The little girl blinked, instinctively wanted to turn away and run away, but was attracted by the rich sweet fragrance of the candy cube, she hesitated for a moment, stretched out her immature hand, with indescribable caution and caution, and slowly touched the piece of sugar in the palm of the broken tooth.

She tasted sweetness for the first time in her life and smiled.

Broken Tooth bent down to pick her up, laughed triumphantly, and kissed the child the smooth cheek.

The parents, who were standing not far away, finally relieved themselves, and they walked closer and said compliments to Broken Tooth, the atmosphere was no longer tense, and everyone had a smile on their faces.

The little girl smashed the candy, looked at the broken tooth with curious and satisfied eyes, and asked something that made everyone feel inexplicable: "Are you married?" ”

Broken Tooth was stunned, and subconsciously shook his head: "No." ”

"Then when I grow up and marry you, I want you to be my husband." The little girl of the deer tribe was serious.

Children often play with the house, both in civilized times and in the present. Who's the husband, who's the wife, buying groceries, cooking, making beds, just games.

She didn't know the true meaning of this sentence, but she subjectively labeled Broken Tooth as a "good person". Sugar is so precious, the sweet taste is nostalgic, and this tall, burly man is much more interesting than his usual playmate, and he is my chosen husband.

In her opinion, it is just a game, not life.

Broken Tooth held his hands on his stomach and laughed, laughing so heartily that tears flowed from his eyes.

A little girl who was not yet developed actually asked me to be her husband...... It's the funniest joke I've ever heard this year.

Finally, after enough laughter, Broken Tooth bent down, with indescribable satisfaction and happiness, scratched the girl's nose with his thick fingers, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"My name is Ah Yun." She raised her head, greeted the sun, and replied crisply.

……

According to the usual practice, the deer people of Suimu Village were organized into a detachment and moved into the houses assigned to them on the same day.

A new work order from the lord was officially issued———— and all the deer people spun and weave in teams and groups.

It's their specialty.

When he walked into the Rock City Spinning Factory, Guangping was completely stunned.

Thousands of spinning machines are neatly arranged, and countless spindles spin at high speed under the traction of the machines. The driving mode is no different from that of ordinary spinning machines, and the operator has both feet to step on the pedal to drive the traction gear, transmit the force to the shaft that fixes the spindle, and pull out the cotton threads by rotating.

The work is very simple, it is not tiring, and the elderly can afford it, the only drawback is that it is too monotonous.

It was not the spinning machines themselves that shocked him, but the spindles that were inserted directly above each machine to pull the cotton threads, as many as eight.

"It can't be, I must be wrong...... No, the gods are above, I ...... What do I see......" he groaned in a trembling tone.

Fuquan walked up from behind, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and let out a deep emotion: "When I first came here, I felt exactly the same as you do now. Eight spindles, it's nothing short of a miracle. ”

No tribe on the northern continent has such a profound and unique insight into textiles as the deer tribe. The fundamental condition that restricts the production of cloth is actually thread, that is, the process of converting raw materials into woven cotton thread. From cotton to cotton thread, it needs to go through a series of complex procedures. The deer clan has kept a secret for thousands of years, and to put it bluntly, it is a high-efficiency thread spinning technology.

The axle of the spinning machine can drive two spindles at the same time, which is the biggest difference between the deer and other tribes. Successive generations of deer kings racked their brains to strictly guard the secret of this kind of loom, and asked all villages to transport the cotton harvested that year to the city under their jurisdiction for centralized processing and spinning into cotton thread, in order to minimize the probability of leakage from the source.

Because of this, the cotton cloth production of the deer tribe far exceeds that of other ethnic groups.

Guangping felt that he had seen the legendary abyss of destruction, like a terrifying monster's mouth, hanging over the entire deer clan, constantly expanding the amplitude of its opening, and it would not be long before the entire clan could be swallowed completely.

Oh my God, the Niu people have become so powerful that one machine has eight spindles, and this terrible efficiency is not just as simple as the interval number "six", but is superimposed in geometric multiples, which is unimaginable.

No wonder the Rock Lord is so sure he will be able to bring us down.

No wonder he treated us so well. He was not short of cloth at all, as long as there was enough cotton, everything was fine.

"By now you should understand why I left the Deer Clan." Behind him, Fu Quan's voice mixed with a light smile came: "Ah Ping, forget about the past, stop thinking about those messy things." It's not our fault, we're not traitors, we're just trying to find a way out for ourselves and the people in the stockade. If the king is really wise and martial, and can feed us to our stomachs, then no one will betray him. ”

Guangping turned around slowly, and the shock that had not yet faded from his mind appeared on his face in the form of an expression: "Brother Fuquan, I ...... What should I do now? ”

He didn't feel humiliated, but he had a strong urge in his mind to devote himself to reality and prove his worth.

Although Fuquan was smiling, his tone was very formal: "Lord Lord said, you temporarily join the Propaganda Department, and during this time, follow me, walk around the familiar Deer Clan's village, and exchange feelings with old friends from the past." ”

The excited Guangping smashed his fist on his left palm, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes!" They should be allowed to come along and have a look, Rock City is the place to be. ”

Fuquan looked at him with smiling eyes: "I have to warn you, I'm afraid you won't be able to be the leader for the time being. Rock City has the rules of Rock City, there is a big difference between a thousand heads and officials with real positions, and if you want to become the latter, you need to pass a series of examinations and get the approval of the lord. ”

"I understand." Guangping nodded excitedly.

……

The new farming method was an eye-opener for the newcomers, who had never been exposed to these before, especially the radish, and the deer people in Suimu Village had never heard of it, not to mention it.

Radish is not very demanding on the soil and has a short growing period, which makes it an excellent food supplement.

The YC0045 seawater rice is growing well, and Tianhao ordered it to be promoted in all newly built villages close to the coast. The more important crop is high-yielding rice, which has a yield of more than 1,000 kilograms per mu compared to traditional wheat, although it tastes average, but can satisfy the hunger of more people.

With ample supplies, a lot of things are easy.

Rock City was transformed into a large manpower training base, where the pig prisoners of war and the newly attached deer people were concentrated, and they quickly transformed under the dual effect of steamed buns and leather whips, abandoning their king (whether it was alive or dead), abandoning stubborn ideas, and abandoning their own people. No one can be lazy or cheating here, and even if the overseer doesn't find out, you'll be the first to be reported by your peers. The advantage of sitting down is that there will always be many pairs of eyes around you———— and you can also look at others in turn. There is a reward for reporting, but it does not encourage people to arbitrarily frame and deliberately fabricate crimes, this kind of thing is evidence-based, and the overseers and armed patrols will also carefully verify it, with only one purpose: to let the newcomers to the Rock Collar understand and familiarize themselves with the laws and regulations in the shortest possible time, and at the same time carry out relevant skills training in actual work. Over a period of three months, skilled trainees will be transferred in batches to other newly built villages, gradually increasing the capacity there.

Rock City is not a city in the ordinary sense, but a strong military fortress, and Tianhao has fixed its functions from the beginning and has never changed.

To the north, the pace of construction in Liondo is accelerating.

Yuan Kai's understanding of the city is quite peculiar, he did not excavate the foundation directly at the core of the demarcated area, but built ordinary houses and docks on the basis of four small towers. He kept in mind Tianhao's instructions, Liandu is positioned as a port city, and the construction focus here is the dock, which will completely replace Panshi City in the future and become the most important shipbuilding base in the real sense and the entire Panshi Territory.

Farther north, beyond the abandoned base where the "old mama" is located, more than 60 kilometers west of Jia43, there is a large basin that has not yet been developed.

Xu Kun and 5,000 pioneers set up the first city building pile here.

In the era of civilization, when European whiteskins crossed the ocean to the Americas, every time a new city was built in that strange land, a respected elder or leader would lay a stone on the ground as the center of the new town. Chinese people also have a similar practice, they like to dig up the foundation and lay a cornerstone.

Cutting off the heads of living people and making bone bowls is a custom that has lasted for thousands of years among the northern barbarians. The significance of the bone bowl is not only an extension of witchcraft, but also endowed with some special ingredients. All tribes, including the Niu Clan, have a certain number of white bone bowls, which come from Suolong Pass and are the product of previous wars. According to the ancient ritual inherited by the barbarians from their ancestors, all new villages must be excavated at the same time as the foundation and a building stake must be buried as the core of the new city.

The pile was crude, a piece of wood cut from the mountain, about one and a half meters long, with a white bone bowl firmly embedded in the top. Because of their height and size, their skulls are small, the equivalent of children in a barbarian tribe. As long as this stake is fixed, it means that the land has a plan and construction begins.

Every time people pass by, they spit on the bone bowl on top of the stake. This is also a pattern of behavior from ancestors, contempt, ridicule, hatred, insult...... The blood feud between barbarians and whites is so deep that there is no possibility of resolving it at all. The soul of the enemy is firmly fixed here, and an entire city is suppressed, and when the new city is beginning to take shape, the people pull up the stakes, throw them into the pot and burn them, and finally take the bone bowl from the cooled ashes and smash it with urine-soaked stones.

Xu Kun knows that he has a great responsibility on his shoulders.

Tianhao repeatedly advised: this new city is different from ordinary walled cities, the location here is special, the river is abundant, the surrounding soil is fertile, according to the plan, this will become the capital of the rock collar.

Tianjing, this is the name of the new city.

Five thousand builders are only the first echelon, and more will be sent in the future.

……

The first city on Jeju Island, of course, was called Jeju.

The dockyard burst out at full power at an astonishing speed, and in a very short time four new ships were built, which, together with the Great Viper, formed the largest ocean-going fleet ever built by the Northern Barbarians.

The first search team found no signs of human habitation on the island.

There are currently more than 10,000 people on the island, and the architecture of the exploration camp has been fully upgraded, and the prototype of the city has appeared. According to the plan, there are a total of three cities and more than 10 large and small villages on Jeju Island.

As an overseas base valued by Tianhao, Jeju City has received comprehensive support from Panshi City. Personnel, food, equipment, and logistical materials are all available, and the reserve mobilization can meet the normal consumption of 50,000 people for three months. Quya was appointed as the governor of Jeju Island, of course, this is only an internal position of the Rock Lord, whether it is Thunder Point City or Black Point City, Niu Weibang and His Majesty Niu Wang do not know anything about it.

New fields are being dug all over the island, and if all goes well, high-yielding rice and seawater rice will be planted in a month's time and will be the main source of food for next year.

Sugar cane is grown in abundance on Jeju Island, and sugar beet is grown in large quantities in the walled cities of Pansilling, which is located on the mainland, which is the tone set by Cheonho. He needed these supplies to replenish his ruling power, especially sugar, which in the near future would become a more effective special weapon than bows and arrows, swords and guns.

Kohei set off with the guards.

Infiltration and co-optation not only occur in the deer villages, but also in the tiger, lion, eagle, and leopard tribes...... All the tribes in the surrounding area, Tianhao, did not let go. If there is one more person, the strength of the rock collar will be stronger, which is the same as the gathering of ants. The Great Master gave Panshizhai a five-year tax holiday at the beginning, and if he couldn't grasp this golden time, he could only leave endless regrets in the future.

As for the attacks and counterattacks from other tribes, Tianhao never paid attention to them.

Plans were underway to shift the population and center of domination into the realm, and the Rock City was already surrounded by tall walls, a fortress-like city that was far superior in design and effectiveness to the barbarian concept of warfare. What's more, the most powerful heavy infantry tribe has been annexed by itself, as long as they are ready to fight and occupy the terrain advantage, no matter how powerful the army is, they will not be able to gnaw on the hard bone of Rock City.

This self-confidence is based on a vision that transcends the times.

The most important premise was that the attackers did not get gunpowder and could not develop large-caliber artillery.

This is the biggest weakness of the northern barbarians, who lag behind the southern whites in this respect, and all the tribes rack their brains to search everywhere, but they have not found a single brimstone.