Chapter 138: Clearing the Wasteland (continued)
The first heavy rain of summer began to fall in the afternoon and did not stop until the second half of the night, and the fire that Su Yan led the people to set was quickly extinguished under the downpour.
After breakfast in the morning, the fishing team continued to go to the big river to fish, and Su Yan also led people to follow, wanting to see the results of yesterday's wasteland, if it did not meet Su Yan's requirements, I am afraid that I would have to continue to open up the wasteland several times.
Starting from the dragon tribe's residence, walking eastward, after walking a distance of about 130 meters, there are traces of fire.
Looking ahead, blackened trees stood on the black ground, leaving only the ashes of weeds, shrubs and other plants burned by the fire.
The big trees that are the thickness of a child's waist are very vigorous, and it is difficult for these big trees to be burned down without a long time of burning, but from a distance, the appearance of the big trees is getting more and more ugly, because the time of the fire is different, some big trees can still stand, their bodies have been burned, but they can continue to grow.
In the distance, the bodies of the trees had fallen into the fire, but their bodies were extinguished by the rain before they were completely burned by the fire, leaving sections of blackened and charred trees on the ground.
Farther all the way to the river, because the fire burned for a long time, all the plants growing on the ground were burned, leaving only a black land, this distance is more than five hundred meters wide, nearly two hundred meters long, and the total area is more than three hundred acres.
This is the result obtained by Su Yan after leading people to investigate, Su Yan is not very satisfied with this result, Su Yan originally planned to burn all the woods in the area from the dragon tribe's residence to the big river, and open up an area that is at least one thousand meters long and one thousand meters wide.
It seems that there is still some caution, and we should increase large-scale arson, add more ignition points, and in the future, we need to set fire to the wasteland for a second or even third time.
For the land that has been cleared, Su Yan already has two uses in his heart, the first is to build houses, and the second is to plant.
A few years later, the new home of the dragon tribe will be built in the middle of the land that has been cleared, and the total population of the dragon tribe will exceed 1,000 even if you don't count slaves, so the initial construction area of the new home is a square area of 200 meters, and the wall made of adobe bricks must be built at the beginning, and then other buildings can be built, and it must be designed before construction, and the house cannot be built at will, and various matters such as toilets and drainage in the rainy season must be considered.
Subtract the area that the new home needs to occupy, and the rest is the planting area, which can be planted with hemp and pepper, and even some fruit trees (generally referring to apple trees, peach trees, pear trees, etc.), but one thing needs to be noted, the planting area of pepper and fruit trees should be a little farther away from the area where the new home is built.
In the future, there will definitely be more than a thousand people in the Dragon Tribe, with the passage of time, the population of the Dragon Tribe will become more and more, and the new home will not be able to meet the needs of living, so it can only expand outward, if there are a large number of pepper trees and fruit trees planted outside the wall, it will be very troublesome to expand the area of residence, so the area of planting pepper trees and fruit trees should be as far away as possible, and it will not affect the expansion of the area of the new home in the future.
Summer is always boring, the weather is hot, every once in a while it rains lightly and heavily, when it rains lightly, it's better, you can go out a little bit in the rain, you can go to the river to fish, but if it rains heavily, you can only stay in the house and watch the pouring rain outside.
In the first month of the rainy season, Su Yan led people to set two fires outside the Dragon Tribe's residence, almost burning all the woods from the east of the Dragon Tribe's residence to the river, and the width and length of the wasteland area were more than a thousand meters.
Burning all the woods in this area, it is much more convenient for the fishing team to go to the big river to fish every day, and the speed of walking is faster, and there is no need to be vigilant at all times.
On rainy days, Su Yan always takes a piece of animal skin and writes and paints on it, designs and plans a new home, or determines the planting area on the wasteland, anyway, pepper trees and fruit trees are to be planted in the outermost area of the wasteland.
By the time of next spring, the planting of hemp, peppercorns, fruit trees, and the construction of new homes will begin, and this year it will definitely not be possible.
No new crops were found, no metal veins were found, and among the rest of the things, clearing the wasteland was Su Yan's greatest concern, followed by the education of the slaves.
Among the slaves, almost all the rest of the people, except for the monkey witch, were learning the dragon language.
The monkey tribe has its own spoken language, and it is naturally difficult to learn the language of another tribe, but under the temptation of food, those children are the first to change, and then others are also learning dragon language, and perhaps they will comfort themselves in their hearts: I learn their language to understand their words, and also to get more food.
For three months, the slaves would speak more or less everyday words in the dragon language.
From the initial hostility, the slaves' views on the dragon tribe are also changing, and there are fewer and fewer thoughts of rebellion in their hearts, food is one thing, housing is one thing, and the most important thing is that when someone among the slaves is sick, Su Yan and the witch of the dragon tribe will also treat them.
In primitive times, illness was undoubtedly a very terrible thing, and illness was often accompanied by death.
In the eyes of the clansmen, witches will have magical witchcraft and can cure diseases and save people, but the level of witch medicine is very poor, and it is fortunate not to cure people to death, and it is impossible to cure them.
Since Su Yan brought medical skills to the Dragon Tribe, everything has changed, the number of people who have died due to illness in the Dragon Tribe has dropped rapidly, even if they are injured or poisoned, they can be effectively treated, Su Yan's medical skills are the strongest, Wu and Wu's disciples can only treat some simple diseases, and difficult diseases require Su Yan's help.
Treating sick slaves is undoubtedly a way to make them feel good about the dragon tribe, you must know that the witch of the monkey tribe cannot cure the people, but the dragon tribe can cure it.
In addition, the dragon tribe is not harsh on slaves, there are houses to live in, and there is food to eat, in the past, the monkey tribe would be hungry and full, but now even if they can't eat every meal, they will not be hungry, as for the matter of labor, it doesn't matter, they need to work every day.
If you think about it carefully, their life in the Dragon Tribe is better than before, if it weren't for the Dragon Tribe's subjugation of the Monkey Tribe by force, I'm afraid they would all hope that they can become members of the Dragon Tribe now.
There is also the final question of faith, Su Yan will not force them to convert their faith to believe in the dragon god, but inadvertently reveals the "one god" system to slaves, whether they believe it or not, they will receive some information, and everything is changing imperceptibly.