Chapter 19: The New Camp
After selecting a few warriors with excellent agility and endurance to explore the path, Ning Yuan and Bai Ze set off with a large army.
Due to the suddenness of this migration, there was no clear destination, but Ning Yuan had already planned it, that is, near Lake Victoria, and then try to stay away from those big tribes.
Just give them some time to recuperate, and then find a few small tribes to annex by the way, and then they can come back and be ashamed.
Originally, Ning Yuan should have set off in advance to find a new camp, but he couldn't rest assured that Bai Ze and these newcomers were gone, so in the end he decided to take the Thirteen Eagles to follow the large army to act together, anyway, there are only more than a hundred people in the tribe now, and there are countless places suitable for camping.
The team set off in the morning, until four or five o'clock in the afternoon, about thirty kilometers away, seeing that it would be dark in two hours, Ning Yuan let the large army rest in place, and then he took the thirteen eagles to walk in the direction of Victoria Lake.
At a distance of five hundred meters from the lake, Ning Yuan found a suitable clearing for camping, this is a dirt land, the ground is covered with grass, and there is a small forest not far away, if you hurry up for some time, there will be no shortage of firewood for the winter.
After choosing a place, Ning Yuan asked people to notify the large army to come here, and he took the rest of the people to start clearing the weeds.
After a while, a large army rushed over, and after Ning Yuan left some people in charge of camping, he took Bai Ze, Thirteen Eagles, and twenty soldiers to the lake.
After finding a shallow water area, there was no nonsense, Ning Yuan and Thirteen Eagle took off their animal skin clothes and went directly into the water, while Bai Ze and the others carefully watched their movements from the shore.
After a while, Ning Yuan and the others touched a few big crucian carp, looking at the big crucian carp that was thrown ashore, Bai Ze and the others finally believed Ning Yuan's previous promise about new food.
Seeing that the new food of fish was continuously thrown ashore, Bai Ze and the others couldn't stand still, they took off their animal skin clothes one after another, jumped into the water naked, and participated in the sacred cause of touching fish.
At this time, not to mention cloth, even hemp has not yet been discovered, so both men and women are dressed in animal skins.
In order not to affect the weathering of the game, women's animal skin clothes are relatively tight, but men are not so particular, except for a simple animal skin skirt to cover the vital parts, most of them are naked, only in winter, men will wear animal skin shirts.
At this time, the animal skin skirt was simply treated with the animal skin, and it took a long time to dry after being soaked in water, so in order not to wet the animal skin skirt, Ning Yuan and they all took off before going into the water.
Watching a group of big men fishing in the water with their bare butts, Ning Yuan couldn't help but think of a lyric: The primitive society is good, the primitive society is good, and the men and women of the primitive society run ...... with their bare butts.
Bai Ze and the others also got started very quickly, and soon became proficient, and as the fish were thrown ashore one by one, the enthusiasm of the soldiers became more and more high.
They used to run around every day for food, and they could encounter danger at every moment, but they never imagined that food could be so easy to obtain, and when they finally found the "inexhaustible" food of fish, everyone's hearts bloomed.
Thirty-four people soaked in the water for more than two hours before reluctantly coming out of it, if it wasn't for the fact that it had already darkened, these guys who tasted the sweetness for the first time would probably be able to soak in the water for a day.
At this time, the shore of the lake was densely packed with strangled fish, in order to improve efficiency, Ning Yuan directly asked people to go back to the camp to call people to come over to help, nearly a thousand catties of various fish, back and forth several times before it was completely transported.
More than 30 people touched nearly 1,000 catties of fish in more than two hours, which shows how rich the fish resources in Victoria Lake are.
At night, the people of the Condor tribe gathered around the bonfire to eat grilled fish and drink fish soup, and for the first time they tasted the feeling of eating to the fullest.
In fact, Ning Yuan didn't want them to eat so much, after all, eating too much was not good for the body, but these people were used to it, and there was no shortage of food now, so he acquiesced to their indulgence this time.
Of course, the most important thing is that this fish is caught a little too much, and when salt is not found, so many fish cannot be stored for a long time, rather than letting it rot and stink, it is better to take the opportunity to attract a wave of people's hearts.
Everyone else was eating fresh fish with their eyebrows, but Ning Yuan was a little worried at this time, because he found that this degree of virtuality was not necessarily a good thing.
While he has now solved the tribe's food problem for the time being, a new problem has arisen: how to store the fish he catches for the winter.
Since there is no salt, as long as these freshwater fish die, the fish meat will soon begin to stink and deteriorate, and eating spoiled fish meat can easily cause various diseases, in this era, getting sick is no different from a suspended death sentence, so Ning Yuan will never let the people eat spoiled fish.
If it is in modern times, then there are many ways to solve this problem, but in ancient times, if you can't find salt, this is an unsolvable problem, if you can't solve the problem of fish storage as soon as possible, then Ning Yuan has to find new winter food.
Ning Yuan also considered the problem of fishing in winter, but if the temperature was too low and the ice was too thick in winter, it would be impossible for them to chisel through the thick ice with only the stone axes and stone spears in their hands, even if they barely chiseled the ice, then who could brave the cold to go into the water to touch the fish?
You must know that when you go into the water at a temperature of minus ten or twenty degrees, no one can hold on for a few minutes, and it is likely that you will be frozen as soon as you enter the water.
After thinking about it for a long time and not thinking of a way, Ning Yuan's head was a little big, and he now missed those construction games before.
In the past, the game only needed to find a resource point, and then spend money to build supporting facilities to operate normally, where is it like now, guarding such a natural wonder with abundant food, but facing the crisis of starvation in winter, it is really impossible to think about it.
This night, Ning Yuan finally fell asleep in a daze of thoughts, and after breakfast the next day, he began to assign tasks to his subordinates.
After this night of cranky thinking, Ning Yuan also thought about it, instead of worrying about the uncertain future, it is better to take care of the present, the future is still a little far away for their newborn small tribe, and trying to survive and continue to grow themselves is the most important thing they should do now.
Ning Yuan selected ten fighters with excellent agility and endurance from the forty fighters, and asked them to work in pairs, full-time responsible for exploring the outside, he was ready to train these ten people in the direction of scouts, after all, no matter what era it is, first-hand information is the most important, and only by knowing oneself and knowing oneself can one defeat the enemy.
The remaining thirty people, Ning Yuan gave Bai Ze another twenty people, and asked him to take these people out hunting, although the fish resources here are extremely rich, but they can't eat fish every day.
And compared with these freshwater fish, those animal meat is easier to store, although there is no salt, but after drying off the moisture in the meat, it can still be stored for a long time.
After these two groups of people had gone, Ning Yuan took Black Eagle and the remaining few warriors and began to clear the grove, while the rest of the tribe followed them to collect some wild vegetables, wild fruits, and vines.
Don't look at the small area of the forest, this cleanup really scared Ning Yuan.
As the so-called sparrows are small and complete, Ning Yuan originally thought that there were no large beasts in it, and he took people to clean it up just to be more safe, but he didn't expect that as soon as they entered the woods, they encountered a group of wild boars.
This group of wild boars consisted of a boar, a sow and ten piglets, a small family of wild boars, after discovering that Ning Yuan had intruded into their territory, the boar rushed directly towards them, and the sow guarded in front of the piglets and kept roaring.
"The boar is handed over to me to deal with, Black Hawk you and Red Hawk are responsible for dealing with the sow, and the others will catch those little pigs for me, remember, I want to live the little pigs."
After seeing this wild boar family, Ning Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, looking at the group of little pigs, he seemed to see a steady stream of pork beckoning to him.
This male wild boar is very brave in order to protect his wife and children, but unfortunately he chose the wrong opponent today, and now Ning Yuan is just like playing with this kind of "small" wild boar of three or four hundred catties, with only three axes, this brave wild boar father fell in a pool of blood.
After Ning Yuan got rid of the boar, he walked to the sow, and although the sow was covered in blood, she still desperately persevered, trying to buy some time for her child to escape.
In nature, females with cubs are the most ferocious existence, they can become fearless in order to protect their cubs, even the best hunters, if they are not careful, they may be planted in their hands, so although the Black Hawk and the Red Hawk have achieved absolute superiority, they have never been able to give it a fatal blow.
Ning Yuan didn't intervene in the battle between Black Eagle and Red Eagle, he bypassed the sow and joined the team to capture the piglets.
At this time, since the sow was not dead, the piglets did not run away, they just ran around in the woods, never too far from the sow.
Although the piglets did not stay away, it was not easy to catch them, and they scurried around in the woods, and the eight warriors had to follow them everywhere to eat ashes.
Although these warriors are all excellent hunters, their hunting methods are all hard-fought head-on, directly killing the prey, and now Ning Yuan suddenly ordered them to catch them alive, these old hunters are all numb, and they are all in a hurry, and they are all messed up by these little piglets that are more than half a meter long.
Ning Yuan watched these "experienced" hunters being confused by the piglets, so he could only pat his forehead helplessly.
"Don't chase one person at the other, two or three people around and chase them, so they can't run."
"You grab its hind legs, what are you afraid of, can you still catch it to death at once?"
"Right, right, pounce on it, pounce, pounce, what are you afraid of, these little piglets are more resistant than you, and they can't die in a swoop."
Ning Yuan commanded everyone and joined in the action of catching pigs, and he could see that these barbarians were worried that they would accidentally kill these little piglets, so they were afraid every time they made a move, after all, he had clearly said that he would catch them alive before.
After his reminder, the warriors finally recovered, and after a decisive move, all ten little piglets were quickly caught.
After ordering the little piglets trapped with vines back to the tribe, Ning Yuan led the people to continue clearing the woods, and after hunting a leopard and a roe deer, the woods were finally cleared.
After clearing the woods, Ning Yuan asked Black Eagle to patrol the neighborhood with a few people in order to protect the ordinary clansmen working in the woods, while he himself rushed back to the camp with Red Eagle and a few warriors carrying a few bundles of thick branches.
After returning to the camp, Ning Yuan led people to dig a rectangular ditch, then inserted arm-thick branches into it, and finally filled it with soil.
In order to prevent the pigs from collapsing the fence, he also specially asked people to find some large stones to put on the bottom of the fence, and after all this was done, a simple pigsty was built.
After building the pigsty, Ning Yuan personally led people to put the piglets in and sent someone to watch them.
Don't look at these little guys are not big, but they are not small at all, as soon as they are put into the fence, they start to run around, trying to escape, but unfortunately this fence is one meter and six high, let alone them, even if their parents come, don't want to jump out.