Han Cheng stood in the Sanxingdui residential area and looked around. He saw patches of rice that had been planted.
The original residence of the Red Tiger Tribe has a large number of paddy fields.
After being cultivated here by the Qingque tribesmen who are more experienced in farming, the farmland here looks more orderly.
Looking at the paddy fields in front of him, as well as the planted seedlings and those who were planting them, Han Cheng couldn't help but smile.
Planting in spring and harvesting in autumn can always bring people a good mood.
After the rice in the many paddy fields around Sanxingdui Residential Area and the rice in some paddy fields opened around Tieshan Residential Area matures and harvested in autumn this year, Tieshan Residential Area and Sanxingdui Residential Area will be able to achieve the goal of becoming the staple food.
It's self-sufficient.
The entire tribe south of the Qinling Mountains was not restricted by food.
And there is still enough food left.
But after really accomplishing this, the Qingque tribe's deployment in the south can be considered completely stable.
After all, I have food in my hands and no panic in my heart.
This is also the main reason why Han Cheng is so happy after seeing the scene in front of him.
After standing here and looking at the fertile fields for a while, Han Cheng went down from here and walked along the road towards one place.
After a while, we came to a main road.
The road is very wide and smooth.
After being trampled by so many people and animals, and being crushed by wheels, the roads here have already become solid.
The only thing that is different from other places is that the road here is black.
This is not done deliberately by the Qingque tribesmen who live here, nor is it because making the road black will make the road more solid and durable.
It's because the people here often transport coal from the coal production areas to the valley along this road.
It doesn't show up in a day or two, but after a long time, the road becomes dark.
Han Cheng stood on the road and looked around.
The left side of the road leads to the coal mine, and the right side leads to the interior of Sanxingdui.
However, where Han Cheng was standing now was about the same distance from the two places, and he wanted to go to both places.
So he stood here, feeling a little confused for a while, not knowing which way to go first.
After standing here and thinking carefully, he finally came to the conclusion that the distance from here to the valley behind the Sanxingdui residential area was tens of meters closer. Then Han Cheng set off and walked all the way here.
And go.
Passing through the wall in the Sanxingdui residential area, Han Cheng came to the valley on the south side.
Speaking of which, the Sanxingdui residential area is a little different from other places.
For example, the main entrance to the wall here is the north entrance.
The reason why this is the case is because there are mountains to the south of where we live.
And that extremely important valley, which contains many mineral resources, is also south of the entire residential area.
If the main entrance of the residence is really left in the south, then the open space in front of the residence will be too small, and it will be too inconvenient to travel between the many fields in the north.
Therefore, when building this residence, Han Chenggong made some moves. The houses and other buildings here still faced north and south, but the main entrance of the courtyard, or the small city, was opened to the north.
This is an adjustment made based on local conditions.
In the valley, there have been great changes at this time compared to before.
The biggest change is regularization.
When the people of the Red Tiger Tribe were here, everything was in a mess and looked very messy.
In addition, there are a lot of people eating, drinking, sleeping and eating here, so the environment inside does not need to be described in detail.
Now, there are various infrastructure facilities such as toilets and drainage ditches built here.
More than ten houses were also built inside to store some things and allow staff to take temporary rest at noon and other times.
There are even people who, after working, have opened up some small pieces of land in front of and behind their houses, and in other vacant, flat and fertile places, and planted some vegetables or grains on them.
It can be said that he has learned the essence of Qingque tribe’s farming.
And farming, an innate skill that has been integrated into the blood of the people in the place where Han Cheng later lived, has slowly begun to be integrated into the blood of the people of the Qingque tribe after his constant influence over the years, and gradually became...
It will become their innate skill.
Standing here, looking at the small piece of land in the valley in front of him, Han Cheng once again had a smile on his face.
This bifurcated valley, which is extremely important to the Sanxingdui residential area, has now become orderly.
Salt making, bronze smelting, and pottery making are separated from each other and become different functional areas.
Several outposts were also built high above the valley.
On the one hand, it is to provide some protection for this valley, but also to prevent slaves working in the copper mine from escaping over these mountains.
Of course, the location here is very high and condescending. You can see far away. It can provide a good early warning for the entire Sanxingdui residence and monitor the surrounding movements. This is also one of the reasons for building an outpost here...
Han Cheng wandered around and looked at these places one by one. After spending about half a day, he left the valley, passed through the Sanxingdui residential area, came out from the north gate, and followed this black avenue.
Go all the way northwest.
After leaving the residential area and traveling about three miles, Han Cheng came to another mineral location here - the coal mine.
Before we get here, we can see a patch of darkness in the distance.
After walking here, these black colors look even more eye-catching.
There are also some temporary houses built here. Because they are close to the coal mine, they look gray.
Coal is a good thing, especially after Han Cheng developed the function of smelting minerals, it became even more popular.
After being coked to make it more effective, here, the coke extracted from coal has completely replaced charcoal in the smelting of bronze, iron ore and other things.
Therefore, the consumption of coal is not small.
Before, there was open-pit coal here, but when Han Cheng came here this time, the open-pit coal had been mined to an extent. If the mining continued, it would be necessary to dig deeper...
After watching it for a while, it was already noon by the time Han Cheng left here and returned to the Sanxingdui residential area.
Among the meals for lunch, there is also a wok stir-fried dish.
With the arrival of Han Cheng, this newly manufactured iron pot and iron pot for cooking were also brought to the Sanxingdui residential area, and were highly praised and sought after by the majority of residents of the Qingque tribe in Sanxingdui.
It had only been a few days, but everyone present already felt that there was something missing and that eating was not enjoyable without the iron pot for cooking.
Han Cheng didn't enjoy his meal very much, not because he was tired of cooking in iron pots, but because he had something on his mind.
After today's inspection, combined with what he saw and heard in the main tribe and the Tongshan residential area, Han Cheng finally paid attention to a problem that had been discovered before.
The problem is the mining of minerals in the tribe.
The mining of ore has always been at the top, the open-air part, which is easy to mine. When you go down further and mine deeper, it becomes a little more difficult.
Today, all the mines in the Qingque Tribe are basically at this stage.
Of course, the most serious one is Tongshan, located in the Tongshan residential area.
People in the tribe, limited by their horizons, do not think there is anything wrong with using hammers, chisels, picks and other tools to mine ore, nor do they think it is too slow to mine with such tools.
But as a later generation, Han Cheng watched the entire tribe develop day by day under his leadership. After the initial joy, he became a little dissatisfied with some things.
Just like mining ores.
When encountering those large, hard stones with large slates connected together, it is really difficult to deal with them with hammers, drills, chisels, etc.
Sometimes, a person can work with a hammer and chisel for three days in a row, but he still cannot carve out such an existence!
It can be said that it is extremely hard, but the efficiency cannot be improved, and not much work can be done.
This is what Han Cheng is thinking and why he feels a little depressed about it.
The way to solve the problem, Han Cheng had known for a long time, was to make gunpowder and apply it to this matter.
However, just as the matter of the compass is stuck on the lodestone, the matter of gunpowder is also stuck on the saltpeter.
Even now, Han Chengdu has not encountered natural saltpeter.
As the saying goes, a good woman cannot make a meal without rice. Even if Han Cheng knew the formula of gunpowder and the proportions required to mix it, in the absence of something as important as saltpetre, he would not be able to go against common sense and use this thing.
Get it out...
Saltpeter!
When can I find this thing myself?
The sooner you find it, the sooner you can get the gunpowder. The sooner you get the gunpowder, the sooner the tribe will have a sharp weapon.
Not only can it be used to cut mountains and roads, mine mines and blast rocks, it can also be used in weapons of the tribe.
Of course, it can also be used for entertainment in the tribe.
Han Cheng is still eager for things like fireworks. During the Chinese New Year, it is very good to light a few boxes and let them bloom with brilliant colors and embellish the night sky for everyone to watch together to enhance the atmosphere of the New Year.
Of course, having gunpowder does not mean that fireworks can be produced immediately. Fireworks, a relatively advanced thing, require certain skills and accumulation of experience.
But it is still very good to use gunpowder to make some firecrackers.
However, the saltpeter that Han Cheng longed for has never been seen, and what Han Cheng was thinking about could only become a fantasy in the end...
After eating, Han Cheng squatted on a stone, thinking about these things here, feeling quite unhappy.
Fu Jiang, who had just gone to the toilet to defecate, came over leisurely. When he saw Han Cheng squatting on a big stone, he walked around the stone for half a circle and came to a place where the stone was the lowest.
, all four limbs jumped together vigorously, and then trotted a few steps before climbing onto the big rock.
General Fu, who came to the stone, walked a few steps and squatted down next to Han Cheng, side by side with Han Cheng, and then rubbed his head against Han Cheng's body.
Feeling the lucky general coming to his side, Han Cheng felt a little uncomfortable because of the saltpeter, and immediately felt better.
This was certainly not because Fu Jiang, the bitch, rubbed his head against him, which made him feel extra happy.
It's because there are new changes in Fu Jiang.
Fu Jiang, this guy, had lost hair in pieces before, and the whole dog looked like he was going to be bald. He was so old that it made people feel uncomfortable.
But now, new hair has grown back in the places where hair fell before. After covering the skin, this guy looks younger.
How could Han Cheng, who had always been worried about General Fu, not feel happy when he saw such a situation?
The lucky star is coming, so its sister, the lucky star, will naturally not be too far away.
Sure enough, after such thoughts arose in Han Cheng's mind, he saw an orange-red light flying from a distance. After approaching the stone, he jumped into Han Cheng's arms with extraordinary skill.
It transformed into a fat, chubby big cat.
This thing is the 'Red Tiger' that was obtained from the original Red Tiger Tribe before.
It seems that this thing has been cooked by Han Cheng for a long time, and it no longer has the wildness of the past.
And I don’t know whether it’s because the food here in the Qingque Tribe is too good, or because this guy has come to find a place of peace in my hometown, so now, his weight has been increasing.
The originally slim figure and smooth curves have all disappeared, leaving only a fat cat.
When Han Cheng stroked it with his hand a few times and then tickled the guy's exposed belly with his hand, the guy would meow without showing any moral integrity.
Lying beside him was a rejuvenated old dog, and on his body was a plump, heavy fat cat. After petting the cat for a while, and then stroking the dog's head, Han Cheng's depression quickly disappeared.
Got a clean one.
…
Han Cheng, who had stayed in Sanxingdui for seven or eight days, left here with his cats, dogs, and those who could be called guards, and returned to the Tieshan residential area along the spacious road...
