Chapter 236: The Horse in the Jar (Please vote, any vote is needed)
The trading teams of the tribes were very happy to hear what Luo Chong said. Now they knew the way to the Han tribe. Luo Chong also said that he would set up a market, which would be held at the beginning of every month for seven days. This would give their tribes that were far away the opportunity to come to the Han tribe to trade.
In addition, Luo Chong agreed that they could trade without using population, which gave them the conditions to purchase goods for a long time. After all, no one could stand it if they kept using people to exchange for things.
"In addition, if you want to learn how to farm, our Han tribe can provide seeds for free, but you need to exchange things for farming tools.
If your residence is close to a water source, you can choose to grow rice. If it is far away from a water source, you can also grow peanuts. Peanuts do not require so much water. You can choose according to the situation of your respective tribes.
In addition, it is only the beginning of the second month of summer, and the hot days are still a long time. Whether it is rice or peanuts, you can plant them once this year, but you must do it immediately after returning.
Also, you don’t have to worry about not knowing how to plant. If you encounter any problems, you can come to the Han tribe for advice at the monthly market. We in the Han tribe are very willing to help everyone and solve the problem of not having enough food as soon as possible."
After talking about the market, Luo Chong promoted planting matters to them and proposed methods to solve their worries about farming. Only in this way can farming be quickly popularized and the area of farmland on this land be rapidly increased. In this way, Luo Chong’s goal will be achieved.
The trading teams of the tribes were very happy. The Han tribe had free seeds. Even those who didn't know how to farm could come and ask. Farm tools could also be traded here. It was really great. Everyone stood up and saluted Luo Chong to express their gratitude to the Han tribe.
The next day, the trading teams of the tribes received seeds from the Han tribe. Each tribe received one jin of rice, which they could take back to their own tribe's high-level officials for tasting. Then they received rice seeds according to the number of people in their tribes.
Ten jin of rice seeds were distributed to every 100 people. A tribe with 400 people like the Cha tribe received 40 jin. A dozen tribes together only distributed about a few hundred jin. This amount was nothing to the Han tribe. After all, the second season of rice in the Han tribe had expanded to nearly 1,000 mu, and these few hundred jins were only the yield of one mu of land.
Peanuts had just been harvested, but some were also distributed. However, they had to dry them before they could be used. Most tribes chose rice. Although rice was more difficult to grow, rice had a short growth cycle, a higher yield than peanuts, and was more durable in storage.
In addition, each tribe was also issued three farm tools, a long-handled hoe, a manual plow, and a rake for leveling the ground. Scythes and the like were not given now, because they had not been planted yet. It would take several months for their rice to mature. During this period, they could also go to the market to buy the farm tools they needed.
Of course, each tribe was only given one or two of these bronze farm tools, so that they could take them back and imitate them. They could make farm tools with stone tools themselves. If they wanted metal farm tools, they could do so, but they had to exchange them for something. The Han tribe would not give away everything.
After taking the things, each tribe immediately headed back. This time, the mission of finding the Han tribe was successfully completed, and they had gained a lot. They had to go back quickly to send back this news that could change the fate of each tribe.
From hunting and gathering to farming, this was indeed a turning point in fate, and it was of great significance to each tribe.
After the trading teams from the tribes left, the Salt Lake Mine delivered another shipload of iron ore that afternoon. This was the seventh trip in half a month of transportation. Each full load could carry about ten tons. The Han tribe's iron ore reserves were nearly a hundred tons. If it could be made into steel, it would weigh dozens of tons, which was enough for the Han tribe to use for a long time.
Luo Chong immediately told the four soldiers who were escorting the boat that if they went back and brought another boat back, the people in the iron ore area could evacuate. He asked them to join Youfu's team and send the horses back as soon as possible, and then stop the activities in the north this year.
The four soldiers who operated the boat also went back with Luo Chong's order. The long-term transportation work also made them feel tired. Now they can go home, they are all very happy.
In the following days, Luo Chong also urged the tribesmen in the Han tribe to build a water mill. Youfu also achieved significant results. After half a month, they have built a one-kilometer-long simple barrier belt, which sealed the entire valley.
The barrier belt was built entirely with wooden stakes, and the gaps were also large. It could only block large animals such as horses, but other small animals could not be blocked, but there was no need to block them. They just wanted to catch those wild horses.
A few days later, Dali and Xuetu from the Iron Mine District led a group of warriors and slaves to join Youfu and Yingrui. They were accompanied by about 200 members of the Eagle Tribe, dozens of giant eagles, and hundreds of people. After joining together, they began to implement the final capture plan. A
large number of people were placed on both sides of the valley entrance. A dozen cavalrymen and dozens of giant eagles began to drive more than 300 wild horses towards the valley. The entire driving process took three days to drive the entire herd of horses to the valley.
On the fourth day, the driving team increased to 200 people. Everyone held torches and shouted loudly to drive the horses into the valley.
The frightened horses were surrounded by pursuers and could only passively flee into the valley. However, when they rushed into the valley, they suddenly found that the road ahead was blocked. There was a blockade in front and pursuers behind. The horses, who had become trapped beasts, decided to face the enemy head-on and break out of the encirclement.
But when they turned around, the interception team led by Dali and Xuetu had already blocked the exit of the valley.
Youfu had set up an interception in advance at the narrowest part of the valley exit, which was only 400 meters wide. Xuetu and his men placed four deep bull carts used to pull ore horizontally in the 400-meter passage, dividing the exit of the passage into five.
Then Dali sent dozens of people behind each bull cart and pulled three trip ropes between the five passages, and each one was higher than the other. The places outside were also blocked by wooden stakes and ropes. As long as the wild horses ran into this encirclement, they would not be able to escape.
The first charge of the herd began. More than 300 horses galloped with four hooves, but there was no smoke and dust, and there was still a lot of grass on the ground. When they rushed to the trip rope, they jumped one after another, but most of them did not rush through. They were stopped by the first rope and fell to the ground one after another.
The tribesmen who pulled up the first tripwire were also pulled down by the powerful impact, but their mission was accomplished because there was a second tripwire, a third tripwire, and a complete encirclement with ropes behind them.
(End of this chapter)
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