Chapter 147

Second lieutenant Ferguson went to make gunpowder with horse, bone and rabbit's mouth. Of course, he did it according to the formula provided by stone bear.

Although there is no castor oil in the tribe as a private binder, the private binder itself is not used much. In addition, there are some peanut oil in the tribe, which can also be used together. The main purpose of private binder is to make gunpowder into particles, so Lieutenant Ferguson plans to make some new gunpowder to try the power of this kind of gunpowder.

Most of the people in the tribe are still making salt. Because the weather was too cold, the women who used to open up wasteland now don't open up wasteland, but go to Xiaoyan mountain to make salt.

After these women, who are comparable to adult male soldiers, joined the salt making army, the refined salt production of the tribe immediately increased by a large part. The next time major hank comes, his face will be in full bloom.

Some of the soldiers in the tribe still go out to catch bison every day. Since they witnessed the power of the fire ox formation in gaoshu pass, Lilei, Dajiao and even Hongyun paid special attention to domesticating bison.

Only at this time did they understand why the guardian made such great efforts to capture and tame the bison.

This kind of large livestock is really easy to use, just need to feed them weeds every day, but these domesticated cattle can not only greatly improve the efficiency of farming, but also can be used as surprise soldiers at critical moments.

If it wasn't for the fire ox last time, I'm afraid the gaoshu tribe no longer exists.

This can be clearly seen from the group of soldiers in the tribe who are now training to use muskets.

The soldiers in the tribe still go out in rotation to catch bison. The rest of the soldiers, except for a few who want to choose suitable places around the tribe to set up guard posts, practice how to use muskets under the instruction of lieutenant Ferguson.

The hundred muskets captured by the French can't be wasted like this, and the stone bear knows very well that if the gaoshu tribe wants to grow and even dominate this continent in the future, then the soldiers in the tribe must practice the use of heat weapons from now on.

No matter how powerful a cold weapon is, it's better than a weapon that doesn't overheat. This has been proved by history.

The people in the tribe have their own jobs, and they are all busy. On the contrary, the guardian of the stone bear becomes idle again.

The foot of Dawu Mountain in winter is really a bit idle. The weather is too cold. Except for some hungry wild wolves, almost all other animals are in cat winter. It's hard to find a target just to go hunting.

Want to squeeze some more oil, but through the warehouse, stone bear did not find any extra soybeans or peanuts. The remaining soybeans and peanuts in the warehouse are reserved for next year's sowing, which should not be moved.

As for wheat, it's also reserved. Shi Xiong plans to use some wheat to make flour to make steamed bread noodles.

I want to make a bar, but even the starter hasn't been turned for the second time. How can I make wine? But what reassures Shi Xiong is that the fermentation of those koji is very good, which is more or less a comfort to his lonely heart

Wandering around, the guardian plans to make some steel, but steel-making is never something one can do. It's useless to make steel with crucible. It's a lot of effort, but it can't make many things. In the end, Shi Xiong reluctantly gave up the idea of making steel again.

Now there is no shortage of steel in the tribe. Well, there is no shortage of steel for the time being, so the people are far less enthusiastic about steel making than they were at the beginning. The most important thing is that salt can get a lot of "good things" from vasichu, so the people's enthusiasm for salt making is far greater than other things.

At this time, stone bear found that the original shortage of manpower is so embarrassing.

Even though our guardian has a lot of ideas in his mind, there are so many people in the tribe now. Before the steam engine was invented, almost all the work needed a lot of hands to do.

No one, everything can only be fantasy.

Around the gaoshu tribe, there are many small tribes that were separated from the gaoshu tribe before, just like the former longmaoniu tribe and the extinct pumpkin Bay tribe. There are more than ten such small tribes within a hundred miles around the gaoshu tribe.

If all these tribes were called back, the number of gaoshu tribe would immediately exceed 1500 people! That's enough to make the gaoshu tribe a medium to large tribe.

If you are more greedy and accept the tribes farther away, it will not be a problem for the gaoshu tribe to become a large tribe or even a super large one.

But it's not enough now. At least it will be after next summer's harvest before we can determine the next plan to feed the surrounding tribes according to the grain output.

Food is the key foundation for the rise of Tribes!

You have collected people, but there is no food for them to eat. Who will follow you? It's good if they don't make a reaction against you!

Therefore, next year's grain production is the key to the growth of the tribe.

It's just that even if it's wolf month (January), it's still half a year before strawberry month (June) for wheat harvest

No way to make steel, no way to make wine, with a group of soldiers trained for two days muskets immediately no interest, which makes the stone bear really idle.

Seeing that even big men like Li Lei and Hong Yun are busy with their clansmen, Shi Xiong suddenly feels like a redundant person.

"Go to her sister's, I'm not wandering in the tribe, I have to find something to do for myself, otherwise I can't survive this winter..."

So Shi Xiong decided to have a realistic version of "survival in the wilderness". Well, to be exact, he planned to go hunting in the wilderness in the West and take a "vacation" by the way.

I can't help it. Stone bear also wants to go to Miami Beach in Florida or the Caribbean islands further south for a holiday in this cold season, but he can't go, really can't.

Miami was still a fortress at this time, and it was Spanish and seminolean territory. The Spaniards are good to say, but the seminols are not. They are a branch of the Crees. With the hatred between the Cherokees and the Crees, the stone bear estimates that if he goes there at this time, he will be killed by the seminols there.

As for the Caribbean islands, well, that's a good choice.

Shi Xiong believes that with his strong physique, he can definitely be a pirate leader there. Anyone who dares to disobey him will do it!

But the stone bear can't bear to leave here.

So, planning to come and go, Shi Xiong decided to go west alone.

Of course, what he said to the tribal people was "go to the chekasa territory in the west to investigate the enemy situation.".

This reason really moved the people once again