Changxing thought about the whole thing very thoroughly, and only when he died, could Zu Mu let go of his wife and children.

A large amount of blood gushed from the wound in his throat, and he leaned back in his chair, his distracted eyes looking up at the ceiling, his wide mouth foaming at the end of the syllable, dying.

“…… Tiger...... Your Majesty...... Ten thousand...... Hooray......"

The two arms completely lost their strength, falling limply and swaying in the air, as if they had lost the control of their clockwork, and the pendulum was dominated by the last inertia.

Deathly silence.

Ah Hong saw Zu Mu's hand trembling slightly, perhaps because of fear or anger. They were already familiar with each other, and she knew certain habits of Zumu, which showed that his mind was at a high level of tension, and his facial expression was extremely hideous.

“…… Damn it...... This damn bastard! For a long time, Zumu let out a dull roar that was forcibly suppressed.

Ah Hong glanced at him, and then shifted his gaze to Changxing's corpse, with a hint of pity in his eyes, "He is a noble person and deserves respect." ”

"Noble tyrant!" The furious Zumu burst out with a filthy foul mouth, spitting "He completely ruined Lao Tzu's plan." Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Even if he died 10,000 times, it wouldn't be too much. The Boss has told me that I will have to get a few stallions at any cost, and even if he refuses, I will have a way to create a new trap for him to fall into. ...... of yards Is suicide remarkable? I...... I'm going to tear him to pieces! ”

Ah Hong's eyes condensed slightly, she sighed, and patiently persuaded "Forget it, it's already like this, it's too late to say anything." Later in the day, I took the body out of the city and found a place to bury it. ”

Zu Mu obviously didn't listen to Ah Hong's words. He rushed over, raised his foot, and kicked the corpse lying on the chair hard, but he didn't dare to make too much noise, so he could only hold his throat and scold angrily, "Dog 1 day 1, do you think I can't do anything about you like this?" There are nine districts in Yuanshui City, and each district has a business manager like you. What you can't get from here, Lao Tzu can still get it back from others. Die...... You're a! ”

Ah Hong reluctantly persuaded, "Amu, forget it." ”

Impulsiveness and venting can effectively relieve the tense nerves, looking at the corpse that fell to the ground, Zu Mu felt that the evil breath accumulated in his chest had dissipated a lot, his eyes were full of disgust, and he coldly issued an order to Ah Hong, "You take a few people and arrest this bastard's wife and son." ”

Ah Hong was stunned: "What do you want to do?" ”

"I said I was going to sell his wife and son." Zu Mu's voice was as cold as ice, "Manly man, a mouthful of spit and a nail, and you have to talk about it." ”

Ah Hong hesitated for a moment and nodded slowly.

In all fairness, she felt that the disaster would not affect her family, and she should let Changxing's wife and children go.

Yet reason told him that doing so would only put himself in a more dangerous situation.

"Remember to cut out their tongues." Zu Mu said viciously, "This bastard thinks it's all over when he dies? It's not so easy to get on our ship and still want to get down. The leader has said that he must be as ruthless as the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves! ”

……

Rock Village.

Before the promulgation of the official documents of Leijiao City, it could only use the name "village". It doesn't matter, the current total population of Panshi Village has exceeded 25,000, and although most of them are pig people, no one can deny that this is a good place that is about to be upgraded to a "city".

Crooked Tooth had woken up from his slumber, he was no longer sleepy, and he was as energetic as before. This means that the spores implanted in the body have been completely integrated with the host. Tianhao was satisfied to see that the flexed teeth moved freely, and there was no longer the mechanical rigidity caused by the stagnation of brain commands and reflexes in many nerves during the initial implantation, and he talked and laughed freely in public.

The people of the Pig tribe are good at work, and as long as they have enough rations, they can be called the best strong laborers in the world.

In this cold season when people are lazy in this direction, Panshi Village is busy.

Peat extraction is at an all-time high. As many as thousands of pig people, led by Qu Yan, divided into hundreds of squadrons, launched a labor competition between the towering mountains. The road connecting the mines was doubled, and large quantities of peat were brought back to be transported by caravans to Red Hoove, Thunderhorn, and even further away to the cattle capital, Black Horn. The scale of commerce continues to expand, covering a huge area around it, such as the Tiger Clan, the Lion Clan, the Deer Clan, and the Eagle Clan...... Almost all tribes use peat from Panshizhai to a greater or lesser extent.

According to Tianhao's order, the caravan brought back a large number of cattle.

The Ox Tribes are the tribe with the largest number of cattle among all the northern barbarians. However, the Ox Clan did not have the complete monopoly on the horse trade like the Tiger Clan. The bison of this era are much larger than their ancestors in the era of civilization, with a height of more than two meters, and the basic physical characteristics have not changed much, the only striking thing is the horns, which are almost straight forward, like two sharp knives ready to attack their opponents at any time.

Huge herds of cattle live throughout the northern continent, and the barbarians have been capturing and domesticating this beast since very early times. Piercing the bison's nostrils, threading a rope, and using this cruel but very effective method to keep it obediently following its buttocks, is self-taught...... It is impossible to find a second plausible explanation other than ancient memories that have survived at the genetic level.

The old priest and Xu Kun were going crazy with their busy work during this time.

All areas around the Panshi Village were surveyed to select the most suitable area for farming. By the beginning of spring next year, the land will be distributed to every household, and with a sufficient number of cattle, there will be a good harvest in the coming year.

The happiest are the pig people.

Ah Xi and Ah Yi are very close, there are too many common topics between women, especially Ah Yi has just given birth to a child, and most of the time she has to lie in bed for confinement. One spinning, one breastfeeding, Ah Xi learned from Ayi about the various changes in Panshi Village from the past to the present. Every time he talks about Tianhao, Ayi's eyes will light up, and his tone will involuntarily become worshipful. Ah Xi looked at her and thought it was quite funny, but he admired the young leader who led everyone to become strong.

On a long and cold winter day, Ah Xi learned the various rules of Panshi Village through Ayi, and understood that those behaviors belonged to taboos that should never be touched. Some she could understand, others she found confusing. But as long as time goes on, she will always get used to it, and will always be part of the logical framework.

The pig people are gradually integrating into the life of Panshi Village.

"Did you hear that, we're about to divide the land. In the future, you only need to pay 30 percent of the quota for growing grain. ”

"You're mistaken, it's only 30 percent...... How is this possible? In the past, when we were in Fanggu City, it was at least sixty percent. ”

"That was before, it's not the same now. You don't look at who's the leader now. I heard that Ah Hao bought a lot of farming cattle from outside, and each family will be able to share one at that time. ”

"Really? You didn't lie to me? ”

"What are you lying to? I'm listening to the ...... of Curved Tooth and Ah Xi."

To transform a particular group, the most important thing is the intervener. The reason why Tianhao chose the curved tooth as the implant object is based on this consideration.

Black teeth are also one of the candidates for implantation. But compared to the curved teeth, he doesn't have that much advantage. Mainly because of age.

Spores are precious, and Tianhao himself doesn't know when the next mature spores will be produced. Curved teeth are younger than black teeth, and can be used on their own for a longer period of time, making them more cost-effective.

He even considered choosing a barely passable pig woman as his partner. This is a benchmark and a demonstration of his attitude as a regional ruler, with no discrimination and no racial bias.

In this winter, there are two more important jobs.

Tianhao has increased the number of people who go up the mountain to quarry, and at present, there is a shortage of houses, especially the lack of tall and spacious living rooms suitable for pig people, and this problem must be solved as soon as possible.

A large amount of peat provided sufficient fuel for the brick kilns, and the iron ore transported from Shanyuanzhai increased the raw material base. The method of construction of mixed steel and masonry structures was popular in the age of civilization and was strong.

Secondly, it is to build roads.

As early as last summer, Tianhao sent two teams to survey the road from Panshi Village to Thunderhorn City. After calculation, the distance between the two places is about 700 kilometers.

As the king, Niu Weibang will not regret it since he agreed.

This is not a simple undertaking of excavating the earth, using large rocks as roadbeds, filling the gaps with gravel and soil, and finally paving it with finer stones mixed with melted asphalt, and dragging huge round stones several times by human or animal power.

Asphalt is not hard to find, the mountains are full of this kind of thing. Tianhao thinks that this should be caused by an asteroid hitting the earth, causing violent crustal movements, and squeezing caused a large amount of oil to erupt. He surveyed many asphalt mines and found that oil could seep out by digging down to a very shallow depth.

He was thinking about how he should use it...... As it stands, asphalt is first transported out of the mountains and used for road construction.

Zhilin was a member of the Pro-Guard last spring. Tian Hao has carefully examined him, and he has no problem with loyalty, and he is cautious and careful. Out of comprehensive consideration for the future, Tianhao set up a small oil refinery in the mountains, with Zhilin as the director.

Indigenous oil refining is actually quite simple. There are blacksmiths in the village, and the cattle are unique in metal forging and alloy craftsmanship. According to Tianhao's requirements, Tong Biao led people to build several special distillation boxes. This thing is actually a large thin-shelled iron box, which is used when the lid is opened, the oil dug out of the ground is poured, and then the fire is ignited to extract usable light oil by heat distillation. (Basic methods of armed oil refining in the Gulf.) ）

Tianhao assigned Zhilin twenty people, which was later increased to fifty. The refined oil was served in large clay pots, and Black Tooth and his men dug a cellar nearby to store these things.

The process of a strong race must be accompanied by killing and war, as for the internal combustion engine powered by oil...... Seriously, that's too far away from the northern barbarians. Tianhao believes that the most suitable primary machinery for Panshizhai at present is the steam engine. Unfortunately, he never found the rubber necessary for making steam engines, or a similar substitute.

The light oil produced by these extracts has a very low ignition point, and the largest use at present is in the military aspect. Tianhao felt that it could be further expanded, and he ordered that some of the manpower from the Panshizhai brick kiln be divided and a new kiln group was built in the north. There is also a rich layer of cement, which is convenient for local materials. According to Tianhao's requirements, people fired a batch of special clay pots with a volume about the size of a fist, wide and round at the top and long at the bottom, which were easy to hold with one hand. Such jars have a hollow interior with a hole the size of an adult's (barbarian's) thumb at the top.

Although no one understood the use of this strange-looking clay pot, no one disobeyed Tianhao's orders. The fired clay pots are stacked in the cellar and arranged in a neat arrangement.

For a long time, Tianhao has been racking his brains to improve the armed forces of Panshizhai as much as possible.

Technology is not only a productive force, but also a vital combat force.

The replacement of cold weapons with hot weapons is the only way for civilization to evolve. Although he had never been to Suolong Pass and had not seen with his own eyes what the legendary southern white musketeers were like, this did not prevent Tianhao from making up for it on his own. Based on the current information, the firearms used by the white people in the South are still very primitive, and the level of technology is equivalent to that of the arquebus in the civilized era. This firearm has poor accuracy, complex operation and long firing intervals...... But one way or another, it's a gun after all.

History has proven that in terms of shooting accuracy, frequency, lethality, distance and other factors, this arquebus is actually inferior to a bow and arrow. But its biggest advantage is scale.

A skilled archer requires a training period of up to several years, even more than a dozen years.

Musketeers, on the other hand, can get up and running in a matter of days.

In the same case of 300 people, in a month's time, the bow and arrow trainees may not be able to master even the basic essentials, but the musket trainees can quickly become an army.

There are too many lessons in history where quantity trumps quality.

Fortunately, the northern barbarians have been using bows and arrows since childhood, and it has become an instinct in their daily lives.

In fact, Tianhao was not willing to expand the use of bows and arrows. But there is no way, the biggest problem that restricts him from civilizing muskets at present is sulfur.

Barbarians are not as stupid as they think, and there is no shortage of wise men among them. Taking the Niu clan as an example, whether it is Wu Peng, the great master, or Niu Weibang, the king of thunder horns, they are all staunch supporters of muskets. The war between the barbarians and the white southerners lasted for hundreds of years, and they had a deep understanding of muskets and gunpowder. In order to steal the gunpowder formula, many barbarians died. Early on, the various ethnic groups sent people to survey the interior of their territories in search of natural sulfur, but found nothing.

In contrast, there is a lot of saltpeter, and there is even a large reserve of miscanthus in the territory of the Niu clan.