Chapter 296: Expanding into the Great Swamp
After searching the entire locust tribe, all kinds of spoils piled up into a mountain.
Of course, the food that the tribesmen valued most was so scarce that the warriors of each tribe felt a little disappointed.
Next, the five tribes sat down to divide the spoils.
As the most powerful tribe and the one that contributed the most manpower, the Teng tribe should have received the most spoils. However, Jiang Xuan's words moved the leaders of the other tribes.
"We in the Teng tribe only want some good stones, and you can divide the rest among yourselves."
Shan Jia asked in disbelief: "Chief Xuan, are you telling the truth?"
You know, the locust tribe swept up a lot of good things along the way. Although there was little food left, there were still a lot of various animal skins, bones and other supplies that the tribesmen loved most.
"Of course, I mean what I say."
After getting Jiang Xuan's affirmation, the leaders of several tribes all smiled happily. Who can have too many good things?
Jiang Xuan asked again: "By the way, how many prisoners do you plan to take?"
Shanjia waved his hands hastily and said, "We in the Shangui tribe do not need captives."
The recent drought has been severe, coupled with a locust plague, making it difficult for the Shangui tribe to feed its own people. If they want to take some captives back, they might starve to death.
Huo Meng said: "Our frog tribe doesn't want it either."
The leaders of the Giant Claw Tribe and the Thornfly Tribe successively refused because they simply could not afford to feed the captives.
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "Okay, since you don't want them, these captives will belong to our Teng tribe."
The total population of the Locust Tribe was over 10,000, but because most of the warriors were killed, the number of captives was only about 2,000, and most of them were women and children.
Those Locust Tribe warriors who were accustomed to plundering and extremely brutal were almost all killed.
More than two thousand captives mean two thousand mouths to feed. Even for the Teng tribe, it is not easy to feed so many people, let alone other tribes.
After the discussion, each tribe began to divide the spoils happily, and the Teng tribe also selected some better stones from the spoils.
After dividing the spoils, each tribe returned home contentedly.
The harvest from this battle was quite rich.
The Teng tribe took a long time to tie up more than 2,000 prisoners, so they were the last to leave.
After taking the captives to the outskirts of the locust tribe, Jiang Xuan looked back at the pile of corpses, then looked at the scorching sun in the sky, frowned and said, "In such hot weather, so many corpses piled together, I'm afraid it will cause a plague."
Jiang Xuan looked up and asked Teng Shen, "Teng Shen, can you deal with these corpses?"
"Can."
The vine god agreed, then flew to the center of the locust tribe. His body became as tall as a mountain, and all his roots grew wildly.
Countless roots quickly wrapped around the corpses, and then quickly absorbed the essence of blood and flesh from the corpses.
Before long, the mountains of corpses were sucked into mummies, and the vine god became even taller. The surging divine power was like an ocean, extremely terrifying.
When the vine god pulled out all the roots, only a pile of dried corpses were left on the ground, which looked very spectacular.
“Drip, drip…”
The vine god waved its vines again, spilling a large amount of light green liquid.
These light green liquids contain an amazing breath of life. Just smelling them from a distance can make people feel relaxed and refreshed.
“Ka-ka-ka…”
After being watered with the light green liquid, countless plants suddenly emerged from the dry ground. Some were grasses, some were trees, and all the plants were growing wildly.
Before long, the land that had been barren due to locusts became lush and green, and the mummies were all covered by plants.
It can be predicted that all mummies will become nutrients for plants and eventually return to the loess.
Jiang Xuan looked at the forest that had become lush and green, as well as the large number of mummies that could be vaguely seen in the forest, and whispered, "When you were alive, you brought locusts with you and destroyed countless forests. Now that you are dead, your corpses have become fertilizer for the forest plants. This can be considered a tit-for-tat."
"Let's go, it's time to go back."
Jiang Xuan turned around and straddled the back of the Black Wind Rhinoceros Yueya, then set off on his journey home.
Behind him, more than two thousand cavalrymen, each carrying one or two prisoners, followed Jiang Xuan towards the direction of the Teng tribe.
In the sky, the vine god followed them slowly, its green vines swaying in the wind...
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After returning to the Vine Tribe, Jiang Xuan asked the Vine God to enclose a very wide new territory with a tall vine wall in the southwest of the tribe, which was close to the big swamp.
More than 2,000 captives were placed in the new territory, and they were asked to work with the engineering team to build houses and roads, and with the planting team to open up wasteland, as well as do things like planting and gathering.
Jiang Xuan has already thought about it. The vine wall enclosing the land is a major advantage of the Vine Tribe. Moreover, this kind of vine wall can continue to grow for thousands of years and is very durable.
In this case, it is better to proceed step by step. Every time a new territory is developed, it should be surrounded by a vine wall. This can not only prevent enemy attacks, but also prevent some wild beasts from attacking people or damaging crops.
By the time these captives had built houses and roads in the new territory and started cutting down trees and clearing wasteland, a month had already slipped away.
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On August 26th, the hot summer came to an end and the mornings and evenings began to get cooler.
That night, Jiang Xuan was drawing a map and studying how to develop more land. Suddenly, a strong wind blew outside, making the windows rattle.
“Huff…”
Jiang Xuan put down his pen and walked to the door. He saw a strong wind blowing outside, with flying sand and rocks, and dead branches and leaves blown into the sky.
Soon after, thick dark clouds gathered in the sky, blocking out even the sunlight.
"Is it...going to rain?"
Jiang Xuan was ecstatic. The drought had lasted for more than three months, and most of the plants on the ground had turned withered and yellow. If the Teng tribe had not dug deep wells to get water to irrigate the crops, there would probably be no harvest this year.
Now, both the forests and the tribes are in urgent need of heavy rain.
“Boom!”
“Crack!”
Suddenly, there was a loud thunder in the sky, and the lightning was running wildly, with terrible lightning striking one after another.
On the ground, those plants that had been struggling to survive the drought and even their leaves were limp, suddenly became energetic.
They used up their last bit of strength and quickly spread out their leaves so that they could catch more rain.
"Boo"
In the yard of the red peony tree, the ophiopogon japonicus, which had kept its petals tightly closed to conserve moisture, has also opened. Although the petals look dry, it is trying hard to stretch out.
“Tick-tock…”
Raindrops the size of peanuts fell down and were quickly absorbed by the dry soil.
Gradually, the rain became heavier and heavier, like a downpour.
"It's raining, it's raining, woo woo woo ..."
Gan Song, the leader of the planting team, threw down his stone hoe, knelt in the newly opened wasteland, let the rain wash his wrinkled face, and cried in the rain.
No one knows how he managed to survive these three months. It was really hard for him to protect the crops.
“It’s raining!”
The entire Teng tribe cheered, and countless people rushed into the heavy rain, shouting and jumping excitedly, not caring even if they got soaked.
“It’s raining.”
Jiang Xuan stood under the eaves and stretched out his hand to catch the rain. The cool rain flowed through his palms, fingers and back of his hands. That feeling made him very pleasant.
The three-month drought finally ended.
(End of this chapter)
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