Chapter 182 Fengcao's Strange Behavior
The shipyard started operation soon, and the six soldiers became shipyard workers. They worked hard to learn how to use various new bronze tools and tried hard to build the first wooden ship.
Perhaps, in the near future, the Teng Tribe will have a batch of real ships to help the Teng Tribe grow and develop.
By the river, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao did not go back immediately. They were walking by the river.
Jiang Xuan said: "Sister, I plan to move the clothing workshop, stone workshop, and pottery workshop here."
"Why?"
"Because we have bronze now, these workshops can make a lot more things, just using bronze tools."
"But bronze cannot be leaked out for the time being. It can only be used within the tribe. After the trading area is opened, there will be many people there and it will be easy for people to discover if you use bronze tools."
"After we move the workshop here, it will be much safer with the Feiyu River blocking it. The tribesmen who work here will also live here, so it will not be easy for the secret to be leaked."
Chishao nodded and said, "This is indeed a good idea, let's move in."
"Okay, when I get back I'll arrange for people to build more houses here, and then move the various workshops here."
After the two finished talking, they stopped talking and walked slowly, enjoying this rare leisure time.
As the tribe grew, things became more numerous and complicated. As the most important people in the Teng tribe, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao were busy almost every day and had little leisure time.
The next day, Jiang Xuan arranged a group of people to build new houses in the second residence. These houses were located near the shipyard and might evolve into an industrial area in the future.
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To the west of the Teng tribe, on the high mountains, rows of wax trees have grown lush and green, with very dense leaves.
However, most of these leaves were incomplete, with fat white waxworms lying on them, gnawing on them vigorously.
In the spring of this year, the Teng tribe transplanted a batch of wax tree seedlings, and after the wax worms from the Mountain Sheep Tribe laid eggs, they brought some of the wax worms over as well.
Maidong brought several Teng tribe warriors with him and was responsible for taking care of these wax trees and wax worms.
Maidong cleared the newly grown weeds under a wax tree, then caught a fat wax worm from the tree and observed it carefully in the palm of his hand.
"The wax worm has already shed its skin once, so it won't be long before it starts spitting out wax, which is great."
Maidong carefully put the waxworm back on the tree, a relieved smile appearing on his dark face.
He likes wax trees and wax worms, and he likes collecting piles of wax even more. He has a talent for planting wax trees and raising wax worms that is unmatched by ordinary people.
It was because Jiang Xuan was aware of his talent that he put him in charge of these wax trees.
“Hehe…”
Suddenly, the sound of birds came from a distance.
"Damn bird, it's here to eat the waxworms again!"
Maidong ran over there angrily, and the warriors also looked for bows and arrows to shoot birds.
Ever since they placed wax worms on the wax tree, a group of birds came at some point. After eating the wax worms once, they became addicted and came almost every day.
In order to deal with these birds, Maidong and the soldiers tried all kinds of methods: setting bird traps, throwing stones to drive them away, shooting with bows and arrows...
Each method was initially effective and eliminated some of the birds that ate waxworms, but the surviving birds became smarter and more difficult to deal with.
Maidong had no choice but to continue to fight with them to protect the majority of waxworms...
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In the trading area of Teng Tribe, Fengcao took some animal bones to the grain and oil shop to exchange for food.
"Fengcao, why are you exchanging so much food for it? Isn't the food distributed by the tribe enough?"
After Dongkui estimated the value of the animal bones, she handed a bag of food to Fengcao, and was a little curious about her behavior.
Since the trading area was opened, people from other tribes as well as members of the Teng tribe can trade things here.
So that the tribesmen can have something to trade.
Jiang Xuan stipulated that, except for spring plowing, autumn harvest, war and other emergencies, all tribesmen were allowed to rest for one day after every ten days of work.
During this day, you can go hunting, fishing, looking for herbs, stones, etc.
Everything you find can be taken to the trading area to trade and get what you want.
As a result, not only did the business in the trading area become booming, but the diligent tribesmen could also live a better life than the lazy ones, which greatly stimulated the tribesmen's enthusiasm for work.
Among them, Fengcao's behavior surprised Dongkui, because every time she came, she would exchange for some food.
You know, the food distributed by the Teng tribe is much more than that of other tribes. Although the food is not good, you will not starve.
Fengcao picked up the bag full of food and smiled at Dongkui, but without any explanation, he carried the bag and walked out of the vine wall.
Dongkui felt that there must be something strange about this, but the income on the rest day belonged to her. This was the rule set by Jiang Xuan. Fengcao didn't say anything, and Dongkui had no way to ask in detail.
She walked to the door and watched Fengcao carrying food and walking out of the vine wall, which made her feel that his behavior was even more suspicious.
Dong Kui thought about it carefully and felt that she should tell Jiang Xuan about this matter, but she couldn't leave, so she asked a soldier from the guard team to invite Jiang Xuan over.
Jiang Xuan was arranging the relocation of the garment workshop at that time. After hearing the news, he thought something had happened in the trading area, so after briefly explaining it to Fuling, he followed the soldier to the trading area.
After arriving at the trading area, he walked into the grain shop and found Dongkui.
"Dongkui, why are you so anxious to find me here? What happened?"
Dong Kui whispered, "Chief, Feng Cao has exchanged food here many times during this period. Just now, I saw her taking it outside the tribe. I don't know what she did with it."
Jiang Xuan also found it strange: "The food distributed by the tribe every day should be enough for her to eat. Why did she exchange so much food? And she even took it outside the tribe."
Dong Kui said, "I also find it strange, so I asked the guards to invite the leader over."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "You did the right thing. If you encounter similar abnormal situations in the future, you can tell me directly and I will go and see what Fengcao wants to do."
Jiang Xuan left the trading area, came to the vine wall, and found the soldier guarding the gate.
"Did you see the wind grass?"
"I saw it. He just went out with a bag."
"Where did you go?"
"He went that way."
The soldier guarding the gate pointed to the forest on the right.
"Okay, I understand."
Jiang Xuan nodded and walked over there.
He had not walked far when he saw many simple wooden houses. There were many tourists gathered in this area.
These tourists rely on the Teng tribe and the trading area, and it is much easier for them to survive than in other places. Moreover, if they find an opportunity to make meritorious service, or if they encounter the Teng tribe expanding its population, they will have the opportunity to become members of the Teng tribe.
Of course, where there are people there will be competition, not to mention that there are no one to restrain tourists. It is common here to fight for a little benefit.
Only the strongest travelers will survive, and the weak will soon be eliminated.
When Jiang Xuan walked over, many tourists lowered their heads or even hid. They had to show enough respect for the leader of the Teng tribe, a powerful four-color warrior.
Jiang Xuan didn't care and continued walking forward.
Soon, he saw Fengcao from a distance. She was carrying a bag and talking to a few tourists next to a larger wooden house.
Jiang Xuan did not go over and stood quite far away, but he was a four-color warrior and had eaten a lot of magic mushrooms, so his hearing was very sensitive. Even though he was standing far away, he could still hear some of their conversations.
"As long as you can get accurate information, I guarantee that you will get more food in the future."
"But it's too dangerous to do this..."
"Since you are afraid of death, I will find someone else."
"Hey...wait a minute, let's do it, let's do it..."
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Because he arrived late, Jiang Xuan only heard part of the conversation, and he still couldn't guess what Fengcao was going to do.
He saw that after Fengcao finished talking to the tourists, he poured out the food in the bag, and the tourists rushed to grab the food.
Fengcao is a woman rescued by the Teng tribe after they destroyed the Jackal tribe.
She has always been very respectful to Jiang Xuan, and she works very hard and is very capable. After joining the garment workshop, she has made many contributions.
For example, the animal leather jackets with pockets and animal leather backpacks that Teng tribe is currently promoting were all samples made by her first.
But now, she made such a strange move. What on earth did she want to do? Jiang Xuan frowned and thought for a moment, and decided to ask Fengcao in person, because he felt that Fengcao was not someone who would betray the tribe.
After all, having lived two lives, Jiang Xuan still has a certain degree of confidence in judging people.
On the other side, after Fengcao poured out the food, he left that place, not caring about how the tourists behind him fought for the food.
As she walked, she rolled up the animal-skin bag. This animal-skin bag was different from other animal-skin bags. First, it was shallower. Second, there were two straps sewn on both sides of the bag opening as handles.
This is an original animal skin handbag, which Fengcao invented himself. Now it has begun to be produced in large quantities in garment workshops.
Jiang Xuan gave her this original sample bag as a prize, and she has been carrying it with her to carry things.
"Wind grass!"
Just as Fengcao was walking, he suddenly heard Jiang Xuan's voice and was immediately startled.
She turned around and saw Jiang Xuan standing behind a big tree, looking at her.
"Chief... Chief..."
Fengcao was a little flustered because she never expected to see Jiang Xuan in this place.
Jiang Xuan said calmly: "Come with me."
“Yes… yes…”
Fengcao glanced at the tourists around him, then lowered his head slightly and followed Jiang Xuan.
Jiang Xuan walked slowly in front of her and brought her to a place where there were no tourists and stood under a big tree.
Fengcao stood in front of him with his head lowered, holding the animal skin bag in both hands, looking a little at a loss.
"Don't be nervous, there's no one else here, just the two of us."
Fengcao nodded like a chick pecking at rice, but did not dare to speak.
Jiang Xuan looked at her and said, "Can you tell me what you are doing with those tourists? I just saw you distributing food to them."
Jiang Xuan had heard some of their conversation, and if Feng Cao was lying, he could tell it quickly.
“Chief, I…I…”
Fengcao was so nervous that he couldn't speak clearly.
"Don't be nervous, Fengcao, relax a little. As long as you don't do anything to betray the tribe, I won't blame you."
Jiang Xuan's voice was gentle, which eased Fengcao's nervous and panicked mood.
Feng Cao took a deep breath, mustered up the courage to look up at Jiang Xuan, and said: "Chief, I want to use these tourists to help us find out the news of the surrounding tribes."
"Using tourists to find out about the surrounding tribes?"
Jiang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "Go on."
Feng Cao said: "Last time, we used that tourist to find the location of the Mantis Tribe. Later, I kept thinking that maybe we can use these tourists to do more things."
"These tourists are all escapees from various tribes that were destroyed. They know more about the enemies who destroyed their tribes, and they hate them very much."
"So I think that by taking advantage of their hatred and offering them food as an inducement, they will definitely be willing to help us get some information."
"I know that the chief has been trying to find out the situation of the surrounding tribes. I...I want to help the chief..."
After Fengcao finished speaking, he lowered his head again.
After listening to her, Jiang Xuan was shocked by her thoughts.
Talent, this is definitely a talent! Although her methods are not very sophisticated, she has a very accurate grasp of the tourists' minds.
She took advantage of the tourists' hatred and offered them food as a lure to make them willingly do things for her.
Among the tribesmen who generally have simple minds, people like Fengcao can definitely be considered talents.
Jiang Xuan's eyes were very complicated. He just looked at Feng Cao without saying a word.
Fengcao lowered his head, feeling like he had nowhere to put his hands.
After a long while, she finally mustered up the courage, raised her head and asked, "Chief... Chief, did I do something wrong?"
“You did it wrong!”
"Then...then I will..."
Jiang Xuan interrupted her: "You are wrong. You shouldn't use your own things to exchange for food to do this!"
Fengcao looked at Jiang Xuan in astonishment, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.
"Don't do such stupid things again. Since you are working for the tribe, the tribe should pay for the food and other things."
For some reason, Fengcao was suddenly very moved and her eyes became red, but she didn't cry.
Jiang Xuan continued: "Let me ask you, do you like to continue working in the clothing workshop, or do you want to do something else, such as bribe tourists and find out the news of other tribes."
Fengcao was silent for a moment, then resolutely said: "Chief, I want to help the tribe get information."
"Don't be so quick to answer me."
Jiang Xuan walked forward and motioned Fengcao to follow him. Fengcao followed him silently.
"Working in a garment workshop, with your talent, you will definitely be able to turn it into a bigger garment factory in the future. Most importantly, it is very safe in the garment workshop and you can live a stable life."
"But doing things like bribing tourists and gathering information from outside tribes is very dangerous. You may be discovered by other tribes at any time, or be betrayed, and then lose your life."
"To be honest, I don't really want you to do this. It's too dangerous."
Feng Cao said firmly: "Chief, if it weren't for you and the Teng Tribe, I would have died long ago. I am not afraid of danger."
Jiang Xuan stopped, turned around, looked at Feng Cao, and said, "Have you really decided? Once you embark on this path, there is no turning back. Even the tribe members may misunderstand you in the future. I hope you will think it over carefully."
"Then... Chief, will you believe me?"
"meeting!"
The wind grass suddenly smiled and bloomed like a small flower on the roadside.
"As long as the leader keeps believing in me, that's enough."
Jiang Xuan's heart trembled. At this moment, his heart seemed to be stabbed by something.
Thanks to the book friend "Nanshannan04" for the reward.
(End of this chapter)
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