Thinking of one thing to solve the problem, Su Yan went on to think about the next thing, the adult male clansmen of the Dragon Tribe have reached one hundred and seventeen people, and a very important thing for the Dragon Tribe should also be carried out, and this matter is also related to the life and death of the Dragon Tribe.

Su Yan gave the patriarch of the Zhihe Rabbit clan a task, select about fifty people from the male clan, preferably those who move faster in the jungle, to form an exploration team, and explore along the river to the upstream or downstream of the river.

Now that the total population of the Dragon Tribe has exceeded 700, the fish caught in the river every day are almost unable to meet the needs of the Dragon Tribe.

The population of the Dragon Tribe cannot increase rapidly for the time being, but in the summer and autumn, the Dragon Tribe has at least eighty newborns born, which is comparable to annexing a mountain tribe, relying on small rivers to fish, hunt, gather wild vegetables, and dig plant roots can also sustain for several years, and Su Yan has not yet found crops that can produce a large amount of food, so he can only choose to move and move to an area near the big river.

Su Yan didn't hide it from the high-ranking members of the Dragon Tribe, and they were also very worried after hearing what Wang said about this matter.

"King, I will definitely find the great river." Zhi said seriously.

After the task was issued, Zhi and Shen immediately went to select the personnel, and finally selected fifty adult male clansmen, all of whom were from the five clans.

The next day, Zhi Heshen set out with the exploration team and headed towards the upper reaches of the river, but the exploration team did not carry food, and the time would turn back at noon.

The other clansmen of the Dragon Tribe were not idle, and the patriarch of the Biao, Yuan, and Shan clans took more than forty male clansmen out hunting, with a large net made of straw ropes, and the hunting team harvested almost every day, and there was a lot of harvest.

Fishing teams also began to move, and they were distributed on both sides of the creek, each with a distance, and one person held a fish cage to fish in the creek.

In the evening, the exploration team led by Zhi Heshen returned, and after half a day's journey, the exploration team did not find a wider and larger river from the upper reaches of the small river.

On the third day, the exploration team marched down the lower reaches of the river, which was also a half-day journey, and at noon they would turn back, but unfortunately, they still did not find a wider and larger river.

On the fourth day, the expedition team brought enough food for them to eat two meals and went down the river, bringing two meals enough for the expedition team to travel for a day and then turn back the next day.

In this way, the exploration team led by Zhi and Shen expanded the scope of exploration little by little, and did not blindly carry a large amount of food for a long-distance exploration.

No one is sure if there is danger ahead, or explore step by step, first make sure that there is no danger in an area, and then explore the area farther away, anyway, the dragon tribe still has a lot of time, there are still more than two months before the end of spring, as long as you find the big river before the rainy season.

Su Yan also has something to do, the weather is getting warmer, hemp seeds and pepper seeds should also be planted, as long as hemp and pepper can grow, the dragon tribe can be regarded as initially entering the era of farming, as long as you find a crop that can produce a lot of food, the dragon tribe will fully open the era of farming, it will take up to five years, and the dragon tribe can rely on large-scale planting of crops to get enough food.

Just entered the second month of spring, on the third day after a rain, Su Yan, under the escort of the escort team that is Jian and the other fourteen clansmen, took hemp seeds, pepper seeds, and tools to the area outside the outer wall.

Before a rainy day came last autumn, Su Yan asked his people to set a fire outside to burn all the weeds growing outside the wall, and because the heavy rain did not come in time, even the surrounding woods retreated nearly ten meters.

Now the grass in this area has begun to grow again, and without farm tools, Su Yan can only skip the grass.

Su Yan and the fifteen members of the escort team each held a wooden stick the thickness of an adult's thumb, and the end of the wooden stick was sharpened, which was a farming tool for planting crops, simple and crude, but also effective.

Hemp seeds and pepper seeds are selected in advance, and those hemp seeds and pepper seeds that are good and look relatively full are selected as seeds, so that the seeds have a higher chance of germination and growth, and the quality of a single plant will also be improved.

After picking out the seeds, Su Yan also soaked the seeds with water, these seeds were dried and stored for so long and have been in the dormant period, they need to be soaked in water to "activate" them, which can increase the germination rate of the seeds.

Cultivation began, first planting hemp seeds, Su Yan used a wooden stick to insert a hole in the soil, the depth of the hole is more than five centimeters, but not more than ten centimeters, too deep will cause the seedlings to not grow, too shallow will cause the foundation to be unstable.

Put a hemp seed into the hole and cultivate the soil, a hemp seed is planted, there is no need to add fertilizer, this black soil is very fertile, and the nutrients in the soil will only decline after several years of continuous planting, even if fertilizer is used, the manure of people and animals is the best farm fertilizer.

When it came to planting the second hemp seed, Su Yan planted the second seed about ten centimeters away from the first planting area, the hemp grew more intensively, the two seeds were about ten centimeters apart, and it was sparse, and if it was dense, some could be pulled out.

Su Yan explained while planting, and the fifteen guards watched and learned, and when Su Yan finished planting the nine seeds in the shape of "Tian", the guards almost learned it, and Su Yan asked the guards to do it.

The planting method is simple and easy to learn, the guards only need to try to plant twice to master the planting essentials, Su Yan and fifteen guards scattered, one person holds a handful of hemp seeds for planting, and the planting area is close to two acres of land.

There are too few hemp seeds harvested, and the origin of hemp has also been cut and eradicated by Su Yan, before the new hemp production area is discovered, the hemp seeds in his hand are not precious, and the first time he tried to plant, Su Yan only took out half of the hemp seeds to plant, and those hemp seeds that were not in good condition were also left by Su Yan instead of thrown away.

Also because there are too few hemp seeds, only one hemp seed is planted in a hole, even if this hemp seed does not germinate, it doesn't matter, now Su Yan is not short of land, what is lacking is seeds.

In less than a day, the hemp seeds were planted, and the next step was to plant pepper seeds.

Pepper seeds and hemp seeds are grown in a similar way, but there are many differences.

Su Yan is not short of pepper seeds, each place is sprinkled with at least six pepper seeds, but the distance between the two planting areas is as much as one meter, the pepper tree is so big, the pepper tree needs a large interval between the pepper trees, and when the pepper tree grows, the interval of one meter is not enough, and some pepper trees can be transplanted at that time.

It took several days for Su Yan to lead the escort team to plant pepper seeds in the area from the dragon tribe wall to the jungle, and Su Yan also left a few roads more than three meters wide, ordering the tribesmen to walk on the road when walking from the tribe's residence to the jungle, and it was forbidden to step on the planting area.

There is also a tree branch stuck at intervals on either side of the road, pointing out the location of the road to the tribesmen and not to go to the wrong area.