After the ape tribe surrendered, the vine god planted a seed in the ape god's body to prevent future betrayal.
Since Chishao was not around, Jiang Xuan had to do it himself and paint the totem pattern of the Teng tribe on a huge rock in front of the Teng tribe’s residential area.
From then on, the Ape Tribe became another subordinate tribe of the Vine Tribe.
"From today on, the Ape Tribe and the Rat Tribe are both subordinate tribes of our Vine Tribe. They cannot go to war with each other, nor can they deliberately create friction. Do you understand?"
In the ape tribe's residential area, Gray Rat sat with the tribe leader and nodded reluctantly, with complicated expressions on both of their faces.
Even though they were extremely reluctant, they had now surrendered to the Teng Tribe after all. Jiang Xuan's words were the will of the Teng Tribe, and they had no choice but to listen.
"I know there are some conflicts between you, but the situation in the central region is so complicated now. Only cooperation can help you survive better. Internal fighting will only lead to your death quickly, allowing other tribes to take advantage."
The leaders of the Gray Rat and Ape tribes remained silent. Obviously, even if what Jiang Xuan said was right, they would not listen at this time.
Jiang Xuan glanced at the two of them and naturally knew what they were thinking.
"The reason you fought each other in the past was because you didn't have enough food and supplies, right? As soon as the trading team from the Teng Tribe arrives here, we'll give you priority in supplies."
Hearing this, the chief of the Ape Tribe finally raised his head and asked cautiously, "Chief Xuan, will the trading team from the Teng Tribe really come? Do you have salt and pottery?"
In the eyes of the ape tribe leader, salt and pottery are good trading items.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Salt and pottery are just the most basic commodities. Look at this."
Jiang Xuan pulled out a bronze knife and placed it in front of the leader of the ape tribe.
This bronze knife was newly cast not long ago. It is golden all over and shines brightly under the firelight from the fire pit. It is very beautiful.
“What a beautiful knife!”
The eyes of the ape tribe leader widened. He had never seen such a beautiful knife. Even a stone knife polished from gems would not be as dazzling as this one.
The gray rat on the side glanced at the leader of the ape tribe with the eyes of a bumpkin, and felt an inexplicable sense of pride in his heart, because he also had a bronze knife, but it had been used for a long time and its luster was duller.
"Can I...can I touch it?" The leader of the ape tribe was very excited.
"sure."
Jiang Xuan generously handed him the bronze knife.
“It’s so beautiful.”
The chief of the ape tribe carefully took the bronze knife, looked at it over and over again, and couldn't let it go.
"Do you like it?"
"Like...like it."
Jiang Xuan waved his big hand with his wealth and generosity: "If you like it, I'll give it to you."
“Is…is this true?”
"Of course, it's just a knife. We in the Teng Tribe have plenty of them."
"Thank you, Chief Xuan, thank you, Chief Xuan..."
The chief of the ape tribe held the knife and scratched his ears and cheeks with joy, as if he were a spirit.
The gray rat on the side curled his lips again and pressed down the bronze knife hidden at his waist.
The people of the Rat Tribe were cautious by nature. Even in this situation, he did not take out the bronze knife to show off. He usually wrapped it in animal skin and hid it safely in his clothes.
Afterwards, Jiang Xuan talked with the two about the development and future of the tribe, painted several big rosy pictures for them and inspired their fighting spirit.
During this process, Jiang Xuan intentionally or unintentionally took out the things on his body to show off.
Because he had so many good things on him, whether it was the animal skin clothes on his body, the bronze weapons in his hands, or even the animal tooth necklaces, belts, and animal skin backpacks, all of which were styles that the ape tribe leader and the gray mouse had never seen before.
The people in the tribe were relatively naive. After all, they had contact with fewer people and were less likely to be fooled. In addition, after seeing so many good things, they naturally imagined the Teng tribe to be a super wealthy tribe and took the cake.
Faced with sufficient benefits, the Ape Tribe and the Rat Tribe finally decided to temporarily put aside their prejudices and follow the footsteps of the Vine Tribe to occupy their own place in this central land.
The problem of the Ape Tribe was solved, but the problem of the Rat Tribe was still not solved, so after giving some good things to the leader and witch of the Ape Tribe, Jiang Xuan took the gray rat and rode Tangyuan back to the Rat Tribe.
Returning with them was the Fujigami who had just displayed his divine power.
When it went back, it turned into a small vine, like a weed, lying on top of Tangyuan's head, looking quite harmless.
"Eer..."
Tangyuan spread its wings, circled in the sky for a few circles, and then flew towards the Rat Tribe.
After returning to the Rat Tribe, Jiang Xuan began to deal with the problems of the Rat Tribe.
The biggest problem of the Rat Tribe is that it has no leader and the people are demoralized.
Because they have no real totem god, nor a witch who can serve as a spiritual leader, the tribesmen live together just to survive, and are basically a group of scattered sand.
Although Gray Rat has the strength of a five-color warrior, he has no experience in managing a tribe and cannot handle any slightly complicated problems.
Therefore, the first thing is to find a spiritual leader and qualified manager for the Rat Tribe to truly bring everyone together.
Such a candidate could not be found in the Rat Tribe, so Jiang Xuan directly asked the Vine God to communicate with Chishao, who was far away in the Vine Tribe, and asked her to select a witch doctor with management skills, and send him to the Rat Tribe to serve as a witch after training.
After the training, this person will set off with the fleet, go down the Feiyu River and go directly to the Crocodile Tribe, and then Jiang Xuan will ride Tangyuan to take him to the Rat Tribe.
Over in the Teng tribe, after Chishao got the news, she immediately selected a trustworthy and capable witch doctor and gave her a short-term training so that she could be qualified for the position of witch doctor.
This matter would take some time and could not be rushed, so after giving instructions to Chishao through Tengshen, Jiang Xuan put the matter aside for the time being.
The second thing that the Rat Tribe urgently needs to solve, and also the most important issue, is the problem of food.
You know, the reason why the Rat Tribe always likes to steal other people's things is because their overall strength is relatively low, and it is difficult to support themselves by hunting and gathering, so they have to use the talents of rats to steal food and various resources.
It is precisely because of this behavior that the Rat Tribe is hated by almost everyone in the central region. Several nearby tribes even want to completely eliminate the Rat Tribe to avoid having to spend a lot of energy on guarding against thieves.
In the wooden house, Jiang Xuan introduced the two warriors he brought to Gray Rat and said to him:
"If you want to have enough to eat, you have to get it yourself. You can't just rely on stealing. This time I specially brought a soldier from the planting team and a soldier from the breeding team. They will teach you how to grow food and vegetables, and tame various wild animals."
"As long as you work hard, coupled with the technology and seeds of our Vine Tribe, I promise you that before the next winter comes, the Rat Tribe will no longer be short of food!"
Gray Rat looked at the two confident warriors and said solemnly, "As long as our people can stop starving, we will do whatever Chief Xuan says."
"Okay, gather your tribesmen and giant rats right away, and let's go open up some wasteland first!"
Under Jiang Xuan's instructions, the gray rat immediately gathered all the movable members of the rat tribe and the giant rats.
If they were in other tribes, Jiang Xuan would definitely ask them to make bone hoes, stone axes, stone sickles and other clearing tools first.
But in the Rat Tribe, because of the existence of those giant rats, land reclamation has become easier.
Jiang Xuan chose a relatively flat piece of land with fertile soil in the territory of the Rat Tribe, and then let the giant rats eat all the grass and trees on the ground and loosen the soil.
Soon, the two demigod rats led dozens of giant rats to work.
“Crack, crack…”
Their teeth were so sharp that both weeds and trees collapsed quickly under their gnawing and were then dragged aside by the members of the Rat Tribe.
Thanks to the hard work of the two demigod giant rats and dozens of ordinary giant rats, a bare land soon appeared.
Then, they quickly dug holes close to the ground. They only needed to dig back and forth once, and the soil would become very loose wherever they passed. The grass roots, tree roots, stones and other things in the soil would be picked up by the members of the Rat Tribe.
Jiang Xuan sighed, "These giant rats are so efficient in clearing wasteland. If they continue like this, it won't be long before the Rat Tribe can cultivate land on a large scale!"
Jiang Xuan believed that the Rat Tribe members had previously used these giant rats to dig holes and steal other people's things, which was a complete waste of their abilities. Letting them open up wasteland would be the most profitable approach.
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