This road is located at the junction of river meadows and mountain forests. Most of it is hidden in relatively sparse and low woods. Once it is built, horse-drawn carriages can travel among the woods without getting dizzy even in the summer.
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And indeed, as Xu Chen said, this road has a large amount of work, but it is not difficult.
Except for the 50-meter-long rocky slope at the entrance of the valley, other places only need to cut down the thorn trees along the way, dig out the soil and level it, and then simply compact it.
According to the division of labor arrangement, the two groups were separated by about a mile and constructed at the same time.
A group of powerful men were responsible for cutting down trees and clearing ground vegetation along the markings, while others were responsible for excavating earth and rock, leveling and compacting.
Because it is a simple dirt road for carriages, it does not need to be very strict, just a rough size.
Two meters wide is the design width. Some flat areas are flat and wide without the need for special excavation. However, some places may become narrower due to the obstruction of large trees or stones. In addition, in order to minimize the difficulty of the project, large trees and stones along the way are basically
have been avoided, so the entire road plan is not very straight, but winding.
But these are not important. What is important is to ensure that this road cannot be flooded in summer.
As long as carriages can pass, when winter comes, these big trees and rocks blocking the road will be slowly removed, and eventually the road will become relatively straight. However, right now, in order to open it to traffic before the Witch Lord Conference,
There just isn't enough time.
With the influx of large groups of people, the normally silent mountain forest quickly became lively and joyful.
The strong men began to chop down the trees along the marks marked with lime or axes, while the men with hatchets chopped away the thorns, vines, weeds, etc., and the remaining women and
Some boys and girls raked the rattan basket with hoes and pickaxes and began to dig out the empty soil and roots.
This forest is home to a large number of birds. Basically, most of the birds near the river mouth call this forest their home. Therefore, when so many people make a fuss, hundreds of various wild birds suddenly fly into the sky and chirp.
Crying and circling all over the sky.
Naturally, many small animals hidden in the woods were frightened by this movement and ran around.
Although the turtles and snakes have almost disappeared, there are many squirrels, mice, hedgehogs, pheasants, foxes, rabbits and other small animals.
So in the woods at the foot of the mountain, there were little beasts running and jumping everywhere, causing a group of working men and women to laugh and chase them everywhere with poles and hoes.
Although I didn't get one after working for a long time, it made the atmosphere more lively and cheerful.
Therefore, from the mouth of the valley to two miles downstream, the sounds of busy work and loud laughter in the woods can be heard everywhere, making this riverbank forest, which is quiet and lonely all year round and inaccessible, suddenly become extremely lively.
While the Ba people were starting construction, a team of nearly 200 people also started building roads outside the mouth of the Uu valley more than 30 miles downstream.
The team was led by the hunter leader Long and several family leaders. Most of the team were men, but there were also many strong women mixed in.
When Feng and others arrived at Wuzu on horseback, the little witch sister had already completed the prayer and blessing ceremony, and the project had officially started.
Because the Uzbek ethnic group has a larger population, the distance they are responsible for building the road this time will be longer, but relatively speaking, the construction difficulty on the Uzbek side is much less.
The main reason is that the closer this section of the hillside is to the Uzu, the gentler it becomes, and there are more big trees. It is relatively spacious inside, and there are not many low thorn bushes at the foot of the Bazu Valley Pass, so it is easier to deal with.
Of course, relying solely on the support of a group of fans such as Little Witch Sister and Long is not enough. Power generation for love cannot last long, and some benefits and benefits must be provided.
In order to induce the Uzbek people to go all out to build this road, Xu Chen sponsored the Uzbek people ten axes and ten hatchets, as well as dozens of hoes and pickaxes. These things were not given away for free, but would be halved in the future.
Purchased with copper.
But even so, the Uzbek people, young and old, were overjoyed.
After a month of busy work, you can get so many urgently needed and useful bronze tools at half price, which is like a pie in the world.
In fact, many people of the Uzbek people already know that these bronzes are made from the copper they smelted, but copper alone is not enough. It also needs mysterious metals and complicated techniques provided by the other two tribes for processing. They
Although they covet this technology, they all know that His Majesty the Witch King will not easily spread this magical technology given by the gods.
Because even though many tribes have gradually become rich in pottery, the production technology has not spread.
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Of course, just because it hasn’t spread doesn’t mean that other tribes don’t know how to do it at all. Now almost all tribes have learned how to burn kilns and make lime clay bricks to build houses. Craftsmen in some tribes have learned to use the clay used to make clay bricks.
Some simple pottery came out.
They are all small utensils such as pottery bowls, pottery plates, pottery spoons, etc.
These pottery is crude, heavy, crooked and far less beautiful than the Ba pottery, but it is undeniable that apart from being uglier, it is no different from the Ba pottery in use.
But that's all. They can only make these simple small utensils, but they can't make large and complex ones at all.
This is true for pottery, and even more so for copperware, and the process is more complicated. Even if the technology is spread, it cannot be made without the other two metals and recipes.
Therefore, for bronzes, the Uzbek people know that only the Ba people can provide them for a long time, and the quantities are small and very valuable. If they didn't have copper mines, they wouldn't be able to exchange them.
You must know that except for the tribes with mines such as the Wu tribe, the Five Ghost tribe, the Mongolian tribe and the Youqing tribe, a large number of other tribes have basically not obtained the wealth to exchange bronzes.
However, these tribes with mines can replace them in large quantities and then exchange them to other tribes as needed.
The Ba tribe does not lack animal skins, but some other tribes still lack it.
Just like the Five Ghost Tribe, the Mongolian Tribe, and the Youqing Tribe, they can use the bronzes exchanged from the Ba Tribe to harvest a large amount of low-end wealth from other neighboring tribes.
Therefore, it is wise to have a mine at home, so that you can run around with a bronze knife and ax on your back.
However, the Wu tribe looks like a moon in the tower near the water. Now it is following the steps of the Ba tribe step by step, hoping to firmly grasp the geographical advantage and maintain its status as the second tribe in the alliance.
With a large number of bronze knives, axes, hoes and other tools sponsored by the Ba people at half price, as well as several wheelbarrows exchanged in advance, the Uzbek people were full of enthusiasm for road construction, using almost half of the entire tribe's labor force, striving to follow Xu Chen's plan and
Requirements are completed on time.
The construction of this road is actually more beneficial to the Wu people, because it will be more convenient for them to trade with the Ba people in the future. Not only can they quickly obtain the most advanced technology and new artifacts from the Ba people, but they can also exchange goods from the Ba people to
A large number of items were sold to other tribes, and then exchanged for other needed items such as animal skins to keep out the cold in winter, gold and gems.
Of course, the gold and gems will eventually be thrown into the prayer pool of the Temple of the Mother Goddess, but this has a completely different meaning, because as long as the Wu people throw more, the Mother Goddess will care more about and protect the Wu people.
Only then will the clan be more prosperous and stronger.
As for what will happen to these golden gems in the end, no one will think about it.
Because these things actually don't seem to have much meaning other than being beautiful and rare, and the gods like them. In the past, they were just collected for good looks. Now that they can be offered to the gods, that's the best use of them.
Feng came in a hurry with a few hunters. After learning that the Wu people had begun to build the road, he rode horses and dragons and others back and forth to briefly inspect the construction site, and then left on horseback to report the news.
Long Ye took the little witch sister with him. He wanted to report the news of the construction here in person. He also wanted to see the situation after the construction started on the Ba tribe.
This was an unprecedented and huge project, and it took three months from planning to start of construction.
When Feng took Long and the little witch sister back to the Ba tribe, Xu Chen was taking the little witch sister, Gu Ju and others to inspect three construction sites.
Simple tasks such as felling wood and digging soil no longer require any guidance from him. Everyone is very skilled in doing it. After all, digging soil, moving rocks and cutting down trees have been the most basic tasks since the construction of the compound.
Nowadays, with sharp knives and axes and strong hoes and picks, these tasks are easier to do.
In the past, if you encountered a tree as thick as a calf, you would need to chop it down with a stone ax for half an hour, but now, for these barbarians, it only takes three to five strokes.
The improvement in labor efficiency brought by tools is not just a little bit, but all-round.
Therefore, with the sound of falling trees everywhere in the woods, in just half a day, two groups of people were in the woods, each cutting down hundreds of large and small trees, and the traces of a clear and empty road began to appear.
After these trees were cut off and their branches were cut off, they were piled one by one in an open space in the woods. They would be used for other purposes soon.
After clearing away the trees and thorns, digging the roadbed is quick.
Over the years, a thick layer of humus soil has been formed in the mountain forest.
As long as this layer of soft humus soil is dug out, there will be a structure of mixed rocks and soil underneath, which is relatively strong. After simple excavation and smoothing, it is enough to simply tamp and pestle it with wood.
After the roadbed was excavated, the wheelbarrow was lifted up.
With the help of this kind of construction site artifact, the speed of clearing and transporting soil and stones will be faster. Some people are responsible for excavation, and some are responsible for transportation.