Jiang Xue was overjoyed and ran towards the valley immediately.
In the valley, the tribesmen were gathered in the pavilion, discussing something around some dried paper. Someone shouted, "The Snow Witch is coming!" and they all looked towards Jiang Xue.
The first paper she made wasn't very smooth, and the color was a bit yellow. Jiang Xue was so excited that she kept saying, "I finally made it!"
They worked so hard for a long time and finally made the paper, but because the Blue Wolf Tribe came to interfere, they had not yet started making the ink.
“You guys are truly the best!”
Jiang Xue praised them generously.
She just told them the process of papermaking. Even for her, just knowing the process might not be enough to make paper successfully.
Now that we have paper, the next step is to make ink.
Ink can only be made by burning pine wood, and then according to the production process recorded in "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature", the ink can be slowly made.
Everyone laughed, and Jiang Xue explained the process of making ink and asked them to cut down trees to make ink.
The tribesmen had tasted the sweetness, so they naturally agreed with Jiang Xue's words.
Most of the wasteland in front of the tribe has been reclaimed, and there is no other place suitable for cultivating new farmland.
Jiang Xue could only look at the large open space across the river.
Jiang Xue felt quite ashamed to say that, she had been traveling through time for so long, but she had never even been to the other side of the river to see it.
What is the situation of the land on the other side of the river? Not only her, but almost no one in the Snake Tribe has ever set foot there. It seems like a waste of resources to leave so much vacant land on the other side of the river unattended.
The width of this river is estimated to be about twelve or thirteen meters.
It's so wide that it shouldn't be difficult to build a stone bridge on it.
Jiang Xue returned to the pavilion and asked Asongbo, who was knitting, "Asongbo, have you been to the other side of the river?"
Asongbo looked at the vast wasteland across the river and told the truth: "This river has never dried up before. It's only now that the riverbed has been exposed. Not only an old guy like me, but no one else has ever been across it."
Jiang Xue just felt strange.
"You've lived here for so many years, and you've never been there?"
Asongbo laughed and said, "Indeed, you can see that the river is deep and the current is fast. How could we dare to wade across it so rashly?"
Jiang Xue nodded in understanding.
It seemed to be true. "Then what do you think? If we build a stone bridge over this river and reclaim the wasteland on the opposite side to grow crops, would that work?"
Before Asongbo could reply, Sangyang interrupted, "Sure, I went to the other side a few times when you were out the other day. The terrain there is even flatter than this side. If we could cultivate it and use it as farmland, it would be perfect."
"But now that the river is flowing again, how are we going to build this bridge?"
This is a difficult problem.
This river is more than ten meters wide. It is not an ordinary small ditch. By placing a few pieces of wood on it, it can be used as a bridge.
Moreover, the water flow is very fast. Before the wood is put on the ground, it might have been washed away by the rushing river.
"This bridge is not easy to build!" Asongbo said cheerfully, "When there were floods in the past, even this side of the valley would be flooded. How could your wooden bridge withstand it?"
Jiang Xue was a little surprised.
Like Sang Yang, she had never experienced a flood in the Snake Tribe's river and was unaware of this matter.
"Is it really that powerful?"
"How could I lie to you about something like this? If you don't believe me, go ask those old guys. They've all seen this river flood."
Seeing that Asongbo was speaking so seriously, Jiang Xue had no choice but to leave in disappointment.
However, she said she would build this river no matter what.
If a wooden bridge doesn't work, build one out of stone.
If you only use stones to build a bridge, you will have to lay the foundation and build piers.
Now that we have lime, we can build stronger houses by adding lime and sand.
But lime is afraid of water. If the walls are whitewashed with lime, they will peel off quickly if they are not properly protected from moisture.
Therefore, if it is used to build bridge piers that are soaked in water all year round, other things will definitely be needed as adhesives.
What exactly is this adhesive?
Jiang Xue was very distressed.
If you can't cross the river, you can only develop further away.
But all the people in the tribe gather in this area. If the land is too far away, it will definitely affect the harvest and daily management of the crops.
Jiang Xue never imagined that the large piece of land in front of the tribe, apart from a pottery kiln, a brickyard and a few houses, all the land added up was only a dozen acres.
And these dozen acres of land still need to plant some fruit trees and dig canals...
After all, it was because she had no proper planning at the beginning and just started to dig indiscriminately. If she had thought that there would be so many people in the tribe today, she would definitely have made a good plan.
But it's too late to plan now.
It seems that we can only develop towards the lotus pond.
She had surveyed the terrain there. Although there was some slope, it was not very steep and could be used to grow some drought-resistant crops.
For example, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc., and the tribe has successfully grown one crop of these three, and they are indeed drought-resistant crops.
There are also soybeans. Jiang Xue has soybean seeds, but has never planted them yet.
Jiang Xue was thinking quickly in her mind, and called Xiangcao and Aqing over. The three of them carried hoes and walked towards the lotus pond.
When we arrived at the lotus pond, we found that there was not a drop of water in the pond due to the severe drought. The lotus leaves had fallen to the ground early due to lack of water, and only some broken leaves could be seen.
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