Chapter 260: Cleaning Up and Expanding
Before the arrival of winter, the ten expeditions sent out to meet the tribal tourists all returned to the fierce beast mountain forest.
And at this time, the tribal tourists brought back, as well as some of the tribal tourists who came over, plus the original people, in total, the people of the Yanjiao tribe have reached eight or nine thousand, if you count the tourists from other tribes who came over, now around the hometown, there are about 10,000 people within the range of the Yanjiao tribe.
There are so many people, which is something that no one expected. There are many people, and it is also lively.
Many houses have been built in the tribe, and most of them are wooden houses. The wooden house is simple and can be built quickly, but now it is just a whole place for everyone to sleep and rest, and as for what kind of house you want to build in the future, it depends on everyone's wishes.
Totem warriors, in addition to defending the surroundings, also have to take turns to hunt for food, now it doesn't matter whether it is a fierce beast or a wild beast, there are many people in the tribe, no matter which one is in high demand.
Other visitors to the tribe, both from their own tribe and from outside, are trying to prove their worth. Building houses, cutting down trees, handling food, and so on, will actively participate, and this is an opportunity to brush up on goodwill. Technical talents, naturally, will not be let go. Shipbuilders, porcelain burners, and herbs were all called in to help.
Therefore, within the tribe, it is common to see some tourists pushing and pulling one-wheeled or two-wheeled wooden carts to transport things. At the beginning, those old people who had a soft spot for pottery, such as Xing and others, gathered people who knew how to fire pottery, and studied every day where the soil was suitable for firing pottery, which recipe was the best, and what kind of pottery to fire.
When Shao Xuan returned to the tribe, many people in the tribe had already used pottery. This is much more convenient than stone tools, but some people are not used to it for the time being. It's like sucking up and others, breaking one a day, and being so angry that they come to the door to ask for the crime.
Shao Xuan went to the kiln where the pottery was burned, and the ancestors of the Yanjiao tribe also left records about firing pottery, but in the past thousand years, the firing of pottery has also improved a lot.
There is a lot of clay suitable for firing pottery in the fierce beast mountain forest. This made the torture and others happy to smile every day, guarding there every day, each of them still holding a piece of animal skin in their hands to record something, and many times they went into battle in person.
Shao Xuan himself also burned a few for home use, and at the same time, he also tried to burn some terracotta tiles and green bricks. The fired terracotta tiles and green bricks were used by Shao Xuan to build houses.
The original wooden house has been converted into a blue brick house, which is larger than the one built on the other side of the river. A wolf's den was built next to the house for Caesar. As for the chirp, it will not stay here to rest, but will run to the nearby mountains to build a nest, Shao Xuan has seen it in the past, and it is still on a high cliff. There was a depression there, and it was dug into a cave by the chirp, and it lived there.
The outgoing team came back with livestock and seeds. They also put those who know how to take responsibility. The Yanjiao tribe tourists from various places do have a lot of technical talents. It is much better to leave the matter to them than to let the original totem warriors of the tribe toss around.
Lao Yao and other people from the grassland were responsible for raising livestock and building animal pens, and when Shao Xuan went to see them, a few wilting cattle and sheep came back. Now he is very strong, although sometimes he is frightened by the roars of those beasts in the distance of the mountains and forests, but compared to those breeding beasts of the Lu tribe, his courage is still fatter, and it has been a long time. And they get used to it.
Shao Xuan was called out by Tuo and them early in the morning, and he will not be on patrol today, and he will go out to hunt later, so he has time now.
"Well, I built it myself!" said To, smugly, pointing to the house he had just built.
He originally planned to build a stone house out of stone, after all, when they were on the other side of the river, their family also lived in a stone house, but after seeing Shao Xuan's blue brick terracotta house, Tuo changed his mind. He went to the torture side, asked them to help burn a batch of green bricks and terracotta tiles, and brought back the house he built, and after it was built, he couldn't wait to find Shao Xuan to come over and take a look.
"Very good. Shao Xuan looked at the Tuo's house and said.
The place where Shao Xuan lives now is not far from where Tuo and they live. The distribution of houses in the tribe is similar to that of the original on the other side of the river, the higher the status, the closer to the fire pond, even if it is not a whole mountain, but it is still settled according to this rule.
Shao Xuan's family has no other high-status people, but his contribution to the tribe is clear to everyone, and others will not have opinions on the place to arrange.
"Why haven't you seen you lately?" asked Shao Xuan. In the past, he and Tuo often acted together, but they haven't seen anyone recently.
Babbling's home was also nearby, Shao Xuan looked around, but didn't see anyone.
"Oh, he," Tuo laughed, "he's hatching eggs." ”
“...... Hatching eggs?!" Shao Xuan yawned and was stuck halfway through, "What eggs are hatching?"
Tuo told him what had happened during the time that Shao Xuan had left.
If the tribe wants to settle here, it naturally needs a relatively safe environment, and the totem warriors who remain in the tribe are also responsible for the comprehensive cleaning work.
Plants with lethal powers, as well as large beasts, ferocious beasts, and so on that didn't leave, had to be cleaned up. Therefore, during this time, you don't need to run far, you don't need to open up hunting routes, as long as you slowly clean up and expand, you can hunt a lot of prey. And the carnivorous birds that lived in this area at the beginning, although they changed places, were still cleaned by the soldiers, and they were all put into the pot one by one.
"When we were hunting those carnivorous birds, we also found some eggs, brought them back and cooked them, and then we kept some of them, but we didn't eat them, and we planned to hatch them and raise them. ”
I also tried to raise wild beasts before, but unfortunately I raised them all into the pot, and now I hatch the eggs, I don't know what they will hatch.
Shao Xuan became interested.
"Let's go, go over and take a look, it's been incubating for so long, have you come out?" Shao Xuan walked towards his house.
"Probably not. "Tuo has been busy with his own affairs lately, except for the tasks assigned by the tribe, he has been busy building houses all the time.
When Shao Xuan passed, he was about to go out, and when he saw Shao Xuan, he was overjoyed, "I was going to look for you!
Listening to the chirping of birds in the house, Shao Xuan and Tuo also knew what was going on.
"It used to be fed some animal meat...... You can feed some beast meat now, don't feed the beasts for now...... Tear the meat a little smaller, yes, that's it. Shao Xuan watched from the side and tore the beast meat into small strips and fed them to those carnivorous birds, it was rare to see this thing so patient.
"How did you come up with the idea of raising them?" asked Shao Xuan. These carnivorous birds have a fierce temperament, and they don't have much meat on their bodies, so if they are used as food to raise, it is better to go to the Lu tribe to trade some large meat birds to raise. Could it be that he wants to let the witch engrave the seal after raising it?
"They run fast. "I'll see if they can be domesticated and run in the woods when the time comes." ”
When chasing and killing the people of the Wanshi tribe, he found that those carnivorous birds were running very fast in the forest, although they were not as fast as the dire crane of Mai's family, but after all, the dire crane belonged to a fierce beast, and these unknown carnivorous birds were still a little worse in level. Even so, no one can deny that these carnivorous birds are indeed very agile in the woods.
If it can really be domesticated, it will be more useful than a horse in the forest.
"What if domestication fails?" asked Shao Xuan.
"Then eat it. Said Sniff. For the people of the Yanjiao tribe, this kind of raising and raising is a matter of course.
After giving some Jianyi, Shao Xuan left, and he had to prepare for the hunt.
Lao Ke has already polished the stone tools for hunting, and Shao Xuan can take them directly.
Winter is coming, and some people go out hunting every day, because the distance is not long, go out in the morning, and if you are fast, you can come back with your prey before the sun sets. Go out the same day and return the same day.
After Shao Xuan joined Mai and Langga, he walked towards the depths of the mountain forest.
Because of the ignition of the fire, some of the beasts had left the vicinity of the tribe, but not all of them.
As he walked over there, Shao Xuan could see some marks left on the trees next to him. Every time the totem warriors cleared the area, they would leave marks on the surrounding trees, and groups of hunters would come in turns, and the range of markers would also extend towards the fierce beast mountain forest.
"There is still a long way to go from the boundaries drawn by the witch. Mai looked at the last mark and said.
In the plan made by the leader of Wu He, the territory of the Yanjiao tribe is very large. In fact, it is not deliberately drawn by them, but the drawings left by the ancestors back then.
At that time, the Yanjiao tribe was not in the fierce beast mountain forest, but a thousand years have passed, the terrain has changed, and the former Yanjiao tribe has disappeared for nearly a thousand years, and the fierce beast mountain forest has expanded outward to what it is today.
"If the planting is successful, it also needs more land, and those livestock, raised in large numbers, also occupy the space. Shao Xuan said.
"That's true. The others nodded, excited to think about it.
"Alright, now on, everyone be careful!" Mai said.
From here on, no one will clean it up, and everyone will have to watch out for the poisonous and threatening plants, as well as the wild and fierce beasts that are hiding.
Everyone's hunting experience is not a day or two, as soon as Mai said, they became highly vigilant and stopped laughing.
Compared to other people's fear of the fierce beast mountain forest, the people of Yanjiao didn't feel that it was too hard, and even felt familiar. The environment here is very similar to the original hunting ground, and they adapt quickly to the fierce beast forest, and they like it very much, although it is indeed very dangerous.
At the beginning of a new day of hunting, the warriors waved the stone tools in their hands and hunted down the prey one by one. When the sun was about to go down, they left a mark on a nearby tree, and waited for the next group of soldiers to come tomorrow, and then cleaned up. Day after day until the winter snow falls. (To be continued......)