Most people who are familiar with Xu Chen understand it. From now on, the Wu and Ba ethnic groups will use this stone tablet as a boundary to demarcate the boundaries and territories of the two ethnic groups.
Although the relationship between the two tribes is becoming increasingly close and stable, the competition for territory has always been the biggest conflict between the tribes. In fact, before Xu Chen completed the witchcraft movement and gained the initiative, the Uzbek tribe had always wanted to annex the Ba tribe.
As the two tribes communicate more and more, the range of activities becomes wider and wider after the arrival of horses, and the ranges of daily activities such as hunting often overlap.
Although there will be no conflict or contradiction at the moment, entering each other's territory for hunting will inevitably affect the other's ability to obtain prey. Therefore, delimiting the scope of each territory will greatly safeguard the interests of the two tribes and resolve the possibility of conflicts.
In fact, the Uzbek people should have taken advantage of this demarcation, because Xu Chen divided the border based on the length of the roads built by the two ethnic groups.
Not only are the number of Uighurs building the road much larger, but the construction difficulty is also much lower, so almost two-thirds of the road construction has been completed.
Originally, according to the size and number of the tribe, the Uzbek tribe should indeed occupy more territory, but compared to the status and strength of the Ba tribe, the Uzbek tribe simply did not dare to think like this, even if the territory was divided, even if it was divided evenly
The Uzbek people also believe that they have taken advantage of it.
But in fact, Xu Chen gave up most of his territory to the Uzbek people, which made the Uzbek men, women, and children admire His Majesty the Witch King for his tolerance and kindness.
Therefore, after a burst of cheers, many hunters and family leaders of the Uzbek tribe began to squat down and salute Xu Chen, expressing their gratitude and respect.
So more and more people followed suit and squatted down. In the end, men, women, old and children, regardless of the Uzbek and Ba ethnic groups, squatted all over the place. A group of monkeys followed suit and squatted in the middle of the crowd. Even a few wolf cubs were squatted.
A group of children posed and squatted on the ground.
Xu Chen stood under the boundary monument, looking at everyone with a warm smile;
"The territorial dispute has always been the biggest conflict between tribes. I do this because I want the Ba and Wu tribes to be able to watch their neighbors for generations and have eternal peace. We will all grow old and die, but our children and grandchildren will live here.
This piece of land can survive for a long time, so I hope that this tradition can be passed down forever. I also ask everyone to remember that this monument is only a boundary on the surface of the earth, not a boundary in the heart. The blood of our two races is thicker than water, and there will always be no boundary stone in our hearts.
Those with boundaries will always love each other and help each other, just like the two witches, they are twin sisters, connected by blood and never want to be separated."
The twin little witches flushed with excitement, held their hands tightly together, looked at each other knowingly, and then squatted down, raising the scepter in their hands at the same time.
"I will follow the guidance of His Majesty the Witch King. From now on, the two races will love each other and never be separated!"
"Very well, everyone, please get up. This Bawu Avenue is a testimony of the family ties and friendship between our two tribes. I hope that there will be carriages going back and forth between the two tribes every day in the future, so that we can get together every day like today.
Now let the two witches perform a blessing ceremony for us on the river beach below us, and use this spacious avenue to welcome friends from all ethnic groups who are about to attend the witch masters conference."
"Uga~~"
The scene suddenly burst into joy. The men, women and children squatting on the ground cheered and jumped up, and then rushed out of the forest and into the river beach, howling and screaming along the slope of the roadside.
For a moment, people cheered, horses roared, flags rolled, and horns sounded on the vast river beach. Men, women, old and young gathered in a large circle, regardless of tribe, regardless of you and me, and surrounded the twin little witches, holding hands and cheering and dancing together.
, a grand and lively blessing ceremony began.
So lively!
Xu Chen was surrounded by a large group of stocky girls. He was dazzled by the joyful singing and dancing. When he shook his head and cheered together, he always felt that something was missing. After thinking about it, it suddenly dawned on him, yes, so
A lively scene should have several gongs and drums.
Although the horn is loud, it is not shocking enough.
If there were a few more suonas... forget it, that stuff is suitable for lying down and listening to, not suitable for such a festive day.
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The completion and opening of Bau Avenue to traffic has become a major happy event this year, second only to the successful development of bronzes.
In order to celebrate this important event, not only did the two tribes come out in full force to hold a grand blessing conference, but Xu Chen even announced the opening of a special tourist line during the Witch Lord Conference, with a carriage driving in opposite directions every morning and afternoon.
This decision immediately made the two tribes rejoice.
However, due to the limited number of people it can carry, the sightseeing carriage currently only selects women, children, the elderly and the weak from the two tribes who have not been to the other tribe for many years.
Although such regulations make most people feel a little regretful, there is no dissatisfaction or resistance. After all, most of the people who cannot go out are older women or the elderly, weak, or injured. These people have had a great deal of trouble with the tribe.
Those who contribute deserve respect.
However, in addition to the carriages, the two tribes currently have more than twenty adult wild horses in total, as well as several middle-aged ponies over two years old. In order to test the traffic quality of this road, try to walk on the road before the Witch Lord Conference.
It was crushed even more firmly, and Xu Chen also asked the hunters from the two tribes who were proficient in horseback riding to make more trips back and forth every day.
Since then, on this brand-new road from the Ba ethnic group to the Uzbek ethnic group, horse-drawn carriages have been coming and going almost all day long. The carriages trotted all the way, and the riders galloped all the way, whipping their hooves and whipping. The vast forest
On the road, you can hear the sound of horse hooves running back and forth and the cry of wild ghosts, howling wolves and howling wild animals everywhere.
Even after the road was built, the Uzbek people couldn't wait to transport the collected gold, gems, copper, animal skins, and linen to the Ba people, and then transport the needed pottery, salt, and bronzes back, so the wheelbarrows started going back and forth.
Running on this forest road.
This is a brand new road and a novel thing.
The Uba and Uba tribes have never had such convenient communication and excitement.
The sightseeing carriage allowed the women, children, the elderly and the weak who had not been out for a long time to see the different scenery of the outside world. At the same time, they also saw the neighboring tribes that were close to Chichi but had not been there for a long time.
The development and changes of the Ba people have been so earth-shaking that the Uzbek people who have never been here are stunned. The temples, compounds, kilns, ponds, wood processing workshops, stone tool making, etc. are all amazing.
But the changes of the Wu people are not small. There are no longer just four mud-brick courtyards at the foot of the mountain, but a large one. The size of the adjacent walls is three times larger than that of the Ba people. It is amazing to be hidden among the riverbank trees.
In addition, there are several blast furnaces for smelting copper ore in Uzbekistan. The smoke billows all day long and the atmosphere is warm and spectacular. The teams going to the valley to transport copper ore and cut firewood come and go, which also makes people feel a prosperous and prosperous scene.
These unprecedented changes between the two races have occurred in the past two years.
Therefore, seeing the strange and huge changes in each other, those old and weak men and women who were once young all had tears in their eyes.
There was a time when the two tribes were always nasty and disliked each other.
At that time, the Wu tribe still had a great shaman, who was the core of the six tribes. Even if the Wu tribe had a large family and a large business, it still had many conflicts due to uneven internal distribution, while the Ba tribe was just a pitiful and poor small tribe that ate soil.
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But times have changed, and now everything has changed. The changes are so fast that it is dizzying, and it makes people who have not traveled far for a long time sigh with emotion.
Nice romance
However, this kind of tourist bustle is not attractive to Xu Chen.
Because this newly built dirt road is relatively soft, some places will begin to collapse and deform under rolling, making the traffic not very smooth.
More often than not, he promptly arranged for people to reinforce and repair the roads based on the feedback from passing vehicles and horses, and deal with some soft or uneven areas.
In addition, the Witch Lords Conference is approaching, various conference arrangements have also begun to be put on the agenda, and the entire Ba tribe has begun to become nervous and busy.
After the summer floods, the simple pier at the mouth of the river has been washed away by the floods and needs to be rebuilt to welcome the arrival of tribes such as the Yu Gong clan and the Gonghuo clan from the lower reaches.
In addition, the temple was built in a hurry. After more than a year of wind and rain, some parts began to collapse and leak, causing the statue to be damaged by rain and need to be repaired and repainted.
At the Witch Lords Conference, Xu Chen wanted to capture a group of wild horses again. However, due to road construction, the group of wild horses on the north bank of the river actually crossed the river to the opposite side of the Wild Wolf Beach. Therefore, Xu Chen, after discussing with Feng, Long and others, set their sights on
On the other side of the river, people have been arranging to cross the river every day to investigate and observe the area more than ten miles upstream and downstream, constantly collecting the number and movements of the wild horses on the opposite side, and preparing to take advantage of the Witch Lord Conference when hundreds of outstanding hunters gather to conduct another round-up.
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If dozens of wild horses can be captured, the transportation situation of various tribes will be greatly improved.
If you want to improve the level of human civilization, you can't just hide at home and make a fortune alone. You have to make everyone rich. Only when a large number of tribes have enough food and clothing can they be free to develop industry and commerce, and even support the construction of palaces and gods.
temples and an official class independent of the tribes and a demobilized army.
Horses are currently the most important asset to enhance the development of various tribes. They can not only plow fields and pull carts, but also transport and hunt.
Compared with the important value of cattle in the era of complete farming, Xu Chen actually valued the role of horses more. After all, apart from being hardworking and hardworking, nothing about cattle could compare with horses. Therefore, there were many bison on the riverbanks on both sides, but Xu Chen
Chen had no intention of conducting a large-scale roundup.
Moreover, this kind of bison is more dangerous than wild horses. Not only is it huge in size, it also has two sharp horns pointing forward on its head. It is different from the buffalo he was once familiar with. The body hair is particularly long, similar to the legendary buffalo.
The woolly rhinoceros can actually be regarded as a super large herbivorous mammal, similar to the elephant rhinoceros.
Therefore, although the beef is tender and delicious, hunters generally do not hunt them easily, because once they are startled and start running, not to mention humans, they will be trampled into meat. Any animals along the way can only look at the wind, and wolves, bears, tigers and leopards also have to stay away.
In the past, in the hunting competitions of the Witch Lord Conference, some tribal hunters would take the initiative to look for opportunities to kill bison. If they succeeded, they would get a lot of extra points, but there were few opportunities to perfectly hunt the adults. At most, they would kill some stragglers.
Half-baked calf.
The last time Xu Chen and others went downstream to explore, they encountered the group of savages and wolves rounding up the bison. They relied on the larger mammoths to disperse the herd, causing the bison herd to panic and scatter. This gave Lei and other hunters a lot of trouble.
With a good opportunity, we managed to kill a few in a surprise attack.
What's more, whether such a huge primitive bison can be tamed is still a big question mark.
Just like the African bison cannot be domesticated, the domestication of many primitive animals will take a long time or even an opportunity similar to God's opening of eyes.
Being able to tame a wild horse actually depends on luck, and it has a lot to do with the living environment and breed.