Han Cheng had high hopes for meteorite iron. After all, before the tribe could produce high-quality steel, it would be impossible to get better quality materials than this to make tools.

Tools carefully made from meteorite will definitely be superior to bronze tools in many aspects.

Since this is the case, Han Cheng will naturally not let go of such a good thing easily.

Since these tribes are able to possess so many meteorite weapons, there may be more meteorites near the tribes.

It is necessary to send someone to look for it.

What's more, in addition to searching for meteorite iron, Han Cheng also wants people to bring back the remaining population there.

Bringing those people back is not only beneficial to the Qingque tribe itself, but it is also a good thing for those who are brought back.

This is not because Han Cheng is shameless. He is just trying to flatter himself and whitewash what is going to happen.

It is because, after losing so many strong adult population, it is really difficult for the remaining people to live a stable life. It is okay in normal seasons, but once winter comes, it will be a real disaster.

Especially after Han Cheng learned that those people who came to attack his tribe and were captured were not from one tribe, but were composed of people from many tribes, he became more convinced of this.

If he had not sent people to bring the remaining people to his own tribe before the heavy snow fell, it would have been very good if 20% of these people could survive.

And with the construction of Jinguan City, the second branch of Qingque tribe, the Qingque tribe also needs a lot of manpower.

After Jinguan City was built, people would definitely migrate there and live there.

After all, it is not enough to have just a built courtyard. There needs to be people living there and running it for a long time before it can be called a second branch tribe.

When it comes to immigration there, of course we cannot just move the strong people over there, we also need to move some older minors and some people who are not in good health.

You can let them do things that they are capable of doing without the need for strong people to take action.

As a result, the main tribe will have fewer available manpower, and the production and life of the main tribe will be affected.

As long as those people are brought into their own tribe, this vacancy will be filled.

Of course, when the time comes to migrate to Jinguan City, it will definitely be mainly the elders in the tribe who will do the heavy lifting.

Because these people have lived in the Qingque main tribe for a long time, each of them has been completely assimilated and has a high sense of identity with the Qingque tribe.

By separating them from the main tribe and migrating them, they will not forget the main tribe after a period of time.

As for those new people who have arrived in their tribe, naturally a large number of them will stay in the main tribe, continue to be assimilated by the melting pot of the main tribe, and then slowly become a true member of the Qingque tribe.

Holding his daughter and leading his wife, Han Cheng walked slowly on the ridges of the fields around the tribe. At this time, he looked very much like a wealthy landlord inspecting his own fields.

Don't even mention that feeling of satisfaction.

Especially when he met Little Pea and others who were catching grasshoppers, Han Cheng put Xiao Xing'er aside and joined them. He quickly caught a few big grasshoppers, which attracted cheers and admiring looks from Little Pea and others. Han Cheng felt even more satisfied...

As night fell, the Qingque tribe, after a busy day, returned to silence.

The slave courtyard between the outer wall and the inner wall was also in complete silence at this moment. Apart from the sounds of grinding teeth, farting and snoring, there was no other sound in the room.

After a day's work, everyone was exhausted. Soon after they lay down, they all fell asleep.

However, the people who were sleeping did not include the leader of the Grass Tribe.

At this time, the leader of the Grass Tribe was lying on the kang, with his eyes open in the dark, but he was not asleep.

This was not because she couldn't sleep because of the noise around her, but because she was thinking about something.

After arriving at the Qingque main tribe, the leader of the Cao tribe planned to gain a status in the Qingque tribe by relying on the fish cage, a fishing artifact, and then learn the magical skills of the Qingque tribe. After learning all these skills, he would find time to find an opportunity to take the people in the tribe away and return to his original tribal life.

But after seeing the better fish cages of the Green Bird Tribe, her idea of ​​using fish cages to improve her status was completely shattered.

The current leader of the Grass Tribe and the other people in her tribe have no different status in the Green Bird Tribe.

This was not the reason why she couldn't sleep at night. The real reason why she couldn't sleep was that she found that she seemed unable to leave the tribe.

After arriving at this tribe, she and the people in her tribe were separated and grouped one-on-one with the elders of this tribe.

Although I see people in the tribe every day, I rarely say a word to them throughout the day.

Moreover, the people of this tribe do not allow them to speak the old language anymore. If anyone is found speaking the old language, those who are grouped with her will punish her without hesitation, without anyone else having to do anything.

All conversations could only be conducted in the complex language of the Green Bird tribe, which they were currently learning.

The leader of the Grass Tribe felt a little worried about this situation, but what worried her more were the changes that occurred in the people in their tribe.

When we first came to this tribe, everyone in the tribe was very excited when they saw each other.

Although there are few opportunities for communication between each other, people in the tribe will unconsciously look for each other when working or resting.

After seeing her figure, they would feel at ease, and she could also feel that these people in the tribe really wanted to be by her side, just like when she was in the tribe before.

But as the time spent living in the Green Bird Tribe gradually increased, the leader of the Grass Tribe suddenly discovered that the people in the tribe had changed since he did not know when.

They no longer search for themselves as often as before, and they no longer feel anxious when they cannot see themselves or their fellow tribesmen.

He could even chat and laugh with the elders of the Qingque tribe, and it seemed that his relationship with those elders was better than that with the people of his original tribe.

Such things frightened the leader of the Grass Tribe.

After discovering this, she has been working hard to make changes.

She tried to find as many opportunities as possible to walk in front of the people in her tribe, and if she had the chance, she would communicate with them in the language of the Qingque tribe.

But the effect was not good. As time went by, the things that frightened her continued to happen.

So much so that even now, even if he meets people from his own tribe, they will no longer be as excited as before.

Treating yourself is almost no different than treating other people.

Even further away, they are not as close as those who are grouped with them one-on-one.

The leader of the Grass Tribe used to think that as long as she learned certain magical methods and found the right opportunity, she could take her people away, but now, she no longer dares to think so.

She even felt that as long as she told these things to the people of her own tribe, the people of her original tribe would be able to arrest her and tell them what she was planning without them finding out.

Although she had been terrified when she was captured here by the people of the Green Bird Tribe, she had never been desperate. But now, a deep feeling of powerlessness had completely enveloped her.

Because even if I learn many magical skills, what does it matter? Even if I find a chance to leave, what does it matter?

Without the support of the tribe members, it would be impossible for me to go so far and return to my tribe by myself...

What kind of tribe is this!

Why did such a big change happen to the people in my tribe after living here for a period of time?

The leader of the Grass Tribe didn't quite understand, but it was precisely because of this that she felt more entangled and fearful...

It was unknown how long it took before the leader of the Grass Tribe finally fell asleep.

But she did not sleep peacefully. Not long after, she woke up in a sweat.

In her dream, she dreamed that she had finally found the right opportunity, and she happily went to find these people from her tribe, wanting them to follow her to leave the Qingque tribe and return to where she and others originally lived.

As a result, just after he finished saying these words to everyone in the tribe, these people who were once in the same tribe as him pressed him to the ground and dug his head off with a hoe. Even though he struggled desperately and shouted that he was the leader, it was of no use.

The leader of the Grass Tribe wiped the sweat from his head, reached out to touch his neck, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

I feel so good to be alive...

The sky brightened and a new day came again. The people of the Green Bird Tribe continued to work, doing things that looked very similar to the past.

In the inner courtyard of the Qingque tribe, a fire was already burning in the furnace that had been built long ago in order to use iron bacteria to make some iron tools.

The stove has been left unused for a long time and has been damaged even if a stone slab has been covered on it.

But yesterday, it was repaired by Second Brother and Heiwa.

At this time, under the heat of the blazing fire, the newly filled mud had already lost its moisture and dried up.

“Chichi~Chichi~”

The simple wind gourd that Han Cheng made at the beginning was pressed up and down by Heiwa, and it started to spin rapidly, sending streams of air into the iron furnace.

Every time air enters, it causes the fire in the stove to rise a little.

The one pressing the wind gulu here is Heiwa.

Although he is already the father of four children, Heiwa still has a great passion for things related to or similar to pottery making.

After many years of experience, Heiwa not only has extremely high skills in making pottery and molds, but is also very good at related kiln and furnace firing.

So after learning what the second brother wanted to do, he came over and lit the stove very consciously.

The charcoal burning in the stove is also the good charcoal carefully selected by the second brother. When it collides with each other, it makes a very crisp sound.

A long time ago, when iron tools were made using iron beads made from iron bacteria, the second senior brother learned from Han Chengji that such charcoal would burn hotter.

At this time, two pieces of black meteorite were placed on the blazing furnace, being burned by the fierce fire.

Han Cheng, who came to watch the fun, and his second senior brother, who was carrying a large bronze hammer, were both waiting for the meteorite to turn red.

At this moment, the second brother looked particularly energetic.

In order to forge iron today, he didn't even touch any of his three spouses last night, just to gather all his strength to do this thing...

While these things were going on in the Qingque tribe, at the Longmen Inn, 120 miles away from the main tribe, a group of five people locked the door of the Longmen Inn, led their donkeys, and walked westward along the Bronze Highway.

This group of people set out from the Qingque main tribe yesterday morning and went to the Tongshan residential area to tell the people in the Tongshan residential area that Han Cheng and his team had returned safely. They also found the Qingque main tribe messenger who came to the south, as well as the rice and sweet sorghum stalks.

People in the Tongshan residential area knew that Han Cheng and his team were heading south to look for a suitable place for the tribe to live.

Now, they have returned safely and brought back other good news. Naturally, they want to pass on this news to the Tongshan Residential Area, so that the people in the Tongshan Residential Area can feel relieved and happy together...

"Bang! Bang!"

Inside the Qingque tribe, after a long period of burning in the fire, the two pieces of meteorite placed in the furnace finally turned red.

The second brother used a bronze chisel to pick out a piece and placed it on a large bronze pad. Then he asked another person to take over the bronze pliers and clamp the meteorite to fix it, while he swung a hammer and smashed the red-hot meteorite hard.

It is impossible to melt meteorite iron with the current fire in the tribe, but it is still possible to burn it red and make it softer.

After all, there is a huge gap between melting and burning.

After the second brother hit it with the hammer, some places on the meteorite were flattened, but some marks were also left on the bronze hammer.

This was something that Second Brother had never expected.

Holding the bronze hammer with marks on it, after taking a few breaths of cold air, the second brother quickly became excited.

Because this meteorite is so hard, even harder than bronze, the tools made from it must be as the Son of God said, and will be better to use than bronze tools.

So he picked up the hammer and smashed it down a few more times.

When it can no longer be smashed, put it back into the furnace to continue burning and heating.

After putting the meteorite back, Han Cheng and others discovered that the bronze ingot underneath had also been dented with many pits.

"Let's make a hammer first."

Han Cheng said to his second senior brother.

At the beginning, they were planning to use this meteorite to forge an axe, but after seeing the miserable appearance of the bronze hammer and the bronze ingot underneath, Han Cheng had to change his mind.

The second senior brother agreed with Han Cheng's suggestion very much. He also found that if he didn't first forge a meteorite hammer, it would be too difficult to rely on the bronze hammers in the tribe to process the meteorites one by one.

After putting this piece of meteorite into the furnace to continue burning, the second brother found another piece of meteorite that was larger in size and had a relatively flat surface, and placed it on top of the bronze ingot to serve as a cushion.

With this meteorite pad as a base, the hammering of the red-hot meteorite will be faster.

Han Cheng looked here for a while, and after seeing that the meteorites could be processed by heating them in a furnace and then hammering them, he left.

What he was most worried about was that meteorite was too hard and could not be destroyed in this way.

Now, since it has been confirmed that it can be processed in this way, he doesn't have to do much here. His second brother and the others will slowly hammer out the things he wants to make with the meteorite iron.

After leaving the blacksmith place, he went to look for the witch and his senior brother.

Send people north to bring the remaining people of these tribes back to the tribe, and by the way, send someone to look for the meteorite iron there. They need to be told about this, and then people need to be arranged to do this.

Han Cheng's idea was to arrange people to do this task as soon as possible. After this task was accomplished, he could lead people south again to build Jinguan City.

It is not impossible to do both things at the same time, but Han Cheng is worried that the people going north will take too long and will not be able to return by the time of autumn harvest. This will inevitably affect the autumn harvest in the tribe, and some food may not even be collected.

This incident could be avoided by waiting for the people heading north to arrive, and then he could take another group of people south.

Because, if the people who went north were unable to come during the autumn harvest, these people could carry out the autumn harvest in the tribe.

The witch was also hoeing the ground with a hoe in his hand, but his hoeing was different from that of the laborers in the tribe. The laborers in the tribe hoeed the ground very seriously, but when the witch hoeed the ground, he would just hoe it twice in this piece of land, and then go to another piece of land and hoe it twice.

Although they are said to be hoeing the fields, in fact most of the time they are just walking around looking at the crops in the fields.

But it’s better this way. If he really goes to hoe the fields seriously, Han Cheng won’t let him do it. It won’t be worth it if he gets tired out.

The eldest brother was also hoeing the ground, and he looked very energetic.

After Han Cheng had hoeed the fields a few times, he sat down next to the witch on the edge of the field, facing the field full of rows of millet with the witch, and then shouted towards where the eldest brother was.

The field where the eldest senior brother was was a bit far from here, so Han Cheng's shout couldn't be heard.

But there is no need to worry. The other people working in the fields consciously acted as megaphones after hearing Han Cheng's call. Voices came out one after another, and in just a moment, the eldest brother who was working over there knew that the Son of God had summoned him, so he picked up his hoe and came towards Han Cheng's location.

Before the eldest senior brother came over, Han Cheng sat in the field and talked with Wu about the growth of crops in the field and compared them with the crops at this time of year in previous years.

After the eldest senior brother came over, he began to tell the two of them about sending people north.

Naturally, Wu and the eldest senior brother would have no objection to what Han Cheng proposed.

After hearing that if this trip went smoothly, they would get at least hundreds of people and some meteorite iron that was better than bronze, Wu's face was so bright with smiles.

The eldest brother was even more straightforward and said that he was willing to take people north to do this.

Now, the Son of God has returned and the tribal shaman is still there. With the two of them, the eldest brother can lead people out with confidence.

Han Cheng thought about it and agreed. The eldest brother has always been steady in doing things. Han Cheng is very confident that he can lead the team on this long journey.

However, to be on the safe side and to prevent the eldest brother and his companions from getting lost outside, Han Cheng thought about it and decided to let Mao, who was like a living map, follow the eldest brother and his companions out.

In this way, even if they took the wrong road, with Mao there, they could return safely along the original route.

But Mao will have a hard time, having just returned from a long journey and now he is about to set off again.

This time when Mao goes out with his senior brothers, he must be given a donkey to ride.

People like Mao are definitely rare talents. In this era when there are basically no roads, when leaving the tribe and traveling far away, he is like a life-saving talisman, but he really cannot be exhausted.

After making the decision to let Mao accompany the senior brothers on the long journey, Han Cheng immediately made another decision to improve Mao's treatment.

Wu and the eldest senior brother had no objection to Han Cheng's decision. After all, they both knew Mao's hard work and important role. It was reasonable for Han Cheng to specially equip him with a donkey to ride this time.

However, the eldest brother and Wu agreed, but some people disagreed and thought that trade should not be equipped with a donkey.

The one who dared to question the decision made jointly by the three giants of the Qingque tribe was none other than Mao himself.

He was the only one who dared to refuse at this time.

"It's okay. The tribe already has more than 30 donkeys. Now is not the busy farming season, and the tribe doesn't need donkeys. You must ride this time, otherwise it will be too tiring."

Han Cheng smiled and patted Mao on the shoulder, giving him a death order.

Mao felt a bitter taste in his mouth. He really didn't want to ride a donkey...