After listening to Meng Yuqing's words, Xuan thought for a while and then said, "We should start organizing people to clear out the current inventory. Generally, some livestock and wild animals will shed their fur around the beginning of winter, and we can then stockpile a new batch of fur. Although it's autumn fur, it can still be spun into yarn and knitted into scarves, sweaters, trousers, etc."
"I remember woolen fabrics can be made in winter, and most people stay at home in winter. Besides sub-beasts, orcs can also make them, so the consumption of wool is huge. I think we can round up a few more herds of spiral-horned beasts and collect their wool around the time winter comes, just like we did last time."
The two of them were discussing how to find work for the surrounding tribes. Lian was listening on the side and found that he could not get a word in at all, so he turned around, changed into a beast and flew away.
After the two of them made a plan for what to do next, they symbolically went to find Xia and told him their ideas.
Xia was holding Xing and stroking his fur, exchanging a father-son relationship. Without even raising his eyelids, he said, "I understand. Just make your own arrangements."
After the two walked away, Meng Yuqing looked back and whispered to Xuan, "The clan leader is getting lazier and lazier."
Xuan hugged Meng Yuqing and rubbed his hair wildly, saying, "Be careful that your father hears."
"We've walked so far, we shouldn't be able to hear it anymore." Meng Yuqing said a little guiltily.
"Guess." Xuan raised his eyebrows.
After symbolically passing through Xia's place, Xuan took Meng Yuqing to find Lan and told Lan that he wanted to catch some more conch shells to pluck their fur before and after winter.
"No problem, I'll take people out in the next two days." He glanced at Xuan and joked, "Once I find the herd, you have to send me all the people this time. Don't be as stingy as Xia."
"Haha, I'll try my best." Xuan laughed and directly pulled Meng Yuqing away from Lan's home.
At the same time, spinning machines were being produced at a rapid pace. Qiu Ye gathered all the sub-beasts who came to work in the hunting area and taught them how to weave scarves, sweaters and trousers with wool in a large house.
Even those tribes sent people to learn, and when winter came, they would take the wool back and weave it.
Qingshan City, which had cooled down a little, became busy again.
Before autumn, they heard news about Ji again. It was brought by the dog-beast people. Their people were still migrating to the south in batches, and each batch had more sub-beasts than orcs.
"The Thorn Tribe and the Bone-Thorn Tribe jointly sent people to the northwest, but nothing happened. Ji Hefu then cooperated and took down a subordinate tribe of the Bone-Thorn Tribe."
"The Bone-Bone Tribe was worried that their own tribe wanted to recall their people, but the Thorn Tribe was unwilling to do so, and conflicts arose between the two sides."
"I don't know what they talked about, but the leader of the Thorn Tribe was extremely angry and nearly killed the messenger from the Bone Thrashing Tribe. Now the relationship between the two sides has cooled. I don't think they'll go to the northwest again before spring."
Tong's deputy came to Qingshan City and told Xuan and Meng Yuqing what happened there.
"Are you going back to the northwest before winter?" Meng Yuqing asked.
Tong's deputy nodded and said, "Yes, we need to send more people over."
Meng Yuqing turned to look at Xuan, who understood and said, "Bring some food with you when you go. At least it will be easier in winter."
"And the seeds we selected. Those of you who stayed here have already planted them once. They know how to grow them. No matter what, we have to make sure everyone has food to eat."
Meng Yuqing then added, "The Thorn Tribe and the Bone-Throbbing Tribe have traveled such a long way to the northwest. Their supplies are definitely insufficient, and the orcs who have emerged can only rely on hunting on their own."
"You just need to stay in the northwest and ensure a stable source of food. There's no need to engage them head-on. Just fight them. They can't outlast you."
"Besides, they have to hunt to eat, and hunting always requires wild animals. The northwest is your territory. If you interfere with their hunting and drive away the wild animals on their path, even if you can only drive away some of them, it will be enough to make them howl with hunger."
"It all depends on how you operate. After all, you are familiar with the Northwest, right?"
As he spoke, Meng Yuqing took out a basket of Bird Island's specialty herbs from the space warehouse. These were the herbs Ling had used when he first traded with the fruit tribe.
"Animal repellent grass. Aside from a few wild animals that have no reaction to this herb, most other wild animals hate the smell of this herb and will avoid it if they smell it."
"You know more about hunting in the northwest than we do. The specific procedures and how to use this herb are up to you."
After hearing what Meng Yuqing said, Tong's deputy opened his mouth in surprise and stammered, "It's...it's still possible?"
Meng Yuqing looked at Xuan and said, "This move is called fortifying the walls and clearing the fields."
Xuan nodded and said thoughtfully, "It was mentioned in the book you gave me." He looked at Meng Yuqing and smiled, "Now I understand the meaning even better."
Tong's deputy was still in a trance when he left Qingshan City with a basket of herbs. When he was halfway there, he became very excited and wanted to fly back to the northwest immediately to tell Tong about Meng Yuqing's good idea, and then tell Ji.
As long as they operate well, the guys who come to invade the northwest will not have to worry about starving to death!
Tong's deputy stayed here for a month and a half, and then took the tribesmen who knew how to plant and set off back to the northwest.
Each of them carried food equal to his and their weight, including several smaller bags, a bag of wheat seeds carefully selected by Qingshan City in recent years, and three bags of animal-repelling grass.
In a remote valley in the north, a huge North American gray wolf lay on the ground licking its wounds.
A lynx sat beside him, keeping a vigilant eye on the surroundings.
After a long while, Ji said, "Have the brothers who were more seriously injured used the herbs?"
Jingjing nodded and said, "We used them all, but the herbs are almost gone. We just diluted them with water and applied them to everyone. We have to go collect more."
He said with relief in his tone, "Luckily, the people in Qingshan City told us about these two herbs."
Ji lowered his head and hummed softly, then continued, "Let's retreat to the northwest to recuperate for a while. No one can bear it any longer. Even with the hemostatic and blood-producing herbs, our bodies can't withstand this."
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