Chapter 385: Chapter 225: Set Sail, Embark!
After trading seeds and Honey Leaf Trees, Jiang Xuan also traded a few Spider Silk Clothing and some other items with Wu Yu for candles made from Insect Wax.
Spider Silk Clothing is a good thing, Jiang Xuan has worn Spider Silk Clothing in many battles.
With the protection of Spider Silk Clothing, he received fewer injuries in battles.
After the trade was complete, Wu Yu took the Black Teeth Tribe’s expedition team and left the Vine Tribe to head to the next tribe.
“Caw…”
Twelve huge Black-toothed Birds took to the sky once again and gradually flew away.
In the trading area, Dong Kui said enviously, “If only we had such great birds too, we could go very, very far.”
The whole Vine Tribe, only Jiang Xuan has a flying mount, apart from the Old Witch’s giant eagle.
As for those giant dragonflies, they are suitable for battles, not long-distance flights, and moreover, giant dragonflies can only survive for half a year.
Jiang Xuan said, “Don’t worry, once we find the right big bird, sooner or later, our Vine Tribe will also have a flying team.”
“Mmm!”
Dong Kui trusts Jiang Xuan’s words very much, if Jiang Xuan says there will be, then there certainly will be in the future, she firmly believes this!
Many people in the Vine Tribe have a near-blind admiration and trust in Jiang Xuan, Dong Kui is no different.
Jiang Xuan has never disappointed them.
On September 15th, deep autumn approached, and the hot weather gradually cooled.
The Vine Tribe’s Planting Team was nearing the end of their work, except for some vegetables, all grains were stored.
The Livestock Team’s work was just beginning.
In winter, with heavy snow covering the mountains, finding grass and other food becomes very difficult.
Therefore, the Livestock Team needed to slaughter more than half of the various well-fed and grown adult livestock and poultry.
Keep the smaller ones, or those meant for breeding, and feed them with the grass and food stored in the autumn.
“Move faster, peel the Beast Hide and send it to the clothing workshop, cut the meat into strips, hang it up and smoke it dry later, strip out all the bones, use the useful ones for making tools, and use the rest to cook soup for everyone.”
Da Jiao stood in front of the warriors of the Livestock Team, reminding them to work while helping.
The whole livestock area was very busy, first slaughtering the livestock and poultry, then concentrating and sending them to various places according to the different uses for each tribe.
For example, the pelt of the Long-tailed Rabbit, is one of the main raw materials for the clothing workshop to make winter Beast Hide Clothing.
As for Beast Bone, Beast Meat, Beast Teeth, etc., they each have arrangements and won’t be wasted.
This year’s livestock results are delightful, this winter, Vine Tribe members will often have meat to eat.
This is a remarkable achievement.
Besides the Livestock Team, other teams were also preparing for winter.
The Hunting Team needed to hunt more prey, the Fishing Team needed to catch more fish, the Engineering Team needed to repair the tribe’s houses…
Everyone working together made this winter easier to endure.
Elsewhere, the shipyard had manufactured the second batch of sailboats.
“Leader, most of the problems found in the first batch of sailboats have been resolved in the second batch.”
The warriors of the shipyard introduced the matters concerning the second batch of sailboats to Jiang Xuan in detail.
This batch of sailboats consists of six vessels, which are improved versions of the first batch.
Many of the problems that appeared in the first batch of sailboats have been resolved in the second batch.
For instance, the issue of the anchor getting stuck at times.
The anchors on the first batch of sailboats had hooks on each side, after dropping anchor, you just needed to drive the ship forward a short distance, and the hooks would latch onto stones or other objects on the seabed.
However, the seabed is very complex, nobody knows what the anchor would latch onto.
Sometimes, the anchor would latch onto something difficult to untangle, resulting in a situation where it couldn’t be retrieved.
If the anchor couldn’t be retrieved, the ship couldn’t move forward.
If encountering dangerous or bad conditions underwater, you’d have no choice but to abandon the anchor and the bronze chain connected to it, a huge loss.
While casting the second-generation anchor, craftsmen fully engaged their minds, eventually deciding to add a chain to the middle position at the base of the anchor.
Often, the reason the anchor couldn’t be pulled out was because the iron hook was stuck, and it was hard to pull it up with the wrong angle.
After adding a chain to the base of the anchor, once a stuck situation is met, just pulling that chain can quickly change the angle of the iron hook, allowing it to detach from the stuck place.
The second change to the sailboats was the sails.
The first batch of sailboats only had one sail, which had high requirements for wind direction; if the wind direction was wrong, it could only rely on the power of the water flow, or paddling, to keep the ship moving forward.
To change this issue, the shipyard adopted Jiang Xuan’s suggestion and set up three sails on the second-generation sailboats.
One is the main sail, and there are auxiliary sails on each side.
With three sails, the requirement for wind direction greatly decreased.
No matter from which direction the wind blows, with the cooperation of the sails on at least two sides, wind power can be utilized to push the ship forward.
Many other issues found in the first batch of sailboats were also well resolved.
After listening to the shipyard warrior’s introduction, Jiang Xuan praised, “Very good, whether in shipbuilding or doing anything else, one needs to think more, improve more, only then can we create better and more useful things.”
“Since the second batch of ships is completed, hand them over to the Fishing Team. Many of them still paddle bamboo rafts and dugout canoes; with these ships, it’ll be much easier for them to move back and forth on the river surface.”