Diary of a Primitive Man Chapter 661 Sense of Satisfaction and Achievement
Xu Chen had a friendly and cordial exchange with a group of Cicha tribe leaders about the current development of each tribe and the difficulties encountered in production and life, and then reported on the situation of the Cicha tribe settling in the royal city and the current development and construction of the royal city.
Condition.
For this barbaric primitive era, the transmission of news was extremely slow.
If the Cicha tribe had not joined the Ba Kingdom, it could be said that they knew nothing about the development of the Gonghuo Basin nearby Chichi, and would have continued their primitive and ancient way of life for decades and hundreds of years.
But now, there are two trips to the Gonghuo Basin for parties every year, and there are also large ships coming once a month to transport and trade goods, so news is slowly starting to circulate. It can't be said to be instant news, but within a month or two, Wangcheng and some
I still know a little bit about the major events that happened in the tribe.
For example, the Cicha clan already knew about the discovery of a new salt mine by the Yugong clan, but they did not know about the distribution of salt at the witchcraft conference and the fights and riots involving hundreds of people.
Fights and riots don't matter to a group of leaders of the Cicha tribe.
What's the use of men if they don't fight?
What they care about most is salt.
Therefore, after hearing Xu Chen say that each ethnic group and tribe had been equally distributed hundreds of kilograms of salt according to their population, the entire bamboo house compound was filled with joy.
After the Cicha tribe had a simple night's rest, the next day, Xu Chen inspected the three nearby tribes, had friendly and cordial conversations with the tribal leaders and hunter officers, encouraged them to continue to work hard to develop production, and expressed
In the future, the Cicha Lake will develop even better and become the most prosperous and prosperous land of fish and rice in Pakistan.
In order to stimulate the production and construction enthusiasm of the Cicha tribes, Xu Chen said that next year he would start building more large ships to travel between the royal city and the lake, and would also teach the Cicha tribe shipbuilding skills.
This news made the men, women, and children of all tribes even more excited and shouted in excitement.
Although bamboo rafts are better than wooden rafts, they are vastly different from wooden boats.
Especially facing the vast lake, bamboo rafts can only move within a few hundred meters near the lake shore. If you want to go to other tribes, you can only go around the lake shore.
If there are large wooden boats, the communication between the Cicha tribes will become safer and more convenient in the future.
Because the Cicha tribe has a unique living environment, their enthusiasm for farming is not very high.
Xu Chen plans to build nearly 3,000 acres of paddy fields in Wangcheng this year.
However, it is actually easier for the Cicha tribe to reclaim and build paddy fields around the large lake wetlands and a large number of stream tidal flats. However, these tribes have only managed one to two hundred acres each, and the quality is appalling, completely unable to meet what Xu Chen wants.
situation.
But there is nothing that can be done about it. At present, the main energy of the Cicha tribe is focused on harvesting raw lacquer.
Because only raw lacquer can provide the Cicha people with urgently needed production and living materials such as salt, cloth, pottery, and copperware.
As for farming, it's completely up to chance. Just scatter a few handfuls of seeds on the lake beach and you'll be able to harvest in the fall. It doesn't really make any difference whether you build a field or not.
Faced with this situation, Xu Chen had no good way to stimulate the Cicha tribe's enthusiasm for farming, so he had no choice but to give up.
Some things cannot be rushed and can only be developed slowly.
It has only been three years since the Cicha tribe joined the Ba Kingdom. They have just learned how to build houses and fish. Moreover, this place is far away from the royal city and difficult to manage. He should be satisfied with the current situation.
Returning to the Cicha tribe again, Xu Chen went to the nearby bamboo forest and had people cut down a few of the thickest bamboos, cut them into closed bamboo tubes with knots at both ends with a copper saw, and then had people drill eggs out of these bamboo tubes.
A small hole is made, and a bamboo bucket that can hold liquid is ready.
After Xu Chen asked people to fill the water, he used wooden plugs wrapped in animal skins or linen to block the small holes, and then conducted a series of tests such as bumps, rolls and falls on water and land to simulate various situations encountered during transportation.
It was finally verified that it is completely feasible to transport tung oil in large bamboo tubes, but these bamboo tubes still need some reinforcement.
Although bamboo tubes are strong, they are not resistant to impact and beating and can easily crack. Therefore, the outside of each large bamboo tube must be carefully tied with hemp rope.
In addition, if it hits the water or rolls down, the plug will easily fall off, and some reinforcement methods are also needed.
After finally solving these minor problems, Xu Chen was ready to return to the royal city.
"The transportation of tung oil is very important. You must hurry up and send the made bamboo tubes to the oil pressing mill in the tung forest as soon as possible. Only with enough tung oil can we build more and bigger wooden boats!"
Before leaving, Xu Chen patted the hunter officer of the Cicha clan on the shoulder and gave serious instructions.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty the Witch King, we promise to complete the mission and set off in a few days!" The officer of the Cicha tribe clasped his fists and accepted the order.
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"That's good, let's go. When the tung oil arrives in the royal city, I will reward you based on your merits!"
Xu Chen nodded with a smile, then took the remaining ten hunters and paddled three newly-made bamboo rafts away from the Cicha tribe, all the way out of the Great Lake, up the Wulong River and back to the Gonghuo Basin.
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The sun shines brightly in the Gonghuo Basin in October, and the grass leaves are yellow and withered, making it look a little desolate.
The scenery is completely different from the primitive dense forests in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is even more different from the scenery of the vast lake with rippling blue waves. It seems like two completely different worlds.
As the dry and slightly cold wind of early winter blew in his face, Xu Chen felt an unreasonable sense of comfort.
It only took a few hundred miles to come and go, and nearly a month passed in a hurry.
Accustomed to the climate and environment of Ba and Gonghuo Basin, although the Tung Forest Lake and Weishan Lake are beautiful and rich in products, in fact he still prefers the scenery in front of him.
When we left, only one bridge pier in the middle of the river had been completed, and the construction of approach bridges and berms on both sides had just begun.
But when he came back after going for a swim, he found that four bridge piers in the middle of the river had been completed, and several approach bridges and bridge piers at both ends had also been completed. In particular, the approach bridges had taken shape, standing opposite each other on both sides of the Jicang River, with a height of three meters.
It looks very eye-catching and spectacular.
Although it was the dead of winter, the vegetation was withering, but the entire river bank of the Royal City was extremely lively and noisy.
The flags of various tribes were planted on the river beaches and river embankments on both sides. Men and women coming and going carried stones and soil on their backs, carts and horses, and carried the stones and sand on the river beaches to both sides to pile up the river embankments.
The largest and most difficult part is the bridge protection embankments at both ends.
The people who contracted these two areas were a group of tribes that fought fiercely over the salt.
Right now, all these people had stripped down to only a pair of linen shorts, with their upper bodies bare, and were sweating profusely as they built approach bridges and berms on the river beach.
This is the punishment they should bear, and it is also the only way to correct and admit their mistakes to the gods.
In order to repair this section of the river embankment and protect the royal city from being destroyed by floods caused by the anger of the gods, everyone worked hard.
Therefore, the situation on both sides of the river is constantly undergoing huge changes.
Xu Chen was not in the royal city, so a group of witches, Feng, Long and other military and political palace elders took on the arduous task of maintaining order in the royal city and supervising the construction.
Every day, a group of witches, big and small, would inspect the river beach, and the dragon would personally lead the imperial army to patrol back and forth on both sides of the river.
However, it was lively and lively, and all the construction projects in the royal city were proceeding smoothly.
But when His Majesty the Witch King was away from the royal city, everyone felt empty in their hearts, as if something was missing.
Even eating and sleeping don't feel good.
The spicy fruit soup still has that fiery sour and spicy taste, and one bowl of it will warm your whole body.
But without His Majesty the Witch King’s soup, it tasted lacking in flavor.
Now that Xu Chen has returned, everything is back on track. Everyone's life suddenly becomes more interesting. They eat better, stop falling asleep, speak louder, and work more energetically. Even piling feels like
The spirit possessed him and he wanted to poke a hole in the bed.
"It's better to be in the royal city!"
Facing the men, women, and children who came to greet him with cheers from all directions, Xu Chen couldn't help but feel filled with emotion when he saw everyone's respect and respect from the bottom of their hearts.
There are hundreds of miles around and beautiful scenery everywhere.
But only the densely populated royal city could make him feel a familiar atmosphere of human civilization.
This is a huge sense of satisfaction and a huge sense of achievement.
Compared with the slow-developing tribes and barbaric lands, the development of the royal city has far exceeded the civilization process of this era, and it truly has the appearance of a prosperous town.
It's just that this kind of prosperity is still very fragile and cannot withstand strong winds and waves. It still needs his careful care and care to guide these primitive humans who have just escaped from the wilderness to continue to move forward.
After returning to the Royal City, Xu Chen spent three days inspecting the construction of river embankments and bridges, the construction of houses in the Royal City and various tribes, and the enclosure of paddy fields. Then he convened a group of witches, heads of tribes, and leaders of each tribe at the Palace of the Witch King in the palace.
Officials from various departments held a grand meeting.
According to the previous arrangements, all work is being progressed and completed in a stable and orderly manner.
The only thing missing is manpower.
However, there is a shortage of people everywhere right now, and Xu Chen has no choice but to continue all work step by step according to the established plan.
In order to make the management of the royal city more reasonable, Xu Chen formally appointed the chief and deputy officials of six departments including taxation, inspection, farming, construction, market affairs, and warehouse. In addition, in order to adapt to the current development needs, he also set up separate salt officials and officials.
Horse officer.
Salt is a daily necessity for all tribes, and it is more appropriate for dedicated personnel to manage it.
Horses are now the most important livestock in various tribes. They are good at communicating, hunting, plowing, pulling carts and carrying goods, and are more important than people.
In the farming era, there was a saying that a cow could carry half a house.
At present, the role of horses is greater than that of cattle, and each horse is the darling of each tribe.
But as wild horses become increasingly difficult to capture, natural reproduction of horses has become the only way to grow.
Set up horse officials to count the number of horses in each tribe to obtain more and more accurate data, strengthen the breeding of horses among tribes, and increase the number of horses as much as possible.
As the number of imperial offices increased, many things became easier to handle, but the complex management methods also made everyone less accustomed to them.
In order to make these managers familiar with this new way of working as soon as possible, Xu Chen led a group of witches and witches to start inspections from department to department, guiding these officials to learn how to handle daily affairs, and learn to organize and report work content.