Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Yes, this is still in the primitive era of living in caves, and some things are really not needed. Let's slowly build what you mentioned, and it will be enough to defend against the enemy."
"Okay!" Jiang Li thought for a moment, "Qing Wu, I think the current atmosphere of the Yaoshan tribe is quite good. Everyone is dedicated to the tribe. Everyone thinks that if the tribe is good, they will be good. But have you ever thought about it?
, people who grow up in future generations will think differently from people today.”
Yao Xiaoqing thought for a moment and understood what he meant, "I know what you mean! I have thought about it these days. If things continue like this, the tribe will become richer and richer, and the population will also increase.
The life philosophy of the first batch of tribesmen, such as Dashi, Shan Amu, and A Zhongbo, will remain in the simple stage of doing everything for the tribe, and as long as the tribe is good, they will be fine.
But the people who came later never experienced the days of not having enough to eat and not having enough clothes to keep warm. They thought that life should be like this, with no worries about food and clothing. They would not be as dedicated to the tribe as the first batch of tribesmen.
They will not be satisfied with the life of the tribe, and they will not treat the tribe as a big family. They will have their own selfish motives and want their own things. Some people even think that if you can be the leader, I can too."
Jiang Li looked at Yao Xiaoqing with admiration, "Qing Wu, I don't think as thoroughly as you do. I just think about future generations and think that people have selfish intentions. If they live a good life for too long, they will think that this is how they should live.
There will definitely be bad words and disputes, and you will be working hard over trivial things. Of course, they may seem trivial to us, but those people will take it very seriously."
Yao Xiaoqing pondered for a moment and then said: "Everyone has selfish motives, including me. When that day comes, leave a certain amount of public land, distribute it to them, and require them to pay a certain amount of grain. Then we will draw people from each household.
Come to Qingzhuang to maintain the safety of the tribe, weave, refine, craft, etc.
The grain obtained from the public fields was kept by the tribes to cope with famine and to support the orphans and elderly people.
Just like in later generations, the tribe will pay a certain amount of remuneration to the warriors, managers, craftsmen, and weavers who serve the tribe every month. Managers must be elected by the tribe every two years."
After hearing this, Jiang Li thought about it carefully and said, "The methods you came up with are good. It would be even more perfect if you add some reward and punishment measures."
"Take your time, I will find some system suitable for this place to manage them." Yao Xiaoqing raised his eyebrows and said, "I will follow my plan when I am alive, and they will do whatever they want when I die."
Jiang Li nodded in agreement, "Yes, as soon as you close your eyes, everything will become a smoke in the past. Countries, like tribes, will rise and then slowly decline. Why worry about so many difficulties? Who knows what will happen after death this time?"
where?"
Yao Xiaoqing sighed: "Yes! Who would have thought that we would be reborn in this wild land!"
Jiang Li took a deep look at Yao Xiaoqing and thought to himself: It is destiny that you and I can meet here!
Yao Xiaoqing felt that the atmosphere was a little strange, so he stood up and said with a smile: "Everyone is busy, so it makes no sense for us to be lazy here. Next time I talk to you, I will go to the fields to help."
Jiang Li smiled and nodded, "I'm going to help build the wall." After saying that, he strode away.
Early the next morning, Yao Xiaoqing called Mu Feng and Jiang Li and went to the Bajiao Forest to collect honey. Yao Xiaoqing continued to collect herbs from the stream at the foot of the mountain.
She dug up some hard-to-find herbs with their roots in the soil, wrapped the roots of the herbs in prepared grass baskets, and planted them back at the foot of the mountain where pumpkins were originally grown.
She plans to turn this area into a medicinal field and plant some medicinal materials that are not easy to find.
The Panax notoginseng seedlings at the foot of the mountain are already half a foot tall, and she also planted some Aesculus aesculata, Illium anise... and other snake medicines. The soil here has not been damaged by later generations of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, so it is easy to grow medicinal materials to survive.
Mu Feng and Jiang Li climbed up the tree with the barrel on their backs, put on gauze hats and gloves, and used a machete to cut a hole in the bottom of the beeswax. Amber-like transparent honey flowed into the barrel, exuding a sweet floral fragrance.
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Angry bees buzzed around the honey thief. The gauze hats they wore were covered with flapping bees.
After climbing two trees and cutting two beehives, the honey in the barrel was almost full. The two of them got down from the tree, took out the barrel with honey in the basket on their backs, and climbed up to the other side with one of them carrying it on their backs.
a tree.
It took four trips back and forth to harvest all the honey in the woods, and the honey returned filled two full jars.
Yao Xiaoqing is still traveling through the mountains and forests, looking for medicinal materials, food and spices.
More than a hundred people worked hard for another ten days. The Yaoshan tribe's spring planting was finally finished. Jiang Li took Heiba and the others and moved back to the Qingshan tribe.
Yao Xiaoqing drew the drawings of the wind mill and the threshing machine and gave them to Yao Hu.
"Xiaoqing, can this thing really get rid of the grains and scum?"
"Yes!" Yao Xiaoqing pointed to the drawing, "Look, we pour grains, beans, etc. into the barn above. There is a bayonet here, which is used to control the flow of the grain we put in. The grain container
Enter the barn, shake the handle to drive the fan blades inside, and the wind will blow out.
We open the bayonet and control the whereabouts of the grain according to the size of the food poured into the barn. The flat and full grain will flow out from the mouth of the skipper on both sides. Grass blades and grains will flow out from the large opening in the front.
It blew out."
Yao Hu nodded, "Father, let's make the gear you mentioned with a mold first. Let's try making one first."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "Father, don't be anxious, let's take our time."
Yao Hu waved his hand, "Go! My father is busy."
The next day, Mu Feng, Bao and Jiang Li, a total of fifty or sixty warriors, went into the mountains to hunt again. After the wolf dug the ditch, he led dozens of men to collect stones by the river.
The fish and spears and the people were busy building walls, pens, and drying grounds. The beans and taro were busy making paper and cutting ramie.
The weather was getting hotter and hotter, as if it was going to dry people out. Yao Xiaoqing looked at the scorching sun and was thankful again that there was good vegetation and abundant water resources here, otherwise the crops of the Yaoshan tribe would have been considered white.
When it was time to irrigate the fields and apply fertilizer, Yao Xiaoqing and his men inserted the gate of the ditch leading to the Ning River into the groove to block the water flow, picked up the manure and poured it into the ditch, and the fertilizer water flowed into the fields.
A large area of land can be watered in one day.
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Spring was over in a blink of an eye, and Dahu and those restless men became peaceful.
Yaoshan Market is also preparing to open.
Everyone cleaned the inside of the wooden shed, including the fallen leaves in the woods on both sides. Yao Xiaoqing also had someone build a clay stove in the wooden shed and put clay pots, tables and stools on it for convenience.
Those people boiled water to cook food.
Some bamboo poles were also tied to the trees so that tribesmen going to the market could dry their animal skins.