Chapter 233: Teach them to farm
. Everyone was surprised by Shang's explanation. Although they had long known that the mysterious Han tribe knew many technologies that other tribes did not know, such as making pottery, making white salt, ox carts, and other new things, they did not expect that the Han tribe could even do such a troublesome thing as weaving cloth.
Everyone rested in the Bian tribe for a day. The hunting patrol of the Han tribe also contacted the Bian tribe. While receiving a bundle of new sacks, they also brought back the news that the tribes came to trade white salt, and told Luo Chong in the evening.
At dinner time, Luo Chong called several senior officials to have dinner together, and everyone discussed this matter together.
"Chief, I think we should continue to exchange people with them. Now that we have planted so much rice, I think we can still absorb another two or three hundred people this year. Although we may live a little tight, it should not be a problem." Rat Da was the first to express his point of view.
However, this statement did not receive supporters, and the two old men, the elders and the rat witch, raised objections.
"Chief, I think we should not replace people yet. We should just use the white salt to exchange some animal skins and other things. There are already a lot of new members in our tribe this year. Just raising these people has made everyone very busy. If more people come in, it will take many more days just to build houses.
Moreover, we don't have many animal skins in storage. Although it is hot now, in winter, our animal skins may not be enough. At that time, some people in the tribe will definitely freeze to death."
The two old men, the elder and the rat witch, gave their suggestions, but Luo Chong stared blankly at the bowl in his hand, without any reaction. He was in a trance, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Chief? Chief?" Rat Da stretched out his palm and shook it in front of Luo Chong's eyes.
"Ah, ah?" Luo Chong came back to his senses and looked at the senior officials who were staring at him.
"Chief, what were you thinking just now? Did you hear what we said? Should we still use people to exchange for the white salt?" The elder continued to remind Luo Chong.
"Oh, about this question, I've thought about it. For the time being, we don't need to exchange population. We do have a lot of population now. Although we still have the ability to absorb, haste makes waste. We can't push those tribes too hard.
Also, have you discovered anything? It's not surprising that someone can come to us to exchange salt this time, but the strange thing is that these people actually came here spontaneously in a team.
You have to know that if there is a first, there will be a second. Who can guarantee that these tribes will not be dissatisfied with our continued use of population trade and come back to gather a large force to attack us? It is better to directly use white salt to exchange for something else from them. Just like the elder said, we still lack a lot of animal skins and need to prepare for winter." Luo Chong analyzed to several people.
After listening to Luo Chong's words, Shu Da and the two old men felt that it made sense. The population of the Han tribe was indeed quite large. If they continued to ask them to exchange people, they might anger these people. Even if they could beat them, it would be a trouble for the Han tribe itself, because fighting would take too long, and the Han tribe planted so much food. It would be stressful to pull all the people up during the busy farming season.
After listening to Luo Chong's analysis, several people felt that it made sense and could not help but nod frequently. However, when they turned their heads, Luo Chong fell into a state of contemplation again.
"Chief, what are you thinking about? Is there anything else besides this matter?" Shu Da asked again.
"Oh, I'm just thinking about something very important. I want to publicize the methods and seeds of planting crops and tell those tribes that come to exchange salt so that they can go back to plant food." Luo Chong slowly told them his thoughts.
Popularizing crop planting was not a whim of Luo Chong. He had wanted to do this for a long time.
Some people might say that these tribes were not members of the Han tribe, so why should they pass on such an important technology as growing food? Isn't this equivalent to cultivating opponents? In fact, Luo Chong didn't think so. As a man determined to dominate the continent, a few small tribes were nothing. Of course, he had to look at the long-term.
Luo Chong didn't know how big this world was, and how big this continent was. But if the current development speed continued, it was estimated that in Luo Chong's lifetime, he might not be able to see the scene of the entire continent being planted with food.
However, another method could be used to achieve this, that is, to directly publish the method of growing food and seeds, so that the farming tribes would flourish on this continent, instead of waiting for Luo Chong to send people to reclaim new land, which would tire them to death and not reclaim much land.
It would be better to publish it directly and let those tribes reclaim the farmland first and plant food first. In this way, it would be very beneficial to Luo Chong from the overall perspective.
First of all, Luo Chong brought farming techniques to the people living on this land, and taught them for free, which meant that the people on the entire continent would benefit from Luo Chong's kindness and actively expand the influence of the Han tribe on this continent.
In the future, all humans who grow food must remember that there is a Han tribe in this world, and the Han tribe has a god-like leader. It is he who taught countless people to cultivate the land and freed countless humans from the troubles of hunger.
In addition, after the farming techniques are widely spread, there will definitely be more and more food, and more and more people can be fed, and the number of humans will have a qualitative leap, saving the need to wait until Luo Chong establishes a country in his next life to encourage childbirth with policies.
In this very primitive and backward era, the number of humans is the primary productive force, and naturally the more people the better.
Another thing is the idea of worrying about cultivating opponents for yourself. Haha, that is simply impossible. Luo Chong's external transmission is only the method of growing food, but he has mastered the black technology of metallurgy in his hands. He is wearing armor and a long sword in his hand. He is facing a group of farmers who have just learned to farm. Who is qualified to be Luo Chong's opponent and the opponent of the Han Dynasty?
Even if they were taught how to farm, it would only be to reclaim wasteland for the Han tribe first, saving time and waiting for Luo Chong to send people to reclaim the entire continent.
"Chief, why? Isn't it better for us to farm by ourselves? Why should we teach other tribes to grow crops?" Rat King, the elders, and the Rat Wizard asked in unison.
They didn't understand Luo Chong's decision at all, and believed that the Han tribe should master such survival skills on its own. But after listening to Luo Chong's explanation, the three of them were stunned.
In the whole world, wherever there is food grown, they know the Han tribe and the leader of the Han tribe.
In the whole world, wherever there is food grown, it will be the territory of the Han tribe. The Han tribe is as big as the world.
(End of this chapter)
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