Chapter 68: Fish farming in the Zhan River

The stone was tried several times in a row, and although the strength of the naughty after adding bone meal was not much improved, the color of the fired pottery was a little lighter.

Anyway, the strength of the pottery in the tribe is enough now, and it basically catches up with Song Xuan's basic impression of pottery, and it can even be better, so if the bone pottery is not done, it will not have much impact, but the color change is still useful, at least it can provide you with a new choice.

Now Song Xuan also felt the talent of the stone, so he decided to change him to a better working environment first, and the current two kilns are still too simple.

It was planned before, built with bricks, although the number of bricks needed to build a larger kiln is not a lot, but now it can only be taken slowly, and the production capacity of the new kiln should be increased a lot after it is built, and then it will be able to meet Song Xuan's idea of large-scale brick making and tiling.

Just when Song Xuan was imagining the future, the hunting team finally came back, the last time was relatively short, but this time it was unexpectedly long, everyone only hunted for five or six days, after all, the harvest in this season is still good, and five or six days can basically get a sufficient amount of prey.

Naturally, there were a lot of prey brought back this time, but Shi Meng's face looked a little ugly, even when he saw Song Xuan, he looked like he was pulling the corners of his mouth.

"What's the matter, is there any danger?"

Looking at Shi Meng's very uncomfortable expression, Song Xuan's first reaction was whether someone was seriously injured or sacrificed, but if it was such an accident, he should have notified the tribe in advance.

"It's okay, oracle!"

Shi Meng still looked sluggish.

This is a plush thing that Shi Yong took out from the bag behind him, :

"It's all right, oracle, look!"

Song Xuan fixed his eyes and saw that this was actually a puppy, no, it should be said that it was a wolf cub, after all, it seems that dogs have not been domesticated in this era.

Although he knew that this was a little wolf cub in front of him, Song Xuan was still instantly cutely transformed by him, and he took it and walked up.

"Ahhh~"

As if sensing the change in the environment, the little wolf cub in Song Xuan's hand barked softly, and then changed his posture and had fun for a while, then Song Xuan asked:

"How did you get such a little wolf back?"

This look is only a few days after it was born, and if you want to catch it, it means that this group of wolves must have been served by a pot, and sure enough, the people of the hunting team opened the package, and there was really a little wolf skin inside.

Then Shi Yong looked at Shi Meng, and told what happened when he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

This hunt was originally carried out according to the previous process, setting traps and chasing prey, all of which had been done before, and if it had been before, everyone would have felt a little happy with the good harvest.

But with Song Xuan's Zhuyu in front, everyone was not happy this time, until everyone met a group of wild wolves that were hunting.

The hunting party used the classic Russian rescue method, and even the captured prey, as well as the wolves that were being hunted, were all served in one pot.

With the advantage of numbers, they were all surrounded.

At this moment, Shi Meng had a whim, wanting to emulate Song Xuan's situation of persuading Uncle Lu, only to see Shi Meng walk up with his head held high, and was about to make a gesture, who knew that the counterattack of the wolves came, and he didn't care what the person in front of him was holding in his hand, and a flying pounce almost bit Shi Meng.

Shi Meng was also frightened by the actions of the wolves and retreated, and this wave of Dong Shi Xiaofeng picked up the stone and smashed his feet, which directly made fun of the people in the hunting team, and Shi Meng was also annoyed and angry, and directly launched the order of encirclement and suppression.

The ferocious wolves are naturally not as easy to deal with as Uncle Lu's family, not only running fast, but even causing a lot of trouble to the hunting team under the leadership of the head wolf, many people were injured because of this, but fortunately, the harvest is not bad, except for a small number of escapes, the others have become everyone's bag.

This escaped is a she-wolf, because there are two arrows inserted in the body, so it has become the main object of everyone's pursuit, so that everyone did not expect that this she-wolf was injured and quite able to run, until the wolf's den was chased to catch him, and everyone also found this little wolf cub who was born not long ago in the wolf's den.

Although he didn't directly persuade the prey like Song Xuan, he could be regarded as having it, so although he couldn't hold his face a little, Shi Meng still brought it back with a shy face.

When Song Xuan first heard Shi Yong say it, he knew that Shi Meng's plan would definitely not succeed, as the so-called white-eyed wolf, how could the wolf be so easy to tame, if there was no accident, it would be impossible, even if there was an accident, there was a high probability that the wolves of a group would not follow the head wolf to surrender to humans.

But it is very suitable to catch the wolf cub back, especially this kind of newborn not long ago, I am afraid that even my parents have not recognized it, if it can be raised, it is basically equivalent to being tamed directly, and the effect will be better.

Looking at Shi Meng, who was a little sullen, Song Xuan comforted:

"It's okay, it's much better than catching it directly!"

You must know that when Song Xuan first asked everyone to come back alive, basically people who went out every day would meet one or two, but in the end, they were able to feed in the tribe, but now there are only a few of them, and the rest either died directly or died slowly, anyway, they didn't survive after all.

If you want to catch a live prey, the cost of manpower and time you need to pay can be said to be several times that of direct hunting, plus the one who dies later, if you want to completely feed a suitable prey, the time spent can at least catch a dozen back.

This is also the reason why everyone has not raised animals, it is better to go outside for a trip when you have this time, and the prey brought back is enough for everyone to eat, so there is no need to spend so much time.

As for the wolf, although it doesn't taste very good, the fur is still good.

And its most important role is naturally not for eating, with a wolf can slowly cultivate it in the direction of dogs, at least it can be used to watch the home and nursery, and even accompany the hunt in the future is not impossible.

No matter how fierce he is by nature, I believe that as long as he grew up in the tribe, he will not be as ambitious as the outside.

After listening to Song Xuan's words, Shi Meng's mood improved a little:

"Oracle, really?"

"You'll know when you raise it!"

But the most troublesome thing now is how to feed this little wolf cub, the animals in the tribe are not milk production time, but there are a few rabbits, but the milk is very reluctant to feed their own families, let alone wolves larger than their size.

After thinking about it, in the end, he could only let a few women in the tribe who were still breastfeeding feed this little wolf cub, and let them squeeze out two bowls every day, Song Xuan made a small nest for it, and next to it was a bowl filled with milk.

There are four women in the tribe who are still breastfeeding, and it is not difficult for each of them to squeeze it out at all.

Although Song Xuan said this kind of thing himself, the people in the tribe would definitely agree, and this was not a big deal in a primitive society with relatively open sexuality, but Song Xuan, as a modern person, at least a modern person in soul, was still somewhat shy.

After struggling for a long time, Song Xuan finally asked Shi Meng to say it, and the women didn't say any nonsense, so they agreed directly.

It may be that everyone can see Song Xuan's shyness, so they will prepare the milk every morning and afternoon, and just wait for Song Xuan to come and take it away, after all, Song Xuan will take the initiative to avoid it when they are feeding, and everyone who comes and goes also knows this situation.

Watching the little wolf cub grow stronger day by day, Song Xuan was also very pleased, and now the little wolf cub has completely regarded it as his master, and Song Xuan also gave him a very rustic and easy-to-feed name - Wangcai.

As synonymous with authentic Chinese pastoral dogs, Wangcai can also be said to be of great significance in the dog world.

It's easy to feed with a cheap name, in order to make it grow up well, Song Xuan can be regarded as doing everything.

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After more than ten days of growth, most of the seedlings planted in the tribe have grown a lot, although a small number of them have died, but it is harmless.

The overall growth is still very gratifying, and the rice fields are getting greener day by day.

As for the amount of water in the field, Song Xuan is still controlling the release of water into it, although he has never planted rice, but he also knows that rice has a water demand period, that is, when it grows rapidly and begins to grow rice, as for other times, the demand for water should not be very large, but it must not let the field dry out, and can only remain in a shallow state.

Since it is not clear, it can only be groped a little bit, for this reason Song Xuan also divided the rice field into several pieces, mainly to see if the amount of water has an impact on it, but it must not wait until it is fully mature, and now it can be judged by the growth of rice, anyway, the summer here is quite long, so the time for the experiment is quite sufficient.

The rice is growing well, and most of the unknown seeds that were sown before have also grown something, even if they are not ripe yet, Song Xuan still saw a few things from it, and it seemed that there were some familiar things.

At least they should look like edible vegetables, even if they look like they can't be eaten at a glance, Song Xuan didn't shovel them now, anyway, the open space in the tribe is very sufficient, and it doesn't take much effort to raise them, just let them grow in the ground, in case another useful thing pops out.

Now that it is gradually beginning to enter the summer, all kinds of harvests in the tribe have begun to increase, and Song Xuan also asked everyone to look for some other things to eat when they are outside, whether it is useful or not, as long as there is no poison, they can be brought back first, after all, Song Xuan can't go out one by one to identify them.

This year's fishing industry is an increase in the number of fishing nets compared to last year, and last year there were only three or four nets in operation, but this year the number has risen to eight, so that there are not enough children in the tribe, and some women have been transferred from the collection team.

Although he was still not at ease with some of the captives, Song Xuan finally chose a few captives who were more suitable to help together, but fortunately, even if they knew that there was such a thing as a fishing net, if they returned to the Wuyu tribe, it would be useless for heroes.

There are not so many rivers around Karawa, and there are relatively few aquatic products, so fishing is not a very important means of survival for them, but more for improving taste.

Of course, the most important reason is that most tribes cannot produce narrow strips of animal skin on a large scale like Teng Snake, and fishing nets made of wide animal skins will be very difficult to use.

The fishing nets used by the tribe today have also been renewed, and even the narrowest hides used at that time are a bit heavy now.

Now the fishing net is much lighter than the previous one, especially after it is filled with fish, each pound of light is a very good burden reduction for fishing, especially the main force of the snake is still those children who have not reached adulthood, naturally the lighter the better.

But if they use Shi Meng to catch fish, it doesn't matter, dozens of catties are almost weightless for them.

Therefore, the previous fishing nets were not abandoned, and occasionally when they came back and did not have much to do, they could also cast the nets into the river.

As the further up and downstream, the fishing pattern also changed, no longer requiring dozens of people to rush inside, as at the beginning, but connecting several nets into a slightly larger net, then choosing a piece of water to surround it, and finally the people on the shore and the people in the river slowly dragged the net up.

In this way, although each fishing uses more strength, but the manpower is reduced, after all, if you want to catch inside, you must have a certain density, otherwise the fish can easily slip through the gap in the middle, and the loss is relatively large.

Now if there is no fishing, a net down dozens of catties can still have, after such a long time of fishing, the catch is not as abundant as before, as for the downstream of the main stream, the Teng Snake tribe is far from developing to the present, and the further downstream the water is, the deeper the net, the current fishing net is not very easy to use.

Even if it is a mile or two downstream of the snake, the fishing net has been widened twice, otherwise it is really impossible to use the fishing net after casting, the top is directly empty, without the cover of the fishing net, no less than can easily cross from here.

Although the fish catch is not as abundant as at the beginning, the fish farming industry in the tribe is becoming more and more developed, and the surrounding creeks are completely insufficient, and the areas that can be developed have been opened up, especially now that the weather is so good, it is okay to put dozens of catties in winter, and now they have to be given enough space to grow.

So after thinking about it again, Song Xuan still decided to use the river to raise fish, and the creek was still too narrow.

It's also very simple to say, that is, use wood to circle a place in the river, how big the place is needed, and you can make more than one in the water to raise directly, you don't have to worry about the space, although the small river at the entrance of the tribe is not very big, but it is also ten meters wide, even if only one-third of the use is much wider than the stream.

Now that the idea is determined, it is directly executed, but it is still too wasteful to use wood, most of the wood is cut out by everyone with an axe, I don't know how much it cost, how many stone axes have collapsed with strength, but the harvest is very limited.

These woods are still used in places that are more suitable for them, inserted in the river, it is estimated that they will have to be replaced once in a year or two, and the current Teng snake and can not withstand such a toss, it is not good to have a better material in the tribe, that is, bamboo.

Compared with wood, although he is not so strong, but there are also many advantages, the first is that it is very straight, and a bamboo is cut around the tribe, and the usable part is about ten meters.

This pillar alone can be divided into three sections, whether it is burned by fire or cut with an axe, it is much easier than cutting wood, the key is that the amount is full, if you want to cut so many quantities of ratio wood, it is estimated that you have to cut several acres of land.

Song Xuan took a dozen people to cut it for two days, and then he got back nearly two hundred bamboos, dividing each section into a length of about three meters, and finally calculating it, plus a slightly shorter one, it was almost six hundred.

The river at the entrance of the tribe is not a boxy swimming pool, each place is the same depth, and the place near the shore must be shallower, so the shorter ones can also play a role, as for the kind of nature that is really too short, it can't be used, but it can also be used in other places, even if it is used as firewood, it is also a good material.

After collecting enough materials, it was time to go into the enclosure, and in order to slightly reduce the amount of water on the bamboo, the final choice was to be closer to the shore.

Generally, it is about four meters away from the shore, and the water depth of this place will not be too deep to the neck, so that the bamboo that everyone separates can not only ensure that a certain length is exposed, but also nail a lot underneath to ensure that it will not shake easily.

Nailed the bamboo into the water for half a meter to ensure that it was stable enough, and Song Xuan didn't either, so that everyone was sticking to one by one like building a house, but a distance of about three fingers exposed in the middle.

Leaving a gap is also to save materials, and in this way, the water and the river can be fully exchanged, and the difference between keeping fish in it and directly in the river is basically not big, but the density is slightly larger, but it can still get a lot of nutrients directly in the river, which reduces the burden on the tribe.

Some small fish and miscellaneous fish can even come in directly and become food for some of the fish inside, so that after everyone has raised them for a few months, the fish will suddenly lose much meat, and even lose their appearance directly.

Anyway, fishing in the tribe doesn't look down on small fish, so it's better to let them enter freely, maybe they can get in, and they can't get out when they're full.

In addition to the vertical ones, in order to ensure stability, Song Xuan also asked everyone to add a few reinforcements horizontally on the top, one at the bottom, one in the middle and one at the top, fortunately, the water here is not so deep, and everyone can easily tie it up with a breath.

Worried that the buoyancy of the bamboo was too great, Song Xuan also asked everyone to smash some of the bamboo a little, so that if the water goes in, it can at least reduce some buoyancy, of course, not all bamboos can do this, or the most important thing is to be strong, if it is not strong, the rest is not to talk about, such a fish pond with a width of four meters and a length of more than ten meters, not to mention that you can also raise two or three hundred catties of fish.

For things related to food, the people of Teng Snake have always worked very hard, and in just three days, four fish ponds have been built, and the fish that used to be raised in the nearby creek have also been transferred.

Even so, it was only enough, and you could see how large the previous inventory in the tribe was, even if it was a thousand catties of live fish, enough for everyone to eat for a while.

Fortunately, there are many places that can be used along the river, and you can directly nail bamboo into it if you take a section at will, as for why you make such a big pool, it is also because there are now three or four nets connected in the tribe, and you can probably directly wrap such a small pond.

If it's too big, when you want to eat, large-scale fishing is not so easy, and if it's too small, it's a bit wasteful, after all, these bamboos are also slowly burned and cut back one by one, in order to ensure enough safety, Song Xuan didn't let everyone connect the two pools, so each pool has three sides, and the more bamboo is built, the more bamboo is naturally used.

Not all fish can grow to ten catties like them, and some of the fish are only a few catties when they die, and these fish still have to be kept in the nearby stream.

Song Xuan still prefers to eat those fish bones with fewer bones, so that it is not troublesome to gnaw, and the taste is generally better, as for the big fish in the tribe, it only accounts for more than one meat, and Song Xuan has become picky after eating too much.

Among them, Song Xuan eats the most black fish, whether it is used for stewed soup or grilled to eat, the taste is better, and it may be due to the fact that the water quality in the tribe is very good, and there is no messy taste, of course, the water quality in this era is very good, and all the fish are much more delicious than what Song Xuan used to eat.

Even if it's just sprinkled with a little salt, the taste of the grill is quite good, as long as you don't eat it every day, it's still very good in terms of senses, but there are more fish in summer, and the loss of fish storage is relatively large compared to meat, so now at this time, everyone generally eats fish.

Basically, I have to eat a meal every day, whether it is fish or other things fished out of the river, under the leadership of Song Xuan, now there are many people who have started to eat river shrimp and crabs, and everyone disliked him for having little hard meat before, and it was not until he actually ate it that he realized how delicious it was.

The river shrimp here will not be able to say a few hundred yuan a pound in the future generations, but he can eat it if he wants, and he is full of food, and Song Xuan is still quite comfortable eating delicious fish.