The discussion about the origin of Thanksgiving caused by a turkey made Shi Xiong's mood a bit heavy.

　　 Although the Indians as far away as Massachusetts have little to do with the stone bears, they are Indians after all, their compatriots now.

　　 These poor Indians are still suffering from the tragic treatment of being killed and scalped, but Stone Bear can only watch them being slaughtered and there is no way for the time being.

However, this beautiful lie about the origins of Thanksgiving made the atmosphere on the table more friendly. At least the drinks brought by Lieutenant Ferguson were all wiped out. Whether it was Red Cloud or Thunder Eagle, Lieutenant Ferguson was offered a glass. liqueur

　　 All in all, the meal was quite enjoyable. Lei Ying's eyes when looking at Shi Xiong also completely changed. Obviously, Lei Ying was satisfied with Shi Xiong and could no longer be satisfied.

　　 But Shi Xiong's mood is a bit unhappy, because the end of this meal means that he and Bai Yun will be separated temporarily.

Although in the North American Indian tribe, men and women can live together and form a family as long as they like each other. There is no such thing as love or marriage here, but Baiyun’s identity is more sensitive, and all the people in the Gaoshu tribe completely accept her. Before his identity, Shi Xiong still couldn't leave Bai Yun in the tribe.

　　 So, in order to be together better in the future, now the two can only bear this kind of temporary separation.

　　 In fact, during the five days that Lei Ying and the others stayed in the Gaoshu tribe, the Gaoshu tribe's perception of their group has changed somewhat. Except for a handful of people who continue to hate them, at least the others don't hate them as much as before.

　　 So on the second day after the Leiying family banquet, the Gaoshu tribe dispatched dozens of people to start loading the ship.

　　 That's right, this time Lei Ying plans to pull a batch of salt and iron back, but the salt alone is worth a thousand catties, relying on the 16 of them to pull it back. Besides, on the return journey, the saltpeter needs to be brought back from the Xiaohe tribe, which is tens of thousands of catties of saltpeter.

　　 Regarding the land conditions between the Xiaohe tribe and the Gaoshu tribe, it’s not easy for individuals to ride horses, let alone carry so many goods. Therefore, the four inland armed transport ships that Shixiong led the clansmen captured from the French were put to use.

To the west of the High Tree Tribe is the Little River. After the salt and iron are loaded into the ship, it will enter the Tennessee River, and then continue downstream along the Tennessee River, until it reaches the Hayworth River and The place where the Tennessee River meets, then turns into the Hayworthy River upstream, and finally reaches the mouth of the valley where the Xiaohe Tribe is located.

　　 The people of the Xiaohe tribe only need to transport the saltpeter to the valley mouth of the valley to load the ship, and then use the boat to pull the saltpeter back.

　　 Although the water route is more than twice as long as the land route, the water route is indeed the best route now. The displacement of the French armed inland water transport ships is also acceptable, and it is absolutely no problem for a ship to pull more than ten tons of materials.

　　 And the waterway is also the safest in the current era. The six 84mm Valerian guns erected on these inland water transport ships are not a display. If they are used with grape bombs, they will be more lethal.

　　 During this period, some warriors in the tribe have been following more than a dozen French sailors to learn how to control this sailboat. At the same time, they also learned how to use muskets and how to control artillery.

　　 But these are always learning. No matter how good you learn, it is better to let the warriors of the tribe go out in a boat.

　　 It’s better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles. That’s the truth.

And Shixiong also has an idea in his heart. If this voyage can successfully reach the Xiaohe tribe, then next time these four ships will be able to take the tribe’s warriors to the hinterland of the Chekashas and give those Chekashas a center. flowering.

　　 And these French people can't be raised like this. Although these captives were given to the tribe’s warriors how to control the sailboat every day, they went to Xiaoyanshan for labor reform, but dozens of mouths were added to the tribe. Now it is winter again, and there is not much food in the tribe. , No matter how many captives were raised, it would be a great burden for the tribe.

　　 So Shixiong intends to "realize" these prisoners as soon as possible. That's right, these captives also mean a big ransom.

　　 As far as the French come to revenge, Shi Xiong is not afraid of that.

One is that there are more than one hundred guns in the tribe now, twenty-four 84mm Valerian cannons and two 121mm Valerian heavy guns. With these thermal weapons alone, if the French don’t come to a thousand or eight hundred people Yes, there is no way to take the Gaoshu tribe.

But the number of thousands of 800 people, I am afraid that unless all the French soldiers in all the military fortresses along the half of the Mississippi River are assembled, there may be so many people. Otherwise, in terms of the current strength of the French in the New World, they It is simply impossible to gather so many fighters.

　　 And with Shi Xiong's knowledge of the French Empire soldiers of this era, they probably won't be so angry about the redemption of dozens of captives in this tract.

Just kidding, a battle with a scale of more than 1,000 people this year can be regarded as a large-scale battle. For such a small matter to launch such a large-scale battle, those high-ranking French officers may not have their brains drawn like that. of.

Besides, even if the French had gathered so many fighters, their commander wanted to save face, but this is a tribe of tall trees, surrounded by mountains and deep waters. These French soldiers may not be able to come here. Can really lay down the Gaoshu tribe.

　　 Not to mention the stone bear is not idle, with the fire and sulfur seized from the French, the new gunpowder configuration is in progress.

　　 Once the saltpeter of the Xiaohe tribe and the sulfur produced by the Daqingshan tribe separated from the Gaoshu tribe can continue to enter the Gaoshu tribe, at least the Gaoshu tribe will no longer lack black powder from then on.

　　As long as he has enough black powder, Stone Bear has a way to thwart any retaliatory actions by the French.

　　 Ishikuma firmly believes that in this age when the shells are still shot, a shot bag made with enough black powder will definitely become a nightmare for any enemy who dares to invade the Gaoshu tribe.

　　 If you add something like iron nails, iron scraps, etc. to the medicine bag, then those enemies will definitely cry

what? You said that if there is no tool for transporting the medicine bag, the medicine bag is just a display.

　　Please, we don’t have artillery that can be used to fight the drug pack, but can’t we make bed crossbows?

　　 We have made an iron back bow that is so big. To make a bed crossbow is nothing more than to enlarge it. Ratchets are not so difficult to do. At that time, as long as there are four such large bed crossbows with a range of 400 meters away in the tribe, it will be enough to blow any enemies who dare to invade the tribe!

　　 It takes more than two hundred and fifty miles to travel from Gaoshu tribe to Xiaohe tribe by land. Among them, the detour to cross the river increases the distance by at least 20.

　　 If you take the waterway, the distance will be more than doubled.

　　 But the water route is actually faster than the land route. If you take so many goods by land, you will have to walk at least five or six days for the more than two hundred and fifty miles. Ships can be used to pull these goods. More than 80% of the voyage of more than 500 miles is downstream, so the fleet reached the Xiaohe Tribe smoothly in only three days.

　　 That’s right, all four armed inland water transport ships were dispatched this time for military training. The voyage of more than a thousand miles back and forth is enough to turn the lads of the tribe into a qualified sailor.

　　 Anyway, this is not sailing in the sea or in the inland river. As long as you control the ship and don’t run aground, and then you can drive against the wind, that’s enough.

The warriors in the tribe are really good. Some time ago, they have been practicing how to control these four ships so that they have the basic qualities to control these ships. In addition, this first voyage is down the river again. Become a typical step by step from simple to difficult.

　　 Shi Xiong didn't care about how the soldiers controlled these ships. As long as he had time, he would get together with Bai Yun. In this regard, the warriors in the tribe also expressed their understanding.

　　 Don't think the guardian is a big man, and he knows everything, but in fact everyone knows that he is just a sixteen-year-old boy. These warriors are all over here, and they are about to be separated now. Two young boys and girls of similar age behave like this, who doesn't understand.

　　 Among the people who went to the Xiaohe tribe this time, the only high-ranking member of the Gaoshu tribe was dispatched by Hongyun. Li Lei didn't come, and Wolf Tail wanted to follow Li Lei to take a look, but Shi Xiong refused without hesitation.

　　 The leaders of the Xiaohe tribe came in person. Not only did you almost kill them that day, but now you want to send a warrior Qu Kui to pay a return visit. Isn’t this humiliating the Xiaohe tribe?

　　 Hongyun went to the Xiaohe tribe because he was idle at home, and the fleet made its maiden voyage. As the spiritual leader of the tribe and the actual supreme power holder, it is understandable that Hongyun followed the fleet out. But Li Lei, if you don't follow it, it's too unreasonable.

　　 Now the Xiaohe Tribe and the Gaoshu Tribe are cooperative tribes. Now that they have reached a deal agreement, they are no longer enemies. You said that you, a tribal leader, would not pay a return visit to show the minimum respect. This is simply an insult to the Xiaohe tribe.

　　 So, since you can't come forward, the wolf's tail shouldn't come. Why are you here? Make people laugh?

　　 Anyway, Hongyun is following, which can be regarded as showing respect for the Xiaohe tribe, so there is no need for others to follow.

The fleet of the Gaoshu tribe did not enter the Xiaohe tribe. One is that the river course of the small river does not allow such large ships to pass through, and the other is that Hongyun and Lord Guardian entered the Xiaohe tribe on behalf of the Gaoshu tribe. It's not interesting to go there.

　　 For the size and tranquility of the Xiaohe tribe, Hongyun was amazed by the meeting.

　　If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't believe that there are so many Chekashas who are tired of war in such deep mountains and old forests. The most important thing is that the tranquility displayed by the Xiaohe tribe really makes Hong Yun very envious.

　　 The situation of the Xiaohe tribe also convinced Hongyun that this tribe was a reclusive tribe, and the Gaoshu tribe did not have any psychological burden when trading with such a reclusive tribe.

　　 This time because the Kabru sacrifice came in person, Stone Bear followed Zhanguang and saw the saltpeter mine.

　　 This saltpeter mine is at the end of the valley where the Xiaohe tribe is located. The valley turned a bend somewhere, so that people standing in the Xiaohe tribe could not see the saltpeter mine. Then after turning the corner, you can see a dark cave. Those saltpeters with very good purity are produced in that cave.

　　 In fact, many natural saltpeters are produced in such dark and cold caves, but such caves do not produce much saltpeter. And this cave can produce so much saltpeter, so Shixiong can almost be sure of one thing, that is, there must be a large saltpetre mine around this cave.

　　 Because this cave happens to go deep into the ore body of this saltpeter mine, it is possible to continuously mine natural saltpeter in the cave.

　　 But this saltpeter mine is obviously not an open-pit mine, but buried deep in the mountain. Had it not been for this cave, it is estimated that in a few hundred years, no one would have discovered that there is a saltpetre mine hidden in the body of this big mountain.

　　 Shi Xiong and Hong Yun entered this cave under the leadership of Lei Ying. After seeing the situation in the cave, Shi Xiong immediately put forward very serious suggestions on safety issues.

　　 "Leader Thunder Eagle, I suggest that you better let your people put more supports in this cave, otherwise this cave will be too prone to collapse."

　　 This primitive mining method naturally has no protective measures, and the people of the Xiaohe tribe probably don’t know how to do support and protection, so there is no wood for support and protection in this cave. Fortunately, the depth of this cave is not very deep. If you continue to dig in, it is estimated that it will take a long time to collapse~lightnovelpub.net~Support? How to support it? "Li Lei asked in a puzzled way. The Xiaohe tribesmen who were mining in the mine also stopped their work and listened carefully to the big man's explanation.

　　 They don't know how to do support, but they know how to collapse. When there was a heavy rain in the past, they had seen a mountain collapse more than once, and they naturally understood how powerful this anger from the God of Nature was. No matter how awesome you are, you are not counted as two farts in the face of the wrath of the **** of nature.

　　 And if this cave collapses, it counts as much, as long as it is a tribe who mines saltpeter in the cave, absolutely no one can survive.

"Here, here, and here, erect three rows of thigh-thick logs, with thick boards supporting the top of the cave, and logs under the boards. I think the width of your cave is not small, so you must Only three rows of support can be used. Starting from these three rows of logs, make a row of such supports every two steps. Wherever your tribesmen mine, this kind of support must be placed in what position. The denser the guards, the better, as long as there is a passageway between them."

After a pause, Shixiong said to Lei Ying very seriously, “Don’t let this thing have a fluke, and don’t be sloppy. Because this kind of support is something that protects the lives of your people. . And if your saltpeter mine wants to continue mining, then you'd better listen to my arrangements and immediately arrange for someone to support it. Don’t be too troublesome, because doing so can ensure the safety of your people to the greatest extent."

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