The meat of the long-tailed rabbit was distributed among the tribe members to eat, while the beast hide with soft rabbit fur was naturally brought over here to make beast hide clothing.
Fu Ling carefully scraped the residual meat off the long-tailed rabbit skin and then soaked it in a large pit filled with lime water for a period of time.
Lime, in the soaking of beast hide, is more effective than plant ash.
The Vine Tribe didn’t have lime before, but later Jiang Xuan discovered that the large amounts of snail and shellfish shells by the river would turn white after prolonged burning, quickly decompose after being dissolved in water, and transform into lime.
Not only that, several blue-grey stones accidentally fell into the pottery kiln once, and after firing, they also turned into white lime blocks.
With these two sources of lime, the Vine Tribe started using lime.
The beast hide soaked in lime would have all the bacteria and parasites killed.
Moreover, after soaking in lime, the grease on the beast hide would be removed, and it would become softer.
"Fu Ling, how many long-tailed rabbit skins have been collected?"
Fu Ling, who was busy, looked up, saw Jiang Xuan approaching, and quickly replied, "Leader, we’ve collected a total of thirty-two long-tailed rabbit skins now, half of which are already soaking, and the breeding team will continue slaughtering long-tailed rabbits."
Since Jiang Xuan taught the tribe people numbers and simple calculation methods, half the tribe could now count things accurately.
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "After soaking, the fallen rabbit fur can be collected; it might be useful later."
Fu Ling wasn’t sure what Jiang Xuan intended to do with the fallen rabbit fur, but she just followed the leader’s instructions.
"Apart from what has already been distributed, how many pieces of tree bark clothing are left now?"
"Leader, there are still twenty-five pieces. We are working hard to make more tree bark clothing."
Jiang Xuan said, "Good, thank you for your hard work."
Jiang Xuan checked the finished beast hide clothing and tree bark clothing and looked at the semi-finished products. Although it couldn’t be considered abundant, it was much better than the other tribes.
Subsequently, Jiang Xuan inspected various parts of the tribe.
The entire Vine Tribe was a scene of prosperity, full of vitality and vigor.
Jiang Xuan felt great, and he was more confident about the future of the tribe.
On April 7th, the Hunting Teams of the Crow Tribe and Jackal Tribe encountered each other in a forest. Thanks to Jiang Xuan’s handiwork, the two sides started fighting immediately upon meeting without any words exchanged.
This battle was fierce, with the Jackal Tribe having the upper hand due to their larger numbers. The Crow Tribe suffered a third of its members killed or wounded and fled in a sorry state.
This small-scale skirmish didn’t result in many casualties on either side but marked the beginning of the war.
From this day on, the Crow Tribe and the Jackal Tribe would have small-scale skirmishes every few days, each having victories and losses. Although they hadn’t gone into full-scale war, the accumulated grievances deepened.
Under these circumstances, the Jackal Tribe couldn’t spare any attention to trouble the Vine Tribe. They concentrated most of their manpower against the Crow Tribe but dared not risk everything on a decisive battle with the Crow Tribe.
Given that the difference in strength between the two sides wasn’t substantial, if a war broke out, even the winning side would suffer heavy losses, and if other tribes attacked at that time, it would be a disaster.
Therefore, they were all waiting for an opportunity, a chance to wipe out the opposing tribe with relatively minimal losses.
Yet Jiang Xuan didn’t want them to drag it out too long; he also sought an opportunity to give things a nudge.