The more than two hundred kilograms of rice seeds harvested alone will definitely not be able to sow 400 acres of farmland, but fortunately, he had already communicated with the witches and a group of chiefs of the Cicha tribe during Mother's Day in the spring, and asked them to help with harvesting in the autumn when they returned.
Rice is delivered.
In August, when Mo took people to get lacquer from the Cicha tribe, they brought back more than a thousand kilograms of rice by boat.
On Mother's Day, the Cicha witch asked each tribe to collect and bring hundreds of kilograms, so that they could meet the demand for spring rice seeds.
Then Xu Chen secretly arranged for someone to cook several meals of rice in the palace to satisfy his craving with a group of witches.
At the witchcraft ceremony not long ago, Xu Chen invited the witches of the Cicha tribe and a group of clan chiefs to eat a meal of sweet and soft magical rice. The group of people collectively screamed and went back.
Seduced by the delicious taste of rice, Xu Chen believed that the Cicha people would find ways to reclaim rice fields on a large scale around the lake. In the future, the area around the lake would inevitably become a land of fish and rice no less than the Gonghuo Basin.
Think about the conditions. The lake stretches for hundreds of miles, and there are endless fish and shrimps in it. There are countless edible aquatic plants such as lotus root, water chestnut, chicken head, rice, and a large number of things that Xu Chen didn’t recognize at all. A large amount of rice can be planted on the shore of the lake, and on the hillside islands.
There are also bamboo forests that stretch for hundreds of miles, and the output of bamboo shoots alone is an astronomical figure.
Therefore, the habitat of the Cicha tribe is definitely a geomantic treasure land, a treasure trove of endless food and drink.
It's a pity that the local transportation is so bad that Xu Chen is reluctant to go there.
According to the current population and living conditions of mankind, it is not enough to develop the Great Lakes.
This primitive and barbaric situation will continue for at least hundreds or even thousands of years.
Only when the population reaches tens of thousands can the area around the Great Lakes really start to become lively.
But Xu Chen felt that he would never see such lively scenes in this life.
At the moment, he can only focus on this one-third of an acre of Gonghuo Basin and develop it.
If the harvest of the paddy fields built by the Cicha tribe reaches expectations this year, they will promote rice cultivation on a large scale in the Gonghuo Basin. This will also make full use of large areas of low-lying land, and the grain output will double.
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From the end of December to the end of January, the Gonghuo Basin has been undergoing large-scale farming and sowing.
Men, women and children working in the fields can be seen everywhere.
As the sowing slowly ended, the construction of the royal city began again.
However, as the rain gradually increased, the construction of houses with rammed earth has completely stopped. The main work is the decoration of already built houses and the construction of roads and ditches.
After Xu Chen finished sowing rice for the Cicha people, he took a boat back to the Ba people. Firstly, he checked the progress of the renovation of the Ba people's compound. Secondly, he had promised to bring Ye and his daughter to live in the royal city after the spring.
At present, the busiest work in the construction of the royal city is gradually coming to an end, and the rainy season and hot summer will soon enter, and it will be a relatively leisurely time for a long time.
Now that Pi Wu has gone back with his son, he will not be able to come back until Mother's Day. Xu Chen also feels that he cannot treat Ye and his daughter badly and let them come to the palace to live in the spacious garden building.
After all, Ye is the perfect match.
Although he has given up his original vow to be a single man, he will never lose his character...
The renovation project of the Ba compound is proceeding smoothly.
When Xu Chen returned, all the buildings had been roofed and tiled.
There are a total of five houses, large and small, and the interior and exterior decoration is currently being stepped up.
The main group of craftsmen participating in the construction of the house are all men who have participated in the construction of the Ba settlement and the palace in Gonghuo Basin. They have rich experience and can be regarded as the most high-end group of professional construction workers in the entire Ba country.
Compared with the size of the palace, these houses of the Ba people are not worth mentioning, so there is almost no difficulty in building and decorating them.
In fact, Xu Chen didn't worry too much from beginning to end.
Looking at such a spacious and luxurious two-story house, the men, women and children of the Ba ethnic group happily worked hard to help with the work. Even the mother, Ba and grandma, who had been reluctant to demolish the old house, were so happy that they could not open their mouths from ear to ear all day long.
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Xu Chen didn't stay for a few days when he came back, and left with Ye's mother and daughter, a bunch of food, drink, toiletries, and a lot of pickled vegetables, salt eggs, bacon, and salted fish.
The Ba people are now so wealthy that they have no worries about food and clothing.
Grains, linen, animal skins, pottery, and pottery were piled up in the warehouses and arbors. Several families in the entire tribe worked hard to help carry the food, clothing, and shelter to the boat. They did not stop until they couldn't hold it anymore, and then watched the boat reluctantly.
Leave the dock and set sail across the waves.
After the palace was repaired, this was the first time Ye came to Gonghuo Basin.
The current construction scale of Wangcheng has already exceeded Ye's imagination, and the development near Wangcheng makes her feel like a dream.
When she left on Mother's Day last year, the palace temple had just been topped out. Although she had visited it, it was still a rough building at that time. But now, the layout and situation after the interior and exterior decoration are completely different from the building in the world.
In the broad palace square, three flags were flying high on the flag stand in the middle. The square was surrounded by green trees and blooming flowers.
In the gardens of palaces and temples, there are flourishing flowers and plants, ditches and flower ponds with flowing water, and they are neat and clean, just like the residence of gods.
Especially the murals in the temple and the palace hall shocked her beyond comprehension.
The palace dormitory where I stayed was beautifully decorated on the upper and lower floors. It was like a paradise. After staying there for a few days, I still felt like I was dreaming.
Before she came here, she had heard about the luxury and beauty of the palace many times, but it was not until she actually saw it that she realized how pale the tribesmen's descriptions were, and how expensive and meager words could not describe it.
Xu Chen accompanied Ye Zai to visit the palace and the royal city for a few days. After she gradually became familiar with it, she started to work again.
Accompanied by two girls from the Ba ethnic group, Ye continued to visit her new home with her daughter every day. The several half-grown dogs that Xu Chen brought over in winter became her best followers, like a few excited little dogs.
Ha, as I walked around the palace and the royal city all day long, I could see their excited figures everywhere.
In mid-February, the military camp was renovated, and the Royal City Forbidden Army recruited by various ethnic groups also came to report one after another according to arrangements.
As the commander-in-chief, Feng is the supreme commander of this group of forbidden troops.
As the deputy commander, Long was appointed as the commander of the Forbidden Army, responsible for management and training tasks.
Lei is in charge of the Gonghuo Basin and mainly assists in the daily work and management of the Military and Government Hall. He is responsible for the management and training of the hunter teams of each tribe and does not participate in the management of the Forbidden Army.
Although one hundred forbidden troops are not many, for the royal city with a total population of only more than 2,000 people, it is enough to cope with daily patrols and security defense.
After Feng Helong came to report that all the Forbidden Forces had arrived and were stationed in the barracks, Xu Chen personally went to the barracks to review and inspect.
The military camp covers an area of about 30 acres, surrounded by a rammed earth wall as high as a person, with only one gate for entry and exit. It is a completely enclosed military camp.
Near the northwest corner of the palace, there is a row of barracks, built according to the pattern of ten people per room. Each room is about 30 square meters in area. There are five bunk wooden beds inside, and animal skins, linen quilts and bedding are all available.
Everyone also has a dedicated wooden shelf to place daily necessities.
In addition, there are specialized kitchens, canteens, washrooms, toilets, armories, material warehouses, conference rooms, recreation rooms, mills, stables and other ancillary facilities.
Because it is still in its early stages, many things are not available yet. We have only temporarily selected ten strong women from the Gonghuo Tribe, Thunder Tribe and Five Ghost Tribes to fill the kitchen.
After all, food is the top priority. As long as you have food and a place to live, the rest can be arranged slowly.
In addition to these living and residential facilities, the largest area is the training ground, which is twenty acres in size. The overall layout is like a school, surrounded by various buildings, with a playground in the middle, and a track surrounding the playground.
The Forbidden Army is different from the hunter teams of various tribes. They are professional soldiers and fully closed management, so the training and management will be more strict.
Although these selected hunters are all the youngest and strongest hunters from the five core tribes of Bameng, Gonghuo League, Yugong League, Pimeng, and Five Ghost Tribes, and they have all received relatively strict training in each tribe, but that
This kind of strictness actually means that they can abide by training disciplines, obey orders, and obey orders and prohibitions during training and combat. They are still a very lazy group of people on weekdays. Therefore, in order to fully train them into a true professional soldier, more work is needed.
Great effort.
Xu Chen will strictly train this army using the drill manual he wrote.
Several assessments will be completed within a year, and only those who pass the exam will stay. Those who are eliminated will continue to be recruited and selected from various tribes.
According to Xu Chen's plan, once the training of this army reaches the requirements, its appearance and state will be completely different, no different from the soldiers of later generations. Not only must they be brave and able to fight, but they must also absolutely obey orders and military discipline to become a true iron army.
After the service of this first batch of forbidden troops is completed, they will be fully employed in various government departments in the royal city, or return to the tribes to serve as grassroots officers, and launch a new round of stricter militarized management and training for the hunters of each tribe. A few years later, Ba
The country will slowly build a real army, and discipline and military literacy will be greatly enhanced.
Since conquering the Pi tribe, Xu Chen has not visited various tribes for several years.
But as the supreme leader, Xu Chen's name is so popular among the tribes that no one can replace him.
Most of these young hunters are fifteen or sixteen years old, much younger than Xu Chen. Except for people from the Ba tribe, most of the other tribes have seen them at Mother's Day and witchcraft festivals in spring and autumn.
Xu Chen, but Xu Chen basically didn’t know him.
Therefore, when Xu Chen rode horseback and brought Gu Heju and two personal tools to the military camp, there was an extremely warm cheer. Everyone knelt down on one knee, beat their chests, saluted and shouted, His Majesty the Witch King, to show their respect for them.