Chapter 150: Raptor Tribe
The edge of the southern wilderness.
"What a lush forest, what an abundant water source..."
In the forest, a two-meter-tall bird of prey walked slowly by, carrying a man with totem tattoos all over his face and body.
That’s right, the totem patterns on his body and face were not painted on, but tattooed with bone needles dipped in special pigments. It hurts just thinking about it.
This man, who was about thirty years old, was the youngest witch in the Raptor Tribe.
It is actually very difficult to become a witch, because a witch needs to master too much knowledge.
Usually, it takes decades for a tribesman to learn all kinds of knowledge and become a real witch.
Because of this, most of the witches in the tribes are relatively old.
However, there are always exceptions.
If a witch in the tribe suddenly has an accident, or the witch's successor is gifted and has learned everything a witch should know early on, the young man can also become a witch.
The young witch from the Raptor Tribe is one of those people with extraordinary talents.
The old witch had not died yet, so he took the initiative to give up his position to him.
The reason why the Raptor Tribe became the first tribe to migrate to the Southern Wilderness was that this young witch played a big role in it.
He is more confident and decisive than the old witch.
When he concluded that the living environment of the Raptor Tribe would continue to deteriorate if it continued to stay there, he began to lobby the old witch and totem god of the Raptor Tribe, persuading them to move the tribe to the southern wilderness.
As a result, the totem god and the old witch of the Bird of Prey tribe were persuaded by him and agreed to let the tribe move to the southern wilderness.
The totem god and the old witch both agreed, and there was no room for others to object. This was the cleverness of the new witch.
Next to the new shaman of the Raptor Tribe, there is an extremely huge raptor, emitting terrifying divine power.
It is the totem god of the Raptor tribe.
Around the new witch and totem god, more than 5,000 members of the Raptor Tribe, some riding on tall birds of prey and some walking, advanced slowly with great momentum.
“Da da da…”
A bird of prey, carrying a tall warrior, ran back quickly from the front and came to the side of the new witch.
This warrior had five warrior patterns painted on his face! This was a powerful five-color warrior and the leader of the Raptor Tribe.
"Wu, we found a flat forest ahead."
"Go and have a look."
The Raptor Tribe has been migrating for a long time. Now that they have arrived in the southern wilderness with dense forests and abundant water resources, it is time to find a place to settle down.
After entering the Southern Wilderness, they have been looking for a suitable place to live.
But such a large tribe cannot live anywhere. It needs spacious living areas, water sources, hunting grounds, and even places for planting and breeding.
As a medium-sized tribe of more than 5,000 people, it is difficult to feed so many people by hunting alone.
Therefore, both medium-sized and large tribes will engage in planting and breeding.
As for agriculture, most tribes are still at the stage of slash-and-burn agriculture, and the harvest is not much, at most slightly better than gathering.
However, in terms of animal husbandry, these medium and large tribes have accumulated a lot of experience, and their output is much greater than that of planting.
Because of this, as a medium-sized tribe, finding a suitable place to live is definitely not an easy task.
The shaman and leader of the Raptor Tribe walked to the forest ahead.
This forest was very dense and spacious. When various animals saw the large number of birds of prey, they all fled.
Moreover, there is a small river flowing through this forest, so there is basically no need to worry about water source.
The young witch rode on a bird of prey and, accompanied by the chief, walked around the forest. He frowned and said, "The environment is good, but the flat land is a little small. It is only suitable for small tribes to live in."
"Then... let's look for it somewhere else."
The chief was a little disappointed, he thought this place was already very good, but since the witch said no, there was nothing he could do.
In fact, after migrating for so long and walking such a long distance, the members of the Raptor Tribe were already exhausted. They were eager to find a place to settle down instead of traveling in fear every day.
"keep going!"
The leader rode a bird of prey and ran around the huge team, shouting as he ran.
Those members of the Raptor Tribe who thought they could stay could only drag their tired bodies and continue to move forward. They had many complaints in their hearts but dared not speak them out.
After walking like this for a few days, they finally arrived near the Big Swamp.
But they took a different route from the Jackal Tribe and the Crow Tribe. They went to the other side of the Great Swamp and chose a large area of forest with relatively flat terrain.
Although there are no rivers in this forest, there are five or six small streams flowing into the swamp, so the water supply is sufficient.
The witch and the chief of the Raptor Tribe spent most of the day riding on raptors to explore the forest, and even went to see the vast swamp with vast water.
This time, the Raptor Tribe witch was finally satisfied.
"This is a great place to live. From now on, this will be the new territory of our Raptor Tribe!"
When the chief heard the witch's words, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He really didn't want to walk any further, and the tribesmen in the tribe were already exhausted.
I can finally settle down.
The leader rode back on a tall bird of prey and shouted to his people: "The witch said that this will be our new territory from now on!"
"Very good!"
The members of the Raptor Tribe cheered and even jumped on the spot to express their joy.
"quack……"
The huge bird of prey stretched its neck and chirped twice towards the sky, declaring its presence.
Its sound was so loud that it could be heard from far away in the forest.
“Ga ga ga…”
All the birds of prey cried out together, scaring the animals in the forest and even in the nearby forests, causing them to flee or hide.
Then, the raptor god found a good spot in the middle of the forest and squatted down.
From then on, this place became its nest and the most sacred place of the raptor tribe.
The leader of the Raptor Tribe also began to assign tasks.
He sent half of his warriors to hunt nearby on birds of prey, and the other half were responsible for cutting down trees to build houses and clearing potential dangers from the forest.
The ordinary tribesmen were responsible for collecting wild vegetables and catching insects nearby for food.
The Raptor Tribe is building a new settlement in full swing, but a small tribe to their southeast has lost its stable life.
This tribe is the Otter Tribe.
The place chosen by the Raptor Tribe to live is only half a day's journey away from the Otter Tribe.
The cry of the bird of prey god naturally reached the sensitive ears of the totem god of the otter tribe.
After hearing the sound, the huge otter came out of the deep underground cave and looked in the direction of the raptor tribe in fear.
"Otter God, what happened?"
The witch of the otter tribe hurriedly came out of the nest-like house and anxiously asked the otter god.
The voice of the Otter God rang in the witch's mind: "I heard a terrible bird cry. Send someone to that direction immediately to find out what's going on."
The otter god stretched out a sharp claw and pointed in the direction of the raptor tribe.
"Okay, I'll send someone right away."
The witch of the Otter Tribe did not dare to delay and immediately found the leader and asked him to take people to find out the news.
Soon, the leader of the Otter Tribe, along with ten stronger warriors, rode on giant otters and headed in that direction by water.
One day later, the leader of the Otter Tribe hid in the water grass in the swamp and saw the Raptor Tribe in the forest from afar. He saw countless members of the Raptor Tribe and ferocious big raptors.
"This... could this be... a medium-sized tribe..."
The leader of the Otter Tribe was still unwilling to believe this fact, so he secretly observed the Raptor Tribe from various positions, even risking going ashore.
The more he saw, the colder his heart felt, because all signs indicated that this was a medium-sized tribe.
How big of a threat is it that a strange medium-sized tribe migrates near the Otter Tribe?
The leaders of the Otter Tribe didn't dare to think about it any further.
The leader of the Otter Tribe scratched his messy hair and said with a sad face: "I'm afraid the days ahead will be difficult."
The accompanying warrior asked: "Chief, what should we do now?"
"What else can I do? Of course I go back."
The leader of the Otter Tribe looked melancholy at the Raptor Tribe, then took those warriors and rode on giant otters to continue returning to the tribe by water.
After the news spread back to the Otter Tribe, the entire Otter Tribe was in a panic.
From the totem gods to the ordinary tribesmen, everyone fell into a state of panic.
They were afraid that the Otter Tribe would be attacked by the Raptor Tribe, and they were even more afraid that their hunting grounds would be taken away by the Raptor Tribe in the future.
The timid otter god even wanted to migrate his tribe to avoid this medium-sized tribe.
However, it was reluctant to give up the territory it had managed for many years and those frozen lotus roots.
In great dilemma, the Otter Tribe could only take one step at a time and be mentally prepared to migrate.
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Southern Wilderness, Teng Tribe.
On the other side of the Feiyu River, with the construction of the five hundred prisoners, the situation changed almost every day.
First, a large number of houses were built in an orderly manner. Although they were also wooden houses, they were built very solidly because there was strength in numbers. The parts that touched the ground were even carbonized.
The so-called carbonization treatment is to use fire to burn the surface of the pillars to be buried in the ground until they are charred and form a layer of charcoal.
The physical properties of charcoal are relatively stable and not easily corroded, allowing the pillars made from these trees to be used for a longer period of time, rather than decaying within a year or two.
In addition to the houses, large tracts of wasteland have been opened up here, relying on the mountain with the cave, for growing various grains and vegetables.
Because of the accumulated planting experience.
After these wastelands were turned over, the first fertilizer used was a large amount of wood ash. All the grass and trees that had previously grown on the wastelands were burned and then evenly spread on the ground.
After spreading the wood ash, start planting leafy wild vegetables that are easiest to grow and reproduce.
These wild vegetables have a short growth cycle and grow very quickly, allowing these newly reclaimed wastelands to produce a harvest in a relatively short period of time.
After planting several crops of wild vegetables, the wasteland is no longer a wasteland, but has become arable land.
After repeated loosening, fertilizing, watering and planting, the soil will gradually become fertile, and you can start planting real food crops in the second year.
Once the planting scale reaches a certain level, you can raise some livestock and poultry.
It won’t be long before the other side of the Feiyu River will become the second residence of the Teng Tribe, as well as an important grain production and breeding area for the Teng Tribe.
"Chief, please assign another soldier to take charge of this area. I have no time to build boats or fish because I have to watch over these prisoners every day."
In the second residence, Jing Jie asked Jiang Xuan with a bitter face to replace him.
He was the leader of the fishing team, but because he had to keep an eye on the captives, he hadn't gone fishing for a long time.
Compared to watching the prisoners, he preferred fishing and boat building.
"There are fifty warriors here, and you have been leading them for so long. Since you want to change people, you have to recommend one to me, right?"
Jiang Xuan could understand Jing Jie's mentality. The warriors of the tribe all wanted to do something, and it was too boring to stay here and watch the captives.
Jingjie thought for a moment and said, "I recommend Cangli. His strength is one of the best among the two-color warriors. He is calm and responsible, and is suitable to succeed me."
"Then call him over."
"good."
Jingjie immediately ran to call for help, and soon brought back a man about thirty years old.
The man was not tall, but very strong, and had a rather honest look.
"Chief, he is Xanthium."
"Greetings, leader." Cangli stood in front of Jiang Xuan.
Jiang Xuan looked at Xanthium sibiricum. He had some impression of this man. When fighting against the Jackal Tribe, he fought very bravely and killed many enemies.
"Xanthium, Jingjie is going back to the fishing team. He recommends that you lead the soldiers here and manage the prisoners. Are you willing?"
After hearing Jiang Xuan's words, Cangli's face was a little stunned. He didn't expect that he would be so valued.
Xanthium cast a grateful look at Jingjie, and then said to Jiang Xuan: "If the leader trusts me, I am willing to give it a try!"
"Okay, from today on, I appoint you as the leader of the second guard team. You will command all the warriors here, manage these prisoners, and protect this territory for the tribe!"
After hearing Jiang Xuan's words, Cangli was very excited. He was actually the leader! "Thank you, leader. I... I will definitely protect this territory."
Jiang Xuan smiled and nodded, then asked Jing Jie to gather all the soldiers and announced the appointment.
Those warriors were very envious of Cangli, and at the same time, they were quite convinced because Cangli was indeed the strongest among them.
After the soldiers dispersed, Jiang Xuan and Jing Jie continued to patrol the territory. At this time, Jing Jie felt much more relaxed and even discussed shipbuilding with Jiang Xuan.
The fishing team currently has only one wooden boat, and the rest are bamboo rafts.
Ever since realizing the benefits of wooden boats, Jingjie began to think about building more and bigger wooden boats, but he never had the time.
Now, he has finally gotten out of here and has time to build a ship.
"If we want to build a bigger ship, we can't just hollow out a tree. We need to plane the planks and joint them together. We can't do this kind of delicate work for now."
Jiang Xuan had to pour some cold water on Jing Jie. With the current carpentry technology of the Teng Tribe, it was too difficult to mortise and tenon the wooden boards together.
"Chief, I still want to give it a try."
Jingjie was not convinced. He thought the fishing team could definitely build a bigger boat.
"Go ahead and try if you want. As long as it doesn't interfere with fishing, you can do whatever you want."
"Chief, just watch."
Jing Jie was full of confidence. Jiang Xuan smiled and said that if the fishing team could really build the boat successfully, it would be a great thing for the Teng tribe. However, he knew that it would be difficult.
Thanks to the book friend "Nine Shark Chili" for the reward.
(End of this chapter)
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