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Such a conversion ratio is a bit too complicated for the old primitive people.
Han Cheng explained it to Mao, and after making sure that Mao understood what he meant, he asked Mao to convey it to the old primitive people.
Mao pointed at the things written on the wooden board and talked for a while. Seeing that the old primitive people still didn't understand, he scratched his hair and led the old primitive people to the bronze highway that had been built for some distance.
After letting Shitou measure a length of 100 meters with a ruler and circle it with lime powder, he pointed to the distance and then to a large spoonful of salt scooped out of the salt jar, and then talked for a long time before making them understand that they could get these after building a road of this distance.
After making sure that some of the old primitive people understood the exchange, Mao took out five more bowls, and then pointed at these five normal-sized pottery bowls and continued to convey it to the old primitive people in his own way.
With the understanding of salt, the old primitive people understood more quickly that building a road of such a distance could be exchanged for five precious pottery bowls.
However, although it seemed that the old primitive people had already understood it, Han Cheng still asked Mao to demonstrate it to them again several times to make sure that they really understood it.
Because he was worried that the old primitive people would understand it as building a hundred meters of road and getting so many things at the same time.
If this is true, then misunderstandings may arise in the future.
In fact, at the beginning, Han Cheng wanted to calculate it according to the number of days, but after thinking about it, he changed it to the current method of more work, more pay.
This may prevent some people from being lazy.
Although according to the honest character of these people, they basically will not do this, but there is always nothing wrong in taking precautions in advance.
The old primitive people looked at the salt jars, pottery bowls, and the yellow food on the roadside, and then looked at the road circled with lime, which seemed to be only a short distance away, and their eyes lit up.
They all knew how delicious and useful salt and pottery were. The old primitive man and the other five people from the Wind Tribe had also eaten that yellow food and were deeply impressed by it. This food was especially delicious when paired with the dishes made by the Green Bird Tribe.
These are all good things!
Now, they only need to build a road of this distance to get these things. It would be strange if their eyes did not light up.
Even under the stimulation of these things, the old primitive people are now eager to start building roads.
The old primitive man stretched out his left hand, looked at the fingers on his left hand for a while, thought for a while, then stretched out his right hand, put his two hands together, and then he showed a satisfied smile.
He felt that with the people in his tribe, he could build as many roads divided into sections as the fingers on his two hands in a day.
After learning about the old primitive man's ambitions from Mao who was standing beside him and translating, Han Cheng smiled.
When coming up with this 'payroll', Han Cheng referred to the speed at which his tribe built these roads.
Assuming that they are proficient in using various tools for road construction and are relatively skilled in road construction, the 20 adults in the tribe can only build a maximum of 100 meters a day if they only build dirt roads.
Now, there are twenty-two adults from the Wind Tribe and twenty-five from the Neighboring Wind Tribe.
With such a large number of people, a tribe wants to build one thousand meters a day. Do they really think they are human bulldozers and steamrollers?
However, although he thought so in his heart, Han Cheng did not let Mao tell these things to the old primitive people. It is always good to have such ambitions...
Sometimes, if you don't try hard, you won't experience what despair is.
In the evening, watching the old primitive people looking at two sections of roads that were only half built with a look of despair on their faces, Han Cheng suddenly came up with this toxic piece of chicken soup in his mind.
Thinking about how ambitious the old primitive people were before, and then looking at how they now seemed to have lost all their dreams, Han Cheng felt that this poisonous chicken soup still made sense...
When the old primitive people arrived on the first day, the accommodation had not been repaired yet. The adults rested in the yard of the Tongshan residential area that night, while the minors slept in the houses of the Qingque tribe.
Because the doors and windows of the houses of the Qingque tribe are made of coarse linen and bamboo strips to make window screens and door curtains, if mosquitoes run in, they will light straw ropes woven with mugwort to fumigate them, so there are basically no mosquitoes.
Lying on the flat and spacious earthen kang with a cool bamboo mat underneath, with a piece of soft fur on their bellies to prevent them from catching a cold, smelling the pleasant aroma left by the burning mugwort in the room, thinking of the delicious food, and the food called "canned food" that was so delicious that people would never forget it, and the amiable and kind smile of the noble Son of God, the minors from the Feng tribe and the neighboring Feng tribe who lived together felt that today's experience was just like a wonderful dream.
They immediately fell in love with this tribe that arrived for the first time.
As the night deepened, these minors gradually fell asleep amid the sound of people sleeping outside slapping mosquitoes with their hands.
For the first time in summer, they were not bitten by mosquitoes and slept very soundly. Some of the little ones saw something interesting in their dreams and laughed out loud...
The old primitive people obviously possessed the good quality of becoming more courageous when faced with setbacks. Yesterday, they were all hit hard, but this morning they got up early and ate two bowls of millet porridge with two chopsticks of cold wild vegetables. When they thought about the salt and other things they could exchange for after the road was repaired, they became full of energy again.
However, Han Cheng brought Mao and the others over and stopped the old primitive man.
Mao pointed at the long hair of the old primitive people, then pointed at the short hair of himself and others, and began to communicate with the old primitive people.
After this kind of communication went on for a while, the following scene appeared in the courtyard of the Qingque tribe:
Two people from the Wind Tribe sat on the wooden blocks with stiff bodies, and they had a piece of bare leather around their necks. Two people from the Green Bird Tribe held a wooden comb in one hand and a pair of bronze scissors in the other, and kept cutting.
As they moved, hair fluttered down, and if there was a large glass mirror in front, it would look more like a barber shop in modern times.
Next to them, the old primitive man, whose appearance had changed greatly, and another man who had just had his hair cut, kept touching their heads with their hands, looking curious.
It is comfortable to have your hair short. Not only does it feel comfortable when you touch it with your hands, but your head also feels lighter and more importantly, it feels cool!
You can feel the comfort of the wind cooling your scalp!
Seeing the old primitive men touching their heads and praising them endlessly, the others who were originally reluctant to have their hair cut also became tempted.
I want to experience the comfort of short hair as soon as possible.
Even the female primitives wanted to have a buzz cut like the male primitives.
However, Han Cheng did not allow this.
Because a man with a buzz cut has a big chest, Han Cheng feels uncomfortable just thinking about this situation.
The women's hair was also cut a little, but not too much, and the remaining hair was still above the waist.
Then, under the guidance of some female primitive people from the Tongshan residential area, they went downstream of the stream to wash their hair.
The fragrant and smooth soap smells good and should taste delicious too.
The female primitive people from the Feng Tribe and the Linfeng Tribe saw soap for the first time and drooled at the soap.
There was even a female primitive who couldn't help but take some off, secretly put it into her mouth and chewed it slowly. Then when she opened her mouth, bubbles came out of her mouth, which made the people around her laugh in good faith.
Under the instruction of the women of the Green Bird tribe, these primitive women understood the correct way to use soap.
After wetting your hair with stream water, take this fragrant and smooth stuff and apply it to your hair. Rub it with your hands for a while, and your hands and head will be covered with white foam.
Those who were washing their hair with soap for the first time looked at the white foam on their hands, then raised their heads to look at the white clouds floating in the blue sky. They were all surprised and full of curiosity.
Through this novel thing of the kind tribe, they actually took all the clouds in the sky into their hands!
After washing your hair, take a comb and start combing it.
Women always have a natural affinity for things like combs. Without even a few demonstrations from the women of the Qingque tribe, the people of the two tribes had already learned how to use combs to comb their hair.
After my hair was dry, I started braiding it by the stream.
Many women of the Wind Tribe have learned the skill of braiding hair under the instruction of the female primitive who traveled to the Tongshan residential area of the Green Bird Tribe three times.
The female primitive people of the Linfeng tribe would not do that. They just stood there with envy on their faces.
So, the women of the Qingque tribe came over to braid their hair. After braiding, they used hairbands made of linen strips dyed red or yellow, and tied a beautiful bow at the end. From a distance, it looked like beautiful butterflies had landed on their hair, which was very beautiful.
The women, who had their hair braided and tied in beautiful bows, were staring at their own reflections in the water, each of them looking a little dazed.
In the past, they were always busy with their lives and never paid much attention to their image.
Now, under the leadership of the kind-hearted Green Bird tribe, they have washed and dressed up, and suddenly discovered that they are actually so beautiful.
When they returned from the stream, these women, who had changed their looks, walked back while chattering and laughing.
Although they did not speak the same language, some spoke Mandarin while others spoke the simple yet difficult language of the tribe, it was undeniable that the communication between the two sides was very cheerful.
Sometimes, it is so easy for women to build relationships. A beautiful hairband or a new hairstyle can greatly promote their relationship and make them chatter excitedly for a long time.
This is true for both primitive people and women in later generations.
But relatively speaking, the happiness among primitive people who are accustomed to collective life is purer and simpler.
The minors from both tribes also did the same thing.
After taking a bath with soap and getting their hair cut by the stream, they all looked like a different person.
Boys, like adult men, have short hair.
The girls had their hair cut to ear level and then tied it into two pigtails.
Two bows were tied at the ends of the pigtails using dyed linen.
As they ran, their curly pigtails swayed, and the bows tied on them also danced up and down. It really looked like two bright butterflies lying on their hair, fluttering their wings and dancing...
The old primitive people felt touched when they saw these minors running and laughing.
They suddenly realized that the minors in the tribe were very good-looking.
Looking at them who were so happy at this moment, and then thinking back to how they cried because of hunger before, even the old primitive people felt that such a scene was particularly comforting, even more comforting than eating delicious food themselves.
Han Cheng felt very comfortable watching this scene.
This is not only because if they don't speak, the people from the Feng Tribe and the neighboring Feng Tribe will look no different from the people from their own tribe, but more importantly, these people have become clean and are no longer the same as before, which makes people uncomfortable to look at.
"Take all this out and burn it."
Han Cheng pointed at the pile of cut hair and spoke.
There is no one in this world who collects hair, so Han Cheng naturally doesn't feel sorry at all for burning the cut hair.
Moreover, even if there were people collecting hair, Han Cheng would still burn the hair, because there were some indescribable and uncomfortable little animals in the cut hair...
They bathed and had their hair cut in the morning. In the afternoon, the people from the two tribes continued to build the village. Han Cheng, Shitou and others served as technical instructors.
Because this is an extremely important road to the Qingque tribe, it was built with extra care.
Some people in the front were removing grass roots, tree roots and other things, while some people in the back were shoveling the soil to level it.
These are not the most spectacular things. The most spectacular things are the people who are shouting slogans while tamping the earth.
"One, two, three! Hey~!"
"Keep working hard! Hey~!"
"Four, five, six! Hey~!"
"Come and eat meat! Hey~!"
As loud calls were sounded, the stone pillars tied with thick hemp ropes flew in the air, rising and falling as people's arms were raised. Every time they fell, a dull sound was heard, and the earth trembled slightly.
The loose soil that had just been shoveled out was sunken a lot by the heavy stone piers.
The call was made by Han Cheng.
When doing tasks such as tamping earth that require the joint efforts of multiple people, shouting slogans not only increases the strength, but also allows everyone to work together and exert their strength in one direction.
It is a very good method.
It's just that the people of these two tribes have not learned to speak Mandarin yet. The people who shouted the slogans were from the Qingque tribe, and the people who were doing the tamping of the earth in these two tribes were only responsible for making the "Hey Yo" sound.
Looking at the long-legged people with red faces and thick necks shouting slogans, and the people from the Wind Tribe and the two tribes who made "Hey Yo" sounds and lifted the stone pillars into the sky, Han Cheng suddenly remembered the Phoenix Legend in the future who dominated the square dance with songs...
The road surface was not finished after it was tamped. Someone in the back was leading a donkey from the Qingque tribe, pulling a stone roller to thresh the ground back and forth...
While the people of these two tribes were building the road here, the trading team of the Qingque tribe, under Han Cheng's command, walked forward about fifteen miles along the road that had been opened up before, chose a relatively flat place close to the road, and cleared out a piece of open space.
Then, on this open space, they used the felled wood and branches to build houses, imitating the semi-cave houses of the semi-agricultural tribes.
This is a built shed.
The road now being built is not very long and is not far from the Tongshan residential area. These people can return to the Tongshan courtyard to rest at night and continue working in the morning.
But once the road is built farther, it will be unrealistic to run back and forth like this.
So Han Cheng asked someone to build a shed here in advance to prepare for the future.
Otherwise, it would be really unsafe to live here in the wilderness at night.
The semi-cave-like circular buildings of the semi-agricultural tribes are easy to build and are perfect for building temporary living sheds.
Around the four round houses, a small fence was built using branches and stumps.
A little over one meter high.
Although it is a bit low, it can still play a certain defensive role.
While these things were being done, people from One Wind Tribe and the Neighboring Wind Tribe were watching and participating in them.
This was an intentional arrangement by Han Cheng.
After all, they couldn't stay here for too long, nor could they build all the sheds needed along the way.
After they leave, the people from these two tribes will have to build the sheds themselves.
As for the fact that this way of building houses would be learned by people from these two tribes, Han Cheng was not worried at all because this was not a core thing in the tribe.
The most important thing in the tribe is farming.
Without sufficient food support, it doesn't matter if they learn the skill of building houses.
Moreover, according to Han Cheng's plan, the people of these tribes will be able to become his own people in due time.
It doesn’t matter if they learn some of these things in advance, because sooner or later they will all be part of the same tribe.
Although this dome-shaped semi-cave house is far less majestic and tall than the houses built with stones and wooden beams seen in the Tongshan residential area, for the two people from the outside tribe who have always lived in the cave and have never participated in the construction of houses, this kind of "cave" that can be used for living is made on the flat ground with just their own hands and some common materials is still very novel, even surprising.
After the construction was completed, the two men looked at the several dome huts that appeared here and the fence made of branches around the huts, then looked down at their hands, as if they couldn't believe that these things were built by them and the people of this kind tribe together...
On the premise that they could get something from the Qingque tribe for every hundred meters of road built, the old primitive people naturally used the minors in their tribe.
These minors are certainly not good at ramming earth, but they can be used to do some tasks such as clearing grass and tree roots.
However, Han Cheng did not let these minors participate in labor all day, but only half a day.
The remaining half day was not idle either. Instead, I easily completed the measurement and used lime powder to circle the stones in the shape of the road, and taught them to speak Mandarin and write.
Then, when these minors go back, they will teach the adults in their tribes, asking them to only speak Mandarin, and not requiring them to learn more difficult characters.
The old primitive people saw that the minors in their tribe lived such happily in such a life. Although they felt a little sad about the delayed work, they still held a very supportive attitude towards it.
After these little guys came back, they always taught them to say some of the tribe's more difficult words, which made the old primitive people quite painful.
After the kind Son of God said that if these minors could learn these things from Stone, and that the Green Bird Tribe could provide half of the food subsidy for these minors every day, the old primitive people, who had few objections to begin with, became even less objectionable.
Han Cheng felt very happy when he saw the people from the two tribes who had the same hairstyle as his own tribe, worked hard for their tribe, and gradually learned to speak their own tribal language.
When he was alone in a place where no one could see him, Han Cheng would occasionally have a lewd smile on his face, looking like a fox that had stolen a chicken.
Looking at these people who were speaking Mandarin in a somewhat stiff manner, Han Cheng suddenly had the idea of how great it would be if all the tribes could speak Mandarin.
In this way, in the future, the descendants will not be tortured to death by the languages of other foreign tribes.
He suddenly felt a wonderful scene.
However, if you want such a thing to actually happen, the difficulty level is more than ten times greater than cultivating rapeseed into real cabbage.
This is not only a series that would be difficult to complete in his lifetime, even if Little Pea, his son, and his grandson were included, it would still be a bit mysterious.
This is a task that can be passed down from generation to generation as a family heirloom!
Han Cheng brought Shang, Mao and others to stay here for another seven days. Seeing that some things had been settled and the remaining things only needed to be done step by step without any problems, he explained some things that needed attention to him to Junior Brother Sha and others, and prepared to leave here and return to the Qingque main tribe.
This time they were out for quite a while.
However, Shitou, a high-end technician, needed to stay. He was mainly responsible for measuring the roads and outlining the roads for the people from the two tribes to build.
At the same time, the work of the people of these two tribes was recorded, and their "wages" were paid to them when they needed them.
The quality of the roads built by these two tribes must also be checked.
In addition to these three things, another important task is to continue teaching these minors to learn Mandarin and Chinese characters.
Shi Tou was not unfamiliar with teaching these things and was very good at it because he often did these things when he was in the main tribe. Later, most of the people who joined the Qingque tribe were taught to speak Mandarin by Shi Tou.
Junior Brother Sha and other people in the Tongshan residential area seemed very reluctant to see Han Cheng and his group leave.
Because of the days when the Son of God was around, they felt very relieved and safe. It was a feeling of having a backbone, which could not be replaced by the Green Bird Flag.
Not only them, but also the old primitive people and other hired workers who were building roads for the Qingque tribe showed some reluctance and panic when they learned that Han Cheng and others were about to leave the Tongshan residential area and go to another residential area of the tribe.
These days, they have become accustomed to the existence of this kind Son of God.
With the Son of God here, everything will be arranged in an orderly manner...
Even more reluctant than them were the minors from the two tribes.
After all, during this period of time, Han Cheng was the person from the Qingque tribe who had the most contact with them, except for Shi Tou.
And when they have nothing to do, they will take them to play some games or open a can of food.
Treat them very kindly.
Here with Han Cheng, these minors experienced something they had never experienced before.
Therefore, after learning that Han Cheng was about to leave, it would be strange if they were willing to let him go.
Some older minors couldn't help but wipe away their tears.
They had once migrated with the tribe and thought that Han Cheng would never come back and they would never see the respected Son of God again.
After learning about the little guys' thoughts, Han Cheng felt a lump in his throat. He helped wipe their tears and comforted them with a smile.
"I will come over when the time comes, and we can still see each other. And when this road is repaired, it will be very close from here to our other residence. If you want to see me when the time comes, just keep walking along this road."
Mao translated the meaning of Han Cheng's words to them. After the minors understood Han Cheng's meaning, they felt much better.
After staying here for a while, Han Cheng led the trading team out of the Tongshan residential area and headed towards the location of the Qingque main tribe along a road that was more than three miles long.
The minors from the two tribes and the old primitive people followed Junior Brother Sha and the people from the Tongshan residential area and were sent to the end of the road.
After Han Cheng's repeated persuasion, he stayed here, and reluctantly watched Han Cheng and the others gradually leaving.
Only after the green bird flag, which was floating slightly in the breeze, gradually disappeared from sight did the crowd slowly disperse and go about their own business.
These minors who have lived in Tongshan residential area for some time and spent a carefree life have become much quieter this morning.
With a tense face and tools in his hands, he was working diligently on the road repair.
They wanted to repair the road as soon as possible so that they could go to another place to see the respected Son of God.
This is what the Son of God said. The Son of God would never lie to them. Everything the Son of God said to them these days has come true, and this time will be no exception!
Not only them, the old primitive people also built roads with more enthusiasm and worked more seriously than before.
Because they were also reluctant to see the Son of God leave, and they also wanted to visit the other place where the Son of God and his companions lived.
These days they also learned some news about another residential area in the tribe.
Knowing there are taller walls, friendlier people, and more delicious food...
As long as they can build this road, they can go over and take a look...
Time passed quickly. It was only early summer when Han Cheng started planning to build the Bronze Expressway.
And now, when everything is on track, midsummer has passed quietly and the breath of autumn has arrived.
When walking on the road, occasionally some yellow leaves fall from the trees, like colorful butterflies.
“Ga ga ga…”
“Flutter…”
A group of wild ducks with a touch of green feathers on their heads were startled by the noise made by Han Cheng and his group. They quacked, flapped their wings and flew away into the distance, leaving a panic-stricken scene behind.
Han Cheng stopped and looked at the wild ducks that flew away and fell into the water with a thoughtful look on his face.
It was not because he suddenly wanted to catch all those green-headed wild ducks and roast them, but because he remembered something else related to this place.
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