The Rise of Primitive Tribes Farming

Chapter 289 The Treasure Buried Deep Underground

Juya warmly invited Chenbei to the bamboo house of the bamboo rat tribe, and called Wu Ye out to accompany him, and asked the people in the tribe to bring out all the delicious food and drink to entertain Chenbei.

Ju Ya had a bright smile on his face, and the two front teeth were completely exposed, which looked quite funny.

"Chief Chen, look, this is our charcoal, only a few pieces are needed, and it can be burned for a long time,"

The giant tooth pointed to the firepit in the middle of the bamboo house.

Unlike other tribes, the firepit of the Bamboo Rat tribe burns coal instead of firewood.

The fiery red coals are burning blazingly in the center of the firepit. The flame is not red but blue, which looks very beautiful.

However, when the coal is burning, there is a choking smell. Fortunately, the bamboo house is very ventilated, and the smell is not particularly strong.

Even the people of the Bamboo Rat Tribe are not very accepting of this smell, and they usually don't go near the firepit.

White Fang looked at the burning coal in surprise, and said, "Why is it similar to the peat burned by our Elephant tribe?"

Ju Ya said in amazement, "Don't the Elephant Tribe burn firewood?"

Bai Fang said: "We burn firewood and peat. Usually we burn more peat, and it is also a blue flame."

Ju Ya was afraid that Chen Bei would turn to the Xiang tribe to trade peat, so he hurriedly said: "Your peat is definitely not as resistant to burning as our coal."

White Fang didn't care about that. The Elephant tribe was used to burning peat, and the reserves were huge. After digging for so many years, they only dug a small part, and it didn't matter if it wasn't resistant to burning.

White Fang said, "The peat in our tribe doesn't emit bad smell."

Ju Ya was at a loss for words, and after a pause, he said to Chen Bei: "Chief Chen, although charcoal burns a little bit, but you can get used to it. You see, our tribe has been burning for so many years, and there is nothing wrong with it."

After thinking about it, Ju Ya felt his conscience was uneasy again, so he reminded: "However, if you go back from the deal, you must not burn it in a place that is too closed, and try to go to a spacious place."

In fact, at the very beginning, the Bamboo Rat Tribe had trouble burning coal.

At that time, they lived in the earth cave, which was not very ventilated. In winter, because of burning coal, more than a dozen people were suffocated to death at once.

After that, for a period of time, the Bamboo Rat Tribe stayed away from coal and did not dare to burn it again.

But later, as time went by, someone finally thought that it might be the pungent smell that harmed people, so they dug many vents in the earth cave, and the place where the coal was burned was kept ventilated at all times.

After that, no one in the Bamboo Rat Tribe was poisoned to death, and the tradition of burning coal was gradually passed down.

After all, something as durable as burning is much better than burning wood.

Naturally, he would not tell Chen Bei these things, because he was afraid that Chen Bei would not want their coal after hearing this.

However, he was afraid that something would happen to Chen Bei when he took it out to burn, so he reminded Chen Bei specially.

He didn't know that Chenbei's understanding of coal was much better than that of the Bamboo Rat tribe, so he naturally knew that coal burning needs ventilation.

Chen Bei said: "Don't worry, the leader of the giant teeth. When we burn the charcoal, we will definitely choose a ventilated place, otherwise the smell will be too bad."

Ju Ya heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Then I can rest assured."

Chen Bei asked again: "Can you take me to see where you dug coal? I want to see if there are many. If there are many, I will consider making a deal with you."

"You have also seen that there are so many people in the Mang tribe, and a lot of firewood needs to be burned every day. If your tribe doesn't have enough charcoal, it won't take long for us to bring it back. It's not worthwhile to travel so far."

Ju Ya hurriedly said: "Many, absolutely! I can show you guys!"

In order to convince Chen Bei that there is a lot of coal, Ju Ya got up without thinking too much, and took Chen Bei to see it.

He pursed his lips and made a strange sound from his mouth.

Before long, twelve very large bamboo rats came out of the hole.

Chenbei had never seen such a big bamboo rat. One weighed about two to three hundred catties. It didn't look like a bamboo rat, but rather like a bear, with thick limbs and a long, hairless black tail.

Their heads are round, with two small oval ears, two small eyes, and two front teeth.

It looks a little cute, a little cute, not fierce at all.

Ju Ya first sat on the back of a giant bamboo rat, and then invited Chen Bei to sit on the other end.

Chen Bei has ridden a rhinoceros, a big-horned deer, a triangular green sheep, and a flamingo, but he has never ridden a bamboo rat, and he has never even thought about it.

He gladly sat on a strong bamboo rat. The bamboo rat's fur was very soft and its flesh was soft, so it was quite comfortable to sit on.

The others also sat on the back of the giant bamboo rat, and then led by the giant tooth, went to the place where the bamboo rat tribe dug coal.

The giant bamboo rats looked clumsy, but they were actually not too slow, and soon Chenbei discovered their ferocity.

A bamboo fell down ahead, blocking the way.

"Scratch scratch..."

The bamboo rat that Juya was riding on walked to the side of the bamboo, gnawed through the bamboo that was thicker than the bowl in a few bites, and continued walking leisurely.

Chen Bei sighed: These two front teeth are really not for decoration, they are too sharp.

The people rode bamboo rats through two bamboo mountains, and finally came to a mountain with relatively sparse vegetation.

Several bamboo huts were also built on this hill, where warriors from the Bamboo Rat tribe stationed themselves.

"arrive."

The giant tooth jumped off the bamboo rat's back, and Chen Bei and others also got off.

There was a big hole in front of it, and the ground outside the hole was dark and full of fallen coal.

Ju Ya asked the soldiers stationed here for two torches made of bamboo, and after lighting them, he took Chen Bei into the cave to have a look.

There is a lot of resin in the center of the bamboo torch, which burns so powerfully that the dark coal kiln is illuminated.

They walked about seven or eight meters inside, and saw a large piece of coal in front of them, and the surrounding cave walls were glowing with black light, which was the light reflected from the lumps of coal.

Juya pointed to the coal mine that had already been dug wide, and said proudly: "Chief Chen, please look, this entire mountain is covered with coal underground!"

Chen Bei picked up a piece of coal and said excitedly, "Okay, good stuff!"

With so much coal, this is definitely a huge treasure buried deep underground!

Ju Ya said: "Chen Chief, do you believe me now? If the Mang Tribe needs it, our Bamboo Rat Tribe can dig up more coal in other places."

The bamboo rat tribe likes to dig holes and is good at digging holes. Over the long years, they discovered that there are several mountains with coal veins underground. The number of these things is astonishing.

Ju Ya took Chen Bei to another mountain to see. There was only a hole as high as a person dug there, and the hole was also full of coal, which hadn't been mined much yet.

"Boss Chen, what's the matter, can we trade charcoal?"

Chen Bei nodded and said, "There are indeed a lot of charcoal here, but there is still a problem. How should these things be moved to the Mang tribe?"

"Charcoal is not a high-grade stone material. It needs a lot of it to be traded. It is impossible for you to memorize it bit by bit to the Mang tribe."

"This..." Juya didn't have a good solution for a while, he was a little discouraged, someone finally asked for coal, but he couldn't transport it.

Chen Bei said: "Let's go back first, we can definitely find a way to transport a little more to the Mang tribe at a time."

"Ok."

Ju Ya's expression was a little depressed, he sat on the bamboo rat again, and then walked back together with Chen Bei and others.

(End of this chapter)