Every time a flock of birds passed by the tribe, Shao Xuan would observe them. Even if he could not see what the birds looked like, he could roughly guess the types of birds in the flock. He could estimate their size, speed and so on.
At the start, the flock of birds were all large birds with many fearsome beasts. They were fast and had great stamina. Later on, they were more ordinary birds.
The green duck was one of the last flocks. Perhaps it was special. If it was alone, it would not have landed in the flock of birds. It should have flown in the flock of birds in front. However, it had a family and a group of second generation ducks. It was delayed for a long time. In the end, it could only wait.
The flock of birds behind the green ducks was even more ordinary. The ones that left the flock because of the fat duck's call were the more ordinary wild ducks that Shao Xuan saw in the forest on the other side of the sea.
These wild ducks had different feathers and habits, but they looked very similar. Shao Xuan classified them all as' wild ducks'.
Back when he was at the tribe on the other side of the sea, the green duck attracted many wild ducks into the tribe. Now, the same thing happened again. However, this time, it was not just the fat duck. It brought its second generation ducks with it.
The wild ducks that flew over attracted the attention of many people who were busy working in the tribe. Those who had experienced the flock of ducks were very happy. With more ducks, there would be more duck eggs.
The guards did not stop the wild ducks from coming closer. Hence, when the wild ducks left the flock, they followed the green ducks and landed on the artificial lake.
The originally calm surface of the lake became much livelier. The wild ducks that landed took up almost a third of the lake. Moreover, the changes were still happening. The wild ducks were still landing.
The flock of birds that flew past the edge of the tribe had not completely flown over. There were still many wild ducks in the area. However, without the green ducks' calls, they did not know what was happening here.
"I really underestimated them!"
Shao Xuan looked at the fat green duck on the lake and shouted, "Hey, duck!"
The fat duck was leading the flock of ducks in the artificial lake. It slowly turned its neck and looked in Shao Xuan's direction.
"You … Don't go up to the sky again."
The fat duck turned its head and continued swimming forward, unsure if it understood.
However, Shao Xuan noticed that the green duck had stopped flying. He let out a sigh of relief.
Although the man-made lake had been expanded a little after they came back, it still couldn't handle the flock of green ducks that could attract wild ducks.
The people taking care of the duck shed happily went to expand the duck shed. They were not worried that there would be too many ducks. Other than the green ducks, the wild ducks were not picky about their food. Duck food was easy to get and they did not have much of a burden. They had experience.
Two days later, the five newly built ships were tested on the lake. There were fifty to one hundred people on each ship. There were about three hundred people who left the tribe to trade, and the quota had already been decided.
Five boats painted with Yanjiao totems sailed out of the waterway between the lake and the river.
Whoosh —
The sails were raised. The Flaming Horn totem was drawn on the sails too. This was a good opportunity to make their presence known. The totem patterns on the sails were drawn by the two shamans themselves. When the wind blew, the sails curved in an arc, making the totem patterns on the two horns burn like flames.
"We should be able to set sail now. Looks like there's no problem." Zheng Luo looked at the five boats that had sailed into the river.
This time, the leader of the expedition was Ta. Duo Kang wanted to have some fun, but the expedition team didn't need two team leaders. He could only wait until the next time. After all, this wasn't the only time they would go on a trade trip.
The people of the Drumming tribe, who had already rebuilt their tribe, also saw the five boats with the Flaming Horn totem on the river. Their eyes were filled with envy. However, although they wanted Yanjiao boats, they did not feel the need to build their own. If they wanted to travel by water, they could just ride the crocodiles.
The main reason why the Drumming tribesmen were envious was because of the trade trip. If it weren't for the disaster, they would have many leftover water moonstones. They could even negotiate with Yanjiao to take them to further places to trade. Many of the Drumming tribesmen had never traveled far before. The furthest most of the Drumming tribesmen had ever been was the Pu tribe.
In the past, they did not like to interact with unfamiliar tribes, but now their views were changing. Seeing Yanjiao travel, many of them naturally had the same idea.
"Next year. When we get more water moonstones, we can pay off our debts. Maybe we can go with the Yanjiao team," said a Drumming tribesman.
"I've decided not to go to the Pu tribe to trade tomorrow. I'll save more water moonstones. In the future, if there's a chance to go with the Flaming Horn tribe's ship, we can go to further places to see. The Flaming Horn tribe is better than the Pu tribe," another warrior said.
Not only them, the other Drumming tribesmen also had similar thoughts. Many of them secretly made up their minds and prayed that the tribe would be able to harvest more water moonstones next year. Otherwise, if the production of water moonstones decreased, they would have nothing left to live on when the debt was repaid. They would have nothing left to live on.
During the trial voyage, Shao Xuan rode the boat along the Flaming River for a while. He went to the Rain tribe to check on their rebuilding progress.
The Drumming tribe was rebuilding on their original foundation, but the Rain tribe was starting from scratch. It was more troublesome and required more work. Like many tribes with primitive fire seeds, the first thing the Rain tribe built was a fire pit. Then they built houses for the important people in the tribe. After that, they built houses for the rest of the tribe.
When Shao Xuan arrived, the Rain tribe had already finished building their houses. They were reclaiming farmland and building animal pens. They didn't have anything yet. They mainly relied on hunting for food. Occasionally, some animals would fly or swim over from the forest on the other side of the Flaming River. Other than hunting, they also harvested. They had seeds, but they couldn't plant them this year.
Shao Xuan saw that the Rain tribesmen had already started using some newly made pottery. Some houses even had pottery spinning wheels and other tools in front of them. They had already picked up their skills and started a new way to make a living.
According to the Rain tribesmen, there were other tribes nearby. Some of them moved away because they felt that this place was too dangerous. The forest on the other side of the river was also a dangerous place. They were afraid of living so close to it, so they left. Of course, most of the survivors chose to stay. They didn't want to take the risk of moving.
Generally speaking, there were many tribes along the river. After all, this was a large water source. Even if they didn't live by the river, they weren't far from it.
"Looks like there are more tribes here than I thought," said Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan actually had another idea. Not long ago, when they were talking about the trading trip before winter, someone mentioned that the trading location was too far away.
Indeed, if they wanted to trade for good stuff, they had to travel further. For example, the trading area near the big tribes in the central region with more amazing skills or other large trading areas were indeed very far from here. If only they were closer, it would save them a lot of time and effort.
It was definitely impossible to move the trading area here, but what if they built a new trading area here?
The Flaming River was no longer a dangerous river. It would nourish many tribes around the river bank. What would happen if they built a new trading point nearby?
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