After returning from the fields to the west, Lin Xue led Ya up to the city wall.
"Ya Zai, where do you think would be a good place to build our arrow tower?"
Lin Xue pointed to the tribe below and asked Ya beside her.
"Auntie, what is an arrow tower?"
Ya couldn't understand the meaning of the new words Lin Xue used.
"Come with me!"
Thinking that Ya might not understand what she was saying, Lin Xue took her eldest son home directly.
"sit!"
Lin Xue had Ya sit across the table. She took out some terry paper and spread it on the table, then picked up a brush and began to draw a map of the tribe's terrain.
The location of the cave, as well as the location of the city walls and houses, were all drawn.
Although the houses are simply drawn as outlines, they are enough to make people immediately recognize what kind of place this is.
"Amu, what...what are all these?"
For a moment, I didn't know what words to use to describe these pens and paper.
"This is paper, it can be used to record things!"
"This is a calligraphy brush. When dipped in special colored ink, it can be used for writing or painting!"
"What I'm drawing now is a topographical map of our tribe. Once this map is finished, no one except a few important members of our tribe is allowed to see it!"
As the last stroke was put away, Ya saw that everything on the paper matched every blade of grass and tree in their tribe.
"Look, these are the arrow towers!"
"It's a high platform built of wood, with a roof made of planks and thatch, which can be used to shelter from the wind and rain!"
"Part of the surrounding area was also blocked off with wooden planks, and the rest was used to observe the situation in the air and in the distance!"
"If any foreign invaders attack, whether they come from the air or the ground, the people guarding the watchtower can warn the tribe!"
"You can also use bows and arrows to shoot at the invading enemies, and I guarantee they won't get away with it!"
Lin Xue explained the function of the arrow tower to Ya. The locations she drew for building the arrow tower were ones she had previously selected, and now she still needed to see her eldest son's opinion.
After all, the people who understand orcs best are the orcs themselves.
"This arrow tower is incredibly useful. We land-dwelling orcs have rarely had any way to deal with aerial enemies. Now, with this arrow tower, if any eagle beasts attack again, they will surely not return alive!"
As he observed the contents of the painting, even without leaving his home, he could be fully aware of the new buildings in his tribe.
"Auntie, are these calligraphy brushes and terry paper easy to make?"
After looking at it for a while, Ya asked about the paper and pen again.
"There's no rush. The tribe is currently facing internal and external troubles. Let's solve the existing problems first, and then we can think about paper and pens when we have some free time!"
Despite saying that, Lin Xue still briefly explained the process of making paper and pens to Ya.
The two discussed the arrow towers for a while and finally decided to build them on both sides inside the city wall.
Then build two more on this side of the square.
The two arrow towers on this side of the square are mainly for defense against air raids from the tribe, while the two on the city wall are mainly for defense against external enemies and for warning purposes.
After discussing the arrow tower, Lin Xue took Ya to her room, closed the doors and windows, and began teaching him the basics of guiding qi into the body.
Ya had a high talent for cultivation, and with Lin Xue's personal guidance, he completed the initial cultivation of Qi induction that very night.
The eagle beast did not come again in the following time, and Lin Xue and Ya divided the work.
Ya was in charge of organizing the tribesmen to go hunting, while Lin Xue led a group of tribesmen to find clay to build a kiln.
Ya also began leading the females of the tribe to search for and gather new resources within the territory.
The newly joined Sky Rat clan members were assigned to the gathering team and went out to gather resources with Ya and the others every day.
With the addition of the Sky Rat clan, the beastmen's focus was no longer limited to the ground, but they also discovered all the food hidden underground.
Ya originally only wanted to lead her tribesmen to do the final cleanup, but who knew that with the addition of the Sky Rat tribesmen, their workload was actually greater than before.
Another 10 days or so of such busy and fulfilling days have passed.
Lin Xue could clearly feel the changes in temperature.
It's getting chilly in the mornings and evenings these days, and in some places, the leaves have already started to fall.
"The cold season is coming soon!"
This slight chill brings with it increasingly colder weather.
Lin Xue only realized now that the four seasons here are not evenly distributed.
Winter and summer are long, while spring and autumn are short.
This also made Lin Xue and her team feel a greater sense of urgency.
The Sky Rat clan had long since moved out of the tribe and settled in houses on the west side of the tribe.
Lin Xue named this place Tianshu Village and even found a large rock to make a village monument for them.
The origins of the Sky Rat clan and the time they joined the Green Mountain tribe are all recorded in it.
Of course, the Orc Continent did not have a specific date for recording time. Lin Xue directly became the founder and set the date from when she arrived as the first year of the Great Wilderness Calendar of the Ancient Orc Continent.
Following Lin Xue's instructions, the Sky Rat clan also sent several clansmen to build underground caves throughout the Green Mountain tribe's territory.
During the cold season, they would send their people to live in those underground caves to ensure that no outsiders would take advantage of the cold season to attack.
While other races fear the cold, it is not so terrible for the Sky Rat race.
Because of the cold season, they moved into deep underground caves, which were much warmer than the surface.
Moreover, they had prepared enough dry grass in advance and placed it inside the cave.
As long as there is enough food and water, the Sky Rat clan says they can live underground forever.
Just as the cold season was drawing to a close, Lin Xue and her team finally completed the construction of their kiln.
The first batch of fired items were neither bricks nor tiles, but bowls and plates of porcelain!
When the exquisite porcelain was brought out, the entire Qingshan tribe was in an uproar.
This was the first time they had ever seen such exquisite items, which greatly excited the beastmen who were used to using stone pots and stoves.
Because the tribe had built earthen beds early on, they also had a kiln that could fire porcelain.
This winter, the people of the Qingshan tribe no longer feel so cold.
As long as you stay near the cave dwelling, you won't feel cold at all. Many people from the tribe say that they not only don't feel cold, but they actually feel quite warm.
When Lin Xue saw how enthusiastic her people were, she realized that the reason they used to stay in caves during the cold season was because they had no way to resist the cold.
Now that the tribespeople have said they are not cold, Lin Xue will not stand on ceremony and will try to arrange work for them.
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