Chapter 251 New Ideas
The escort left shouting along the way, bringing the news to every village.
At the same time, over at the Red Stone Camp, after a night's rest, the pair of eyes that had been attacked by the altar's prohibition had basically returned to normal, which made Zhou Xu breathe a sigh of relief.
At this time, Shi Lei was in charge of the main work on the front line, and there were not many things that required him to worry about personally.
This is undoubtedly a good thing for Zhou Xu. In this way, he can rest in peace and recover the power of mantra that he had consumed in the previous battle.
After getting enough sleep, Zhenyan's power was still far from fully recovered, but that didn't stop Zhou Xu from finding something to do.
Now that this mountain range has been conquered, the natural thing to do is to develop it.
Now, the six tribes entrenched in this mountain range have all been wiped out by them one after another, and the post-war work has basically been handled in the past two days.
Naturally, it is time to think about how to develop in the future.
There are definitely some ideas.
But Zhou Xu had no idea what this mountain range was like before.
He couldn't just arrange things based on his imagination, right? Next, he would definitely build a village in this mountain range, but he would have to do some field research to find out the exact location of the village.
Under this premise, the location of the camps of the six tribes must be good enough to provide an environment for the population of the six tribes to survive.
But it was obviously impossible for Zhou Xu to directly establish six villages here.
Not only is it time-consuming and laborious, but the manpower that has been expanded with great difficulty by incorporating the population will also be dispersed in large numbers, which is not very meaningful.
Zhou Xu fell into deep thought around this question.
The area of this mountain range is far larger than the barren mountain they had encountered before. It is at least four to five times larger than that barren mountain, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate six tribes to survive here.
At this stage, the area richest in natural resources is indeed the area that Manshi occupied during his lifetime.
But this area is too far away from Huangshan Village.
If he established a village on the original campsite of the Manshi Tribe, then after the village was built, it would take three to four days to get from the Huangshan Village to the new village, crossing mountains and ridges, even for an experienced climber.
This is without taking into account the transportation of materials.
If this is taken into consideration, it is hard to say how much time it will take.
Zhou Xu pondered over this problem for a while, and then an idea came to his mind.
"Shi Lei, what do you think if I move Huangshan Village to the inner side of the mountain range, to the flat land near the mountain?"
While speaking, Zhou Xu spread out the animal skin map he had drawn in the past few days in front of him and pointed out the location.
This situation made Shi Lei frown slightly.
"Chief, do you want Huangshan Village to relocate?"
"That's right."
According to Shi Lei's idea, Huangshan Village was just completed in the early winter of last year. They moved after just one winter? How much time, manpower and material resources would it take to build a new village? Although Shi Lei was one of the earliest primitive people to submit to him, some of the primitive people's nature, or the style and thinking of doing things, were still impossible to be exactly the same as those of Zhou Xu, a modern man.
In Shi Lei's opinion, their Huangshan Village has been built very well.
Under this premise, unless Huangshan Village was destroyed by a disaster, he would not move easily, mainly because he couldn't bear to leave.
But Zhou Xu’s idea is different. His idea is very simple, that is, to change it if there is a better place.
Now facing Shi Lei, he expressed his thoughts without reservation.
"Huangshan Village was built on the basis of the original tribal camp. Although I also made major changes based on my own ideas, some problems cannot be solved by major changes."
"For example, this terrain is halfway up the mountain."
As Zhou Xu spoke, he pointed to the location of Huangshan Village marked on the map.
"The terrain on this mountain is undulating. Originally, it was OK for the primitive tribe to just set up a very simple tent, but I will definitely develop it in the future, and I will have to build various facilities. At the same time, I will also need to expand and increase the area of the village. Construction on the hillside will greatly increase the difficulty and cost of construction."
At this point, Zhou Xu changed the subject...
"On the other hand, this area shouldn't be unfamiliar to you, right?"
"This should be the border between us and the original Blackwood Tribe, right?"
“That’s true.”
Zhou Xu nodded.
"But to be precise, the location I'm referring to is close to the original location of the Blackwood Tribe, near the foot of the mountain on this side."
Having said this, Zhou Xu took a breath and then continued speaking.
"This area has a flat terrain, is close to rivers and bamboo forests, and has many natural resources nearby. By moving Huangshan Village here, the subsequent construction will be more efficient without the influence of the terrain."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu pointed to another point on the map.
"Then here, I plan to build a new village, close to a central location between the original Barbarian Stone Tribe and the Red Stone Tribe."
Zhou Xu paused, then pointed at two points on the map and gestured quickly.
"As long as this arrangement is made, according to my estimation, the time required to travel from the new village to Huangshan Village can be controlled within three days. This is why I want Huangshan Village to move."
"After all, coming from Salt Lake Village, we can take a bullock cart or even ride a horse, which greatly improves the efficiency of transportation. The barren mountain is relatively short, so it doesn't take too much time to climb over the mountain. But it's too far to the new village."
"In order to ensure safety, a relatively close connection must be established between the new village and the Huangshan village."
"Of course, all this is based on the premise of light travel. If it involves transportation, it will be slow, but there is nothing we can do about it. After all, it is in the mountains. Unless roads are built, this problem will be difficult to solve."
When this matter was mentioned, Zhou Xu felt worried.
Building roads in the mountains? It's easy to say, but how can it be so easy to do? Not to mention in this primitive era, even in the world before he traveled through time, some roads in remote mountainous areas were not repaired.
This is a huge project and he can't complete it in a short time.
After Zhou Xu's patient explanation, Shi Lei obviously understood his idea.
It must be said that he was convinced.
His eyes only saw the Huangshan Village, but their leader was looking at the entire situation!
"The leader is wise! It is I who am shortsighted!"
Looking at Shi Lei who looked convinced, Zhou Xu smiled.
"Don't be too discouraged. The village on the hillside is not to be abandoned. It can be converted into a garrison outpost. If there is an invasion from outside, it can be used for attack or defense."
"yes!"
(End of this chapter)
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