Chapter 21: Stepping Into the River

In the temple, the [Sacrificial Offering] slot welcomed a new item again.

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[Magic Harpoon]: +1 faith/hour, 1/3 times (charging)

100% chance of piercing the fish.

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Lu Yao looked at the new offering in his hand.

The harpoon was about 1.5 meters long, with an iron three-pronged fork installed on the top of the wooden stick, which looked like a rough handmade fishing tool.

Holding the [Magic Harpoon], Lu Yao felt that if he smoked another cigarette, he could perfectly replicate the little fishman Yuan Hua.

This offering cannot be said to be completely useless.

If a fisherman goes out fishing and no fish are caught, he can pull out the harpoon and catch a few fish and put them in the fish basket while no one is watching. This can ensure that he will never catch anything empty-handed and avoid being laughed at by other fishermen.

However, for Lu Yao, the special ability of the [Magic Harpoon] is useless and can only be used as a mascot.

Fortunately, it can provide 1 point of faith per hour, which is more useful than the [Golden Dice] thrown into the bonfire.

Lu Yao accepted the sacrifice, which also made the Donghe tribe in the pixel world feel relieved.

"The gods accepted the sacrifice."

"The offering is the most important treasure of the tribe, which should calm the gods down."

"I hope the local gods can bless us."

[The attitude of the Donghe tribe has become friendly. ]

So far, the relationship between the Donghe tribe and the Garlic tribe has further eased. With the support of the tribal leaders, the two sides also started formal trade.

The wheat, potatoes, garlic and meat produced by the Garlic Tribe were exchanged for fish, shrimp, crabs and shells from the Donghe tribe. Because the middleman, the Salt Pond Tribe, was bypassed, both tribes could exchange more goods.

Taking advantage of this stable time, Lu Yao put on his shoes and went out.

He walked along the street according to his memory, and after turning a corner, he found a small fishing tackle shop.

"Handsome guy, what do you want to buy?" The middle-aged boss asked with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Fishing net."

"Now we only have the dragnet. How long do you want? There are 2*5m, 2*10m, and 2*20m ones, all with 12 strands, strong and easy to use."

"The 2*5m one."

"68 a pair."

Lu Yao paid the money, took the fishing net in the plastic bag, and walked home quickly.

After the bow and arrow were completely integrated into the world, he was thinking about what to send to the Garlic Tribe next. After dealing with the problems of the Donghe Tribe, he made a decision.

Fishing net.

The Donghe River is connected to the East China Sea, and the river and the sea are rich in resources, which should be used as soon as possible. The development of shipbuilding and navigation is based on fishing.

Lu Yao observed that the Donghe Tribe also had no fishing nets, and they relied on sea monsters and harpoons to catch fish.

Perhaps because fishing was too easy for them, there was no need to further develop tools. So both canoes and harpoons are still in a relatively primitive stage.

In the Garlic Tribe, hunters make traps and leather clothes. They have long learned to make ropes, and with ropes, they have the materials for fishing nets.

Lu Yao put the fishing net on the mouse.

A prompt appeared on the screen.

——Would you like to give the [fishing net] to your believers?

[Yes]

As the fishing net was thrown into the Garlic Tribe, the little people in the Garlic Tribe became excited.

"Fishing net, catch fish, catch fish!"

"With a fishing net, you can go to the river to catch fish!"

"Make fishing nets, make a lot of fishing nets."

"Every fish can't escape the fishing net, the whole river is full of food!"

The pixel people weaved fishing nets, and some of them took fishing nets to the river to catch fish.

The appearance of the fishing net also attracted the attention of the Donghe Tribe.

"The fishing net looks very bulky."

"It's not easy to use at all. Harpoons are the best. You can catch a fish with one spear."

"Fish are not stupid. How can they get into the net?"

"Stupid land people don't understand how flexible fish in the water are."

It didn't take long for the smiles on their heads to turn into exclamation marks, and then into puzzled question marks.

At first, the garlic tribe was still clumsy in using fishing nets. The little people kept scooping in the water, just like using a bamboo basket to draw water. They tried their best but couldn't catch any fish.

The shamans and hunters adjusted the fishing method and waited until the fish swam into the range of the fishing net before they started to pull the net. From then on, sporadic swimming fish were caught.

Later, the garlic tribe further optimized and adjusted, and learned to tie stones around the fishing net and then throw the fishing net down.

Because the edge is heavy and sinks quickly, the fish in the middle don't have time to swim out and are covered under the net. Tighten the rope, so that the edge of the fishing net will tighten into a pocket, and many fish can be caught once it is tightened.

This scene of catching dozens of fish in one net shocked the Donghai tribe.

Many people from the Donghai tribe gathered around the fishing net, talking about it, and their faces changed at the speed of light.

"It is indeed a gift from the gods, it is really an amazing thing."

"Why can't the fish help but drill in, but there is no bait in it, it's really strange."

"Treasure, this is a treasure! It's a treasure that can be made!"

Some people were still sighing, while others took action.

[Grandmother] came again by boat and visited the prophet and shaman.

The two tribes discussed for a while and got a result.

[The Garlic Tribe taught the production and use of fishing nets, and the attitude of the Donghe tribe became intimate. ]

[The Donghe tribe taught the Garlic Tribe how to make and use canoes. ]

Lu Yao rubbed his shoulders.

This is what my buddy wants.

Technical exchange.

If the Garlic Tribe wants to develop rapidly, it cannot work behind closed doors. It must increase exchanges and learning with other tribes to obtain more technology and culture.

In this respect, the Salt Pond Tribe is quite cunning.

As a partner of the Garlic Tribe, the Salt Pond Tribe is also close to the Garlic Tribe, but the technology they master has never flowed here.

From the beginning to the end, the Salt Pond Tribe regarded the Garlic Tribe as a commodity production area and a link in their trade network to cut leeks.

They neither opened up roads nor revealed the true location of their tribe. They firmly controlled the outgoing passages and maps, secretly curbing the development of the Garlic Tribe.

Even the offerings to the god Lu Yao, [Golden Dice], were insincere and purely perfunctory.

The reason why Lu Yao was actively looking for a channel to connect with the outside world was to get rid of the Salt Pond Tribe's stranglehold and find another corridor to the outside world.

[Grandmother] knelt on the ground outside the temple to worship.

A question mark appeared above her head.

Lu Yao clicked it.

"Great God Yao, please forgive our disrespect. Our Donghe tribe is a believer in praying to God, and we should seek God's protection and help. But we are just a small and weak tribe, and our voice cannot reach the gods..."

"Your wisdom and majesty, the Donghe tribe will never dare to offend or doubt."

"The prophet and the shaman said that you always protect those who believe in you. Now, we, a group of humble outsiders, beg you for mercy."

"The Donghe tribe is responsible for raising sea monsters, and they are also our most important assets. But since last year, the sea monsters have been sick, very sick, three have died, and now only seven are left."

"If the women of the tribe can no longer give birth to sea monsters and provide them to the temple for sea monsters to shed their skins, then our tribe will be completely abandoned by the Donghai clan, and the entire tribe will not be able to survive here."

"We must give birth to more sea monsters to fill the vacancy of sea monsters."

Lu Yao was silent after seeing this.

The sea monster was actually born by the women of the Donghe tribe.

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