Chapter 160 New Changes in the Vine Tribe

“What a tall wall.”

In the territory of the Vine Tribe, Jiang Xuan rode on Yueya and Chishao rode on a big-horned deer. They walked side by side beside a vine wall that was more than ten meters high, looking at the extremely thick vines that were intertwined with each other.

These vines are not branches of the divine vine, but ordinary vines that are controlled and catalyzed to grow by the divine vine's divine power.

There are thorny vines, as well as various vines commonly found in the jungle.

After being catalyzed by divine power, they seemed to be different from ordinary plants and had more spirit.

Chishao said: "With these walls, it will not be so easy for people from other tribes to enter our Teng tribe in the future."

Jiang Xuan nodded. If the wall was built manually, it would take a lot of manpower and material resources, and many years to build such a tall and long wall.

If the wall is damaged in the future, it will be extremely troublesome to repair it.

This vine wall not only does not require any effort from the members of the Vine Tribe, but it is also alive and can continue to grow.

If nothing unexpected happens, this wall will protect the Vine Tribe for many years. After all, the lifespan of plants is very long.

"What are you going to do with those captives? Together with the captives captured from the Jackal Tribe before, our tribe now has more than 2,000 captives." Chishao asked as they walked.

More than two thousand captives, this number is already too large. After all, the real members of the Teng tribe, including the elderly, the weak and the disabled, are only more than five hundred.

No matter what other tribes they were in, they would probably either kill all these captives or exile them. They would not even consider keeping them in the tribe, and they simply could not afford to support them.

Jiang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, the situation is not that bad."

"More than half of the captives from the Jackal Tribe are no longer opposed to joining the Vine Tribe. If they perform well in the future, we can accept these 500 people."

"In the second settlement, a lot of fields have been opened up and a lot of crops have been planted. Animal husbandry has also been started. Food is a bit tight now, but I believe things will get better after the crops are harvested."

"What's more, now that this wall protects the tribe's territory, we won't face that much pressure from other tribes."

"As long as we can survive this period, these captives will become the main productive force of the Teng Tribe in the future. We won't have to worry about the problem of lack of manpower anymore!"

If all these captives were converted into members of the Teng Tribe, plus the subsequent newborns, it would only take one year for the population of the Teng Tribe to exceed 3,000! This was an opportunity for the Teng Tribe to take off quickly.

Jiang Xuan didn't want to give up such an opportunity.

Chishao said: "You are the leader. Since you have made up your mind, then leave these prisoners behind."

All along, no matter what decision Jiang Xuan made, Chishao would support him.

What's more, over such a long period of time, most of the decisions made by Jiang Xuan turned out to be beneficial to the Teng tribe.

Even if some decisions aren't quite right, that's no big deal.

After all, who doesn't make mistakes? "Where are you going to put these prisoners? Or send them to the other side of the river?"

"No, there are too many prisoners. If we send them to the other side of the river, we will need to send a large number of soldiers to guard them."

"Let them stay here. With the vine wall there, they can't run away. Besides, the vine god is here, so they can't do anything big."

"I plan to have them open up the forests near where they live and plant fast-growing wild vegetables, so that we can alleviate the food shortage problem as soon as possible."

Chishao nodded and said, "Then let's decide it this way."

The two men rode their mounts and patrolled along the vine wall.

The vine walls are semicircular and not completely closed. There is a doorway on the west, north and south sides for entry and exit.

The soldiers of the Teng tribe guard team no longer need to squat in the pit as sentinels as before. They only need to guard these three door openings.

Jiang Xuan also planned to build several tall watchtowers along the vine wall. The warriors of the Vine Tribe only needed to sit in the watchtowers to see the surrounding situation, which was very convenient.

In addition, Jiang Xuan was also thinking about asking the divine vine to extend the vine wall further eastward, across the Feiyu River, and surround the second residence.

In this way, the Teng tribe can develop peacefully within the high walls without having to worry about being attacked.

Of course, the vine wall is not omnipotent. If the enemy tribe is far stronger than the vine tribe, no wall will be useful.

A totem god who is strong enough can easily destroy the vine wall, and then the warriors of the hostile tribe can march straight in.

Therefore, the most important thing is to continuously improve the overall strength of the tribe.

After inspecting the vine wall, Jiang Xuan was quite satisfied with the defensive status, so he went back with Chishao.

The first thing was to accommodate the prisoners.

The resettlement of more than 1,500 prisoners is not an easy task.

Jiang Xuan thought about it and finally decided to place them in the forest on the south side of the Teng tribe, where they could see the location of the giant eagle's nest at a glance.

The giant eagle, together with the divine vine, should be able to create enough deterrence for them so that they dare not act recklessly.

As for the old witch's safety, Jiang Xuan was not worried at all.

Although this mysterious old man always said that he would not live long, his strength was unfathomable. Even Jiang Xuan himself did not dare to say that he could beat him.

Generally speaking, the older a warrior gets, the weaker he becomes.

For example, Old Man Black Stone was once a powerful warrior, but now he can't even beat the stronger Isese warriors. Fortunately, in addition to being a warrior, he is also a skilled stone tool master. With this skill, he has no worries about food and clothing.

Witches are different from warriors.

Except for those who are gifted, the witches in most tribes become more powerful as they get older.

The same goes for the old witch. His strength is unfathomable, otherwise he wouldn't be able to fly around the continent on a giant eagle and still be safe and sound.

Jiang Xuan ordered the tribal warriors to take all the captives into the forest, but did not immediately untie the ropes on them.

"From now on, you are no longer members of the Giant Lizard Tribe, but captives of our Vine Tribe."

"This forest will be your home from now on. You need to build a house here, reclaim the wasteland, and work hard to have a house to live in and food to eat."

"The Teng Tribe is tolerant. As long as you are willing to let go of your hatred, believe in our Teng God, and work wholeheartedly for the Teng Tribe, you can join the Teng Tribe and become a member of the Teng Tribe."

"If anyone escapes, makes trouble, or does anything else that harms the interests of the Teng tribe, then there will be only one outcome, and that is death!"

Having said that, Jiang Xuan's sharp eyes swept over the groups of captives. The captives lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look him in the eye.

"Now, your ropes will be untied, and you need to build a house as soon as possible to protect yourself from the wind and rain."

"I repeat, you build houses to protect yourself from the wind and rain, so don't be sneaky or you will be the one getting wet."

"Also, the Vine Tribe is surrounded by vine walls, and the Vine God is watching you from the stone mountain. Don't try to escape, or you will die!"

After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, he signaled to the Teng tribe warriors nearby to help them untie the ropes.

Uncaria, Shiqiu and others immediately took action.

As they untied the ropes, they kept a vigilant eye on the prisoners, fearing that they would suddenly attack and hurt people once the ropes were untied.

Soon, the ropes on dozens of prisoners were untied first.

Most of the prisoners were relatively honest, but there were more than 1,500 prisoners here, so it was inevitable that there would be some who did not believe in evil or who were unwilling to be prisoners.

After the ropes of two prisoners were untied, they behaved obediently at first, and then suddenly ran backwards.

The Teng tribe warriors were about to chase after them, but Jiang Xuan stopped them.

"Don't chase them, let them run!"

The soldiers looked at each other and had to stop.

After a while, the two captives broke away from the crowd and ran into the forest.

However, a moment later, two screams of fear were suddenly heard from there, followed soon by screams.

It turned out that the forest was full of cage vines, and the two captives who were fleeing in panic stepped on the cage vines one after another and were trapped.

The captives who stayed behind had no idea of ​​the situation over there. After hearing the screams of the escapees, they imagined countless horrific scenes and were filled with fear.

Jiang Xuan said expressionlessly: "I told you that if you run away, you will die. Don't take my words lightly."

"Keep untying the ropes!"

Under Jiang Xuan's order, the warriors of the Teng tribe continued to untie the ropes of the captives.

During this period, six stubborn captives escaped in different directions, but they all ended up dead.

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This forest not only has various magical plants, but also a large number of traps set by the Vine Tribe for defense.

Even if these captives managed to avoid the magical plants, it would be difficult for them to avoid falling into the traps.

Even if they were lucky and avoided the magical plants and traps, they would still be blocked by the vine wall and would not be able to get out, and would ultimately die.

Eight people died in total, and most of the remaining captives became well-behaved and did not dare to run around.

Even if there are still some dishonest ones, at least they don't dare to run away now. Instead, they are thinking about staying first, figuring out the situation and then finding a way to escape.

“Give them tools and start building houses.”

At Jiang Xuan's order, the warriors of the Teng tribe distributed some of the confiscated stone axes, stone knives and other tools to build houses for the captives.

"Kill you!"

After a captive got a stone knife, he immediately rushed towards the warriors of the Vine Tribe, wanting to avenge the members of the Giant Lizard Tribe.

However, the warriors of the Teng tribe were well prepared.

"puff!"

Gou Teng stepped forward and pierced the prisoner's chest with his stone spear like lightning. Then he kicked the prisoner to the ground and kicked the stone knife out of his hand.

The prisoner struggled on the ground for a while, then died, with blood all over the ground.

In front of the tricolor warrior, he was completely defenseless.

Holding a bloody spear, Gou Teng glanced at the captives and asked coldly, "Who else wants to die?"

The captives lowered their heads again, and even with weapons in their hands, they dared not resist.

Jiang Xuan said: "If there are still people who are not afraid of death, then stand up. If not, then start building houses!"

None of the prisoners answered.

Under the supervision of the Teng tribe warriors, they slowly began to work. Even if they were reluctant, they had to do it, otherwise they would die.

After all, those who are not afraid of death are a minority. Most people want to survive even if their tribe is gone or they become prisoners.

After all, there are more possibilities when you are alive, but when you die, there is nothing.

A big tree was first cut into by several slaves with stone axes, and then the warriors of the Vine tribe brought fire, charcoal and hollow reed tubes.

“Hoo…Hoo…”

These slaves used reed pipes to blow the red-hot charcoal desperately from three directions.

The large amount of wind and oxygen brought by the reed tube made the charcoal burn more violently. The heart of the big tree was first dried up and then ignited by the charcoal and burned through bit by bit.

“Crack, crack…”

At a certain moment, the big tree that was burned through could no longer withstand the force from above and fell in one direction, but it only fell halfway before being supported by the branches of other big trees and unable to fall to the ground.

The captives were at a loss as to what to do. They just looked at each other with their reed pipes in their hands, not knowing what to do.

"let me."

Jiang Xuan happened to be nearby. He walked to the tree, hugged it with both hands, and shouted, "Get up!"

Veins bulged on his arms, and he actually lifted up a tree as thick as a water tank by himself.

"Walk!"

Jiang Xuan held the extremely heavy tree and walked forward step by step, leaving two lines of deep footprints on the ground.

“Clatter…”

He pulled the big tree down with force, and it fell to the ground with a "bang".

The Teng tribe warriors nearby shouted with their blood boiling: "The leader is mighty!"

"The leader is mighty!"

The other soldiers also shouted, and everyone's blood was ignited by this scene.

The tribesmen admire strength and worship the strong, and Jiang Xuan just satisfies their fantasy of a hero.

Even the captives were stunned after seeing this scene, and saw the tall figure of Jiang Xuan pulling down the tree.

Whether they like it or not, Jiang Xuan's figure is deeply imprinted in their minds.

“Keep working!”

Jiang Xuan turned around and walked towards other places where help was needed, without any complacency at all.

With the efforts of more than 1,500 captives and the warriors of the Teng tribe, they cleared a large area in the forest half a day later and obtained a large amount of strong and thick wood.

In the evening, bonfires were lit in the cleared areas, and a large number of temporary shelters were built with the wood for the prisoners to spend the night.

The giant lizard tribe brought a lot of food, which was just enough for emergencies. Together with various wild vegetables and insects, it could last for a few days.

After a few days, the Teng tribe will need to provide food and vegetables to feed the captives.

Because there were too many people, the Teng tribe was unable to make so many pottery tripods, so the food could only be roasted and the wild vegetables could only be eaten raw.

Raw wild vegetables taste bitter and astringent and are difficult to swallow.

However, these prisoners were already starving, and they were lucky to have something to eat, so no one dared to complain.

They also found a lot of insects from the rotten trees on the ground or under the fallen leaves, and stuffed them into their mouths desperately, not even caring about roasting them...

Thanks to the book friend "Citrus Flavored Tea Treasure" for the reward.

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