84 Buying hearts and minds
It doesn't matter that the natives don't know how to weave at all, he can get the fabric, and in the modern world, it's not as conspicuous as weapons and armor, as long as the tailors here can make clothes.
Xiao Feng's hunting team was able to hunt a large number of bison, which he generally did not bring back to the modern world, and the natives here used these hides to make winter clothes and shoes.
But these guys, don't know how to tann skin, they use raw hide, that is, those cowhides that have only been dried, and the clothes made of such cowhide are relatively stiff, very uncomfortable to wear, and the warmth is very poor, and the most important thing is that the fishy smell can't be removed, so the smell of the natives is particularly big.
After tanning, there will be no such problem, the leather jacket will be very soft, and there will be no fishy smell, as a garment material, the comfort is not a little better than that of raw hide.
Xiao Feng also attaches great importance to such craftsmen who can improve the quality of life of the tribe, and asks Friday to arrange a few apprentices to follow along.
Then the rest are those farmers, these farmers are the group of people that Xiao Feng attaches the most importance to, he has taught the natives to farm before, but the natives have not experienced farming civilization before, so they learn very slowly, and the effect of farming last year was not very good.
In order to ensure that these people eat and drink, this cultivation must be taken seriously, Xiao Feng asked Friday to call a few Toulon farmers over and ask about the general situation, such as what kind of crops they have cultivated before and what kind of farm tools they have used.
The information asked by the result really made Xiao Feng quite satisfied, these Toulon farmers had experience in growing tuber plants, vegetables, and similar grains before, and they had also used iron farm tools, and they were also very familiar with the climate of this world.
Although it can't be compared with the farmers who are good at intensive cultivation in Xiao Feng's world, compared to those natives, it is 108,000 miles stronger.
After asking clearly, Xiao Feng was very happy, so he first gave these farmers some rice seeds and let them start raising seedlings.
The winter in this world has ended, the weather outside is getting warmer day by day, the snow has melted, Xiao Feng asked a few farmers, and they said that in a few days, they can go out to farm.
However, because it is wasteland outside, the first thing to do is to burn the wasteland, level the land, then reclaim it, plough it, and then plant the rice seedlings in the ground.
As for seedlings, they will also know, but in the past, they cultivated all the world's native cereal crops, and they had never touched rice before, but after Xiao Feng explained it to them, they also understood.
For experienced farmers, rice seedling raising is nothing more than to grasp the temperature, humidity and time, this world is still blessed with agriculture, because after such a cold winter, crop pests and diseases will be reduced a lot.
In addition, the land in this world is very fertile, of course, it is not that the land is fertile, and it can sprout when you insert a chopstick on the ground like the legend, and if that happens, it is even more fantasy than fantasy novels.
Even if it is fertile land, it is necessary to slash and burn for a few years, accumulate soil power, change the structure of fertilizer elements in the land, and turn the raw land into mature land before it can become truly fertile land suitable for planting.
Several farmers were able to get Xiao Feng's reception, and they were also able to exchange farming experience with this mysterious mage, which made them very flattered, and they also got the seeds given to them by the mage, and told them to farm well, train more apprentices, and impart planting experience, which made these farmers very moved.
Each promised Xiao Feng that after the ground thawed in two days, they would take the natives out and choose suitable land for development and cultivation.
The obedient attitude of these Toulon people makes Xiao Feng very satisfied, it seems that civilization and backwardness also have the benefits of backwardness, people seem to be relatively simple, as long as you treat them sincerely, they will use ten times the enthusiasm to repay you.
Xiao Feng simply asked Friday to call a few blacksmiths and tailors over, and after taking turns to meet and encourage him, these Tolonians were not grateful to him, but their attitudes softened a little.
After all, in this troubled world where human life is like a mustard, it is much better to live in such a tribe with food, clothing, and relative fairness than to live in a hierarchical lord's territory.
People are realistic, even if these Toulon people don't look down on these natives very much, but now everyone is under the leadership of the mage, and the mage is more fair, as long as you work hard honestly, the mage will not blame you, and will give you appropriate rewards, the standard of living not only does not decline, but also improves, what else can they find fault with?
In the past, when they lived in the Toulon Empire, they seemed to be at a higher level of social civilization than the natives, but so what, the life they lived was not just like that? Not much better than the natives.
They have to engage in heavy manual labor every day, pay rent and taxes to the lord every year, and have to go to labor service when the farm is not working, and even have to go to military service, and the old men are not so kind to them, if they accidentally collide with the old man, a leather whip is inevitable, and there is no dignity at all.
And in this tribe, although the primitive is much more backward, at least life is fair, no need to pay taxes, no need to serve labor, no need to be oppressed by the lord.
As long as they work diligently every day, they can have a full stomach and clothes to wear, and this standard of living is more than twice as high as when they were in the Toulon Empire?
And Kayla, who was sitting next to Xiao Feng. Du Kaidi and Knight Kyle, watching Xiao Feng dig into the wall and buy people's hearts in front of them like this, are helpless, although they also know that in the long run, their status will not be guaranteed, but what can they do?
Now they have lost control of the original team, even if they want to talk to Xiao Feng, it is very difficult to read.
Xiao Feng didn't pay attention to Duchess Ducaedy and Knight Kell, the two backbones of the Toulon people, who had not yet shown the intention of giving in to him, and he also planned to dry them for a while.