"Don't you all in the Yun Tribe know how to fish? I heard you can even break ice to fish. Why are you still here?"
"There is no river near our cave in winter. How can we catch fish?" Yun was still depressed.
Yes, most tribes in the forest rely on rivers. After all, drinking water is the first priority.
However, many rivers have dry seasons. In winter, the Cloud Tribe relies on melted snow for drinking water. What do they do when there are no fish in winter? It's fascinating. Didn't they manage to survive like this back when no one knew how to break the ice to fish?
There is a dry season, can't you live somewhere else?
Do you really think the Great Jungle is full of caves? The Cloud Tribe doesn't have the ability to survive the winter in the trees. There are indeed tribes in the Great Forest that make their homes in the trees, but they are few! After all, the winters here are too cold.
Since the Sea Tribe had a city to live in and a river for winter fishing, why didn't the Cloud Tribe come? The Cloud Tribe's leader had seen the Sea Tribe's wintering in a log cabin, which was no worse than a cave.
Most importantly, the Cloud Tribe envied the Sea Tribe's lifestyle. Since we're close by, why not emulate it? It's better than the old days, isn't it? The Sea Tribe doesn't want anyone, and every tribe in the forest knows it. They have no intention of annexing your tribe, so what are you worried about?
We've rented a lot of wildebeest plows, so we can at least harvest some radishes before winter sets in, which is an important food supplement. Do you think every place in the forest is suitable for farming?
The best spots in the forest were naturally occupied by the larger tribes, like the Niupi tribe. The smaller tribes were lucky enough to have a cave to live in, surrounded by jungle. Farming? No kidding!
"How many acres of land do you cultivate in the Cloud Tribe?"
"Ten acres!"
"That's not bad. It's said that the yield per mu is 2,000 kilograms."
"Yes, before winter comes, we can harvest 20,000 kilograms of radishes. Even if we pay for the rented wildebeest plow and the rent in the city, we can still have more than 10,000 kilograms left this winter, haha!" Yun was very happy.
"You came early, there are more than ten acres of land, right?"
"Yes, I have fifteen acres."
"Oh! I got the news late and the journey was long. Really." Chief Yun still felt a little regretful.
"What are you regretting? At least your Yun Tribe still has able-bodied men working on the city building, so they'll definitely get some salt when winter comes. We in the Baiyang Tribe have to trade radishes for salt." The Baiyang Tribe had fewer able-bodied men, and if they had come later, they wouldn't have had the chance to participate in the city building. The reward was salt.
"Our two tribes have their gains and losses, it's about the same. It will be fine next year. We can rent more wildebeest plows and start farming in the spring. We can harvest two seasons of radishes, haha!" Chief Yun is still somewhat hopeful about the future.
"We arrived early. After all, we built our own log cabins, so the city rent is only 10%. If other tribes want to come, the row of large log cabins will already be built, so they can live in them. The city rent is 20%, haha!"
The city rent was 10% of the harvest from the farmland. If you harvested 1,000 kilograms, you had to pay 100 kilograms to the Hai Tribe. If you rented wildebeest plows, at least ten wildebeest plows would cost you an extra 10% in city rent.
Honestly, the rent in Hai Tribe City is already very low. In feudal society, 50% rent was common, and some even collected 70% or 80%.
Ma Yue didn't call it land rent, but rather city rent, because the grasslands outside the city were so vast and suitable for farming. Of course, if you didn't live in the city, you couldn't even think of farming near the new city. Without the powerful protection of the Hai Tribe, how could a small tribe survive on the vast grasslands? The grassland people were very fond of robbery.
If you can’t even save your life, what’s the point of farming?
The poor Cloud and Aries tribes, with their many elderly and infirm, had at least built their own log cabins according to the Sea Tribe's standards. That's right, even your own construction must follow the Sea Tribe's standards. Unified planning is essential.
"Building a city is really costly." Seeing the new city rising up, the second priest was filled with emotion.
"Eight hundred sheep are gone." Even the water bugs felt a pang of pain, and this didn't even include the salt. Labor requires physical strength, and not giving them food is not an option. Besides, this is Ma Yue's order. What a charlatan, just soft-hearted!
"Be a little tight this year, and it will be fine next year."
"Is it okay to just move these two tribes in?" said Big Gray Wolf. Such a big city, except for the main city and the two secondary cities, is a bit empty.
"Didn't the charlatan say that the three hundred deputy soldiers are still here, so it should be enough." Luo Bai said. They are deputy soldiers anyway, so what difference does it make where they stay during the winter?
Besides, this year, a large area of arable land outside the new city has been cultivated. In the two seasons, the total area has exceeded thousands of acres, and the harvest is quite abundant. For this reason alone, the construction of the new city is cost-effective.
"The charlatan said that we should expand the area of corn cultivation and radish fields in the future. That's enough."
"Staple food? The charlatan said it can help fight hunger, so the yield per mu is lower, so let it be."
"This year, Xincheng has a harvest of 100 acres of corn, which will provide a good winter for the livestock."
"Look, there are people coming from Stone City, hundreds of them."
"I guess they're delivering salt." Xincheng has harvested a large number of radishes. As late autumn is approaching, a large number of radishes will be harvested again. It is convenient to pickle salted radishes on the spot in Xincheng.
The most important thing is that the city construction project is about to be completed, and it is time to pay the workers their wages. What is the wage? Salt.
This year, the new city is the focus of the Sea Tribe, and the focus of the Stone City, in addition to farming, is salt boiling.
"Not leaving?"
"Yes, these six hundred people migrated from the headquarters to fill the gaps in the new city. Coincidentally, the new city has no shortage of wood and wooden houses." In fact, the cave here is not small, but the Hai tribe has more livestock here. The livestock spend the winter in the caves, so they lose less weight.
With these 600 people, the population of the new city exceeded 1,500, which was not a small number. If a large-scale attack really happened, they could abandon the defense of the two secondary cities and defend the main city without much of a problem.
Three hundred deputy soldiers and one hundred strong men as main soldiers, that's all it takes. After all, in winter, the headquarters needs the most strong laborers, and in winter, strong men are the main force in boiling salt.
The main city surrounds several cave entrances very well, and the layout is quite scientific.
After the new city was completed, a large row of wooden houses were built in the sub-city. A large number of migrant workers left in droves, taking their coarse salt wages.
The vigorous harvesting of crops has begun again.
The last carrot, corn, and green onion were brought into the main city, and everyone finally felt relieved.
With the arrival of winter, the focus of the Sea Tribe shifted once again to its headquarters.
For a year, the grassland cavalry has not come to harass the Hai tribe, so they are lucky.
Shuichong and Gray Wolf returned to the headquarters with a large number of able-bodied men and joined the great salt-boiling movement.
The second priest and Luo Bai stayed in the new city. From now on, it is estimated that the new city will be dominated by these two.
With Luo Bai and the Second Priest around, Ma Yue felt more at ease. These two, one civil and one military, were a perfect match. As for Wu Qi and Zhuozi, they hadn't seen a major battle yet. They should stay in Xincheng and train with the Second Priest and Luo Bai.
Even though the distance was only three days' journey for a wildebeest, the lazy Ma Yue was unwilling to come.
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