Original War

Chapter 151 Set Sail

The tribe still looks the same as before, but if you observe carefully, it is not difficult to notice that there are many changes that are going on quietly, and then when everyone gathers to discuss it, you realize that, hey, there are so many different situations that have happened in the past.

For example, by the big river in front of the tribe, you can always see a few old figures walking around there. Not only them, but even the chiefs often go to the riverside, which makes people living near the foot of the mountain very curious, even if they don’t catch fish, they will run to the river from time to time.

So, gradually, a habit of going to the riverside when nothing is wrong has formed. Maybe you can meet a high-level leader of a tribe and talk about life?

And the people on the mountain also discovered that those old men with bad tempers turned out to be amiable when they treated Shao Xuan! This makes them can’t believe it!

Later, even the eyes of the two big bosses looking at Shao Xuan were full of weirdness.

There is another thing that makes everyone very puzzled. During the rainy season, several heavyweights on the mountain, all of them braved the rain and ran to the river every day. This is something that has never happened before. Passed down from generation to generation, the warriors of the tribe are always full of fear for this big river. In recent years, fishing has only been a little better, but it is not enough to let those on the mountain run over to see it, right?

Those who doubt continue to doubt, those who look forward continue to look forward to it.

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It’s another rainy season.

When Shao Xuan’s body was sixteen years old, since the end of the sacrificial ceremony, several important figures on the mountain began to lose sleep every day, nervous and excited, and gathered all day to discuss whether the plan needed other changes.

Looking for wood, building boats, making sails, and so on, a series of movements cannot hide too many people. During the sacrifice this year, the witch told about Shao Xuan’s journey in a boat. This news caused heated discussions among the entire tribe for a long time, until the rainy season failed to stop. Shao Xuan was often blocked by people and asked. Various questions about travel.

Everyone in the tribe has a strong sense of expectation. Although they don’t understand a lot of what Wu said, it doesn’t mean they don’t expect it.

In the rainy season, when the heavy rain comes, the overlords in the river roar, and go to the lower reaches of the invisible end in groups, and the insects that eat wood are also gradually leaving. Most of the creatures in the river follow the giant beasts downstream, and they will come back from the sea when the full moon and two moons meet again. Others, like those frogs, appeared for a period of time, then went to other places that no one knew, and disappeared.

And this time, Shao Xuan would use the time between the end of the rainy season and before the bimonthly reunion to travel by boat.

On the day when the rainy season ends, everyone in the tribe, from the mountain to the bottom, from the elderly to the children, puts aside other things at hand and gathers beside the Glory Road.

“Move out.” Wu said, standing on the top of the mountain.

Ao and the two big bosses, as well as a few mature fighters, carefully moved out the canoes placed in the wooden shed.

The canoe is nearly three meters wide at its widest point, ten meters long, and has a shuttle shape. The reason why it is so big is to chat and stand in it to rest. If there is only Shao Xuan, there is no need for such a big canoe.

The hunting team went out to find various samples of the tree that made the canoes. They brought them back and let Shao Xuan choose them. After the selection, Ao led the people to cut down and bring back the best and most satisfying tree.

The production of the canoe was done by Shao Xuan and several of the top stoneware masters in the tribe, including Lao Ke. Hollowed out the tree that was cut down, and built a canoe that was both large and dexterous.

The production of the canoe is relatively simple, it is not easy to leak, and there is no risk of falling apart.

The design drawings were also drawn by Shao Xuan himself. When painting, he also consulted other veterans in the tribe. Maybe they didn’t understand canoes, but they knew some techniques that might be useful. Shao Xuan then revised them based on these suggestions.

After the drawing was designed, several stoneware masters deliberately chopped a lot of wood to practice at home before they started. After all, there is still a big difference between wood and stone tools. Come and solve this canoe together.

This canoe, for many totem warriors in the tribe, is not too much. They can resist stones on weekdays. How difficult is it to resist wood?

But at this moment, being carried by a few senior totem fighters personally, and then carrying them down the mountain later, this is a kind of attention and a solemn etiquette.

Shao Xuan sat cross-legged on the ground, and Wu was drawing patterns on his face, just like the warriors who went out hunting, they belonged to a kind of blessing, which meant that the tribe paid much attention to it. Even the chirping feet were painted with tribal totem patterns on them, imitating the giant eagle in Eagle Mountain.

After painting, Shao Xuan saluted the fire pond, then walked to the side of the canoe, and walked down the path of glory with the other people carrying the canoe. Chacha flew directly and flew over from the air.

Behind the canoe, the witch and several other elders of the tribe followed, with expressions on their faces, some excited, some worried, and even though they seemed calm, the twitching of his muscles showed that this was not the case in his heart. At this time, many people are also prone to thinking more, worrying about gains and losses. This is something related to the wishes of our ancestors. How can we be calm?

Alongside the Road to Glory, the crowd also moved with the canoe. Adults with children, physically handicapped people, on crutches, or supported by people, followed closely.

Everyone sang “Hunting Song” and “Blessing Song” together. At first, only some people on the mountain sang. Soon, some people sang along below the mountain. The whole tribe used immature, old, sharp, or rough voices. , Singing the same song with the same rhythm and pace. For them, singing represents all their feelings at the moment.

Most people in the tribe are not good at expressing their own emotions and ideas, and singing is a form of expression.

This is the first time that when they sang “Hunting Song”, they did not have the murderous aura that they could not wait before hunting, but with fearlessness, fearlessness, and hope.

People from the entire tribe collectively saw Shao Xuan off on this day.

What’s on the other side of the river? They didn’t know, and they never wanted to go and explore. In many people’s eyes, Shao Xuan’s behavior is worthy of admiration, but they don’t think that Shao Xuan can pass safely. This big river is really too dangerous. Really warrior!

After the canoe was transported down the mountain, Ao and a few others pushed it carefully into the river.

The canoe made is a side-rigged canoe.

The so-called “side-rigged canoe” means that one or both sides of the canoe are equipped with boat-shaped floating materials that are in the same direction as the canoe. Shao Xuan’s design belongs to the unilateral canoe. Because of this, he once played it during a trip abroad.

The side-rigged canoe overcomes the instability of the canoe that is easy to sway and overturn in wind and waves, but it also has the advantages of lightness and structural integrity. It is also an ocean-going navigation tool for the indigenous people in those places.

Sailing is also the most important sailing facility, and now installed on it is a sail surface made of leaves and vines. The vine is a thin but very strong vine found in hunting grounds. It is an inverted triangle-shaped sail woven by the best hand-crafted woman in the tribe.

In the eyes of Wu and others, it is best to prepare more for this kind of things that do not know whether it will work, but because that kind of vines are really difficult to find, the materials found in the end are only woven into two pieces. Install one piece and use the other piece as a spare. Just one spare, I don’t know if it’s enough.

When Shao Xuan was studying with the indigenous people, he once learned that such a side-rigged canoe can travel more than two hundred kilometers a day. Here, Shao Xuan is not so sure.

Connecting the side frame boat crossbar with the canoe body, and inspecting various places and what needs to be brought, Shao Xuancai stood in the canoe and looked at the densely packed people on the shore.

Caesar was carrying Old Ke and was also standing on the shore, watching Shao Xuan in the boat and the chirping who landed inside. He also wanted to follow him, but Shao Xuan couldn’t take it with him again. If there are dangers and other crisis situations on the river, Shao Xuan can bring it with him, but Caesar can’t, and he can’t afford it.

If Twitter is about the same size as the giant eagles at Eagle Mountain, it can bring a lot of people, but it’s a pity that Twitter is still young.

“Goodbye. I’m leaving.” Shao Xuan saluted everyone on the bank.

All the people who were standing on the shore to see off, under the leadership of the leader Wu He, also returned a salute to Shao Xuan. This is something that has never been seen in thousands of years.

For the people of the tribe, Shao Xuan is their hope to go out. If Shao Xuan can’t succeed, then no one knows how long it will take to go out again. Maybe after a thousand years, they will still stay. Stay in place.

After pulling the sail, the canoe rides away by the wind.

The sail is very large, and Shao Xuan may not be able to operate it if it weren’t for the great strength of totem warriors.

Chacha, the big guy, is standing in the canoe and looking at both sides curiously. For it, this is a very novel experience. It can stand on the river!

It’s just that such a big ship is still small for Chachaai, and it can’t move around. After standing for a while, it flies into the sky and flies in the direction Shao Xuan pointed. It is better to be free in the sky, and when it gets tired from flying, it will return to the boat to rest.

The “Blessing Song” sounded from the shore, a collective chorus.

Shao Xuan turned his head and looked over there. The people on the shore were getting smaller and smaller, and the houses on the mountain gradually became only a blurry spot. The mountain that had been in life for nearly eight years also gradually disappeared like the river bank line. A place where water and sky meet.

Apart from the sound of the wind, there are no more sounds in my ears.

Looking at the direction of the sky and the sun, and feeling the slightly changing wind direction, Shao Xuan adjusted the sail and looked towards the unknown front.