"dinner time!"
On the other side of the Feiyu River, following the shouts of the Teng tribe warriors, more than 500 working prisoners put down their tools and ran to the dining area.
These prisoners were assigned various tasks: cutting down trees to build houses, clearing land to grow food and vegetables, digging ditches and roads, and gathering wild vegetables.
These tasks are not easy. Although they do not require life-threatening, they are more difficult than hunting.
Originally, these prisoners had various thoughts in their hearts.
But after a day of hard work, my stomach is empty and my mind is empty. I just want to fill my stomach quickly and have a good rest.
"Each person has a bowl and a pair of chopsticks. No grabbing or eating with your hands, otherwise you won't be able to eat tonight."
Jing Jie stood in front of these prisoners and used a rough method to line them up. Then he gave them bowls and chopsticks and personally served them food.
The food in Taoding mainly consists of wild vegetables and tubers. There is no meat and the portions are not very sufficient. The prisoners can only eat half full.
Winter has just passed, and even if the Vine tribe has sufficient food, it is not an easy task to feed an additional five hundred people at once.
Therefore, it is considered very good for these prisoners to be able to eat half full and have enough strength to work the next day.
After finishing the meal, the prisoners were dumbfounded when they looked at the chopsticks in their hands. They didn't know how to use these two sticks.
Jing Jie also picked up a pair of chopsticks, held them skillfully in his hands, opened and closed them and demonstrated to the prisoners: "You can see clearly, these are called chopsticks, they are used to pick up vegetables, and this is how they are used. "
Nepeta took a bite of wild vegetables from the pottery bowl, showed it to the prisoners, and then put it in his mouth.
"Of course, you have just arrived at the Vine Tribe, and it is impossible for you to be able to use chopsticks right away.
"It doesn't matter, you can start like this, grab the chopsticks together, bring the bowl to your mouth, and pick up the vegetables in your mouth. Is this method simple enough?'
Jingjie demonstrated to the prisoners again, holding two chopsticks together so that there was no need to open and close the chopsticks, which was relatively simple.
"Remember, don't grab it with your hands, otherwise, you won't be able to eat tonight."
When you come to the Vine Tribe, you must learn to use chopsticks. This is the rule Jiang Xuan sets for all new people who join the Vine Tribe.
Soon, the prisoners began to grimace and learn to use chopsticks awkwardly, but these two small sticks were not so easy to master.
In the end, most of the prisoners used the simplest method, holding two chopsticks together and using them as sticks to scoop food from the bowl into their mouths.
Learning to use chopsticks is just the first rule of the Teng tribe.
There are also rules such as not urinating anywhere, washing hands frequently, bathing frequently, and drinking boiled water, which all require these prisoners to adapt to and strictly abide by.
After they get used to these rules, they will naturally bear the brand of the Vine Tribe, which is obviously different from the people of other tribes.
These rules are not only good for physical health, but also have a subtle impact on everyone in the Vine tribe.
After a rather awkward meal, the prisoners were divided into men and women and forced to take a bath.
The warriors of the Vine tribe used rough bristle brushes to brush each of them. The water washed down was black, which showed how dirty they were.
After taking a bath, the prisoners could finally go into the cabin to sleep.
Because there were too many people, there were not so many beds in the wooden house, but hay was spread on the ground.
These prisoners didn't have any requirements. They lay on the hay and fell asleep quickly.
However, because their recent experiences were so miserable, almost all they had were nightmares, and many of them cried in their dreams.
After a night's sleep, the prisoners had to go back to work the next morning, whether they wanted to or not.
Days like this will last for a long time until they actually join the Vine Tribe and become members of the Vine Tribe.
In the first few days, several prisoners tried to escape.
These people were all killed without exception, and their bodies were hung in the woods to serve as a warning to other prisoners.
Maybe the method is a little cruel, but if you don't do this, it will be difficult to deter these prisoners, and there will be more trouble in the future. Only by using a combination of kindness and power can these people slowly return to their hearts.
This is a relatively long process that requires patience and time.
January 20th, the fourth year since the establishment of the Vine Tribe.
The weather is getting warmer day by day, and the spring plowing of the Vine Tribe has begun in full swing.
Jiang Xuan found Old Man Blackstone and asked him if he could make a stone plowshare. "Look, this is what a plow looks like."
Jiang Xuan unfolded an animal skin scroll with a simple curved shaft plow drawn on it.
Zhiyuan plow,
The structure of the wooden part of the curved shaft plow is actually very simple. As long as you find the right wood, it can be made with current technology, but it is a little more complicated and takes a little more time.
But the plowshare part is the most important part. If it is not done well, then a curved shaft plow will have no effect.
Old Man Blackstone carefully looked at the overall structure of the curved shaft plow, and then stared at the plowshare for a long time.
"It can be done, but it's curved and it will take a lot of time to do it right."
The plowshare of a curved shaft plow is curved, and the manufacturing process is much more difficult than a straight one.
If Old Man Blackstone hadn't been very skilled in making stone tools, he wouldn't have dared to take on this kind of job.
"It doesn't matter if it takes a long time. There's no rush. Our cows haven't grown up anyway. You can polish them when you have time.'
Jiang Xuan paused and asked again: "Can this plow handle be made?"
The plow handle was a carpenter's job, but Jiang Xuan had seen Old Man Blackstone making wooden handles for weapons, and thought he might also be able to do some carpentry. Sure enough, Old Man Blackstone nodded and said, "No problem."
'That's great!'
Jiang Xuanxi smiled broadly, feeling like he had picked up a treasure.
"I'll ask Dajiao to send you a killed unicorn bird later, so you can have a taste."
Jiang Xuan knew very well that it was necessary for such a skilled stone tool master to receive more preferential treatment.
Old Blackstone didn't refuse. He worked based on his own ability. He would eat whatever the tribe gave him, and he didn't ask for more or be picky.
"correct.
Jiang Xuan sat down next to Old Blackstone and said, "Do you have any plans to recruit disciples? It would be a pity if no one would pass on such exquisite craftsmanship.'
Old Blackstone was silent for a moment and said: "I had two apprentices before. When the tribe was destroyed, they both died in battle." Speaking of these two apprentices, Old Blackstone's eyes were a little sad and sad, and he obviously had a deep feeling. .
Jiang Xuan comforted him: "They went to accompany your former totem god.
Old Man Blackstone nodded, and then sharpened the stone tool in his hand vigorously, making a "chacha" sound.
"I can accept apprentices, but I have to choose them myself."
"No problem, you old man, just go ahead and choose. If I find someone suitable, I will definitely let him be your apprentice. It's best to recruit a few more. There are more and more people in our tribe, and the stone tools are becoming less and less."
"Can.'
After Old Man Blackstone agreed, he stopped talking and focused on polishing stone tools.
He is not a talkative person.
Jiang Xuan settled his two worries and didn't stay too long. He said goodbye and left the house of Old Man Blackstone.
He first went to the breeding area and asked Dajiao to choose a fatter unicorn bird, wash and skin it, and send it to Old Man Heishi. Then, he checked the growth of the bison calves.
The shoulder height of the buffalo calf is already about one meter, and its horns have grown to about thirty centimeters long. The overall appearance is very strong.
These bison calves were tamed by the Vine God and are very docile. They do not need to wear nose rings and are very obedient.
But when the next generation of calves are born, they will need to wear nose rings, because it is impossible to always let Fujigami do this kind of thing. In the end, they still have to solve it themselves.
A calf without a nose ring is difficult to control and has a bad temper. Once it grows up, even ordinary warriors cannot control it.
"When these calves grow up, the Quyuan plow should be almost built, and then they can be used to plow the fields." Jiang Xuan felt very pleased. Farming without cattle is incomplete and the efficiency is too low. .
With the addition of cattle, the productivity of the Vine tribe will be greatly improved, and more people can be fed by planting.
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Just as Jiang Xuan was inspecting the breeding area, suddenly, several sharp bird calls came from the sky.
Jiang Xuan looked up and saw twelve big black birds flying towards the Vine Tribe from a distance.
Tang Yuan, who was looking for food in the distance, saw this situation and immediately flew back. Next to the stone mountain, he stared at these big black birds with vigilance.
The giant eagle was relatively calm, still lying in the giant eagle's nest with its eyes closed and meditating.
The new warriors who joined the Vine Tribe thought it was an invasion from other tribes and nervously held their weapons.
"Don't be nervous, it's not the enemy, it's the Black Tooth Tribe's expedition team.
Jiang Xuan asked everyone to put down their weapons so as not to make the Black Teeth tribe laugh.
The expedition team of the Black Tooth Tribe is a team specifically responsible for trading. They ride huge black tooth birds and travel throughout the Southern Wilderness, purchasing and selling items, and becoming the most primitive merchants.
After a while, twelve black-toothed birds landed one after another.
Because the fields have not yet started planting, these black-toothed birds all landed in the spacious cultivated land.
"Is this the Vine Tribe? Are we going to the wrong place?"
The leader of the expedition team, Wu Yu, got off the back of the black-toothed bird. He looked at the neat houses, ponds, cultivated fields, and a large number of people from the Vine tribe. He felt unbelievable.
He opened a scroll of animal skin. There were some lines on it, as well as the totem patterns of various tribes.
The totem pattern of the Vine Tribe is also painted on it, but it is smaller.
This animal skin scroll is the most primitive map of the Black Tooth Tribe.
Of course, this kind of map does not have any mountains, rivers or lakes. It just uses a few lines to connect the tribes on the ground and draw totem patterns to distinguish them.
The Black Teeth Tribe came here in the spring of the second year of the Vine Tribe. It is now the spring of the fourth year of the Vine Tribe. Only two years have passed.
In his impression, the Vine Tribe was a very small tribe, with a population of just over a hundred and not many houses. If it were other tribes, not to mention two years, even a few more years, there wouldn't be much change.
However, the Vine Tribe has grown several times stronger. How can it not be shocking?
"Chief Karasuba, long time no see.'
Jiang Xuan led some Vine tribe warriors and calmly walked up to Karasuba.
"You are...the leader of the Vine Tribe?'
"Yes, I am the leader of the Teng tribe, Xuan."
After Wu Yu saw Jiang Xuan, he looked like he had seen a ghost.
After two years of not seeing each other, Jiang Xuan has grown taller and stronger. The most eye-catching thing is the four warrior lines on his face! Wu Yu has a deeper impression of the Vine Tribe because he was in this small Vine Tribe. , sold two spider silk clothes.
If he remembered correctly, two years ago, Jiang Xuan was just a two-color warrior.
Now, Karasuba is still a three-color warrior, but Jiang Xuan has become a four-color warrior, which Karasuba cannot accept.
You know, he rode a black-toothed bird around all day long to trade and ate a lot of strange fruits, but his strength did not increase much.
Why is a young man from a small tribe stronger than him?
Karasuba felt mentally shattered.
Wu Yu couldn't help but ask: "Leader Xuan, I see that your Teng tribe has changed a lot."
Jiang Xuan said lightly: "In the past two years, other tribes have often invaded, so we had to fight them. Unexpectedly, we won them all.'
Karasuba knew that the matter was certainly not that simple. It was not a secret belonging to the Teng tribe, so he was smart enough not to ask any more questions. As a primitive businessman, he has learned not to ask questions that should not be asked, which can save a lot of trouble.
"Chief Karasuba must have brought a lot of goods this time, right? Let's take a walk and take a rest in my yard first."
Jiang Xuan warmly welcomed Wu Yu into his yard, because the Teng tribe did not yet have a room dedicated to entertaining other tribes. After arriving in the bamboo forest, Wu Yu first looked up at the sacred vines on the stone mountain.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but when he looked at Shendou, he felt a feeling of trepidation and an unspeakable fear.
This divine vine is even more terrifying, this is Karasuba's intuition.
He didn't dare to look blindly anymore and followed Jiang Xuan honestly.
After walking into Jiang Xuan's yard, Wu Yu saw a purple raptor squatting in a tall bamboo shed, staring at them warily.
As the glutinous rice balls continue to grow in size, the bamboo shed has been rebuilt several times, getting taller and taller, and Jiang Xuan's yard has also been expanded several times.
Wu Yu stared at the glutinous rice balls for a long time and said in surprise: "Is this...a rare purple snake eagle?"
Jiang Xuan asked: "Chief Wuyu has seen this kind of bird?'
Jiang Xuan never knew what kind of raptor Tangyuan belonged to. It would be great if Wu Yu could help him clear up his doubts.
"I have seen other colors of snake eagles, which look similar to this one. The whole body of the feathers is purple. This is the first time I have seen it."
"But I once heard from the elders in the tribe that there is a kind of purple snake eagle, which is not only bigger and more ferocious than ordinary snake eagles, but I have never seen it before. I didn't expect to see it in your Vine tribe today.'
Karasuba was very emotional, a small vine tribe gave him too many surprises.
Jiang Xuan suddenly realized that no wonder Tangyuan had been good at catching snakes since he was a child and liked to eat snakes. It turned out that this was his nature.
Wu Yu asked again: "Chief Xuan, where did this purple snake eagle come from? If there are other purple snake eagle chicks, I can trade them with precious items.
Jiang Xuandao: "I picked it up by chance when I went hunting, but I didn't find any other baby birds.
'That's such a shame.'
Wu Fei felt very sorry. If he could find more of these young birds and sell them to the big tribes, he could exchange them for a lot of precious goods and earn high profits.
