As Han Cheng expected, those who heard Shi Tou said this were stunned when they heard it.
Because what Shi Tou said was too shocking.
Last night, they all listened to what the Son of God said. At that time, they were all amazed at the bigness of the earth, the vastness of the sea, and the wonders of various things.
But compared to this moment today, the amazement of last night suddenly didn't seem so amazing, because this guy Stone said a more surprising and bold idea.
Build enough big ships to cross the vast ocean with almost no edge, and then bring back the good things from the rest of the large land to the tribe...
Such a thing is so amazing that it is hard to imagine.
However, after the initial amazement, everyone thought carefully about what Shi Tou said and found it very exciting.
If we can really accomplish this and gather many kinds of delicious food in our own tribe, just thinking about the scene will make us feel comfortable.
Thinking carefully about the path of his tribe's development and growth, wasn't it the Son of God who led everyone along the way in finding a variety of food?
In the beginning, we used fish cages to catch fish. Later, after we had rapeseed and millet, we started farming and raised pigs and rabbits.
Just yesterday, I found two more delicious ones that can be grown on a large scale.
It is foreseeable that with these two new delicacies, the tribe will become better in the future.
From this perspective, what Shitou said makes sense!
So, people who figured this out became excited.
Be happy and amazed at such a great wish.
Now that his tribe only has these foods, it has developed so well. If this great wish can really be realized, how powerful his tribe will become!
Just thinking about these things made everyone feel very excited.
Han Cheng looked at the people whose faces were full of anticipation and excitement, and he couldn't help but smile.
Many times, people just need to dare to think. Whether it's daydreaming or wild ideas, it's always good to dare to think.
There are so many things that we dare not even think about, how can we achieve them?
For example, the clairvoyance and super hearing imagined by people in ancient times, weren't they all realized later?
Even if you sow a seed in your tribe now that seems out of reach and even like a joke, it does not mean that it will never come true.
There is a long way to go, but who can predict what will happen in the future?
After eating a very wild breakfast, Han Cheng and those who still hadn't recovered from the excitement started to get busy, preparing to build the second branch of their tribe here.
According to Han Cheng's idea, it would be best to build a wall here first, just like the previous tribe, to ensure safety, and then start building houses.
But this is just an idea, because building a wall is too time-consuming.
I remember when the inner wall of the Qingque main tribe was built, the total number of adults, men and women in the tribe was only about thirty or so, about the same number as myself and others now.
And at that time, I had already built the fish cage, and the food problem was basically solved by minors, so the adults could build the wall with peace of mind.
Even so, for a wall of that size, the people in the tribe had to build it from spring to winter before it could be barely used.
In the second year, it took almost half a year to raise its height until it reached its current size.
Now, I and others are here and need to solve the problem of food by myself.
Even though the tools are vastly different from what they were back then, and everyone is more skilled in these things, if they want to build a wall of the same specifications as the inner wall of the main tribe, it will probably take until winter to complete.
After the discovery of rice and sweet millet, even if the climate stopped getting colder, this place would definitely be developed and utilized.
That is to say, the population size here will not be too small by then.
Accordingly, the wall cannot be built too small, it must be at least larger than the inner wall of the main tribe.
It was only after such calculations that Han Cheng decided to put aside the matter of building the wall first.
Moreover, judging by the tribe's current equipment and everyone's fighting strength, the need for a wall is not as urgent as it was before.
If an ordinary tribe came over, they would be able to pin it to the ground and rub it hard, just like the tribe whose leader was a one-eyed person they met on the way here.
If we don't build a wall, we will have to build a house.
As for the house, Han Cheng naturally wanted to get it done in one go to save trouble in the future.
According to the current house construction specifications of the Qingque tribe, the roofs are basically covered with tiles.
There are no tiles here, so we can only repair the kiln and burn them now, which also requires a lot of effort and manpower.
At the same time, we also need to make ropes and fences.
After calculating back and forth like this, Han Cheng couldn't help but sniff. He had more than 30 people, but it was still a little too few! He felt that it was not enough for anything he did...
Han Cheng assigned tasks to these people. Twenty people took axes, saws and other tools to a place not too far away to cut down trees.
Before felling trees, they would have people armed with weapons, bring dogs, beat gongs, form pairs, and patrol the not-too-dense woodland back and forth to make sure there were no ferocious wild animals hiding there that could harm people during the subsequent felling.
In the process, we also harvested some food.
The rest of the people were busy with things in the temporary camp.
Some people who are more dexterous use tools such as axes to make some wooden tools that will be needed next, while others use sickles to clear the weeds on the land.
As for Han Cheng, he was accompanied by two men holding weapons as he wandered around the land and planned it.
Now, it is not the first time that Han Cheng has led people to do such a project. Although he is a complete self-taught, after experiencing the inner courtyard of the Qingque main tribe, the expansion of the main tribe, and the construction of the Tongshan residential area, he has gained a lot of experience on how to build a large courtyard that can accommodate hundreds or even thousands of people as well as possible.
It won't seem unfamiliar when you do it.
When creating such a new tribe, early planning is essential, which can make the layout of the entire tribe more reasonable, the functional areas clearer, and make both production and life comfortable.
Moreover, a good plan can minimize the waste of manpower and material resources, so that things that were built with great effort not long ago will not be demolished because they are inappropriate.
After looking at the entire area carefully, Han Cheng took out paper and charcoal pencils and began to sketch the terrain on the paper.
The main thing is to draw a rough floor plan and then take into account everything that can be considered.
The design on the drawing is unreasonable, so it is really difficult to build it reasonably.
This is a meticulous job that requires a lot of patience. Even though the planning map drawn by Han Cheng was already a very simple one, and there were also references to the Qingque main tribe, Tongshan residential area, and some large courtyards seen in later generations, these things still took him a lot of time.
There is no way, there are just too many things to consider.
It was not until noon the next day that Han Cheng finally completed the task.
At this time, the piece of paper in his hand had changed a lot. The most common things drawn on it were rectangles of different lengths and widths.
There are names written on these rectangles.
For example, the row of rectangles that look basically the same near the north side has the word "housing" written on them.
On the smaller rectangle near the south gate, the words "slave housing" are written, and there are also some words like "kitchen", "pigsty", "duck house", etc.
While Han Cheng was planning these, the people in the tribe also cut down a lot of trees. Some of the cut down trees were carried back, and the others, at Han Cheng's suggestion, were thrown into the shallow water nearby.
These trees soaked in water lay the foundation for further construction.
Because these woods that have been soaked in water for a period of time will not crack easily after being taken out and dried in the shade, and any insects that may be inside can also be killed by soaking, they are very suitable for making beams and columns.
Of course, when choosing a puddle for soaking wood, you basically choose one that is not very deep and is not connected to the river over there.
Otherwise, after a heavy rain, these pieces of wood soaked in water will most likely drift away with the current and disappear.
"Clear all the weeds in this area and build the house here first."
Holding the planning map in his hand and using the measuring tape made of a leather rope to measure the land, Han Cheng pointed to a place and spoke to everyone.
Before arranging everyone to do these things, he had asked them to dig a shallow ditch along the position where the wall should be measured by him and Shi Tou and a few others.
On the one hand, this saves the trouble of finding a new location when building the wall in the future. On the other hand, once the location of the wall is found, it will be easier to layout the other buildings.
The place that Han Cheng pointed out to everyone at this time was relatively close to the gate of the wall. According to his plan, this was where the slave courtyard was located.
The slave courtyard was the building that Han Cheng decided to build first this time.
This was a decision he made after careful consideration.
The specifications of the slave courtyard in the tribe are the lowest among all residential houses.
Not only are the houses small and not tall, but they are also covered with thatch instead of tiles.
The project volume is small and the requirements in all aspects are not high, which is very suitable for Han Cheng and others to build at this time.
After building some houses like this, everyone will have a place to live when they come next time.
In time, people can live in these houses and build other buildings, so they will have a proper place to shelter from the wind and rain.
Han Cheng and his crew also left something here during this trip.
After Han Cheng gave this order, everyone immediately took action and the weeds here were quickly cleared away.
Han Cheng, together with Shitou and a few others, picked up a tape measure made of leather ropes and measured the land, and quickly determined the location of the house.
Someone nailed wooden pegs at the location they measured, tied ropes on the pegs, and formed a straight line between the two points. The place where the foundation needed to be excavated was quickly determined.
Then everyone took up the tools and began to dig the foundation along the location determined by the ropes.
The construction of the second branch of Qingque began, and Han Cheng had already given this branch a name, which was very loud, called Jinguan City.
When talking about Jinguan City, it is easy to think of the world-famous Shu brocade and the short-lived Later Shu dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
Because Lady Huarui liked hibiscus, Meng Chang, the last emperor of Later Shu, ordered people to plant hibiscus all over Jinguan City. When the flowers bloomed, the whole Jinguan City was as bright as clouds and full of flowers, just like its name.
Of course, Han Cheng would not allow people to plant hibiscus in the tribe. After all, he doesn't have a wife who likes hibiscus.
Judging from the fact that the little child bride Bai Xuemei likes to feed silkworms and reel silk, it would be about time that many mulberry trees are planted here.
But then it would be worthy of the name Jinguan City.
People in the tribe are no strangers to building houses. After all, over the years, the Qingque tribe has built many houses from scratch.
Now with the help of metal tools, the speed of doing these things is not slow.
The foundation was not dug deep, less than half a meter.
After the foundation was dug, Han Cheng did not ask people to find stones and build the foundation as he did when building houses in the tribe before. He did not build the foundation half a meter or higher above the ground before tamping the earth on top to make walls.
Instead, they simply had people cut off a number of wooden sticks that were nearly one meter long and as thick as a baby's arm, burned them, and after they were carbonized, they sharpened one end and nailed them into the foundation.
The reason for doing this is that there are few scattered stones near this piece of land, and it would be too time-consuming and laborious to mine and transport the stones.
Moreover, this was just building a relatively low slave yard, so it didn't require so much effort.
Along the excavated foundation, place a row of carbonized wooden piles, and then tamp the soil.
These tools for ramming earth can be easily made if metal tools are available.
Hooks and carrying poles are no problem at all.
From the moment the ground was broken, everyone began to get busy.
As everyone was busy, changes began to take place here. Some things that should have never appeared on this land began to appear as everyone was busy.
"Zheng~"
There was a sound of bowstring, and a feather arrow shot out. A big bird, which had not yet reacted to what was happening, immediately fluttered around wildly on the spot. Before it finished fluttering, a dog rushed over, whimpering, grabbed the bird and pulled it back. The dog ran to Junior Brother Sha, wagging its tail as if to ask for credit.
Junior Brother Sha smiled as he took the prey from the dog's mouth, put it in the backpack, and gently touched the dog's head.
Then, he and several other people continued to move forward and look for prey.
This place is far away from the main tribe, and there is no food stored by the main tribe. Everyone can only rely on hunting and gathering wild vegetables to survive.
Several people who were good at using bows and arrows, led by Junior Brother Sha, were assigned the task of hunting by Han Cheng, and were responsible for obtaining food for everyone in the tribe.
In addition to Junior Brother Sha and the others, the main task of the women who followed them was to obtain food, such as collecting some familiar wild vegetables and collecting and releasing fish cages.
Of course, everyone would not miss out on the fish cage, which is the most labor-saving way to obtain food. Based on the original fish cages, they wove a lot more, totaling forty or fifty, and all of them were put into the water.
After so many years, there are no longer a few people in the Qingque tribe who can weave fish cages. Although basically, none of them are as good as the fish cages woven by Bo, they can still be used to catch fish.
Fortunately, there are so many fish cages, otherwise, just feeding everyone would become a big problem.
After obtaining sufficient food, Junior Brother Sha and others would put down their hunting bows and join in the work of building houses.
When the house was more than half built, Han Cheng no longer let Junior Brother Sha and the others participate in the construction of the wall.
Instead, they were asked to take sickles and go to the waterside to harvest things like calamus when food was sufficient and there was no need to hunt.
He and the people in the tribe did not find any thatch nearby, so they could only use local materials.
Fortunately, this type of vegetation grows quite deep, so after being harvested, it can still last for some time when used to lay roofs.
Of course, what Junior Brother Sha and his team harvested were basically the ones that had fallen last year. The new ones that grew this year were still too shallow and too tender.
As night falls, bonfires are lit to provide lighting to replace the sun that has taken a break.
After dinner, the people of the Qingque tribe rested for a while in the temporary camp. After a busy day, they started a new round of busy work.
"Chi Leng~Chi Leng~"
A rather strange sound was heard in the temporary camp.
The second brother and others sat around the campfire, moving non-stop.
They are peeling the bark of a tree called mulberry.
Its skin is very tough and suitable for making ropes.
Every time some bark is pulled off, this sound is heard.
Ropes are not in short supply in the Qingque main tribe and the Tongshan residential area, because in addition to growing hemp, these two tribes also grow some rope grass that can also be used to make ropes.
But that doesn't work here.
Han Cheng and his companions brought a lot of ropes and other things with them when they left, but they did not bring any for use in construction.
The ropes they carried were basically used when they were walking and setting up camp. They were very important and naturally could not be used for building houses at this time.
So there was a scene where everyone worked overtime around the fire to peel the bark after dinner.
The peeled bark will be twisted into ropes by a few women with more dexterous hands.
This rope made from tree bark is not thick and is mainly used for weaving fences.
No one complained about working overtime. On the one hand, it was because it was building a new tribe for their own tribe, which was something that every member of the Qingque tribe should do.
Moreover, the Son of God has already said that after these houses are built, they will set off back to the main tribe and tell the people in the tribe about all the good things they have seen here.
Another aspect is that when working overtime at night, the Son of God would always tell everyone something very interesting or extremely magical.
Everyone liked very much what the Son of God said.
Many people even feel that as long as they can hear the Son of God telling these things every night, they are willing to work overtime every night and not hum a little tune.
The things that the Son of God tells are much more interesting than humming a little tune!
At this time, Han Cheng had completely transformed into the small black and white TV that was carried outside and placed on the table in the 1980s and 1990s. As long as it was night, many people would gather around to watch it.
Han Cheng actually enjoyed this kind of treatment. On the one hand, through such things, while he could broaden the horizons of the people in the tribe and increase their knowledge, he could also insert some personal ideas in them and let them develop in the direction he wanted.
On the other hand, when I tell these things to the tribe like stories, I can be lazy with a clear conscience.
Watching others working while I can secretly slack off on the side, this feeling is very strange...
The sky was getting gloomy and it was raining heavily outside. Even though people had covered the tents with calamus in advance, the inside of the tents was still damp. The wet feeling was very uncomfortable.
This is the disadvantage of a temporary camp. It is okay on weekdays, but it becomes uncomfortable when it is windy and rainy.
Looking through the gaps in the tents, many people squatting inside looked at the twelve flat houses that had already been built, and they all wanted to finish building them as soon as possible.
This way, when it rains next time, they can live in the house and don't have to suffer this kind of pain again...
A heavy rain fell, and the water that did not have time to seep into the ground flowed along the gullies into the river, causing the river water to rise significantly.
Han Cheng, wearing a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat, stood in the temporary camp, looking towards the rice fields in the distance, worried that the rice would be washed away by the rising river water.
Although I know this is a waste of worry...
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