Original Orc 33 The Development of the Valley

The bear orc returned to the tribe in a dejected and dusty state.

Ten days later, the Scaled Snake Tribe still hadn't received the ten Luo Luo beasts, so they had to contact the Black Eagle orcs for help.

When the Black Hawk orcs arrived, the Big Bear Tribe was in the midst of an internal conflict.

Xiong Yin insisted on his own way and used all the strength of the tribe to support the bear beastmen. The bear beastmen who should have gone out hunting and provided the main food for the tribe were fighting with each other all day long, wasting their energy and taking up food.

There were benefits in the past. Seeing the bear beastmen becoming stronger and stronger and being able to obtain prey from various channels, the subhumans could endure it.

But now, there is no food in the tribe. It is the ice melt season when food is most abundant, but more than half of the tribesmen are still starving.

The demi-humans were not happy with this. Those who had partners kicked them out of the cave. Am, who had bear cubs, stopped raising the children. The demi-humans occupied half of the tribe on their own, collected food for themselves, and no longer provided cooking services for the bear people.

When a tribe falls to this level, the patriarch is too embarrassed to face people, and Xiong Yin becomes a priest, and his status declines significantly.

"What's the point of becoming powerful? You still won't have enough to eat every day."

"Evolution Warrior? Will becoming an evolution warrior make the beast jump into my hands?"

"The scratches on my body haven't healed yet. Isn't he a priest? How come he can't cure the thorn ball poison? The priests of the Golden Tiger Tribe can treat it..."

"I don't want to train anymore, I just want my partner..."

In order to survive, the bear beastmen no longer listened to Xiong Yin.

The ten Luo Luo beasts had not yet been gathered, so the Black Hawk tribe took five back first, and agreed to take the remaining five before the thunderstorm season.

Anyway, you are not allowed to default on your debts.

The news reached the Golden Tiger Tribe again. The orcs who were defeated by the Big Bear Tribe laughed for a while, and then thought about the fighting power of the Scaled Snake Tribe.

"Is the Scaled Snake Tribe so powerful? Even the Big Bear Tribe can't defeat them."

"I heard there were only twenty bear orcs. Twenty is a lot. I don't think they even needed twenty to defeat us last time..."

"It's far away, it's okay."

"They are not like the Big Bear Tribe, who like to challenge the orcs of other tribes everywhere."

"I don't even know where the Scaled Snake Tribe is."

"Don't we have Yi Han? With Yi Han here, the orcs in our tribe have become much more powerful. We won't be afraid even if we encounter snake orcs."

Ever since Yi Han produced weapons like bows and arrows out of thin air, the orcs have been learning to make them. Although their methods are crude and not as good as those produced by Yi Han, they can get used to them after practicing more.

As for Yi Han, it is said that he has a divine object bestowed by the Beast God. The bow and arrow are exquisite, and one arrow can directly penetrate the head of a wild beast. It is a treasure that the powerful beasts in the tribe are fighting for.

Unfortunately, Yihan only gives it to close orcs.

So many middle-aged orcs showed their courtesy to Yi Han.

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Abandoned Valley of the Redwood Forest.

When Priest Yun is away, Hu Jiao is basically in charge of everything.

He spent a long time with the orc sub-humans who were originally abandoned by the Golden Tiger Tribe and had a good relationship with them. Later, he taught the people of the Black Hawk Tribe technology and they also developed a friendship.

The ten people sent this time, plus Yue Lai who was injured and sent here to recuperate and work, are all from the Red Fox Tribe. They not only know Hu Jiao, but have also been taken care of by him, so they are willing to listen to him.

Before he knew it, Hu Jiao had become famous in the tribe, and no one would question or resist whatever he asked people to do.

"Hu Ji, skin all the beasts we caught these past two days and give the skins to Luo Bai."

Hu Ji nodded silently, even though it was a big project.

Hu Jiao imitated Priest Yun's usual behavior and added an explanation: "Too much animal meat won't last long. I heard from Li Ya that his latest double-layer charcoal kiln can be used to roast animal meat and make it into jerky, which can be preserved for a longer time. If we process it while it's fresh, it won't taste bad when we eat it later."

Hu Ji smiled and said, "Okay, I'll finish everything today."

Hu Jiao turned to the orcs who had returned from the traps and said, "Fill the traps on the north side of the valley. I won't go there for the time being."

Hu Zhao was puzzled: "We have caught many wild animals there in the past few days."

Fox Jiao said, "Because we've caught so many, we need to give the beasts in the north time to rest and grow. Priest Yun said some of the beasts are very smart. If we catch too many in that area, the beasts will feel dangerous and run away. Let's move to the south and add two more traps."

Hu Zhao nodded suddenly: "I see, I'll go right away."

Several Eagle Beastmen brought the finished bamboo baskets to Hu Jiao for inspection. He took a look and said, "Not bad, you have successfully learned it, and you have collected the edges well. You can return to the tribe now."

The Black Hawk tribe's demihumans smiled shyly and said, "We also want to learn how to make pottery pots. Is that okay?"

Hu Jiao took out a piece of soft bark from his arms. He had drawn some pictures on the smooth inside with charcoal, which only he could understand.

He took a look and said, "The number of people who make clay figures is full. How about waiting five days before coming back to learn, or you can go learn how to make charcoal first?"

The demihumans nodded: "Okay, all is fine."

Hu Jiao went to the place where his family members were learning bamboo weaving, and saw that several people didn't quite understand the layering and were always making a mess, so he didn't let them waste their time here.

"We need to catch insects, weed, and water the fields. Go there first and learn how to plant with Zuyang."

Fox茭 looked at the bark, erased some things, and drew again.

Suddenly, I heard a voice coming from the entrance of the valley, "Priest Yun is back," and I hurried to the entrance of the valley.

Xie Yunsui did not come back riding Xier as he did in the past. Instead, Xier Langfeng and the others were in human form, each carrying a full bamboo basket.

"Priest Yun." Hu Jiao was about to report what happened when he was not in the valley.

Xie Yunsui: "Wait a minute, I brought something back. Where's Zuyang?"

"On the ridge."

Hu Jiao just realized that Xier and the others' backpacks were full of grass leaves, so he asked, "Do we want to plant these grass leaves too?"

"Well, these blades of grass are used for healing. Some were picked from near the Scaled Snake Tribe, some were found on the way back, and some were growing around the valley, so I brought them all back to try."

Hu Jiao said, "It just so happens that Zuyang said to plant more vegetables, so he asked the beastmen to open up a few more fields."

Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "Then I'm taking advantage."

Fortunately, Zuyang didn't care what to plant in the fields. He just wanted to avoid catching insects and weeding every day, so he simply opened more fields.

The grass leaves they brought back were still covered in mud. Xie Yunsui gave them some instructions on how to plant them in the soil, and Zuyang then excitedly took the newly recruited students to work.

Xier picked at the grass seedlings that had sprouted from the ground he had previously cleared. "They were just sprouting when I left, and now they're already this tall when I got back."

Although Lang Feng didn't like eating grass, he still felt happy looking at the rows and rows of grass blades: "During the thaw season, everything grows fast, especially things rooted in the soil."

Xie Yunsui glanced at the mulberry seedlings near the ridges of the fields. They seemed to have grown alive and had sprouted fresh young leaves. He imagined that maybe one day they would attract a kind of insect called silkworm to come and eat them... It didn't matter if they were not silkworms, as long as they could spin silk.

He didn't remember the entanglement with the silkworms very clearly, but he vaguely remembered that the silkworms liked mulberry leaves and it was a love-hate relationship between them.

On the way back, Hu Jiao took the opportunity to introduce the inventory at home.

"Li Ya now has more than a dozen people making charcoal. We have about thirty charcoal kilns, and a lot of charcoal is burned every day."

The charcoal has accumulated to form a large cave, which is enough to at least exchange for enough salt for the entire valley to eat for a year.

A lot of pottery jars and bamboo products were also collected.

"The Eagle Beastmen caught a few live long-tailed beasts a few days ago. When they heard we could raise them, they sent them here and placed them with the ones we raised previously. They've also started making nests these past couple of days."

No long-tailed beast can resist being surrounded by food, unless the food is too little.

At night, when everyone had nothing to do, they would spin animal wool and made quite a few balls of wool.

"Okay, by the way, is there still enough bamboo?"

"Bamboo grows fast, but it also takes time. We currently keep the number of bamboo weaving workers to around ten."

Xie Yunsui didn't expect that he would control the number of people to adapt to the growth period of bamboo, and took out willow branches from the bamboo basket with a smile.

“On the way back, I saw willow trees with branches hanging down like ropes. Although they are very resilient if you look closely, they can be used as a weaving alternative to bamboo.”

He only had to demonstrate briefly and Foxy understood.

The weaving of willow twigs is similar to that of bamboo, but one is wide and flat, while the other is round and thin.

Fox Jiao: "If there are more willow branches, we can expand the bamboo weaving team and make more baskets and crates."

These things have a wide range of uses, and Asians like to take them out to pick them, and they can pick a lot of things at a time.

When the orcs go out hunting, they carry baskets on their backs. Even if they can't find any wild animals, they can still pack some food along the way and bring it back. Bringing food with you when you go out can save you from going hungry outside.

You can put things in the cave and don’t have to throw them on the ground like before, where you might step on the food if you’re not careful.

After all, this is time-consuming and laborious. Everyone in the valley has had a portion, but I still want to make a few more and separate the grass leaves, fruits and animal meat to prevent the flavors from mixing.

He looked at the willow branch again and found that the broken end was still wet, indicating that it had just been broken from the tree.

"Can this be folded and woven?" asked Hu Jiao.

Xie Yunsui smiled and nodded: "Yes."

Hu Jiao was delighted: "Wouldn't that save us the trouble of cutting bamboo, separating bamboo strips, roasting bamboo strips, and so on?"

"Not bad." Xie Yunsui sighed again. Hu Jiao was really smart. He immediately thought of the benefits of willow weaving. "Bamboo has many uses, not just for weaving. We can gradually replace it with willow weaving and save the bamboo for other things."

Hu Jiao nodded and took note.

When we walked into the largest cave, we found that no one lived there anymore. It was used to store supplies for the entire valley.

Five- and six-layer storage racks made of bamboo baskets and wood are attached to the wall of the cave, and on them are dried vegetables that have been dried today.

"The sun is shining brightly these days, so the fruits can be dried in just one day. We pick the freshest ones before the sun rises in the morning."

Leave some for the people in the tribe to eat, and dry the rest!

Xie Yunsui calculated the time. Wow, except for sleeping, every minute and every second was not wasted.

"Is this dried meat?" Xie Yunsui looked at the bottom layer, which was black and red strips that smelled of meat.

There was no discernible smoky flavor, clearly not the smoked jerky he had been taught.

Hu Jiao pursed her lips and said, "Li Ya built a two-story charcoal kiln and accidentally made some dried meat... I think it's pretty good, mainly because it saves wood."

It was a coincidence that day. Li Ya had just developed a double-layer charcoal kiln and wanted to burn more charcoal.

As a result, a wild beast happened to bump into them that day, but it was quickly dealt with by everyone, and the little beast became everyone's meal.

Li Ya was used to eating cooked food, so he thought of lighting a small fire and roasting the meat first. However, he forgot the time while working. When he remembered it, the large piece of meat had shrunk into a small piece of jerky, which was very hard and could not be bitten without some effort.

Fortunately, he brought some food with him, so he brought the burnt meat back to show Fox Jiao as a fun thing.

Hu Jiao looked around and found that this jerky was similar to smoked jerky, except that there was no trace of smoking on it. It was not tasty when eaten alone, but after boiling it in the soup pot, it became chewy again.

Hu Jiao thought he had discovered a new way to preserve animal meat, and the key was that this method consumed less wood.

He took it upon himself to have someone prepare it, but when Priest Yun mentioned it to him, he became a little panicked, fearing that Priest Yun would think he had made a mistake and wasted food.

Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "It's well done. It should last longer than bacon jerky."

Hu Jiao then smiled and said, "Then I'll make more and exchange them with other tribes."

"Oh, by the way, the Red Fox Tribe's market is almost ready. We need to prepare some things to bring over..."