Chapter 453 The Caravan Returns (Please vote and subscribe)
"If the soil problem is solved, then I will have no problem." Shitou agreed directly.
Then, Luo Chong looked at Du'er again, and this guy hadn't spoken yet.
"Chief, there is little water there, and there are only streams in the mountains. Whether it is daily drinking water or irrigating fields, it is not easy." Du'er thought about it and said.
"Then cut down trees, dig ditches, lead streams to the foot of the mountain, and dig ponds to store water." Luo Chong directly told the plan he had thought of.
"Well, the chief's method is very good, and I have no problem. So what should we do next?" Du'er also nodded in agreement.
"In that case, let's send the three of you. Ying Rui will be the general manager, mainly responsible for finding a suitable location and transporting soil from outside the valley to build the city wall.
Du'er, you will be responsible for finding streams, digging ditches to converge the water sources, and then digging ponds at the foot of the mountain to store water.
As for you, Shitou, you will be responsible for clearing the land, clearing the local vegetation, and then going up the mountain to cut trees. Cut as many as you can, and pile them up in one place for storage, so that they can be used when the new city is built next year." Luo Chong assigned tasks to the three people in an orderly manner, and the three of them agreed to it.
Two days later, the newly formed Fumaguan preparatory team was ready. There were a total of 500 people, including 300 Hanyang residents and 200 slaves. Led by three leaders, they led a large number of convoys and supplies to the valley in the north. The entire team was loaded with food and countless tools, starting the expansion plan of the Han tribe.
Fumaguan is actually the mountain pass behind Hanyang City. It is not very far away. With the current human strength, if calculated at a speed of 20 kilometers per day, it will only take three days to walk there. At most, it is 70 kilometers. Luo Chong has always conservatively estimated it to be around 60 kilometers.
This distance is not far. After all, according to the military history of the Eighth Route Army, when our soldiers used to fight infiltration and encirclement, they sometimes ran more than 100 kilometers in a day and night. At that time, they relied on their two legs to compete with the wheels of the bald man, but we still won. This distance is really nothing.
With Hanyang City as the center, the construction tasks of the north and south lines began to proceed simultaneously and gradually got on the right track. Luo Chong sat firmly in the classroom and received news from both places every day. But this sudden day, the grassland caravan that had been away for more than half a year finally came back. This is good news. At least the harvest this time is indeed very gratifying.
When the handwritten letter from Youfu was delivered to Luo Chong, the caravan was still three days away from Hanyang City. However, it took three days to get to Hanyang City, but it was only a stone's throw away from Ruyang County. Luo Chong immediately realized that this was a good opportunity. You know, the caravan brought a lot of fun stuff. How could they not go to the construction site of Ruyang County to have a drink of water and take a rest? Luo Chong smiled and immediately wrote back to Youfu, telling him that a new city was being built where the Li tribe used to live. When you go back, you can turn around and rest for a day, and then it won't be too late to come back.
Youfu was also surprised after receiving Luo Chong's reply. He didn't expect the headquarters of the Han tribe to expand so fast. How long has Hanyang City been built? It's a new city now? ! This is something that many people didn't expect.
Therefore, Youfu was also very interested in this new city. He immediately turned around and headed towards Ruyang County City according to what Luo Chong said, and arrived there the next morning.
The next morning, the people of the Yu tribe got up early, and then all the men, women, old and young gathered around an iron pot to cook breakfast. The pot was a good pot, which was earned by the labor of all the tribe members, and the whole tribe had only one such pot. However, the rice in it was not good rice, but boiled taro cubes. Although this was not a proper food, it could satisfy hunger. Moreover, this way of cooking and eating was something they had just learned from the Han tribe not long ago. The tribe members liked it very much. This food with soup was much better than eating barbecue all day long.
But just when they cooked the food and were about to share it, the white soup in the pot suddenly rippled in circles. Then, almost everyone felt the shaking of the earth. If they carefully put their ears on the ground, they could even hear a rumbling sound like thunder. What was going on?
Yu Tu was a little panicked. He really didn't know what was going on, so he didn't know how to react. On the other side of the construction site, Shu Da had obviously discovered the situation. He had cavalry under his command, so Shu Da could hear directly that this was the sound caused by a large number of heavy livestock running wildly.
Who else could come from the south with so many cattle and horses in his hands? It must be the caravan of You Fu.
To be honest, Shu Da had a prejudice against this guy. He was a serious military commander who couldn't fight a battle all year round, but this guy was obviously a runaway businessman, but he was showing off with two heavy cavalry of the general flag. Don't you think this is irritating? It's something that even my uncle can't tolerate.
No, I must talk to the leader next time. I also want to go to the grassland and I can fight. Who wants to stay here every day to move bricks and dig soil? It's really a grievance, Shu Da thought with a depressed heart.
Youfu's team came quickly, but the first to run over were a group of dogs, followed by a group of sheep and cattle and horses, as well as a small number of caravan members riding horses. The ones who were slowly sitting in the cars behind were definitely Youfu.
However, the Yu tribe obviously didn't recognize these people, but they also knew that this was the Han tribe's team, because the leader had a very bright silver crown on his head, which looked no different from the rat. In addition, there were thousands of cattle, horses and sheep. Of course, there
were not many cattle and horses, but there were about two or three thousand. The rest were all live sheep, a bunch of dirty sheep, and there were so many that they were everywhere in the mountains and plains, and it was impossible to count them. To be honest, even Youfu himself didn't know how many there were.
So many livestock, all from the Han tribe, which scared the Yu tribe terribly. No wonder the Han tribe was so powerful. The men, women, old and young in their entire tribe, combined, didn't have as many oxen as the Han tribe. With such a gap in strength, there was no point in comparing.
Seeing so many cows, the first thing that Yu Tu thought of was arable land. He had seen rice harvesting and replanting in the Han Tribe, so he naturally knew the role of cows, so he wanted some oxen very much. However, after he made a request to Shu Da, Shu Da rejected him unhappily.
"Oh! Chief Yu, why do you have such an idea? Although there are many cows here, we in the Han Tribe are also short of them. There are so many newly reclaimed lands waiting for cows. How can we have any extra ones to exchange with you? But there is a way." Shu Da laughed.
"What is the way?" Yu Tu asked curiously.
"Of course, it is to join the Han Tribe. As long as you join our Han Tribe, the chief will definitely distribute cows to various places. You don't even need to beg for them then. It's a joke. Do you think you can get them by begging? Don't even think about it." Shu Da persuaded Yu Tu earnestly.
Yu Tu: ""
Damn, after all, I still have to join the Han tribe. But if I don't join, I will see that my tribesmen will be out of control. The tribesmen don't care about anything else. They want to follow whoever can protect them and feed them. If they can't even fill their stomachs, who cares what your leader does.
At this time, such a situation is happening. There are several children in the Yu tribe who are holding lambs and not letting go. They keep shouting that they want to eat meat and wear clothes. This is the process of skinning and eating meat.
In front of several people, there are more than a dozen vicious dogs who are grazing. When they see that their lambs are being robbed, they immediately want to bite the children to death and take the lambs back. However, in front of these vicious dogs, there is a row of warriors with spears in their hands, mostly to protect the children.
But the children are also excusable. The Yu tribe grows taro, which is a high-yield thing, so the tribesmen rely on it for food. They are about to vomit after eating it. No matter how delicious the food is, it is unbearable to eat it every day.
Of course, there was meat. Every day, a few fish were caught from the river, or the hunting team went hunting. But it was not known whether it was because the Han tribe was nearby, the wild animals around were very rare. It seemed that they were afraid of the Han tribe's raid.
Therefore, the Yu tribe did not have much meat. Even if they caught prey, it was not enough for nearly 500 people. That's why this scene happened. Some children actually held lambs and said they wanted to eat meat and wear clothes.
Several children were naked, but now it was autumn, the weather was getting worse, and there was a strong wind recently, but these children still didn't have any animal skins. If this continued, the meat reserves were not enough, and they could not get more calories. Without animal skins to keep warm, it was almost certain that they would not survive this winter.
But these children were not stupid, or it could be called the instinct of survival. They wanted to live, not die like this, so they caught the sheep of the Han tribe, wanted to eat mutton, and wear sheepskin clothes. They wanted to live, that's all.
But it was not a good idea to continue the confrontation like this. Someone had to come forward. At this time, You Fu, who was in the middle of the team, finally came over and saw Shu Da wearing a tin crown. You Fu was very happy. He did not expect to see an old friend. It had been half a year. He thought things had changed.
You Fu rode his horse to Shu Da and dismounted. He wanted to say hello to Shu Da, but Shu Da ignored him and stared at the children, as if they had done something wrong.
"Shu Da, what's going on? Who are those people? Are they newly recruited by our leader?" You Fu asked, looking at the situation in front.
Shu Da was angry and disdained to talk to You Fu, but at least he said hello first. If he ignored him, he would inevitably appear petty, so he said.
"They are people from the Yu tribe. They are now our neighbors in the new city and also laborers working for us. The leader wanted them to join, but the other leader has always refused." Shu Da said expressionlessly, without even looking at You Fu.
"Haha, I thought it was something else, but it turned out to be like this. Just wait and see." You Fu said and walked forward, leaving Shu Da standing there gnashing his teeth.
Before they walked far, You Fu blew a loud whistle, and the sheepdogs that were confronting them immediately ran to You Fu's feet with their tails wagging. Then, he took out a handful of jerky made of unknown meat from the cowhide bag on his waist and threw it directly behind him. Dozens of sheepdogs immediately swarmed over and fought for the jerky.
Without the threat of the vicious dogs to the children, the adults who had just blocked the way relaxed, but when they saw a man wearing a tin crown like Shu Da, they felt indescribably nervous. What was this guy going to do? He wouldn't shout and kill our children just for this, would he?
You Fu walked in front of the child with a smile on his face. There were still two lines of tears on the child's dirty face. His thin arms tightly hugged the lamb's neck, and he refused to let go no matter what he said. He almost strangled the lamb to death. The adults beside him were also very anxious, not knowing what would happen if the lamb died.
You Fu squatted in front of the child without saying a word. He took out a handful of dried meat again and stuffed two pieces into his mouth first. He smacked his lips and chewed non-stop in front of the child, making the child opposite him almost cry with greed. Then he stuffed the dried meat into the other child's mouth with a smile.
The child tasted meat and it was salty. He immediately chewed it with big mouthfuls and looked at You Fu with a silly smile. However, when You Fu asked him for the lamb, the little guy began to strangle the lamb's neck and backed away, repeating the two words "eat meat" and "wear clothes" in Chinese.
You Fu smiled at him, pointed at the lamb and asked him: "Do you want this sheep, eat its meat, and use its skin to make clothes?"
The child nodded quickly, "Without clothes, it's windy and cold, and I will die."
"But this is our sheep, we can't give it to you for free, what do you want to exchange it for?" You Fu asked again.
This time the child may not have understood it very well. He was stunned for a long time and still didn't say anything. Finally, he said two words, "Nothing."
You Fu laughed when he heard it, "Then if you don't have anything to exchange with me, I can't give it to you. You are not from our tribe. If you were from our tribe, I would give you clothes directly. You see that big cart, it's full of furs. There are as many skins as you want, and each one is bigger than this sheep.
What's the point of just holding this sheep? It's so small, and its skin is not enough to wrap yourself. Besides, what about your shoes? This little skin is not enough for you to make Shoes, aren’t you afraid that your toes will freeze off in winter?”
The child looked at the lamb he was holding, then looked at himself, and finally looked down at his two black feet, then looked up at the adults around him pitifully. His parents lowered their heads and sighed. Animal skins were in short supply, so where could they get a set of skins for the child? The child actually had clothes before, but his mother gave birth to another baby and thought he was grown up, so she took his animal skins away. However, the child was only six or seven years old at most, and without animal skins, he would have no choice but to die.
“Mom, I want clothes, I want to live, let’s go to the Han tribe?”
(End of this chapter)
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