Chapter 186: Taking Salt as a Plan (The First Hall Master, then
Han Cheng knew that Wu and his senior brother must be very confused about what he was doing. After seeing the two of them surrounding him, he led them towards the inner cave.
Before entering the hole, he ordered the others to continue working, and asked the lame spouse who was cleaning the overturned sheep intestines to add some salt to the basin and then scrub it...
The matter of giving away these tribal salts for free was actually a decision that Han Chengcai made not long ago. Even so, he put some careful thought into it, or it was something he had been thinking about, and he suddenly found a solution.
The shortage of labor force in the Qingque tribe has been greatly alleviated with the addition of ten adults from the Yuanzhu tribe headed by Shang, and the recovery of the injuries of Ruhua, the left lame and the right lame.
However, with the expansion of rapeseed and millet planting areas, labor will become scarce again.
And now, the deer herd has added nine new members, and seven doe deer are pregnant. It won’t be long before a few more fawns are born, and the size of the deer herd will exceed 35 in one fell swoop.
mark.
The rabbits are still as fertile as ever, especially after eight more hares were added to it, it became even more difficult. Now, the size of the rabbit group has exceeded 300.
For this reason, Han Cheng had to use manpower to nearly double the size of the rabbit circle in the past few days.
Two broods of pheasants that were raised in captivity also hatched, and there were twenty-nine of them, including the big ones and the small ones.
Oh, by the way, now we have to add three more lambs.
There are so many mouths that need to eat. Just getting grass for these guys requires a lot of manpower.
Not to mention the rest, the daily consumption of these more than 300 rabbits is staggering enough. These stubborn guys poop when they eat, and eat when they poop. They are like more than 300 grass grinders that work non-stop.
Two people dedicated their time to harvesting grass for them to keep up with this terrifying consumption rate.
It's not winter yet, and the deer goes out to hunt with his tribe every day. There is no need to feed them more. Once the snow falls in winter and the deer refuses to go out anymore, the amount of forage consumption will become even more alarming.
As early as two months ago, there were four people harvesting grass, and not long after, there were six people.
After all, the Qingque tribe doesn't have much food. These guys' winter rations depend entirely on harvested and dried grass, so it's not enough to have a lot of reserves.
As the saying goes, when you are full, you will think about it.
The people of the Qingque tribe now have no shortage of food and drink. In the past, they would only be agitated on a large scale in spring. Now that they have good food, they basically don’t have time to distinguish themselves.
If the seeds are sown diligently and the land is fertile rather than wasteland, the survival rate of the seeds will naturally be greater.
For example, one of my senior brother's spouses gave birth to a child in the spring when the flowers had not yet bloomed. Now, her belly has grown again. It is estimated that after the heavy snowfall in winter, she will give birth again.
The presence of a large number of pregnant women has also greatly reduced the available manpower of the Qingque tribe.
Although today's pregnant women, mothers and children are far less valuable than in later generations, the impact on labor is certain.
After all of this was put together, a problem was once again placed in front of the Qingque Tribe, that is, lack of manpower.
Regarding the lack of tribal labor force, Han Cheng has always considered it. With the experience of the pig tribe merging, he will naturally turn his attention to the neighboring tribes around him.
However, the opportunity for the pig tribe to integrate is rare and not easy to copy.
The Soaring Snake Tribe suffered a big loss last year and lost a lot of manpower. It is unlikely that they will come to the nearby area to look for trouble in the short term.
Without such a powerful external enemy to threaten them, it would be really difficult for these tribes to integrate into their own tribe like the pig tribe.
Waging a war to attack the surrounding tribes, killing a group of their adult men and children taller than a wheel, and then taking all the remaining people captive to the Qingque tribe, Han Cheng had also thought about such a thing.
After much thought, I gave up.
After leaving the wall, the people of the Qingque tribe could not form an absolute advantage against the surrounding tribes. In this case, the casualties among their own people were certain, and the number was not small.
People are emotional animals, and he is not a hero. Naturally, he does not want to see the person he has been with for so long die, so he can only temporarily put aside the idea of launching a war to annex other tribes and think of gentle methods.
As early as these happy gatherings, Han Chenggong began to prepare. Through a series of means, he worked hard to leave the seeds of the Qingque Tribe's wealth and power in the hearts of these people, making them yearn for the Qingque Tribe.
Then through transactions, the connection between several tribes and the Qingque tribe was strengthened, and their understanding was continuously strengthened. Through the method of boiling frogs in warm water, they gathered their hearts and slowly achieved peaceful integration.
It's just that this method is not mature enough or powerful enough to make the leaders of these tribes abandon their tribes and lead people to join the Qingque tribe.
Han Cheng has always considered this problem, but has never had any practical solution. It was not until today that the leader of the Green Tribe reunited with the Sheep Tribe he met on the road and came back with the exchanged pottery to discuss it, that the problem was suddenly solved.
, giving Han Cheng a sense of sudden enlightenment.
Salt!
It’s salt!
As long as anyone has tasted the delicious taste of salt, it will be difficult to resist it again.
In the thousands of years of recorded history, salt has left a strong mark on all dynasties. In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods or even earlier in the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou dynasties, feudal states that relied on boiling salt to make profits have always existed.
Extremely rich.
Later, after the salt and iron franchise was established, the salt tax became an extremely stable source of national tax revenue.
Until later, under the bombardment of strong ships and cannons, people who claimed to be civilized committed extremely barbaric things. The intoxicated people gradually woke up from the dream of heaven. The decadent dynasty was destroyed, and salt was produced in large quantities.
The salt tax was gradually abolished...
Now the Qingque tribe guards the salt mountain, but in the era before Han Cheng lived, salt had long been an extremely common and very cheap thing. Affected by this concept, he never realized the role of salt in other places.
huge impact.
Now I was awakened by the words of the leader of the green tribe, and I suddenly felt enlightened.
Primitive tribes did not eat salt in the beginning. For example, the Qingque tribe, and other neighboring tribes, lived the same life without salt.
These tribes who had eaten salted food during the joyful gathering were still able to withstand the temptation of delicious food after returning. This can be seen from the fact that they came to exchange it a few months later.
However, habits are formed slowly. Han Cheng is now providing them with salt for free in order to make all these tribes develop the habit of eating salt.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Primitive people are also human beings, and they cannot escape this theorem.
After their mouth, tongue and stomach get used to the taste of salt, they will feel extremely uncomfortable if they eat food without salt.
At that time, the bold Qingque tribe, led by their kind-hearted and somewhat silly Son of God, will begin to show their fangs...
When Han Cheng thought of this, he couldn't help but reveal a very cunning smile on his face.
After Han Cheng's explanation, it took him a while to figure out what was going on. The two eldest brothers and the shaman looked at their son with a look of astonishment.
The Son of God is indeed the Son of God, and he can think of such twists and turns.
They only thought that giving away salt for free would harm themselves and benefit others, but they did not expect that the Son of God would actually use it to set such a big trap.
In this way, their Qingque tribe will surely grow and become the largest tribe nearby!
Thinking of the grand scene after several tribes all joined the Qingque tribe, Wu couldn't help but shudder, and his old face turned a little flushed due to excessive excitement.
The eldest brother was also extremely excited.
He carefully recalled the situation of drinking broth without salt every day, and he felt rejected all over.
The plan of the Son of God will definitely come true!
This is the most sincere expectation of the two of them, and it is also their confidence in the Son of God.
When Han Cheng first arrived, there were only ten adult men in the prime of life in the Qingque tribe, including those who were lame and had inconvenient legs and feet.
Later, as Tietou and Heiwa grew up, and six adult men from the Pig tribe joined, the number of adult men increased explosively, reaching as many as eighteen.
There were twenty-eight adult women at the beginning. With the growth of Zhuang, the addition of three female prisoners of war, Ruhua, Lame on the left and right, and the integration of the four primitive women from the Pig tribe, there are now thirty-six.
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The number of older primitive people has not increased, and there are still only three people: Wu, Huo 1, and Huo 2.
This is understandable. After all, we are in primitive times. Due to various reasons, it is not easy for people to live to an old age.
There were thirty-five children at the beginning. Last year, eight were born and one died, leaving seven. This year, fourteen were born, two died, and there are still twelve left. There are still four more to come.
In the mother's womb, waiting to be born.
Except for the three adults Hei Wa, Tietou, and Zhuang, there are fifty-one minors in the Qingque tribe.
Among them, children aged between zero and four who have no ability to work are the largest, accounting for almost half of all minors.
There are a total of fifty-four capable adults in the Qingque tribe.
There are fifty-four old people and children in total, which is equivalent to one adult supporting one person. Compared with future generations, this ratio is not low.
Fortunately, we only need to provide food, clothing and housing at this time. The cost of raising children is far less than that of later generations. Otherwise, there would be Qingque tribe and Han Chengshou.
I don't know if it's a coincidence, but as of now, there are a total of 108 adults and children in the Qingque tribe, which coincides with the number of Tiangang and Disha in Water Margin.
Of course, this cannot be counted as someone named Han who acts as the Son of God.
The soul of an adult has the body of a minor. He doesn't know which type of person he should classify himself as. After thinking about it, he can only list it separately.
Except for a few children who died shortly after birth, no one in the Qingque tribe died during this period.
This may seem a bit unreasonable, but as long as you carefully recall the huge changes that have taken place in their food, clothing, housing, transportation, life, and production methods after Han Cheng's arrival, you won't find it unreasonable.
Such a force is already considered top-notch among several nearby tribes, and the only one that can rival it is the Bone Tribe.
Of course, if we only count based on the number of adults, the Bone Tribe is still slightly larger than the Blue Bird Tribe.
But since the time traveler Han Cheng entered, the measure of strength has changed.
The standard for measuring strength is no longer the number of people, but also houses, weapons, food reserves, and cultural soft power...
In terms of overall strength, even the Tengshe Tribe, which has a large population, cannot compare to the Qingque Tribe.
Of course, in terms of combat power alone, after leaving the wall, the Qingque Tribe cannot defeat the Soaring Snake Tribe.
This is the sequelae of rapid development, because there are too many aspects that need improvement and too few available manpower, so we can only do our best in one aspect first.
The foundation of the Qingque Tribe has almost been laid. In the future, while taking into account other aspects of development, Han Cheng will also consider gradually tilting his strength towards combat power.
Otherwise, it would be really frustrating to let the Qingque tribe follow the path of the Song Dynasty.
He didn't want to become a complete scammer like Zhao Laoer.
This guy ruined the good cards left by the Song Dynasty's founder, Zhao Lao, and directly led the Song Dynasty into a ditch. It lasted for hundreds of years until it was destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty, and it did not recover.
In the final analysis, the problem lies with the scammer Zhao Laoer.
