Chapter 838 The plan to build a new tribe (three in one)
In the past, Han Cheng may not have a clear understanding of the growth habits of cabbage and radish, but after several years of planting in the tribe, some people who often deal with these vegetables, including him, have a clear understanding of this.
Got a deep understanding.
It is precisely because of this that Wizards and Bugs Bunny looked so panicked after discovering the situation here this morning.
Compared with the initial time, cabbage is now obviously different from ordinary rapeseed, and it is already an important vegetable for the tribe during winter.
Whether you put it in and cook it when eating hot pot, or split it in half from the middle, cut it into two or three centimeters in width, and stew it with pork or other meat, it is very delicious.
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Now, when it has not yet grown up, it suddenly encounters such a frost, and the people in the tribe are worried about it.
"After the frost subsides, wrap up the heads of the cabbages and take a closer look.
If the weather warms up again in a few days, these cabbages will be able to grow some more.
Even if it is not as good as before, it can still become a lot more practical.
If the weather still doesn't improve, pull out a large batch and store them in the cabbage cellar."
Facing such weather and under the current circumstances, Han Cheng didn't have any good ideas to think of.
If it is in the future, you can use plastic greenhouses as a magic tool for growing off-season vegetables.
For more luxury, you can also build a pure glass greenhouse.
At the worst, you can find some colorful plastic bags, put one on the head of a Chinese cabbage, and put a hat on them to keep them warm.
But now, Han Cheng can only make such an arrangement. Whether it can be successful and how much production is reduced depends on God's face.
The most troublesome thing is actually not the cabbage, but the radishes that were hit by a sudden frost, and the stems and leaves were frozen as if they were cooked and blanched.
Even if you ignore it, if you don't take into account the factor of eating cabbage and let the cabbage grow in the ground, you can still withstand the severe cold.
But the leaves outside will be ruined.
But when spring comes, they can still pull out their slugs, bloom like rapeseed, bloom into small yellow flowers, and then lay seeds, so that the inheritance will not be lost.
But the same cannot be said for radishes. If the weather is cold enough, the entire radish will be frozen, leaving no chance to save the seeds.
Radish and cabbage are two magical vegetables for winter. After several years of selection and cultivation, there has been a lot of improvement compared to before. If they are all frozen to death and no seeds can be left, it will really be a big loss.
What happened today also reminded Han Cheng that when planting things in the future, he must leave more seeds, and they will not be planted all at once.
In this way, even if there is a harvest failure in any season, there will not be any seeds left.
"After waiting for a while, shovel some more soil and cover the exposed parts of the radish with soil.
Then clean out the radish cellar, pull out a batch of radishes, put them into the radish cellar, pile them together, and cover the outer layer with sand."
Han Cheng looked at the carrot beaten by frost, thought for a while, and then spoke.
The radish cellar is underground, relying on the ground temperature, so it is much warmer inside than outside.
Before these radishes are completely frozen by frost, you can prevent the radishes from being damaged by pulling out a batch and putting them in the radish cellar.
When next spring comes, move the radishes out of the cellar and plant them again. New shoots will grow from the radishes and bear fruit.
At this time, the radishes were obviously not yet ready to be pulled out of the ground and stored in cellars, but in order to leave some radish seeds and prevent the radish from disappearing from the tribe all of a sudden, we could only take such an insurance first.
If the weather gets better again in two days, these radishes will be wasted if they are wasted. But if the weather does not get better, such operations will become crucial.
"It's okay, don't worry even if the production of these vegetables is reduced. There is a lot of food in our tribe, and we can survive the winter without eating radishes and cabbages. Don't forget, our tribe has lotus roots, so we can eat them in winter."
Han Cheng saw that everyone was not in high spirits and was feeling uncomfortable about the upcoming production reduction, so he smiled and comforted everyone.
The food composition in the tribe is now very rich, and the Chinese New Year can still be celebrated without radish and cabbage.
With food in his hands, he is so tough when talking and doing things.
When Han Cheng said this, the haze in Wu and the others' hearts disappeared a lot.
After eating in the morning, the people in the tribe got busy.
Some people go to the fields and other places around the tribe to pluck the hairy grass, and then twist the thatch slightly to make rough straw ropes, which are used to tie up the cabbage and help the cabbage wrap its head.
Of course there are hemp rope tribes, but people in the tribe will certainly not do such expensive things when using hemp ropes can be solved with ordinary wool.
Some people pull out a piece of radish, use a copper knife to cut off both the upper and lower ends of the radish, put it into the head of the radish, and then transport it to the radish cellar for storage.
The reason why a copper knife is used to cut off the upper leaves and lower roots of the radish first is because if they are not cut off, the radish will continue to grow after being placed in a radish cellar where the temperature is relatively high.
There is no future for growing in a dark environment like a radish cellar. In addition to consuming the energy stored in the radish itself, there will be no other results, so they need to be treated in advance.
Another group of people dug up soil not far away, and after carrying it on burdens, they carefully cultivated the roots of the radish and covered the exposed part of the radish.
While everyone was working in the vegetable garden, after getting up in the morning, the sky, which had started to be gloomy, slowly cleared up, and the orange-yellow sunshine shone on the earth.
But despite this, the temperature didn't mean to rise, it was sunny and cold.
But no matter what, this sunny day gave people the greatest comfort, and the haze in people's hearts disappeared.
Even more cheerful than the Qingque tribe are the other tribes with more primitive lifestyles.
The Bear Tribe is not far from the large bamboo forest, and the Creek Tribe is not far away from the tribe with a large amount of limestone. The people in these tribes are jumping for joy when looking at the sunlight shining down.
Some people cried loudly, while others knelt down to the sun in the sky and kowtowed devoutly.
In their own way, they were grateful for the sun coming out and thankful that the wind and snow did not fall at this time.
After thanking each other, people from each tribe began to go all out to collect and store food.
Acorns, chestnuts, pecans and other nuts are their favorites.
But when I encounter some late peaches, late pears, persimmons, red hawthorns, and some unknown fruits, I won’t let them go.
Compared with chestnuts, these fruits cannot be stored long enough, but they are still food, and they can choose to eat them first.
In the past, when autumn came, people from various tribes were very active in collecting food. Now under such weather conditions, they have become even more active. They wish they could spend the whole day outside collecting food...
In the next few days, the temperature was very low. Every morning when I woke up, there was a thick layer of frost on the haystacks outside. At a quick glance, I thought it was a thin layer of snow.
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There is also a thin layer of ice on the still water surface.
The autumn of Qingque's eleventh year was particularly short. The late autumn had not passed much, and was suddenly replaced by the strong winter.
After waiting for a few more days, seeing that the temperature showed no sign of rising, Han Cheng had more than half of the cabbages and radishes in the vegetable garden harvested.
If we wait any longer, many of them will freeze.
In such weather, the people of the Qingque tribe were not idle. Some of them were competing with cabbage and radishes, while others were also seizing this opportunity to quickly collect fruits.
Just like in later generations, no one thought they had too much money, so the people in the Qingque tribe never thought their tribe had too much food.
Although the food stored in the tribe is enough for them to eat until next autumn harvest, or even until the autumn harvest, the people in the tribe still seize the time to collect fruits.
There are also some people who are still digging the ground.
If you plow more at this time, you can plow less when spring comes next year. The remaining time can be used to cultivate new wasteland.
Within the tribe, those skillful primitive women were not idle either. They were sitting there using scissors, screwdrivers, needles, threads, furs and other things to sew clothes quickly.
The weather has turned cold so fast this year that many winter coats have not been made, so the people in the tribe are hurrying up to make them.
The weather is getting colder and colder. Is a period similar to the Little Ice Age about to begin?
Standing on the wall, wrapped in a tiger skin cloak, feeling the cold air, Han Cheng thought to himself.
It's just because the era he came from is too early, it's completely prehistoric, and there are no written records. For such things, I can only guess in my heart, and I can't confirm it.
Han Cheng has long known that the weather has gradually become colder in recent years, and he has already made speculations about Xiao Glacier.
So when I felt the cold air at this time, I didn't feel too much panic.
As long as the weather does not affect the growth and cultivation of millet, soybeans and other crops in the tribe, he does not have to worry too much.
If you really can't live here anymore, then take your tribe and move south as hard as you can.
I don’t believe that the colder weather can affect places further south.
When I first came, the population of the tribe was only a few dozen, and there were only ten mature men including lameness, and the rest had nothing. Under such circumstances, I also led the tribe to develop slowly.
Now, after absorbing the Wind Tribe and the Linfeng Tribe, there are a total of more than 140 people in the two tribes, plus the 89 babies that were born and survived from last year to now, excluding the four people who died, today's
The Qingque tribe has a total population of 1,169 people!
Among them, the number of citizens has increased from 513 to 807. The reason for such rapid growth is that on the one hand, more slaves have been promoted to citizens in the past two years than in previous years. On the other hand,
It is the Wind Tribe, with more than 140 people from the Linfeng Tribe joining in, plus 89 newborn babies.
The number of male adult citizens increased from the previous 71 to 123, and the number of female adult citizens increased from 133 to 225.
The total number of the two is 348, and there are 459 minor citizens, 19 of whom are about to enter adulthood.
Compared with before, the number of slaves in the tribe has been greatly reduced, from 426 before to 362 now.
Among them, there were 182 adult slaves and 180 minor slaves.
The number of minors in the tribe has not increased, but has actually declined. On the one hand, some of them have become adults, and on the other hand, all babies born after coming to the Qingque Tribe are automatically transformed into the Qingque Tribe.
citizens, these children are innocent after all.
The crops include millet, soybeans, peas, rapeseed, livestock include donkeys, deer, dogs, pigs, etc., and tools include bronze.
Under such circumstances, with such a rich family background, I don’t believe that it would be impossible to develop after moving to a new place.
Of course, this is only the worst plan. Han Cheng would not do this unless it was at the last moment.
After all, everything here has cost them a lot of hard work. If they were to move away, a lot of their hard work would be in vain.
But despite this, for the sake of himself and the entire tribe, Han Cheng had to make the worst plan.
After all, this is a matter concerning himself, his wife, children, and the fate of the entire tribe.
Should we wait until next year and send some people out to go south with all our strength?
Go there and find a place with a suitable climate, land and rivers suitable for settlement.
Open up some land there and establish a new sub-tribe.
When the main tribe and the Tongshan residential area are still suitable for survival, it is relatively easy to allocate some people to do this task with the supplies from these two places.
And for the tribe, this method of preparing early and planning things slowly can minimize the damage that the tribe may encounter.
If we don't plan in advance and wait until the weather gets colder year by year and we finally have to move from here to the south, it will be too late.
Just like that, taking all the belongings of the tribe and all the people in the tribe, heading towards the unfamiliar and unknown south... This is exciting to think about.
If you don't do it right, you may hit your head and bleed, causing the tribe to suffer heavy losses.
It is far less reliable and safe to make early plans and move to the south after the business is almost done.
When it comes to the fate of yourself and the tribe, you can't take risks.
The more Han Cheng thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was feasible. Even if he did not establish a tribe there, it would be good to find such a place in advance so as not to be blinded at the critical moment.
When this idea arose, Han Cheng's worries about the possible Little Ice Age suddenly diminished a lot.
If before, for the possible Xiaoglaihe, it was just a mentality of fighting hard with some capital, then at this moment, Han Cheng, who thought of this method, really felt that
Bottomed out.
I should have thought of such a thing a long time ago!
On the wall, Han Cheng, who was facing the cold wind, kept the smile on his face for a while, then reached out and patted his forehead, looking annoyed and thinking.
As early as when he started building the Tongshan residential area, he wanted to diversify the tribe's population and wealth to a certain extent and not put all the eggs in one basket.
Han Cheng, who made this decision, has always been very satisfied with this method of diversifying the tribe's risks, but looking at his thoughts at this time, it seems a bit too petty.
In other words, the layout is too small.
The main thing is that the distance between the Tongshan residential area and the main Qingque tribe is still too close.
And they are basically on the same latitude line.
In such a situation, it is usually fine, but if there is a large-scale natural disaster, such as floods, droughts, cold waves, etc., it is very likely that it will be affected together.
What I thought was safe at the time is not safe at all from this point of view.
Cunning Rabbit already has three caves. Apart from the main tribe, his tribe only has one Tongshan residential area. Now it seems that it is time to build another branch tribe!
At the very least, it cannot be compared to the rabbit that is often beaten to death by the witch's ears.
Of course, Han Cheng did not include the small courtyard in Yanshan at this time.
Yanshan is too close to the main tribe of Qingque, so it can only be regarded as a vassal of the main tribe, and it does not reach the status of a giant who established a sect in the Tongshan residential area.
After thinking about this, Han Cheng didn't feel cold anymore despite the cold wind blowing.
After standing here for a while and blowing the cold wind, Han Cheng got off the wall and prepared to find a witch. The senior brother and others talked about this matter.
At this time, the wizard was staying beside the rabbit circle, looking happy and very kind.
Of course, the premise is that you need to ignore what he is doing.
Looking at the pile of motionless rabbits on the ground, Han Cheng couldn't help but sniff, moved by the witch's kindness.
It's a pity that there are no chili peppers in the tribe. Otherwise, with so many rabbits, we can make a lot of spicy rabbit heads and have a good time.
Well, people who are close to Zhu are red, and they often come into contact with kind-hearted witches. Unknowingly, Han Cheng has also become kind and caring.
After admiring Wu's clean and neat techniques for a while, Han Cheng also started to take action.
Instead of knocking the rabbit, he tied the rabbit that the witch knocked to death with a rope and hung it on a pole, and then used a copper knife to peel it from the three-petal mouth.
The senior brother next to me has already peeled off several pieces of tube skin very skillfully.
After the skinned rabbit was disembowelled, the intestines were not thrown away, but placed in a basin on the side.
Lame, there are other people who often engage in knitting, and they are turning their intestines with their hands and feet.
After the intestines have been turned over, they will be thrown into a basin. If a certain amount is collected, someone will use warm water and salt to wash them there over and over again.
"Wu, senior brother, when the weather gets warmer next year, we will send some people to go south..."
While peeling the rabbit, Han Cheng spoke to the wizard, senior brother and others about what he had been thinking about before.
As Han Cheng spoke, the movements of Wu, Senior Brother and others gradually slowed down, and finally stopped.
Wu Lian no longer did his favorite thing of knocking rabbits. They all listened carefully to Han Cheng's talk about the harm that the continued cold weather might cause to the tribe, as well as the many benefits that doing so would bring to the tribe.
As Han Cheng spoke, the expressions of several people were constantly changing.
I heard that the weather continues to get colder and winter is getting longer and longer. It is possible that crops that have not had time to be harvested will freeze to death, and livestock in the tribe will die because they do not store enough food, etc.
At this time, the senior brother's fists were clenched tightly.
Wu's wrinkled face was full of horror and fear, and even the stick he used to knock the rabbit fell to the ground.
They all have a deep feeling for the cold. Because of the existence of stones, they all understand that winter is coming earlier and earlier.
In the past, Wu and others might have felt fearful and dark about things like this.
But now that the tribe's living standards have been greatly improved, they don't have much to worry about.
With a fire kang, enough clothes, and food, they have a strong ability to withstand the cold.
But at this time, the support in their hearts was torn to pieces by the scene described by Han Cheng.
The winter is getting longer and longer, and before the crops mature, they have been frozen to death by the early cold, and then there is no harvest... These scenes that they have never thought of before, just listening to them make people feel...
Creepy.
In the past, people in the tribe might not believe this, but now, after just experiencing the reduction of radish and cabbage production in the tribe due to the early arrival of cold, the eldest brother Wu, who is deeply distressed by this,
They have no reason not to believe it.
What's more, this is something that the most respected and wisest Son of God said personally.
Everyone who heard this was surrounded by fear.
This is not only because such a scene is too frightening, but what is even more frightening is that they find that when faced with such an unmatched disaster, it is simply impossible to think about it.
Apart from waiting here for crops to fail and livestock to die of cold and starvation, there is nothing else they can do.
"Son of God, can we go to the south?!"
Wu grabbed Han Cheng's hand and looked at Han Cheng expectantly and nervously.
When the wizard said this, the senior brother and the others quickly raised their heads and looked at Han Cheng with the same eyes.
They all remembered that before describing this terrible disaster scene, the Son of God had first said that after the weather got warm next year, some people would be forced to walk southward.
Although I don’t know why I have to go south with all my strength, since the Son of God has said this, it means that going south with all my strength will most likely solve the current dilemma.
"clever!"
Han Cheng nodded vigorously and gave Wu a thumbs up.
Seeing Shenzi nodding in approval and making such an action, several people let out a long breath.
"It's warmer in the south than here. If we really can't live here anymore, we will go to the south and live there..."
"But that doesn't mean that the weather will really turn out to be that bad. It's just the worst case scenario that could happen.
But we still have to prepare in advance. Only in this way can we protect our tribe to the greatest extent when such weather really comes..."
Han Cheng continued to talk about these things to everyone.
The witch, eldest brother, and others who were first frightened by the terrifying scene described by Han Cheng all nodded after hearing the words, feeling that what the Son of God said was very correct.
Seeing this, Han Cheng felt very comfortable. After all, just today, he came up with these things, and once again gained the admiration of everyone in the tribe, pretending to be silent.
Just when Han Cheng was about to settle the matter, Wu Xian opened his mouth with confusion and asked a very profound question...
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