The next day, the stove looked a little more polished, and Ma Yue was not happy with it, so he asked Huangpi and Heipi to apply a layer of white lime mortar on the outside of the stove. The white lime mortar was also mixed with some sand and white lime. Isn't this white lime mortar? Haha!
Huangpi and Heipi were a little disappointed. It was obvious that they did not find any clay for making pottery this time.
Ma Yue decided to invite Huangpi and Heipi to his cave and had a big meal. Huangpi and Heipi were particularly excited about the exquisite stir-fried pork with green onions. Being invited to dinner by a charlatan was usually a privilege reserved for those who had made great contributions to the tribe.
"You're right. The emergence of coal and lime will be of great significance to our Sea Tribe in the future." These two high-level fans of mine have worked hard to find materials and have reaped such a great harvest, so they must be rewarded.
"You charlatan! What on earth are these coal and lime you mentioned used for?" the only high priest accompanying him asked curiously.
"Our timber walls are afraid of fire, but, High Priest, what if our walls were made of stone?"
"Stones? How is that possible?" The stones were fine when piled up, but they would fall down if pushed.
"Charlatan, are you talking about white ash?" asked Hei Pi.
"Smart!" Ma Yue praised. "With the white lime glue, we can mix the sand into white lime mortar. The piled stones will not fall apart if glued together with this mortar. Even if the enemy hits them with logs, they won't be able to knock them down."
"So strong?" The high priest was surprised.
Isn't this nonsense? The Great Wall was also built with lime mortar during a certain period in the late Ming Dynasty. It would be strange if they didn't know each other. Even in the 21st century, some buildings have rubble stone foundations. Of course, rubble stone foundations at that time had to be made with cement mortar.
Lime's adhesive strength is probably not as good as cement. Regular stone strips like the Great Wall would be too difficult to build. Irregular stones or rough stones should be fine. Are there stones everywhere around the Sea Tribe?
"Are we going to build a stone city?" The high priest was a little excited.
"Building a stone wall requires a lot of labor. Let's see. Let's accumulate enough wealth first." The next two years are the foundation for vigorously developing the tribe's agriculture and animal husbandry. For the time being, there are no threats around the Hai tribe, so Ma Yue is not in a hurry to build a stone wall.
"Our stone wall will be very long. We just need to build a section every year." The high priest did not give up. The charlatan said that a wall built of stones would be so magnificent. Who doesn't want his tribe to be more glorious?
"Well... let's talk about it after we harvest the first wave of radishes in the summer and plant them." Currently, the Hai Tribe's farmland is cultivated until the second wave of radishes is planted in the summer, and then until the final harvest in late autumn, which leaves a two- to three-month downtime.
If that's the case, building the wall for two months each year wouldn't be a problem. It wouldn't interfere with plowing, sowing, or harvesting.
"Okay! I'll discuss it with them." The high priest went out excitedly.
The coal that can produce higher temperatures has been found, but we still have to look for clay, yellow skin and black skin.
According to the instructions of the Yellow and Black Tribes, the distance to the limestone is not far, not even as far as the Niupi Tribe. The Hai Tribe has its own wildebeests, so shipping the limestone should be no problem.
The stone wall plan is a long-term one, and Ma Yue is not in a hurry.
Unfortunately, the coal source is too far away. It is estimated that the journey for yellow and black coal will take at least 20 to 30 days, which is not cost-effective.
The high priest brought a group of people and, in a very unprofessional way, took Huangpi and Heipi to find the limestone production area and brought back a lot of limestone.
Only after Ma Yue confirmed again that it was limestone did the high priest finally feel relieved.
"The coal is too far away, what should we do?" asked the high priest.
"To burn lime, wood is also fine." Ma Yue gave an affirmative answer. From then on, the high priest no longer had any interest in the coal from the far north.
Indeed, developing production and expanding food production as much as possible is the top priority in any era. Hunger is always the first problem to be solved. Without enough food, nothing can be done.
Thanks to the efforts of the high priest, nearly a hundred wildebeests and plows, the early spring cultivated land was planted with an additional 17 acres of radishes and 5 acres of green onions.
In other words, the radishes planted in early spring reached 40 mu, the green onions 10 mu, and the pathetic sunflowers only ate 3 mu. (Ma Yue couldn't help but sigh again, how incredibly low productivity was in those days, only this little land could be cultivated.)
The radish planting has been completed, but the massive land cultivation plan is still in progress until the first wave of radish harvest in summer. Twenty more acres of land will be cultivated to start radish planting.
The expansion of wildebeest numbers has greatly increased productivity, which is beyond the reach of human labor. A stone plowshare, at the very least, is more efficient than a strong man using a bone spade to plow the soil.
After the last planting, the Hai Tribe held a grand ceremony to celebrate the radish harvest. This celebration was renamed the "Harvest Festival." Ma Yue, unusually diligent, set out again with the hunting party and was fortunate enough to harvest another massive mammoth.
During the grand "Harvest Festival", all the people in the Hai tribe stopped working for a day to rest and enjoy a rich meal of meat and delicious radishes, with no limit on the amount for everyone.
The establishment of the Harvest Festival, strongly supported by the two priests and three chiefs, was symbolized by the abundant radish harvest. Held twice a year, it wasn't unusual, allowing the entire Sea Tribe to experience the joy of a bountiful harvest after their hard work.
We harvested 90,000 kilograms of radishes at one time, with an output of more than 2,000 kilograms per mu. With food in hand, we won’t be worried, right?
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