Returning to the compound where they had been away for a long time, Xu Chen and others had no time to do anything else. They couldn't wait to drink a cup of hot aphrodisiac fruit tea to warm up, and then boiled water for a hot bath and put on clean and warm clothes.
Clothes, shoes and socks, and then began to distribute various small gifts brought back to everyone.
There are not many gifts, and they are not deliberately prepared. They are some small things selected from the Thunder Clan, such as exquisite feathers, unique animal teeth, rare gems, rare and soft fur, etc., regardless of gender, age or age.
Everyone has a share.
During the process of distributing gifts, the whole yard was very lively and joyful. Everyone was very excited to receive these exquisite little gifts. A group of children even ran around inside and outside the yard with these exquisite gifts, as excited as a group of little kids.
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However, the twin sisters are different from Ye. The three of them are not interested in these small gifts. They are obviously of a much higher level.
At this time, the three of them were gathered in Xu Chen's room, each holding a thick stack of animal skin diaries, sitting by the bed and reading with gusto.
Go out to explore the vast and unfamiliar world and draw maps for better travel in the future.
But keeping a diary is a mandatory requirement for Little Witch and Ye.
They couldn't follow him out, so they begged Xu Chen to record their daily experiences in a diary.
So Xu Chen gained an additional skill and became a diary generator walking in a strange land. As long as he had some spare time, he would take the time to record what he saw, heard, did, and thought that day. Gu and Ju both
While holding the flag, they were also responsible for carrying maps and diaries. The two of them basically did not participate in any battles along the way. Their main task was to protect the precious information recorded by Xu Chen, which was more important than their own lives.
Even if they were riding on a raft, the two of them would hold the rattan basket containing the map and animal skins tightly in their arms to prevent any water from getting on them.
Accumulated over the past three months, the animal skin diary recorded by Xu Chen exceeds a hundred pages and contains tens of thousands of words.
These animal skins were thick and heavy, and together they filled two large baskets.
So it was enough for three girls to study for a long time.
After Xu Chen handed out the gifts, he went to inspect the inside and outside of the compound again. He took a quick look at the stables, sheep pens, pig pens, duck houses, etc. in the third phase of the compound. He also looked at the two big eagles and the already existing ones.
The leopard head grew into a little leopard. When he returned to the room with a cup of hot aphrodisiac fruit tea and prepared to sort out his belongings, he found three girls sitting on his bed, each with a pile of animal skin diaries.
I was so busy watching it that I forgot all about food and sleep.
Okay, let’s sort it out after you finish reading it!
Xu Chen looked at the two opened rattan baskets placed in the middle of the room, shook his head with a wry smile, took the tea cup, and turned away to arrange other things.
When I came back this time, I not only brought back maps and diaries, but also a lot of plant specialties from the southeast.
Some of the bamboo roots were planted in the Gonghuo tribe, some were given to the Wu tribe, and there were more than ten bamboo roots left, all of which were kept in rattan frames with soil.
He asked people to dig holes and plant them in suitable locations near the compound, and also built a fence around the bamboo with wooden sticks to prevent the bamboo from being disturbed by a group of livestock after it grew.
In addition to bamboo, there are also some aquatic plants such as lotus roots, chicken heads, water chestnuts, etc. brought back from the Cicha Lake swamp. Xu Chen had these plants planted in the pond, although they were always wrapped in wet mud.
, some water will be poured every few days on the road, but whether they can survive is still unknown, but Xu Chen hopes that these plants can take root and sprout in the Ba people.
Lotus root, in particular, is rich in starch and has always been a very important food and vegetable variety for humans. If potatoes and sweet potatoes have raised a large population in the Central Plains and the north, then in the south, which relies on water for drafts, food like lotus root has also raised a large population.
A large population.
Therefore, planting and harvesting lotus roots has always been a very important agricultural activity in the south, as important as fishing.
Once the pond fish and lotus root cultivation reaches a large scale, it will greatly supplement the food types and sources of the Ba people.
This pond covers more than ten acres. If it grows well, it can produce more than ten tons of lotus roots a year.
Although they all say eating lotus root is ugly, they are all a group of savages. No matter how beautiful or ugly their dogs are, as long as they can eat enough.
Therefore, as long as they can survive, the Ba people can survive on this pond lotus root alone.
What's more, the Ba people currently have hundreds of acres of farmland and raise so many pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks. Grain and meat are gradually becoming abundant. The lotus root is only used as a food supplement to improve the tribe's dietary structure and enrich nutrition.
There were still some medicinal plants and seeds left, and Xu Chen also asked people to find a place to plant them on the nearby hillside and mark them.
After finishing these tasks, Xu Chen has basically finished processing the harvest he brought back from his long trip.
What's left are hundreds of kilograms of lead and tin, the two metal materials that Xu Chen is most looking forward to and the most important.
But it's already the end of December, and there are only a few days left before the start of spring.
Spring sowing was approaching, and Xu Chen was not in a hurry to start smelting bronze. Instead, after a day's rest, he devoted himself to the farming and construction of the entire tribe.
The third phase of the compound has been completed. Since it is not used to live in people, most of the buildings inside are hay sheds, stables and pig pens, so it looks very empty and messy. Some finishing work is currently being done.
Livestock breeding is very polluting. Although primitive people are not particular about it, because it is close to the compound, Xu Chen made careful guidance and planning for excrement disposal and drainage ditches, trying not to affect or pollute domestic water and the environment as much as possible.
In order to meet Xu Chen's requirements, a small door was opened on the side of the third-phase compound, and a septic tank was dug outside. All sewage and feces must be discharged into the septic tank for treatment. After fermentation, deodorization, and lime insecticide
Then throw it into ponds or farmland or vegetable gardens and use it as fertilizer.
This matter does not need to be done very carefully, and Xu Chen does not expect the tribesmen to do it very carefully. He just hopes that they can develop the most basic hygiene habits and completely separate the lives of humans and animals.
The most important thing for the tribe right now is no longer the construction and finishing of the third phase of the compound, but the reclamation and cultivation of farmland.
Last year, the farmland area was 400 acres, but now there are at least 800 acres, and almost all the gentler areas on both sides of the river have been reclaimed.
Except for the easily flooded areas of the river beach and a few willow bushes, at a glance near the foot of the mountains on both sides, there are all large black empty areas left after burning.
Although Xu Chen was not at home, Muba and others were completely familiar with the experience of reclaiming and planting after two years of reclamation and cultivation. Even though there was a slight shortage of manpower, they still completed the reclamation of 400 acres of new fields in three months at home.
and the plowing of old fields.
Because of the long preparation time this year, a large number of suitable materials for making wooden plows and rakes were cut after spring sowing. After drying in spring and summer, several tool men have been making various rakes and other tools in autumn and winter.
Now the tribe has more than 20 wooden plows and more than 10 rakes, plus more than 20 adult horses and hundreds of adult men and women, as well as a group of Gonghuo and Qia captives. In October, three more people were sent back.
There are more than a dozen male and female captives from the Yugong and Maoton tribes, and there are still enough people from the Ba tribe to participate in farming.
Therefore, these 800 acres of farmland have been basically reclaimed, and some follow-up finishing work is being intensively carried out.
Dig deep drainage ditches.
Build embankments at some low-lying areas near the river.
Place straw men in places where wild beasts often appear, etc.
Everyone in the Ba tribe is already familiar with these things, and a group of newly arrived men and women from the Yugong and Maotun tribes have fully devoted themselves to the construction of the Ba tribe after they passed the initial period of surprise at the prosperous and prosperous Ba tribe.
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Like the men and women of the Gonghuo and Qia tribes who were captured after the conquest, they were actively reforming through labor. At the same time, they were also rapidly absorbing all the advanced technology and experience of the Ba tribe, and followed them to learn how to build houses, reclaim wasteland, build canals, and raise poultry and livestock.
, learn to use earthenware pots, pots, bowls and chopsticks to make food and eat.
Of course, language communication and learning are also the most important aspects.
In addition to using so many captives as free labor to promote the development of the Ba people, Xu Chen's most important purpose is to serve as ambassadors for the spread of civilization. After undergoing labor reform, these captives brought the advanced experience and technology they learned back to their respective tribes to promote civilization.
Develop together.
The year-long mutual exchange and learning will also cultivate a large number of people who are proficient in the Ba language, and these people will become the channels and links for communication between tribes in the future.
The unification of language and characters will greatly promote the unification of thought.
The unity of thought will transcend race and tribe, creating favorable conditions and foundation for future tribal mixing and elimination of racial barriers.
Before there was no way to open schools, war and slavery were the best ways and means to quickly integrate tribes.
The Ba people have continuously imported a large number of strong foreign labor forces for two consecutive years, which has made the tribe's development advance by leaps and bounds.
The 400 acres of wasteland newly reclaimed this year are still fertile riverbanks with deep mulch. Moreover, it is not just about clearing stones and digging ditches, but also using wooden plows and rakes to carry out extensive plowing and tidying up. Therefore, at a glance
It's very flat, with almost no rocks visible.
After plowing and leveling, most of the weed roots in the new fields have been cleared away. Therefore, as long as the weather is good and the weather is good, the yield of these 400 acres of new fields should be the same as last year's 400 acres of mature fields.
After a busy few days, under the guidance of Xu Chen, these new and mature fields have undergone some small-scale renovations. The ditches should be dug deeper, and the river banks should be raised and raised. Some places feel that the plowing is not careful enough.
Then take the horse over to plow the place again.
As the farmland is gradually plowed and tidied up, the weather temperature is slowly rising.
Winter is gone in a blink of an eye, and it’s the new year again.