"Alright, alright, alright, stop playing dirty."
Lin Qiu pushed away the cubs that had climbed onto her legs one by one and asked them to choose a name.
Seeing that they were out of control, Ling Yun gathered the five bamboo boards in his hands: "This one is Shao Zheng, this one is Qiao An, this one is Fang Han, this one is Yang Zhu, and this one is Shi Wei."
Ling Yun threw the bamboo sticks over one by one. The decision was made. Song Mu obviously had no objection: "Hurry up and eat, Xiao Qiu."
Although the name was decided hastily, it is efficient.
Lin Qiu was at a loss for words, but if she wanted to follow her plan and make these ignorant cubs obediently choose a bamboo board, it would probably take a long time.
"Alright, Shao Zheng baby, just go back to your nest."
Now that they have names, we should call them more often. When they can turn into human form, we will teach them to speak.
Lin Qiu put the cubs back into their nest one by one, and Song Mu took them to another room and put the food on the table.
"Xiao Qiu, I need to trouble you tomorrow. The potatoes have been treated with wood ash as you requested. Now the sprouts have grown. We plan to plant them tomorrow. Please come over and take a look."
"Okay, that's no problem. This matter is very important."
Potatoes are the only food crop Lin Qiu has found now. Potatoes will mature in about four or five months. Lin Qiu thinks that maybe he can plant two crops when the next cold season comes. Whether he can have enough food next year depends entirely on these potatoes.
Ling Yun said, "Well, once we have finished planting, and the tools from the Horse Tribe are ready, we will go to the Rat Tribe and teach them how to plant."
Ling Yun knew that Lin Qiu liked to eat this. Not only Lin Qiu, but the female tigers in the tribe also liked it. For the sake of the females, Ling Yun, the tribe leader, must of course pay more attention to it.
The tribe has a lot of things to build now. Since the last time the stray orcs sneaked into the tribe from the back mountain, Ling Yun planned to build a wall and traps inside the valley. But now that the weather has just warmed up, everyone has a lot of things to do at home. For example, the two females who just reached adulthood this year need to live separately, and her males are working overtime to build houses.
There are only these people in the tribe, so Ling Yun can only prioritize things and deal with them one by one.
"There are too few people in the tribe now, but everyone in our tribe survived this winter, not even a single cub was lost. In a dozen years, our tribe will surely grow a lot stronger."
Even for male cubs, the probability of successfully growing up is almost 50-50, and the cold season is when the most cubs die.
Ling Yun is looking forward to future development.
Lin Qiu thought for a moment and said, "We can actually let people from other tribes join our tribe."
Ling Yun shook his head: "This is a bit risky. If there are too many foreigners, if they want to resist us, our entire race may be destroyed."
"We can first accept some Feather Tribe orcs. The Feather Tribe has no females, so it can't be considered a complete tribe. It's relatively safer."
Ling Yun nodded: "We can indeed recruit some of the Feather Tribe orcs. They can take over some of our guard duties."
Song Mu said, "Important tasks like guarding and patrolling should be left to the males of our Tiger Tribe, or to orcs like Mei Yan who have already partnered with a female of our Tiger Tribe. Don't let others take over so easily."
Hearing this, Ling Yun immediately nodded: "You reminded me."
They can indeed find seven or eight Feathered Orcs. Seven or eight males are also a good labor force.
Lin Qiu continued, "Actually, we can also recruit some males from other tribes to come and work. They can only live in the tribe for a period of time. If you have concerns, you can only allow males with females to come and work. Their demand should be higher."
"Working?" Ling Yun had never heard of this term.
Lin Qiu remembered that there were many men in Hongshi Village who went to work in the county town or even in big cities in the south, leaving their wives and children at home.
Lin Qiu explained the feasibility: "We provide them with temporary housing and food, and give them some settlement when they leave, but we do not recognize them as members of our tribe, and they do not enjoy the rights of other members of our tribe."
This is the importance of household registration.
"That's interesting. It's a good idea to only allow males who have partnered with females to come to our tribe. They are bound by their animal markings and can only stay in our tribe for about ten days at most. This way, they have high mobility and won't let some people think of taking root here."
"Besides that, we should also have interviews and competitive recruitment. During this stage, we can narrow down the number of people from each tribe to less than three, so they don't cause any trouble."
Lin Qiu said.
The more Ling Yun listened, the more interested he became: "Interview, you mean interviewing the job, right?"
Song Mu said, "But if the mobility is too high, and too many people have entered our tribe or are familiar with the terrain near our tribe, it will still be a bit dangerous."
Ling Yun said: "This is indeed a problem. The safety of the tribe must be put first."
Lin Qiu could understand Ling Yun and Song Mu's concerns. After all, the current tiger tribe was not particularly strong in terms of strength, and there were not many people, but there were too many good things in the tribe.
A man is innocent unless he is in possession of a treasure.
As the patriarch, Ling Yun has to protect the tribe before he can lead it forward.
"Then we can consider another approach, for example, attracting underage females to live in our tribe. This way, we can solve the problem of having many single males in our tribe and also benefit the future population growth."
"That's what I thought, but it's too early to talk about it now. I want to wait until the tribe is able to weave enough silk and then bring it up when we go to exchange it."
The current dilemma is still the problem of too little labor.
Ling Yun thought for a moment and said, "When the time comes, we'll make the recruitment conditions more stringent. I prefer to recruit some herbivorous orcs to work here. We just need manpower to build the tribal wall, so we'll just have to prevent them from getting close to the center of the tribe."
The herbivorous orcs are less aggressive, so Ling Yun feels more at ease.
Lin Qiu nodded. "When working, let's form a small group with three or four migrant workers from our tribe. This will teach them how to work and also stop them from wandering around and looking around. They just need to leave early and return late to work."
Ling Yun agreed very much and took it to heart. The next day, he went to find Mei Yan and asked him to find a few herbivorous tribes nearby and tell them that the Tiger Tribe was recruiting workers. They would be given five animal skins and a basket of pickled meat for ten days of work, and food and accommodation would be provided.
Mei Yan received the task and said with a bitter face: "Chief, you know that the three of us are currently building a house. We don't have enough manpower to begin with, and Xin Lan is still living in the dormitory."
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