The alarm was lifted and the sea tribe's large-scale production campaign continued.
After recovering for less than a day, the Wolf God Tribe warriors, who were fine, were driven back to the fields to work. Working together, mixing with others, allows for better integration. Most importantly, learning the Sea Tribe language will allow for better communication in the future, right?
The participation of over two hundred able-bodied men from the Wolf God Tribe freed up a significant portion of the Sea Tribe's labor force. Sure! Let's get to making salt. The Sea Tribe's mass production campaign was primarily focused on cultivating land and making salt.
Five hundred more mouths to feed, will that just get by? Don't underestimate Ma Yue's view of the Sea Tribe as poor. When it comes to food reserves, even the Wolf God Tribe's chieftain is stunned.
This is the problem of different standards.
Most importantly, the Hai tribe had salt. As long as they had salt, they would have the strength to work. Relatively speaking, the emergence of salt saved a lot of food consumption. This was something that other tribes could not compare to.
With the surrender of the Wolf God Tribe, there were no more attacks from the grassland army. The spring plowing of the Sea Tribe went unexpectedly smoothly. Three hundred acres of arable land were added to the west of the city, and the increase was terrifying.
Of course, it's not over yet. The spring planting of radishes is over, and more planting is needed. Future plantings will at least yield another wave of radishes, right? Otherwise, what are people doing with their free time?
With more able-bodied men and the first wave of spring plowing just finished, the Hai Tribe's hunting teams began to take turns going out. Hunting was very important for replenishing food.
"Grey Wolf (that's the new name Ma Yue gave to the chief of the Wolf God Tribe, haha), don't be discouraged, look at me, I have a lame leg, but I'm still the chief? Many disabled people in our Sea Tribe can become strong masters of flying guns and stones..." Shuichong came back, just in time to do ideological work for Grey Wolf who had a disabled left arm. Shuichong was a role model for the disabled people in the Sea Tribe.
The power of role models is infinite and has inspired countless disabled people in the Hai tribe.
"Bow and arrow? Forget it. It can't reach as far as a flying spear." Gray Wolf said, "Then I will practice flying spear."
"That's right! My flying stones will have no future sooner or later. My flying gun has a longer range and a bright future." Shuichong said.
Ma Yue remembered that the javelin throw world record in his previous life was over 90 meters (of course, that was made of special materials); stone, you can't fly that far, right? As for why, it's science, Ma Yue doesn't understand, but he doesn't know how to use it at all.
Even in previous generations, bows and arrows didn't all shoot straight. Many military archers used projectiles, which gave them a longer range. Flying spears probably work on the same principle.
How far can a bow and arrow shoot? Ma Yue remembered that in his previous life, there were many different types of bows and arrows, the worst of which had a range of only a dozen meters. The bows and arrows of the grassland people were slightly more powerful, and thirty meters was a remarkable achievement. Once the bows and arrows lost their numerical advantage, how could they compete with the longer-range flying spears?
Shuichong and Gray Wolf, one with a lame leg and the other with a disabled arm, got together and soon became good friends.
"You charlatan, using this kind of bamboo to make a bow will give it a longer range." Lu Da did make a contribution. The Hai tribe collected a lot of bamboo, and Lu Da experimented with making bows with a lot of bamboo, and the effect was indeed better.
The grassland people used branches as bows! Yes, some slightly thicker branches with good elasticity, isn’t it very low-level?
A better bow requires special wood to be polished, which is really hopeless with the current tools. Bamboo bows are also good.
"Try adding a few feathers to the back of this bamboo arrow, otherwise, the arrow won't shoot accurately." Ma Yue didn't know much about bows and arrows, but he had seen them before. An arrow without feathers, what a thing!
"Really? I'll try it!" Lu Da took the charlatan's advice very seriously.
It is said that the feathers of an arrow are meant to keep the arrow balanced in flight and increase accuracy.
Even if this bamboo bow is inferior, it can still fly forty meters. The most important thing is that bamboo bows are easy to make and cheap.
"Try using wild animal sinews for individual bowstrings!"
These are the only suggestions Ma Yue has. Whether they will work or not depends on the Luda experiment.
The Sea Tribe's vigorous production campaign lasted until summer, and no one from the Grassland Tribe came to harass them. Summer radishes were already being planted. In total, the Sea Tribe had 800 acres of arable land on the grasslands west of the city—an incredible feat.
There are 500 mu of land in the east of the city for two seasons of radishes, 300 mu of land in the west of the city for two seasons of radishes, and 500 mu of land for one season of radishes. If all of them can be harvested in the coming winter, the food reserves for the winter will be much more abundant.
Of course, Ma Yue could imagine that if the grassland people didn't come when he was planting, when it was time to harvest...
Look, the first wave of radishes has begun to be harvested.
Men, women, young and old all joined in the harvest. Wildebeest and donkeys were not the main force, so people were needed to pull the carrots one by one. Of course, with large animals, at least carrying the crops back to the city was much easier.
Ma Yue looks out from the top of the city wall every day, so it is unrealistic not to be nervous.
Not here yet? What does that mean?
Logically, the grassland people should know that this is the season for radishes, right? Ma Yue was confused. Had the grassland people changed their ways and stopped stealing?
"What do you mean?" Ma Yue looked at Wolf beside him.
"I guess the dispute over those radishes and onions we planted imitating yours isn't over yet," Gray Wolf said. They'd all decided to wipe out the Wolf God Tribe, but what next? None of the grassland tribes were easy targets. The coalition's mission was over, and it was time for further internal struggle.
How should we distribute the radishes and green onions we snatched? How should we distribute the seeds? There are so many questions.
"Besides, they are too far away from here. They are large tribes. Our original Wolf God Tribe is relatively close to this Stone City, but it would take the cavalry more than ten days to run there."
Holy crap! No wonder we couldn't find the migrating grassland tribes back then; they were so far away. Relatively speaking, the Aries tribe was actually quite close.
"If you want to attack the Stone City, even if you are a large tribe with thousands of warriors, it is basically impossible." Last year, the Wolf God Tribe gathered 2,000 warriors from many large and small tribes, but they still couldn't take down the Stone City?
"You don't attack the city, but you don't come to steal the radishes? The radishes are outside the city." Ma Yue said.
"As I said, it's too far. The cavalry from those big tribes won't come all the way here to conduct reconnaissance. What's more, we in the Sea Tribe have so many warning reconnaissance cavalry, and the small number of grassland scouts dare not get too close to the Stone City. I guess they don't know that the Sea Tribe has created so many radish farmlands here, hehe!" said Big Gray Wolf with a smile.
Indeed, the grasslands were so vast that information flowed poorly. It was difficult for Ma Yue to get news from the distant tribes. Similarly, the tribes were so far away that getting accurate information from here was also difficult.
Unless there is a targeted investigation here.
"Last year, many of the small tribes that were affiliated with our Wolf God Tribe probably switched their allegiance to the new larger tribe. The battle at Stone City last year was a huge shock to the warriors of the grasslands. Without sufficient confidence, the larger tribes wouldn't easily come after hearing such information."
What Gray Wolf said makes sense. After the attack on Stone City, the coalition forces of the Wolf God Tribe lost more than two hundred warriors and gained nothing. Who wouldn't feel hurt?
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