In mid-December, Xu Chen summoned the tribe owners and carried out a large-scale burning operation in the valley.

This time, the burning of wasteland took place for three days.

First, the two selected pieces of weeds from the newly reclaimed areas were burned clean. In addition, it took two days to burn a large area of ​​weeds on the river beach for seven or eight miles, burning them from near the foot of the mountain to the entrance of the valley.

The north wind is howling in the cold winter, and it is mixed with fine snow particles.

The wind assisted the fire, and the thorns and weeds that had already dried up by one person turned into ashes in the blazing flames, and the rolling smoke rose into the air, filling the entire valley and dyeing half of the sky.

Even the Wu tribe who was dozens of miles away could see clearly that a group of hired workers who participated in the Ba tribe's burning wasteland last year were extremely excited and shouted that the Ba tribe began to burn the wasteland and farm, and we also wanted to burn the wasteland and farm.

So several tribal leaders who had decided to hold the Ba tribe tightly did not seek the consent of the Wu tribe leader, and each chose a piece of land in the valley and prepared to start burning the wasteland.

Because Xu Chen had already agreed to them, when the cold winter ended, someone from the Ba people would come to guide them in reclamation and cultivation.

The leaders of the remaining tribes and families stopped working. This valley is where all the Wu tribes live together. How can you occupy it at will? You have occupied the good places, where can we go to farm?

So under the quarrel between these leaders, the U tribe leader had to convene all tribe leaders to discuss. In addition, the little witch who had just returned from the Ba tribe's trip also strongly supported the land and farming, and said that this was what the great witch had always wanted to see during his lifetime. So after two days of quarrel, a group of leaders finally reached an agreement. Under the coordination of the clan leader and the little witch, they each set up a large area for cultivation and began to clean up the fire barrier and burn the wasteland under the command of a group of hired workers.

On the issue of this kind of food security that concerns the tribe, whether they like or hate Xu Chen and the Ba people, they must accept this reality.

The Ba people have used their harvest results to prove the effectiveness of farming last year, which is indeed worthy of vigorous promotion.

As for the house repair, the Wu tribe can no longer plan and build it in a unified manner like the small and medium-sized tribes such as the Ba Cang tribe and Ji tribe.

Although all the Wu people and a group of tribal leaders who have seen the Ba tribe compound want to live in such a house, the project volume is indeed too large. Coupled with the painful experience of the failed house repair last year, some tribal leaders are still cautiously waiting and watching. Currently, only four families plan to build houses.

A group of study workers who came back from Xu Chen's war have built two lime kilns at the foot of the mountain, and a lot of lime has been burned out.

In addition, the unfinished project last year has been re-cleared, and the four families decided to jointly demarcate a large area to build a house based on the original site. At that time, the four courtyards will be connected together and built into a huge courtyard.

Now most of the new foundation has been built, and a lot of wood, mud, bricks and stones have been prepared. The main construction labor force is a group of Gonghuo tribe prisoners given to them by Xu Chen.

These people come to work for reform, so they don’t need to be useless.

And when they used it, they found that fighting in this way was really good. They received a lot of compensation for animal skins and property, and also had a group of obedient and strong laborers. They didn't need to eat much. They just had to ensure that they didn't starve to death and froze to death. They could still hunt themselves if they were not full. They were obedient and beaten up. It was awesome.

Seeing these prisoners working honestly every day, the construction of houses is increasing day by day, and a large area of ​​houses is slowly beginning to appear neatly. The tribal leaders and even the U tribe leaders who did not volunteer to help the Cang tribe began to feel anxious and regretful.

At one time and another, in the tribe, they were powerful factions and had strong voices. However, after the rise of the Ba tribe and the death of the great witch, the defection of the witch and the inheritance of the great witch, their status and influence in the tribe were rapidly fading, and these families, whose former weak strength followed Xu Chen, were growing rapidly.

Once these courtyards at the foot of the mountain are built, they no longer need to argue with other tribes over the caves to sleep. A large number of tribe members will surrender to them, and the conflicts and divisions of the tribes will become more and more obvious.

Because many people in their family have become dissatisfied recently, and private complaining is the norm. Many older people even blamed them in person for not working hard for the development of the entire tribe, which made their family miss the opportunity for development.

Faced with the complaints and accusations of the tribe members, the clan leader and leader could only swallow their teeth.

It is too late to regret, tribal division is inevitable, and many leaders and tribe members no longer care about the words of the patriarch. They go to the foot of the mountain to watch the houses under construction and the smoke-filled lime kiln every day. The new houses and courtyards are discussed heatedly, but the Ba people and Xu Chen are talking more about them.

Even going into the mountains to dig and pick up copper ore that can replace pottery from the Ba tribe has become the unique power of several families supporting the Ba tribe. Other families have no way to get involved, because the valley with copper ore has been completely occupied by Long and a group of strong hunters. Every day, a group of tribal hunters are brought back and forth in the valley to train and protect the mining rights.

Seeing that every few days a group of hunters were escorting the prisoners to the Ba tribe to exchange for a large number of pottery and linen cloth, the other families could only watch with bitterness and bitterness. No anger was useless, and they could only sigh helplessly.

Some are happy and some are sad.

In this winter, which is far colder than last year, the six tribes of the Alliance all opened the prelude to large-scale production and large-scale construction.

Driven by the Ba people and the teaching of advanced technology, although this cold winter is as sad, it has burst out unprecedented vitality and revealed a prosperous development situation.

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Ba people valley.

After burning the wasteland, another light snow fell.

The black ash zone left after the burning, after an alternation of thermal expansion and contraction, the soil became wet and loose.

Under the leadership of Xu Chen, except for the main force who is building houses, the rest of the people have devoted themselves to large-scale farmland reclamation work.

With experience in reclaiming land last year, it is relatively easier to organize this year.

As the chief commander-in-chief of land reclamation, Xu Chen first led his men to roughly define a reclamation area in the selected wasteland burning area, and planned infrastructure such as ridges, roads, ditches and other areas according to local conditions.

Then, Muba and Amu led the men and women of the two tribes to start cleaning up the stones, thorns, digging ditches and other tasks according to the plan.

Last year, 100 acres of area were planted. Although a lot of manpower and material resources were invested, the harvest was still very gratifying. Therefore, Xu Chen's appetite has become much bigger this year. He planned the area of ​​300 acres of farmland in one breath, occupying a large foothill area along the river, which is two or three miles long, and almost half of the area on one side of the valley.

Moreover, all selected locations were areas where the water had not flooded last summer, and we strive to avoid flooding and reduce production.

As for drought, Xu Chen couldn't take too much attention at the moment, because if he wanted to build a suitable irrigation ditch, he had to make a large-scale water diversion plan for the entire valley.

Although he had some ideas, he didn't have time to say it now, and there was still not enough manpower.

The most convenient way to divert water in the valley is Wild Wolf Valley. The terrain is high and the water source is relatively abundant. However, it is necessary to build a few miles long irrigation ditches from Wild Wolf Valley to pass through several connected farmland areas. The project volume is no smaller than the scale of building two courtyards. In addition, to ensure stable water supply, a water dam must be built at the mouth of Wild Wolf Valley, which is also a considerable project.

Therefore, this matter can only be left to the spring plowing before judging the situation.

In fact, after a year of familiarity, Xu Chen also had some general understanding of the climate environment of this primitive era. The overall climate is hot and humid, abundant precipitation, prosperous plants, and the possibility of drought in spring and summer is very small.

In addition, the so-called crops are actually weeds, which have strong water, drought and insect resistance. Except for the fewer seeds, the functions in other aspects are extremely powerful. They will not easily die from flooding on a large scale. At most, the climate abnormalities will cause even fewer seeds.

Looking at the sky and harvest has been the main means of farming for a long time, and it belongs to the farming model of making money from nothing.

Muba and the new family leader both attach great importance to the construction of new farmland. They get up early and come back late every day and work hard with their tribe members. The man is responsible for using wooden pestle and stone hoe to clear the roots of thorns and trees to dig ditches, while the woman simply uses wooden sticks to dig stones and transport them to the surrounding fields to build ridges.

This is a very hard and tiring thing.

But everyone worked hard and worked very hard.

Spring will begin in half a month.

Farmland cleaning must be completed before spring begins.

Xu Chen did not participate in the specific land reclamation work because he was preparing for a test field.

If you want to get a good harvest in farming, in addition to God’s blessing for good weather, you also need high-yield varieties.

Wangtian harvest is just a helpless act when there is insufficient manpower, but within his ability, he can also work hard to improve grain production by domesticating and improving seeds.

Of course, this process is even more time-consuming and effort-consuming.

But everything has a beginning. Since we have decided to lead these primitive tribes into the farming era, the sooner such things are arranged, the better.

He definitely does not know much about complex hybridization methods, but by carefully ploughing the land, clearing weeds, choosing plump and large grains as seeds, and constantly screening year after year, he can also select and cultivate some relatively high-yield crops from wild plants.

Even if one acre of land only collects three or five kilograms of extra grain, four hundred acres of farmland can still collect one or two thousand kilograms of extra grain, which is enough for a small tribe to spend the winter and spring safely.

The advantage of having a large population lies in large-scale work, while the advantage of having a small population lies in the ability to support it.

At present, most tribes are small family-style tribes with dozens of people. They plant two or three hundred acres of farmland and harvest thousands of kilograms of grain every year. They can eat for more than half a year, which will greatly improve the problem of food and clothing.

Although he was not Shennong or Yuan Saint, he could still inherit the will of the two saints, return to this wilderness era to lead human ancestors to fight against the sky and the earth, and try his best to lead them to eat as much as possible.

Because only after eating enough can you have extra energy to cause trouble, and only then will his kingly turbulent career have hope of success.

Leaving alone is not a long-term solution.

The Qin Empire, which swept across the six countries and unified China, fell under the plunder of military force.

Because this way of plundering wealth through war will one day be weak. When it is invincible, it will be like a pyramid scheme. When it cannot be deceived to get enough off the line, it will eventually cause a chain reaction and collapse.

What's more, what he is facing now are groups of primitive tribes living in caves, eating raw flesh and blood, and having almost no property.

They have nothing to grab except the population.

Food is the most precious property right now, the problem is that no one is missing.
Chapter completed!