Chapter 23 (2/2)

”I've come to find a kind of fuel that can not only heat but also melt iron.” Then the stone bear got off his horse and walked around for a few times before he bent down and picked up a black and shiny stone.

”See, what I need to look for is this kind of black stone.” The stone bear raised the coal in his hand.

The horse quickly came up to look at the coal in the stone bear's hand and said in surprise: ”I've seen this kind of black stone several times. It can burn, but it can produce poisonous gas, which can poison people. My mother told me that this kind of stone is the excrement of the devil and contains powerful evil. ”

Stone bear rolled a white eye, this is the first time he heard that coal is actually the devil's excrement, this brain hole is too big, right?

However, it is inevitable that, let alone the Indians, even the ancestors of China did not use coal as a real fuel until they discovered it for thousands of years. Although Chinese ancestors used coal to smelt iron as early as the Western Han Dynasty, heating was not used until a long time later.

The carbon monoxide produced by coal combustion is indeed a poisonous gas for the ancients who had no way to exhaust the smoke.

It is inevitable that Indians regard coal as devil's excrement.

The ancients always put some unsolvable things or things in the name of gods or demons

”Don't worry, quick horse, it's a good thing. With this, we will be able to smelt iron by ourselves, and when it comes to the long night month (December) and the wolf month (January), it's the best thing to use this for heating

In order to completely dispel the doubts and worries of Kuaima, the stone bear added: ”this is what the supreme Sun God told me.”

This sentence is really more effective than any explanation. The worry on Kuaima's face disappeared immediately.

This area will become an open-pit coal mine in 150 years, so the coal seams here are very shallow, and some coal blocks are simply exposed to the surface.

Stone bear and fast horse picked up for a long time, and then picked up hundreds of Jin of coal. After the bag was packed with hide and tied to the horse's back, the two men led the horse on the way back.

Horse is the most valuable property among the Indian tribes in North America. At this time, no Indian was willing to put more than 100 Jin on his horse and then ride it with dignity.

It's also a tragedy. There were a lot of horses in North America tens of thousands of years ago, but I don't know what happened. These horses disappeared in a short time. As a result, the Mongols didn't see any horses when they came to America through the Bering Strait land bridge.

However, when the European colonists transported a large number of horses to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the horses became the most precious wealth and loyal partners of the Indians.

There are only more than 20 horses in the gaoshu tribe, which are all bought from the white people with all kinds of fur. At present, the Cherokee people have not completely mastered their ability to cultivate horses, so horses are very precious and precious wealth.

If the stone bear had not been the guardian of the kabulu sacrifice, he would not have come to the horse.