On April 6, Jiang Xuan woke up early in the morning and unexpectedly discovered that the ice lotus root planted in the pond in the yard had grown a leaf curled into a cylindrical shape.
It won't take long for it to grow from underwater to the surface of the water, and finally stretch out and turn into a very large lotus leaf.
"I didn't expect it to actually survive. It seems that this thing can only grow in the swamp. I just don't know what the difference is between the ice lotus root grown here and the ice lotus root grown in the Otter tribe."
Jiang Xuan knew that many plants depend on their place of origin.
As the saying goes, if oranges grow in Huainan, they become tangerines; if oranges grow in Huaibei, they become tangerines. Many plants are the same.
However, it is already good if it can be planted successfully. If the results are really not good, just think of ways to improve the planting environment in the future.
For example, dig a deep lake to simulate the environment over the swamp.
If this doesn't work, then in the future we will have no choice but to trade ice lotus roots with the Otter tribe.
In addition to the ice lotus root, most of the colorful peppers and black beans also sprouted and grew into small seedlings.
If it can bloom and bear fruit smoothly, in a few years, the people of the Teng tribe will be able to eat colored peppers and black beans.
Of course, people in the tribe may not necessarily like peppers. It takes a long time to get used to this unique delicacy.
Just when Jiang Xuan was in a good mood because of the growth of plants in the yard, Gan Song ran in in a hurry.
"Chief, it's not good."
"What happened?"
"The red crystal rice soaked in water in the paddy fields has withered."
"Go and have a look."
Jiang Xuan followed Gan Song quickly towards the paddy field in the crop field.
When he walked to the edge of the field, he saw that two red crystal rice plants that were more than half a meter tall had withered. The leaves were drooped by the sun.
Jiang Xuan had previously soaked red crystal rice in water to induce germination and had success. However, red crystal rice likes moisture, so Jiang Xuan asked Gan Song to try to open up a paddy field and plant it like rice.
In order to be on the safe side, after the red crystal rice grew, the nard first built embankments with mud, surrounded the two red crystal rice plants, and flooded their roots with water.
In the first two days, there was no abnormality in the red crystal rice, which made Gan Song very happy, thinking that this method could be successful.
Unexpectedly, after five days, the red crystal rice withered quickly, and it seemed that it could not be saved.
Jiang Xuan checked the two withered red crystal rice plants, uprooted one of them, and carefully observed its root system.
Jiang Xuan discovered that many of the young roots of this red crystal rice plant were black and rotten.
This shows that although red crystal rice likes moisture, it cannot be grown in paddy fields like rice.
Jiang Xuandao: "Since this method failed, let's raise the soil, dig drainage ditches, and plant like other places."
"When doing experiments, it is impossible to achieve success all the time. Failure is also common. Fortunately, I only lost two plants, so it doesn't matter."
Although Jiang Xuan said this, Gan Song still felt a little uncomfortable. He silently pulled up another red crystal rice plant and said: "There are no extra seeds to replant, so we can only plant something else."<
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Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, with the output of red crystal rice, as long as we have a good harvest this year, we will not only have enough seeds next year, but everyone can also eat red crystal rice."
"The leader is right, I will try my best to take good care of the other red crystal rice!"
Jiang Xuandao: "Come, let's renovate this paddy field together to prevent it from accumulating water."
Gan Song hurriedly said: "Chief, we can do this kind of thing ourselves."
"It doesn't matter, there's nothing important to do now anyway."
Jiang Xuan took the tools and immediately got to work with Gan Song and others, making up ridges, cultivating soil, and digging trenches. These were all laborious tasks.
Jiang Xuan is always like this. As long as he is free, no matter what work he does, he is willing to do it with everyone, instead of giving cold orders and being a mouthpiece.
As a leader, he does not take advantage of his privileges to bully men and women, nor does he have any airs. When he makes some mistakes, he will admit them generously and correct them.
Because of this, the people of the Teng tribe support Jiang Xuan very much. Although he is young, no one will despise him for this.
After finishing the paddy field, Jiang Xuan went to Feiyu River again.
After untold hardships and many failures, the fishing team’s first wooden boat was finally built!
This wooden boat is made of a whole section of giant wood. The front end is relatively pointed, the rear end is relatively flat, and the bottom has certain curvature and edges. The cracks and insect holes are filled with fish bladder glue, and there are two paddles.
The wooden boat is not big and can only accommodate three people at the same time. Its loading capacity is much lower than that of a large bamboo raft.
However, its flexibility and driving speed in the river are far superior to those of bamboo rafts, and its performance is superior.
In the Feiyu River, in a bay with gentle water flow, Jing Jie is leading a fishing team to practice rowing hard.
The soldier said: "Chief, why is our ship spinning all the time?"
Nepeta sat on the bow of the boat, looked at the oar in his hand, and said angrily: "This thing is not as useful as a pennies."
Although there were two oars on the boat, because she was used to rowing bamboo rafts, Jingjie still picked up one oar and rowed while the other two warriors watched.
When Jiang Xuan walked to the river, he happened to see Jingjie rowing hard, but the wooden boat was spinning in place.
The soldiers on the boat shouted: "The leader is coming!"
Nepeta was anxious. The leaders came over, but they couldn't control the wooden boat. Wasn't this a joke to the leaders?
So he rowed hard, but the harder he rowed, the faster the wooden boat turned, without moving much forward at all.
Nepeta scratched for a while, looked at Jiang Xuan with shame, and said: "Chief, I am so useless."
Jiang Xuan stood on the river beach and said with a smile: "It's so difficult to build a boat, why can't you even learn to row a boat?"
Jiang Xuan pointed to another oar and said, "Each of you take an oar and sit side by side in the middle of the boat."
The soldiers on the boat immediately picked up the oars, sat side by side with Jing Jie in the middle of the boat, and then waited for Jiang Xuan's next instructions.
"Hold the oar well, just like this palm. It is definitely not possible to paddle vertically. Only when paddling horizontally is it powerful. Do you understand?"
Jiang Xuan squatted down and paddled the water with his palms. Through this simple and easy-to-understand demonstration, he helped them understand how to use the paddle.
Jingjie and the warrior immediately adjusted the oars in their hands, and then continued to look at Jiang Xuan eagerly.
Jiang Xuandao: "Now, the two of you are paddling together, and your movements must be consistent. Both oars must enter the water almost at the same time, and one cannot be faster and the other slower."
"Okay, start paddling!"
Jiang Xuan gave an order, and Jingjie and the warrior immediately started paddling at the same time.
Warriors also need to cooperate frequently when hunting, so it is easier for them to develop a tacit understanding.
At first, there was a difference in the speed of the two oars entering the water, but it didn't take long for the two to paddle in perfect harmony, and their movements were almost the same.
Then, they were surprised to find that the wooden boat that had been spinning in place was now moving straight forward!
"Great!"
The soldiers on the boat cheered excitedly. Just now, he was sweating profusely from the nepeta row, and he was also dizzy from being spun around. Now he finally no longer has to spin around.
However, just knowing how to move forward was not enough. Next, Jiang Xuan told them how to turn the wooden boat.
"Think about how you were spinning in circles just now. When you want to turn, paddle faster with one oar and slower with the other oar, and the boat will turn."
The two people on the boat followed Jiang Xuan's instructions and tried many times, and finally mastered the technique of turning the wooden boat.
Nepeta finally rowed the wooden boat back to the shore and dragged it to the shore.
If he kept spinning in circles like he did just now, I'm afraid he would have no choice but to call the bamboo raft over in shame, tie a rope and drag the wooden boat back.
Fortunately, they finally learned how to row a boat under Jiang Xuan's guidance.
Jingjie walked up to Jiang Xuan, lowered her head in shame and said, "If the leader hadn't come over, I don't know how long I would have been swimming in the river."
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "Everything requires experience, just practice more and it will be fine."
"What you are practicing now are small wooden boats. When the tribe becomes stronger in the future, they will make bigger wooden boats. There are still many things to learn."
After all, small wooden boats have limited carrying capacity. Jiang Xuan’s goal is to build a large sailing ship.
Only a true large sailing ship can sail long distances in the river and bring great benefits to the tribe.
Of course, making a large sailboat is a very large project, but it is much more difficult than this simple small wooden boat.
Only when the tribe develops and grows and has enough manpower and materials, as well as various technical talents, can it try to build a larger sailboat.
Jiang Xuan took Nepeta to imagine the spectacular scene in the future when the tribe would have a large fleet of boats sailing on the river.
To be continued...