20

"Warp, green, how about the ears of wheat?"

Now that Li Yue has planted all the seeds that can be planted, the clearing of the wasteland has stopped, and now he needs to take care of the remaining crops, bury fertilizer, prevent diseases, etc.

Most of the rest went back to their jobs. This big stall in the field is handed over to Qiao and Luying.

In order to carry out the development of the tribe in an orderly and stable manner, the tribe has a clear division of labor, and they will hold a tribal meeting every other week, at which they ask questions and solve problems together.

At every meeting, Li Yue's first focus is on things in the field. Facing Li Yue's question, Qiao couldn't help but have a headache.

"Master, now the ears of wheat are very full, and there are already signs of yellowing, and according to you, the harvest should be more than a month away. It's just that there is a serious shortage of fertilizer for those beans," and after saying that, he lay on the table and had nothing to love.

In the past few days, he has calculated that there is a serious shortage of agricultural fertilizer, and his anxious head is about to go bald.

"The main thing is to make the wheat with fertilizer," Lu Ying said leisurely on the side.

"Just a little bit, it can be used on beans for a maximum of 5 acres of land, it is better to give wheat that is difficult to serve," Qiao said with some annoyance. Although the wheat that is already full does not need additional fertilizer, it is good to work hard to harvest the grain that is about to be harvested, and the harvest may be better!

"All the natural fertilizer that can be collected around has been used up, and the priest will see what else can be used as fertilizer" Lu Ying is also anxious about fertilizer.

Since Lu Ying dealt with the seedlings, she felt that taking care of these little things was more troublesome than taking care of the clansmen, but after she came into contact with these little things every day, her mentality slowly changed.

Later, after he became interested in farming. For these little seedlings, I like them all kinds and take care of them, just like my own children, for fear that the children will not be able to eat, grow up, get sick, etc., and never finish their hearts every day.

Li Yue touched his head with both hands, this is really a headache, even if there are natural minerals, there is no appliance to refine chemical fertilizers!

-- Now that the conditions are backward, it is necessary to create conditions, and it seems that raising poultry must be put on the agenda.

"There's no way, if you can't do it, just sweep the surrounding caves, as long as there are burning wood ashes, wrecks, and all kinds of animal dung to collect and make up for the gaps, by the way, let the 32 people who were qualified before go, and you can collect some edible crops again."

For the time being, you can remedy it by fertilizing it again before the beans bloom.

Li Yue looked at Shi Li again.

"From today onwards, please ask the warriors to collect the same when they go out, and then send someone to pull them back"

Shi Li nodded. Regarding the tribe's hunting and patrol tribal protection, Shi Li is in charge of this part.

Li Yue looked at Jiang Zi,

"Jiang Zi, how many brickyards are there now?" Last winter, in order to encourage the clansmen, Li Yue specifically mentioned that he would build better family housing this year, and now that he is busy with farming, he will complete this goal.

"Now there is not enough manpower, it is estimated that only 10 houses of 30 square meters can be built, and the tiles of the pottery department over there are not enough to build 10 rooms." Li Yue prevented Jiang Zi from being bored, and left him with the most and most miscellaneous jobs in the tribe, hoping that he would have nothing to do and harm his apprentices.

However, he still mainly likes Jiang Zi's ability and foresight in doing things. Strong sense of subjectivity. It's very reassuring for such people to do things.

"How's it going to be done in the carpenter's department?"

"It's slower there," Jiang Zi exhaled.

He is now like a creditor collecting debts every day, and every department is chased by him to rush to work, and everyone avoids him.

In the family house designed by Li Yue, each family will be equipped with a set of tables and benches, a wardrobe, and a utility cabinet, all of which must be slowly polished and fitted. And the number is huge, and there is a serious shortage of manpower, so the progress is slow.

Of all the departments, only the carpenter's department and the pottery department are the worst, and there is not a single warrior in the department, and there are still many children. One had to collect the wood himself, and the other had to dig the soil himself.

"Well, at present, these people in our tribe can only take their time."

Li Yue was after dinner that day, and when he walked to the square to take a look at the bamboo weaving, he overheard the two talking.

"Chiba, why did you say that the Ji tribe didn't domesticate cattle and sheep?" It was Huan and Chiba who spoke, and now they were called brothers here, and the two sat on the edge of the square after dinner and chatted.

"They have been migrating before, there are few people and it is not suitable for grazing, and now this place does not meet the conditions for grazing, there are wild beasts in the woods, and no matter how much they raise, they will also send food to the wild beasts."

"Hey, that's how much the west is stronger than here!"

Li Yue stopped in the direction of the bamboo weaving, turned around and walked in front of Chiba.

"I wonder if you have time to tell me about grazing?" Li Yue asked with a smile, for these two people, Li Yue has not forgotten.

Chiba and Huan both tightened their hearts, and the surface did not change color.

"Where, whatever the priest-sama wants to ask, feel free to ask"

"Have you ever grazed?" Li Yue has always wanted to raise cattle, so that he can save manpower next time he ploughs the ground, but he has never heard Shi Li say where there are cattle for him to catch. As for the sheep, he only wants to raise sheep, and the wool of the sheep is removed and sewn clothes. And the yield is large, and the sheep can still eat a meal when they are old. But I haven't heard of any long-haired sheep anywhere.

"Let it go" I heard my subordinates say that the interesting things about grazing can be regarded as letting go. No matter what, they didn't want to miss the opportunity to contact Li Yue.

I had been planning to talk to this priest before, but unfortunately he had been so busy that it was difficult for him to even meet people.

"Lord Sacrifice, do we want to graze cattle in our tribe?"

"No, I just need docile cows and sheep, but I don't see such a group, just now I heard you say the west, do you know a lot of things in the west?"

"I've heard a leader who has been to the west say before, "Chiba doesn't change color."

"Tell me about it!" Li Yue sat on the wooden chair. The eyes burned.

"Priest, what part do you want to hear?"

"Let's eat and wear life" small details reflect big problems. Look at where the big tribes in the west have grown.

"Well, according to what our leader said, the staple food of the upper class in the west is soybeans, and the ordinary people are beans" The beans here are not the soybeans that Li Yue has made, but peas. It's just that Li Yue doesn't know.

"Oh? It turns out that beans have been popularized, and yes, I can find a large piece, so there must be a source," Li Yuenan said.

Huan was next to Li Yue, and saw the two talking happily. glanced down at Li Yue, then at Chiba, and silently wanted to walk away, but Li Yue turned his head and saw him, and smiled politely.

"......" For some reason, Huan felt that he had to sit back.

"Okay, you go on," Li Yue said to Chiba as he turned his head.

"It seems that the clothes are no different from us, even the weapons used by those big tribes are still stone tools, and compared to our iron tools, they are not worth mentioning" Chiba's last sentence was meaningful.

"Hehe, it means that we are smarter than the west" Li Yue pretended not to understand the meaning, anyway, for him, the iron ore is there, and whether you will use it or not is your own business.

After listening to Li Yue's proud tone, Chiba twitched the corners of his eyebrows and smiled.

"The main thing is to sacrifice the adult, you are more sensitive"

"Where, where" Li Yue waved his hand modestly.

Chiba Masashi continued: "The tools they use are also stone tools, but they are all built better, the place where they live is still tents, and the leader lives in a huge cave, which the west has not caught up with our tribe."

"Oh, you're talking about the old hemp, but I got the news in the winter, people are already making mud houses with all their might, and it is estimated that it won't take long to surpass us" Li Yue's melancholy look, as if the first place position was taken away.

"Mud room?" Huan and Chiba looked at each other.

"What? The mud room is surprised," Li Yue turned his head to look at Huan who exclaimed.

"No, I'm curious about how mud makes houses" Does it mean that they haven't heard of mud houses in the west at all?

"What's there, our house can be said to be made of mud, and not only mud can be made, but also stone houses, wood houses, bamboo houses, ......"

Huan was looked at by Li Yue with a look of insufficient brains (look at the fool)

"Oh-" It seems that he has a problem with this sacrifice. I knew that I had slipped away just now, and Huan sighed in my heart.

"Lord Priest, where did you get this news?" Chiba's thoughts slowly became clearer.

Li Yue blinked, looking at Chiba innocently and stupidly.

Chiba is a little weak, this sacrifice doesn't act like a child at all, and he actually pretends to be ignorant here, presumably he doesn't believe them at all.

Okay, if that's the case, let's do it together!

He really wanted to say this, but unfortunately he was not a child, and it was rare to have news from the west, so forget it, bear with me.

"Lord Priest, where did you get this news from sincerely? I'm mostly too curious about the West! ”

"It was Lin and Wushui who said it"

The unexpected answer was crisp, and Chiba raised an eyebrow.

"How would they know?"

"They used to be slaves in the west, but now they are our people, don't discriminate against them" Li Yue stretched out his hand and patted Chiba on the shoulder, his tone was like an old man entrusting a junior.

"Don't worry, I won't, I'll ......" Chiba was about to ask some more questions, but Li Yue jumped out of his chair and stood in front of him to interrupt him.

"Stop, you can ask them those things yourself, and now continue with what we just said!" Li Yue said irritably.

Huan thought to himself, and his eyes were a little impatient. Since the tribes all have people from the west, why did you come to ask us? It's just a trivial matter!

Li Yue sensed Huan's complaint, and looked at him with his head raised.

"You seem to have something to say?"

"No, I didn't, you guys continue" I'm going to keep my transparent human image, please don't bother me, thank you.

"Well, what else does the priest want to know?"

"I've talked about clothing, food, and housing, let's talk about it, what do they rely on to go out?"

"Isn't it just two legs to go out?" Huan, who was a transparent person on the side, heard Li Yue ask some trivial things, but he was a little impatient to ask some nonsense, and couldn't help but answer.

"Huan" Chiba turned his head to Huan and warned.

"Since it's a question asked by the priest, there must be a deep meaning in it," Chiba and Huan made eye contact. After speaking, he turned to Li Yue and waited for Li Yue to continue.

"Hehe, it's nothing, it's just that this line of work does have something to do with grazing."

"Lord Priest, please teach me a lesson or two!"

Chiba's appearance gives people the impression that he is an upright and modest man, and with the blessing of affinity, it is easy for others to believe him. If such a heart is like a face, it would be good, but sooner or later it will suffer in his hands.

"There are so many cattle and horses on the grassland, haven't you thought about training horses to ride?" Li Yue also asked Shi Li this question, but Shi Li said that he hadn't thought about it.

"I've thought about it, but it's more difficult to catch a lone horse, and the wild can't be tamed, and I haven't heard of anyone in the west who has succeeded."

"Oh" is a big tribe after all, and the thinking is still relatively advanced, but it didn't succeed.

"But I have a way, so I want to invite you to go with me to find the horses and bring them back"

"Me?" Chiba was surprised, could it be that he could bring the horse back just because he said that he could graze?

"That's right, don't you know how to graze," Li Yue smiled innocently.

…… It's like, if I want to eat, I'll cook.

"Okay" Chiba was helpless, and also witnessed what was the way to witness this sacrifice.

Huan watched his master agree like this, and complained in his heart. Who knows where they're going to graze?!

After Li Yue chatted with Chiba and them, he immediately went down to the field to check the ears of wheat, and now the ears of wheat were already golden, and from a distance, the golden wheat fields were like a beautiful oil painting, shining in the fields, adding a celebratory atmosphere to this primitive and monotonous life.

Many people have never seen this kind of scene, so they especially cherish and appreciate this beauty, and as long as they have time, everyone runs here to enjoy the cool and look at the wheat fields.

"Hey! Worship your lord, come and enjoy the coolness! ”

As soon as Li Yue walked in, the clansmen who were enjoying the shade under the tree in front of the wheat field saw him.

"No, I'm here to see the ears of wheat"

"Oh, Lord Priest, take a hat to cover up!" The clansmen saw that Li Yue had no shelter on his head, and now it was noon, and the sun was very hot, so they brought Li Yue the straw hat made of bamboo around him.

"Thank you, Auntie!" Li Yue thanked him and slowly walked towards the wheat field.

It's June now, and the wheat isn't growing much, but the grains on the ears are full and happy. After a while, I checked some of them, and the whole was about the same, although this wheat grain was a little different from what he was familiar with, but it was still very good to operate in the way of wheat.

After reading the wheat, next to it is the corn field, but the corn field is small in front of the wheat field is not worth mentioning, many people directly ignore it, now its appearance is still more green, but the corn whiskers on the corn husk have dried up, indicating that the corn inside has matured, even if it is picked now to make next year's seeds.

Li Yue planned to collect them all before setting off to catch cattle and horses, anyway, there were not many, and there was no need for cattle to pull them.

There are about 800 corns in this cornfield, and each one has 2 or 3 corns on it, and according to the calculation of 200 corns on each corn, the tribe will have no problem planting the same number of acres as wheat next year. The year after that, everyone will be able to eat delicious corn. Congratulations.

After Li Yue read this, he passed by the taro field and the pumpkin shed, both of which are crops with strong vitality, and the taro branches and leaves are tall and large, which are not at the same level as those that grow naturally in the wild.

The pumpkin shed was not bad, and when I looked down, there were countless large pumpkins hanging underneath, each of which was beginning to turn yellow, and the vines above were still sprouting.

Speaking of this pumpkin can be eaten all over the body, starting from its new sprouts, the top is the most tender, it is the best to fry and eat, the same goes for pumpkin flowers, you can also add meat to fry, even its half-old vines can also remove the skin on the surface, cut it finely and pickle it, and the taste is very good.

During this time, the tribesmen were able to eat a pumpkin feast almost every few days.

People who have never eaten pumpkins think that even the vines are so delicious, then the pumpkin must be even better. I look forward to the pumpkins to be picked.

Next door to the pumpkin vines is a small purple-black erected vine, which is the fire lotus brought back by Li Yue, which has been divided into more than 10 small pieces.

Now it looks like it's growing very well, but I don't know how it's growing underneath, because of this need to keep a huge seed. Li Yue touched his chin, thinking that it would be too slow for him to slowly make seeds and cultivate them, so he might as well eat them!

After listening to Li Yue's suggestion, the tribesmen no longer uprooted the wild vegetables, but chose to pick them on them, so the wild vegetables in the wild vegetable field still exist.

Next to the wild vegetable field is the medicine garden land, and now the development is not bad, but the land next to it is a mess, those are the seeds that the tribe collected indiscriminately before, and everything grows in it, but few of them are vegetables, because it doesn't occupy much land, so it is not eradicated. Wait for new seeds to come and make room for it.

The branches of the wild garlic are old and ready to be harvested, and the ginger on one side is still lush and green. The peppers have been harvested and planted several times and come back to eat, and the pepper trees are still blooming, and when they are harvested and planted twice, the rest of them are ready to be eaten again, and they are all turned red to make seeds. Fennel and cumin are also planted in a large area, but now they have stopped growing, the seeds are slowly getting old, and the spices and peppercorns on one side can be harvested if they have been too long.

Further on, there is the bean field, which is the opposite of the wheat field in front of it, which is full of greenery, and now is the time for the beans to thrive, and they will bloom in a month, and Qiao and Luying are still worried about the fertilizer of these beans every day.

However, seeing this growth, there is really no agricultural fertilizer, and the future harvest of this bean is not bad, and it has a larger planting area than the wheat field.

For now, there is still less food in the tribe, so it is better to go out and see more and get more food with high yields.

As for the cassava and yam in the warehouse, Li Yue didn't plan to plant them at all, and the main two were too time-consuming.

Now what else can he do but wait for the harvest?

Li Yue squinted his eyes, and suddenly aimed at the bird flying in the sky, why did that bird look so much like a chicken, Li Yue complained.

That's right! Chicken! Chickens and birds aren't close relatives! Let's get started!

Back in the tribe, Li Yue directly found Shi Li, who was checking the output of coal transportation.

"Shi Li, do you usually have the kind of fat birds when you hunt, or just the birds that walk on the ground, and they want more meat?"

The strength stopped the record in his hand and thought about answering him.

"There are two kinds, but they are particularly fierce"

"Fierce is not afraid, is the meat delicious" fierce? Can someone be powerful in the ferocious?

"It's okay, among these birds, they have more meat and they are delicious."

"That's fine! Next time you hunt, catch these two, make sure they live, and bring back their eggs too! ”

"Row"

After Li Yue finished speaking, he was about to go out to find Jiang Zi to arrange a chicken pen, and suddenly thought that since the chickens were raised, it was better to raise the pigs as well, and the 20 wild boars captured last year had grown up, and I thought that these pigs would be the ancestors of the pigs to spread the branches and leaves for them. But I didn't expect to find that it was all boars when I cut the eggs for the pigs. It is a pity that this plan is directly based on gender.

So Li Yue went backwards again.

"And wild boars, I'm going to raise wild boar cubs!"

Shi Li looked at Li Yue, remembering in his mind that last winter, Li Yue was still in this tone, and then-the one who was forced by Li Yue to cut eggs for pigs, and he was loveless and self-defeating. A hint of a bad smile appeared on Shi Li's unsmiling face.

"Okay, my priest-sama" He will definitely bring back a lot of piglets for the sacrifice. I hope I can catch it!

Deqiao, who was repairing the waterwheel with the carpenter, suddenly felt a chill.

"Lord Priest, do you want me to go and catch horses together?" Jiang Zi pointed his finger at himself, deeply feeling that Li Yue was manipulating him!

Let's not talk about how complicated the things arranged for him are, just take force as an example, in Shi Li, Lu Ying, and Qiaozhong, isn't one of them not more skilled than him? chose him as a person who eats with his brain. Go get wild horses and cows!

"Don't worry, there are warriors in the armed forces, and there is also a person with herding experience."

"And you still call me?" With both force and intelligence, what is he going to do, to use the horse as a stepping stone?

"Hey, there's always a place for you!" Li Yue waved his hand indifferently.

Ginger ............ If you want to see me busy to death, just say it.

A few days before departure, while there was still a glimmer of sunset, Li Yue and Jiang Zi made an appointment with Chiba and Huan to learn more about the distribution of wild horses and bison, as well as their characteristics, and to create a suitable set of utensils for them.

Because he has not seen cows, sheep and horses when he came here, the primitive things are always different from the later generations, so prepare early so as not to be at a loss when the time comes.

"What a monster this cow is! What color is he? Li Yue looked at the picture drawn by Jiang Zi and frowned.

"Black"

"......" Is it bullfighting?

Most of the cattle he knows are yellow, although there are also black, but they are generally about 1.7 meters high, weigh more than 800 pounds, the ears on them are drooping, the huge horns are like the back is curved, and the eyes can also be cute.

But in addition to the similarity to the outline of the cow in the picture above, the height described by Chiba is already more than 2 meters, and the weight is more than 1,000 catties, and the head of the cow is very different.

First of all, the horns of this cow are much smaller, and the horns are slightly bent to the front, which is a sharp weapon for attacking and fighting at a glance, and the hair of the whole face is vigorous, and the cute big eyes are directly reduced by half, and the nose and mouth are still the same formula, otherwise he would have thought that Jiang Zi drew an alternative lion.

Hearing him say that the three people looked at Li Yue's eyes, it was weird.

It is rare for Jiang Zi to see that he is still ignorant and confused about things. There was some joy in my heart.

Chiba felt that Li Yue was joking.

Huan has an unspeakable sense of superiority.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Li Yue hurriedly explained.

"I haven't seen it again, it's weird and normal, keep going! Isn't there a horse? "Let's go and see if this cow can be used, but if it can't be used, isn't there a horse? Horses can also farm!

He just hopes that the horse is still the horse he is familiar with!

Jiang Zi continued to draw horses, as Li Yue hoped, the horse was still the same horse, this time Li Yue didn't make jokes.

It's just that he forgot that there are still sheep that have not been painted. Then I was satisfied with the information on the board. Hold in your arms and get ready to go back to sleep.

"Alright, we'll go when the cornfields are harvested tomorrow!"

By the time he remembered the sheep, it was already time to see them.