Chapter 320: New City Recent Situation (Please vote and subscribe)

Five recurve bows and four crossbows, all are trial products. The production period of compound bows is too long. It takes at least one year. The mold is made in winter, the horns are broken in spring, the tendons are copied in summer, and they can be glued together in autumn, and this does not include the time for the final correction.

Fortunately, the Han tribe has a lot of materials for making composite bows. Yew, white wax, and white oak are all suitable for making bow molds. The most important thing is that there are a lot of ox horns and tendons because of the development of grassland trade. Not to mention fish maws, which are simply inexhaustible, so as long as they can be experimentally finalized, they can be mass-produced immediately.

Luo Chong equipped the drawing team with experimental products this time, and also had the purpose of letting them test them in actual combat. If they are easy to use, then Luo Chong can directly finalize the new weapons.

Time passed quickly. After more than half a month, the map surveying team had completed the training. With Luo Chong's nod, You Ye could not wait to lead the team to run. There were 12 people, each with two horses, one for riding and the other for carrying some daily necessities, such as long spears that could be used as benchmarks, recurve compound bows and crossbows, and 100 arrows per person. Anyway, they were loaded with horses, so there was no need to worry that they could not carry them.

After waiting for another day or two, until the rice planting began in Hanyang City, Luo Chong saw that there was nothing to do here, so he led people to the new city area to check whether the newly joined tribesmen had been settled and how the various tasks were going.

They rode on elephants all the way, and the speed of travel was very fast. It took a day to reach the new city area in the east. When Luo Chong arrived at the destination, it was already close to dusk. Many tribesmen who had been busy all day began to finish their work. Then it was their favorite dinner time.

On the vast plain, a small rammed earth town stood by the river. Hundreds of half-grown children were holding branches and whipping antelopes to drive them into the town. Some children were holding newborn lambs and chasing more than 3,000 sheep.

When they saw Luo Chong riding an elephant passing by, they all looked sideways. They had never seen such a huge tusked monster. However, looking at the dress of the man on the elephant's back, they could guess that Luo Chong was from the Han tribe and should have a high status, after all, he was sitting very high.

"Wow! That horse is so big (⊙ｏ⊙)" a naked child said in surprise.

"(→_→) That's not a horse. Don't you see its nose is so long?"

"What is that (⊙o⊙)? Is it a cow?"

"Cows have horns, and this one doesn't have horns either."

"Then go ask my mother later, she will definitely know o(*￣︶￣*)o"

"Yes, yes, yes, go back quickly, I want to eat a big bowl of rice today."

"I want to eat too. When I grow up, I want to be a warrior and wear that armor."

The children were chattering and driving the sheep back. Luo Chong was getting closer and closer to the town. Many people who had seen Luo Chong also greeted him. The news of the leader's arrival spread like wildfire, and the big tree that was supervising here also quickly ran to greet Luo Chong.

"Chief, why did you come here without telling me in advance? I'll send someone to pick you up." Dashu came to Luo Chong and said.

"Why did you pick me up? There's no danger on this road. Let the tribesmen do more work. How much paddy field have you reclaimed? Are you sure you can grow another crop this year?" Luo Chong jumped off the elephant's back and asked.

"A lot has been reclaimed now. I asked all the 900 slaves you transferred here to dig a river. In order to finish the work earlier, we didn't dig very deep this time. As you said, it's only two meters wide and two meters deep, just enough to divert water.

The excavated soil is now piled up. We originally planned to build a kiln to burn bricks, but in order to plant crops earlier, we haven't done it. Now most of the tribesmen are plowing the fields. All the cattle and horses that can be used have been used. If it's not enough, we have people pulling the plow. So far, 600 acres have been reclaimed. The goal of 3,000 acres will definitely be achieved within a month."

Dashu led Luo Chong to the farmland while introducing the current work progress.

"Well, it's well done. You don't have to wait until the whole field is ploughed before sowing. You can plant as much as you can. Divide it into 500 mu batches and complete it in six batches. Plant early and feel at ease." Luo Chong said as he looked at the vacant land that had been plowed.

"Yes, chief, I got it. I'll arrange for someone to plant a batch tomorrow." Da Shu nodded quickly.

"Well, by the way, why can't I see where the vegetable field is? Now that there are more people, we can't delay planting vegetables. With so many people, the daily consumption is very high." Luo Chong looked around and didn't find where the vegetable field was.

"Oh, the vegetable field is on the north side of the city. Some land has been opened to plant cabbages, but it's a bit insufficient now. I'm asking people to continue to cultivate it. But the most planted now are beans and loofahs. Those things are all climbing racks. You can plant them by digging a hole. It's easy. They grow fast and produce a lot of fruits. I guess the supply will be replenished soon." Da Shu pointed to the north of the town and said.

"Well, that's good. How are the new members now? Have they adapted? Have you sent people to supervise them and see if they say anything in private? Also, how are the tribesmen who came here to work in exchange for food? Did they say anything when they saw so many people coming?" Luo Chong asked, looking at the crowd who were rushing into the small town and waiting for food.

"Well, the new members are okay, but some of them complain that they have no houses to live in and can only live in straw huts. However, they like the mats I brought last time very much. It's hot now, so it's okay to sleep outside.

Then there is our city wall. They are very happy about it. After all, they joined the Han tribe because they were afraid of another enemy attack. Now they can sleep on the floor inside the city wall, so they are still very happy. Anyway, the house will be built later, so there is no need to rush.

Another thing is the land reclamation. Everyone is working very hard. They have grown food before and know that food is their life. No one is lazy in this regard. Moreover, they are working with our metal farm tools, and they have cattle and horses to help. It is much better than the bone and stone tools they used to use. Everyone is happy now. After all, the more food they grow, the better life will be in the future. There must be hope for life." Dashu sighed as he looked at the large tracts of farmland, and then continued to introduce the situation of the laborers.

"Well, there are more and more laborers coming to work here recently. When the Sharp Horned Tribe first moved here, they brought thousands of sheep with them, which scared them all. But they were also very envious, after all, they had meat and hides. Seeing that our tribe was so rich and that we were in great need of people to herd sheep, some tribes moved here as a whole. Many of the children herding sheep now have only been here for a few days."

(End of this chapter)