Road construction seems simple, but the actual operation is still a bit difficult for Jiang Xue, a novice in road construction.
But no matter how difficult the task is, it cannot withstand the presence of too many people.
When they heard Jiang Xue say that she wanted to build a road, everyone in the tribe turned into curious babies and looked at her.
Jiang Xue waved her hand proudly: "Those in the carpentry team will continue to stay in the tribe to study these things. The rest of you, take your hoes and hatchets and follow me."
Since we are going to build a road, we must first plan it carefully and consider how long and wide the road should be.
Jiang Xue took her men out and first scouted the area.
For example, traveling to and from the brickyard, charcoal kiln, pottery kiln, or traveling to and from the vegetable field, all need to be taken into consideration.
The first thing to do is to use a hatchet to cut away the bushes and weeds that are blocking the road. If you want to build a durable road, you have to lay stones.
“The first road we’re going to build is to the charcoal kilns.”
Compared to the pottery kiln, the charcoal kiln's function wasn't as significant, but overall, the tribe's current development, such as iron smelting and brick making, was inseparable from it. Of course, if we could dig up coal at the mine, that would be even better.
Naturally, no one objected to her words, and soon everyone rolled up their sleeves and got to work.
They started by weeding in front of the trench, digging the soil, adding soil, leveling it, and compacting it. It actually took them most of the day to build such a seemingly simple road.
After the road was built, Jiang Xue asked Brother Lin to push a wheelbarrow with a pile of empty rattan baskets on it to collect charcoal.
These charcoals have been burning for several days. If the Bluebird Tribe hadn't gone crazy and come to fight with me, I might have taken them back to the tribe and put them to use long ago.
Jiang Xue scraped away the loose soil on top of the charcoal, revealing the pitch-black, already-burned charcoal inside.
Jiang Xue took out two pieces of charcoal and knocked them together, saying, "This charcoal is better than the last one."
The last time she made charcoal was her first time, and a lot of it was not completely carbonized before it was used. But this time, thanks to the Bluebird Tribe, she came to get the charcoal a few days late, but unexpectedly she got the charcoal.
Ah Qing nodded: "Yes, our charcoal is almost used up, so now is the perfect time to replenish it."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Jiang Xue didn't say anything, but said silently in her heart, if you knew that there is something called coal in this world, you might look down on these charcoals.
Jiang Xue burned a lot of charcoal this time. After she dug out all the charcoal, the wicker baskets they brought couldn't hold it all.
As a last resort, Jiang Xue had to ask Brother Lin to send a truck of charcoal back first.
Brother Lin was just wanting to practice, so he picked up the unicycle and walked back.
Everyone was busy digging charcoal when Xiaobai suddenly let out a low roar towards the depths of the forest.
Jiang Xue raised her eyebrows. Ever since Xiaobai took the marrow cleansing pill, he rarely showed hostility towards the people in the tribe. Especially after his wolf wife gave birth to wolf cubs, they treated the snake tribe as their home.
So much so that now, Xiaobai's wolf cubs make trouble with the little guys in the tribe every day. Even when the Bluebird tribe attacked yesterday, Xiaobai actually knew to move his wolf cubs away in advance.
This is probably what it means to understand human nature.
It was just that Xiaobai rarely growled at a certain place like he did today. Jiang Xue signaled everyone to stop and was about to speak when Xiaobai suddenly pounced and rushed into the woods.
Ah Qing yelled, "Xiaobai, come back!"
But she is not Jiang Xue after all. Although Xiaobai allows the children in the tribe to come into contact with its wolf cubs, it does not mean that it will listen to everyone.
Soon a panicked voice came from the woods: "There's a wolf, run!"
When Jiang Xue heard this, she immediately asked in a stern voice, "Who is there?"
What is going on? Why would someone target me just for digging charcoal?
And it is said that the Snake Tribe has entered a troubled time?
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Xue was ready for battle.
When the others saw this, they also held their breath and looked at the place where Xiaobai rushed in.
Soon, someone in the woods shouted again, "Damn it! Don't let this wolf hurt the horse!"
Jiang Xue perked up when she heard that.
I have lived in the Snake Tribe for so long, but I have never heard them talk about any horses nearby. They even said that cows were only found in the "Turan Tribe" far away, and other people have never even seen them.
She didn't care about anything else and rushed over in one step. She didn't even have to look for it deliberately, as she saw two tall chestnut horses standing in the woods, kicking their feet nervously.
It’s really a horse!
Jiang Xue's eyes lit up, and she quickly shouted, "Xiaobai, don't be rude!"
Xiaobai then walked towards her while neighing.
"My friends, why did you come to the territory of our Snake Tribe?"
The men exchanged a glance, and one of them, a tall, middle-aged man with a slightly curly beard, said, "We're from the Bamboo Tribe in the north. My name is Wu Bing, and yours are Wu Lan, Wu Yi, and Wu Wen. Could you tell me how far the Blue Bird Tribe is from here?"
Bluebird Tribe?
Jiang Xue glanced at them and asked, "Are you going to the Bluebird Tribe?"
Wu Bing nodded: "Yes, a few days ago, the Bluebird tribe leader asked us to order a few horses. We just happened to have the horses in stock, so we sent them over."
Jiang Xue gave them a strange look. Before she could speak, Sang Yang, who had been acting invisible, suddenly whispered something in Jiang Xue's ear. Jiang Xue stared at him with wide eyes, "Are you serious?"
Sang Yang nodded: "How could I lie to you?"
Jiang Xue glanced at them again and said, "I see your horses are carrying something. What is it?"
Wu Bing said, "It's just the food we eat on the road, some dried meat and fruit."
Jerky and preserved fruit?
Isn’t that just dried meat and dried fruit?
Jiang Xue showed great interest: "Oh, what is that? Would you mind showing it to us?"
Wu Bing hesitated for a moment and was about to speak when Wu Lan beside him said, "I'm sorry, these are also what the Bluebird Tribe wants. I can't show them to you."
Jiang Xue nodded, said sorry, called Xiaobai and went to the charcoal kiln.
Wu Lan shouted, "Hey, how can you be so rude? Your wolves have scared our horses. Our horses can't even move. Tell me, what should we do about this?"
Jiang Xue raised an eyebrow. "I haven't even investigated why you came to our territory, and you're actually saying our wolves scared your horse?" She sneered. "Don't even think about just scaring your horse. Even if my wolf killed your horse, you deserve it!"
How shameless! His ability to turn the tables is truly admirable.
"You!" Wu Lan was anxious. She was about to say something else, but Wu Bing grabbed her and apologized to Jiang Xue: "Alan is still young and ignorant. Please forgive me."
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