After the ape tribe surrendered, the Vine God planted a seed in the ape god's body to prevent future betrayal.
Chi Shao was away, so Jiang Xuan had no choice but to do it himself, using paint to paint the totem pattern of the Vine Tribe on a boulder in front of the Teng Tribe’s residential area.
From then on, the Ape Tribe became another affiliated tribe of the Vine Tribe.
"From today on, the Ape Tribe and the Rat Tribe are both affiliated tribes of our Vine Tribe. They can no longer go to war with each other or deliberately create friction. Do you understand?"
In the ape tribe's residential area, Gray Rat and the leader of the ape tribe sat together and nodded reluctantly. The expressions on both sides' faces were very complicated.
Even though they are extremely reluctant, they have surrendered to the Vine Tribe after all. Jiang Xuan's words are the will of the Vine Tribe, and they have to listen.
"I know there are some disputes between you, but the situation in the central part of the country is so complicated now. Only through cooperation can we survive better. If we fight within ourselves, we will only die quickly and let other tribes take advantage."
The gray rat and ape tribe leaders were silent. Obviously, even if Jiang Xuan was right, they would not listen at this time.
Jiang Xuan glanced at the two of them and naturally knew what they were thinking.
"Isn't the reason why you were fighting back and forth in the past just because there was not enough food and supplies? As long as the Vine Tribe's trading team arrives here, we will give you priority at that time."
Hearing this, the leader of the Ape Tribe finally raised his head and asked cautiously: "Chief Xuan, will the trading team of the Teng Tribe really come? Do you have salt and pottery?"
According to the leader of the ape tribe, salt and pottery are good trading items.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "Salt and pottery are just the most basic commodities, look at this."
Jiang Xuan pulled out a bronze sword and placed it in front of the leader of the ape tribe.
This bronze sword was recently cast, and is golden in color. It shines brightly in the firelight of the fire pit and is very beautiful.
"What a beautiful knife!"
The leader of the ape tribe's eyes widened. He had never seen such a beautiful knife before. Even if it was a stone knife polished with precious stones, it was not as dazzling as it.
The gray rat on the side glanced at the leader of the ape tribe with the eyes of a country bumpkin. He felt an inexplicable sense of pride in his heart because he also had a bronze knife, but it had been used for a long time and the luster was dull.
"I...can I touch it?" The leader of the ape tribe was very excited.
"Of course."
Jiang Xuan handed him the bronze knife generously.
"So beautiful."
The leader of the ape tribe carefully took the bronze knife, looked at it over and over, and couldn't put it down.
"Do you like it?"
"I...like it."
Jiang Xuancai waved his hand boldly: "I'll give it to you if you like it."
"Is this... is this true?"
"Of course, it's just a knife. Our Vine tribe has plenty of it."
"Thank you, Chief Xuan, thank you, Chief Xuan..."
The leader of the ape tribe held the knife and scratched his head and ears with joy, as if the ape had become a spirit.
The gray mouse on the side curled his lips again, and at the same time held down the bronze knife hidden in his waist.
The people of the Rat tribe are cautious by nature. Even in this situation, he did not show off his bronze sword. He usually wrapped it in animal skin and hid it securely in his clothes.
Later, Jiang Xuan had a chat with the two about the development and future of the tribe, and drew several big cakes for them to stimulate their fighting spirit.
In the process, Jiang Xuan intentionally or unintentionally took out the things on his body and showed them off.
Because there are so many good things on him, whether it is the animal skin clothes on his body, the bronze weapons in his hands, or even the animal tooth necklace, belt, and animal skin backpack, these things have never been seen by the leader of the ape tribe and the gray mouse.
style.
The tribesmen are relatively simple. After all, they have less contact with people and are deceived less often. In addition, after seeing so many good things, they naturally imagine the Vine Tribe as a large and super-rich tribe, and eat
I bought the big cake painted by Jiang Xuan.
In the face of large enough interests, the ape tribe and the rat tribe finally decided to temporarily put aside their prejudices, follow the footsteps of the vine tribe, and occupy their own place in this central land.
The problem of the ape tribe was solved, but the problem of the rat tribe was still not solved, so after sending some good things to the leader and shaman of the ape tribe, Jiang Xuan took the gray rat and returned to the rat tribe on a glutinous rice dumpling.
Returning with them was Fujigami, who had just shown his prowess.
When I went back, it turned into a small vine again, like a weed, lying on the top of the dumpling's head, looking quite harmless.
"Hey..."
Tangyuan spread its wings, circled in the sky a few times, and then flew towards the rat tribe.
After returning to the Rat Tribe, Jiang Xuan began to deal with the Rat Tribe's problems.
The biggest problem of the Rat tribe is that they are leaderless and their people are scattered.
Because they have no real totem god, and no shaman who can act as a spiritual leader, the tribesmen only live together to survive, and they are basically a mess.
Although Gray Rat has the strength of a five-color warrior, he has no experience in managing tribes and cannot handle even slightly more complex problems.
Therefore, the first thing to do is to find a spiritual leader and qualified manager for the Rat tribe to truly unite everyone.
This candidate could not be found in the Rat Tribe, so Jiang Xuan directly asked the Teng Shen to communicate with Chi Shao, who was far away in the Teng Tribe, and asked her to select a witch doctor with management capabilities. After training, he would send it to the Rat Tribe to work for them.
Witch.
After training, this person will set off with the fleet, go down the Feiyu River, and go directly to the Crocodile Tribe. Then Jiang Xuan will ride on a glutinous rice ball to pick him up from the Rat Tribe.
On the Teng tribe, after receiving the news, Chi Shao immediately selected a trustworthy and capable witch doctor and conducted short-term training to make her qualified for the position of witch doctor.
This matter will take a certain amount of time, and there is no need to rush it, so after explaining the red peony root through Teng Shen, Jiang Xuan put the matter aside for the time being.
The second and most important thing that the Rat tribe urgently needs to solve is the problem of eating.
You know, the reason why the rat tribe always likes to steal other people's things is because the overall strength is relatively low, and it is difficult to support themselves by hunting and gathering, so they have to use the talents of rats to steal food and various resources.
It is precisely because of this behavior that almost everyone in the central part of the Rat Tribe is calling for beatings. Several nearby tribes even want to completely eliminate the Rat Tribe, so as not to spend a lot of energy on guarding against thieves.
In the wooden house, Jiang Xuan introduced the two soldiers he brought to Gray Rat and said to him:
"If you want to eat enough, you have to do it yourself. You can't just rely on stealing. This time I specially brought a soldier from the planting team and a soldier from the breeding team. They will teach you how to grow food and vegetables, and domesticate various kinds of food."
kind of beast."
"As long as you work hard, coupled with the technology and seeds of our Vine Tribe, I guarantee you that the Rat Tribe will not be short of food before the next winter!"
Gray Rat looked at the two confident warriors and said solemnly: "As long as we can stop the people from starving, we will do whatever Leader Xuan says."
"Okay, you immediately gather the tribesmen and giant rats, and we will open up some wasteland first!"
Under Jiang Xuan's instructions, the gray rat immediately summoned all the able tribe members of the rat tribe and the giant rats.
If they were in other tribes, Jiang Xuan would definitely ask them to make bone blades, stone axes, stone sickles and other land reclamation tools first.
But in the rat tribe, because of the presence of those giant rats, clearing land has become easier.
Jiang Xuan chose a relatively flat piece of land with fertile soil in the territory of the rat tribe, and then let the giant rats eat away all the grass and trees on the ground and dig up the soil.
Soon, two demigod giant rats started working with dozens of giant rats.
"Kacha kacha..."
Their teeth are so sharp that whether they are weeds or trees, they quickly collapse under their gnawing, and are then dragged aside by the rat tribe members.
With the hard work of two demigod giant rats and dozens of ordinary giant rats, a bare land soon appeared.
Immediately afterwards, they quickly dig holes close to the ground. They only need to dig back and forth once. Wherever they pass, the soil will become very loose. The grass roots, tree roots, stones and other things in the soil will be dug by the rat tribe members.
Pick it up.
Jiang Xuan sighed: "The efficiency of these giant rats in clearing land is really high. If this continues, it won't be long before the rat tribe will be able to farm on a large scale!"
Jiang Xuan believes that in the past, the rat tribe people used these giant rats to dig holes to steal people's things, which was a waste of ability. Letting them open up wasteland is the way to maximize profits.