Chapter 354 The Old Witch and the Stone Shovel
East Wilderness, Eagle Tribe.
“Tick, tick…”
Bean-sized raindrops hit the ground. At first, the raindrops were sparse, but gradually, they became more and more dense.
“It’s raining!”
"Go hide from the rain..."
In the fields, more than a hundred members of the Eagle Tribe who were working covered their heads and ran to nearby places where they could shelter from the rain.
“Clatter…”
After a while, heavy rain poured down, the rain curtain blocked the view, and the sky and the earth became hazy.
The old witch was also one of the more than one hundred people.
At this time, he was standing in the shed, leaning on a stone hoe, looking at the heavy rain outside and the various grains and vegetables in the fields being washed by the rain. A long-lost smile appeared on his face, and even his physical fatigue was relieved a lot.
"Vegetables have already started to grow, and the grains will soon mature. By then, the tribe's food shortage problem should be alleviated a little."
The total population of the Eagle Tribe is more than 10,000, and the daily food consumption is very terrifying. After migrating to the New Eagle Mountain, due to changes in the living environment and a sharp decrease in the number of raised birds and beasts, the problem of food shortage has become particularly prominent.
There are two main ways for tribesmen to solve the problem of food shortage. One is hunting and gathering, and the other is to plunder the wealthier tribes around them.
Both methods have immediate effects on food supplementation and are very popular among the tribesmen.
The current witch and leader of the Eagle Tribe have chosen these two paths. They need to quickly solve the current problems and then consider the long-term development of the tribe.
However, the old witch chose the third path, which was also the path that most tribesmen did not like, that is, planting.
In the traditional concept of the tribesmen, planting is an extremely inefficient source of food that relies on luck. They do not believe that planting can feed an entire tribe.
Therefore, even though the old witch tried her best to persuade them and used the example of the rapid rise of the Vine Tribe, the new witch and leader of the Eagle Tribe were unwilling to invest a lot of manpower and material resources in the planting industry, which they believed had extremely low returns.
In the end, they only sent more than a hundred old, weak, sick and disabled tribesmen to the old witch, letting him try to reclaim wasteland and cultivate the land on his own.
It would be great if the planting was successful, but if it was not, it would not be much of a loss to the Eagle Tribe.
The old witch took these more than a hundred old, weak, sick and disabled people and, according to the methods of land reclamation and planting that he had learned in the Teng Tribe, he gradually opened up a large tract of land at the foot of Xinying Mountain and planted a variety of grain crops and vegetable crops.
The old witch did this not to prove anything to the tribe, but for the future development and growth of the tribe, without any selfish motives at all.
Summer rain comes quickly and goes away quickly.
After hiding in the shed for about half an hour, the heavy rain gradually stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, and the scorching sun shone on the earth again.
"Let's go and get back to work!"
The old witch took the lead and walked out of the hut carrying a stone hoe, not caring even though his feet were covered in mud.
Those members of the Eagle Tribe also left the straw huts one after another and started to work. During the six-month long process of reclaiming wasteland and planting crops, they were dissatisfied and had privately questioned the old witch, but when the vegetables in the vegetable fields began to produce, all their dissatisfaction disappeared.
For the tribesmen, as long as they have food and are not starving, they are willing to risk their lives, let alone farming in peace and stability.
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In the northern part of Southern Wilderness, the Giant Claw Tribe.
"It's still cool in the cave..."
In the afternoon, Shishao rode a giant claw beast to patrol the territory. The summer climate was very hot. Even if there were big trees to provide shade, a little movement would make the whole body sweat. It would be more comfortable to stay in a cave or a rock cave.
However, as the current leader of the Giant Claw Tribe, Shi Chan believes that he must fulfill his responsibilities. Regardless of whether it is scorching summer or cold winter, he will insist on patrolling the tribe's territory every day to discover some hidden dangers and problems in time.
In fact, ordinary soldiers can do this kind of work, but Shichan insisted on doing it himself.
Because of his status as the leader, he is not very respected in the Giant Claw Tribe, so he wants to use this method to declare his status.
Two years ago, Shi Chan used gold to imitate the bronze knife coins of the Teng Tribe and used them for trading. After being discovered by the Teng Tribe, it brought disaster to the Giant Claw Tribe.
That terrifying divine vine turned the Giant Claw tribe upside down. Even the Giant Claw God hiding underground was captured, and none of the ordinary tribesmen could escape.
Shi Chan originally thought he was dead, but unexpectedly he was noticed by Jiang Xuan, who supported him and made him the leader of the Giant Claw Tribe.
However, Shi Chan has neither great strength nor strong tactics. How could the people of the Giant Claw Tribe really obey him?
Therefore, Shi Chan could only try to consolidate his position through hard work, such as patrolling the territory every day.
Even if the effect is not great, it is better than doing nothing.
“Buzz buzz buzz…”
Just when Shishao was halfway through his patrol, a huge flapping sound suddenly came from the sky, and a strong sense of oppression could be felt from a long distance away.
Shishao's whole body trembled, and he immediately got off the back of the giant claw beast and quickly climbed up the tallest tree nearby.
Soon, he saw the source of the sound.
There were dozens of giant dragonflies with a wingspan of six meters, and on their backs were hundreds of elite Vine Tribe warriors.
The giant dragonfly was so fast that it flew from the sky to the sky above the Giant Claw Tribe in the blink of an eye, and quickly landed on the forest on the ground.
Shishao watched the giant dragonfly getting closer and closer, and could even feel the strong wind caused by its wings. He dared not stay on the tree, and quickly slid down the trunk, and jumped down after sliding to a safe height.
“Rustle…”
Soon, the giant dragonflies landed on different treetops, and the Vine tribe warriors sitting on the backs of the giant dragonflies jumped down one after another, and then gathered under the big tree.
The one who led these Vine Tribe warriors was the leader of the hunting team - Uncaria.
After Uncaria landed, he actually discovered Shichan very quickly, but he waited until the team had gathered before he slowly walked up to Shichan and said hello.
"Chief Stone Shovel, long time no see!"
Uncaria walked up to Shishao and greeted him familiarly, being quite enthusiastic.
However, Shichan felt uncomfortable all over and could only force a smile to deal with it: "Captain Gou Teng, why are you here? Wasn't this month's gold delivered a few days ago?"
Uncaria smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm not here to ask you for gold. I want to discuss something else with you."
"Wha…what is it?"
Hearing that the other party was not here for gold, Shi Chan felt relieved, but he was also very curious. In addition to gold, what else did the Giant Claw Tribe have that was worth so many people from the Teng Tribe's hunting team coming here? Uncaria mysteriously put her hand on Shi Chan's shoulder and said, "I'll help you solve your problem."
"What trouble are you solving?"
Shi Chan had a confused look on his face. He obviously couldn't guess what trouble he had that needed to be solved by the hunting team of the Teng tribe.
Uncaria looked around and said, "This is not a place to talk. We have come all the way here. Wouldn't Chief Stone Shovel invite us in to sit down?"
Shichan really didn't want to invite so many people in, but since Gou Teng had asked, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and bring Gou Teng and others into the tribe's residential area.
When the members of the Giant Claw Tribe saw so many elite Vine Tribe warriors coming in, they thought that the stone shovel had angered the Vine Tribe again. They were so scared that they all hid in the underground caves, not daring to show their faces.
Shichan was quite helpless about this. He could only bring Uncaria to his own residence to entertain him. As for the other warriors of the Teng tribe, he could only let them do as they pleased.
Thanks to the book friend "閒看苑" for the reward of 500 book coins.
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