Although Xu Chen felt a brief sense of unbearability, he eventually forced himself to suppress the action of stopping.

There has been a long time between the Mongolians and this group of savages. The grudges and hatreds between the two sides have to be settled for hundreds of years.

If the Mongolians want to completely surrender and help him control the salt mine, they must be given this opportunity to vent their hatred and completely eliminate the savages.

And he didn't want to leave a huge hidden danger for the future salt mine mining because of his wife's kindness and momentary impulse.

The strong prey on the weak and the fittest survive. This is the law of the enduring natural development of human beings.

If these indigenous savages want to survive, stop struggling and resisting.

But unfortunately, it is impossible, or the barbaric genes in their blood have inhibited the development of wisdom and have not evolved to the point where they learn to judge the situation and compromise.

What's more, there is no room for relief between them and the Mongolians who have taken away their homes. All they have to do with hatred is the blood of hatred.

The chaotic fighting, running, screaming, screaming, scolding and other sounds slowly weakened over time until they completely calmed down, leaving only painful howlings and moans.

The arrested indigenous savages were forcibly dragged to an open position in the valley.

More than a dozen corpses of men, women, young and old were thrown together like wild animals by Mongolians.

Most of these savages were not wearing anything on their bodies and were completely naked.

More than a dozen wounded and three bodies arrested in the Mongolian tribe were also driven away and thrown together.

The rich smell of blood flows with the cold wind and spreads throughout the valley.

In the high sky, goshawks and vultures circled.

Among the dense forests and mountains in the four fields, there were the roars and roars of wild beasts.

Looking at the bloody scene in front of him, Xu Chen's face twitched and speechless.

To be honest, he completely underestimated the intelligence level of these savages.

Or he underestimated the barbarity of these savages.

If it weren't for a group of prisoners who were screaming and reminding the tribe from the beginning of the attack, causing chaos to escape and causing the scene to lose control, Xu Chen would not have ordered this massacre-like battle.

According to his idea, he was to surround these barbarians first, and then let the leaders or those with higher intelligence come out to make a choice.

As long as these people have a little bit of aura of civilized tribes, they are likely to choose to leave.

But unfortunately they didn't wait for this opportunity.

The hostage plan that Xu Chen began to plan did not work at all.

This experience also told him that many times, the civilization, morality and strategy planning that he was once familiar with were completely unworkable in this era.

Barbarism and violence are still the core plan of conquest.

Especially these savage indigenous tribes that have not had too many civilized characteristics.

He even began to worry that he would not be too easy to move in the future, because the more he went southeast, he might encounter more uncommunicable and more barbaric tribes.

Just like the Yanhuang tribe that developed southeast and encountered Chiyou's Jiuli tribe.

Two completely different ethnic groups are unlikely to coexist peacefully.

There is only one ending, that is, war, victory, defeat of the king and defeat of the enemy.

The Huangdi tribe won and eventually became the orthodox Chinese. However, as a native race in China, it could only end up losing a crushing migration to the more wild south, and was eventually slowly conquered and assimilated by the Yanhuang tribe.

When Emperor Huang attacked Chiyou, he believed that Chiyou's huge family gang was too barbaric and did not talk about benevolence and righteousness. His strength was not conducive to his subjects. However, the real war was just a battle for territory between two different races.

The vast plains and rich water and soil in the south are the only purpose of the Huangdi Group's conquest.

Xu Chen is the same now.

Even if he is content with the status quo and takes root in the Gunhuo Basin to become king, in the future with the expansion of his power, the kingdom will inevitably develop towards a broader and flat southeast. This is an inevitable path and is not controlled by him at all. Even if he does not do it, his successor will still do it.

Just like in order to occupy the salt mine, he had to conquer the indigenous savages in front of him.

This war between the invaders and the indigenous peoples is the same in ancient and modern times.

The same is true for the United States to massacre Indians, the whites to massacre Australian natives, the Spanish to massacre South American natives, etc.

Although Xu Chen can give up this innocent massacre, he cannot stop the pace of human civilization development. What should come will come in the end, just a matter of time.

Xu Chen was not in a good mood to deal with the indigenous savages with heavy casualties, but asked Feng and others to do some simple bandages for them. If they can stay alive, try to save their lives. If they can barely communicate, try to communicate to see if they can end peacefully and let them live. If not, they will leave it to the Mongolians to deal with it. Whether they die or live depends on the mood of the Mongolians.

However, in order to reduce the possibility of prions, Xu Chen will strictly remind them not to eat people at that time.

If you really can't bear to let go, then you will be considered slave salt.

There are caves everywhere in the sparse woods.

These caves are where these indigenous savages live.

The entrance of the cave is very small, and it can only allow one person to climb in and out.

In order to block the rain, these holes were basically dug under some ridges, with the opening tilted downwards, and a simple portal was built with stones outside, and some camouflage covering was used with branches and wooden sticks, which surprised Xu Chen a little.

This shows that these indigenous savages are indeed a high-intelligent population and have begun to have the prototype of houses.

This is actually the principle of caves on the Loess Plateau.

But what they are imitating now is just the beasts living in caves to dig holes, and there is no more innovation.

Xu Chen squatted in front of a cave and observed carefully, and found that the space inside was not large, with dead grass, leaves and some animal skins, emitting a disgusting and unpleasant smell.

There are more than 20 caves of all sizes, some of which can accommodate one person, and some can accommodate three or four people, just like the nests of groundhogs, scattered among the slightly sparse woodlands.

Judging by the size of these caves, these indigenous savages may have family-style solitary relationships and then form a large ethnic structure.

These savages may be monogamous structures.

This is Xu Chen's speculation after observation.

This discovery surprised him very much.

This shows that the relationship between primitive tribes is not purely group marriage, but that there will be completely different social structures depending on the living environment and regional population.

"Chenga, Magonggaga, salty!"

Just as Xu Chen was observing a large area of ​​soil nest next to him, several Mongolian and Ba hunters ran over from the river valley, holding large and small stones in their hands.

Xu Chen took a piece and looked at it. There were typical salt crystals on the surface. He licked it with his tongue and it really tasted very salty.

"Let's go and have a look!"

The purpose of this war is to get salt, and it seems to be nearby.

A group of people surrounded Xu Chen and walked up the valley stream for more than two hundred meters. Sure enough, they saw a large area near the foot of the mountain empty. Apart from some sparse weeds and thorns, there was gravel on the ground. Although salt water could not be seen oozing out of the ground, it was obvious that a layer of salt frost was attached to the surface.

Sure enough, there is a salt spring below, which is a typical feature of the salty surface.

Xu Chen was so excited that his mouth was dry and his tongue was dry. He squatted down and touched the ground with his hands a few times, and grabbed a handful of mud and stones containing salt crystals.

If stone salt appears, there must be a salt spring below. If there is a salt spring, the salt well will inevitably be dug.

Although the depth of the salt spring is difficult to judge at present, the salt contained in the soil in such a large area of ​​brine is already very considerable. Even if the salt well cannot be dug out for the time being, the sand and stones are washed and filtered with water, and then cooked, and it will be salt.

According to the current population size and the degree of salt demand of each tribe, the temporary mining volume does not need to be much. It is mainly to slowly supplement the salt of plant seeds as food after farming development.

Only when farming began on a large scale did the importance of salt become increasingly reflected, and by then it was estimated that this salt well would have been almost fully developed.

In addition, there is a salt spring that indicates that there should be a rich salt layer underground. The salt halide leaks out from the rock surface to form a halide area, and perhaps other salt halide areas can be found in this area.

Unfortunately, due to the complex formation conditions of salt mines, most of them are in alpine deserts with harsh geological conditions, and mining and transportation are very troublesome.

This is also the reason why salt has always been scarce in ancient times.

Even if there is a lot of sea salt supplementation, in fact, before the emergence of refining technology, well salt and rock salt produced inland have always been the best edible salt, and are privileged commodities for the nobles and wealthy people. Ordinary people can only eat braised salt or coarse and bitter sea salt.

After finding the salt, Xu Chen was in a good mood instantly, but now he still faces many problems if he wants to mine.

That is how to mine, cook and transport it, which is the most troublesome thing.

This is a primeval forest far away from the human settlement area. The surrounding environment is unfamiliar and complex. In addition to the survival of this group of local indigenous savages, there are also many poisonous snakes and beasts. In addition, these indigenous savages must also have some other ethnic groups living nearby because they also have the needs of normal human groups such as intermarriage, marriage, and exchange.

In other words, if you want to develop this salt spring next, you will not only have to face the complex and harsh natural environment, but also the attacks and harassment of other indigenous tribes.

But no matter what, Xu Chen could not let it fly if the meat he ate into his mouth.

This salt well is crucial to his future development. It must be firmly controlled and continuously expand and increase output to meet the needs of farming development.

Xu Chen carefully inspected this pan-halogen area and found that the development of this salt well was not too difficult.

Because in a 30-meter-diameter area in the center of the pan-halogen zone, the salt crystals are enriched very much. After digging the sandy soil on the ground, the soil below is very wet.

It is the dry winter and the groundwater drops very severely. If the rainy season in spring and summer is abundant, and the local surface water penetrates and downs, the brine will definitely be even larger, and maybe the superficial salt pond can be formed on the surface.

According to the environment near this section of the valley, this situation is still quite obvious. There are almost no fish and shrimp in a small stream that is about to break down. The traces of salt erosion can be clearly seen in the places where the water flows, the rocks and soil. However, the amount of salt bleed is not too large. When the stream water becomes larger and diluted, it does not have much impact on the nearby plant environment.

This brine zone generally attracts a large number of animals to come and lick.

A group of indigenous savages took advantage of the animals' demand for salt and protected the area near this salt halide area, so that they could obtain prey all year round.
Chapter completed!