The meeting continued. Matters in the cave will basically be left to Ronling to handle, including defense construction and garrisoning.
The next thing to discuss is the waterfall base over there. Originally, Ye Tianlong and his soldiers were stationed there with the purpose of looking for Ye Qiong. Now that Ye Qiong has been found, it stands to reason that the soldiers should withdraw directly. That's all. There is no need for some temporary bases over there to continue to exist.
But Ye Qiong now wants to garrison there and develop a large base, one that is much larger than the canyon base and the mountain base.
At the current location, the previous records of the Ye Qiong tribe are also taken into account. The only known way to enter the Dinglong Mountains is the passage that Ye Qiong has discovered now.
If the ruins of that tribe had not been discovered, Ye Qiong would not have thought of stationing troops there after he came out.
Now for Ye Qiong, the focus is not the resources in the Dinglong Mountains, but the ancient tribe.
Regarding the construction of the waterfall base and the number of soldiers who need to be stationed, it cannot be too many for the time being. The number of military combatants in the tribe is still a bit tight.
Currently, there are only fifty soldiers left for Ye Qiong to develop the waterfall base there.
But it's enough for the time being. After all, there are Qing Zhi, Qing Lie, and so many forest apes over there who can help.
With the forest ape in the middle to help with some things, the efficiency will be much faster.
The meeting lasted until the evening and decided many things for the development of this winter.
With food and supplies currently abundant, the tribe's birth rate is also good, and the tribe's overall population has exceeded 5,000 people.
Now the Ye Qiong tribe's strategy is to encourage childbirth. As long as the child is born, the tribe will take care of it without worrying about any problems later.
Families with a newborn baby will receive more supplies and food overall.
As long as the birth rate of the tribe continues like this, it is only a matter of time before it becomes a tribe with tens of thousands of people.
As short as three to five years, as long as seven or eight years.
However, for Ye Qiong, the speed is still very slow, so now he still has to find a way to accept other tribes.
With the current Ye Qiong tribe, the territory within the stone city wall can accommodate 50,000 people living there at the same time, so there is no problem.
If you add the surrounding bases, as long as it develops to a certain scale, it can exceed the 100,000 mark.
By then, what Ye Qiong wants to do will have a sufficient population base to guarantee it.
After dark, the meeting ended. Ye Qiong walked out of the meeting hall. Ye Tianlong and the others had not come out yet and needed to discuss something with some elders.
Ye Qiong had no intention of going back to rest, but trotted all the way to the blacksmith shop.
The blacksmith shop of Ye Qiong tribe is now a small arsenal. Ye Tianlong continued to send some more people here a while ago.
At this moment, there is still a clanging sound inside. Now, except for the few hours of rest at night, the rest of the time is spent constantly smelting scrap iron and forging new weapons.
There are still some iron tools brought back by the caravan last time.
After entering the blacksmith shop, Ye Qiong saw a dozen figures inside. It seemed that the number of apprentices with incandescent appearance had increased a lot recently.
Ye Qiong did not see Kuang Baichi in the front hall, so he went directly to a location inside and saw Kuang Baichi and two apprentices assembling things.
After Ye Qiong came in, a disciple immediately shouted.
And Kuang Baizhiye turned around, and when he saw Ye Qiong, he stood up excitedly, walked over and pinched Ye Qiong's arms and shoulders. After seeing that Ye Qiong was fine, he started making gestures like "Aba, Aba, Aba" .
Ye Qiong grinned and let Kuang Baichi pinch him.
Of course I couldn't understand what was being said, but I could probably understand what it meant.
Ye Qiong simply explained where he had been running these days.
After finishing speaking, Kuang Baichi nodded and asked Ye Qiong to take off the bone crystal long bow and bone crystal dagger from his back.
Ye Qiong immediately followed the instructions and it was time to take care of himself.
Kuang Baizhi lifted up Ye Qiong's sleeves and pinched Ye Qiong's bone crystal wristband. After seeing that there was no problem, he let Ye Qiong continue to wear it.
While Ye Qiong put the long bow on the table, he looked at the two apprentices and saw that they were actually assembling a repeating crossbow.
Looking at the corner of the inner beta, there was a wooden frame erected there. There were four floors in total. Each floor was filled with repeating crossbows. There were about twenty or so. There was also a wooden frame in the corner on the other side. , only one layer is currently filled.
Kuang Baichi picked up the bone crystal longbow and bone crystal dagger and walked deeper. It looked like he wouldn't be able to get out for a while.
Ye Qiong came to the wooden frame on that side filled with repeating crossbows.
After looking at the repeating crossbows above, Ye Qiong reached out and picked up one, turned around and walked out.
Ye Qiong has already tested the power of the repeating crossbow once before, and he plans to try it again today. The purpose of coming to Kuang Baichi this time is for a new long weapon, but this thing will definitely be made soon. It was uncertain, so Ye Qiong was not in a hurry. It was more important to let Kuang Baichi maintain his bone crystal longbow and bone crystal dagger first.
Still idle, Ye Qiong took out the serial crossbow and tested it.
Overall, the effect is pretty good. The arrows fired by today's repeating crossbows are almost as powerful as those of half-strength archers.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Ye Qiong started shooting at a big tree in the distance.
The accuracy of the repeating crossbow is much higher now than during the last Ye Qiong test.
The power is about the same. It can barely break through the defense of high-level monsters. It is useless against monsters above the guardian beast, but it is very useful for the cave.
The strength of those eyeless monsters is only low-level, and the defense of their skin is even weaker. These repeating crossbows can cause considerable damage to them.
If the half-power archers switch to using this kind of repeating crossbow, their comprehensive combat ability will be greatly improved. Especially when fighting a large number of monsters, these repeating crossbows will exert a very powerful suppressive power.
After shooting out all the arrows in the arrow cabin, Ye Qiong walked back with the repeating crossbow.
Generally speaking, the continuous crossbow is now very suitable for defensive combat. When it is on the city wall, it can exert more power. However, the shortcoming of the continuous crossbow is also very obvious, that is, it is too heavy.
Compared with a longbow, the weight of a repeating crossbow is at least three times greater, making it a bit strenuous to hold it for a long time.
In an offensive battle, it is very inconvenient to use a repeating crossbow. If you carry a repeating crossbow, you will not be able to run at all.
After carrying the serial crossbow into the blacksmith shop, Ye Qiong continued to wander around inside. He hadn't been here for several months, and now Ye Qiong just happened to take a look at the development scale of the blacksmith shop.
After wandering around for a while, Ye Qiong was called over by one of Kuang Baichi's disciples.
