Then, Jiang Xuan looked at Chi Shao and nodded to her.
Chi Shao took a step forward and said in a calm voice: "On behalf of Teng Shen, I sentence you to death. The Law Enforcement Hall is preparing for execution!"
The strong warriors standing on both sides responsible for the execution immediately walked behind the first batch of prisoners holding bronze heavy swords. They first pushed the prisoners to the ground, and then put their feet on their backs to prevent them from getting up.
Then, these warriors raised their bronze heavy swords at the same time. Under the sunlight, those bronze heavy swords shone coldly.
Bai Shu shouted loudly: "Behead!"
"Puff puff……"
All the bronze heavy swords fell at the same time. Blood spurted out on the ground and heads rolled. The scene was very terrifying.
"good!"
"Good kill!"
Instead of being afraid, the people of the Vine tribe cheered. They had no sympathy for these defectors, only hatred.
As they slashed again and again, in the end, all the defectors were beheaded, and the ground was stained red with blood.
After the execution, the soldiers of the Law Enforcement Hall saluted in the direction of the altar, then put away their bronze epee and returned to both sides.
Jiang Xuan shouted to all the tribesmen: "These sinners have received the punishment they deserve. I hope everyone will remember today's scene and take it as a warning. Don't take any chances!"
"Let's break up!"
Jiang Xuan gave an order, and the people of the Teng tribe dispersed one after another, and the corpses were transported to the woods outside the tribe.
When the tree people saw the corpse, they immediately became excited. They quickly pulled out the roots one by one, and then rushed over to snatch the corpse. Every time they occupied a corpse, they wrapped the body with roots so that other tree people could not grab it.
"Pa bang bang..."
In order to snatch the corpses, these tree men frantically attacked each other with branches and roots. After all the corpses were snatched, there were many broken branches and roots on the ground.
The battle between plants is no gentler than that between animals.
…
After leaving the altar, Jiang Xuan did not return to his yard. Instead, he rode Yue Ya to a forest to the north of the tribe, beyond the vine wall.
This forest is only separated from the Teng tribe by a wall, and the terrain is relatively flat.
More than a thousand captives of the wild boar tribe are temporarily detained in this place.
After Jiang Xuan walked into the forest, he saw a simple wooden fence wall, like a pigsty, surrounding people inside.
Around the fence, soldiers from the guard team patrolled day and night to prevent prisoners from escaping.
Jiang Xuan came to the gate of the gate, and the guard soldiers hurriedly opened the door and let Jiang Xuan in.
The person in charge here was Xanthium, the leader of the second guard team. As soon as Jiang Xuang entered, he immediately came up to him and poured bitter water in his direction.
"Chief, it's not enough to lock up so many people like this. Even if they eat one meal a day, they will consume a lot of food. Otherwise, we must kill them."
At present, although the Vine Tribe has increased in strength, its territory has not expanded much. It is still developing its original territory, and its current manpower is still sufficient.
But in this case, these prisoners would be embarrassed. There were too many of them, and the Vine tribe did not need so many people in its current territory.
Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and said: "No, these people cannot be killed. As long as they are human beings, they are useful. What's more, they are all warriors. It would be a pity to kill them."
Xanthium lucidum said helplessly: "What should we do? We can't keep it like this forever. It's a waste of food."
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Jiang Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "It's time for our Vine Tribe to expand its territory. Let them stay to cut down trees and open up wasteland."
Xanthium looked embarrassed and said: "If we untie the ropes on their bodies and let them go to cut down trees and open up wasteland, our second guard team will not have enough manpower."
The second guard team guards the east bank of Feiyu River, that is, the heavily guarded primitive industrial area, which itself requires a large number of manpower.
Now, with another half divided here, manpower is even more stretched.
"If you let me think about it, there will always be a way."
Jiang Xuan looked around, and finally turned his eyes to the Vine Tribe. To be precise, it was the tall vine wall of the Vine Tribe.
A simple wooden fence wall cannot prevent prisoners from escaping, but a tall and thorny vine wall can!
Jiang Xuan thought of this and said to Xanthium: "You guys work harder and keep an eye on these prisoners. I'll go back to the tribe."
After saying that, Jiang Xuan turned around and left.
Xanthium looked at Jiang Xuan leaving and opened his mouth. After all, he didn't say anything and could only continue to guard the captives in depression.
On the other side, Jiang Xuan rode Yue Ya back to the tribe and found Chi Shao.
He first told the situation of the prisoners, and then said to Chi Shao: "I plan to find the Vine God to encircle another piece of land with a vine wall outside our current territory. The tribe wants to continue to grow and can no longer guard the current territory. This is a bit of territory.”
Chi Shao asked: "Are you planning to include the forest to the north?"
"Yes, but it's best to keep them alone and not connected to the current territory. After all, those captives still have hatred for the Vine tribe. It's best to keep them alone in a place."
Chi Shao nodded and said: "I'll ask the Teng God first. If the Teng God agrees, we will expand our territory."
"good."
Chi Shao turned to face the huge divine vine in the mist, closed her eyes, and communicated with the divine vine.
After a while, Shinto responded: "Okay!"
Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao both heard this sentence, and both of them had smiles on their faces.
Soon, a huge green vine flew out from the mist behind the altar and quickly grew towards the forest to the north of the Vine Tribe.
"Pattering..."
The huge vines sprinkled a large amount of divine liquid around the forest, and the rich breath of life filled the entire forest.
When the vines on the ground came into contact with the divine liquid, they immediately merged into the stems and leaves.
"Kakaka..."
The vines grew like crazy and intertwined with each other to form a vine wall.
Subsequently, the vine wall became taller and larger, and each vine was thicker than a bucket.
The vine wall continued to rise until about thirty meters, then gradually slowed down its growth rate and finally stopped growing.
"It's done!"
When Jiang Xuan saw the vine wall, he felt very excited and excited.
Because any place surrounded by new vine walls will be the territory of the Vine Tribe from now on!
"Today we will surround a forest, and tomorrow we will surround a forest. Our Vine Tribe's territory will become larger and larger. One day, we can become a truly big tribe!"
Jiang Xuan clenched his fists, and the scene of the Vine Tribe having a vast territory in the future emerged in his mind.
After the construction of the vine wall was completed, the huge vines of the divine vine moved towards the surrounding circle of big trees.
Every big tree touched by vines had eyes and mouths, some intelligence, and the ability to move.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
These tree people were so happy that they pulled their roots out of the soil and ran around excitedly.
At this moment, Shinto's majestic voice came: "Guard this territory!"
When the tree people heard the sound of the divine vine, they immediately stopped. Some returned to their original places to take root, and some chose a new location to take root, and then stood still.
With these tree people around, the security of the new territory of the Vine Tribe will be more secure.
After everything was over, the divine vine took back the vine, and the fog shrouded it again, with the divine vine looming and mysterious.
"Thank you Fujigami."
Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao sincerely thanked the Teng Shen, and then Jiang Xuan went to the forest in the north again.
The new vine wall is a wall. Because it is currently mainly used to hold captives, there is only one doorway toward the vine tribe.
In this way, the soldiers of the guard only need to guard that one doorway, and the prisoners cannot escape, and the difficulty of defense is greatly reduced.
"Xanthium, is it okay now?"
Jiang Xuan walked up to Xanthium again with a smile on his face.
"No problem, no problem at all. Don't worry, leader, we will definitely guard these prisoners!"
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "With the vine wall, those tree people, and your soldiers guarding the second team, there should be no need to worry about the safety of this place."
"However, you can't take it lightly. If anything happens, I'll take it from you!"
"Don't worry, leader, there will definitely be no problem!"
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "From today on, untie the ropes on the prisoners and let them start working. The food of the Teng tribe does not come in vain. Even the prisoners have to work to have food." .”
"yes!"
Under Jiang Xuan's order, Xang Er immediately led a large number of people and untied the ropes on the prisoners.
Later, he gave some tools to a thousand captives and asked them to cut wood and build houses by themselves.
After a small group of prisoners got the tools, the first thing they did was attack the person who gave them the tools.
However, the Vine Tribe warriors were well prepared, and as soon as these prisoners were about to attack, they were killed by the guard soldiers who were several times their size.
Holding a bronze spear dripping with blood, Xanthium stood in front of the prisoners and said with stern eyes: "Who else wants to die?"
The prisoners suddenly didn't dare to speak. After all, survival is human instinct, and there are only a few who are not afraid of death.
Cang Erhuan looked around and said: "Since there is no such thing, then take the tools and work hard. If anyone dares to mess around again, I don't mind sending him on his way!"
Xanthium waved his hand, and the dead bodies were immediately dragged away and pulled outside the vine wall to be used as nourishment for the tree people.
Although the remaining prisoners were reluctant, in order to survive, they had no choice but to obey Xanthium's words and start working with tools.
The first thing to do is to cut down the trees, because the trees in the forest are so lush that part of them must be cut down to create extra space for building houses.
After building the house, they will cut down more trees to open up wasteland for farming and raise various livestock.
It won't take long for this new territory to produce something, and it may even evolve into a new production base for the Vine Tribe in the future.
After dealing with these things, the hot summer has long passed, and the harvest autumn has arrived.
The annual autumn harvest of the Vine Tribe has begun again.
This year's grain and vegetables were harvested indiscriminately by the wild boar tribe, which damaged a large area. This made Gan Song and the members of the planting team sad.
Fortunately, the Vine Tribe has a wide area of cultivated land and also grows a large amount of tuber food. Even if part of it is damaged, the remaining grain and vegetables can still meet the needs of the Vine Tribe people.
Except for the soldiers of the planting team, all those in the Vine Tribe who could spare their hands entered the fields and joined the autumn harvest team.
After the busy autumn harvest, the granary of the Vine Tribe is full again.
Coupled with the more than two thousand giant wild boars that have been smoked into dried meat, the Vine tribe's food reserves are very sufficient.
In terms of safety, there is a vine god as a guarantee, and there is no need to worry about food. In terms of labor, more than a thousand captured soldiers have been added.
With all aspects being relatively stable, Jiang Xuan was finally able to free up his hands to do other things.
The first thing to do is to solve the problem of roof leakage.
Most of the roofs in rattan tribes are made of bark and thatch.
The raw materials for such a structure are easily available, no special tools are needed, the production process is simple, and there are many benefits.
However, this type of roof has a fatal flaw, which is its short service life.
In just one or two years, under the triple action of wind, sun, and rain, thatch and bark will easily rot, become eaten by insects, and leak.
Especially if it rains for a long time, or it rains suddenly after being sunny for a long time, water leakage will be very serious.
In the houses of the Vine tribe, except for the granary, which has its roof regularly inspected to prevent water leakage, other houses are generally inspected only after a long period of time.
Even Jiang Xuan's house is the same. Water leaks are common during heavy rain.
Therefore, the leakage of the house must be solved. Otherwise, once the rainy spring and summer come, you will have to find containers everywhere to catch the rainwater leaking from the roof.
The solution is to burn the tiles.
Once a mud brick house is covered with tiles, it is much more durable, and even if it leaks, it is easier to repair, just replacing a few tiles.
The firing process of tiles is similar to that of pottery, or even a little simpler than pottery.
Jiang Xuan found a pottery workshop and used clay to shape two tile styles with his own hands.
One is a simple curved tile, the style is very simple.
The other is a drip tile with a triangular end, which allows rainwater to collect at the end and drip down.
With slab tiles and drip tiles, the simplest tile roof can be made.
If you want to make something more exquisite and complicated, there are also tube tiles, tiles, withered flower dripping tiles, etc.
Given the current conditions of the Vine Tribe, don't worry so much for the time being. Just being able to protect yourself from the wind and rain will be enough, and the aesthetic issues can be left to be solved later.
After listening to Jiang Xuan's explanation, the owner of the pottery workshop looked at the model Jiang Xuan had made and agreed: "No problem, chief, how many do these tiles cost?"
Jiang Xuandao: "In the future, all roofs must be covered with tiles. Since they are going to be burned, of course the more the better."
"You go to the woodwork workshop and ask them to make several cylinders, then put mud on the cylinders and press them into uniform clay slabs."
"After the cylindrical mud slabs are dry, use a bronze knife to cut them evenly, and you can get several slabs at a time."
"Bend the ends of a small part of the finished tiles and smooth them into triangles to form drip tiles. The process is not complicated."
The shop owner nodded repeatedly and wrote down Jiang Xuan's words one by one.
"Okay, you go ahead and do your work first. If you encounter problems, think of more solutions. I believe in you!"
After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, he turned and left.
The pottery workshop followed Jiang Xuan's request and began firing tiles in large quantities.
