The number of horses is also increasing, and now there are eighty-six horses including the foals.

Qiao Yu selected a hundred outstanding men to form an elite force, which she trained personally. These men rode on horses and held long wooden cannons to fight the enemy, making it impossible for the enemy to get close.

After several meetings and discussions, the Dragon Tribe's first tribal law was promulgated. Gong and his companions, who had previously rebelled, were caned and sentenced to five years in prison. Their families were also implicated—they were denied any tribal benefits, barred from joining core teams, and denied any opportunities for promotion, no matter how capable they were.

This is the punishment for Gong and others who only planned to defect and did not cause any actual harm to the tribe. Otherwise, the punishment would be even more severe, even leading to the death penalty.

Once these laws were enacted, the sudden increase in population, especially among the tribes themselves, led to a sudden decrease in fights and violence over trivial matters. Even the practice of quarreling decreased after people understood what defamation was.

When you're arguing, you tend to exaggerate things, which might even lead to defamation. It's better not to argue. It's just a small matter, and if we both give in, it'll be over.

However, with the addition of the elderly, the weak, women and children from the Sun Tribe, the Dragon Tribe still encountered many problems.

Before the God Tribe and the Sun Tribe joined, other than the residential areas, the rest of the area was relatively empty. Unless there were small groups working there, there wouldn't be many people around.

But now, in the tribe, people are everywhere. Although the living quarters are not crowded and the working conditions are not bad, the dense population still makes people feel.

Qiao Yu hadn't anticipated the tribe's rapid expansion. She'd assumed she could stay here for three to five years, waiting until the tribe had developed enough before considering expanding. Unexpectedly, these tribes kept sending her people.

Fortunately, the site originally chosen is large and can accommodate a population of more than 2,000.

"The problem now is, what should we do with the salt mines over there? And there are a lot of hemp and ginger on the hills over there in the Sun Tribe, which are all good things." Shan raised a question at the meeting.

"The hemp and ginger on the mountain are now growing and recognizable. Let's go dig them up and plant them. As for the salt mines, we've also dug them up and brought them back," Qiao Yu said. "But we'll have to wait a while until most of the Sun Tribe's captives have become free men and the entire tribe is stable."

When everyone heard this, they were no longer anxious.

Nothing is more important than the peace of the tribe.

After the meeting, Qiao Yu said to Lu Yan, who was about to leave, "Call the team leaders from your team. I have something new to make for you."

Due to the rapid population growth, the number of people in each team increased significantly. In order to better manage the situation, the original team leaders were all promoted to team leaders, and the team was further divided into several teams for easier management.

Qiao Yu originally saw that Lu Yanzhi was not interested in this and wanted to transfer him to the hunting team, but Lu saw that the Dragon Tribe paid more attention to breeding and planting, and now they did not need to rely on hunting to survive, and this would be even more so in the future.

Furthermore, if a squad leader is promoted to team leader, Lu Yan will definitely be the team leader of the carpentry team. But if they go to the hunting team, with Shu and the others there, it will never be Lu Yan's turn after he was suddenly transferred there.

After he did a lot of ideological work on Lu Yan, Lu Yan took the initiative to apply to stay.

As for his relationship with Shu Miao, after Shu pretended to quarrel with him last time and Lu and Shan tried to persuade him, he treated Shu Miao much better. Recently, Shu Miao became pregnant.

After sincerely apologizing to Shan, Huo Qinglang finally became the team leader.

Not long after Lu Yan left, he came back with a few team leaders.

Qiao Yu handed out a slate to each of the team leaders. "I'm planning to make a carriage. Take a look at the parts your team needs, make one first, and assemble it. If there's no problem, make a batch based on it."

Not only did she establish laws for the tribe, she also standardized the weights and measures and asked the carpentry team to make rulers, scales and other weighing tools.

The parts she had provided, carved on the stone slabs, were marked with dimensions and styles. The carpenters now had iron tools at their disposal, so they only had to make them according to the instructions.

"The only difficult part is the wheel. First, soak the wood in water, then slowly bake it to bend it. Then, use mortise and tenon joints to join the bent wood together to form a round wheel. I've also written the method for making the spokes and the center axle on the stone tablet. I'll leave this difficult task to the first team. Lu Yan, please keep an eye on them."

There was no rubber in that era, so she could only ask the carpentry team to make wooden wheels, then wrap a layer of iron ring around the outside of the wheel and use iron bearings inside to increase its load-bearing capacity.

This is just her idea. Whether it will succeed in the end or not depends on continuous testing.

If we could make a few of these carts, it would be much easier to transport the salt, so that the men wouldn't have to carry it all back on their shoulders. Not only would that be hard work, but it would also require a lot of people to go out.

"What is this carriage used for?" Lu Yan asked as he looked at the pictures on the stone slabs.

"It can't be explained in a few words. After you make it, I will show it to you." Qiao Yu said.

No one had ever seen a car, so even if she told them, they would find it hard to imagine.

"We will do it as soon as possible." Lu Yan said.

After they left, Qiao Yu called Shi in. "Shi, I need your stone-cutting team to do one thing. Take the iron and copper ores to the people of the Sun Tribe and the God Tribe for identification. Ask them if they have any strange stones that are flammable or explosive. If they do, bring them to me."

"OK."

Before leaving, Shi asked Qiao Yu, "Yu, do you think the Four Directions Tribe will attack us soon?"

The God Tribe and the Sun Tribe attacked the Dragon Tribe one after another. Although this rapidly increased the population of the Dragon Tribe, it also made the elders of the tribe uneasy.

The God Tribe and the Sun Tribe were fine, with small populations, and the Dragon Tribe could use the terrain to defeat them. But the Four Directions Tribe had ten thousand men. Even the current Dragon Tribe would have a hard time dealing with it, not to mention the Four Directions Tribe had the help of the Jiangyuan Tribe.

"Probably not for the time being." Qiao Yu said.

The God Tribe and the Sun Tribe had attacked them repeatedly because she had deliberately provoked them to attack. As for the Four Directions Tribe, their last visit had been by water, leaving no trace. Therefore, even if the Four Directions Tribe were intent on finding them, it would take considerable time and effort.

Moreover, they had only stolen the slag that the Sifang tribe used as trash. Although this act had aroused the Sifang tribe's vigilance, they did not consider this thing precious, so they would not go to great lengths to search for it.

So in the short term, the Dragon Tribe is still safe.