After determining the route from Longmen Inn to Wild Duck Lake, Han Cheng returned to Lotus Island.
Because he knew that these people were now familiar with the road construction matter. Once the route was determined, he would not need to worry about the rest. These people in the tribe would do a good job.
When the road construction team was building the road, Han Cheng, who came to Lotus Island, asked some of them to build houses on the island.
The place where the house is built is on the north side of the island.
Han Cheng really couldn't muster up the courage to build a house on the south side of the island. Judging from the number of birds resting on the island at night, it was estimated that within two years, the house built here would be covered with bird droppings.
Han Cheng chose a relatively high terrain to build the house, and it was more than a hundred meters away from the closest location of the scum he could find on the north side of the island.
Building a house on Lotus Island is different from building a house far away from rivers and lakes. When building a house here, one must take into account the rising water levels of the lake in summer and autumn.
Otherwise, even if it looks fine now, the house may be washed away and submerged when the water rises.
Han Cheng had no plan to have people live permanently on Lotus Island. The houses were only built for temporary residence of people who dug guano, lotus roots, and later fished here, so there was no need to make them too high quality.
When it was built, there was no rammed earth wall, but instead the same method used to build the deer pen was adopted.
It is to clear out a piece of land first, and then draw the outline of the foundation where the house will be built on the land.
Then, they would nail wooden sticks, which were as thick as arms, over one meter high, and sharpened at one end, along the marked line, one stick each thirty centimeters.
After nailing them firmly, use more flexible branches to weave around the nailed sticks, one forward and one backward, all the way to the top.
After weaving, mix the mud and apply a thick layer of it on the inside and outside of the woven fence wall. In this way, the wall is ready.
Compared with rammed earth walls, this method of wall construction is much faster and less labor-intensive.
As for the roof, it is covered with tiles because tiles are much less troublesome than thatch.
As long as the tiles are not hit by heavy objects or blown away by strong winds, the roof will not be damaged as long as it is laid properly.
Thatched roof is different. Under the wind and sun, some places will start to leak after a few years and need to be repaired.
As for the tiles for building houses, there is no need to worry, because since the construction of Longmen Inn began, Heiwa has taken several people in the tribe who are engaged in this kind of work, and they have found a suitable place near Longmen Inn and started to build a kiln to burn tiles. Now they have produced quite a few finished products.
However, the Longmen Inn has not been completed yet, and it is far from time to put up the tiles.
In addition, some of the people who were building houses were transferred by Han Cheng to build roads, and the other part participated in the construction of houses on Lotus Island. Currently, the Longmen Inn is in a state of suspension, and the time for laying tiles will continue to be postponed.
Therefore, even if this batch of tiles was intercepted, under the firing of Heiwa and others, it would not affect the supply of tiles to Longmen Inn in due time.
However, when building these houses on Lotus Island, except for a few trees that had to be cut down in order to build roads on the island, the rest of the wood was all cut down outside and then transported here.
Not only was wood transported from outside when building houses, but even firewood used for cooking was transported from outside.
Han Cheng made a clear rule for everyone, that is, except for the dead branches that fell on the ground, no wood from Lotus Island was allowed to be used when making fire.
The trees on Lotus Island cannot be cut down easily.
Also, when you go to the southern end of Lotus Island to get guano stones and the like, don't make loud noises and avoid early morning and evening, when there are the most birds.
At the same time, people are not allowed to shoot birds near Lotus Island.
The main reason for making this series of decisions is that Han Cheng wants to protect the island's ecology as much as possible and keep the birds living on Lotus Island so that they can produce manure for their tribe for a long time.
While making these regulations known, Han Cheng also told everyone the purpose of doing so.
Because only when people know the purpose of doing so and understand the significance of doing so to the tribe, will they be more willing to do these things without the need for someone to follow them and keep telling them.
This is what Han Cheng has always insisted on in the tribe. When telling the tribesmen how to do something, he will also try his best to tell the people in the tribe why they should do so and what good changes it will bring to the tribe and to his own life.
Judging from the current results, the effect is very good. This allows people in the tribe to strive for the same dream, work spontaneously to make the tribe better, and make the tribe more united and more positive.
Taizu once said, we come from all corners of the world, for the same purpose...
Han Cheng remembers this lesson very clearly. When one acts in a tribe, one will be influenced consciously or unconsciously. The current prosperity and unity of the tribe also proves that this approach is correct.
Thanks to the efforts of all the people in the tribe, after the road from Longmen Inn to Wild Duck Lake was built, a dozen houses on Lotus Island were also completed.
There was no wall built around the house like other buildings built by the Qingque tribe. Instead, there was a fence wall about 1.2 meters high nailed out with tree sticks around the house.
The reason for this is that there are no poisonous insects or ferocious beasts on Lotus Island. In recent days, the most ferocious animals encountered on Lotus Island, apart from the birds that occasionally drop bombs from the air, are the old turtles that are caught and eaten by the people in the tribe.
In this case, there is naturally no need to spend effort to build any walls.
After these two things were built, the people responsible for excavating and transporting the guano also piled up a large pile of guano at the edge of Wild Duck Lake.
Seeing this, Han Cheng asked the people who were building the bridge and the Longmen Inn to continue their previous work. He and the people who had devoted themselves to the work after two days of sightseeing loaded the guano stones onto donkey carts or wheelbarrows, pulled them to the Longmen Post Station, and then began to transport them to the Qingque main tribe.
On the day before the transportation back, Han Cheng had someone pick out a batch of lotus roots. Those that could not be planted were eaten, and those that could be planted were transported back to the Qingque main tribe and Tongshan residential area for planting.
At the same time, when Junior Brother Sha was taking some people to transport lotus roots to the Tongshan residential area, Han Cheng took out half a tiger talisman and asked Junior Brother Sha to give it to Shang, asking Shang to arrange some people from the Tongshan residential area to come together to transport the bird droppings.
Compared with the tiger talismans of the military alliance tribes that formed a military alliance with the Qingque tribe, the tiger talisman of the Tongshan residential area is one size larger, which shows that the status of the Tongshan residential area is far superior to those military alliance tribes.
In the current situation, it is actually possible to do without the tiger talisman. As long as Han Cheng says who will lead the guarding of the Tongshan residential area, everyone in the tribe will recognize him, and no one will lie if he tells someone to spread the word.
However, certain forms and systems still exist.
The system that seems dispensable now will become very important when the tribe grows stronger, so it is better to implement these measures from now on and let everyone in the tribe get used to them...
The people who stayed in the tribe were not idle either, but continued to be busy with tribal affairs, such as weeding, herding sheep, and feeding rabbits.
In the developed Qingque tribe, there are always many things that need people to do.
In addition to these, some people in the tribe are also doing other things.
In a millet field where the leaves were a little yellow and did not look strong at all, some people were bending over to weed. Besides them, there were some other people here, but their behavior seemed strange.
They carried a large basket in the crook of one arm and walked slowly forward along the empty ridge.
While walking, the other hand grabbed something from the lid and began waving his arms.
Let these things leak out from the gaps between your fingers, and scatter them as evenly as possible on the surrounding land.
What they are doing now is spreading fertilizer, which can also be called top dressing.
What they scattered in handfuls was the guano that was transported back from Lotus Island.
However, unlike the previous state of the stones, these guano stones have now been smashed into fine particles, somewhat similar to the common chemical fertilizers in later generations.
It was Han Cheng who proposed the idea of top dressing, so that the guano stones transported back could take effect as soon as possible.
Moreover, these not very strong crop seedlings also urgently need topdressing.
With this top dressing, we can harvest a lot more grain at harvest time.
As everyone waved their hands, the broken guano stones fell down and hit the leaves of the millet, making a crackling sound.
These people were scattering the fertilizer in front, and people with hoes followed behind them.
On the one hand, weed and loosen the soil, and on the other hand, cover the spread fertilizer with soil.
This will allow the effectiveness of guano to be better exerted.
This is the same principle as farmers in later generations usually apply top dressing fertilizer to the crops when it rains lightly.
Applying top dressing when it rains lightly can allow the fertilizer spread on the ground to melt quickly and allow the crops to absorb it immediately.
In addition, the fertilizers that fall on the leaves of crops will be melted by the rain and then flow along the stems to the roots, without causing damage such as burns to the leaves of crops.
Farming is a major matter concerning the survival and development of the tribe. It also involves a lot of knowledge and is not as simple as it seems on the surface.
Life is busy, but there are also times to relax.
Just like now.
As the lotus leaves swayed, a wooden boat emerged from among them.
"Brother Cheng, here! Here!"
Sister Bai Xue shouted excitedly and pointed to a place not far away.
Looking in the direction of her finger, there was a big lotus pod hidden under a lotus leaf.
"Okay!"
Han Cheng readily agreed, and pulled the oars a little further back. The small boat then pushed aside the layers of lotus leaves and headed in the direction of the lotus pod.
After the boat approached, Sister Bai Xue held the lotus pod in one hand and pinched the lotus stem underneath the pod with the other hand. With a force of both hands, the unusually plump lotus pod was in her hands.
After the lotus pods were picked, a large amount of white juice gushed out from the lotus stems, as if it was crying out against the robbers' brutality.
Sister Bai Xue didn't care about these things. She was as happy as a fool holding the lotus pod in her hand.
After letting Han Cheng look at it for a long time, he put it in the boat and continued to look for the next target.
After seeing it, I shouted with joy.
Whenever this happened, Han Cheng would use the oar to poke the mud and push the boat across.
Looking at his delighted daughter-in-law, Han Cheng couldn't help but smile.
He really enjoyed paddling a small boat and carrying his silly wife to pick lotus pods among the layers of lotus leaves. He felt that this moment was particularly comfortable.
It is more interesting than standing on the shore and watching the lotus-picking girls rowing their boats, appearing and disappearing among the lotus leaves, and then swallowing their saliva secretly on the shore and muttering: "The rushes are lush, the white dew turns to frost. The so-called sweetheart is on the other side of the water..."
In particular, the boat is pushed between the layers of lotus leaves and fixed there with a bamboo pole.
The boat swayed slightly from side to side, creating waves and making soft sounds, which might scare away one or two fish looking for food among the lotus leaves, making it even more interesting.
Only those who have picked lotus pods themselves can understand it.
The lotus seeds that are not fully grown are most delicious after being peeled. They have a sweet taste with a fresh fragrance and you will never get tired of eating them.
However, plump lotus seeds are not suitable for eating plain. After peeling off the outer layer of skin, open the lotus seeds, remove the lotus core, and put them in the pot to cook porridge, which is very good and filling.
If you can put some sugar in it, it will taste better.
The lotus seeds must be removed because the grown lotus seeds taste astringent and bitter and will spoil the taste.
With Han Cheng, the Son of God, taking the lead and eating delicious lotus seeds, people on Lotus Island liked to paddle a small boat to pick lotus pods between the layers of lotus leaves in their free time.
In the midst of the busyness, the Dragon Gate Inn was built. There was a green bird carved on it and a plaque with the words "Dragon Gate Inn" on it. When it was hung there, it looked imposing and gave off a feeling of crouching tigers, hidden dragons and squatting dragons.
Several larger bridges were also built near Longmen Inn and extended all the way to the Tongshan residential area.
On Lotus Island, potholes were dug out where guano existed, and the road leading to the simple pier was also trampled flat and solid.
There are donkey carts and some carts traveling on the Bronze Highway and the road from Longmen Inn to Wild Duck Lake.
Cartloads of guano were transported to the fields of the Qingque tribe and the Tongshan residential area.
After being smashed, people picked them up with their hands and scattered them in handfuls on the fields.
Time passed quietly in such a busy time. Before they knew it, it was as if it had rained. Suddenly, everyone realized that the sun was not as hot as before, and it became much cooler when they went to bed at night...
After an autumn rain, the weather became cooler and the leaves of many trees turned dark green.
The previously tender and fresh young man was successfully tortured by the butcher knife of time and turned into an old man.
At this time, all bridges on the Bronze Highway had been built where they were needed.
The road was finally completely built, and donkey carts could run on it very smoothly.
The road construction team returned to the tribe.
After the people who transported the guano stones brought all the guano stones to the shore of Wild Duck Lake back to the tribe, they stayed in the tribe and did not leave.
Because, the autumn harvest, which is very important to the tribe, is about to begin!
At the Qingque main tribe, Han Cheng, Wu and a group of people stood at the edge of a millet field, looking at the millets standing in the field with their heads hanging, and each of them had a happy look on their face.
Some people, including Wu, were praising the effectiveness of guano.
Because before the crushed guano was used as topdressing, the millet growing on this piece of land did not grow vigorously and its leaves appeared yellow.
But after spreading the guano and covering it with soil by hoeing the ground and two rains, a miracle happened.
The millet, which originally had yellow and dry branches and leaves and was obviously malnourished, now turned dark blue and grew extremely vigorously.
Now that it is almost time for harvest, the crops have surpassed those in the surrounding areas that were not fertilized with guano.
Not only do the ears of grain grow bigger, but the grains inside also become fuller.
The effect is comparable to that of Jin Ke La.
If there were enough guano, the tribe's overall food production would be greatly improved.
This patch of millet, as well as several other patches of millet, will be stored separately when the time comes to harvest and used as planting crops for the following year.
With the great increase in the cultivated area in the tribe, it is no longer possible to pick out the ears of grain one by one for seed preservation as before. The only thing they can do now is to harvest and dry the grains with better overall growth separately for seed preservation.
Of course, these are the seeds used for large-scale planting.
When cultivating superior varieties, they still need to be picked out one ear at a time.
However, the area of the experimental field is small, so such careful selection can still be afforded.
Another gust of autumn wind blew by, and some yellow leaves fell from the branches. The millet standing in the field hung its head even lower, looking very humble.
After a sumptuous feast to mark the beginning of the harvest, the entire Qingque tribe began to prepare for the autumn harvest.
Scythes were waving, sweat was dripping, and fields of crops fell down and were transported to the threshing floor.
The harvest season is always filled with joy mixed with sweat.
It was more than a month later when the Qingque tribe finished its large-scale autumn harvest.
Standing on the top of the tribal wall and looking at the bare farmlands surrounding the tribe, while feeling that the vision has suddenly become wider, one can't help but sigh at the greatness of human beings.
After the large-scale autumn harvest, everyone was divided into several groups, doing different things.
Some people continued to work on the crops, while others began to pick fruits.
There are several stoves in the courtyard of the Qingque tribe. People use the fruits they picked with high water content to make fruit candies and canned fruits. The whole tribe is filled with the sweet smell.
Time passes in the busyness, the autumn wind blows, and large yellow leaves fall.
All the crops grown by the Qingque tribe have been harvested, even the hemp that grew has been harvested. After leaving enough hemp seeds, they were tied into bundles and thrown one by one into the hemp retting pit located downstream of the stream.
The area around the tribe has really become bare.
After finishing all these things, the people in the tribe finally breathed a sigh of relief. All the hard work this year was not in vain. They were guaranteed for a long time in the future, until the autumn harvest next year.
After a short rest, the people in the tribe became busy again.
Some people started to lead donkeys and plow the land.
If you turn the land over now, you won't need to plow it again when you sow in the spring of next year. You just need to harrow it once and then you can plant directly.
It can also effectively kill insect eggs and reduce the occurrence of diseases and pests.
Some people continued to open up the wasteland with hoes and shovels.
However, the location of the reclamation has been changed from the Salt Mountain and the area around the Green Bird Tribe to the vicinity of the Bronze Highway.
Starting from the Qingque tribe, we slowly advanced westward along the Bronze Highway and reclaimed land on both sides of the Bronze Highway.
There were also some people who were carrying tools such as shovels and hoes and working in the fields.
However, their job was not to reclaim wasteland or plow the land, but to rest the farmland there.
Repair some of the places damaged by summer rains, dig ditches on the side, deepen the shallow ditches, and block some places that should not be opened...
"Oh my god, why is it so cold?"
In the dead of night, Han Cheng woke up from his sleep and felt his whole body shaking.
In a daze, he thought that Sister Bai Xue had pulled the animal skin mattress off his body again. He reached out to touch it, but found that the mattress was covering his body well.
After struggling in a state of half-awake and half-asleep for a while, Han Chengcai finally made up his mind and woke up completely.
He reached out and took the simple fire starter from the earthen platform beside the kang, pulled it out and blew it until it lit. After a flame came out, he placed it next to the oil lamp beside him.
After lighting the oil lamp, cover the tinder and extinguish the flame.
The tiny flame of the oil lamp flickered, illuminating the entire room with a dim light.
The air in the room was very cold.
Sister Bai Xue was still sleeping soundly, but she was curled up into a ball, lying on her side, holding Xiao Xing'er in her arms.
After shivering, Han Cheng quickly put on his clothes and covered the mother and daughter with his own mattress.
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