"How are these boatmen?" Ma Yue was inspecting the shipyard of the Kirishima branch. He not only captured a lot of sailors from the Dragon Scale Tribe, but also brought back almost all the shipbuilding workers.
"Not bad, they're much more skilled than ours. After all, the Dragon Scale Tribe's shipbuilding history predates ours, and their technology is more mature, so it's understandable." Niu Tou was left here for many reasons, especially this shipyard, which was crucial to the development of the navy and held a heavy responsibility.
"Technically, it's somewhat different from our sailing ships. Fortunately, these old sailors understand it immediately, which saves us a lot of trouble." Theoretically, the sailing ship that Ma Yue roughly envisioned is still faster than the sailing ship of the Dragon Scale Tribe, and is more suitable for sailing.
The only advantage the Sea Tribe's navy has over the Dragon Scale Tribe's is its speed. This is due to the sailors' sailing skills and the slightly more advanced ships. While the difference isn't significant, it's still quite good.
Especially when sailing against the current, the gap is most obvious.
However, after another defeat in the naval battle, the Dragon Scale Tribe likely captured many more Sea Tribe sailors, making it impossible to keep the sailing technology secret. From now on, the speed advantage of the Sea Tribe's sailing ships will no longer be so obvious.
"Niutou, good! You're becoming more and more well-rounded." Niutou's rapid familiarity with the construction of sailing ships showed he was determined. Back when he was in the Niutou Tribe, he had never even seen a sea vessel. When he arrived in Haifan City and became the deputy to the Second Priest, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the shipyard was no longer in Haifan City.
"You're over-praised, I still have a lot to learn."
"Well, the Sea Tribe's many models are different from your previous Bull Head Tribe. Don't underestimate this White Mist branch. Although small, it has all the necessary facilities. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry, charlatan, I'm still young, and my future is full of hope." Primitive people are so direct. Niutou just wants to be as well-rounded as the Second Priest. What's wrong with that? Even more well-rounded than the Second Priest, this guy is also good at fighting.
As for wanting to become a great leader like Lei Qing, Niu Tou knew that it was impossible, because Lei Qing was a master among the spiritual cultivators, the most special one.
"If you want to achieve something great in your career, you must first pay attention to your physical health. Living a long life is crucial. The diet I gave you is very important." Ma Yue did not forget to remind Niu Tou.
"Understood. My daily diet strictly follows the regulations." This was what excited Niutou the most. Only deputy minister-level cadres in the Hai Tribe had such a special diet. When he was a deputy in Haifan City, he didn't have it. But as the boss of the branch, his rank was comparable to that of a deputy minister.
If you have never been a branch-level boss, you cannot truly prove your ability. A deputy, no matter how high-ranking the deputy is, is still a deputy. Can it be the same as being a boss?
The branch is quite far away from Haifan City, so there is no chance to ask for instructions or report. Usually, you have to make decisive decisions on everything.
"How's it going over there?"
"The Dragon Scale Tribe and the Taki Tribe have also established branches on the Mist Island, which are quite far away from us. There aren't many seaside areas suitable for living on the Mist Island, and they can't keep many people there. They mainly make salt, and the scale is not large." Niu Tou knew what Ma Yue meant. The Sea Tribe did not have exclusive rights to the Mist Island at the moment.
"They seem to be searching the inner island as well."
Let's explore. That table hasn't been returned yet after exploring. Exploring inland is more time-consuming than exploring the seaside.
The Sea Tribe's current demand for new land is not that strong, as there is still a large amount of undeveloped land in the warm zone, unless there is a special territory like Lingguo Island.
After inspecting the Baiwu branch, Ma Yue went to Lingguo Island.
The new estuary was indeed more suitable for living than the one on the other side of the cliff. At least, it was more convenient to go back and forth to the seaside to boil salt without the cliff blocking the way. The Lingguo Island branch quickly moved in and settled in their new home.
After capturing three thousand people, Lei Qing was very busy. The Lingguo Island branch had become a large tribe with a population of eight thousand.
When Lei Qing was in the Thunder God Tribe, there weren't so many people, right?
"For the spirit stone?"
"Yes, there is a good spirit stone mine over there on the cliff. It's not a big deal to leave a thousand people behind."
"Well, I'll rotate two thousand strong men over to you later. The captives you have here are too mixed." Ma Yue took a look around and was not sure about the power of faith of the people here. After all, they were naturalized by Lei Qing's miracle.
"This is the best. Otherwise, I would be unsure." Lei Qing cannot cultivate the power of faith, let alone judge loyalty.
Ma Yue's power of faith limit is 30,000 people, mainly in Haifan City. However, away from Haifan City, the fans of the power of faith do not mean they disappear. It's just that Ma Yue can't feel them anymore, but it doesn't mean that their loyalty is gone, right?
For example, when Ma Yue left Haifan City and inspected the Baiwu branch, he was close to the power of faith of the distant Wudao fans, so it was difficult to feel it clearly. On the contrary, the power of faith of the distant Haifan City fans was not felt.
No wonder Ma Yue is willing to live in Haifan City, where the population is the largest and where the most fans of the power of faith are felt.
Lei Qing is on Lingguo Island, and Ma Yue is worried because he doesn't have a large and reliable team around him.
The fire spirit stone mine is right between the new base and the cliff, which is quite convenient.
"Lei Qing, it won't work if we don't farm." Isn't it nonsense to just produce fruits and raise pigs?
"The west side is full of low shrubs and no spiritual fruit trees. Do we want to burn it?" Lei Qing asked.
"We have to burn it. It's just shrubs, not trees. We have to create several thousand acres of arable land." Ma Yue said, "If we don't farm, the many people in the Lingguo Island branch will be idle most of the time, which is a waste of labor."
Ma Yue was right. The scale of salt production at the seaport was limited, after all, and the manpower required was also limited. What were the remaining workers supposed to do? Raise pigs? That's ridiculous, isn't it? Eight thousand people.
Only with more work can the value of labor be better utilized. Therefore, the simultaneous development of agriculture and animal husbandry is the beginning of the maximum efficiency of labor utilization.
Look at Haifan City, there are nearly 30,000 people. Are there any idle people? Isn't it because there is more work that provides more jobs?
Of course, burning brush is much more difficult than burning grass. Even if it's difficult, it still has to be burned. Didn't our ancestors gradually create large tracts of arable land by burning wasteland?
As long as we create an isolation zone in the spiritual fruit area, it can burn as far as it wants.
With so many people, it is impossible to farm the land, graze the animals, and even ride horses. This is simply not feasible.
There are many people in the Lingguo Island branch, and a large number of them began to cut down the bush isolation belt with knives and axes...so they just burned it.
Burning the wasteland doesn't require kerosene or anything like that, it would be a waste, just light it directly.
For a moment, there was chaos and commotion. There were many animals in this bush. There were not many ferocious beasts, but the people from the Lingguo Island branch were having a great time catching wild animals.
The isolation zone did work. The Lingguo Island branch had some pottery in reserve, and after watering it, the fire could be put out in the isolation zone. The shrubs in the isolation zone had been mostly cut down, and even if some were dirty, it would be easier to put out the fire with more people.
The fire was gradually spreading. On the third day, a heavy rain came and the fire was finally put out.
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