Chapter Ninety-Eight: Domestication and Class Sprouting (5,000 Words for Everything)
It was summer, and it was already hot, so Chen Xu led the apes to complete the cleaning of the territory near the hill, and then began to build some necessary livelihood projects.
After a pleasant spring and March season, the animals have produced their own offspring, which grows up quickly during the hot summer months, and by this time they are able to live on their own without their parents.
Now Chen Xu is aiming at these juvenile beasts, and after a period of research and exploration, the domestication and planting methods he handed over to the more than 100 scholar-type apes have also made great progress.
The trial planting of yellow essence and some fruit trees was successful, and what made me even more excited was that several elk from hunting in the tribe were also successfully domesticated, and were able to grow under the herding of apes and give birth to a litter of cubs.
After these experiences, Chen Xu decided to introduce a large-scale domestication mechanism, while solving the food problem, but also giving full play to the numerical advantages of the apes, so as not to rely on hunting outside all the time to watch the children eat.
Due to the difficulty of domestication and the food problem of wild beasts, Chen Xu focused on herbivores at the beginning, and the domestication of carnivores was temporarily abandoned, because it required a lot of experience and patience, and there must be enough food, which they did not have at this stage.
On the meadow to the west of the Vulcan tribe, a group of apes entered with large nets in their hands, constantly shouting, and in the clearing between them, there was a group of panicked wildebeests.
Bewildered by the shouts of the apes, the wildebeest could barely judge which direction was the safest, and could only waste their time in the emergency stop and turn again and again.
As the wildebeest's breathing gradually became heavier, one ape entered the queue and approached quickly with a tree net, constantly moving back and forth, although none of the apes entered the wildebeest, but they sealed the gap of the wildebeest's surprise attack, so that these wild beasts who were good at running could not run at all.
A team of apes roared through the huge tree nets like marquees, gradually exhausting the physical strength of the wildebeests, and when several small wildebeests in the wildebeest queue gradually fell behind and foamed at the mouth, the encirclement began to gradually shrink, and the wildebeests' activity space was further reduced.
Soon, this group of almost more than a hundred wildebeest moved more and more slowly, and the space around them became smaller and smaller.
By the moment dozens of tenacious tree nets were encircled, the wildebeest seemed to have exhausted the strength in their bodies, and crouched on the ground tiredly, constantly spitting white smoke from their mouths and noses, and their big eyes flashing in horror, constantly sweeping over the strange apes around them.
The hunt was a great success, and Chen Xu led several captains out of the shade of the trees, and looked at the group of wildebeest that had been netted with satisfaction.
This group of wildebeest is the most suitable object for him to domesticate, this creature is not short-tempered, and the forbearance is very strong, as long as there are branches and grass stalks to eat, they can live a strong life, for the Stone Age ape, is one of the easiest species to feed.
This time, there are almost one hundred and thirty or forty wildebeests, large and small, and it is believed that as long as they can be completely domesticated, it will be of great benefit to the development of the breeding industry of the entire tribe.
Beckoning, Chen Xu shouted to the old ape of Cangshu who was watching the horse not far away, and this old guy is in charge of the domestication industry in the tribe for the time being.
After a few simple explanations, Chen Xu instructed the old ape to select those old wildebeests and send them to the hunting team for slaughter, and then divide the sturdy wildebeest and the small wildebeest into two categories and send them to the tribe for domestication.
Although these wildebeest surnames are docile, but before the wild surname is removed, they are not free to move outside, otherwise they will inevitably escape, therefore, before being officially stocked, these wildebeest must go through a centralized domestication process, only by driving out the wild surname on the body, accepting the life of the wildebeest, can be taken away by the apes in the tribe, stocked.
The old ape of the cangshu is in charge of this centralized domestication of a piece, and he has sufficient life experience in the boundless land, although he has never done this kind of thing before, but with his familiarity with the beast surname, he is enough to quickly become qualified for this management position.
After the old ape listened to the order, he quickly commanded the ordinary Vulcan ape to go deep into the wildebeest herd, lassoed a wildebeest with a rope, and then pulled it out to distinguish the health of the wildebeest, and then classified it and pulled it to the Vulcan tribe for special treatment.
Now in the jungle around the Vulcan tribe, huge clearings have been carved out, and the domestication place of the wildebeest is here.
Imitating the sheepfold of later generations, Chen Xu ordered Zhongjin to quickly establish many wide breeding farms, high wooden fences, and wooden forks crisscrossing inside, which could ensure that the wildebeest did not have enough room to borrow power, and could not run out at all.
On the other side of the fence are a number of tall wooden shelves with thick thatch to provide shade for the wildebeests, like a shack for future generations.
A wildebeest was pulled into this strange space by the ape, restlessly shaving its hooves, but in the face of the not spacious space and the high wooden fence, it could only keep circling the wooden pegs inside.
As more and more wildebeest are filled into these domestication sites, the originally quiet jungle has become a little more noisy, and after having many companions, the anxious wildebeest at the beginning seems to have quieted down, and began to look at the unique living environment around them, and their strong adaptation makes them take the initiative to accept the surrounding life.
In a short time, the wildebeest herd was completely wiped out, and Chen Xu first ordered the warriors involved in the hunt to rest for a while, and then led the large army towards the surrounding jungle area.
Training is a long-term job, and there can be no slackness, and now although the Vulcan tribe has unified the small mountain area, the territory is not stable, and the map in Chen Xu's hand clearly marked the area of those terrifying beasts around the tribe.
Now, in addition to regular training, the Vulcan army is fighting against these terrifying beasts, and those who can be killed will be completely exterminated, and those who cannot be killed will be expelled farther, so as to reduce the impact of the beast tide that does not know when it will come, and by the way, this group of warriors will be completely sharpened.
I have to say that this method is very effective for the improvement of the combat power of the warriors, and now in the face of some ordinary jungle overlords, these apes who were originally full of fear in their hearts have been able to do not change their faces, not to mention anything else, the courage alone is enough to laugh at the entire Stone Age.
In terms of combat effectiveness, the improvement of the apes is also very considerable, and the most important thing is that Chen Xu has thoroughly tempered a modern army with some military literacy, although there are no more advanced tools, but it is a modern military management, with a sense of super-era cooperation, and its joint combat effectiveness is almost ten times stronger than the original.
Based on this army, if the entrance in the tribe continues to increase in the future, Chen Xu can quickly temper a group of elite soldiers, and in future generations, this 800 troops will be like the German troops after World War I, and the training is all elite officers.
As long as you use them as the skeleton and fill them in, you will soon be able to get a real army with strong combat power, this is Chen Xu's sketch in this Stone Age, I have to say that he has succeeded now.
As long as he is given enough ape warriors, he can quickly train a controllable army, and the number is completely controllable around 10,000 yuan, which is the horror of modern troops.
With the existence of these elite ape officers, Chen Xu can do many, many things.
It can be said that he is now completely cultivating these apes as future bones, so while constantly clearing out the surrounding beasts and expanding the living area of the apes, he also continues to teach some military theories and common sense to these apes in later generations to further improve their military literacy.
Although this effect may not be obvious, as long as there is a sprout, then everything is easy to say, Chen Xu believes that after a period of tempering, these apes will soon be able to be competent for their positions.
After some tempering, seeing that the apes were exhausted, Chen Xu led the group back, and he still thought of the wildebeest that had just been captured, so he didn't want to stay outside for long.
After returning to the tribe, these apes quickly began to work exclusively in their respective brigades under the leadership of their respective captains, who were in regular training and were a special hunting team.
Although the class system in the tribe has been gradually improved, it is always at a hazy level, so most of the time, the distribution system implemented by the apes is still distributed according to demand, so that the food that these apes need to enter the house is partly supplied by the tribe, and the other part needs to be hunted by themselves.
It's just that with the real establishment of the hierarchy in the army, under its influence, the hierarchy in the ordinary hunting team is also gradually improving, and the captains have obtained the right to distribute part of the food.
In tribal life, because several small leaders canonized by Chen Xu began to take charge of themselves and control the authority of a certain aspect of the tribe, their lives gradually changed, and they gradually stood out among the apes, and truly became the so-called leadership.
In particular, the appearance of the group of Vulcan messengers who did not need to work at all made the class consciousness gradually penetrate into the hearts of the people, but because they were always in the precarious stone jungle, this sprout had not yet obtained enough nutrients, but it had begun to take root in this soil.
Chen Xu naturally saw all this, but he did not prevent the emergence of such signs, but instead fueled the flames at the right time and promoted the generation of class consciousness and facts.
In this, he, the leader of the Vulcan, as the largest ruling class, has fully realized the right to kill and kill the members of the tribe, and has made a very obvious example for the other leaders of the tribe.
After all, if you want to command a huge tribe and form a kingdom-like development, without producing classes and not being governed by classes, it is simply nonsense, and in the end you can only get a plate of loose sand.
Therefore, in the development of the tribe, the generation of classes is inevitable, but now the productive forces are not developed enough, and the number of entrances in the tribe is not enough to completely divide the class, so Chen Xu only painted the existence of classes in the army and hunting teams, and in ordinary life, he only pointed out a few small leaders, and did not make the class obvious.
On the outskirts of the Vulcan tribe, in a spacious jungle, many trees had been cut down, revealing patches of glades inside.
A dozen apes were set up in front of each domestication circle, and in the cracks of the fence, the branches and blades of grass in their hands were thrown into the domestication circle from time to time.
Next to the largest of them, the old ape was discussing something with several Vulcan envoys who specialized in domestication techniques, and from time to time pointed at the wildebeest in the domestication circle.
As soon as Chen Xu came, all the apes stopped what they were doing, and looked at them in awe, and the old ape of Cangshu and a few fire god messengers hurriedly greeted him.
For the rapid changes in the tribe, they realized the existence of class one step earlier than other apes, so their attitude towards Chen Xu, the mysterious god of fire, has undergone a very subtle change.
In their daily lives, they began to intentionally or unintentionally separate Chen Xu's position from the apes, gradually supreme him, and at the same time, when Chen Xu was not present, they also began to use their extraordinary connection with the Fire God to elevate their status and obtain some benefits and prestige.
After a few simple words with the apes, under the guidance of the old ape of the cangshu, Chen Xu stepped to the side of the largest domestication circle and looked inside through the small door on the fence.
I saw that the restless wildebeest inside seemed to have quieted down, and a few wildebeest may have been tired when they ran before, but now they are probably a little hungry, and they secretly began to eat the forage thrown by the apes, acting as the first wave of traitors.
There seemed to be some dodging in his expression, but Chen Xu noticed that after the small amount of forage was drastically reduced by many wildebeests, some wildebeests could no longer bear the hunger in their stomachs, and began to scramble blatantly, ignoring the onlookers.
At this time, the old ape of the tree gestured to the ape next to him, signaling them to continue to throw the material, in the face of these sudden forage, the wildebeest completely swept away reserved, began to enjoy this delicious meal, before the eyes and eyebrows seemed to have no anxiety color also disappeared completely.
Seeing this, Chen Xu withdrew his gaze, he understood that these wildebeest had begun to adapt to life here, if it was unexpected, it would not take a few months for their wild surnames to be completely swept away, and then they would be able to be assigned to ordinary apes to feed.
Simply let the old ape of Cangshu introduce their plan to domesticate these wildebeests, Chen Xu quickly found the shortcomings from them with a modern vision, pointed out some mistakes in the general direction, and pointed out some directions for them to improve.
In the end, Chen Xu glanced at the green feces in the domestication circle, couldn't help frowning, nodded the old ape, and said, "You did a good job, but these feces must be removed in time, once a while, in addition, regarding the water source of the wildebeest, it must be kept clean." ”
Regarding Chen Xu's order, Cangshu Old Ape naturally agreed quickly, and immediately began to arrange Ape into charge of this kind of thing, which can be said to be very diligent.
Chen Xu naturally understood the reason for the old ape's move, and after leaving, he patted the old ape's shoulder quite kindly, and talked a few words with a few Vulcan messengers that he had personally canonized, and then led a few apes out of this forest.
As soon as Chen Xu left, the old ape of the tree shouted loudly, and under the witness of the crowd, the god of fire was very close to him, so that his status was unconsciously raised.
Therefore, after this shout, the other apes all showed awe, and began to be busy with the things at hand under the shouts of the old ape, and the class seemed to be getting deeper and deeper into their hearts.
Walking among the tribes, Chen Xu felt more and more that the eyes of the apes around him were different, the eyes were full of worship and awe, and he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, whenever his gaze swept over, all the apes in his line of sight bowed their heads slightly, expressing the awe in their hearts.
Unconsciously, it is not so much that he Chen Xu is the leader of this tribe, but that he is the totemic symbol of this tribe, which is equivalent to the combination of the West and God in later generations.
Especially after this series of events, when the tribe has made great progress, and the ape mortality rate in the tribe has greatly decreased, the legend about Chen Xu, the god of fire, has also completely become a legend, and silently, it seems that his prestige has exceeded the scope of a leader and reached another height. "Perhaps, that's what some people want to see, right?"
With a slight toothy smile, looking at the bird feather ape who saw him from afar, he hurriedly ran over to see it, and Chen Xu couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.
Like the old Ape of the Tree, this Toba Arui was also given a task by him, that is, to command those ordinary hunting teams, which is a position like the chief police officer of later generations.
After this series of events, while the productivity has developed greatly, it seems that the Toba Ape is similar to the old Ape of the Cangshu and begins to feel the beauty of power.
Among them, Chen Xu didn't know the spread of those legends about him, and how much of the share of these ape leaders who were canonized by him, but he understood that these were the first batch of people who thoroughly wanted the class to be established as soon as possible, and they knew that their prestige was insufficient, and they were using curve means to achieve this goal.