convex eyes, big ears, and even many cleft lips. In addition, there are also very big differences in height and body shape. Some are tall and strong, while others are extremely short. Many of them look a little inconvenient to move, with lame legs and curved arms like disabled people.

But after he carefully observed the situation, these people did not seem to be caused by injuries, but were born with disabilities left by polio.

Is this heavy metal poisoning?

This is Xu Chen's first reaction.

People in the Kugou tribe like to use ore powder to spread all over their bodies to create a distinctive effect, especially the Hagou tribe covered with galena and the Crawler tribe covered with white lead. These abnormal appearances and body shapes look more obvious.

In the past, Xu Chen speculated based on the description of the Jia tribe that the Kugou tribe might be called the Five Ghost Tribe. Now he has made his judgment even more certain. This tribe is indeed like a group of demons and monsters that have begun to develop abnormally. Whether it is outfit or appearance, they are all ghostly and make people feel numb.

The word ghost appeared very early, and the pictographic image is a person with a terrible face, which means a terrible human being. Later, it was extended to the soul of a dead person to mysterious it. Now that the concept of ghosts has not yet been completely formed, the shape and style of the Five Ghosts Alliance perfectly interprets the meaning of this word.

Although Xu Chen and others came with kindness, the Five Ghosts obviously did not appreciate it. They also liked the Ba people's pottery and linen, but they did not want Xu Chen and others to stay in their territory for a long time, and they did not want foreigners to come with such a big fanfare.

I don’t know if I don’t like to deal with foreign tribes or are deliberately hiding something. Anyway, the Five Ghosts Clan gave Xu Chen a bad impression, and it felt that it was difficult to get close to and deal with, which was similar to the ones that the Jia clan reminded in advance.

I want my good things and don’t want to communicate well with me, so how can I do it?

The purpose of Xu Chen's trip was to find out the location and approximate reserves of lead ore in the territory of the Five Ghosts, so as to prepare for subsequent development.

Lead is a toxic heavy metal. It will not be placed in the Ba tribe in smelting and processing. It is the best choice to burn metal lead in the Five Ghost tribes on the spot. Moreover, transporting pure metals consumes less manpower than transporting ores. After all, it is not easy to travel so far.

However, the Five Ghosts were very nervous and vigilant about their arrival from the beginning, with a clear hostility. Even if there were clans repeatedly negotiated among them, they did not seem to have any substantial changes. They said that as long as the Ba tribe brought pottery and linen, they could exchange ore for exchange, but they were not allowed to see the ore produced.

During the negotiations over and over, more than an hour passed by, and the sun was about to set.

Not only were Xu Chen and others a little annoyed, but Lei and Mo and other leaders were even more angry. A large group of hunters who accompanied him were even more furious and started to clamor by the lake, especially a group of the Gonghuo clan legion, holding their weapons, roaring loudly to kill all these ugly guys.

The noisy roars of Xu Chen and others also caused the tension among the Five Ghosts. Hundreds of people gathered around, holding spears and sticks, roaring and intimidating, and the emotions of both sides gradually became tense.

It seems that if these dogs don’t fight, the savages don’t know that the pot is made of iron.

Seeing the sun gradually sinking, Xu Chen couldn't help it anymore.

If you wait any longer, it will be even harder to control the situation. People around you are unfamiliar with the land. It would be a big trouble if the savages don't let them stay overnight here.

What made him most unhappy was that from beginning to end, the other party's patriarch and the witch did not show up. The people who came out to negotiate were all a group of men, and even women and children were rarely seen, so they could only watch from a distance and observe near the cave where they were living.

Xu Chen frowned and called back the leader of the Jiao tribe's hunter who had been with the Five Ghosts Clan, and asked him to make a request to the Five Ghosts Clan, wanting to see the other party's great witch, and he also sent a small jar of stone salt as a gift.

Salt is definitely a very mysterious and rare item for any tribe. After getting this can of stone salt and tasting it with the reminder of the leader of the Jia clan, the attitude of the Five Ghosts tribes slightly improved, saying that they would ask their great witches.

After a group of five ghost leaders who were covered in gold, blue, red, white and black, left, they waited for about half an hour. The sun had completely set and the entire valley became very dark. A group of people returned, indicating that Xu Chen could bring no more than ten people to see the great witch with them.

The reason for ten people is that these people can only count to ten with their hands.

However, the size of ten people is indeed too small to ensure safety.

Therefore, not only were the clan members worried, but Lei and Mo and other groups of officers were extremely angry and persuaded Xu Chen not to take risks. They simply left here and found a place nearby to spend the night, and then went directly to fight tomorrow, and after the Kugou Alliance was completely defeated into a dead dog, they would not have to be so angry.
Chapter completed!