Chapter 78 Asking for the blessing of ancestors (recommendation)

The "tribe flag" guard team sent the flag to the flagpole accompanied by the sound of drums, and Luo Chong tied the flag to the rope by himself.

"Raise the flag, and watch the tribe flag go up."

With Luo Chong's shout, all the tribesmen stared at the flag, as if they could see some enlightenment from their ancestors on it. The rhythm of beating the drums became faster and faster. Following his drumbeats, Luo Chong raised the flag to the top of the flagpole one by one.

After fixing the flag, Luo Chong turned to face the tribesmen, raised his right fist to the sky, and shouted: "My Han will prosper forever."

"My Han will prosper forever, my Han will prosper forever," the tribesmen below also shouted.

"Perform the kneeling ceremony and pray to the ancestors."

Luo Chong took the lead in kneeling under the flagpole, and the tribesmen followed one after another. Even Rourou and Huishan, who didn't know the truth, lay on the ground together, shaking their big heads to look left and right to see what the tribesmen would do next.

"We, the descendants of the Han Dynasty, inherit the aspirations of our ancestors and pass on the abilities of our ancestors. We mine gold and stone from treasure mountains, cast copper plows in rock caves, cultivate fertile fields in the wilderness, build strong cities in the fields, practice bows and arrows to protect ourselves, and practice spears and guns to guard border cities.

We work hard to cultivate fields, multiply the population, train soldiers and horses, and make the Han Dynasty prosperous.

Please protect the descendants of the Han Dynasty, so that they have food when they are hungry, clothes when they are cold, a prosperous population, a multiplying livestock, and a good rice harvest.

One kowtow, two kowtows, three kowtows, the ceremony is over, get up, and go to the fields."

After the kneeling, the tribesmen listened to Luo Chong's prayer in a daze. Only the last sentence was not clear to them. The previous ones were still okay, mining copper, casting plows, cultivating fields, building cities, practicing longbows and throwing spears to defend the tribe.

Ask the ancestors to bless us, so that we have food when we are hungry, animal skins to wear when we are cold, everyone has more children, the livestock also have more cubs, and the rice can be harvested.

As for what the six domestic animals are, the Han tribe has cattle, grass mud horses, giant deer, rabbits, elephants, and thunder beasts, which can barely be considered the six domestic animals.

The sacrifice is over. Luo Chong is the performer throughout the whole process. The others just need to kneel down and kowtow. Then everyone is assigned to do what they should do.

Luo Chong arranged for them to plow the land. Due to the lack of materials, the Han tribe now has only two double-headed plows. Luo Chong personally selected two bulls that have been very honest recently, put them on double-headed plows and started to plow the fields.

Since these wild bulls have not been trained and cannot walk in a straight line by themselves, when plowing the fields, only one person can lead the bull by the nose in front and one person can hold the plow frame behind.

A double-headed plow has two bronze plows, which can plow half a meter wide land each time, and the depth of the soil can reach 30 centimeters.

This speed is still very fast. The rice fields can be plowed in three days at most. Finally, the land is leveled and water can be irrigated.

The rows of land were turned upside down, from the original light green to brown broken soil, and the new soil turned up below was also nourished by the sun.

A group of young men who had just been bought in the winter, each carrying a rattan basket, were picking up grass roots and other debris on the land that had been plowed by cattle. These things were dug out during the plowing and had to be picked up first, otherwise they would continue to sprout and compete with rice for nutrients.

Of course, some grasses were not going to survive. As long as the rice fields were covered with water for a long time, most of the dry grasses would be drowned. Not all plants can tolerate water like rice and reeds.

As for fertilization, there was no arrangement for the time being. First, there was no preparation, and second, Luo Chong felt it was unnecessary.

Fertilization was because the land had been cultivated for too long, resulting in the loss of nutrients and the decline of fertility, so artificial intervention was made to increase the fertility of the land.

But now this piece of land is being cultivated for the first time in history. It is a brand new piece of good land. Is it completely unnecessary to fertilize? There is still enough fertility to grow a crop of food.

It took three days to plow and level the land, but Luo Chong still didn't dare to sow. Why? Because the weather was still very cold in the morning and evening, and the temperature was still below zero at night. The water would freeze at night. If the seeds were sown, they would probably freeze to death overnight.

However, there were other cold-resistant seeds that could be sown, that is, the grass seeds that Luo Chong brought back. These wheat straw and alfalfa should also be sown. In the future, livestock breeding will rely on these.

To the west of the Han tribe site, this place was planned by Luo Chong as a grassland. At present, grass will be planted first, and the farmland will be expanded in the future.

A group of teenagers lined up in a horizontal formation, lined up along the grassland, and threw grass seeds while walking. Don't doubt whether it can grow like this. You must know that the vitality of grass is very tenacious. Moreover, it has just rained in spring, and the ground is still a little muddy. After the grass seeds fall to the ground, they will quickly absorb water and nutrients in the soil and begin to sprout and take root.

The grass seeds just need to be sown. Rice cannot be planted for the time being. The Han tribe is not short of food. So what should they do? Luo Chong thought about it and decided to modify the equipment and change shoes.

Yes, change shoes, replace the big leather boots with straw sandals.

Without cloth, there is no socks. Wearing leather boots barefoot, and each person only has one pair, they wear them for four months. Can you imagine not changing shoes for four months? And there are no socks. It’s better in winter when the weather is cold. Now that the weather is warm, some tribesmen feel that the leather boots are stuffy and take their feet out. The smell can kill elephants.

So the elephants ran away from home. Rourou and Huishan couldn’t stand the smell, so they all ran to live in the brick kiln outside the wall. They didn’t go far.

Luo Chong gathered the women in the tribe and personally demonstrated to them how to weave straw sandals. In fact, the weaving method of straw sandals is very simple. Let’s put it this way, you just need to weave a sole horizontally and vertically, and tie the sole to your feet with a few thin straw ropes, just like the sling sandals we see now.

With the birth of straw sandals, the tribesmen also began spring cleaning, going to the river in groups to bathe, brush leather shoes, and clean animal skins.

There was no other way. Not to mention that leather items could not be washed, they really had to be washed. There was no dry cleaning technology now. Even if they were damaged, they had to be cleaned, otherwise they would go bad.

Some men who were not afraid of the cold had taken off their animal skins and put on grass skirts directly. Yes, grass skirts. In the memory of the original owner of Luo Chong's body, they wore grass skirts in spring and summer, or even naked. Only in autumn would they wear thicker animal skin skirts.

After taking a bath that day, Luo Chong was also in high spirits and followed the tribesmen to weave grass skirts, but after he put them on for a while, he dared not wear them anymore.

Rourou and Huishan chased Luo Chong all over the ground until they plucked all the grass skirts off his body with their noses. The grass on the grass skirt was eaten by them. MMP

Just when Luo Chong was changing into animal skin clothes with a face full of resentment, the elders also ran to tell Luo Chong something important.

"Chief, we are running out of salt."

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I forgot to set the scheduled release, and thought the backend had already released it. It's a mistake, and it's a bit late, but I still ask for a ticket. There's nothing I can do. Who made Qingshu so shameless?

(End of this chapter)