After Zheng Luo brought his men back to the tribe, he gathered all the important people in the tribe for a meeting. He listened to everyone's suggestions and started mobilizing them. Whatever they could do, such as arrows, weapons, herbs, food, straw ropes, animal skin bags, clothes and so on, they had to be specially prepared. The equipment that was originally reserved for winter was no longer suitable for fighting in the forest.
"Right, let's distribute the weapons we brought back," said Shao Xuan.
The others were deep in thought, thinking about how to distribute the tasks to their subordinates when they returned. When they heard Shao Xuan, they all looked up, their eyes burning.
Since Shao Xuan was the one who brought these back, he had more authority to decide. On the way back from the meeting, Shao Xuan had told Zheng Luo about the distribution of the weapons.
"Same as usual, distribute according to merit," said Shao Xuan.
There was no way to refute that. Everyone would be at ease if they were given better quality weapons. If they were given to someone who didn't have much ability, it might be easy for the weapons to be snatched away.
Chief Zheng Luo and hunting team leader Duo Kang had already used the weapons Gongjia Heng left behind last time. The remaining weapons, including the ones Shao Xuan brought back this time, added up to less than ten. There was a limit to the good stuff so they couldn't distribute it to everyone. Everyone had to rely on their own abilities.
Fortunately, the last time Gongjia Heng came, the warriors of the tribe had been secretly competing with each other. Zheng Luo had seen it all. Hunting, trading, guarding the mines and so on were all recorded so he had a list of names in his mind. Now, he had a list of people to distribute the weapons to.
After listening to Shao Xuan, Zheng Luo listed out the names in his mind. Everyone present could be witnesses. He was not biased.
The people Zheng Luo mentioned were indeed capable and had made contributions. The younger generation included Wu Zhan, Tao Zheng, Zhui and the others. The older generation included Zheng Luo's younger brother Zheng Cheng. Although he was a bit rash, it was undeniable that he was strong. Back then, he wanted to compete with Zheng Luo for the position of leader. Unfortunately, he had a bad temper and did not succeed.
To be honest, the distribution of the tribe was fair. The shamaness was there to watch the important events. Even if Duo Kang wanted to fight for his son, it was useless. Compared to the others, Duo Li was indeed inferior.
Therefore, Duo Kang could only think that he would train Duo Li well in the future. If he didn't work hard, he wouldn't even be able to get a weapon!
After assigning the weapons, they said what they needed to say. This was not the first time they had fought. Everyone knew what to do and hurriedly left Zheng Luo's house to assign their own tasks.
Shao Xuan went to look for the leader of the mine guards, Wacha.
Now that Wacha could get out of bed, he would walk around the mountain every day. When Shao Xuan went to his house, he saw Susha chopping firewood with an axe.
"Wacha? He's gone down the mountain. " Susha turned the axe handle in her hand and chopped a wooden stake into wooden blocks of almost the same size. "He wanted to chop firewood in the morning, but I chased him out to exercise his limbs. He hasn't fully recovered from his injuries, so how can he chop firewood? I suggested that he go down the mountain to watch people feed ducks. That bird is called 'duck', right? Let him see where he gets his duck eggs from. It'll be great if he can raise more in the future. "
Not only did he not chop firewood, he was also chased out to watch the ducks. One could only imagine how depressed Wacha was. Shao Xuan smiled and thanked Susha before walking down the mountain to the duck shed.
Most people now knew that the tribe was going to rob the salt mines. The atmosphere in the tribe was a little tense and serious. The few families that Shao Xuan passed by were all preparing for the battle. Some of them had to sew animal skin clothes and bags by themselves. Some of them had not awakened their totemic power, and even with their bone needles, they couldn't pierce through the thick ferocious beasts' skin. They could only sew ordinary animal skin bags and make straw ropes.
Shao Xuan found Wacha at the duck shed. Wacha was talking to the person taking care of the duck shed.
When the person saw Shao Xuan, he hurried over and reported the situation in the duck shed. It was more or less the same as before. However, the ducks who were willing to stay in the tribe were less active in the day and often stayed in the shed. The green duck was still the same. Most of the time, it stayed in the shed to hatch its eggs. Those eggs were especially hard to hatch. There was no movement even after so long.
"Oh, right!" The person slapped his forehead. He almost forgot the most important thing. "Elder, you said that if you saw ducks laying eggs, you would send them to a separate shed. I really did find more than one! "
The person in charge of the duck shed told him that Bai Guo's discovery of the eggs was not an accident. Later on, the patrolling team also found eggs elsewhere. Although they only found three eggs, it was still a good thing.
"Those ducks laid eggs, but they didn't hatch. The patrol team picked up the eggs along with the ducks. Look, the two ducks with grass juice on their necks were the ones that had laid eggs recently. However, the eggs found by the patrol team didn't match."
"It's okay. We can just separate them if we see them in the future. If we take good care of them, they might be able to continue laying eggs in the winter. It's just that the eggs they lay might not have the same effect as before. "
"I see." The person was slightly disappointed. But it was better to have eggs than not. "Wait for the ducklings to grow up and continue laying eggs. That's fine, right?"
"That's right."
"Heh!" The person rubbed his hands together, full of enthusiasm again.
Seeing that Shao Xuan was looking for Wacha, the person left to check on the other sheds. Shao Xuan and Wacha found two wooden posts to sit on. Shao Xuan told him why he was here.
"Salt mine?" Wacha remembered that Shao Xuan had never been to a salt mine before. He explained the history of the mine and the few battles they had fought.
Shao Xuan did not know much about the salt mines here. When he was in the tribe, there were salt ponds around. In the beginning, the Yanjiao tribe lived in an isolated environment. Of course, no one fought for it. When he came to the old haunt, the tribe also found a salt lake. Although it was a little far, no one fought with the Yanjiao tribe. After all, other than the Yanjiao tribe, no one wanted to live in the Fearsome Beast Forest.
Over here, Shao Xuan experienced a battle for the salt mines for the first time.
Most of the salt in the tribe had been processed. When Shao Xuan got his hands on it, it was already ground up and stored in small pots. Because of Shao Xuan's special status in the tribe, he did not need to worry about salt.
But now, since the cooperation plan between the three tribes had been finalized, it was certain that there would be a battle soon. Before that, Shao Xuan wanted to know more about salt.
He had been in a hurry, leaving for a long time each time. He did not know much about the situation here. After returning from the Royal City, he did not have the time to ask about it. Listening to Wacha, he felt that the battles for the salt mines and ponds were all salty and fishy. The salty part was salt and the fishy part was blood.
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