primitive survival evolution

Chapter 94 Iron Ore Crisis
two months later.

In late spring, the vegetation is luxuriant, and the giant beasts that migrated last year come back again, but in late spring, there are more plants, so this beast tide is not as crazy as in late autumn, and people call it the small beast tide.

Even so, each tribe will take necessary defensive measures.

At this time, many giant beasts will lay eggs or give birth to cubs, and their temperaments will become irritable, and all kinds of wild beasts are not easy to mess with.

ginger tribe.

The new elephant gave birth to a baby, and Parasaurolophus and Velociraptor also laid eggs.

However, Li Yan did not intend to domesticate these low-level beasts, so the eggs were used to make animal feed.

Velociraptor eggs can be used as feed for mammoths. Only when animals are fed egg feed can animals be upgraded. Now, Xiao Hei has been upgraded to one star.

Animals that lay eggs eat egg feed and lay more eggs.

The dodo eggs were eaten by Parasaurolophus, and the eggs laid by Parasaurolophus were fed to the Velociraptor, and then the Velociraptor eggs were used to make mammoth feed, and Xiao Hei's feed was obtained.

The two elite beasts, Xiaohei and Direwolf, are the key beasts cultivated by the tribe, but the direwolf needs to eat cattle dragon eggs as feed, and cattle dragon eggs are very difficult to find, so the direwolf can only eat high-quality meat to improve.

During this time, Li Yan led the hunting team to wander around to collect various materials.

As the gate of Taniguchi was opened, the hunting team of Jiang tribe returned again.

This time they hunted out of the valley, Li Yan and the others were very lucky. They got three pig crocodiles and a small giant rhinoceros. They got a lot of high-quality meat and a piece of giant rhinoceros skin.

The hunting team stopped by the river, and the white witch came to meet him with his tribe.

Xiao Hei squatted halfway, and the tall giant ape carried off a heavy roll of giant rhinoceros skin from its back. This kind of giant rhinoceros skin is five centimeters thick and very tough.

The hides of many giant beasts are as thick as the hides of giant rhinoceros, but these thick hides cannot be used to make animal clothing, and the armor made is also very heavy, so their price will be lower than that of other thinner hides, even It is far less popular than crocodile skin and cowhide, which are moderately thick.

Except for the swamp there, there are very few crocodiles in other places. The crocodiles are too difficult to find, and that swamp has been monopolized by that tribe.

A few days ago, Li Yan took the hunting team to the swamp again to try his luck.

Unexpectedly, that tribe really planted a large number of dinosaurs there. There are ten Allosaurus alone, nine imperial crocodiles, eight deinosaurs, dozens of pig crocodiles, and more than ten ancient pterosaurs in the sky. Regular patrol, Li Yan had to give up there.

"Yan, this giant animal's hide is so thick that it is difficult to process it into a saddle. What's the use of that?" Bai Wu stroked the thick giant rhinoceros hide, his face full of embarrassment.

"There are too few hides suitable for making saddles. We may have to import them from other tribes, and this kind of thick hide. Let's use it to make shoe soles."

"Soles?" Bai Wu wondered.

Because wrapping feet in animal skins would be very stuffy, most of the clansmen did not wear shoes in the valley, and only clansmen who went out of the valley or worked in the rock piles would wear shoes.

In fact, Li Yan is also used to not wearing shoes. It’s not that he doesn’t like to wear them, but that the tribesmen haven’t invented shoes yet. They only have animal skins to wrap their feet. !
Now, there are small beasts swarming outside the valley, and there are no useful animal skins to be found when going out, so Li Yan simply rests in the tribe for a few days, for example, to use these cheap thick animal skins.

So he ordered people to take the thick animal hide for tanning first, and then ran to the west waterfall to find someone to make a tool in the ironworks.

The ironworks were also moved downhill, next to the pile of rocks where the iron ore was found.

The pile of rocks has been turned over, and there is still a small part that has not been turned over. Several tribesmen are picking stones there with baskets, but there are only a few stones in their baskets.

"What's the matter? Is it hard to find iron ore?" Li Yan came to them, and seemed to realize that there was a shortage of iron ore in the tribe.

A man with a particularly big nose was the captain of the iron ore collector. He shook his head and said distressedly: "Patriarch, we don't have much iron ore."

"Nearby? Have you looked around?"

"I've searched all over, but I can't find it. Now the factory only starts work every few days. Iron ore is getting harder and harder to find."

This is just a pile of rocks, a pile of rocks mixed with iron ore. Obviously, this is not an iron mine, and the amount of iron ore is definitely not enough.

Thinking of this, Li Yan couldn't help but look up at the high cliff.

Is there iron ore on the cliff?
Are these iron ores flying down from above?
But even if there is iron ore on it, it is at an altitude of tens of meters, and people cannot go up to collect it.

After a while, Li Yan came back to his senses, picked up a piece of iron ore, then ran to the workshop, and ordered the workers to make a few long and sharp iron needles. This kind of iron needles are used as tools for processing thick animal hides. Drilling delicate holes in thick animal hides is not something other tribes can do.

He took the iron ore and returned to the settlement on the mountain.

He found Mu, and he thought that Mu should know where the iron ore was. At the beginning, Mu used these iron ores to sacrifice the dead. This is a kind of culture, and other tribes also use iron ore powder for sacrifices.

Mu took the iron ore, and after learning of Li Yan's plight, he replied: "This kind of iron ore is rare, but it is not worth much. Other tribes will only use it for sacrifices. In the north, there is a There is a cave that looks like a sheep, and there is this kind of iron ore in it, and many tribes will go there to collect iron ore.”

"A mountain like a sheep?" Li Yan nodded, "I understand."

For the current tribe, an iron mine is a treasure house, and the iron mine cave must be occupied before other tribes discover the iron artifacts.

A few days later, Li Yan led the hunting team to the foot of this sheep-like mountain.

In fact, this sheep mountain is only half a day away from the tribe, not far away, because Li Yan had to make shoes a few days ago, so he came a little late.

Now, Li Yan and his clansmen are all wearing newly made shoes.

Thick animal skin soles, on both sides are wings made of ordinary animal skin, and in the middle is the upper. There are several holes on the inside of the shoe for ventilation. After the shoelaces are tied, the shoe will fit tightly to the feet.

brush!brush!
Li Yan jumped off the back of the mammoth. The shoes did not fall apart, and the quality was not bad.

The rest of the clansmen also went down to the ground, and they spoke very highly of this kind of animal skin shoes.

This kind of shoes is much better than bound animal skins in terms of style and shape, especially when driving in the jungle, ordinary animal skins are easily cut when they touch some sharp branches or stones on the ground, but this kind of shoes with thick animal skins This is not the case with leather-soled shoes.

It is very quiet here at the foot of the mountain. A wild grass road extends from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. The demand for iron ore by each tribe is very small, and they will only use it during sacrifices. This iron ore should not be occupied by other tribes.

Leaving two people to guard at the foot of the mountain, Li Yan, Tamar, and Wen Shi went up the mountain along this grass path.

The trees on the mountain are very dense, and it is difficult for the sun to shine in. Moreover, this mountain is relatively quiet.

Everyone walked along the grass path and soon came to the entrance of the cave.

The diameter of this mine is three meters. A lot of weeds have been trampled away at the entrance of the mine, and even some soil is still fresh. It is obvious that someone has visited this mine not long ago.

Sure enough, before everyone went in, there was the sound of "bang bang bang!" in the dark cave, as if someone was chiseling stones inside!

　Thanks to "One, Beggar" and "Long Tun Tian Land" for their rewards.

　　
　
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