The rice that had been planted for a long time bore fruit, but Hua Xi did not dare to eat the hard-won rice seeds. Instead, he immediately led the farmers to reclaim more farmland and then spread the rice seeds into the fields, hoping that there would be more rice in the spring next year.
A good harvest
The mid-winter season has finally arrived. The hot south has also started to snow in this era. Hua Xi has never seen a snow scene with his own eyes. This time it is an eye-opener.
"Sure enough, it's much more spectacular than what I saw on TV. Haha." Hua Xi felt that she was in a very happy mood at this moment. She couldn't help but stand on the wall and roared towards the mountains in the distance that were gradually covered with ice and snow.
After entering the freezing mid-winter season, the number of tribes who came to join us became increasingly rare. It has been many days since I saw anyone from other tribes come here.
The population of the tribe has stabilized at around 4,000. The addition of different tribes has also brought about a qualitative change in the civilization of the water tribe. The integration and digestion of civilizations has catalyzed the derivation of a new civilization. Under this situation, the tribe has gradually developed planting and animal husbandry.
industry, construction industry, handicraft industry and other four industries
Based on the traditional production of stone tools and bone and horn tools, the tribesmen developed new branches such as jade making and ivory carving, and the emergence of copper making industry.
The pottery industry has developed rapidly, and fast-wheel forming is widely used. The pottery kiln has been further improved, and the firing temperature has reached about 1400c. The final stage of firing is capped at high temperature, and the pottery turns black due to high-temperature carburization. Various ceramics are widely used.
in life and production
The newly derived textile industry is technically derived from weaving, and is economically linked to the development of agriculture. The silkworms brought by one of the tribes were soon bred and vigorously promoted by Hua Xi, making various wooden or pottery products.
The spinning wheel was developed, and the tribe raised silkworms in large quantities and used silk as raw material to produce silk threads, ribbons and silk sheets.
The wine-making industry has not been able to develop rapidly due to the pressure of food. However, Hua Xi has still put in enough efforts to reserve talents. When rice is popularized in the future, I believe that the spring of the wine-making industry will also come.
In addition, Hua Xi, who was too busy to breathe, discovered a very surprising phenomenon during his free time. That is, whether they belong to the Shui Tribe or other tribes that have joined the Shui Tribe, they all know that close relatives cannot have children.
Puzzled, Hua Xi found Hua An and the people who used to be the heads and elders of various tribes, but now joined the Youshui Tribe and became elders. After asking, they learned that people in primitive society were deformed children born after a long period of incest.
Close relatives cannot marry. Whenever tribesmen reach the age of marriage, they will be sent to other tribes. This may be the origin of the marriage procession in later generations. This method of marriage also promotes communication and contact between different tribes to a certain extent.
Snowflakes are flying, and the long cold winter finally cannot withstand the passage of time. It is extremely reluctant to return the earth to the hands of the goddess of spring, and temporarily retire.
After several months of getting along and learning, Hua Xi can now speak the language of this era relatively fluently. Instead of letting so many people adapt to him, it is better to adapt to them by himself. Fortunately, the words spoken by these tribes tend to be Mandarin.
Category, it is not difficult to learn. For new students’ vocabulary, Hua Xi uses standard Mandarin to teach everyone. In this way, it can not only promote Mandarin appropriately, but also facilitate communication, killing two birds with one stone.
As the saying goes, auspicious snow heralds a good harvest
After a long cold winter, dozens of acres of reclaimed land were tightly covered with several feet of ice and snow. The entire land seemed to be covered with a thick white quilt. The ice and snow covered by it were gradually replaced by the warming air.
Melting, the fields also showed their heads and faces and smiled at the people with water.
In this situation, Hua Xi couldn't help shouting: "Okay, we will be more prosperous this year if we have Shui people."
After a while, the elder Hua An approached Hua Xi's ear and whispered: "Chief, all the work of the tribe is currently in order under your guidance, but these thousands of mouths of food..."
Hua An's words, Hua Xi naturally knew that he was worried about the tribe's food problem. Although the tribe relied on the food reserves before winter, the tribe survived the long winter, but the several large warehouses for storing food had also changed from full to full.
It has been consumed until now and is empty.
Hua Xi said with a smile: "Hua'an, you have been worried about the issue of food since we joined the first batch of tribesmen. Yes, this worry is indeed necessary, but you must also see the consequences brought by population.
Another aspect of it, isn’t it?”
Hua An was silent for a while, hesitating to speak, but still didn't say anything. However, Hua Xi could still tell from his frown that he was still worried about the food problem in the spring this year.
"Haha, Hua An, are you trying to say that the tribe has suddenly increased by several thousand people, and the number of prey around the tribe has decreased a lot. You don't know where to get the food needed for this sudden increase, right?" Hua Xi said with a smile.
This time, not only Hua'an, but also dozens of elders standing near the farmland looked worried.
"Well, have you seen the snow on the large farmland in front of you?" Hua Xi suddenly pointed to the big quilt at his feet and asked
"Yes, I saw it" everyone replied in unison
"Do you know what use this snow will have on the rice we plant?"
Everyone shook their heads and looked closely at their clan leader Hua Xi. They came to a conclusion: when the clan leader kept asking everyone questions, it was time to learn something. Therefore, everyone
They all kept their mouths shut, waiting for Hua Xi to reveal some shocking secret.
"Your previous thoughts about cold winter and heavy snow were that people would starve to death and freeze to death, right? But today, I want to tell you that heavy snow is a good thing. Do you believe it?" Hua Xi looked at the large group of people in front of him and nodded blindly.
The guy couldn't help but dumbfounded, so he had no choice but to continue talking.
"Heavy snow has many benefits for the things we plant. One of them is to keep the soil warm and to accumulate water to benefit the fields. The weather is cold in winter, and the snow that falls is often not easy to melt. The snow covering the soil is relatively soft, and there is a lot of stagnant air hidden in it.
Air does not conduct heat, so it is like covering crops with a quilt. No matter how cold it is outside, the temperature below will not drop very low. After the cold wave passes, the weather gradually warms up and the snow slowly melts. In this way, not only
It protects the crops from freezing damage, and the water from melting snow remains in the soil, saving a lot of water for the crops, which is very beneficial to spring plowing and sowing as well as the growth and development of crops.
The second is to add fertilizer to the soil. Snow contains many nutrients that are beneficial to plants. When the snow melts, these nutrients are brought to the soil by the melted snow water and become the best fertilizer.
Third, the pests freeze to death. The snow cover plays a role in insulating the soil, which is temporarily beneficial to the pests that burrow underground to spend the winter. However, when the snow melts, a lot of heat needs to be absorbed from the soil, and the soil will suddenly become very cold.
If the temperature drops a lot, the pests will freeze to death
Therefore, I want to tell you something: Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest."
Hua Xi finished speaking in one breath and took a deep breath. However, looking at the group of dumbfounded tribesmen in front of him, Hua Xi knew that what he said was simply too profound for them, but this did not affect it.
Although the tribesmen surrounding Hua Xi who were in a good mood at the moment did not understand what Hua Xi said, they probably understood the meaning. That is, as long as the heavy snow passes, everything planted will have a good harvest. That's right.
After a while, Hua Xi continued: "It won't be long before we can harvest a lot of food from these fertile lands. In addition, after the earth thaws, we will continue to resume food trade with the White Wolf tribe. After the cold winter,
Many animals will come out to look for food, and that’s when the good men of our tribe can show off their skills. In addition, I also received the will of the gods, and the tribe will be even stronger in the days to come!"
After Hua Xi’s words, the pressure and burden caused by food was instantly relieved. Especially when he heard the God’s will behind him, the tribesmen cheered and applauded.
Soon, after the cold winter finally completely retreated behind the scenes, a large number of cattle, manpower and production tools were sent to the fields, and patches of grassland were reclaimed into fields.