A brutal battle ended.
There were corpses everywhere on the ground, and the blood had dyed the soil black and red.
Some warriors from various tribes were still chasing the giant red ants, some were picking up spoils, and some were healing their wounds.
"puff!"
Jiang Xuan threw a short spear and stabbed a fleeing red giant ant to death from a very long distance.
When he rode over on his Black Wind Rhino to retrieve his short spear, he unexpectedly saw the warriors of the Leaf-Cutter and Ant Tribes digging a pit in a forest.
He jumped off the back of the Black Wind Rhinoceros and strode over there.
When he walked over, he saw Gu Li wrapped in an old animal skin.
At this time, Gu Li had been dead for a long time. The blood on his body was hastily washed off. The skin on his face was waxy yellow and his lips were extremely pale.
Qie Ye saw Jiang Xuan coming over and said with a sob: "Chief Xuan, my father died in the battle. I want to bury him with my grandfather."
Jiang Xuan looked at Gu Li's body, patted Qie Ye's shoulder, and said in a heavy tone: "The dead cannot be resurrected, please accept my condolences."
Jiang Xuan thought about it, then took out a bronze dagger from his waist and gently placed it next to Gu Li's body.
"Chief Guli, you are a good leader and the best warrior. Dying to protect the tribe is the greatest honor for a leader. Dying on the battlefield is also the best destination for a warrior."
"This knife has been with me for many years. I am giving it to you now. I hope you will find it easy to use over there."
"I will take good care of the Ant Tribe and Leaf Cutters for you. Rest in peace."
When Qie Ye saw this scene, his eyes became wet again. He looked at Jiang Xuan and choked up, "Thank you, Chief Xuan, thank you..."
The warriors of the Ant Tribe also showed gratitude in their eyes.
Jiang Xuan and Qie Ye wrapped Guli's body in animal skins and buried it in the soil. They also specially invited Chishao to come and recite a soothing spell for Guli.
After Guli was buried, a new grave mound appeared and Qie Ye lay on the grave crying.
From today on, he will never see his father again.
Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao said a few more words of comfort, then turned and left.
Life and death are happening almost every moment on this primitive continent. In order to survive, almost everyone has tried their best and given everything.
The dead cannot be brought back. All they can do is try their best to take care of the people around them, strengthen the tribe, create a relatively safe environment for future generations of tribesmen, and reduce the occurrence of similar tragedies.
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After the ant nest was destroyed, the Teng tribe spent half a month dealing with post-war affairs.
These include treating the wounded, dividing the spoils, entering new territories, etc., and the tasks are extremely cumbersome.
It is worth mentioning that because the Red Ant God burned himself before his death, his body was burnt black and there was not much usable divine substance left.
This made the Spider God and the Crocodile God quite regretful. They had wanted to gain some benefits from the Red Ant God, but ended up making a wasted trip.
However, their actions this time also strengthened the relationship between the Vine Tribe, the Spider Tribe, and the Crocodile Tribe. In the future, they will surely strengthen cooperation and trade, so it is not a complete loss.
Except for the Spider Tribe and the Crocodile Tribe, all the tribes that participated in the war obtained rich spoils from the ant nest.
Because a large amount of supplies were left in the ant nest during the Red Ant Tribe period, and coupled with the plundering of the red giant ants over the years, the reserves of all kinds of supplies in the ant nest were simply astonishing.
For a time, the Vine Tribe and other tribes made a lot of money. Even the Ant Tribe, which had always lived a hard life, breathed a sigh of relief and experienced a prosperous life.
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After the destruction of the ant nest, the territory of the Vine Tribe more than doubled, and its strength leapt to become the most powerful tribe in the northern and southern continents.
All of a sudden, various medium-sized and small tribes flocked to the tribe, hoping to become a subsidiary tribe of the Teng Tribe in order to obtain the tribe's protection and various advanced technologies.
However, unexpectedly, the Fuji tribe rejected all of them.
Jiang Xuan thought very clearly.
The reason why so many subordinate tribes were needed in the past was because the Teng tribe's foundation was not stable, and it needed these subordinate tribes to help expand its momentum and consolidate its foundation.
However, now that the Teng Tribe is strong enough and has firmly established its foothold in the southern continent, absorbing a large number of subordinate tribes at this time will only bring a lot of trouble and burden to the Teng Tribe.
For the long-term development of the tribe, such negative returns must never be done.
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After resolving the external threat, Jiang Xuan began to focus all his energy on the internal reform of the Teng tribe.
October 1st, the 19th year of the Teng tribe.
Qingteng School, founded by Jiang Xuan, has opened.
All children over six years old in the Teng tribe, regardless of gender, can go to school free of charge and learn all kinds of knowledge.
Among them, the basic courses are Chinese and mathematics.
In Chinese, students learn the reading, writing and narration of simplified Chinese characters, which is taught by Jiang Xuan himself.
Mathematics, which is basic arithmetic and pattern geometry, is taught by Dongkui.
Wuwen is an elective course for gifted children selected by Chishao to learn.
In addition, there are technical courses such as planting, breeding, herbal medicine, hunting, stone tools, wood tools, metallurgy, clothing, shipbuilding, etc. Students can choose according to their interests.
For a time, Lang Lang's reading voice appeared in the territory of Teng tribe, and a large number of Teng tribe children began to learn knowledge in the new school.
In a few years, a large number of talented people with rich knowledge will emerge in the Teng tribe.
When these talents begin to enter various important positions in the Teng Tribe, they will use what they have learned to help the Teng Tribe develop faster and stronger! ……
In addition to founding schools, the second major reform Jiang Xuan made was to transform the collective production mode in which everything was owned by the public into a household contract responsibility system in which land was distributed to each household and each household was responsible for its own profits and losses.
Of course, in order to prevent serious land annexation, all the land in the tribe still belongs to the tribe, and ordinary members of the tribe only have the right to use it, not the right to buy or sell it.
The reason for making such reforms is that as the tribe continues to grow, various lazy second generations begin to appear.
These second-generation members have lived in the Teng tribe since they were born and have hardly experienced any major hardships, so naturally they don’t really appreciate their current lives.
After they enter the production positions, they often become lazy, passive, eat more than they want, like to fight among themselves, and even the hard-working tribesmen are led astray by them.
Anyway, the pay is the same no matter how much work you do, so why work hard? In order to reverse this unhealthy trend and improve the production enthusiasm of the tribesmen, Jiang Xuan decisively carried out reforms. Except for some key positions, all other places completely abolished the collective production and returned everything to the public.
After the reform began, the lazy second generation began to wail. Some of them even harbored hatred and began to sabotage, trying to force the tribe to return to their original production methods so that they could continue to be parasites.
However, this time, they hit a wall.
Relying on the intelligence from the thorn vine, Jiang Xuan collected a large amount of evidence, and then arrested all the tribesmen who had behaved badly, killing some, imprisoning some, and severely punishing some.
Those members of the tribe who work hard and conscientiously will be given generous rewards.
Under Jiang Xuan's clear-cut rewards and punishments, the chaos in the early days of the reform was quickly quelled, and the entire tribe entered a healthier development process.
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The third major thing Jiang Xuan did was to vigorously build water conservancy projects, such as reservoirs, ditches, canals, artificial lakes, etc.
The occurrence of dry season and rainy season has had a huge impact on the Teng tribe's planting industry and the normal life of the tribe members.
The construction of these water conservancy projects reduced the adverse effects of natural disasters, ensured the tribe's crop harvest, and enabled the tribesmen of the Teng tribe to solve the most basic problem of food and clothing. (End of this chapter)
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