The farm is a small step, but the base construction is a giant leap. There is a farm in the base, but many people still don't understand why Huo Qiu found someone to grow vegetables for no reason.
"Boss, I just don't understand why we brought back some herbivorous beastmen to grow vegetables for no reason?" Indeed, bringing them back for no reason was puzzling. Huo Qiu smiled when he heard this.
"It wasn't without reason; it was planned from the beginning. We originally intended to buy some people, but then the herbivorous beastmen arrived, so naturally we had to take them in. Besides... with the help of the herbivorous beastmen, the vegetable garden will be even better in the future," Huo Qiu said.
“But there are vegetable gardens in the tribe, and everyone is growing vegetables.” Upon hearing this, an orc sitting not far away spoke up, saying that every household grows vegetables.
“We don’t mind having too much food. As you can see, many of the boys are growing up now, and in a year or two they will need females. When that happens, we’ll have to go out and find females, which will require more resources… Not only that, but when the little beastmen have babies, their food needs will increase even more. Right now, our tribe has less than a thousand people, and we’ve almost ruined this land. When our tribe has tens of thousands of people… do you think there will still be enough food outside to feed us?” Huo Qiu said directly.
"..." When the orcs heard this, they were surprised. "Um... I can hardly believe that there are so many more people all of a sudden."
"Why can't you believe it? Look at the number of young beastmen and females who have starved to death in the past few years. Even if they died, it was because your children were just born, and your wives got pregnant before you had enough milk. In Haitang's words, they died from malnutrition. If you had enough milk, there wouldn't be any children to die. A family only has a few children. Do you think a thousand people in a short time is a problem?" Huo Qiu immediately said.
He discussed this matter with Haitang during the winter; there were things that could be gathered outside the tribe, but... there were fewer and fewer of them in recent years.
In previous years, things were better. When Huoqiu was young, females didn't need to walk for an hour or two to collect good items. Now, it takes an hour or two or even longer to collect them. Under such circumstances, it will definitely become more difficult in the future.
Since that's the case... then we should be self-sufficient. In Haitang's words, if our tribe has its own production, what else can stump our tribe in the future?
The breeding on the farm side is getting better and better, so the farm side can't be doing badly either. When they heard this, everyone nodded.
Huo Qiu's farm is overseen by Hai Tang, who goes to watch over the hundreds of acres of land where they live, which is just a corner against the wall.
To prepare for potential dangers, the orcs would strengthen their protection and defense measures. They would climb outside the city walls to observe the outside world and then dig trenches, just like other places.
Although the sheep-orcs were afraid of encountering wild animals outside, they weren't actually afraid to go out. They were very careful when digging the trenches, and once they were finished, they set traps.
The females started digging and clearing the land. After turning the land over, they began irrigating it. They were busy almost every day. At first, there were stones in the ground that needed to be dug out.
Some of the smaller females and orcs would prepare food at home, with two sheep orcs guarding the gate to prevent tiger orcs from entering casually.
Huo Qiu had someone deliver the food. Xiao Yu was worried about how they managed to feed them. Yang Ming was very happy about this, because although they were herbivorous beastmen, they couldn't possibly not eat meat.
Because humans were originally humanoids who became beastmen, they all had an innate need for meat, although their craving for meat was not as strong as that of carnivorous beastmen.
When Haitang visited the farm today, she found it to be well-maintained; at least the land had been renovated and water had been introduced.
Because once the ground is dug, it's impossible to plant immediately; you need to wait and let it grow for a while. There are many ways to raise small fish in the ground.
Xiaoyu now manages the people in front of him like a manager. He is living a good life now. No one beats or scolds him, and he doesn't go hungry. On the Tiger Tribe side, as long as he works hard, he can get the corresponding reward.
Under such circumstances, the little fish was very diligent, and the several sheep-beastmen also learned well from the females. When it came to gathering, the females would also go out with the other females.
The orcs and females of the Tiger Tribe are all tall and their frames are much larger than those of the females of the Sheep Tribe. At least when you look at the females of the Sheep Tribe, you can tell that they are really soft and limp.
After preparing the land, Haitang led people to harvest wheat. The sheep tribe didn't know anything about wheat. "Is this stuff edible?"
They had never cooked or eaten wheat before, so they thought it was grass and couldn't possibly be eaten. That's why they were now puzzled.
“Of course you can eat it. The noodles and flour you eat are all made from wheat,” Haitang said. Upon hearing this, the sheep-beastman was immediately surprised.
"That's really good." If it's true, there used to be a lot of similar wheat where I lived. Back then, when we knew it was edible, the orcs and females of the tribe didn't have to risk going far to gather it.
At first, Yang Ming and his companions would clash with other sheep-beastmen because there were fewer and fewer plants to collect in that area, and some people needed to be driven away through natural selection. Unfortunately, they were among those being driven away.
Fortunately, they understood that this place could be planted. If they had learned it from the beginning, then... Soon, Yang Ming shook his head, telling himself not to overthink, and began to collect the plants with Haitang.
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