Crossing to Live in the Wilderness Plains

Although Aze brought a lot of animal skins, if one piece of untreated animal skin can only be calculated by replacing one piece of salt stone, it is just enough to replace A Xu's large bag of salt stones.

Chen Qi tied the animal skin and the animal skin backpack with a rope, and asked A Ze to demonstrate to the A Xu brothers how to use a wooden stick as a pole to lift the two large packages of goods. A Xu touched his chin and exclaimed, "I am still the first. This is the first time I've seen someone carry something like that."

"Brother, it's very convenient for them to carry things like this, so many things can be carried away by one person." Ashu excitedly walked around Aze twice, thought about it, and returned Chen Qi to come out with more. I handed all the salt stones to Chen Qi, "I'll give them all to you."

"How can this be done." Chen Qitui refused: "We only have so many hides and backpacks, and we can't exchange so many salt stones for you."

"Just accept it." Asu was rubbing the ropes tied to the animal skins with his hands curiously, they were very strong, and he couldn't imagine what kind of plants would grow like this, "You have enough animal skins. We used it this winter, we can't exchange the flint this year, and we don't plan to bring these salt stones back, so they should be used in exchange for your ropes." As Xu said, he twisted the end of the rope and shook it.

The flint used by the orcs is different from the flint known by Chen Qi. The flint here is not completely siliceous rock, but absorbs some kind of fire into the rock under a specific condition in nature. When you need to make a fire, you only need to hit two flints with each other to guide the fire inside to generate fire, and this kind of flint has a lifespan. The principle is a bit like the lighter we usually use.

Generally speaking, flint can be used for two or three years. The service life is not calculated by the number of hits, but by the length of time. Even a brand new flint that has never been used, once it is far away from its production place. After that, as long as it exceeds three years, it will no longer be able to make fire. That's why every year the Orcs gather to exchange flints.

"I can't take your things for nothing."

"We have enough animal skins, and we don't plan to bring these salt stones back." Ashu advised. They exchanged some clay pots two days ago, and they couldn't bring so many things back to the tribe. "Before we thought we could get flint stones, we brought so many salt stones. This time we have a lot of people in our tribe. Those who need to exchange salt stones have already been exchanged. If you don't need these salt stones, we will also It was just thrown away in vain."

"Do you really need Flint?" Chen Qi was a little moved, but he didn't want the two brothers' things in vain.

"Yeah." Ashu lowered his shoulders a little sullenly. "Many people in our tribe have used up their flints before the first snow, and now they are cautiously trying not to let the fire go out."

Hearing Chen Qi's question, A Xu looked at him thoughtfully, "Do you have any extra flint?"

Chen Qi only has the two flints of Aze, so naturally he has no extra flints, he shook his head, "I don't have any extra flints, but I know a way to make a fire without flints, it's just a little troublesome, if you need it I can teach you."

A flash of excitement flashed in A Xu's beautiful blue eyes, and he couldn't help holding Chen Qi's hands, "Really? Please teach us that other people in the tribe have extra salt stones, all of which can be handed over to them. you."

Ashu was already excited and wanted to run back to the place where their tribe gathered to find a companion to get the salt stone, and was worried that Chen Qi would teach him now.

A Ze's eyes stayed on the hands of Chen Qi and A Xu for a moment and then quickly moved away. A Xu had a beautiful pregnancy pattern on his wrist.

Ah Zhang also looked at Chen Qi. Although the Yanshan tribe still has some spare flints, if they can learn a way to make a fire without using flints, then even if they can't wait for the Yanshan tribe, they don't have to worry about the lack of flints. used. "Chen Qi, can I learn too?"

Chen Qi pulled his hand back from A Xu's, turned his head and smiled at A Zhang, nodding and said, "Of course. But I need A Ze's help for the fire." Chen Qi turned to the man who had already hid outside the crowd. Helplessly waved.

A Ze touched the lighter sent by Chen Qi in his arms, but did not step forward. Instead of using flint to make a fire, does Chen Qi want him to hand over this lighter and pass it on to the female son named A Xu? He clearly said it was given to him.

Chen Qike couldn't guess what A Ze was thinking now. If he knew, he would probably knock on the other person's head to see what was stuffed inside. Chen Qi brought a few people back to the fire, found a wooden board one palm wide and a stick thick one finger from the dry firewood, and picked up a small pile of leftovers that he had retrieved for the fire. After rubbing the hay a few times to make it more fluffy, set it aside for later use.

He raised his head and saw that Azer was still standing there motionless, and shouted helplessly, "Azer, come here, I need your help."

The other people all looked back at the man standing in the corner. A Ze looked at Chen Qi a little nervously, hoping that the other party would change his mind, but seeing Chen Qi looking at him firmly, his heart surged for a moment. A sad feeling of powerlessness. He raised his foot and walked to Chen Qi's side, his hand holding the lighter tightened unconsciously.

Chen Qi handed the sharpened wooden stick to A Ze, then dug a shallow hole on the wooden board with a sword-horn knife, and placed a flat stone piece under the wooden board, this was to catch the manufacturing The burning debris came out.

That's right, Chen Qi intends to teach these people to drill wood to make fire.

Chen Qi pointed at Aze as he said, "Aze, you will use this wooden stick to put this wooden stick in the gap of this wooden board, and keep rotating the wooden stick until I say stop, you can stop it."

A Ze did what Chen Qi said, silently letting out a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't ask him to hand over the lighter.

Drilling wood to make fire doesn’t just need to know the method. It also requires a lot of strength to constantly create friction. Although Chen Qi, who grew up in modern society, knows that drilling wood can make fire, this is the first time he has practiced it. In addition to being afraid that his body, who had been sitting in the office for several years, would not have the strength to persist until he got out of Mars, Ze Lai helped him to give A Ze a chance to perform in front of others.

Everyone else was watching A Ze's movements with bated breath. Apart from the fact that the wooden stick slipped a few times at the beginning, A Ze gradually became familiar with it later, and the friction speed became faster and faster than Chen Qi expected. The plank began to smoke early in the morning, and there was a circle of black sawdust splashing around the rubbing hole.

Seeing that the situation was almost over, Chen Qi asked Aze to stop and poured the burning debris from the plank into a small handful of hay that had been prepared a long time ago. Scrap blowing, while blowing while watching the burning debris.

The hay began to emit a lot of white smoke from Chen Qi's hands, and then suddenly the flames began to rise. Chen Qi put the burning hay in a small pile of firewood that had been prepared early in the morning. It didn't take long for the firewood to be lit. , a small fire is done.

A Xu was the first to come back to his senses, "Can I try your method?"

Chen Qi nodded, Axu didn't take the wooden planks and sticks that Aze had just used, but found two similar looking ones from the pyre on the side, and Ashu went to the corner of the house not far away to pick them up. Returning a pile of hay, although he didn't understand why Chen Qi had to rub the hay several times, he still followed suit.

At this time, the other two females of the Yanshan tribe who went out to exchange things also returned, and A Zhang greeted the two of them and planned to try it.

There is no technical content in drilling wood to make a fire. The two successfully drilled out the burning debris in a short time, but in the stage of putting it into the hay to ignite, A Xu's burning debris was extinguished before the flames rose, but A Zhang once on success.

"Be careful when blowing air on the burning debris. You can't keep blowing without stopping. You need to give the burning debris some time to react." Chen Qi looked at the unresponsive hay in Asu's hand.

Asu nodded, "I'll try again."

"I'll try it too." Ashu also ran to the side to find the materials and started to try.

This time, the two of them lit the fire very smoothly.

"Chen Qi, you are really too powerful, the fire is really rising." Ashu excitedly held the hay that had already caught fire and held it in front of Chen Qi, until the fire was about to burn to his skin, and he felt a burning pain. After that, he reluctantly threw the hay into the fire on the side.

The other two female sons of the Yanshan tribe who saw this method for the first time were able to make a fire were amazed.

The strange movements of several people naturally attracted the attention of other orcs nearby. A brown-haired orc female came to Chen Qi and asked, "What were you doing just now?"

Before Chen Qi could answer, Ah Shu couldn't wait to explain to the female son, "We are using wood to make a fire."

How to make a fire with wood? The woman who asked the question looked puzzled, and several other people who seemed to be companions with the woman also came up, and some people directly asked their own questions after hearing what Ashu said, "How can wood make fire? "

Chen Qi beckoned to A Ze, smiled and said to the few new comers: "A Ze, show them another demonstration."

In the past, when A Ze came to the Lions and Wolf Tribe's gatherings, they almost always left after changing things. Even the night was in the wilderness, so the people of the Lion and Wolf Tribe didn't know A Ze. The female who came to ask the question first turned her attention to A Ze, and nodded to A Ze with a smile, "Could you please show us a demonstration?"

A Ze looked at Chen Qi and saw Chen Qi nodded to him encouragingly, then A Ze nodded slightly to the female who was questioning, "Okay."