Early the next morning, the sky was just turning white, and the valley began to be lively and noisy again.
A night of excitement and excitement did not make people feel tired or sleepy, but made them more energetic.
On the river beach filled with morning mist, the team of hunters who got up early began their regular training again. The sound of neat running, assassination, slogans, and willow flutes combined into a unique momentum of the military camp.
The women started making fire and cooking early.
The water in the river has stopped flowing, but the newly dug ponds last year and the clean and clear mountain spring streams drawn from the Wild Wolf Valley have brought enough domestic water for washing and cooking to all participating tribes.
The ditches and ponds were crowded with men and women who got up early. Some were washing their faces, some were fetching water from earthen jars, and others were watching a large group of ducks in the duck house beside the pond.
A group of tribal chiefs and leaders gathered together, pointing and discussing the structure of ditches and ponds and the criss-crossing farmland on the nearby low and rolling hilly slopes.
The Ba people are changing with each passing day, and there are new changes and discoveries every time I come here.
If the Temple of the First Mother and the Eye of the Gods are the blessings of the gods, then the excavation of such large-scale ditches and ponds and the complex water conservancy system composed of farmland irrigation and drainage provide more realistic significance for the future development of their tribe.
The bigger the tribe is, the more obvious their needs for water and living environment are.
Especially for medium and large tribes with hundreds of people, such as the Wu, Gonghuo, Cang, Yehuo, and Qu tribes, the contradiction between water use and housing is becoming increasingly serious and prominent.
When these contradictions accumulate to a certain extent, the only outcome is division. Some people are either driven away or cannot bear it and leave to find new places to continue to thrive.
In the past two years, many tribes have imitated the Ba people in building houses on a large scale. At the same time, water problems have become more prominent.
Although water wells can solve some problems, their functions are single and their construction costs are huge.
The combination of diversion ditches and ponds perfectly solves the problem of water distribution.
In addition, the pond can also raise fish and ducks, just like farming, which will provide the tribe with a more stable source of meat, poultry and eggs.
In yesterday's hunting competition, the Ba tribe offered rewards for capturing live beasts. Several tribes successfully completed the task, and the Ba tribe immediately cashed in the pottery rewards. However, most of the rewards were received by several small and medium-sized tribes from the Gonghuo Alliance.
Although the pottery rewards are enviable, it is said that the Ba people have to raise so many live beasts.
It's okay to say that wild ass is almost the same as a horse. Once raised, it is no problem to be used as a horse for plowing and carrying goods, but those small wild boars and wild sheep are of no use. Not only do they require labor and time to raise, but they also don't have much meat.
Especially wild boars. When raised, they can become stupid and ferocious, and may bring unpredictable consequences. This thing is so powerful that if it bites a person, it will basically be useless.
Various conjectures are fermenting and spreading among various tribes.
However, time was too tight, and Xu Chen could not immediately explain to them the methods and purposes of raising these beasts. He was currently getting up, eating, drinking, and preparing to start the second most important task of the Witch Lord Conference, rounding up wild horses.
As the sky gets brighter and brighter, red clouds appear on the horizon.
The hunter teams of each tribe gradually completed their morning exercises and then dispersed to eat, drink and rest.
After eating and drinking, the sun had just risen when I heard several melodious horn horns. Soon I saw a group of fully armed Ba hunters, led by Xu Chen, holding three flags high and riding more than ten people.
The horse ran from the direction of the compound, and in the hands of dozens of hunters behind it, most of them were not holding bows and arrows, but hunting tools such as ropes, rope nets, horse poles, and nooses.
"Horn, gather!"
"Woo~~~"
The hunter leaders of each tribe immediately roared excitedly and began to gather their teams.
Soon, each team of hunters lined up near the flag of their tribe, and the atmosphere instantly became serious and tense.
All the men and women attending the party stood nearby and watched.
Xu Chen quickly arrived. After dismounting, he waited for all tribal leaders to report that the gathering was complete. Then he walked to the middle of the team and announced today's plan to round up the wild horses.
Because this time the destination is near the river beach outside the habitat of the Uzbek people, which is relatively far away, so there is no need for all mobilization. Instead, a group of young and strong hunters will be selected to participate, and the others will stay at the conference.
To continue trading activities, and in order to increase the entertainment of the conference, Xu Chen will leave some people to guide and carry out some interesting competition activities.
Originally, this kind of competition was supposed to be held after yesterday's hunting competition, but I didn't expect that hunting across the river would be too time-consuming. Most of my time and energy was spent on crossing the river, and it was almost completely dark before I returned to the valley. Therefore,
There is no time for these planned activities.
However, today's horse hunting does not require the participation of all members, because there are still hundreds of Uzbek hunters who have not come. All Uzbek hunters need to be mobilized to participate, and the Uzbek people are familiar with the local conditions, making it easier to round up.
After Xu Chen gave a few simple words of instruction, he quickly gathered a team of nearly two hundred people and set off in great force.
In order to go to the Uzu tribe in advance to inquire about the movements of the wild horses and arrange the manpower of the Uzu tribe, Xu Chen left Mo to lead the team and drove on behind, while he rode with more than ten people including He Feng and Long to go to the Uzu tribe to make arrangements.
It took half a day to walk for more than thirty miles, but more than a dozen horses galloped down the river beach, and it took just over an hour to reach Uzu.
For this distance and speed, Feng and other hunters have long been accustomed to it, because they come and go frequently, but Long and other Wu people are extremely emotional. With this speed and time, there is almost no sense of geographical separation between the Ba and Wu people.
You must know that it usually takes them longer to walk from the mountain to the entrance of the valley than this.
After arriving at the Wu tribe, Long immediately called out all the remaining hunters in the tribe. Except for the hunters who were patrolling to protect the mining and hunting outside, everyone quickly gathered, and there were nearly a hundred people in total.
What a nice person, Xu Chen looked envious.
There are nearly two hundred adult men of the Wu ethnic group, and there are forty people who lead the team to the Ba ethnic group to participate in the hunting competition. There are still some who are hunting and patrolling, and there are still nearly half of them staying in the valley.
But this time, the Uzbek people have actually changed a lot.
The river beach is densely covered with dried mud bricks, and there are piles of trees, stones, thatch and vines piled everywhere at the foot of the mountain.
There is also a large area of vacant land that looks like it has just been burned down, and trenches have been dug in it, indicating that a new round of housing construction has obviously begun.
In addition, at the foot of the mountain upstream, there are several earthen kilns that are firing lime pottery bricks and smelting copper ore. Thick smoke billows straight into the sky, and the valley is filled with the smell of fireworks, making the former wild valley look like
A lot more fiery atmosphere
The people who stayed in the valley were basically involved in building houses, burning kilns, and smelting.
Most of these people have not participated in military training, so their discipline is obviously much worse. Therefore, Xu Chen is not very particular about it. Facing a group of extremely surprised men covered in mud and lime, he briefly explained the matter of rounding up wild horses.
Then he ordered to quickly prepare horse poles, rope nets, ropes and other tools.
From the beginning of autumn, Xu Chen asked Feng Helong to discuss the purchase of these tools, and at the same time, he continued to train and use them.
Although Long said that the training effect was not satisfactory, the training time was much longer than the training time before a group of Ba people rounded up the wild horses.
But there is a big difference between this time and last time.
Last time, the planning took a long time and the training time was short. Only after fully mastering the behavior and movement trajectory of the wild horse did it start. Xu Chen was very satisfied with the final result.
This time, the training took a long time, but the planning time was almost zero. It was almost a spur-of-the-moment idea. It’s really hard to say how effective it will be.
But no matter what, with such a high-profile launch, we still have to give an explanation to the people of several tribes who have been waiting for a long time.
With a huge team of three hundred hunters hunting at the same time, even a group of tigers and lions would have to be captured alive, let alone a group of wild horses.
Therefore, the results of this hunt only depend on how many results there are, and you will definitely not return empty-handed.
Of course, the premise is that the herd of wild horses are still near the valley, otherwise it would be too troublesome to search all over the mountains and plains.
About an hour later, Xu Chen led people out of the valley. At this time, the large troops from the Ba tribe had not arrived yet, so he asked Feng to take a few Uzbek people who were familiar with the environment to first inquire about the movements of the wild horses.
After more than half an hour, a familiar flag finally appeared upstream, and a large force from the Ba tribe finally arrived.
It could be seen that almost all of these people had been running all the way, and they were all panting and sweating profusely.
The distance of more than thirty miles, whether it is close or far, is equivalent to a half marathon. It took these people about three hours to get there. Although it is not as fast as professional marathon runners, it is completely primitive and wild.
In the environment, there are no roads at all, and this speed can be said to be amazing.
Shortly after the two groups of people met at the mouth of the valley, Feng and others who were inquiring about the movements of the horses also reported back that the horses were still in the woods near the mouth of the small valley where they usually foraged, just like yesterday.
Upon hearing this news, the audience burst into cheers, and Xu Chen also breathed a sigh of relief.
In order not to cause the horses to become nervous and restless, Xu Chen discussed with a group of generals and divided all the hunters into parts. Under the leadership of the Uzbek hunters who were familiar with the environment, they dispersed according to the Uzbek people's usual hunting scale and movement track.
Among the vast riverbanks and mountain forests, we go to the small valley downstream from different directions.