Chapter 448 Luo Chong's Question (Please vote and subscribe)

The next morning, before dawn, smoke rose from every household. The harvest day was different from the usual days. The Han tribe had enough food. Although they also had the habit of eating breakfast, they usually had a bowl of porridge on weekdays. At most, they would have some pickles to supplement the daily salt needs. It was made from a plant similar to mustard tuber provided by the Snake Tribe.

But the harvest day was different. The breakfast on this day must have meat. One was to have energy to work, and the other was to symbolize the harvest. They had to find a reason to have a good meal.

The privatization of Hanyang City had already started. Every household raised black chickens and white rabbits. On this day, they would stew a rabbit for luxury, or kill a chicken, or at least cook a few eggs. In short, a good harvest meant happiness, and it gradually became a custom. This was a good phenomenon. Luo Chong was also very pleased with this. It finally looked like a country.

Since the people of our Celestial Empire have lit up the skill point of farming, they have regarded farming as a cause that is more important than their lives. Food is the first necessity of the people, and the Han tribe is no exception. On this day, all the workshops in the city stopped, and almost all the people in the city went out. Even the number of children who went out to graze was reduced. The older children carried their younger brothers and sisters in a backpack, as if they did not want to cause trouble for their parents.

Yu Tu naturally did not have to participate in the work, but he was allowed to watch. Luo Chong also got up early that day, wielded a sickle to cut the first bunch of rice, and then there was a spectacular scene of thousands of tribesmen waving sickles and harvesting in unison.

The harvesters in front gathered the rice into a bunch and put it down on the spot, and the people behind would spread mats on the spot, and use rattan baskets and straw mats to knock the rice ears down and collect them in one place. The next step was to bundle the straw and load the rice onto trucks and transport it to the city to dry. Everyone had a clear division of labor and everything was carried out in an orderly manner, which was eye-opening for the people of the Yu tribe.

It turns out that this is the correct operation mode of farming. Compared with the Han tribe, the planting technology of their Yu tribe is still far behind.

Following the grain delivery team back to the city, some people have already dumped the millet on the street and the blue brick square in the city, and then used a special rake to flatten it and spread it evenly on the ground to dry. There are also children holding long net bags to guard the drying yard to prevent the drying millet from being eaten by those annoying birds.

Occasionally, there are stupid birds who are not afraid of death and come down to steal food, but they will be covered by the net bags in the hands of the children and finally become a piece of food in their bowls. Children are always interested in this kind of work that can be played and eaten.

"Is this the white rice we have eaten these two days?" Yu Tu followed Luo Chong to inspect the drying yard, picked up a handful of millet from the ground and observed it curiously.

"That's right, but we have to wait until it is dry before removing the shell, grind off the top layer of skin and separate it, and the rest is the white rice we eat." Luo Chong explained.

"Then will the new city built by the Han tribe next to us also plant these rice?" Yu Tu asked again.

"Of course, this is one of the staple foods of our Han tribe. It is close to the river, which is convenient for transforming paddy fields. Of course, we should plant rice as the main crop, but there is not only one kind. Our Han tribe has many other crops, which are also very good food and can also be used as staple food, but most of them do not have a large yield of rice." Luo Chong explained again.

Yu Tu did not ask again. Although he had only been in Hanyang City for less than two days, he was already numb with shock. If the Han tribe was proficient in breeding, Yu Tu could only admire it sincerely, but in terms of planting crops, he still felt that they were better than the Han tribe, but now...

The Han tribe's planting skills have long surpassed theirs. Not only are they good at planting, but they also have more varieties. Thinking of the meals he had last night, he didn't even mention the meals. Now they were right under his feet, but the dishes were varied. Look at them. They not only planted food, but also vegetables. Look at himself again. Forget it. I won't look at them. Anyway, they can't compare

. "The new city of the Han tribe must also need a lot of land to plant rice. In this way, it is very likely to extend to where we live." Yu Tu gestured again, but his tone was quite helpless. I don't know if this sentence was a question or just his emotion.

Luo Chong didn't answer this immediately. It would be a lie to say that it wouldn't. The Ruyang County City designed by Luo Chong was at least 1,000 meters long, which was as large as five Hanyang cities. Even if the per capita land area increased, this city would have at least tens of thousands of people, or even nearly 20,000, just like Liuyang County.

With such a population density, the area of ​​farmland around can be imagined. To ensure the food supply of tens of thousands of people, even if we only grow high-yield rice twice a year, at least tens of thousands of acres of land are needed. The place where Shuda Tiao is located is so close to the Yu tribe that Luo Chong himself would not believe that there is no impact.

"Haha, it is true, Han leader, your ultimate goal is to annex our tribe, right?" Yu Tu did not get Luo Chong's answer, so he directly took it as his acquiescence, and then couldn't help but laugh bitterly. In the end, it was still the same result. No matter how nice it sounds, it can't cover up the wolf ambition of the Han tribe.

"No, I never force other tribes to join. I have ways to make them join the Han tribe voluntarily, including you. You can think I am overbearing, and I admit this, but I am also doing it for the good of your people, right? You should be unable to refute this." After hearing what he said, Luo Chong simply admitted it.

"Why?" Yu Tu asked unwillingly and unbelievingly.

"I know you may not think so, but it is true. Take your tribe for example. What future do you have if you continue to live alone with your leader? You can't even protect your salt fields, and more than 200 tribesmen have been killed. I don't know how you fought and ended up in such a miserable state.

Let's not talk about these things for now. Let's just talk about the living standard. You may have plenty of food if you live alone, but what about other supplies? You don't even have animal skins for the winter, but as long as you join the Han tribe, you can get the life you have experienced in the past two days.

You can keep your tribe members away from danger and live a safe and prosperous life. What do you think your tribe members will choose? Will they give up you and join the Han tribe, or will you join the Han tribe with your entire tribe? What's the difference between these two results?

And if you prevent them from joining, you are not worthy of being a leader. Although my tribe is larger than yours, I am also a leader and know that I should make my tribe members live better. I have done it now. I have made sure that my tribe members have food to eat, warm clothes and houses, and strong walls. What do you have?"

(End of this chapter)