The warm sunshine shines from the sky, the ice and snow melt, all things come back to life, and there is a lazy smell in the air. If you sniff hard, you can feel the breath of spring.
After the ice and snow melted, Tongshan looks even cleaner, and it has a green metallic luster under the sunlight, which is very beautiful.
At the foot of Tongshan Mountain, in a courtyard built entirely of stone, near the west side, people were busy working. Several stoves were burning, and white smoke was rising from time to time.
As the white smoke rose, jars of copper ingots appeared.
On the copper mountain, some people were holding hammers, chisels and other tools, hammering on the ore with clanging sounds.
Then they scooped up the knocked-down ore with a shovel and put it into a basket, then carried it to the edge of the cliff and dumped it down with a shoulder pole.
The ore bounced and slid down the cliff, and then gathered at the bottom of the cliff, where it piled up into a small hill.
Those who do the mining work are basically slaves in the tribe.
Moreover, many of these slaves were slaves from semi-agricultural tribes who were transferred here after the Chinese New Year.
At this time, when they were doing this, no one was thinking of being lazy or running away.
Because long before they came here, they had been in the big tribe, walking on the snow and getting a lot of stones.
After going through this kind of training, they no longer feel that doing things like mining is so hard or tiring.
Moreover, they all remembered the enviable commendation meeting held that day.
Because there is hope in the heart, the tolerance for suffering also increases.
In addition to this, there was another reason. On the first day they came here, Junior Brother Sha, carrying a longbow, took them to another mine to see the rebellious slave Meng, who had lost his human form, and told them in detail the story of Meng and the punishment he had received.
Meng, who was almost indistinguishable from a human figure, left a deep enough impression on everyone, making them once again realize the consequences of defection.
Outside the Tongshan residential area, near the stream, Junior Brother Sha was plowing the field with the plow handle.
In front of the plow, the animal pulling the plow was not a deer from the tribe, but an animal that came with the new slaves and was called a donkey by the Son of God.
This kind of animal is much larger and stronger than an ordinary deer, and is very suitable for pulling a plow.
These animals are not used to pulling plows and need someone to lead them from the front.
And sometimes, even if someone is holding him, this guy will want to change his mind and not do it anymore.
However, this kind of thing is difficult for Junior Brother Sha.
While holding the plow, he also held a whip in his hand. If the donkey turned over, he would whip it without hesitation.
After a period of time, the number of times these donkeys turned over their harnesses gradually decreased.
After plowing the land for a while, Junior Brother Sha took a short break.
Looking into the distance, there were a dozen slaves carrying hoes and shovels and reclaiming wasteland in a somewhat unskilled manner.
These were newly acquired slaves from semi-agricultural tribes.
Junior Brother Sha didn’t know about the battle before the New Year. He only heard the news when the dust settled and he returned to the tribe to celebrate the New Year.
After learning the news, Junior Brother Sha felt very sorry.
Then he pulled the people in the tribe together and asked them carefully about the various events in the battle.
Before asking, I just felt a little regretful. After asking carefully, I felt even more regretful.
It’s exciting to think that so many people would voluntarily leave their tribe and attack the semi-agricultural tribe.
Not to mention, in this battle, the Son of God used his wisdom to set up an ambush outside in advance and captured everyone in one fell swoop!
Just thinking about this battle will tell you how exciting it will be!
And I didn't even participate. How can I not feel regretful?
After resting here for a while, Junior Brother Sha called on another person to get up and continue plowing the field.
When they set out from the tribe, the Son of God said that this year they would produce more copper and grain, and for this purpose he specially allocated 30 more adult slaves to the Copper Mountain.
Under such circumstances, how could Junior Brother Sha not just farm well?
The world is big and many things happen at the same time every day.
Just as Junior Brother Sha, who was farming, was feeling very regretful for not participating in the last battle, a war was brewing in the north where the ice and snow were melting, and was rapidly fermenting and expanding as the air gradually warmed.
The leader of the Grass Tribe is now very terrified, because the ice and snow have just melted and the evil and powerful Black Stone Tribe is coming again.
Although the leader of the Grass Tribe was extremely reluctant, he still offered some of the food they had obtained.
But what made the leader of the Grass Tribe angry and horrified was that the evil Black Stone Tribe did not stop there after taking the food they offered, but instead required her to bring a number of adults in the tribe equal to the handful of sticks given to her by the Black Stone Tribe, as well as food for the journey, and go to the Black Stone Tribe during this full moon!
After the people of the Black Stone Tribe left, the leader of the Grass Tribe began to take the sticks and compare them one-on-one with the adults in the tribe.
One stick corresponds to one person.
When she had finished throwing the sticks in her hands, she realized that there were only a few adults left in the tribe who were not holding sticks!
This made the leader of the Grass Tribe both shocked and angry.
Because according to the Blackrock Tribe's requirements, most of the adults in their tribe will go to the Blackrock Tribe in the near future.
This back and forth will greatly affect the tribe's food supply. It would be strange if the leader of the Grass Tribe was not angry!
But there was no way. The Blackrock Tribe was too powerful and their tribe could not resist at all.
So when the moon in the sky gradually became full, she took some food for the journey and led the people in the tribe on the road to the Black Stone Tribe.
While walking, she would also ask people to find some food.
When they arrived at the Black Rock Tribe, the leader of the Grass Tribe was surprised again, because there were a lot of people gathered outside the Black Rock Tribe cave, at least as many tribes as the fingers on one hand.
And these tribes, like hers, are all populated by adults.
After being surprised, the leader of the Grass Tribe became confused and didn't understand what the Black Stone Tribe was trying to do.
The people of the Blackrock Tribe did not tell them what to do, but just asked them to wait here.
When the moon was fully full the next day, two more people from the tribe came over.
The people of the Blackrock Tribe began to lead them to a place with weapons.
After walking for two days, the leader of the Grass Tribe finally realized what they were going to do - the people of the Black Stone Tribe were going to take them to attack a tribe!