Early the next morning, Xu Chen hurried down from the mountain with a group of people.
Last night, all the houses in the kiln factory were given over to the Uzbek people, and they had no choice but to go back to the cave to sleep.
He hurried down the mountain not to see him off, but really planned to leave some Uzbek people behind to help repair the house.
There are 500 people in the Uzbek tribe, and there are nearly 200 adult men. There are more than 30 people here now. They don't seem to be the main force for hunting, so they have little effect on the Uzbek tribe.
There is currently a shortage of manpower to repair the house. If you want to repair the house before spring, hiring help is almost the only way.
However, primitive people did not seem to have the concept of helping foreigners, and he was worried that it would be difficult to communicate.
In addition, the Uzbek people are eager to send back all the pottery and linen they have received. Whether they are willing to stay or not is still unknown.
But no matter what, he needed to give it a try.
All the Uzbek people have gotten up, and several kiln workers are helping to distribute the food.
The multigrain porridge that had been simmered in the bonfire last night had been cooked to a pulp in the morning, and a group of people were talking and laughing loudly while eating.
When a group of people finished breakfast and began to bundle pottery into rattan baskets under the guidance of the potter, Xu Chen found the leader of the other party and, with the cooperation of several Ba men, asked them for their opinions.
The Uzbek leader was a little confused, mainly because he couldn't understand many new words spoken by the Ba people.
Repair a house, what is a house?
Punmagong Gaga can understand, it’s just picking up stones... But why do we have to do it? The transaction has been completed now, and we are full and ready to go home.
Goodbye!
Xu Chen kept talking, and the Uzbek leader and a group of Uzbek people who gathered around to listen to the excitement all shook their heads like drums.
Okay, why should we help you pick up stones and mud? Your house is none of our business.
So after a while of chattering, the Uzbek people dispersed in a hurry, carrying burdens, carrying baskets, and some people directly tied the pottery with ropes and tied them to spears, making noisy preparations to set off.
"Hey, wait a minute..."
Xu Chen very speechlessly grabbed the Uzbek leader's thick arm, and then pointed to a row of stone houses in the kiln factory: "Fangga, Sugaga?"
"Sssssssssssssss!" A group of Uzbek people nodded repeatedly.
This kind of stone house is clean and tidy. The bed inside is covered with hay and animal skins, and it is protected from wind and rain. I slept well last night. Apart from being a little crowded, it is much more comfortable than sleeping in a cave.
"Da Fang Ga..."
Xu Chen pointed to the construction site in the distance, and then dragged the leader to look over there.
It was still early at this time, and there was still enough time to rush back today. A group of Uzbek people were not in a hurry to arrive, so they followed over with baskets and burdens on their backs.
When they saw the large vacant land that had been burned down and the scale of the houses being built in front of them, they were all stunned.
In addition, there are densely packed mud bricks drying on the river beach. The huge scale of artificial construction directly shocked these primitive bumpkins who had never seen the world.
Originally, they thought that the kiln was the largest building of the Ba people, but they did not expect that the Ba people had even larger construction projects.
After the U people came last time, they also went back and reported on the Ba people's stone walls, houses, fire kilns, fire ponds, and stoves. However, the shaman and the chief were only interested in the pottery, linen, straw sandals, rattan baskets, etc.
, because things like houses, fires, and kilns are too complex and mysterious to be described in simple language at the moment. Therefore, the great witch and many senior Uzbek people can neither imagine nor understand them, so they can only ignore them for the time being, and instead study pottery, linen, and other things.
The magical items you see before your eyes.
Of course, they had no clue when it came to studying pottery, linen, and then settled on studying straw sandals, ropes, and rattan baskets.
But in the end, it was because no one taught it, and no method was developed. It was not until the Ba tribe personally taught it at the Wu Zhu Conference that the Wu tribe and other tribes quickly learned it.
As for building a house, except for the Kaiba people, it is simply unimaginable for all primitive people.
But the primitive people of the Wu ethnic group slept in the kiln house last night.
There are four bedrooms and a fire pit kitchen. More than 30 people came and slept in the five rooms. The four kiln workers could only sleep in front of the fire kiln and rely on the kiln fire to keep warm.
Although it is crowded, sleeping in this kind of house is warm and quiet, which is much more comfortable than sleeping in a stone and grass nest in a cave.
Therefore, this time they really saw the world, and they felt that they had to go back and report the Ba clan's house to the great witch and clan leader in detail.
But I didn't expect that the Ba people were planning to build a bigger house at the foot of the mountain.
Just looking at the area, it will be more than enough for the whole Ba people to live at the foot of the mountain after it is built.
However, the Uzbek people still didn't understand the reason why Xu Chen brought them to come and repair their houses.
What does it have to do with us if your family builds a big house?
Even if we want to repair the house, we have to go back to the Uzbek people to repair it.
So after a group of Uzbek people were shocked, they felt even more anxious to return home and started to leave noisily.
"Tao, Tao Ga!"
When Xu Chen saw this, he became anxious. Damn it, I'm just wasting my words by saying so much. So he quickly grabbed the Uzbek leader's arm, pointed in the direction of the kiln and shouted.
Although the Uzbek leader still didn't understand what Xu Chen meant, he was still very interested in pottery, so he stopped and continued the exchange.
This time Xu Chen tried his best to use a language they could understand, and asked a group of Ba people to help explain carefully. In the end, the Uzbek leader generally understood it.
Xu Chen asked them to help repair the house, but the help was not free. They took care of food and housing, and even gave them pottery.
A group of Uzbek people now became interested, put down their backpacks, and gathered around again.
When Xu Chen saw that there was something going on, he immediately started to fool around with excitement. He pointed at the stones piled up on the river beach and on the construction site. As long as he picked up enough piles, he could exchange them for pottery. Small piles could be replaced with pottery bowls, cups and plates. Those in the middle pile could be replaced.
Exchange small pots and kettles, and large piles can be exchanged for large pots, pots, pots, etc. In addition, help carry soil and step on mud to make mud bricks. The pottery is also exchanged according to the number of mud bricks made. The same goes for felling trees. According to the number of wood
The size and quantity can be exchanged for pottery, and there is no upper limit.
Then the eyes of a group of Uzbek people all lit up.
Emotions also became excited.
This time they brought all the excess leather goods of the Uzbek tribe, but they couldn't take out any more, because each cave must be allocated enough animal skins to keep out the cold in winter. Originally, the tribe leader wanted to take some more in exchange for pottery and linen.
But he was stopped by the great witch.
Compared with pottery, animal skins used to keep out the cold in winter are of greater significance to the tribesmen.
Although the pottery exchanged this time seems to be a lot, it is definitely not enough for the entire tribe to distribute, and it will not be easy for them to communicate when they return.
But Xu Chen's suggestion of working in exchange for pottery immediately made them feel that there was another way to obtain more pottery.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
A group of Uzbek people gathered around the leader to express their agreement with Xu Chen's method of replacing pottery through labor.
The leader of the Wu clan was naturally very moved, and after a brief discussion with a group of Ba clan members, he agreed to Xu Chen's proposal, but only agreed to keep ten people, and the rest had to send the pottery back quickly.
Xu Chen breathed a sigh of relief. Ten people would be enough, which was already more than the number of people currently involved in the housing construction project of the Ba tribe themselves.
Moreover, these people are all young and strong savages, much stronger than the old, weak, sick and disabled like us.
After another brief discussion, more than 20 Uzbek people set out on the road carrying baskets and poles, carrying spears and sticks, and all the pottery.
Xu Chen took the ten remaining Uzbek people and began to assign and hand over tasks. The ten people were also divided into three groups. Three of them went to chop down trees, three of them went to help mix mud and roll bricks, and four went to the river beach to collect stones.
The number of people building houses in this way more than doubled, and the pressure on the Ba people was instantly reduced.
After arranging the work, a group of people immediately dispersed and started working with the team leaders.
Xu Chen went to the kiln factory and found Muba who was sorting and counting the fur goods to discuss the issues of arranging the lives of these Uzbek people.
Food is still extremely scarce at the moment. Although the various foods collected by the Ba people this year have doubled compared with previous years, and the harvest from hunting is enough for all people to survive the winter and spring safely, the sudden addition of ten strong laborers will definitely cause problems in the long run.
Huge food gap.
Mother Ba also knew that there were too few people in the tribe and it would be very tiring for Xu Chen and others to build the house, so she agreed to arrange for women to cook at the kiln every morning and evening, and ensured that the food was equally distributed as for the adult men of the Ba tribe.
But seeing the worried look on Mu Ba's face, Xu Chen understood her mood very well.
Food is indeed a big problem, but it is not without a solution at the moment. There are still a lot of yams that can be dug in the mountains, and there are many big fish that can be caught in the pool at the mouth of the valley. In addition, the hunting team can be made to work more seriously and try to catch as many prey as possible every day.
After all, he didn't invent bows and arrows just to make these savages lazy. Judging from the fact that they go out early every day and return late every day, they only bring back one or two small beasts and a few wild ducks, geese and other wild birds. You can tell that they spend most of their time being lazy.
He didn't want to turn a group of primitive people into Africans.
You need to squeeze their work enthusiasm and potential as much as possible.
The reason why this original communist system of equal distribution was abandoned is that it greatly hindered the development of productivity with the intensification of human activities and the growth of population.
Perhaps, after the house is repaired, I will slowly implement some simple privatization within the Ba people, and stimulate the work enthusiasm of the Ba people by rewarding some private goods or adopting the method of more reward for more work.
You must not work as a foreign worker like a big pot of rice.
The essence of Chinese civilization is hard work and bravery.
Regardless of whether they are on the earth or not, or whether these people are the ancestors of the Chinese people, he will not allow his people to live a muddle-headed existence, and then rely on the power of heaven to promote the evolution of civilization.
Because he also plans to rely on this group of savages to launch his grand plan to dominate the world.