After returning from the Shangui tribe, Jiang Xuan personally dug a deep pool in the yard, dug out a lot of fertile mud from the pond, and then planted the five ice lotus roots in the mud.
Finally, Jiang Xuan connected the bamboo pipe with flowing water to the pool, so that the pool would have living water instead of a pool of stagnant water.
After everything was done, Jiang Xuan washed his hands and said, "I hope I can make a living."
After planting the ice lotus roots, Jiang Xuan flew to a high mountain west of the tribe on his glutinous rice balls.
This mountain is relatively close to the Teng tribe, but halfway up the mountain, the environment is closer to where the Yanyang tribe used to be.
"Boom!"
The dumpling landed on a gentle slope halfway up the mountain, and then like a giant eagle, it stretched out a wing and leaned diagonally against the ground.
Jiang Xuan followed its wings and walked to the ground.
Not far away, there is a newly opened wasteland. The weeds and shrubs on the wasteland have been cleared away, and now there are only some tender green grass buds.
In the wasteland, six small saplings were planted, all of which were wax trees brought back from the blue sheep tribe.
"Hey, it sprouted!"
After Jiang Xuan got closer, he found that there were several small buds growing on the two wax saplings, which were in the shape of balls and had not yet spread out.
This means that the two wax tree saplings are alive. This discovery makes Jiang Xuan very happy.
"Since these two saplings can be planted, other saplings should also be able to be planted. If more saplings are transplanted in the future, this place can become a wax forest."
With the wax forest, you can raise wax insects.
In other words, if everything goes well, the Goto Tribe can raise waxworms on this mountain without risking going so far to the Blue Sheep Tribe.
This made Jiang Xuan feel very happy. If the Vine Tribe could produce a large amount of insect wax in the future, it would be great whether it was used by himself or traded.
Jiang Xuan squatted down and patiently pulled out the weeds that had just grown next to the saplings, before riding Tangyuan back to the tribe.
When he returned to the tribe, he went to the breeding area again.
In the current breeding area, there are twenty or thirty sheds where various livestock are kept, and there are also more than a dozen caves. Because they have been breeding but not eating much, the number has increased very quickly.
Among them, the most numerous ones are not colorful ducks, colorful pheasants or one-horned birds, but bamboo rats and long-tailed rabbits!
The bamboo rat can give birth to four litters a year, with three to five pups in each litter.
The long-tailed rabbit can actually give birth to six babies a year, with three to ten cubs in each litter. Its reproductive capacity is simply terrifying.
In just two years, the bamboo rats and long-tailed rabbits have begun to take shape, occupying at least half of the breeding team's pens.
Jiang Xuan stood in front of a shack, looking through the strong fence door at a large pile of long-tailed rabbits inside, and sighed: "Our tribe's future meat is guaranteed."
Dajiao stood next to Jiang Xuan and said enthusiastically: "Chief, it's not just meat. The long-tailed rabbit's skin is thicker and its fur is very warm. It can be made into animal skin clothing in the future."
Jiang Xuan said with approval: "Yes, in this way, our people of the Vine Tribe will not only have meat to eat, but also animal skins to wear. Your breeding team has made a great contribution!"
Dajiao was delighted by Jiang Xuan's words and became more motivated to work.
Jiang Xuan checked other livestock and found that the colorful ducks had laid many duck eggs, and the female ducks were busy incubating them.
Not only colorful ducks, but also colorful pheasants and unicorn birds almost always lay eggs and hatch their young around this time.
Unlike the poultry Jiang Xuan had seen in his previous life, these birds, which have not yet been fully domesticated, only lay eggs twice a year, once in spring and once in autumn.
If you want them to lay eggs all year round, I don't know how many generations of breeding it will take.
After inspecting the breeding team, Jiang Xuan walked to the Feiyu River again.
The fishing team is trying to build wooden boats.
Of course, it is not a boat made of spliced ​​wooden boards. That is a job that can only be done by professional carpenters and cannot be done by people like the fishing team.
What they made was a boat similar to a canoe, but much wider than a canoe.
"Crack, crackle, crackle..."
On the river beach, the fishing team soldiers lit a bonfire and then placed a piece of wood on top of the bonfire to burn.
This piece of wood is about five meters long and about one and a half meters in diameter. It is very thick.
If the warriors of the tribe were not strong enough and the wood had dried, it would have been a big problem how to carry it back.
This piece of wood was found by Jing Jie and others into the forest. After it died, it fell to the ground. Some of it was already rotten, but the piece they brought back was still relatively intact.
After carrying it back, use a stone ax to chop hard, peel off the outer skin, and cut the upper and lower sides into flat surfaces.
Beside the bonfire, Nepeta was holding a boat made of clay and was observing it carefully.
This is a model of a flat-bottomed fishing boat. The style is very simple, with a large center, small ends, and two oars.
Even if the style is very simple, it is not that easy to make it.
One is because of lack of experience, and the other is because the tools are too primitive and it is very laborious to cut and shape the wood.
Nepeta could only follow the method provided by Jiang Xuan. After cutting the wood into a flat surface, he turned it over, covered it with a thick layer of wet mud, and then put it on the fire to burn. With the power of the flame, it burned bit by bit.
Click to burn the inside of the wood.
Because it is covered with wet mud, other parts except the middle are not easily burned.
When Jiang Xuan came over, five or six soldiers from the fishing team were busy moving the huge piece of wood away from the fire and turning it over.
The middle of the wood was still burning. The soldiers from the fishing team sprinkled some water on it to extinguish the open flame, and then used stone adzes to chip away the black charcoal bit by bit.
This way, more wood can be burned the next time you burn it.
After Jiang Xuan came over, Jingjie immediately stood up and said: "Chief."
Jiang Xuan waved his hand and said: "I just came over to take a look, don't worry about me."
Nepeta said with a bitter face: "This wooden boat is too difficult to build. We have already burnt one big log, and this is the second one."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "What's the problem?" Jiang Xuan asked.
"It burned too deep and the wood split, so we're going to burn it lighter this time."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "The first time is always more difficult, just do it a few more times and learn more from experience."
Nepeta hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Chief, why do we have to work hard to build wooden boats? I think bamboo rafts are also very good, and the soldiers in the fishing team are also using them smoothly."
Jiang Xuandao: "You have been using bamboo rafts for so long. Have you found that when the current is strong, the bamboo rafts shake violently and it is difficult to control the direction?"
Jing Jie nodded and said: "That's true. Sometimes it rains heavily and the river is fast. When I support the bamboo raft, I feel like I can't control it."
"That's because the draft of the bamboo raft is too shallow, water will enter between the bamboos, and the buoyancy is not strong enough. It is difficult to control it with a bamboo pole."
Jiang Xuan pointed to the wooden boat model in Jing Jie's hand again and said: "But the wooden boat is different. After people sit on it, it has a deeper draft, is more stable than a bamboo raft, and is easier to turn. Moreover, its oars are wider than a bamboo raft.
Better for paddling.”
"Let's put it this way, if our Teng tribe only makes bamboo rafts, then the scope of your fishing team's activities will also be this small section of the river in front of the tribe."
"But if you can make wooden boats and continuously improve them, your fishing team can own the entire river in the future!"
After listening to Jiang Xuan's words, Jing Jie felt that a fire was lit in her heart.
Jingjie nodded solemnly and said: "Chief, I understand, we will definitely make the wooden boat!"
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "This is the first time I'm making a wooden boat. It doesn't matter if it's a little crude or rough. I'll improve it slowly and it will always get better."
After Jiang Xuan finished chatting with Jingjie, he walked over in person, took a stone ax and chopped the giant tree into a wooden boat shape.
This is a very laborious job that tests patience. Fortunately, Jiang Xuan is not lacking in strength or patience.
Seeing that the leader had helped, Jingjie naturally couldn't stand aside. He also picked up a stone ax and worked hard with Jiang Xuan to build the first wooden boat of the Teng tribe.
In addition to the soldiers who made wooden boats, there were also some soldiers in the fishing team who worked hard to set up fishing traps, fish cages, fish, and cast nets by the river.
Fishing is their most important daily work, and the catch is one of the important food sources for the Vine tribe.
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On the outskirts of the Vine Tribe, Nanxing is constantly patrolling with the soldiers of the guardian team.
They need to go back and forth every day to check for dangers around the tribe and check whether the traps have been triggered.
"Yo...Yo yo..."
When they were walking through a forest, Nanxing suddenly heard the chirping of deer.
Perhaps because he was born in the deer tribe, Nanxing always has some special feelings for deer.
To be continued...