Shao Xuan quickly knotted a rope in his hands.
Duo Kang and Guang Yi stared at Shao Xuan, waiting for Shao Xuan to speak.
Shao Xuan looked at the conclusion on the straw rope and relaxed. "The day after tomorrow will do. It's a good day."
Through the knot divination, Shao Xuan interpreted the result. The day after tomorrow was the best time to leave.
Winter was ending soon. They couldn't really wait until winter was over. That would be too rushed. Many times, the beasts in the forest reacted faster than them. So, it was always good to be prepared.
"Then I'll go inform the Long boat tribe and Taihe tribe." Duo Kang got up excitedly and rushed out of the wooden house. He first went to find the chief of the Longboat tribe, Mu Fa. After all, they had to convince them to leave.
The Longboat tribe was good at observing the weather. In the past, they were the ones making the decisions. But now, the Yanjiao people were more inclined towards Shao Xuan's decision. Even the Longboat tribe's Mu You, who was good at observing the weather, didn't say anything after knowing that it was Shao Xuan's decision.
"Then we'll leave the day after tomorrow. Tell everyone to get ready to leave!" Mu Fa was also eager to return.
After leaving Mu Fa's place, Duo Kang also went to Taihe to inform them of their decision.
The campsite was bustling with activity. It was like a hibernating animal waking up from its slumber to stretch its limbs and prepare for a big fight.
On the day of departure, the sky, which had been gloomy for a long time, suddenly cleared up. Although the moon couldn't be seen at night and winter hadn't officially passed, it was almost time. Moreover, the rare good weather made everyone feel as if winter had left early.
"Get ready to return!"
The ice on the coast had been broken in advance. The ships wouldn't be obstructed by the ice. The ice was thick too. Places further away from the coast or near the Crocodile River were not frozen. This wasn't a big threat.
There were 25 ships. Each ship had more than 100 Taihe people. Some ships had more, some had fewer. There were five more ships, but it was still crowded. Other than the Taihe people, there were all kinds of supplies on the ships.
Among the 25 ships, five of them looked different from the other 20 ships. These were five experimental ships made by Mu Fa and his top technicians after discussion. From the outside, it was obvious that they were more aggressive. The most obvious were the few projector windows used for shooting arrows and spears. They looked more aggressive too.
Mu Fa didn't plan to use these five ships for a long time. The reason they were used as experimental ships was because of time and conditions constraints, the wood couldn't be treated to perfection. Due to lack of time and conditions...
Usually, when they built ships made, they didn't use the wood.. the wood was dried wood was dry. was dry. but there wasn't a kiln., there wasn't a kiln.. so was the wood was to dry was was was dry.... was' ''s's was's was.... was dry dry dry dry dry to's's's. was' ''s was for his. was for dry dry dry dry was''s.'s. was was was used was was dry dry dry........
It didn't look good, but it could be used.
Of course, even if the wood was dried, due to the limited conditions, the amount of wood was too much. The drying effect was far from what Mu Fa wanted. However, the situation was different now. They were in a hurry to leave. They didn't have much time to dry the wood. Fortunately, these ships couldn't last long. They could still make it back.
In the future, when they expanded their fleet and went out to sea again, they would find a suitable place to build a bigger camp and a large kiln to dry the wood.
Mu Fa was full of energy. He just wanted to go back quickly and tell the Longboat tribe about what happened here. They were only the first batch of people to explore. Compared to the previous Longboat tribe expeditions, there were fewer people. But after this trip, things would be different. The Longboat tribe would gradually shift their focus. They wouldn't quarrel with other tribes inland. They didn't have time for that.
The Longboat tribe would be the one to open up the trade route on the sea!
Leaving this continent where their ancestors had lived for generations, the people of Taihe looked at the scenery in the distance and felt rather emotional. Of course, it was only a temporary feeling. Tribes like them who had merged with the fire seed had migrated many times throughout history. They would feel reluctant to leave a place, but it wouldn't be that strong. As long as they felt that the future would be better, that complicated feeling of reluctance would quickly fade away.
With more people, they couldn't always rely on the supplies on the ships. As long as they had time, the people on the ships would try to catch some small fish from the water. Sometimes they used nets, sometimes they just fished.
The medicine they made in advance also prevented some diseases from happening. Shao Xuan reminded Mu Fa of this when they went out to sea. Mu Fa was very grateful to Shao Xuan. After all, the Longboat tribe's rich experience was limited to the rivers inland. The rivers and the sea were very different.
Just like when they came, they encountered bad weather on the way back. Many of the Taihe tribesmen couldn't get used to it. After they got through it, they were depressed for a few days. They could only take medicine every day.
Sometimes Qing Yi would go into the water. Even though the water was still cold, he had swum in frozen rivers and seas before they set off. He didn't care about the cold anymore. The only thing he had to be careful of were the dangerous creatures in the sea.
Today, it was another sunny day.
The sea was still calm. There were only gusts of weak wind blowing.
"Jiao —"
The eagle's cry in the sky surprised Shao Xuan who was looking at the map. He took the binoculars and climbed to the observation platform on the mast to look into the distance.
"What's going on?" asked Mu Fa.
There was only one binoculars. No matter how good Mu Fa's eyesight was, it couldn't compare to the giant mountain eagle's binoculars.
Shao Xuan looked into the distance. He didn't see any dangerous sea creatures, but he saw many pieces of ice!
"There's a lot of ice in front. Be careful!"
They didn't see any icebergs. They didn't know where the ice came from. There were many of them, big and small. However, probably because they kept melting, the size of the ice didn't pose too much of a threat to the ship.
Mu Fa asked the ship to slow down. When the ice floes got closer, he saw something in the ice!
He took the net and scooped up the ice. After looking at it carefully, he saw that there was an insect in the ice. It looked like a beetle, about the size of a fist. He didn't know what kind of insect it was. He had never seen it before.
If it was in the past, Mu Fa wouldn't be interested in these beetles. However, it was different now. They found it in the sea!
Who knew if it was something from the sea?
It didn't look like it.
How did you know it wasn't from the sea?
"Scoop it up! Scoop it up and bring it back to show the people in the tribe! "After a pause, Mu Fa thought of something and said to Shao Xuan," Don't fight with me! "
The Yanjiao people weren't interested at first, but seeing Mu Fa like this, they became interested.
Duo Kang pointed at the ice and shouted to the Yanjiao people, "Scoop up a few for us to see!"
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