Chapter 306: Expansion
After thanking the three people at the trading post, they rushed out with the meat in a hurry, ready to make their own dinner.
Eating the sizzling pieces of meat, several people felt as if they were in heaven, and after more than two months of being captives, they only now truly realized the benefits of freedom.
After Meimei's full meal, several people lay on the ground, looking at the starry night sky, and a sense of satisfaction arose.
"Patriarch, can we still eat meat tomorrow?" One person said leisurely.
"Tomorrow we won't eat meat." The elder patriarch said in a deep voice.
When everyone heard this, they looked at their patriarch in confusion, and hurriedly asked, "Why can't we eat meat, as long as we get copper coins for our work, can't we exchange meat?" ”
The patriarch chuckled, "Now there are eight of us here, tomorrow four of us will work, and four of us will be left to build our dwellings, and we can't even have a shelter from the wind and rain!" ”
"If there were only four people to work, wouldn't we have less copper coins! Can we eat our food? One asked worriedly.
"It's okay, I see that there are a lot of kinds of food in that trading post, we can exchange other things except meat, meat should need more copper coins, before the residence is built, let's not eat meat first, in short, let's get through this time first, you also inquire more on weekdays, see if there is any other way to get copper coins besides working?" The patriarch explained to the crowd.
"Patriarch, what kind of Xia country do you say! Why are these people so powerful. A young man asked.
The patriarch looked at the dark and emptiness, and muttered: "I don't know, but now that we are free people, I am old, just stutter in the future, you are still young, behave well in the future, maybe you can become a soldier like them." ”
"Is that why our tribe is gone?"
The patriarch smiled bitterly and said: "There will be no tribe in the future, and I will no longer be the patriarch, looking at the appearance of the Xia Kingdom, I will definitely capture all the humans in the entire forest, there will be no more tribes in the future, only the Xia Kingdom, you must recognize this, don't think about other things, otherwise you will die." ”
Hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought, they didn't know where the future path was, and in the face of the unknown future, they subconsciously felt a trace of fear.
In the early morning, with the shouts and curses of the soldiers, the captives began their busy day, where the tools were distributed, the captives lined up in a long line, waiting to receive their tools, and the women were responsible for harvesting the forage to feed the giant deer and preparing food for the soldiers.
And these eight free people, after applying for some tools from Lin Shi, left four people to build their own dwellings in the city, and the other four went to the construction site to earn everyone's food money today with their own hands.
A few days later, with the efforts of a few people, a few simple thatched huts were built, and with a few people saving money, they bought a few clay pots at the trading post with a small amount of copper money, and the steward of the trading post also enthusiastically told them how to make potatoes and rice.
Although these things are not as delicious as meat, for a few people who have not eaten this food, the taste of these foods is even far more than meat, and the most important thing is that the price is much cheaper than meat, only two copper coins can make a person eat two full meals a day, and even half a month, everyone will accumulate dozens of copper coins.
Slowly, more and more captives heard about their situation and became envious of the lucky guys.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jianfang announced to the captives that as long as the city was built, those who behaved well would have the opportunity to become free people, and those who did not work hard and only thought about how to fight against the heavenly army would end up miserable.
After all, people are afraid of death, and the captives who have hope will naturally not be passive and slack off, and since this incident, the progress of the project has been much faster than before, even if there is no soldier urging, they will consciously complete the tasks assigned.
Half a month later, as the city was basically completed, Jianya arranged for a hundred people to stay here and led the army to the jungle in the west.
In the south of the Shenzhou Continent, above the sea, a huge three-masted warship slowly sneaked along the coastline along the ocean current.
Wu Tian, who was awarded the title of Admiral, walked into the cabin, looked at the busy draftsmen, came to a draftsman, and said: "It's okay to draw the map for half a month!" ”
The surveyor nodded and said, "No problem, I have numbered these maps, as long as these maps are sorted out, it's fine." ”
"This matter must not be careless, we have been out for a few months now, as long as we meet with the ships from the north, this mission will be completed, and when we go back, Your Majesty will definitely reward us and others, and we should also enjoy happiness after then, and we must not make mistakes." Wu Gang said slowly.
At this time, a soldier came to report: "Enlighten the general, and the wild people have been found on the coast watching us. ”
When Wu Gang heard this, he followed the soldiers to the deck, looked towards the shore, and sure enough, he saw a group of naked savages, looking this way, and some of them even knelt down and kept bowing to their side.
This situation has been encountered several times in the past half a month.
"Don't pay attention to them, now our army in Great Xia is going all out to conquer the north, according to the previous method, record the location of these people, and go back to ask Your Majesty." Wu Gang said slowly.
"Yes!"
After the soldiers retreated, Wu Gang looked at the group of savages on the coast, and did not understand what they were doing jumping and jumping, although he was curious, but for the sake of safety, he did not dare to dock the boat, and usually replenished fresh water and food, and could only dock after it was sure that it was safe.
The warship sailed slowly, and the savages on the shore also ran in the direction of the big ship, until they were exhausted, and then stopped, watching the warship disappear into the sky little by little.
According to his estimates, if the Shenzhou Continent is not one of the seven continents, then it is likely to be an independent continent, as long as the two ships in the north and south directions can converge, the map can be completed.
Only by knowing the general situation of the continent in which you are located can you not be at a loss in the next defense construction.