Chapter 237: The decision of the leader of the fork (please vote, a roar from the author)
Most of the wild horses in the front row fell down at the first blockade, but they had no chance to stand up, because the horses behind them were also rushing forward one after another. Just as the horses in the first row who fell down wanted to stand up, the horses behind them jumped over them, and then collided with each other and fell down together.
Some wild horses that had managed to cross the first obstacle also fell down at the second and third blocks. Even if a few of them broke through the three layers of blocks, there was still a circle of ropes and wooden stakes outside, and a fire net burning with flames.
The horses were tripped one after another. Youfu and Yingrui, who had been ambushing on both sides of the valley, quickly led their men to rush up and started to tie up the wild horses that fell down with ropes. Some of them tied their legs directly. As long as the two legs were tied, they could not stand up. Some horses had already climbed up, and Youfu had people put ropes around their necks.
After a lot of trouble, most of the wild horses in the encirclement had been controlled, and only dozens of them were still running around in the valley. Youfu began to let a dozen deer cavalrymen encircle and capture these stragglers with ropes.
By the evening, the encirclement operation was over. The Han tribe had captured a total of 329 wild zebras of all sizes. Some of them were slightly injured, but it did not affect their work in the future. It was a huge harvest.
Among the tribesmen and slaves who participated in the capture, 6 people were injured, and two of them were seriously injured. Their arms and calves were broken, which were caused by horses kicking them. The one with a broken calf was pulled down by the trip rope after being knocked down by the horses, and then the horse that jumped up behind him broke his calf in the chaos. He was unlucky.
The injured were placed on ox carts, and Xue Tu personally escorted them with several cavalrymen to return to the tribe as soon as possible.
The other large troops were going to escort the horses back. They divided the horses into several teams, tied them together with ropes, and put them all around their necks. The way back was the road from the valley to the back mountain of the Han tribe.
This road was full of woods and mountains. The horses could not run fast at all. Moreover, they were tied together, so even if they ran, they would get caught by the trees on the road. Unless they could run in a column, but this was impossible. How could a group of wild horses have the skill of lining up?
Three days later, Xue Tu sent the wounded back to the Han tribe and reported that 329 wild horses had been successfully captured. The Han tribe celebrated as a whole. More than 300 horses were very useful in the Han tribe with a population of less than 3,000. It could greatly solve the problem of insufficient manpower.
Although zebras are fierce, not easy to tame, and not suitable for riding, it is not a big problem to tie them up to pull carts. They can also be used to pull plows to cultivate land. In this way, the area of farmland in the Han tribe can be further expanded, which brings great benefits to the Han tribe.
Luo Chong was very happy and treated the two seriously injured soldiers himself. As for fractures, Luo Chong had also learned field medical subjects, so it was not a big problem.
Because it was not an open fracture, that is, the kind where the broken bones pierced the skin and flesh, they did not cause external injuries, so they were relatively easy to treat. However, it had been three days and the broken bone was swollen, so it was necessary to make an incision to bleed and release the blood stasis, and then reset the broken bones, put on splints, and wrap plaster.
Eat some sisal leaf pulp and ramie leaves to stop bleeding and reduce inflammation, and the rest can only rely on themselves to recover.
The other four minor injuries were not a big problem. They were all some external injuries. As long as they were careful not to get infected, they would recover quickly.
The six injured people, except for one slave, the other five tribesmen were rewarded, still the same copper buckle as before, used to decorate the headband. Wearing it on the head can show one's merits and will win the respect of the tribesmen.
There is no specific reward yet. Although the Han tribe is now divided into families, it is still a public ownership system. The reward of this copper buckle is just a symbolic meaning, similar to the role of a medal.
The Han tribe was celebrating the joy of the harvest, and the various tribes that had traded with the Han tribe again were also celebrating. The planting concepts and seeds and farm tools brought back by the trading team made the top leaders of each tribe pay special attention. The market that the Han tribe would hold at the beginning of each month also made the tribal leaders very happy.
The population of the Cha tribe is over 400 people, and they mainly make a living by fishing.
The leader of the Cha tribe, Jian, and the elder of the Cha tribe are tasting the fresh food of rice. Although there is no vegetable, they only eat white rice, but they both eat it very sweetly.
"Chief, this rice is really delicious. It tastes fragrant and sweet, soft, and can be eaten by both the elderly and children. It is indeed suitable as a staple food, and it can also relieve hunger. I am full after eating this bowl." The gray-haired elder told Jian about his feelings after tasting it.
Jian also nodded in agreement: "This thing called rice is indeed a treasure, but what's even more precious is the Han tribe's idea of planting it. How did they come up with this way of producing food?
With this planting technology, you don't have to worry about not being able to feed your own people. If there is no food, just grow it yourself. If there are more people, just plant more. No matter how many people there are, you can feed them this way.
No wonder the Han chief dared to buy so many people at the Spring Fair. I was worried about him at the time. How could so many people be fed? How much food would they need? It turns out that he had this good idea."
"Yes, what's even more respectable is that the Han chief also taught such an important method of survival to so many humans. He is like a god. He has raised so many people and made so many people no longer have to worry about food."
Elder Cha also sighed at Luo Chong's courage and achievements. Such a good person who does not ask for anything in return and helps all living beings is enough to become a god-like existence. If it were placed in later generations, it would be normal to build a shrine for him and enjoy incense and offerings.
"Since it is a good thing and not particularly difficult to find, and now that we have brought back the seeds and tools, there is no reason for us not to plant it.
In addition, our tribe relies on fishing for a living, and we are close to the river. There are large tracts of bare grassland by the river, which is very suitable for growing rice. So we should start to reclaim paddy fields and dig canals immediately.
We should also imitate the farming tools given by the Han tribe as soon as possible, and make some similar tools with stones and bones, so as to reclaim more fields, plant all the rice seeds, and harvest a batch of food before this winter." Jian immediately made up his mind to grow rice and arranged the next work direction.
"Chief, there is one more thing you must not forget." Elder Cha reminded Jian.
"What is it?"
"We can make farm tools out of stone and bone, but we still need a lot of pottery pots. We can't eat raw rice, we can only cook porridge or rice.
But no matter what, we need to use pots, but we only have a few pots now, so in the coming days, we not only have to grow rice, but also collect some things and go to the market of the Han tribe to exchange for pottery." The elder reminded.
"Oh, right, right, you see my brain, I almost forgot such an important thing. Without pots, we can't eat rice even if we have it."
(End of this chapter)
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