The development of grassland habitats belongs to the beastmen of the land, and will...
The orcs of the Wise Clan finally managed to get a chance to talk to Lan, but they were devastated by the words of the orcs of the Xia Clan.
They hadn't expected to have to wait any longer, and the orc's entire appearance had turned a shade grayer. They had already spent a full season in Xia's habitat in order to see Lan.
The Wise Man clan's feathered orc was saddened, his wet, deep green eyes fixed on Lan. "When will Lan have time to discuss this with us?"
As the season passed, the wise clan orcs became more fluent in the grassland language and also learned a lot of the Xia clan's language.
Jiang Yunlan met the gaze of the red-haired, green-eyed orc and said, "Two sunsets later."
She always rested on the third day after returning from an outing. This time, she decided to use her rest day to talk with the orcs of the Sage Clan, as she was also curious about the culture of the Sage Clan, which was also a mixed race.
The feathered orc's dejected expression instantly turned into a bright smile, and he hurriedly spoke before the other Xia clan orcs, "Then it's settled! I am the feathered orc, the Cloud-Walking Feathered Orc."
After Yunxing Yuque finished speaking, he saw Lan nod at him and then quickly looked at another orc who had called him. He and his people breathed a sigh of relief, and in an instant, they were subtly pushed out of the encirclement by the surrounding Xia clan orcs.
At the center of the beastmen's territory, Jiang Yunlan stood on the ground, methodically arranging for Xia's beastmen to take the items from the car and store them.
"Yan Dahe, take these fluffy beasts to the breeding area and settle them in. All the fluff produced by the fluffy beasts will be kept for Feng Qi and the others to spin cloth." She said, gesturing for Shui Luo and the other beastmen to lead the successfully tamed fluffy beasts over.
A round-faced, fluffy beast with a rope around its neck followed Shui Luo, its four paws swaying. Its butterfly-shaped, fluffy ears, located on either side of its face, swayed from side to side with its body. Its long, bushy tail, as long as its body, was held high, refusing to touch the ground, indicating that it was a very clean animal.
Yan Dahe could tell that the fluffy beasts in front of him were quite powerful, and asked in confusion, "Lan, how strong are their attacks?"
"By analogy, the attack from the Fluffy Beast's tail is weaker than the attack from the Hidden Feather Beast's peck. After all, the Hidden Feather Beast's sharp beak can cause penetrating wounds," Jiang Yunlan said to her thoughtfully.
She was the beastman in charge of raising the Hidden Feather Beasts, and she immediately grasped the concept upon hearing Lan's analogy. Recalling the items damaged by the Hidden Feather Beasts, she mentally determined the strength of the fence to be built for the Fluffy Beasts, and turned her gaze to Shui Luo and the other beastmen, "Let's go, we'll go to the feeding area."
The beastmen leading the fluffy beasts immediately lifted their feet and walked forward together with several other beastmen who were preventing the fluffy beasts from suddenly running away.
Jiang Yunlan watched them go for a few seconds, then glanced back at the supplies they had brought back and continued to give instructions. The wooden carts beside her gradually decreased in number, until only the largest number remained, which were filled with food.
She paused for two seconds, holding the supplies list, and looked up at Maple Syrup. "How are the plants in the tribe growing?"
"The last two flowering and fruiting seasons saw fewer plants of the same species in a single field than before you left, but still more than when we first arrived on the grasslands, which can be considered a bumper harvest. The food produced by the two habitats is just enough to meet the needs of our tribesmen and the working beastmen, so even without sending out gathering teams, we can still guarantee a food supply."
Maple Syrup remembered that Lan wanted wine, and added, "The clan issues quests to gather food in places like the forest, so the clan still has a food surplus. Gray Feather and the others tried brewing wine last snow season."
“Each of our head chefs’ orcs brewed a jar of wine. The other wines all failed, but three jars survived. One of the surviving jars is a rice and wheat wine that I brewed. Lan, please come and see it at the first canteen when you have time. The wine is kept there.” Gray Feather’s expression was reserved, not overly excited.
She absolutely wouldn't get cocky until Lan and 022 announced that her wine had been successfully brewed.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yunlan smiled and agreed: "After we arrange the crop seeds to be planted during the fruit season, we'll go to the first canteen. It's almost evening, so let's have dinner together after we check on the wine situation."
"How are the maple syrup trees, the fast-growing forests in the planting area, and the thorny fruit trees, lemon trees, and other tree species in the tribe?" she asked, habitually taking out paper and pen from her bag and holding them in her hands.
Maple Syrup recalled the reports submitted by the tribesmen who had gone out to work, and her words became more fluent: "The fast-growing trees we planted during the fruit season when we settled on the grassland are already ready for harvest. The lemon trees and medicinal trees are still the same as before, growing vigorously."
"Some of the fruit trees, such as the thorny berry tree, which hadn't borne fruit before, started bearing fruit last season. They should be able to produce a batch of fruit this season or next season." A smile unconsciously appeared on her lips, and her voice was cheerful.
The orcs were overjoyed at the thought that their tribe's food supply would increase. These fruit trees, which had grown from seeds and saplings, were finally ready for harvest.
Jiang Yunlan was also pleased and said it was good twice. She then asked, "The bamboo rhizomes we transplanted from the forest to the grassland should have started to grow into new bamboo, right?"
“Lan already guessed it. Yes, the bamboo forest area, which had been quiet for so long, has suddenly started growing rapidly, with many bamboos sprouting in just one season,” Maple Sugar exclaimed in amazement. When she and her people discovered that the bamboo was growing so fast, they couldn’t believe their eyes.
Seeing the disbelief on her face, Jiang Yunlan took notes on the bamboo forest area, her voice filled with laughter, "Bamboo is just that kind of plant."
"Now let's talk about the crops in the planting area. We've found many new plants outside, so we need to adjust the planting area's layout. Have any new plants appeared in the tribe?"
Upon hearing Lan's question, Maple Syrup rattled off the names of the plants sent by the orc clan she worked for. At the end, she mentioned an item that Jiang Yunlan hadn't expected to come up with.
"Lan, before you went out, the unicorns brought you the liquid from the teardrop-shaped fruit. It can keep cloth from getting wet. A few seasons ago, the winged beast tried to take the teardrop-shaped fruit from Yan Dahe's hand, but the fruit was poisonous. Yan Dahe was afraid it would accidentally eat it, so he simply crushed the fruit," she said.
She remembered the image of the grown-up winged beast chasing the humanoid leopard around, and with her left hand clenched into a fist in front of her mouth, she chuckled and said, "None of us expected that clothes with fruit juice on them would be able to stay dry when wet after drying."
Jiang Yunlan became excited and quickly asked, "Does the clan still have teardrop-shaped fruits? Or the seeds inside teardrop-shaped fruits?"
She was just about to light her sails and sail the rivers and seas. The fact that her tribe had found fruit that could be used to make waterproof fabric was a wonderful surprise.
“Of course. Lan has always wanted a cloth that doesn’t get wet when touched by water, so we kept half of the seeds and tried planting the other half last flowering season. The vines that grew from the seeds have already climbed up the wooden frame,” Maple Syrup’s expression gradually fell as she thought of the fruits that were only enough to dye one piece of cloth. “It’s produced so few fruits; it only produced a few this flowering season.”
“But we’ve already extracted the seeds from those fruits and planted them all. Don’t worry, Lan, there will be even more teardrop-shaped fruits next flowering season!” Maple Syrup said, her eyes seemingly burning with fire.
They will definitely make sure Lan gets what she wants!
Upon hearing that they had successfully grown the teardrop-shaped fruit, Jiang Yunlan was taken aback, then even happier. She smiled brightly, praising Maple Sugar and the others repeatedly.
Whether they lived in the mountains or the grasslands, she could see that they were all working hard to develop their clans. Even when some encountered difficulties they didn't know how to handle, they overcame them.
What pleased her most was that the beastmen were able to maintain their habitat on their own. This meant that she could stay away from her habitat for longer periods when exploring the ocean.
She said proudly, "You all did a really good job while I was away from the tribe. You are all people I am proud of."
Upon hearing this, the eyes of the beastmen remaining in their habitat instantly welled up with tears. Their anxious hearts were soothed in that instant, and they couldn't help but reveal smiles, some obvious and some subtle.
Lan said they did a great job.
Lan also said that they are her people, whom she is proud of!
The Xia clan beastmen were so happy that they made all sorts of random noises, their whole bodies radiating joy.
Seeing that they were happy, Jiang Yunlan smiled along with them.
After a while, she turned her gaze to the orcs who had come to work, "Thank you for your help in Xia's development during this time. Please continue to come to the Xia Clan in the future. Xia will become better and a place worth staying in."
The orcs who were listening in were orcs who had been brought here by their Xia clan friends. They often heard the Xia orcs talk about Lan's deeds and knew that almost everything they had come into contact with in Xia was orchestrated by Lan.
They never expected that they, who were just there to work, would receive such gratitude from Lan.
Some of the working orcs were moved by Lan's words and began to consider the possibility of joining the Xia Clan. The Xia Clan leader, Lan, really was as wonderful as their Xia Clan friends described.
Jiang Yunlan was unaware of the wavering in the hearts of the working beastmen. After she finished writing the planting area plan for the fruit season, she said goodbye to most of the beastmen and led Gray Feather and the others to the first canteen.
Stepping into the courtyard of the first canteen, Jiang Yunlan followed Huiyu to the place where they had buried the wine jars.
"Lan, wait for us a moment, we'll dig out the wine now." Gray Feather and the other orcs said, squatting down with their beast-like hands to turn over the soil.
The black soil pattered together as Grayfeather and two other orcs who hadn't yet crashed dug out their homemade wine and presented it to Lan like a treasure.
"Lan! Come and see, is our wine a success?"
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