Chapter 33: Moving to the east bank of the Plains River

Moving is cumbersome, but fortunately, Xiao Yiran doesn't have to do everything now, just give orders, and someone will carry it out. Siu Yat-ran was one of the first to come to the new station, and he had to plan for it himself.

Along the jungle and the east bank of the river, Siu Yat-ran chose the location of the new station in the upper reaches of the river. This time it is much more convenient to build an early earth building, there are people, there is wood, and there are many stones on the other side of the river. Of course, the first thing is to tie a lot of rafts of acquaintances. As for the accommodation at night, there was no need for Xiao Yiran to worry about it, and it didn't take long for the sixteen guards to prepare a spacious attic made of trees for Xiao Yiran. In the four directions of the attic, six grass huts were built for Xiao Yiran's maids and guards to live in.

At night, Xiao Yiran no longer let the four guards accompany him, but replaced it with two. When it is reduced to one per night, that is, the day Xiao Yiran gets married.

Xiao Yiran divided the people into two parts, one part to build a new station on the east bank of the river, and the other part to dig copper ore at the foot of the mountain on the west bank of the river, build a smelting site, burn charcoal, and make dry pots. The whole new station is a busy scene.

Xiao Yiran was not idle, let the guards and maids get a lot of clay, and used the small copper sword to cut out all kinds of embryos, such as arrow clusters, such as ploughs, such as javelin spear tips, as well as knife shapes, axe shapes, and so on. Let the guards make a model in advance according to the model they have cut.

Then there is the first copper sword, because there is no metal tin, it seems softer, and before he can find tin, Xiao Yiran has to find a way to quench the copper workpiece. This also requires Xiao Yiran to repeatedly practice, as a doctoral student majoring in archaeology, but he doesn't know how to cast.

More than six months later, Xiao Yiran's palace was built, and a considerable number of adobe houses were built around the palace, which were inhabited by the elders of the communist clan and the women. The adult men's dwellings were built on the edge of the jungle, still guarding the women of the clan from afar. The smelter in the West Bank has also been built, and a lot of charcoal has been burned, as well as the necessary dry pots, etc. Xiao Yiran reconvened the people and divided the labor again. Leave two-thirds on the east bank to continue building houses and reclaiming wasteland, and send one-third to the west bank to smelt copper ore.

The food and game during the construction process were transported from the road in the jungle through Guò on the side of Longshan. As the new station gradually gained scale, some people from Longshan moved over, leaving only those who could farm and dry salt, as well as raise silkworms, and everyone else followed.

The soldiers only left Lin Zhan, the deputy of the military department, to lead twenty people to defend Longshan. There are more than 50 beacon towers in the jungle, and two people are left on duty in each place until all the Longshan is moved. Of course, the Longshan side will not give up, and the cultivated land there will always send people to cultivate it, just sending people to farm, and it does not require many people. Perhaps, when the dragon clan grows stronger in the future, some people will move back to it, after all, the facilities there are complete.

When the copper weapons and farm tools were manufactured, the labor efficiency was improved, and Xiao Yiran began to prepare for the regular army. In the past, they used to put down farm tools to be soldiers, and put down weapons to go to work in the fields, but now it is different, Xiao Yiran wants to build an elite army.

"Xiang Lin, one hundred and fifty people were selected from all the soldiers, as a full-time team, training for two hours each day in the morning and afternoon, and the rest of the time to assist the hunting department in hunting, and gain actual combat experience in the hunt. At night, send people to guard in shifts, always vigilant, to prevent foreign tribes or wild beasts from attacking the tribe. ”

"Xiao An, fifty people were selected from among the adult women, and they were also trained with Xiang Lin's team, and these people will also play the role of soldiers in future wars. You will lead the team temporarily, and when you find that there are qualified talents inside, you will come out for you. ”

"Wei Wen, the sixteen of you are also divided into two groups, leaving one group to guard every day, and the other group to train with Xiang Lin. And Xiaochun, the eight of you are also divided into two clans, and they are arranged in the same way as Wei Wen. ”

Although he had a bow and arrow, and the javelin was replaced with a copper spear head, Xiao Yiran still felt that the weapon was too simple. It's time to make knives, swords, and other weapons. Swords and the like are not used by casting alone, and if you cut them hard, they will either bend them or break them. Xiao Yiran thought about whether to form a forging team, or leave it to Liang Mu to manage.

"Liang Mu, you choose ten people with great strength and relatively good skills, and I will teach you to build weapons."

With copper, it's easy to make anvils and hammers. After quenching, it is barely possible to build objects on it. Xiao Yiran drew the style of the sword and knife, and as for the size and length, he first asked Liang Mu to lead people to build a few first, so that the soldiers could try it out, and then change it if it was not suitable.

The forged bronze sword is much tougher. After being verified during the hunt, all the soldiers abandoned the javelin and fell in love with the sword.

"Xiang Lin, the javelin can't be thrown away, when fighting on the battlefield, the javelin is longer than the sword after all, so at the beginning of the war, it was more advantageous to use the javelin, but when it came to catching and fighting, it was better to use the sword. This way, you let the soldier practice using the sword while continuing to practice the use of the javelin. ”

"Xiao An, the fifty-member women's unit doesn't need to practice javelin, just practice swords. And Wei Wen, you can only practice swords. You can figure out some fixed moves in sparring, which can not only increase the strength of the attack, but also facilitate the teaching of the next step. ”

It's a pity that there are no horses, Xiao Yiran thought to himself, if he had horses, he could establish a cavalry team, in that case, his dragon clan would be dominant in this era. Horses, only in the north, there is no ability to go to the north temporarily, let's wait for later.

After arranging the affairs of the Ministry of War and the Manufacturing Department, Xiao Yiran wanted to improve the Ministry of Reclamation. Now there is only rice, soybeans and millet rice, cotton and hemp should be found, and the textile industry should be set up, which will greatly improve the standard of living of the people, reduce the occurrence of diseases, and thus increase the life expectancy of the people. The increase in the lifespan of the clansmen corresponds to the increase in the number of clansmen. In this era, the number of people comes first.

However, if you want to find hemp and cotton, you have to rely on luck, just like when you accidentally got rice, you can't rush it. Xiao Yiran can only draw the appearance of cotton and hemp from memory, so that everyone in the clan can know it, especially the people in the hunting department, who must be memorized.

The rest, all Xiao Yiran can think of is how to use the turbulent river in front of him. A waterwheel is to be built for rice harvesting and irrigation.

Xiao Yiran knows the principle of the waterwheel, but he doesn't know what the specific structure is. He repeatedly drew the appearance of the waterwheel on the ground, until he felt that it was almost the same, so he asked Liang Mu to make a very small waterwheel according to his own ideas and take it to the river. If it doesn't work once, just come twice, if it doesn't work twice, just do it three times, and it has been done hundreds of times, Xiao Yiran can figure out the results of the waterwheel, Xiao Yiran understands, and Liang Mu has seen it almost. When a slightly larger waterwheel was ready, the people were shocked again.

However, from small waterwheels to large waterwheels, there are still many improvements in the middle. After nearly a year of practice, the first waterwheel was made, when the waterwheel led the river water up and flowed down the canal to the rice field, when the waterwheel drove the rice machine to make the rice, the clansmen had already put the position of Xiao Yiran, the emperor, above the gods. Wherever Xiao Yiran went, many clansmen couldn't help but bow to her.

While enjoying the worship of the clansmen, Xiao Yiran also cherished the fruits of his hard work over the years, and in order to protect the fruits of his labor, Xiao Yiran once again expanded the ranks of soldiers. On the basis of the original 150 male soldiers and 50 female soldiers, Xiao Yiran formed a team of 200 half-soldiers and half-farmers, similar to the militia organization before Xiao Yiran's rebirth. As long as the number of people in the group increases further, this half-worker, half-soldier team will officially be transformed into a real soldier team.