On the fifth day of August, there are only forty days left before the Witch Lords Conference.
After breakfast, a bright red sun rose, and Xu Chen led a group of young and strong men and women to set off.
Three big flags fluttered in the wind.
The sound of the horn echoed melodiously in the valley.
More than a dozen horses, three carriages, five human carts, and fifteen wheelbarrows were piled with bronze axes, hatchets, hoes, picks, rakes, rattan baskets, poles, ropes and other tools. Jin Huanghuang
It emits a charming light under the rising sun.
A labor force of nearly a hundred people pushed carts and drove horses to follow the flag, stretching for hundreds of meters toward the mouth of the valley.
Xu Chen was riding on a horse, with the little witch beside him. The two were walking side by side, laughing and joking as they walked.
Feng and a group of other hunters had already rode some of the strongest stallions and whipped away. They wanted to go to the Uzbek tribe first to deliver the news.
This is a great and epoch-making project, and Xu Chen naturally doesn’t want to be too careless. At least in this era of belief in gods, before starting work, the great shamans of the two tribes need to hold a groundbreaking ceremony to bless the entire project and hope that the gods will bless them.
The project can be completed successfully.
According to the previously negotiated agreement, the twin little witch sisters each held a blessing ceremony before the two clans started work. The time could not be precise to a certain hour, but the approximate time was set at around nine o'clock.
The road for carriages in the valley has been built. Although this six-to-seven-mile-long section of the road has only been simply leveled and treated, there is no problem for two-wheeled carriages. The river beach is originally relatively flat, so walking on it does not seem awkward.
Very bumpy.
Because of their excitement, a group of people walked very fast, laughing and chatting loudly. It only took about forty minutes to reach the entrance of the valley.
After the water falls in autumn, only a shallow river of water seven or eight meters wide is left at the mouth of the valley.
Most of the stone wall built before has been washed away, leaving only a section of more than ten meters long on both sides.
According to Xu Chen's road plan, the section at the entrance of the valley is actually the most difficult, because the valley is relatively narrow, with steep mountain walls and pools on one side, and a smooth rocky slope on the other, about fifty meters long.
Fortunately, the north bank happens to be a rocky slope, which happens to be on the same side of the creek as the compound. As long as a road is opened on the hillside, it can ensure normal access to and from the valley when the water rises in summer.
In the past, this project alone would have caused intestinal obstruction and completely cut off Xu Chen's plan to build the road.
But now, although it is still very difficult, there are ways to deal with it.
Although this section of the stone slope is very smooth, it is not a very hard rock, but red sandstone. The texture is relatively soft and the slope is not too steep. You only need to use a copper drill to dig out a two-three-foot-wide channel, and then build it underneath.
Build some stone piers on the stone slope of the river, then use the stone piers as fulcrums, and pave them with wood to form a trestle.
In this way, a half-trestle road about two meters wide can be formed on the stone slope.
The carriage's carrying capacity is not large. Even if it is fully loaded with 500 kilograms, the overall weight will not exceed one ton. As long as the piers and trestle wood are strong enough, there will basically be no problems.
What's more, this is just a temporary measure, because this road is not very busy, and only a few carriages pass back and forth on weekdays. If there is a problem, it can be reinforced in time, or if there is enough time, masons can be arranged to work directly on the stone slope.
By digging a complete stone path two meters wide, you no longer have to worry.
After arriving at the mouth of the valley, everyone dismounted and got off the bus.
All the tools were unloaded and piled on the river beach. After a group of people made a fuss, they divided into three groups and started to line up according to the previously arranged division of labor.
The formation was naturally a little stretched, because in addition to the hunters who were training on weekdays, there were also many women and some half-bred boys and girls.
Xu Chen raised his hand to signal, and the crowd quickly calmed down.
"Today we officially started to build the road. This project is very large and the distance is very long, but it is not complicated. The location of the road construction has been planned. The team leader will be responsible for following the marks left on the lime and trees.
Go ahead, don't dig and chop everywhere, so as not to waste your energy. The wild beasts in the forest have been driven back and forth several times. There should be no danger, and there are no insects or snakes, but everyone is still asked to pay attention to safety..."
Although these things have been said several times in advance, Xu Chen still reminded them seriously again.
"Don't worry, my mother is watching us!"
"Yeah, let's start working, let's start working!"
A group of men shouted loudly holding axes and hoes.
"Okay, now please ask the great wizard to pray and bless us!"
Xu Chen turned around and squatted down towards the little witch. Behind him, a large group of men and women followed suit and squatted all over the floor.
The little witch looked serious at this time, holding up the golden scepter and slowly began to sing ancient and obscure witchcraft songs. She danced while singing, with gentle and strange movements.
Xu Chen still couldn't understand this ancient song, but the little witch's pious expression and singing and dancing still made him feel a very ancient mysterious atmosphere.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
Everyone listened with great piety and seriousness, holding their breath and feeling the energy of divine protection brought by the songs.
The great witch is the spiritual support of all tribesmen.
Every note she sings represents the will of the gods.
Everyone believes that as long as they receive the blessing of the great witch and the protection of the gods, the road will be built smoothly and everyone will be safe.
Xu Chen was naturally very clear about the thoughts of a group of primitive savages.
But he believed in himself even more. Gods would never teach humans any knowledge, nor would they give humans any wealth.
The development of human civilization depends entirely on labor and wisdom.
Western religions believe that gods are supreme and everything humans possess is given by gods.
But for the Chinese civilization, all life is created by one's own labor. Gods are just a kind of fear of the unknown and spiritual sustenance.
If a god cannot protect themselves, they will believe in themselves more, or if they encounter a tribe protected by another greater god, they will easily change their ways and succumb to reality.
Or for the Chinese, gods are not fixed, but constantly appear and disappear according to needs. The purpose of creating these gods is just for survival needs, just like eating and sleeping.
When a human being has strong wisdom and ability to lead human development, he can also become a god.
For example, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, they eventually transformed from tribal leaders into gods worshiped by the Chinese.
Although Xu Chen has not yet reached this height, he has gradually shown signs of it.
At least in the eyes of the Ba people and the alliance tribes, Xu Chen was a lucky man who was resurrected only after being cared for by the gods. All the creativity and wisdom he displayed exuded the brilliance of the gods.
Through several battles of conquest, he has established his supremacy among all alliance tribes.
All witches must obey his will and command.
This status and identity beyond that of a witch is completely normal in the eyes of all primitive humans, because Xu Chen has used his own wisdom and ability to prove that he is powerful and unmatched.
Building a carriage road from the Ba people to the Uzbek people is an incredible thing for both the Ba people and the Uzbek people.
But under Xu Chen's powerful appeal, there was no opposition or conflict between the two tribes.
The ones who support him the most are undoubtedly the twin little witch sisters.
Their identity and status determine that they need to follow Xu Chen's pace and follow his guidance.
Because Xu Chen is the most powerful witch in the world, with the most powerful wisdom and incredible knowledge.
All of Xu Chen's innovative inventions have demonstrated magical power in promoting the prosperity and development of the tribe.
And the prosperous and beautiful picture Xu Chen painted of the future between the two races also plunged you two girls who are inexperienced in the world into a kind of inextricable excitement and excitement.
For them, supporting Xu Chen means fulfilling the will of the gods.
Therefore, during the Mid-Autumn Festival when the autumn breeze brought coolness, the Ba and Wu tribes conducted a simple and solemn blessing ceremony near the mouth of the valley of the two tribes at almost the same time, led by two little witches who looked almost exactly the same.
After that, the project officially started.
"Sound the horn, start work!"
Following Xu Chen's high-spirited roar, Gu blew the golden horn.
"Uga~~"
Amidst the melodious sound of the horn, the men and women who had just received the blessing cheered at the same time, raised their golden axes, hatchets, hoes and pickaxes high in their hands and roared to the sky.
"Church!"
A burly hunter with a black cloth on his head raised a big golden ax in his hand, turned around and said hello, then headed straight out of the valley with a group of men and women carrying baskets and burdens carrying hoes and picks.
"Come out and start work!"
The remaining two groups of people couldn't restrain their excitement, and they all raised various tools and left in a hurry.
Working is not hunting, nor is it daily training, so there is no need to pay attention to discipline and formation.
The team of nearly a hundred people are all young and middle-aged men and women from the tribe with sound hands and feet.
There are only some women, children, the elderly and pregnant women left in the family.
Not only do they have to cook at home, they also have to take care of a large group of infants and children, as well as a large group of livestock, chickens, ducks and geese.
In short, staying at home is not necessarily easier than working outside.
But for everyone in the tribe, these are the divisions of labor that each of them should bear.
Because in this big equal family, no one can be lazy.
Even Ye Du has to carry a hoe and follow a group of people to dig soil and build roads, and she also has to undertake the heaviest physical labor. After all, she is already an adult woman.
All the Ba people are divided into three large groups, each group consists of about thirty people.
One group is responsible for digging the road in this section of Shipo.
The other two groups are in the mountains and forests outside the valley, each responsible for the excavation and construction of a section of road.
Excavation of stone slopes and construction of stone piers are tasks that can only be completed by skilled workers. Therefore, it is a group of men who are familiar with building stone dams for houses and several stonemasons. In addition, there are more than a dozen strong men to help move stones, soil and soil.
mud.
The other two groups are relatively simple.
According to the marks left by Xu Chen after several rounds of surveys, the thorny trees along the way were cleaned up, and then the roots of the soil were dug out with hoes and pickaxes for smoothing, and finally built in the mountain forest where the Wulong River could not be flooded by the rising water in summer.