Leopard Autumn, more composed, affirmed the advantages of the pottery jars mentioned by Wolf Rain, and added the difference in animal hides: "The animal hides in our tribe are softer than those in other tribes. They not only don't have an unpleasant smell, but they also have a pleasant fragrance. They are not eaten by insects and won't rot."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "It's even better than the finest animal hides in the Salt Department."
The Salt Tribe is the largest tribe in this region, and the best animal hides from the Salt Tribe are the best animal hides in the entire land.
Leopard Autumn's words were undoubtedly the highest affirmation of the Wood Tribe's animal hides.
Shen Nong knew, of course, that her animal hides were of good quality; otherwise, she wouldn't have thought of going out to trade them.
"So, do you think that if we take the tribe's pottery jars and animal hides out to trade with other tribes, we could get a lot of things in return?"
When the topic of exchanging pottery jars for other goods came up, Lang Yu lowered his eyes, his expression not looking too good.
He couldn't hold back any longer and said directly, "Priest, the earthenware pot might not be able to be exchanged."
Shen Nong asked him, "Is it because the Salt Department also has pottery jars?"
Wolf Rain nodded, "Priest, you don't understand the Salt Tribe Chief and the Old Priest. They would never allow the Wood Tribe to exchange pottery jars."
Shen Nong chuckled, a hint of disdain creeping into his handsome brows. "Even if the Salt Department has nothing that catches my eye, do you think I would use earthenware jars to make a deal here?"
He said that even the most powerful tribes had nothing he could possibly want; that was incredibly arrogant.
However, after hearing this, Leopard Autumn and Wolf Rain thought carefully about the winter they had spent in the Wood Tribe and realized that the priest was absolutely right.
What was considered a treasure in the Salt Tribe was not even worth mentioning in the Wood Tribe.
Take the best piece of animal hide in the Salt Department, for example. Although it wouldn't be bitten by insects or have a foul odor, the smell, while not foul, was quite pungent, and the hide was also rather stiff.
Even the worst animal hide in the Wood Tribe is better than that piece.
As level seven orc warriors, they lived in the best cave and ate the best food when they were in the Salt Tribe.
But in winter, they still shiver from the cold. The food doesn't taste as good as that of the Wood Tribe; even the clay they use to simmer meat is more fragrant than the meat they eat in the Salt Tribe.
It's understandable that the priests looked down on the Salt Department.
They don't even look down on them now.
After thinking for a moment, Leopard Autumn roughly understood what the priest meant by "going out to trade." "Does the priest want to go to a more distant place to trade with the tribes there?"
A charming smile bloomed on Shen Zhi's beautiful face. "That's right, you will form a caravan to go out and trade."
Suddenly, a tall figure appeared in front of her. Shen Nong was sitting down, and her gaze fell on the other person's powerful waist and abdomen.
Ze handed the ceramic cup in his hand to Shen Nong, "Priest, have some water."
Shen Nong withdrew his gaze and pursed his lips. He was indeed a little thirsty, so he took the cup and sipped it slowly.
Leopard Autumn's gaze fell on Ze's back, and he didn't see Shen Nong's smile from before.
Although Leopard Autumn did not know what "caravan" meant, he could roughly guess that the priest wanted to entrust this matter to them.
Wolf Rain seemed to understand but not quite, so he pulled Leopard Autumn aside and asked him, "Does the priest mean that we will go out to trade on behalf of the tribe in the future?"
Leopard Autumn nodded with a smile, "Do a good job."
After drinking a few sips of water to moisten her throat, Shen Nong continued the discussion about forming a caravan to go out and trade. She had originally planned to let Bao Qiu and the others go on their own.
He drew pictures of rice and other crops for them to look at and try to find, but then he remembered that he had only been here for so long and had only walked back and forth between a few tribes without going out to explore.
It's a bit of a pity.
So he decided to go with Leopard Autumn and the others, so he could see more plants in the Beast World, which are not found in these interstellar places.
Knowing that Shen Nong was going on a long journey with Bao Qiu and the others, Ze immediately said, "Priest, I..."
Before she could finish speaking, Shen Nong nodded in agreement, "You go too."
Go sleep with me.
Shen Nong didn't say what she was going to say next; she just kept it to herself.
With such a long journey, if Shen Nong didn't have anything familiar beside him while he slept, he might become the first person in the beast world to die from insomnia.
Shen Nong confirmed the number of people in the caravan and left Hu Xiao and the others in the tribe.
The Wood Tribe needs protection, and although the guard's fighting strength is much stronger than before, he will be gone for at least a month. With Big Black around, he is not too worried about the cannibals.
But the Salt Department was ultimately a scourge.
From what Bao Qiu had told him before, Shen Nong could easily tell that the chieftain of the Yan tribe, Mang Lin, harbored resentment towards the Mu tribe, or rather, towards him, because of his brother's death.
If Hu Xiao and the others also leave, and the Salt Tribe causes trouble for the tribe, Yang Lei and his group will be no match for them.
However, the planting season is now underway, and since the tribe members have never farmed before, Shen Nong can only leave after the planting is complete.
I'll take this opportunity to make some more pottery jars and animal hides.
Shen Nong also planned to bring some fish skin clothing, but less than the amount of animal skin clothing, and less than the amount of pottery jars.
Shen Nong originally wanted to put the goods on a cart and have the oxen pull it, but considering the rugged mountain road and the fact that they might have to cross the forest, the cart would be difficult to move, so she had to give up.
He would still make the cart, but he didn't plan to use it for trade.
The tribe was short-handed, and making crossbows was a technical job, so the elders couldn't help.
But moving bricks and digging soil at the brick kiln is hard work, so the elderly always wanted to help.
But they were no longer able to handle those things; several of them strained their backs when they went to help.
In addition to processing medicinal herbs and memorizing medical texts, Tu Dong also has to take care of the elderly's back every day, which has significantly increased her workload.
The ground inside the tribe is relatively flat. After the cart is set up, it is harnessed to the oxen and pulled by them. They only need to lead the oxen to their destination.
The gathering team can also use it to transport the wild vegetables and fruits they have collected. They can park at the foot of the mountain, and when they go into the mountain to collect them, they can use a vehicle to transport them back, which saves a lot of effort.
The cart body is easy to make, but the wheels are the difficult part.
Shen Nong calculated the size on the wooden board and pulled Ze over to do hard labor for him. According to the size, she used a giant tree to polish seven wooden strips with the same curvature.
Fourteen small holes were evenly chiseled around the small wooden stake, which was about 25 centimeters in diameter, and straight wooden strips of uniform length were inserted into each hole.
There are too few wheels; they are not strong enough to support the weight of the load.
The inside of the curved wooden strip also has two holes evenly cut out, which fit perfectly with the straight wooden strip.
Once all the parts are assembled, it becomes a large, round wheel.
With accurate data and wheel samples, Shen Nong simply handed the materials over to the production team.
The production team consisted of a group of strong and skillful people who made everything out of wood.
The team leader is a level 4 female orc warrior named Shisha.
Sanding wood is not easy, especially since they don't have the right tools.
When the crossbow was being made, Shen Nong watched as Shi Xia wielded a stone axe and began hacking at the wood, his arm leaving afterimages as he swung it.
The wood he produced was smoother and more aesthetically pleasing than anyone else's.
Shi Xia is strong and skillful.
Sometimes, Shen Nong doesn't even need to say much; she can understand how to do something just by looking at it, taking it apart, and figuring it out herself.
Therefore, when the production team was formed, Shen Nong directly gave the captaincy to Shi Xia.
In the world of orcs, the strong reign supreme.
Shisha's creations are both fast and high-quality. And while everyone else is still trying to figure it out, Shisha already knows the entire process.
Therefore, none of the dozen or so men under Shi Xia disobeyed her; they all respectfully called her Captain Shi Xia.
Chapter 38 Farming
son of the high priest
Because they need to go out to trade, the tribe doesn't have that much pottery left, so they need to make more.
The pottery team was short-handed, with only eight people. Apart from the team leader, Lionlin, who was a young level-two orc warrior, the rest were all old men.
The earthen houses on the Water Tribe's side were almost finished being built. In order to add some manpower to the pottery team, Shen Nong went to Lu Shuang and asked him to select a dozen or so skillful beastmen to join the pottery team.
Having been a priestess of her tribe, Lu Shuang, despite her young age, still understands her people very well.
He quickly selected sixteen people, men, women, and children, who had previously worked on stone tools in the Water Tribe.
Shen Nong wasn't sure if they were capable of making pottery, but at least they had experience with it before. She'd take them to the pottery team first to see how they fared, and if that didn't work, she'd try someone else.
They were overjoyed to hear that their new priest wanted them to try making pottery.
During their stay with the Mu tribe, they learned many things.
One of them is pottery.
It turns out that the "stone pot" that Lu Shuang brought back to the Water Tribe from the Wood Tribe was not called a stone pot, but pottery.
They safely survived the entire winter thanks to the fish soup they cooked with it.
Pottery is not only beautiful in shape, but also lightweight. It's incredibly quick and convenient for boiling water and cooking food. Ever since they started using pottery to cook meat, they've never been able to eat raw meat again.
However, they only knew what the thing was called, but not what it was made of.
Now, the priests are actually asking them to try making pottery! Although only those who do it well will be kept, this is something they never expected!
Those who weren't chosen watched Shen Nong and the others leave with envy in their eyes, while the sixteen chosen ones followed behind Shen Nong, each one eager to learn and hoping to be the one left behind.
The pottery team leader was named Shi Lin, who was Shi Xia's younger brother.
The orc warriors in the tribe were well-fed and had plenty of energy. In addition, the system said that Shen Nong's spirit core energy could not only awaken the orcs, but also allow them to advance faster.
Therefore, Shen Nong would intentionally or unintentionally release some spirit core energy for the orcs to absorb. Currently, apart from the newly awakened orcs, the Wood Tribe still does not have any level two orc warriors.
It's at least level three.
However, Shilin was an exception; his foundation was damaged, and he could no longer advance.
When the tribe had no meat to eat, Lion Forest was once so hungry that he ran into the forest to find something to eat.
As a result, he was chased by a wild boar as prey, and was eventually knocked away, crashing into a tree trunk and rolling into a ditch, where he suffered serious injuries.
Shi Xia arrived in time, preventing Shi Lin from becoming a wild boar's meal.
Although the Lion Forest Man was still alive, his body had become very weak due to the injury, and his orc level remained stuck at level two.