On April 6, Jiang Xuan woke up early in the morning and unexpectedly discovered that the ice lotus root planted in the pond in the yard had grown a leaf curled into a cylindrical shape.
It won't take long for it to grow from underwater to the surface, and finally stretch out and turn into a very large lotus leaf.
"I didn't expect it to actually survive. It seems that this thing can only grow in the swamp. I just don't know what the difference is between the ice lotus roots grown here and the ice lotus roots of the Otter tribe."
Jiang Xuan knew that many plants depend on their place of origin.
As the saying goes, if oranges grow in Huainan, they become tangerines, and if oranges grow in Huaibei, they become tangerines. Many plants are the same.
However, it is already good if it can be planted. If the results are really not good, just think of ways to improve the planting environment in the future.
For example, dig a deep lake to simulate the environment over the swamp.
If this doesn't work, then the only option is to trade ice lotus roots with the Otter tribe in the future.
In addition to the ice lotus root, most of the colorful peppers and black beans also sprouted and grew into small seedlings.
If it can bloom and bear fruit smoothly, in a few years, people in the Teng tribe will be able to eat colored peppers and black beans.
Of course, people in the tribe may not necessarily like peppers. It takes a long time to get used to this unique delicacy.
Just when Jiang Xuan was in a good mood because of the growth of plants in the yard, Gan Song ran in in a hurry.
"Chief, it's not good."
"What happened?"
"The red crystal rice soaked in water in the paddy fields has withered."
"Go over and have a look."
Jiang Xuan followed Gan Song quickly towards the paddy field in the crop field.
When he walked to the edge of the field, he saw that two red crystal rice plants that were more than half a meter tall had withered, and their leaves drooped when they were scorched by the sun.
Jiang Xuan had previously soaked red crystal rice in water to induce germination and was successful. However, red crystal rice likes moisture, so Jiang Xuan asked Gan Song to try to open a paddy field and plant it like rice.
To be on the safe side, Gan Song built embankments with mud after the red crystal rice plants grew up, surrounded the two red crystal rice plants, and flooded their roots with water.
In the first two days, there was no abnormality in the red crystal rice, which made Gan Song very happy, thinking that this method could be successful.
Unexpectedly, after five days, the red crystal rice withered quickly, and it seemed that it could not be saved.
Jiang Xuan checked the two withered red crystal rice plants, then uprooted one of them and carefully observed its root system.
Jiang Xuan discovered that many of the young roots of this red crystal rice plant were turning black and rotting.
This shows that although red crystal rice likes moisture, it cannot be grown in paddy fields like rice.
Jiang Xuandao: "Since this method failed, let's raise the soil, dig drainage ditches, and plant like other places."
"When conducting experiments, it is impossible to achieve success all the time. Failure is also common. Fortunately, I only lost two plants, so it doesn't matter."
Although Jiang Xuan said this, Gan Song still felt a little uncomfortable. He silently pulled up another red crystal rice plant and said: "There are no extra seeds to replant, so we can only plant something else."
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, with the output of red crystal rice, as long as we have a good harvest this year, we will not only have enough seeds next year, but everyone can also eat red crystal rice."
"The leader is right, I will try my best to take good care of the other red crystal rice!"
Jiang Xuandao: "Come, let's renovate this paddy field together to prevent it from accumulating water."
Gan Song hurriedly said: "Chief, we can do this kind of thing ourselves."
"It doesn't matter, there's nothing important to do now anyway."
Jiang Xuan took the tools and immediately started working with Gan Song and others, making ridges, cultivating soil, and digging trenches. These were all laborious tasks.
Jiang Xuan is always like this. As long as he is free, no matter what work he does, he is willing to do it with everyone, instead of giving cold orders and being a mouthpiece.
As a leader, he did not use his privileges to bully men and women, nor did he have any airs. When he made some mistakes, he would admit them generously and correct them.
Because of this, the people of the Vine Tribe support Jiang Xuan very much. Although he is young, no one will despise him for this.
After finishing the paddy field, Jiang Xuan went to Feiyu River again.
After untold hardships and many failures, the fishing team’s first wooden boat was finally built!
This wooden boat is made from a whole section of giant wood. The front end is relatively pointed, the rear end is relatively flat, and the bottom has certain curvature and edges. The cracks and insect holes are filled with fish bladder glue, and there are two paddles.
The wooden boat is not big and can only accommodate three people at the same time, which is much worse than the large bamboo raft in terms of loading capacity.
However, its flexibility and driving speed in the river are far superior to those of bamboo rafts, and its performance is superior.
In Feiyu River, in a bay with gentle water flow, Jingjie was leading a fishing team member to practice rowing hard.
The soldier said: "Leader, why is our ship spinning all the time?"
Nepeta sat on the bow of the boat, looked at the oar in his hand, and said angrily: "This thing is not as useful as a pennies."
Although there were two oars on the boat, because she was used to rowing bamboo rafts, Jingjie still picked up one oar and rowed while the other two warriors watched.
When Jiang Xuan walked to the river, he happened to see Jingjie rowing hard, but the wooden boat was spinning in place.
The soldiers on the ship shouted: "The leader is coming!"
Nepeta was anxious. The leaders came over, but they couldn't control the wooden boat. Wasn't this a joke to the leaders?
So he paddled hard, but the harder he paddled, the faster the wooden boat turned, without moving much forward at all.
Nepeta scratched for a while, looked at Jiang Xuan with shame, and said: "Chief, I am so useless."
Jiang Xuan stood on the river beach and said with a smile: "It's so difficult to build a boat, how can you not even learn to row a boat?"
Jiang Xuan pointed to the other oar and said, "Each of you take an oar and sit side by side in the middle of the boat."
The soldiers on the boat immediately picked up the oars, sat side by side with Jingjie in the middle of the boat, and then waited for Jiang Xuan's next instructions.
"Hold the oar properly, just like the palm of your hand. It is definitely not possible to paddle vertically. Only when paddling horizontally is it powerful. Do you understand?"
Jiang Xuan squatted down and paddled the water with his palms. Through this simple and easy-to-understand demonstration, he helped them understand how to use the paddle.
Jingjie and the warrior immediately adjusted the oars in their hands, and then continued to look at Jiang Xuan eagerly.
Jiang Xuandao: "Now, the two of you paddle together. Your movements must be consistent. Both oars must enter the water almost at the same time. One cannot be faster and the other slower."
"Okay, start paddling!"
Jiang Xuan gave an order, and Jingjie and the warrior immediately started paddling at the same time.
Warriors also need to cooperate frequently when hunting, so it is easier for them to develop a tacit understanding.
At first, there was a difference in the speed of the two oars entering the water, but it didn't take long for the two to row in perfect harmony and their movements were almost the same.
Then, they were surprised to find that the wooden boat that had been spinning in place now was moving straight forward!
"Very good!"
The soldiers on the boat cheered excitedly. He was sweating profusely just now when he rowed with Nepeta, and he was also dizzy from being spun around. Now he finally no longer has to spin around.
However, just knowing how to move forward was not enough. Next, Jiang Xuan told them how to turn the wooden boat.
"Think about how you were spinning in circles just now. When you want to turn, paddle one oar faster and the other oar slower, and the boat will turn."
The two people on the boat followed Jiang Xuan's instructions and tried many times, and finally mastered the technique of making the wooden boat turn.
Nepeta finally rowed the wooden boat back to the shore and dragged it to the shore.
If he kept spinning in circles like he did just now, I'm afraid he would have no choice but to call the bamboo raft over in shame and tie a rope to drag the wooden boat back.
Fortunately, they finally learned how to row under Jiang Xuan's guidance.
Jingjie walked up to Jiang Xuan, lowered her head in shame and said, "If the leader hadn't come over, I don't know how long I would have been swimming in the river."
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "Everything requires experience, just practice more."
"What you are practicing now are small wooden boats. When the tribe becomes stronger in the future, they will make bigger wooden boats. There is still a lot to learn."
After all, small wooden boats have limited carrying capacity. Jiang Xuan's goal is to build a large sailing ship.
Only a true large sailing ship could sail long distances on the river and bring great benefits to the tribe.
Of course, making a large sailboat is a very large project, but it is much more difficult than this simple small wooden boat.
Only when the tribe develops and grows and has enough manpower and materials, as well as various technical talents, can it try to build larger sailboats.
Jiang Xuan took Nepeta to imagine the spectacular scene in the future when the tribe would have a large fleet of boats sailing on the river.
Jingjie was moved by Jiang Xuan's description of the future, and looked at the small wooden boat differently. He tried to imagine what it would be like to add sails to the boat.
Of course, with the current strength of the Vine Tribe, this description is similar to painting a pie. Even if the tribe can grow smoothly, it will take a long time.
After drawing the cake, Jiang Xuan left the Feiyu River and came to a special bamboo house next to the stream on the edge of his residence.
This bamboo house is not for people to live in, but for making clothes, shoes, hats and other things.
At present, the clothing of the Vine Tribe is mainly made of animal skins and bark.
Animal skin jackets are particularly warm and are mainly worn when the weather is cold.
Bark clothing is made of tough bark that is repeatedly beaten and woven. It is cooler to wear and is mainly worn when the weather is hot.
Initially, the Vine tribe did not have bark clothing, only simple grass skirts.
But among the tourists brought by Nepeta, several of them were from their original tribes who mastered the technology of making bark clothing.
Jiang Xuan found that their homemade bark clothes were very good, and later sent some people to help and asked them to make bark clothes in large quantities so that the people of the Vine Tribe could wear such cool clothes in hot weather.
"Pa bang bang..."
When Jiang Xuan walked to the bamboo house, several female tribesmen were beating several pieces of tree bark with sticks.
This kind of bark is not only tough, but also becomes softer after being beaten, making it particularly suitable for making bark clothing.
"Hello, chief."
After Jiang Xuan walked over, these women immediately greeted Jiang Xuan.
"Is Poria here?"
"Poria cocos is inside."
Poria is Uncaria's current wife. Because she is very good at making animal skin clothing and has certain leadership skills, Jiang Xuan asked her to manage this small primitive workshop.
Jiang Xuan walked into the yard, where Poria was soaking a long-tailed rabbit skin in lime water.
The breeding industry of the Vine Tribe has reached a certain scale, and long-tailed rabbits have been bred in large numbers, and now a small amount of them have been supplied to the tribe for food.
The meat of the long-tailed rabbit is distributed to the tribe, and the skin with soft rabbit fur is naturally brought here to make skin clothing.
Poria carefully scraped off the minced meat from the long-tailed rabbit skin, and then put it into a large pit filled with lime water to soak for a while.
Lime, in soaking hides, is more effective than plant ashes.
In the past, there was no lime in the Vine Tribe, but later Jiang Xuan discovered that a large number of snail shells and shells by the river would turn white after being burned for a long time, and would quickly decompose and turn into lime after melting water.
Not only that, a few blue-gray stones accidentally fell into the furnace for firing pottery. After burning, they turned into white lime blocks.
Because of these two sources of lime, the Vine tribe began to use lime.
All the bacteria and parasites on animal skins soaked in lime will be killed.
Not only that, after soaking in lime, the oil on the hide will be removed and it will become softer.
"Fu Ling, how many long-tailed rabbit skins have you collected?"
Fu Ling, who was busy at work, raised her head and saw Jiang Xuan coming over, so she hurriedly replied: "Chief, we have collected a total of thirty-two long-tailed rabbit skins, half of which have been soaked. The breeding team will continue to slaughter the long-tailed rabbit skins." Tailed Rabbit.”
Since Jiang Xuan taught numbers and simple calculation methods to the tribe, half of the people in the tribe can count things clearly.
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "After soaking, the shed rabbit fur can be collected and used in the future."
"yes!"
Fu Ling didn't know what Jiang Xuan was going to do with the shed rabbit fur, but she just did what the leader told her to do.
"In addition to the ones that have been distributed, how many pieces of bark clothing are there now?"
"Chief, there are still twenty-five pieces. We are seizing the time to make more bark clothes."
Jiang Xuandao: "Okay, thank you for your hard work."
Jiang Xuan checked the animal skin clothes and bark clothes that had been made, and then looked at the semi-finished products. Although the supply was not sufficient, it was much better than other tribes.
Afterwards, Jiang Xuan visited various parts of the tribe.
The entire Vine Tribe is a prosperous scene, full of vitality and vitality.
Jiang Xuan was in a good mood and became more confident in the future of the tribe.
…
On April 7, the hunting teams of the Crow Tribe and the Jackal Tribe met in a mountain forest. Because of Jiang Xuan's masterpiece, the two sides started fighting without any nonsense after meeting.
The battle was fierce. The Jackal tribe had the upper hand because of its larger number. The Crow tribe suffered one-third casualties and fled in embarrassment.
Although there were not many casualties on both sides in this small-scale encounter, it was the beginning of the war.
From this day on, the Crow Tribe and the Jackal Tribe would have small-scale battles every once in a while, with each winning and losing. Although there was no full-scale war, the accumulated grievances became deeper and deeper.
Under this situation, the Jackal Tribe no longer cared about causing trouble for the Vine Tribe. They deployed most of their manpower on the Crow Tribe's side, but they did not dare to easily commit the entire tribe to a decisive battle with the Crow Tribe.
Because the strength gap between the two sides is not that big, once a war starts, even if one side wins, it will suffer heavy losses. If another tribe attacks, it will be a disaster.
Therefore, they are all waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity where they can be more confident that they will destroy the other tribe with little loss.
As for Jiang Xuan, he didn't want them to delay for too long. He also wanted to find an opportunity to add fuel to the fire.
