With the successful experience of raising wildebeests, the second priest is more confident in raising sheep.
So, even in the dead of winter, the Second Priest led his men to build a sheep pen. For the time being, they could only raise so many sheep; if they raised more, the hay reserves would not be enough.
Ma Yue wisely set aside some sunflowers. At least that's a bit more food for the sheep, right? As for the humans, eating less sunflowers wouldn't matter, right? Next year, when the sunflower planting area expands several times, the harvest will be even greater.
According to Ma Yue's plan, if they can raise enough rabbits and sheep, it would be nice for the Hai tribe to develop into a tribe that mainly focuses on breeding.
As for growing food and grains, I don’t understand anything about it, so forget it. It’s good enough if I can grow onions, sunflowers, and even radishes.
Bringing back sixty women and children, and settling them in two large wooden houses with logs, shouldn't be a problem. The stingy "cowhide" tribe only gave these women and children leather aprons and pants, which was good enough. As for the remaining furs and clothing, they would need to be exchanged for coarse salt by the second priest.
Anyway, with furs and a campfire, the cabin isn't too cold, so there's no problem surviving the winter.
Wodong, not only do you need to work, but you also have to hold a large-scale sacrifice every half a month, mainly to integrate new members as quickly as possible. After each sacrifice, Ma Yue also felt that the power of faith of many new members was strengthened a little bit. Isn't this good?
The integration of the sea tribes requires Ma Yue, the charlatan, to constantly perform large-scale "magic" to increase cohesion. At least this method is good, and Ma Yue feels relieved.
The pottery-making team worked hard for a month and finally produced the first batch of two pottery basins.
That's right! As long as there's a successful precedent, the pottery-making industry of the Hai Tribe will have new developments in the future. At the very least, there won't be a shortage of pottery and precious coarse salt being wasted on exchange.
You think boiling salt is easy?
Those four troublemakers were finally traded to the "cowhide" tribe by the Second Priest's caravan. If you don't feel like you belong, why keep you around? At least you can get a few hides back if you trade them away, right?
Ice fishing on the river showed no signs of slowing down. Ma Yue guessed it was because this was the river's estuary. This was a good thing; being able to break the ice and fish would ensure the tribe's basic food supply. In the early days, before agriculture and animal husbandry developed, the fish in the river were crucial and important.
In Ma Yue's view, neither fishing nor hunting is a long-term solution; only agriculture and animal husbandry are the foundation of human survival. Ma Yue's plan also develops in this direction.
The second trade group, led by the Second Priest, returned from the Niupi tribe with a small jar of white salt, which was certainly better than coarse salt. However, it was too expensive.
So, Ma Yue, the charlatan, took it for himself without hesitation. As for the others? They just had to make do with the coarse salt.
Even if white salt is inferior, it has far fewer impurities than coarse salt. Is Ma Yue doing his body justice? The so-called unfairness is nonsense. The entire Hai Tribe doesn't think there's anything wrong with what Ma Yue did, including the three chiefs and two priests. Ma Yue, the charlatan, holds too high a reputation in the Hai Tribe.
This time, they purchased another forty able-bodied men and women from the Niupi tribe, bringing the Sea Tribe's population to over 300. By this standard, the Sea Tribe, with over 120 warriors, was essentially as powerful as many other large tribes.
Two such large transactions would be enough. If there were more, the Sea Tribe would not have so many leftover large grains of salt.
Since the future of the Hai Tribe was determined to be based on animal husbandry, in order to exchange for more wildebeest and sheep, the production of coarse salt must be increased. The salt-making team, consisting mainly of a dozen or so people, young and old, must at least double its number.
The ice and snow had melted, and winter was finally over. Only two of the dozen or so sheep had died, proving that sheep could be raised in the Hai Tribe.
In a rage, Ma Yue decided to increase the number of people in the salt-boiling team, young and old, to fifty. The production of crude salt was listed as the top priority of the Hai tribe. How great would it be to not waste strong labor?
The hunting team was only in third place, as the main force was plowing the soil.
The biggest gain from this great battle with the "Cowhide" tribe was more than 200 sharp stone and bone tools. That's right, all the people from the "Cowhide" tribe who came to fight were holding sharp weapons. All the people died or were captured, and the weapons were of course seized by the Sea Tribe.
No matter what weapons or tools you have, get on with it and dig the ground.
The high priest, Lu and Ban continued to research and explore, and produced two sets of super simple plows. The plow shovels were made of stone tools and were triangular, so they should be more durable.
Harness the wildebeest and give it a try! The plowing depth is only a mere 30 centimeters, which is impressive. Deep tillage and other such things can be studied later. Initially, the harnessed wildebeests aren't used to it, so someone needs to lead the way.
Damn! Is this plowing? It looks so strenuous, barely any more efficient than a person using a bone shovel. Pulling the horn horse is strenuous, and Ma Yue looks even more strenuous.
Well, at least it can actually plow the land, so it's at least a tool, right? "Lu" and "Ban" roughly realized Ma Yue's conception, but only roughly, right? Ma Yue himself didn't even know what a plow looked like; he just imagined it.
Ma Yue is a modern man after all, and he kept giving suggestions such as reducing resistance as much as possible. You also have to make the wildebeest as comfortable as possible.
So, under the rebuke of the high priest, Lu and Ban continued to research and struggle with the tool-making team.
As for the two newly built plows, why not use them for now? It's better than turning the soil with tools like axes and stone knives, right? We still have a dozen wildebeests sitting idle. Lu and Ban will only lead three or two people to research the new products. The rest of the team will work on building as many of these crude plows as possible.
Does the research and use of tools always start from the most primitive state? How can it be achieved in one step?
Whether it's onions, sunflowers, radishes, or the like, the growing cycle doesn't seem to be long. So, it's better to spend more time turning the soil.
Only two hunting teams went out to hunt, each with less than thirty people, and the rest of the strong laborers were turning the soil.
Hunting teams had to bring along resting wildebeest and live sheep when they went hunting, largely serving the same purpose as herding. If the hunt wasn't fruitful, they'd have to harvest plenty of grass and bring it back for fodder. Of course, rabbits can't be herded, but they still need to eat grass, right? Clearly, Ma Yue was becoming less and less interested in the hunting team.
It turns out that strong hunting teams are the most suitable for herding, and they don't have to worry about being robbed.
Grazing live sheep is very worry-free. All you have to do is let them eat grass. As long as you control the head sheep, you will be fine.
So, the jealous Second Priest, carrying his harvest of coarse salt, set out again. What for? To exchange it for more live sheep from the Niupi tribe.
Fortunately, the salt-boiling team is large enough and the output of crude salt has tripled, which ensures that there is enough crude salt for exchange.
As for where the "Niupi" tribe gets the endless supply of live sheep, Ma Yue doesn't care. As long as the scale of livestock breeding in his own tribe can grow, that's all that matters.
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