Xue'er is eight months old and has now begun to learn to walk. After the autumn harvest began, she was weaned and left to the care of Ba women.
It was also Ye's first year to take over such a large-scale and wide-scale tax and grain collection work, so he was a little confused, so Xu Chen asked the temple who had experienced tax and grain collection last year to help.
The little witch personally led a group of little witch students from the witch academy to help with the weighing and counting and storage. When he was too busy, Xu Chen would mobilize the imperial army to arrange for people to help, and sometimes he would even go to the scene to assist.
From the end of June to the end of July in the entire royal city, the granary is the busiest place.
It was busy until August, when all the farmland near the royal city was harvested, and this lively scene slowly subsided.
At this time, not only were the warehouses in the royal city full of food, but the granaries of various tribes, large and small, were also full of food. Some tribes even had too few houses and so much food that they could no longer store it. They could only let the tribesmen continue to collect food.
Started sleeping together in large numbers.
In view of the fact that there is too much food and not enough housing to live in, almost all tribes are preparing to start a new round of house construction plans.
The same is true for the Ba people. Xu Chen has already planned it and plans to start construction in mid-August.
In order to promote the tribal construction of the new agricultural commune structure, Xu Chen convened three witches and the chiefs of each tribe to discuss the matter in the Witch King's Hall, and made public the new settlement plan he designed for the Ba people, saying that as long as the tribe wanted to build new houses and courtyards,
Designs can be carried out according to this plan this year. At the same time, the palace will also issue orders for lumber and carpentry factories to speed up the production of rammed earth molds to cooperate with the construction of various tribes.
After the news came out, there was joy all around the royal city.
Xu Chen’s new architectural plan divides living quarters, material storage and processing, poultry and livestock breeding into different areas, and abandons the traditional separate courtyards, and the entire settlement will form a semi-open gathering pattern.
This kind of construction plan will make future production and life more convenient and comfortable regardless of the size of the tribe, and it will also facilitate future expansion of the tribe.
If there are few warehouses, build warehouses. If there are few houses, build houses. If there are few livestock pens, build livestock pens.
After a few years of this, the closed group living model used by each tribe will completely transform into a village pattern, which is more in line with the future development direction.
From the cave to the compound and then to the village.
From ethnic groups to tribes, to mixed settlements.
Driven by Xu Chen, in just a few years, the Gonghuo Basin experienced a vicissitudes of change, and the speed of civilization evolution was not unsatisfactory.
However, the tribes did not feel too much inconvenience. Instead, they liked this rapid development and became more and more adaptable to this new life.
Since the new housing construction plan was announced in the royal city, many tribes have been eager to start building new houses.
The Ba people even started the project first, with all men, women, old and young involved in the construction, and a large piece of house foundation was laid out in just a few days.
After two years of large-scale construction of the royal city, a large number of craftsmen proficient in rammed earth building have been trained for each tribe. Therefore, Xu Chen did not need to go overboard on this matter. He just summoned three witches and the chiefs of each tribe to hold two meetings.
At the next meeting, we roughly laid out the house construction work, and then took a group of people on horseback back and forth to conduct two rounds of inspections and general guidance and planning in the tribal gathering areas near the royal city and on the north bank of the Jicang River. This new round of house construction can be considered as
After the arrangement is over, the rest is to rely on each tribe to build it according to their needs...
In order to ensure the quality and safety of house construction, Xu Chen deliberately established the Inspection Department and the Construction Department in advance.
The Inspection Office is similar to the police station of later generations, focusing on security inspections, but it is different from the Forbidden Army patrols. It mainly dispatches hunter patrol teams from various tribes and provides unified command. It is under the responsibility of deputy commander Lei. The Forbidden Army under the leadership of Long is mainly focused on intimidation and combat.
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The Industrial Construction Department is responsible for the arrangement and quality inspection of all large and small projects, as well as the management of craftsman training and industrial production management such as factories, mines, and kilns.
During the construction meeting of the royal palace, these two departments temporarily appointed chief officials and some auxiliary personnel to take charge. When the Wu Zhu Conference convened a large-scale nationwide court meeting, the two government departments were officially announced.
The functions of the Yamen and the appointment of officials.
On the last day of early August, Xu Chen issued an order through the Military and Political Palace to recruit a hundred elite hunters from the tribes near the royal city, prepare bows and arrows and half a month's dry food, and select fifty of the hardest-trained forbidden troops from the military camp to form a
The salt-robbing brigade officially sent troops to the Yu Gong clan, preparing to go to war with the Nanman and seize the new salt mines as their own.
The treasures in the world are only for those who are virtuous.
Xu Chen has always been accustomed to convincing others with virtue.
The news that the Yugong clan discovered a new salt mine has recently spread around the royal city.
Therefore, when they heard that His Majesty the Witch King was personally leading troops to rob the salt mines, all the tribes immediately burst into cheers, and all the hunters enthusiastically signed up to participate in the battle.
Although there was no population or wealth to plunder during this robbery of the salt mines, the demand for salt greatly stimulated everyone's desire to participate in the war.
However, this time we are facing only an indigenous tribe on the south bank of Wulong River. The number of people should not be large, and the local situation is not familiar. The journey is far away and it is a wild virgin forest. Therefore, Xu Chen does not plan to bring too many people.
But it takes an absolutely elite hunter to achieve a quick victory.
In addition, the local tribe of Yu Gong will definitely recruit many people to participate in the war this time, and the total number is expected to be close to three hundred.
When Lei aided the Five Ghost Tribe in conquering the Moteng Tribe, he had only assembled a team of 300 people.
Therefore, Xu Chen believed that there would be no surprises in this battle.
In order to capture the salt mine more quickly, before Xu Chen issued the recruitment order, he had already arranged for people to go to the Yu Gong clan in advance to mobilize hunters from the Mongolian and Southern Barbarian tribes near the salt mine.
With the participation of these southern barbarian tribes who are familiar with the dense forest environment in the south, this operation will be faster.
After two days of preparation, a team of 150 elite hunters and forbidden troops officially set off, all equipped with leather armor, bows and arrows, long spears, short spears, vine shields and other equipment, carrying flags, horns and war drums, and three more.
Ten horses are responsible for transporting grain and cooking utensils such as clay pots and pots.
On the riverbank at the ferry on the north bank of the royal city, the little witch took her two companions from the Gonghuo Clan and the Five Ghost Clan and hundreds of little witch apprentices from the temple. After holding a lively blessing ceremony for the expeditionary army, three large and small wooden boats and more than a dozen
The rafts blew the horns and beat the war drums, and they went down the river in a mighty manner. There were also horse teams galloping from the land route along the river road to follow. The roars of people and the neighs of horses could be heard on both sides of the Jicang River.
During this expedition, Xu Chen personally served as the commander-in-chief. Commander-in-chief Feng was in charge of the royal city to maintain order. Lei and Long served as deputy commanders to lead the hunter troops and the imperial army respectively...
This is another large-scale military operation since the conquest of the Moten tribe a year ago. It is also the first foreign war since the establishment of Pakistan.
And it is a major issue related to the future consumption of salt by all tribes.
Therefore, not only all the hunters and the imperial army were extremely excited, but all the tribes near the royal city were even more excited.
The hunters who were selected were howling and howling all the way, while the hunters who were not selected looked dejected and were mixed in with the thousands of men, women, old and young in the farewell procession, unhappy.
In mid-August, the water level of the Wulong River has dropped to the main river channel. More than two months ago, the river was like a roaring dragon. Now it is very gentle and peaceful. Large stretches of river beach have emerged on both sides, and there are groups of wild animals inhabiting it.
and foraging.
Xu Chen was wearing leather armor and a red cloak, with a dragon tooth scimitar hanging from his waist, standing on the deck of the flagship ship's bow, facing the dry and clear autumn wind, looking at the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Wulong River, and listening to the shouts one after another on the wooden boats and rafts behind him.
With the sound of horns and the waves breaking against the wind and going upstream, I couldn't help but feel a surge of heroism in my chest.
The mountains and rivers are so magnificent that they are worth his efforts.
He still remembers that when he first came here six years ago, this place was still a primitive wilderness without any trace of human activity.
But now, this section of the river, which is hundreds of miles long, has already been visited by boats and has become the busiest waterway.
Half a day later, everyone landed on the river beach at the mouth of Yu Gong's valley.
After hearing the news, the great wizard of the Yu Gong clan came to greet him personally with hundreds of people. His face was full of excitement and excitement, and he looked even happier than Xu Chen.
Because Xu Chen had promised him that as long as she found a new salt mine, she could be promoted to the great witch in blue.
It was under this stimulation that the great shaman of the Yu Gong clan spared no effort to guide the hunters of his tribe and affiliated tribes to explore further areas, and finally he got the current clues.
Although the two contact and conquest operations of the Yugong clan ended in failure, and more than ten people were injured and killed, causing considerable losses, Xu Chen personally led the troops this time, and he would definitely get the salt mine in one go.
This salt mine does not belong to any individual tribe. According to tradition, all tribes of the Yugong clan will receive the benefits of the salt mine.
With this salt mine, the Yu Gong Alliance will also gain a steady source of wealth growth, which can be used to purchase a large number of urgently needed bronzes and large vehicles such as chariots, horses and boats. The Yu Gong clan will also usher in a big leap forward.
After receiving the report from Xu Chen a few days ago, the witch of the Yugong clan not only notified the Mongolian people to bring people to assist in the battle, but also notified several nearby tribes, and once again convened a huge hunter team of hundreds of people, and all tribal officers were present.
We must completely defeat the barbarians and firmly hold the salt mines in our hands.