Where are the people? Haha! Ma Yue laughed. His estimate was correct. The grassland army hiding here has all left.
There are only about a dozen people in this series of caves. What are they doing? Guarding the livestock.
Aries Tribe? Such fat sheep. That doesn't make sense. How could a small tribe of only two hundred people have so many sheep? It doesn't fit the identity of a small tribe. Is it because there's a nice series of caves here to spend the winter?
There are three exits in this series of caves, which is very important.
Ma Yue looked at Wangcai again and thought that there were probably no other caves. Indeed, there were already such a large number of caves.
Ma Yue left, and Wangcai stayed here to guard.
The enemy situation was clear, tasks were roughly assigned, and the Sea Tribe launched an attack.
The Aries Tribe had discovered a large number of enemies, but what good were bows and arrows? Without so many archers, what good were they? They were no match for the Sea Tribe's flying spears and flying rocks.
The battle was not brutal at all. In fact, the Aries tribe's resistance was very symbolic, with the loss of a dozen able-bodied archers and most of them surrendering.
It is common for grassland tribes to annex each other. Since we can't defeat you, we should just get used to surrendering.
Ma Yue really disliked taking prisoners. It was winter, and there were already quite a few people in our Hai Tribe. But since they had all surrendered, it would be hard to kill them, right?
"What should we do?" Lian Chunwu and Xiawu knew that Ma Yue did not want to increase the population of the Sea Tribe at the moment.
"Leave them a few sheep and take the rest!"
Prisoners? No, I'll leave you a few sheep to keep you from starving for now. You'd better continue to join your Wolf God tribe. We can't afford to feed them.
There's not a single donkey left. Even if the Aries Tribe wanted to tip off the Wolf God Tribe in time, would you go there on a sheep? Haha!
Victory is always a joy. With this harvest of nearly 3,000 sheep, it is enough.
The huge team returned to the Sea Tribe smoothly along the way.
"A charlatan!"
There was huge cheering, and Ma Yue was also very proud. As the leader of a tribe of 3,000 people, it was a great sense of accomplishment to feed so many people.
Wolf God Tribe, if you have the guts, go ahead. That’s great, let’s just hurt each other.
"Luo Bai, well done!" It was a double happiness. Luo Bai came back earlier than Ma Yue and seized fifty or sixty donkeys and several hundred sheep, with little casualties.
However, Luo Bai worked much harder than Ma Yue. This was the spoils collected by Luo Bai after he led his team to sweep across many small tribes.
"You charlatan, I thought you had conquered the Wolf God Tribe. There are so many sheep?" When Luo Bai saw Ma Yue leading the team back, he was so proud of the grand scene that it disappeared in an instant.
"As for me, I'm just lucky. You've really worked hard."
The prairie is so vast, and Luo Bai led the team for half a month. It’s lucky that they didn’t get lost.
Luo Bai is a brave and resourceful man, and he will be of great use in the future.
The Hai tribe held a large-scale sacrificial ceremony and reaped a rich harvest, thus finally getting through the winter.
The able-bodied men who returned from the war were unceremoniously assigned by the high priest to the salt-making team and the logging squadron. Winter was still going on, so the work could not stop, and the scale had to be as large as possible.
Salt! It is the main source of production for the Hai Tribe in winter.
As long as the Stone City is there, the Sea Tribe has the capital to resist the grassland special forces, so there is nothing to be afraid of!
Ma Yue did not dare to let his guard down. On the grassland side, there was a rotating reconnaissance cavalry team patrolling, for fear that the grassland tribes would launch a counterattack.
In fact, even steppe tribes found it difficult to gather in winter. Without sufficient grass, the donkeys would lose weight and they would be unable to send troops.
What about the Hai Tribe? We have a lot of sheep, but feeding them is a hassle. Just bring back as much licorice as possible.
Eat them! There are too many people in the tribe. What else can we do if we don't eat the sheep? They belong to the enemy anyway. By the beginning of spring, as long as there are 1,800 sheep left, it will be fine.
The Hai Tribe's most valuable assets were still wildebeests and donkeys. This time, Ma Yue and Luo Bai had recaptured over a hundred donkeys. How much salt could that save? Once spring arrived, these donkeys would be the perfect labor force for farming.
Plow, we still need to speed up production. The grassland is not doing well, so we just need to expand the planting area of the headquarters and the jungle branch.
Ma Yue generously asked Chun Wu, Xia Wu and their men to donate 200 sheep to the first branch of the jungle for the winter, as there were thousands of people there.
"Charlatan, we have such a large population. Should we set up another branch in the forest?" The high priest had his own considerations. The arable land at the headquarters was limited. The grassland could not be developed further, but the forest was still possible for the time being.
In areas like the first branch of the jungle, the maximum amount of arable land that can be reclaimed is 200 mu. So, in the original large forest, there are not many trees, and some areas have a lot of open space, which is also suitable for farming.
Two hundred mu is nothing in the 21st century. In slightly more developed feudal areas, each family cultivated more than one or two hundred mu of land. This was primitive society, and the tools were not powerful enough.
At least there are so many wildebeests and donkeys, right? Even if the current plow is rubbish, it's still a plow, right?
"Is there a goal?" Ma Yue did not object to the establishment of the branch.
"The place where we can get limestone has a large area of low bushes to the west. It can be easily burned." said the high priest.
"I've noticed that too. Four or five hundred acres is no problem. The limestone is over there, so it's no problem to build another stone city. Besides, limestone is a good thing. It would be great if we could occupy it nearby." The second priest was even more greedy.
Greed is good, but good things should belong to one’s own tribe.
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