Chapter 86: Returning Fully Loaded

When hearing that the Tribal Chief wanted them to use this thing to make a frame that could see things, that meddlesome person was full of confusion, tilting their head and saying: "There are many stones in the wild that are whiter, as bright and translucent as ice, and also hard; why use this?"

The potters immediately took this person to find Baifeng; if what this person said was true, then they potters could get rid of this wretched task. Isn't it better to fire their own pottery? Why did they have to be so itchy-handed as to think of firing glass and bring this trouble upon themselves? Furthermore, Baifeng only gave them a three-day deadline to make it, and if they couldn't, their grain would be deducted. Now, they finally had a chance to dump this unlucky task onto someone else.

That person explained it to Baifeng again and described the general appearance of that kind of stone. Baifeng realized that the thing was White Crystal; he still wasn't familiar enough with the local produce, and in the future, he would have to go out and look around more.

Pure White Crystal had much higher visibility than the glass they could currently make, and it had no color—it was just transparent, unlike the glass they made, which was blue-green, and the clarity of the glasses made from it was also very poor.

Baifeng immediately had them take people to pick up that kind of transparent stone, the bigger the better, as it was urgently needed.

In the better part of a day, they brought back a large pile of White Crystal, with the largest ones being as big as Baifeng's lower leg; making a pair of Protective Glasses was absolutely no problem.

The current method was chiseling, slowly creating the general shape and then refining it, making the lens surface as flat as possible so that the person wearing it wouldn't feel uncomfortable.

Baifeng started working with the Stonemason, and relying on his past foundation in seal carving, he managed to carve the glasses barely passably; in the end, they only made four pairs of glasses.

Baifeng's plan was to use a long rope to lower a large basket down, with a person sitting inside to cut the honey. After cutting it, the basket and the honey would be lowered directly to the ground together; one person would cut, and three people would manage the ropes above.

The main reason was that his tribe didn't have enough hides to make Bee-proof Suits. When the time came, they would first light wet wood, leaves, and mugwort-like things under the beehive to interfere with the bees to the greatest extent.

They would take people to provide support from a distance, tightening their clothes as much as possible, smearing mud on exposed areas, and lighting thick smoke around themselves.

As for the choice of the person to cut the honey, Xiong, Chi, and Hui, these three strong men, chose to pull the ropes. Lu had a lighter body, was more agile, and had a sharp mind, so he was chosen to get into the basket to cut the honey.

The rope was thickened, with several ropes tied together to avoid any accidents if the Grass rope couldn't hold.

They let them try the clothing and glasses, and they all felt there was no problem and could set off at any time. However, Baifeng still let them wear the glasses to adapt for a day, because they couldn't polish them to be very smooth, and these Protective Glasses were dazzling and a bit dizzying to wear.

Baifeng confirmed again that they had adapted to walking and looking at things while wearing the glasses, so only then did he take people to the beehive early the next morning, preparing the things.

Several of them wore Bee-proof Clothing, and a Handcart was filled with wet firewood, leaves, and mugwort, then placed under the beehive. The Handcart was also left on the side, so that after the honey was harvested, it could be loaded directly and pulled away.

A basket nearly three meters long and two meters wide was transported to the mountaintop. It had four corners in total, and each corner was tied with three ropes simultaneously, so even if one or two broke, there would always be one that could save a life.

A wooden frame was tied between two trees, an Iron Pulley Block was installed, and the ropes were threaded through; everyone ensured that everything was ready.

After Lu checked that the Bee-proof Clothing was correct, he entered the basket and squatted down. The other three pulled the ropes tightly and then slowly lowered Lu.

At this time, Baifeng and the others were already watching from a distance; they didn't want to crowd over and seek death. Some who were afraid of bees even lit thick smoke on the left and carried water and mixed mud on the right.

The fire under the beehive was ignited by Fire Arrows dipped in grease. Lighting a pile of dry firewood, the wet firewood on top wouldn't produce much flame, but it would definitely produce a massive amount of smoke.

By the time Lu reached the beehive position steadily, the smoke was already rising heavily. The bees had all sensed something was wrong, but the smoke caused them to lose a huge amount of their combat effectiveness, and that human couldn't be stung through at all.

Lu cut the beehive down, one knife stroke at a time. The honey inside was already flowing down incessantly, and Lu felt that the little bit he was cutting would hardly have any impact on this patch of beehive.

So he had no intention of stopping his actions at all, and Baifeng was also happy to see it happen. This group of bees seemed to have no natural enemies here, and this beehive was built in this position; it was completely impossible for any animal to climb the cliff to steal honey to eat, but this time, Baifeng had succeeded.

Such a large basket was filled by Lu. Except for the place where he stood, the other positions were all stacked with beehives, each one crystal clear and flowing with honey.

Now it was time to finish the work. Lu shouted loudly for Xiong and the others to slowly lower the basket to the ground. Even though three people were pulling the ropes above, and there was a Pulley System, they felt it was very strenuous now, and their arms were a bit sore.

Moreover, bees flying all over the sky were circling around them, and their bodies were covered in bees. The few of them felt exceptionally panicked in their hearts, but they still believed their clothing would definitely not have any problems.

Feeling that Lu had landed safely, the three of them untied the ropes and threw them directly off the cliff. They walked down with the things, helped Lu pack the honey and load the cart, and then the two carts full of honey were laboriously pulled toward Baifeng's location.

Honey kept flowing down from the gaps in the Handcart, leaving a trail of honey along the way. At the same time, many bees were tightly entangled with them, unwilling to leave, wanting to use their own lives to teach these robbers a painful lesson, not knowing that their poisonous stingers had merely gotten stuck in a piece of leather clothing.

Baifeng and the others were all a bit scared when they saw the bees surrounding Xiong and the others. They had followed them even from so far away, but they didn't have Bee-proof Clothing, so one by one they hurriedly rolled in the mud piles.

Fortunately, by the time Xiong and the others came over, most of the bees surrounding them had already left, except for a portion that had already stung them; their internal organs had been pulled out along with the stingers, and they wouldn't live much longer.

However, not one person escaped the bees' revenge. Fortunately, the number was small; it was just a bit of pain. Baifeng's ear and leg were both stung once, and after a while, they had already swollen up.

The others were no better off than Baifeng; they were all swollen in different places one by one. They couldn't care about the pain, but instead used their fingers to poke the honey in the beehive and then took a lick—it was truly too blissful.

Pulling the carts loaded with honey, there were always people behind licking the honey that had flowed onto the road, unwilling to let go of even a bit of sweetness.

Seeing so much honey, Baifeng was also overjoyed; the tribe would have good things again in the future.