Naturally, Teng She and the others would not be merciful in the slightest towards those prisoners they had captured with their own hands.
A lot of work has been arranged for them these days. They work from morning to night with little time to rest. The newly opened rice fields are at least 400 acres. Although they may not be able to plant them, they will definitely be more than enough. Be good.
However, after this reclamation, it will be a bit troublesome to expand the area in the future. Both the area opposite the tribe and the downstream section have been basically used up. If you want new rice fields, you can only go further afield, around Tengshe. There are still some ups and downs, and many places are not suitable for rice fields.
However, the ups and downs are not big. The sloping areas can be used for a kind of hemp and fodder for livestock, especially livestock. The number of livestock will definitely increase in the future. If you plan in advance, you don’t have to be too anxious. At present, the main food is The ones grown naturally in the wild, not many grown by oneself.
Moreover, the surrounding land has basically been burned. It will not be easy to find wild ones in the future. It will not be easy for Shi Yan if he runs too far. Although there are more people now, Song Xuan still wants to do this. Leave it to him to take charge, after all, he is more familiar with these habits of life.
In the future, you can slowly take a back seat, whether it is left to the children or others to graze.
Although the house has been built, there is no grass or mud on the outside. This is mainly because the wood is not all dry, and most of it is cut and used. On the contrary, the roof has been completely finished, and the remaining straw is used. .
Even if dozens of houses are built, only a small part of the straw is used. Although straw does not have as good rainproof properties as thatch, overall it is more convenient. After all, it is easy to obtain and will be used every year. There is a large amount of new straw produced, and as long as it is laid thickly, no matter how heavy the rain is, it will not get in. If it leaks, it can only be said that it is too little.
Regardless of whether it is used or not, rice has to be harvested, so it is better to make full use of it than to waste it.
As for the arrangements for the rest of the Wolf Tribe, except for the children, there will not be much change at present. Although they will be more inclined to them when they integrate into Soaring Snake in the future, they are still treated as normal captives for now.
Others have no objection to this. Not killing them is already the greatest gift. In fact, except for the evil leader, Song Xuan has not had much murderous intention for these prisoners, although he has heard that Karasuba's people were behaving in a panic, but it was in line with the reality.
However, although he did not kill them directly, Song Xuan still asked Shi Meng to arrange the two of them into the house where everyone in the Wolf Tribe lived. Whether they could survive or not depended on their ability to resist.
Although the Wolf Tribe and Karasuba formed an alliance before, now that they have become prisoners, it is still necessary to split them up.
Compared with Wu Yu, the people of the Wolf tribe are obviously easier to subdue. Soaring Snake is not short of manpower now, but it is still very short of its own people.
After this battle, the combined strength of the several tribes barely exceeded 200. On the contrary, after the prisoners and the women and children of the Wolf tribe were added, they were on par with Soaring Snake, with even more than a dozen people, and this Most of them are adults, and there are only about twenty children.
It is quite difficult to manage. Although they are all defeated by Soaring Snake, if they have other ideas now, the threat to Soaring Snake will be even greater than before.
Therefore, the arrangements for the prisoners are also very sophisticated. Those who are close to Teng She are those from the Wolf tribe. They are equivalent to a buffer zone. I believe that most of them do not want to continue to conflict with Teng She. If there is something abnormal, they will Discover in time to give the tribe more time to react.
However, this possibility is not very likely, after all, the prisoners' residence has been surrounded by a fence.
Just like Wu Mu and the others were in the same situation at the beginning, in addition to the tall fence, the surroundings were also fenced with traps. Shi Meng asked them to move all the traps that Wu Yu had dismantled before, although the traps would definitely have to be dug again. Yes, but things like spikes can still be reused.
In order to collect enough spikes, Soaring Snake had been busy in the past. Although there were many in the woods, it was quite troublesome to find a sufficient number. Now it would not be a waste to use them here.
Moreover, it was to resist them before, and now it is still to block them. The goal has not changed at all. It is just that before it was to prevent them from rushing in, but now it is to prevent them from running out. It is easier to attack and defend.
Now this circle can no longer be regarded as a trap. It is more appropriate to call it a trench. It is fully three meters wide. Although it is only twenty or thirty centimeters deep, it is basically impossible to jump directly. The spikes inside are so densely packed that they are almost touching each other. , and only a shallow layer of straw was used on it.
In addition to the ditch, there are several rooms around, and there will be people on duty inside. Unless the movement is very small, you can basically detect it.
In addition to these things, one or two prisoners who have joined Soaring Snake are arranged in each room where the captives live. The purpose is self-evident, which is to monitor them.
Although the number of captives from the Black Feather Tribe is relatively large, more than 120 people, they do not live in many houses. There are only ten in total, which is even less than that of the Wolf Tribe.
The main reason is that there are really few people who can arrange to supervise them. There were only about thirty prisoners in total before, and a few were sacrificed this time. The likes of Gongichi and others will definitely not be able to arrange them, and most of them Some of them have already started families, so we can’t separate them because of this, we still have to go together.
After adding, subtracting and subtracting, in the end we could only fit in twelve rooms, so they were simply a little more crowded, and leaving two groups of people was considered a slight rotation. Otherwise, it would still be a little bit crowded with more than a dozen big men in one room every day. Uncomfortable.
In addition to supervising them not to run around at night, these dozen people are also responsible for watching over them during the day. Of course, new people will join Teng She during the day to jointly supervise them. In addition, they will do some thinking. After working, they have personal experience here, and their status in Soaring Snake is not low at this time, so it will be more convincing.
Song Xuan didn't expect them to be like Wu Mu's group, who could help the tribe defend themselves when enemies came. As long as they didn't cause trouble, the rest of the matter would be revealed over time.
At least the life here on Teng She's side is quite good. The only drawback now is that Karasuba's group of prisoners are all adult men, unlike the last time the people who attacked Teng She were both men and women. If so, there will still be demand for certain aspects.
This is something that makes everyone in Tengshe somewhat troubled. There is not much shortage of women in Tengshe. When the Sheep Tribe joined, it was relatively balanced. Except for Wu Mu and the others, there were two others who had not been assigned. Only Yuan Yu and the others are currently in a state where there are more men than women.
However, with the addition of this group of women from the Wolf Tribe, there is no longer any need to worry about the issue of men and women. The last surviving men of the Wolf Tribe were only about 20 people. Now that Lang Chi is dead again, the surviving women are almost twice as many as the men. times.
Naturally, there is no such thing as widowhood in this era. No matter what, the main purpose is to propagate the tribe, so although there is a relatively fixed spouse, if one party dies, the other party will choose a suitable person from the tribe and start a new life. Form a pair and continue to contribute to the tribe.
Since there are not enough adult men in the wolf tribe, the remaining women must be arranged with Teng She first. Song Xuan is also planning to wait until this period of time is over, and then choose the single men in the tribe by himself. As prisoners, those women naturally have no right to object. It all depends on whether the people on Teng She's side are satisfied. In addition to being busy during this period, it is also natural to give them a time to observe. If they are impatient at this time, , but you can say it directly. It’s all for the tribe anyway, so there’s no need to be embarrassed.
Winter is coming next, and everyone still needs to work hard to give birth to more children. Although they can expand quickly by capturing captives, they are not people of their own tribe anyway. There is a difference between closeness and distance. As the snake population increases, our own people must occupy a larger proportion.
Although it takes a long time to grow from a baby to an adult, one's own people are one's own people after all. However, in the future, the children born by the captives will definitely have to be raised by Teng Snake.
However, this number will not be too much now. After all, there are only so many women in the Wolf Tribe, and no matter how much they are divided, they cannot satisfy the one hundred men. Song Xuan will naturally not let such debauched scenes like those in the Wolf Tribe be staged on Teng She's side. , although we respect the customs at this time, that scene is not respected by everyone even in this era.
As for the remaining women, we can only rely on their fate. Whether they are capable people from Teng She or Wu Yu, they must be together. As for the situation of multiple spouses, Song Xuan has no idea. Will stop them. Before the tribe was captured, Yangyang Yuanyu and the others had several spouses.
Even until this time, it was quite common for the tribe to have multiple spouses. This was the case for Shui Yun, Shi Meng and others. As long as they could be busy enough to have more children, Song Xuan still felt that after experiencing the group of people like Wu Yu, After being tortured by human beings, these women should not have any regard for them.
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Although there are many people in the tribe, fortunately, there is no shortage of tools. The people of the Wuyu tribe left a large number of weapons before, among which the proportion of stone axes was also quite high. Although Song Xuan burned one when chasing Wucang. batch, but the rest is still basically enough, a little bit worse. Teng She still has stock here, so it can be replenished directly.
Moreover, a large number of weapons were later shipped from the Wolf Tribe. Each tribe was actually similar, and they would prepare some extra weapons. After all, most of them were made of stone, and they might break apart at some point.
If there is no backup, it will be quite time-consuming to create a new one.
Spears are of no use to Soaring Snakes. Even if there are enough, they will definitely not be used by the captives. Stone axes are in short supply in the tribe right now.
Cutting down trees and burning forests requires the participation of stone axes. Although the quantity can barely satisfy one person, once it is used up, there is basically no way to replenish it. Fortunately, it has been basically used now. The next step is to cut down some needed for building walls. The existing wood is barely enough.
The large-scale project has basically been completed, and the remaining demand is not that big. It is not too late to wait until winter to start production. Now let them bring back some stones for polishing masters, and they will have something to do in winter.
Except for stone axes and grass, no other weapons will appear in the hands of the prisoners. Even stone axes will only be distributed to them when they are used every day.
And there will be someone supervising when using it. At the same time, there can't be too many people using stone axes. Although stone axes are all melee weapons, you can't completely ignore them.
Although everyone's feet and hands were symbolically restrained with animal skins, it was just a matter of a few axes, and it basically had no effect. After all, it was not made of metal, and Soaring Snake did not have this ability now. , if it is made of wood, it is not only troublesome, but also impossible to work on a daily basis.
That's all Teng She can do now, but fortunately, everyone's performance is quite good so far, they work harder, and no one has the idea of escape.
In addition to effective supervision, the main reason is naturally that Teng She firmly controls the food in his own hands. Although the captives also have three meals a day, they are all delivered after Shi Yan has prepared them. of.
Moreover, the portions for each person are quite fixed, ensuring that they will not starve to death, but they will not be able to eat enough. After working for a long time, they have basically been used up, and even some will be deliberately reduced at night. No other food is given, and unlike the Teng She people, everyone will hide some snacks in their hands in case of emergencies.
In this case, even if they were lucky enough to escape, without weapons in their hands and no food on their bodies, it would be completely impossible to survive in this season.
Now some animals have entered a state of hibernation, and not many are active outside. Hunting is still a bit difficult.
And apart from food, even animal skins were not given much. During the day, strenuous work was required. Although the temperature was not low, it did not need to be wrapped too tightly. At night, a bonfire was set up in the house, and there was a room. Even with a dozen or so people packed in, it wasn’t particularly cold.
The ground is not paved with animal skins like Soaring Snakes and others. They are all paved with straw. Although the effect is less good, as long as it is thick enough, at least it does not need to touch the cold ground, and there is a bonfire, so why not Quite cold.
In addition to deliberately being wary of them, it was mainly because Soaring Snake didn't have a lot of animal skins, so he was already a little nervous.
If you don't have enough to eat, you can still find some wild grass and fruits to survive for a few days, but with the few animal skins on the prisoners, it is quite difficult to survive outside.
Even a campfire alone may not be able to withstand it, unless you find an excellent shelter, such as a cave, but if you are in the wild, unless you lie in a fire, there will always be one side that is cold.
So the most important thing now is to control the weapons of the prisoners. Don't worry too much about the other things. Anyway, if you escape, there is a high probability that you will not survive. After all, Teng She is nearly half a month away from the Black Feather Tribe. , this is still under the condition of being very familiar with the route.
In the past, it was possible to impersonate people from other tribes. There were several tribes in the environment, but now it is completely hopeless. I believe that the Niu tribe will take strangers very seriously, and it is not impossible to even take action directly.
For the people of the Wolf Tribe, although the supervision is a little looser, it is not too different. They are in the same courtyard as the prisoners of the Black Feather Tribe. It is just that there are no extra people in the house.
Unlike the captives of the Black Feather Tribe, everyone's feelings towards the Wolf Tribe were somewhat complicated. Except for the Sheep Tribe and Soaring Snake, there were women in the other three tribes.
Moreover, the resistance of this group of people in the tribe has never been as strong as that of that group of people. Song Xuan had already seen this during the battle. Although Lang Chi took the lead in sneaking into Teng She, when the fight actually started, everyone He was running behind, and even faster after Karasuba was defeated.
On Teng Snake's side, more than half of Wu Yu died, but not even a third of the Wolf tribe arrived, and there were a few people who had their legs broken by Teng Snake, making it inconvenient to stay.
Except for Lang Chi, several other people died when they were caught up. First, Yuan Yu and the others were venting their anger for a while. Second, it was basically impossible for people with broken legs to recover. Teng Snake also There is not enough food to feed them.
And even if this kind of thing happens in one's own tribe, if food is not very abundant, suicide or being forced to commit suicide is common, not to mention that they are now captives.
Teng She's current food is barely enough. Although the extra food can last for half a year, that is based on Teng She's previous population. Before, there were only one hundred, fifty or sixty people, and there were naturally enough food. Many children don’t eat much to begin with.
Now there were two hundred prisoners suddenly added, and apart from some food from the wolf tribe, the food Karasuba brought back from the bear tribe was only enough for them to eat for a few months.
The rest will naturally be provided by Teng She. Facing more than a hundred adult men, the pressure is not small. If these more than 100 people really want to eat freely, they will consume a larger amount than the original Teng She people. Much more.
Moreover, it is already approaching winter. It is completely unrealistic to obtain a large amount of food from the wild. Moreover, they have to work in the tribe, and it is impossible to send them out to find food. From now on, they can only eat the food of Soaring Snake. in stock.
At least until the spring of next year, Teng She's food will not increase. The last batch is what Song Xuan "scrounged" from several tribes in the lower reaches. Although it looks like a lot, if you really want to eat it, it will only take a few days. amount.
Therefore, after entering winter, the daily food of the prisoners will be further reduced. Anyway, they are not expected to be fat and strong, and training has nothing to do with them, but they can arrange actual combat drills so that they can It's not realistic for them to fight, but they can still be used as handlers or sparring partners.
Although Teng She also trained frequently last year, they mostly focused on grass targets or the air. There were very few serious confrontations, and everyone was also afraid of accidentally injuring these people. Everyone was a little timid, but now the prisoners are enough. , and it has nothing to do with me. You can let them wear a few more layers of animal skins, as long as they can't be beaten to death.
Now each prisoner consumes about six or seven taels of dried meat per day, which is only half of what Teng She has here. But if you put it in a pot with water, there is no problem in being full for the time being, but it will soon become full. Digested.
If winter really comes, this amount should be reduced even more, and Song Xuan is also preparing to promote rice among the prisoners.
Although everyone in Tengshe has no resistance to rice now, if they really want to eat it, they are still in a 50-50 state, and will not completely regard it as a staple food. After all, they have never eaten it before. Although it is barely popularized now, firstly, He came for Song Xuan's sake, and the taste was pretty good, but after all, long-standing habits cannot be changed in a day or two, so Song Xuan didn't think about forcing everyone to change right away.
And even if it is changed now, the tribe still does not have enough rice for everyone to eat.
It would be better to leave this rice for a longer time. After the autumn harvest is completed next year or the year after, not only will the rice be used to eating, but the amount will not be too short. Now, the rice can be distributed to the captives for cooking. As for porridge, the daily consumption is quite small, and if it is used to fill the stomach in winter, it is not a big problem.
After all, they need to do physical work every day, so they should not be too hungry, otherwise they will not be able to do it, which will not be good for Teng She.
And if they were to be too skimpy, they would cause counter-effects. Song Xuan had also heard about this weight now, and it was at least better than normal tribal conditions.
As for the previous group of captives, their lives were not even close to those of the captives. Not only were six or seven of them assigned to a room, but they could also barely fill their stomachs with food, even though it was all Teng She's leftovers. But there was food prepared for them.
If the conditions weren't so good, I believe it would still take some time for Wu Mu and the others to completely return to Teng She, at least not as quickly as now.
However, this is mainly due to conditional restrictions. Although Teng She is well prepared, who would have thought that in just half a month, the population would suddenly increase by one to two hundred.
The tribe has food reserves for more than half a year, which is quite rare in the history of Teng She. At least it has never happened before. If Song Xuan hadn't vigorously promoted it and Teng She had developed well, the past two years would have been good. This is also impossible. It is very difficult to accumulate so much food just by hunting, no matter where you are. Of course, except for the method of robbing others like the Black Feather tribe, robbing is always the simplest and most direct way. .
