Seeing Xu Chen's arrival, a group of hunters came over very excitedly to salute and greet them. They also lined up to report their numbers, just like in the previous training, and asked Xu Chen to give them a lecture.
Naturally, Xu Chen was very happy to fulfill their wishes, and gave warm words of encouragement and praise. He also pointed at the Uzbek flag and horn and explained a few words.
After learning that their tribe finally had flags and horns, a group of hunters cheered happily, and it took a long time for them to calm down.
At the beginning, the Uzbek tribe appointed a total of four military training commanders, including Long. They usually took turns leading training, hunting and monitoring captives for mining. Overall, training hunters was Long's strength, and his strength and prestige were sufficient.
To convince everyone, Long is mainly responsible for training on weekdays, and the other three mainly serve as instructors. The cooperation between them is very good.
The main reason is that the four of them decided to follow Xu Chen wholeheartedly, and their interests were consistent.
Copper ore mining can be said to be the project that has the greatest impact on the Uzbek people.
Four families rushed to build houses first, which can only be regarded as a step forward. By next year, all families will definitely go to the mountain to build houses, and the houses may be bigger and better.
The same goes for burning wasteland for farming. Everyone is learning farming in the first year, so the harvest will definitely be similar.
But copper ore is a great treasure. If these originally worthless stones are dug out and transported to the Ba people, they can exchange them for much-needed pottery and linen.
And it has been granted to the four families who first took refuge in it by Xu Chen in disguise.
Other families, including the head of the Uzbek tribe, have no right to get involved at the moment.
This further intensified the conflict of interests and divisions within the Uzbek ethnic group.
If other families want to share the copper mine profits, the four families will definitely not do it.
Therefore, throughout the winter, the Uzbek tribe leader had summoned all family leaders to discuss the copper mining rights many times.
Every time I watch the four families exchange the dug copper mines for a large amount of pottery from the Ba people, this emotion will break out.
In order to retain the right to develop copper mines, the four tribes had to strengthen patrols and guards. Not only did they patrol back and forth every day, but they also arranged for more than a dozen heavily armed hunters to guard and monitor. If they found someone from other families coming to dig and snatch the ore, they would
Use all your strength to stop and drive away.
For this reason, there have been several fairly small conflicts near this valley, during which some people were injured.
Fortunately, they were all from the same tribe, and they were relatively restrained, and there were no major casualties.
A group of captives who were working hard at mining were all trembling with fear when they saw the powerful team of hunters brought by Xu Chen. Many people saw the team approaching and immediately dropped their wooden sticks and ore and squatted down with their heads in their hands.
On the ground, he showed that he was an innocent little kid, looking like a hard-working guy who only wanted to work hard to earn a living.
It can be seen that these miners are a little miserable.
After more than two months of mining, it seems to be a bit out of shape.
Compared with the captives who underwent labor reform in the Ba tribe and had the opportunity to participate in training and receive food bonuses, the treatment of the two sides was very different.
Let's just say that the twenty carefully selected captive regiments who followed Xu Chen this time were not only full of energy, but also glowing and stronger.
It is said that when a fellow villager meets a fellow villager, his eyes well up with tears.
These prisoners who stayed behind for mining in the Uzbek tribe looked at their compatriots standing in front of them with their heads held high and wearing rattan armor. They even dared not recognize each other. They finally recognized each other and mustered up the courage to say hello. Unexpectedly, they stood like
Like a wooden stake with no emotion, his face was full of contempt, as if I don't know you, so don't touch me.
Dear Mother God, what happened to my brother? Has his soul been wiped out by the gods? Why don’t you even recognize me? I am your favorite good friend!
Some miners retreated in fear with trembling hands and feet, while others grabbed their brothers or friends who had been brainwashed by Mr. Xu and asked howl about the situation.
So the whole team became slightly confused.
Xu Chen also knew that these prisoners had not seen each other for many days and might have some feelings to talk about, so he directly ordered the team to disband and rest.
As a result, a group of captives who came were quickly surrounded by a group of miners, and Gu Gu Gu Ga Ga began to communicate excitedly.
After getting the answer, these hard-working miners all beat their chests and screamed, saying that they had to go to the Ba tribe to undergo labor reform.
As soon as the captive army heard that this was no good, the labor reform was distributed according to the number of people. If you went, wouldn't we come to mine?
In addition, we also want to show that we can stay here for a long time and be a noble and civilized Ba people. How can we let you go and cause trouble? So we all sternly rejected this unreasonable request from our brothers and friends, saying that we can only stay here and actively accept labor reform.
Only then did you have the opportunity to return to the tribe, and also said that as long as you mine here honestly, we can help you have a good word with the Witch King, and you may be able to go home early.
So a group of miners burst into tears and thanked their well-fed compatriots with tears for not forgetting their deep relationship with them. They pointedly expressed that when they returned to the tribe, they would definitely give away the most exquisite animal tooth pendants they had collected.
Give you this.
Hey, it took a few times for the dog to want to go back!
The people who captured the legion secretly pouted and patted their ragged and thin compatriots on the shoulders to comfort and encourage them, saying that the best way to reform through labor is to mine more and mine well. Keep up the good work and work hard.
Encouraged by a group of well-oiled captives, a group of tortured miners burst out with great enthusiasm and began a round of enthusiastic mining operations.
"They...gaha?"
Long and a group of Uzbek hunters looked at each other in confusion.
This group of idiot prisoners have never really been obedient since they arrived. They have been making trouble every day for three days. If not enough people were arranged to watch and patrol, they might have fled long ago. They must be scolded constantly when working on weekdays.
Even whipping is enough, as long as you look at it for a while, you will inevitably start to be lazy.
Those who squat on the ground and play with rocks, dig for bugs to eat, poop, and pretend to have stomachaches...
Anyway, I have never really obeyed.
But today I suddenly became more diligent, which is really confusing.
Xu Chen's management of prisoners must be different from the Uzbek people's philosophy.
It is impossible to want the horse to run and not eat grass.
The captives are not robots, nor are they perpetual motion machines. Food is scarce in winter and spring. Although they can complete labor tasks by relying solely on squeezing, it will definitely intensify hostility and make these captives develop the habit of working and fishing.
Therefore, even if they were prisoners and reformed through labor, Xu Chen still tried his best to ensure their normal food and accommodation needs and ensure their most basic quality of life. In addition, among the Ba people, he also used military management methods for the prisoners, working
If the children are active, honest and obedient, they will not only give them more food, but also let them do relatively easy tasks. But for those who are disobedient and have strong resistance, they will naturally not be given good fruits and should be beaten.
Beat him hard, starve him as hard as he deserves, and as long as he doesn't die, all kinds of torture instruments can be used.
Under this kind of carrot and stick management, the Ba tribe had the largest number of prisoners, but they managed it the easiest, and there was never any major commotion from beginning to end.
Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that he got the great shaman of the Gonghuo tribe to show up and give his own explanation.
But no matter what, the management style of the Ba people is more humane, and the resistance of the captives is much weaker. They even have a large number of die-hard fans now, and they are privately prepared to stay in the Ba people.
But the situation of these Uzbek prisoners is much more complicated.
First, there are too many conflicts within the Uzbek ethnic group and there is no time to take care of them.
Second, these families do not have enough food to provide in winter and spring.
Third, there are no spiritual figures like great witches to provide guidance and education.
Finally, the Uzbek people’s management methods are simple and crude, and they implement Xu Chen’s instructions on labor reform, but do not take other factors into consideration, and only know how to suppress them simply and crudely.
Mining has been the most dangerous activity since ancient times, with countless deaths and injuries.
Open-pit mines are better, but underground mines are more dangerous.
I don’t know how big the copper mine is in front of me, but the scope of the mining area is definitely not small. Copper ores are found in the Muya area from the Wu tribe to the northwest. In other words, the valley in front of me is just a copper mine.
A point where a vein is exposed after it has been destroyed by surface water.
As for the real copper mine, it must still be buried deep in these endless mountains.
Only when you have a mine at home can you do whatever you want.
Copper mine happens to be the most important and most scarce mineral at the moment.
If we develop according to the historical trajectory of human civilization, copper will continue to be the most important precious metal for thousands of years, from the Neolithic Age to the end of the feudal dynasty.
Of course, copper is more important in the electronic age, but that importance is due to industrial needs and has nothing to do with politics.
In other words, no matter how far Xu Chen's Wangtu hegemony develops in the future, this copper mine will always be the most important support for his development.
Weapons, currencies, agricultural tools, chariots and even machines will all be born from here.
Therefore, this copper mine is like his own lifeline to Xu Chen and must be properly managed and protected.
How to develop it on a large scale still requires careful investigation and study.
But the current development still needs to be as safe as possible. It would be unlucky not to have the miners rebel and riot before King Tu’s hegemony has begun. It would be unlucky to shout that the leader of the Witch King would rather have a seed.