After losing the Lingguo Island branch, the Sea Tribe occupied the Thunder God City area, not only compensating for the huge losses in sweet potato farming, but also gaining an additional harvest of four to five million kilograms of wheat. Overall, the total grain output of the Sea Tribe was greatly increased.
As long as there are enough large livestock, the Hai tribe will continue to expand its cultivated area. The Hai tribe has many large livestock and people, so there is a lot of manure, and the composting level is good, so the fertility of the Hai tribe's cultivated land is also well maintained.
In short, in the Sea Tribe, even in the surrounding tribes, men, women, young and old are all working. If you work, you get to eat, right? Even those with missing limbs can contribute to the labor. The charlatan said that there are no useless people. At the very least, you can weave a rope, right?
The Hai Tribe experienced several major wars, and the surrounding tribes also lost many young and strong people. While these losses were significant, the integration between them and the Hai Tribe became increasingly close. The Hai Tribe produced a large amount of food and had a wide range of needs. Therefore, by joining the Hai Tribe, the surrounding tribes had the opportunity to work and eat, which was the best way to integrate.
Ma Yue also didn't want to expand. As long as the vast arable land potential in the warm zone and the Thunder God City area could be developed, the overall strength of the Sea Tribe would steadily improve.
The salt from Sun City and the copper from Star City, with the establishment of a new batch of balloon teams in Sun City, have had a huge protective and deterrent effect on the salt mountains and copper mines in this area.
Sun City was far from Haifan City, so it was imperative to protect itself as much as possible and develop cooperation with surrounding tribes. With the increased development of the salt mountains and the vigorous mining of copper mines, Sun City was theoretically quite wealthy. Coupled with Haifan City's generous food support, Sun City gradually began recruiting militiamen.
The Sun City area was not suitable for growing crops, and the many tribes that remained here could only maintain a very primitive state of fishing and hunting. Even so, could they survive? After all, this area had been developed for many years and had experienced many wars and invasions. The tribes surrounding the Sun City area were accustomed to it.
The Sea Tribe was willing to recruit militiamen, mainly because it offered benefits to the surrounding tribes, so these tribes were naturally willing. Regardless of the era, interests always came first.
The Sun City branch of the Sea Tribe couldn't ask for bricks from the surrounding tribes. After all, the Sea Tribe itself had its own system of deputy soldiers. Half of the militia recruited by Sun City could be regular soldiers and deputy soldiers, which was a good idea.
If there were more, the surrounding tribes would be reluctant to give them up, and Sun City would be too difficult to maintain. Sun City's main business was still salt boiling and copper processing, both of which required a lot of labor. During daily military training, the chief and deputy soldiers of Sun City also had to work most of the time.
Making charcoal was already a very arduous task. At least the militiamen he had recruited could work, so they weren't wasted, and Luo Bai didn't feel bad about it. The copper mines in the Sun City area were the Sea Tribe's most important resource, and they couldn't survive without heavy military protection.
At the same time, several similar small exploration teams were also exploring westward, hoping to discover new areas suitable for farming.
The Donghai Island branch and the Lingguo Island branch are no longer needed. After abandoning these branches surrounded by powerful tribes, the Hai tribe is now in urgent need of strength.
They said they had given up, but they couldn't completely abandon it. Shiraki Island had just built a small shipyard; fresh yeast needed fruit from Lingguo Island, so that secret outlet couldn't be abandoned. At the very least, they had to bring back a few boatloads of fruit to make fresh yeast when needed, right?
As for the East China Sea Island, it goes without saying that black oil is an important war material. No matter how far away it is, the Sea Tribe has to go there to exchange it.
When Hai Rui and Huo Shi's fleets returned again, the reserves of black oil had reached a terrifying amount.
Want a war? He had originally planned to attack the shipyard on Shiraki Island, but after some thought, Ma Yue decided against it. With a new shipyard on Shiraki Island, there was no need to go to war with the Gui Luo King Tribe over the old, now meaningless, shipyard.
The cost of naval warfare is too great, and no matter how wealthy the sea tribe is, it cannot afford it.
The Sea Tribe's black oil reserves have increased, and Hai Rui's navigator temper has returned. Fine! Continue to lead your fleet to explore and discover. Ma Yue understands Hai Rui's ambition to "the vastness of the sea is supported by the leaping fish."
With the departure of the Hai Rui fleet, the remaining navy, a fleet of twenty ships, had to continue sailing for the black oil trade. As for the other ships, transportation was their primary business, with whaling also being a significant one. In short, the navy was very busy.
With sea transportation, the connection between Haifan City, Poseidon City and Sun City has become close again.
The Hai Tribe no longer needed to trade ships with the Qinghai Tribe. If they could get sea beast hides in exchange, they would build as many ships as they could. The navy ensured transportation, and the Hai Tribe was no longer interested in the so-called large-scale development of the navy.
The Sea Tribe's navy was divided into several small fleets, each with its own responsibilities. As a result, since no foreigners lived near the coast of Haifan City, the other large tribes had no accurate intelligence support on the recovery of the Sea Tribe's navy.
In essence, Ma Yue didn't want to fight. In the primitive world, the population was small to begin with, so why would they keep fighting? If all the people were killed, what would he do when he needed more faith power in the future?
The trend of the climate continuing to cool has finally stopped, which is good. Ma Yue was really worried that the situation would get worse and even the Leishen City area would become unsuitable for farming, which would be the most troublesome.
In fact, there aren't many areas in the Thunder God City area suitable for farming. Most areas are freezing cold, with only a few areas like Howling Valley remaining relatively good. The Howling Valley used to have a pleasant climate, with spring-like weather all year round. However, as the climate cooled, the Howling Valley also had winters, and the winters now are very cold.
This is good. At least the winter is not too long, which is suitable for farming.
Several areas including the Xiaoshan Valley are suitable for farming. Don't underestimate these areas. They are very large. Otherwise, the Hai Tribe would not have restricted the planting of winter wheat on tens of thousands of acres of arable land here, right?
After all, this is a primitive world, vast and sparsely populated, so the developed areas are extremely limited. What is the population of the Thunder God City area? Wu Qi's main and deputy soldiers only have about 5,000 to 6,000 soldiers. How many tens of thousands of men, women, and children from other tribes that have attached themselves to him, combined?
Are tens of thousands of people a lot? The population of Thundergod City is so large, and it's even smaller than a town in my past life.
Wu Qi calculated and realized that staying in Thunder God City was pointless. The few areas suitable for farming were far from anywhere. So, he decided to relocate! The Thunder God City branch moved directly to Xiaoshan Valley. Of the several areas suitable for farming, Xiaoshan Valley had the largest amount of arable land.
There are no powerful enemies around, so what is the use of a city?
Besides, it's freezing cold in Thundergod City, and the winter is long. This Howling Valley is a nice place, with a winter of only about three months, so it's only cold for about three months.
In the past, this Xiaoshan Valley was the most fertile pasture of the Qingfeng tribe. Now, it has become the key development area of the Leishen City branch.
Such a large Xiaoshan Valley cannot be fully developed, so those so-called areas suitable for farming are no longer needed, so as to avoid being too scattered and wasting manpower and labor.
Centralized farming and labor are the most suitable for management. It's great to build several villages at a certain distance. The development model of the Hai Tribe is very mature.
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