"They said, how come our tribe has so much hemp, and there is already a lot of hemp, why do we need to exchange theirs."
Bai Xuemei acted as translator with Han Cheng.
Why should we exchange yours?
Of course I want to find some cheap weavers, and then absorb and integrate you bit by bit.
After listening to Bai Xuemei's translation, Han Cheng looked at the confused Fire Tribe people and thought to himself, of course, he would not say such a thing.
"We grew hemp. As long as hemp bark is used, we need lots and lots of it."
Han Cheng said to Huosong and several others with a sincere look on his face.
Planted?
What is ‘seed’? How come there is a lot of hemp coming out?
After hearing what Bai Xuemei translated, Huosong looked even more confused.
"To plant is to bury the seeds of hemp in the soil, and over time a lot of hemp will grow."
Han Cheng shook his head and explained to several people from the Fire Tribe what "seed" was.
Huosong and the others still seemed to understand.
In order to let them understand more intuitively what "seeding" is all about, Han Chengcheng took them back to the tribe and asked people to take out the stone hoe and bone shovel. He asked Huosong and the others to hold them and led them to Qingqing.
Go to the edge of the Que tribe's fields.
There, a group of people from the Qingque tribe were opening up wasteland.
The population of the Qingque tribe will increase significantly, which is foreseeable.
As the population increased, the demand for food also increased, so land reclamation was always going on under Han Cheng's arrangement.
However, compared with last year's concentrated efforts to open up wasteland, the Qingque tribe's wasteland development this year is not as urgent. After all, they already have six to seven hundred acres of land.
"This is planting hemp. Use this thing to turn over the land, break it into pieces, and then bury the hemp seeds in it..."
Han Cheng pointed to the exit of the Qingque Tribe, which was engaged in land reclamation, with a dozen or so people.
After Bai Xuemei translated to them, Huosong and several others were asked to take stone hoe and bone shovel and imitate the Qingque tribe people to help open up wasteland here.
How could the free food from Qingque Tribe be so delicious?
How could Han Cheng let such free labor go?
Han Cheng looked at Huosong and the others who were carrying skull shovels and imitating other people from the Qingque tribe in clumsily clearing wasteland, and showed a sly smile.
Teaching farming, a natural skill brought from later generations, to the Fire Tribe was a decision Han Cheng made after careful consideration.
Turning the Fire Tribe into weavers and making them more and more dependent on the Qingque Tribe was Han Cheng's plan.
What we are doing now are the supporting steps of this plan.
If you want the Fire Tribe to become a weaver, one of the important conditions is to have flax to spin.
There is indeed a lot of wild hemp in Yau Ma Tei, but it cannot help but be harvested in large quantities every year.
After just harvesting without sowing, after a few consecutive years, the wild hemp in Yau Ma Tei will gradually become extinct like the millet around the Green Tribe.
In order to prevent the Fire Tribe from going the same way as the Green Tribe, Han Chenggong released the skill of farming.
Of course, if the Fire Tribe had edible food like the Green Tribe, Han Cheng would definitely not act like this.
But hemp is a different story.
This thing cannot be eaten. So far, except for the Qingque tribe, basically no other tribe has a huge demand for it.
Moreover, when Han Cheng taught them how to farm, he would only teach them how to grow hemp and not mention anything else.
In this way, even if there is edible food around their tribe, they will not immediately think of planting it.
Even if you think about planting it, you won't make much progress in a short period of time.
The Qingque Tribe has Han Cheng, a cheater who is very familiar with farming. It has taken several years to develop to this level. The Fire Tribe wants to quickly get rid of gathering, fishing and hunting with what Han Cheng has taught them.
, moving towards farming that can support a larger population is simply impossible.
Of course, even with such confidence, Han Cheng will have to do a good job in controlling the transactions with the Fire Tribe in the future to prevent a grain of unshelled grain from flowing into the Fire Tribe.
Huosong and the others, who gradually became familiar with the stone shovel and bone shovel, had no idea that this noble son of God, who stood aside and watched them dig up the ground, would actually consider so many things.
Through Bai Xuemei, Han Cheng informed Huosong and the others that the four men should continue farming here, while the other four female primitives were led back to the place where he was peeling hemp.
Because the place where the farmland was cultivated was not too far from the place where hemp was peeled, and the god's son of this tribe gave people the impression of being as kind as ever, Huosong didn't think there was anything wrong with Han Cheng's behavior of separating them.
In fact, Han Cheng really had no idea about these female primitives from the Fire Tribe. However, these female primitives looked at him directly, which made Han Cheng have the urge to retreat...
I took them to the river because I wanted them to follow the Qingque tribe and learn how to peel and wash hemp.
The flax brought by the Fire Tribe this time was not retting well. If the flax is not retting well, it cannot be used for weaving.
It's okay to weave it, but the quality of the linen weaved is really too impressive...
Since Han Cheng is planning to let people from the Fire Tribe work as cheap weavers for the Qingque Tribe, he must teach them about weaving.
After all, these cloths will be used by their own tribes when the time comes.
Bai Xuemei, who received instructions from Han Cheng, carefully explained to several women from the Fire Tribe how to retting hemp and what kind of retting it would be considered successful before it could be taken out for skinning.
The women of several tribes listened very seriously.
Time passed quickly, and after another sumptuous and delicious meal, night had fallen.
Eight people from the Fire Tribe were accommodated in twelve thatched roof houses built just this year.
There are three kangs in the house that have been built and covered with thick hay.
The exhausted Huosong and several other members of the Fire Tribe lay on the flat kang, feeling the softness beneath them, still feeling a bit like they were dreaming.
This thing called a 'Kang' by this tribe is so comfortable to sleep on, it is spacious and flat.
This is different from the house in the cave. It is very comfortable to live in. It is not only spacious, but also orderly. However, there is no fire in the room, which makes Huosong and others somewhat uncomfortable.
Huosong pulled the animal skin covering his body with his hands. It was extremely soft and comfortable against his body. It was completely different from the hard animal skins of their tribe... Everything about this tribe was so fascinating.
After lying here for a while, Huosong finally fell asleep. When he was going to sleep, he was still thinking about what the noble Son of God said at dinner today, what kind of things he would let them see tomorrow...
