After solving the mantis tribe, winter has quietly arrived.
After the heavy snow closed the mountains, the Teng tribe was still the same as every winter before. Ordinary tribesmen worked hard to make various tools, while warriors carried out winter fishing and hunting to add some food to the tribe.
It is worth mentioning that because there was plenty of food, Jiang Xuan selected some skilled tourists outside the vine wall and asked them to join the vine tribe to polish stone tools, make weapons, sew animal skin clothing, etc. for the tribe.
As for those unskilled tourists, Jiang Xuan also left a way for them to survive, which was to work for the Teng tribe.
Polishing stone and bone tools is a very time-consuming task, and it takes a lot of time to make enough tools for the entire tribe.
Therefore, Jiang Xuan distributed some stones and bones to the tourists to polish them day and night, and then exchange them for some food or animal skins, so that they would not starve to death or freeze to death.
At the same time, Jiang Xuan allowed these tourists to do business with the Teng tribe.
For example, some tourists are lucky and find better stones or animal bones in the forest.
Then they can take out these stones and animal bones and exchange them with the Vine tribe for food, animal skins, and even salt.
By being hired and traded, some strong and lucky tourists can survive this winter.
As for those tourists who are weak and unlucky, they can only be eliminated by nature.
Because even if they work hard and obtain some survival resources, they are likely to be robbed by stronger people.
This is the tragedy of being a weak person.
No matter whether people are living well or not, time always passes at its own pace, little by little.
In the blink of an eye, the cold and painful winter passed.
Many people sleep in winter forever, while many people survive winter and usher in spring.
…
It’s early January, the fifth year since the establishment of the Vine Tribe.
"The sun is coming out!"
"We finally got over it!"
When the long-lost sun warmed the earth again, the ice and snow began to melt, and the tourists outside the vine wall jumped up with excitement.
Winter is desperate. Under the heavy snow, it is very difficult to find some food.
Things are different in spring. Even if you eat grass roots, wild vegetables, and insects, there is always a way to survive.
In the Teng tribe, Jiang Xuan carved a line of words on the Hsinchu slips made in winter: In the fifth year of the Teng tribe, January 1st, sunny.
"The fifth year!"
After Jiang Xuan finished carving, he felt very emotional.
When he first came to this world, he didn't know how to survive in the face of various traps.
But in the blink of an eye, four or five years passed.
Although he encountered various difficulties and dangers, he survived them all.
The Vine Tribe has grown from five people at the beginning to more than two thousand people now, and it is even continuing to grow.
"Squeak..."
Jiang Xuan opened the door of the house and looked at the sunshine in the yard, feeling relaxed and happy.
"Hey..."
Tangyuan walked out of the giant bird's nest in the bamboo shed and flapped its wings excitedly, causing the snow in the yard to fly everywhere.
In another bamboo shed, Black Wind Rhino Crescent Moon was lying in his nest, shaking off the snowflakes that flew to his head, snorting helplessly, and exhaled two streams of hot breath from his nostrils.
In terms of body shape, it can't compare to Tangyuan, and in terms of combat power, it can't compare to Tangyuan. Therefore, even if you are dissatisfied, you can only endure it.
Tang Yuan held his head high and didn't look at the crescent moon at all.
It skillfully opened the courtyard door, then went out through the gate that had been widened several times, trotted all the way to the open space in front of the altar, and took off directly.
It can't wait to find fresh prey.
"Crescent Moon, let's go, let's go out for a walk."
Jiang Xuan greeted, and Yue Ya immediately stood up from the nest, shook the fur on his body, then walked to Jiang Xuan and knelt down on his knees so that Jiang Xuan could sit on it.
After Jiang Xuan sat down, Yue Ya stood up again, and then led Jiang Xuan outside.
At this time, although the sun has risen, only a small part of the ice and snow has melted, and many bamboos bent and broken by the heavy snow can be seen everywhere.
Fortunately, the rattan tribe had already cleared a very wide road in the middle of the bamboo forest, otherwise it would have been difficult to get out.
Outside the bamboo forest, most of the people from the Teng tribe came out to bask in the sun.
Jiang Xuan walked to the house on the left side of the tribe and saw Uncaria and Poria. Poria was still holding their child in her arms.
Jiang Xuan jumped off Yue Ya's back, walked to Fuling, and looked at the child she was holding.
"Oh, little Tiandong is growing up very fast!"
In just over four months, Tiandong grew from a wrinkled baby to a plump and fat doll.
She has a round face, long eyelashes, big eyes, a cute little nose, a rosy little mouth, and little hands like fat lotus roots. She is very cute.
Fuling smiled and said: "Thanks to the tribe, there is enough food and I eat well."
The Vine tribe gives preferential treatment to pregnant women, nursing mothers and babies. Even in winter, they will try to let them eat as much fish as they catch in the winter, fresh animal meat and other foods.
Jiang Xuan shook Tiandong's little hand and said, "Grow up quickly and become a brave and powerful warrior in the future!"
At this moment, Xiao Tiandong grinned. His innocent smile made people feel better when they saw it.
Undouji on the side also laughed. Since becoming a father, he has become much more mature than before and has become more stable in his work.
Jiang Xuan teased the child again, and then continued to patrol the tribe on his crescent moon.
When he walked outside the stone tool workshop, he was surprised to find that many people from the planting team were here, and everyone looked quite excited.
What is this doing?
Jiang Xuan felt puzzled, so he got off Yueyue's back and prepared to go in and take a look.
At this moment, the people inside ran out one after another.
"Come out, come out!"
The crowd gathered around Old Man Blackstone, all eyes focused on an instrument in his hand.
Jiang Xuan only glanced at the utensil and couldn't move his eyes away.
"Quyuanli! It's really made!"
What Old Man Blackstone is holding is a curved shaft plow made of wood and stone.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The plow shaft is made of naturally curved wood, and the plow tip and plow bed are also made of fine wood.
The plow blades and plow walls are made of fine stone.
Among them, the most important plow and shovel are made of high-quality stone, which is extremely hard and not easily damaged.
Although this curved shaft plow looks simple, it has actually been made for a long time and has been improved countless times.
If it can really work, the productivity of the current production methods of the Vine Tribe will be greatly improved!
After Jiang Xuan arrived, the onlookers made way to let Jiang Xuan in.
Everyone respects the leader very much.
After Jiang Xuan entered, he saw Gan Song squatting on the ground, stroking Quyuli like a baby, his movements very gentle.
"Is the manufacturing completed?" Jiang Xuan looked at Old Man Blackstone.
"It's done." Old Blackstone nodded affirmatively.
"However, we will have to wait until the snow melts and take the cows to the fields to try it out to see if it can be used."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "Then let's wait until the snow melts and try it. If it works, your stone tool workshop will have made a great contribution, and the rewards you deserve will not be less."
Old Blackstone said humbly: "Thank you, chief."
On the ground, Gan Song didn't even want to say anything. He only had Quyuanli in his eyes.
He was looking forward to whether this thing could bring about huge changes to the planting team as the leader said.
People on the planting team, including other spectators, were also talking excitedly. Everyone wanted to know what kind of effect this thing could have.
…
After five days, the temperature gradually increased and most of the thick snow on the ground melted.
"Crash..."
In the Feiyu River, the water began to surge again. Because a large amount of ice and snow melted, the water level even rose a lot.
In the crop fields, with the sunshine, the soil has become moist and soft, and it is ready for experiments with cattle plowing.
"Moo..."
Dajiao personally pulled one of the most obedient cows, and Old Man Blackstone brought a bent-shaft plow with a rope attached to it and hitched the cow.
The planting team sent a soldier with the most experience in farming, holding a bamboo whip in his hand, and walked excitedly behind the cattle.
Jiang Xuan, Chi Shao, and many members of the Teng tribe gathered beside the crop fields to watch this historic scene.
"We must succeed, we must succeed!"
Gan Song stood aside nervously. If he had not only had one hand, he would have conducted this experiment himself.
Jiang Xuan walked to the soldier responsible for plowing the fields and taught him how to use the curved shaft plow.
"The left hand is holding the plow, and the right hand is holding the bamboo whip and the cow rope. Yes, I have it."
Under Jiang Xuan's guidance, the planting team soldier nervously set up the plow, held a bamboo whip, and held the cow rope.
"Okay, now drive the cow and make it move forward."
"Hey, let's go!"
Under Jiang Xuan's instructions, the warrior swung his bamboo whip, but it did not land on the cow's butt.
Because this cow has been tamed by the divine vine, it is very obedient and does not need to have its nose pierced or whipped vigorously.
"Moo!"
The tall cow roared low, then lowered its head and dragged the curved shaft plow forward.
On the shoulder of the cow, there is a curved piece of wood with strong ropes tied to both ends, connected to the curved shaft plow.
When the ox moves forward, the plow will be dragged along by it.
"Chichi..."
After the cow has taken two steps, the plow is brought into the soil and continues to move forward.
The soil was first dug up by the plow, and when it hit the curved plow wall, it immediately fell to the left.
As the cattle continued to move forward, a line of turned soil was left in the crop field. It was not only dug deeply, but also very evenly.
When the cattle reached the edge of the crop field, Jiang Xuan walked over again and instructed the soldier to swing the plow tail over first, and then pull the cattle rope to make the cattle turn.
This step was a little more difficult. The warrior and the cow had to cooperate four or five times before they finally learned how to turn.
Time passes little by little.
The cooperation between the warriors and the oxen, from stumbling and stumbling at the beginning, to a tacit understanding later on, the plowing speed continued to increase, and the rows of soil turned over quickly.
When the crop field was completely plowed and the oxen dragged the plow ashore, everyone at the scene cheered.
"Success, success!"
Gan Song waved his fists excitedly, his face flushed with excitement.
Jiang Xuan was also very happy. Finally he no longer had to rely entirely on manpower to plow the land.
Old Man Heishi breathed a sigh of relief. He had been making the Quyuan Plow for a long time, and now it was a success. Finally, his hard work had not been in vain.
The soldier responsible for plowing the land looked at the turned over land and felt as if he was in a dream.
He squatted on the ground, grabbed a piece of soil, and said in disbelief: "It's so fast, it's really fast, it's much faster than us digging with a bone."
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "Of course, the cooperation of Quyuanli and oxen can dig much faster than a few people digging together."
"In the future, we will make more curved shaft plows and domesticate more oxen. In this way, we can cultivate more fields and produce more food."
Jiang Xuan's words made everyone excited again, and they looked forward to that day.
"Keep plowing."
The soldier in charge of holding the plow calmed down and drove the cattle to another field.
There is no shortcut to mastering the art of plowing with oxen, you just need to spend a lot of time and effort practicing.
Soon, another crop field was filled with people.
Everyone watched with great interest the magical oxen pulling the plow and the rapid turning of the soil.
Naturally, Gan Song couldn't let just one person learn it, so he arranged for several soldiers to learn it in turn.
Later, more curved shaft plows were made and more oxen capable of pulling plows were trained, so the planting team could cultivate wider fields and produce more food.
…
Southern Wasteland, northwest of the Vine Tribe, Frog Tribe.
"The snow has finally melted!"
Huo Meng stood outside the simple wooden house, bathing in the sunshine, with tears streaming down his face.
Although the Frog Tribe had tried their best to stock up on food before the snow fell, they were still in a crisis of food shortage because the winter was too long.
During this winter, more than a dozen members of the Frog tribe starved to death, seven or eight of them newborns.
After getting used to the snowless winter in the Western Wilderness, the heavy snow-covered Southern Wilderness caused them great pain and torture.
Fortunately, they finally got over it.
"Go find food!"
After calming down, Huo Meng roared loudly, and the entire tribe came out.
They were hungry, skinny, and in desperate need of food.
Now, although the snow has melted, many animals are still hibernating, and insects are also hibernating.
With the strength of the Frog Tribe, they will definitely not be able to eat enough just by hunting.
Therefore, they can only eat what they find.
Small birds that do not hibernate, wild beasts, hibernating bugs under rocks and rotten tree bark, as well as grass roots and unrotten nuts.
Even though they have eaten very miscellaneous and poor food, they still cannot fill their stomachs.
The hunger will continue for a while, until everything flourishes, the grass sprouts, and all the hibernating animals and insects come out, then they have a chance to eat.
At night, Huo Meng, whose hunger had eased a little, found Wu and discussed with him the future of the tribe.
In the wooden house, Huo Meng and Wu were sitting next to the fire pit.
"Although we have moved to the Southern Wilderness, the population is already seriously insufficient. Once we encounter a slightly greater danger, the tribe may..."
Huo Meng's eyes were a little melancholy. Although he didn't finish his words, both of them understood the meaning.
Wu was silent for a moment and said, "What are you going to do?"
Huo Meng said: "Before last winter, the Mantis tribe was wiped out by the Vine tribe. I even personally took people to see the huge stone with the Vine tribe's totem pattern on it."
"The Mantis tribe is very strong. During the migration, we saw several small tribes wiped out by them. But the Vine tribe is stronger, so they can wipe out the Mantis tribe."
Huo Meng paused for a moment, with a look of hesitation and struggle on his face, but he finally stood firm.
He took a deep breath, looked at the witch, and said, "I think that finding the Vine Tribe and becoming their affiliated tribe can make the Frog Tribe grow stronger again."
"impossible!"
Wu stood up excitedly, lit fire with trembling fingers, and shouted loudly: "You are betraying the tribe and the frog god!"
"The Frog God has left us, Wu, wake up!"
Huo Meng also stood up, feeling very excited.
"One less warrior of the Frog Tribe has died, and there are fewer and fewer giant frogs. Without the protection of the Vine Tribe, I will die, and so will you. Sooner or later, the Frog Tribe will perish!"
The witch wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't say a word, and he couldn't refute.
Huo Meng also knew that he was too excited. He sat down again and whispered: "Witch, please recognize the reality. Our Frog Tribe is no longer the Frog Tribe it once was."
"By becoming a subsidiary tribe of the Vine Tribe, we still have a chance to grow stronger, and the Frog Tribe can also remain intact. If we continue like this, I don't see any hope."
Wu Ye slowly sat down, with a very painful expression on his face, but he did not refute and could not refute.