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Chapter 274 Infrastructure builds a prosperous country
The chiefs of each tribe are very proficient in this process of making alliances with blood and swearing to heaven.

After the ceremony is completed, the Dachuan Tribe becomes a member of the Sky Clan, but it will not migrate to Taoyuan as a whole. It will be more like a satellite tribe of the Sky Clan.

Zhang Tian is not worried about the food problem. This mountain basin is large enough. If it is fully reclaimed, it will not be a problem to feed 2 people. What he is worried about is the influx of too many foreign people at once, which will cause management problems and may even cause problems. Cause unnecessary disputes.

After this winter, Zhang Tian fully realized that the cultural differences between Taoyuan people and Hexi people could not be eliminated by his words, nor could they be reconciled by getting along with each other for a day or two.

We have to start from childhood and education.

Zhang Tian asked Jiang He to send young people from the tribe who were about to reach adulthood next winter to study in Taoyuan.

Jiang He readily agreed. In his opinion, this was undoubtedly a good thing. It was the sky priest's preferential treatment and preference for his own people!

He would not know that education can also be a means of "brainwashing" and that alliance is only a nominal integration. Only when the cultural identities of Hexi and Taoyuan people converge, can the two sides be truly integrated.

When Jiang He came to say goodbye, Zhang Tian said seriously: "You said you would like to go to the Star Tribe again in the future. The wizard and I also have this idea."

Jiang He was very happy and said hurriedly: "That's just right, we can go together! I will lead the way for you!"

With the power of the Sky Priest and the Master Wizard, and with them escorting him, the risk will be greatly reduced!Thinking of this, Jiang He was filled with joy.

Zhang Tian also smiled. He really needed an old captain who was familiar with the local hydrology and culture to lead the way.

If you just go to Star Tribe, you don’t have to go to such trouble. It’s faster and safer to call Wolf Boy back and take the “subway”.

But Zhang Tian is not only for the Star Tribe, but also for the tribes along the way. He wants to bring the blessings of the sky to Hedong. I heard that the population of Hedong is more, and they are walking faith values, so he must not miss it.

After the ice melted and the snow melted, the international students thanked the Sky Priest and the Wizard for their generosity again and again, then said goodbye to their new language companions and friends, and embarked on their return journey.

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Ten days later, the Big Fish Tribe and the Niutou Tribe migrated together. Following the wild ducks and swan geese, the bison also joined the family of livestock and poultry.

The ducklings and geese have matured and are no longer dependent on Zhang Tian's care, but they are still very attached to the male mother who raised them, and they often catch bugs and feed them to him.Some heroic mothers have already started taking care of their children.

These heroic mothers are naturally the focus of attention for women, and their excellent genes should be passed on.

Now it can only be regarded as the beginning, and it is still very early to achieve duck egg freedom.

If you want to domesticate these mallard ducks into egg-laying ducks that lay eggs every day and meat ducks with plump meat for future generations, it will take many generations of ducks to continuously carry out artificial selection to change their genetic traits in the direction that humans need.

The same is true for the domestication of other livestock and poultry.

The current method of raising ducks is grazing, allowing them to go out to find food on their own, which can save a lot of feed and labor costs. At the same time, the ducks can get good exercise and enhance the physical fitness of the baby ducks.

In comparison, bamboo rats, which are stupid and never come back once released, are not cost-effective. Therefore, when the number of breeding rats reached [-], Zhang Tian did not expand the scale of breeding. In the future, pigs, ducks, geese, etc. Once domesticated to a certain extent, bamboo rats will be eliminated sooner or later.

The pig is already the third generation this year. It still looks wild, but its wildness has been completely eliminated and there are signs of gaining weight.Xiao Xiao learned the skill of herding sheep from the grassland people, and now he uses it to herd pigs with great success.

The bison brought by the Niutou tribe have been tamed and become docile. However, the skills of farming need to be trained from scratch. It is best to start with calves. Several cows are about to give birth. Zhang Tian has been looking forward to it. Still sitting.

After the beginning of spring, Zhang Tian entrusted a dream to the Wolf Boy and his party at the seaside, conveying instructions and telling them information about the Star Tribe. He ordered them to go to the Star Tribe to inquire about information, to be cautious in contact, and not to expose the existence of Yellowstone. If they find anything or encounter trouble , pray to the sky at any time.

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After several years of planting, agriculture has now become the clan’s main source of food and plays a dominant role in the clan’s production activities. The focus of fishermen and hunters has also shifted to agricultural activities, and they only work during the relatively leisurely summer. They often go to lakes or mountains to catch game to supplement their family income.

The same goes for women, who have realized that since grains and hemp can be grown, why not other plants?
No less than ten people have asked Lin Yu for his opinion and asked if they could grow some vegetables and fruits.

Lin Yu always answered with the same sentence: "It's not the time yet."

In the process of evolution, humans took the lead in domesticating grains instead of vegetables and fruits. There are naturally deep-seated reasons for this.

Compared with grains, vegetables and fruits are not suitable for large-scale cultivation, because both vegetables and fruits have to face the same problem: storage.

Although vegetables can be preserved by pickling and pickling, and some vegetables such as radish and cabbage can be buried in the soil to extend their shelf life, large-scale storage of vegetables was not possible before the popularization of cold chain technology.

More importantly, vegetables are not as cheap as millet and millet. They have higher water requirements and are more susceptible to diseases and insect pests. In an era without pesticides, herbicides, or irrigation systems, only careful management can ensure vegetables. production, which requires a lot of manpower and is not cost-effective.

The same is true for fruits.

Moreover, fruits themselves are difficult to domesticate. Most modern fruits, such as peaches, apples, cherries, watermelons, etc., are inedible in their wild varieties. Even if a fruit tree occasionally produces mutations that are beneficial to humans, However, this mutation cannot be replicated on a large scale because fruit trees require cross-pollination.

Simple cultivation, low cost, stable yield, convenient storage, and self-pollination... These advantages have established the status of cereals and made them the staple food that dominates the human table.

However, after people finished spring plowing, the women asked this question again, and Lin Yu's answer finally changed: "Maybe we can grow some vegetables this year."

Just because vegetables are not suitable for large-scale cultivation does not mean that they are not suitable for cultivation. In fact, the history of domestication of vegetables is not much later than that of cereals. For thousands of years, ordinary people have been accustomed to opening up a small plot of land in their own yards for growing vegetables. , easy to water and take care of.

Lin Yu hadn't let go before because he didn't have the conditions.

But now, with the number of newborns increasing year by year, and the merging of the Niutou Tribe and the Big Fish Tribe, the clan's permanent population has exceeded four digits, reaching over a thousand.

They have now cultivated more than [-] acres of cultivated land for growing cereals, two-thirds of which are used for intensive farming. The yield per mu can reach five or even six per mu. The remaining cultivated land can also be cultivated using extensive planting methods. One gets three.

There is still a lot of leftover grain from last year's harvest. Even without supplements from fishing, hunting and gathering, this surplus grain will be enough to last until the next harvest.

There is food at home, so I don’t feel panic. This summer, I can start building a lot of things.After living in collective dormitories for three years, these bamboo huts have been exposed to wind and rain. The walls have cracked and cracked, and the thatch has fallen off. They have been repaired and repaired so far. It is time to tear down and rebuild.

In addition to the reasons for the house itself, after several years of training, there is no shortage of excellent construction workers in the clan. Others have also been more or less exposed to the construction of houses. The sufficient talent reserve also allows the two to have the ability to engage in infrastructure construction. Confidence.

Of course, if we want to do it, we need to do it thoroughly and not just renovate the houses.

The layout of the current camp is very chaotic, with a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, without any order.

In the winter that just passed, Zhang Tian and Lin Yu had already made new plans.

Because couple marriage has not yet appeared, there is no concept of "small family" yet. There is only the "big family" of the clan. Everyone is a family member, but there are differences in how close they are to each other.

Therefore, the new housing will still continue the collective dormitory model, but will increase the per capita disposable area and improve comfort.

Everyone will live in each residential area according to their occupation. Simply put, people with the same occupation live in the same area or even the same house. The advantage of this is that it can disrupt the tribes of each tribe so that the newly joined tribes can integrate better and faster. .

Another advantage is that the tribesmen can be arranged to live near the production site. For example, pottery workers can live close to the dragon kiln, people responsible for breeding can live next to the breeding farm, and people who are good at weaving can live near the hemp spinning area. ...It is somewhat similar to the factory model, where the home is the work unit and the work unit is the home.

In this way, the original dense slum-like living environment will naturally be dispersed into multiple living areas, which can alleviate the pressure on water supply, drainage and heating caused by crowding to a certain extent and improve the quality of life.

Each living area must be built with supporting public facilities, such as toilets, bathhouses, storage, breeding centers, etc.

The school is a separate area and is built in the center of the entire Taoyuan.

The burial areas were built on the outskirts away from the living areas.

This is undoubtedly a big project, but before starting construction, as always, trenches must be dug.

Zhang Tian’s plan is to first widen the original Harvest Canal into a large main river channel, and then dig in the direction of Daxiong Mountain to connect it with the Daxiong River originating from Daxiong Mountain to form running water.

Then, with the Harvest Canal as the main trunk, more than ten tributaries were dug in all directions, connecting various living areas and connecting with swamps and ponds scattered everywhere, forming a dense water network for water collection, irrigation and transportation.

The excavated loess can be used to make pottery, or to build high ground and build houses on it to prevent floods.

Just do it!

Zhang Tian mobilized everyone and concentrated their efforts to act according to the plan.

Although the tools were backward and the project was too large to support their large numbers, hundreds of people worked together to dig ditches, transport soil, and build high ground... in an orderly manner.

Everyone worked together and spent half a month to complete the widening of the Harvest Canal, another half a month to connect it to the Daxiong River, and another month to complete the excavation of the tributaries.

The main channel of the Harvest Canal is about five meters wide, and most of its tributaries are about two meters in length, with a depth of no more than two meters. Highlands with a certain slope are built on both sides of the river channel, and the embankments are more than half a meter above the water. With the amount of rainfall in this area, Even when the tides are at their worst, there is no risk of flooding.

When the last layer of barrier was cut open, living water surged out from Xiaonan River and Daxiong River, rushing in both directions, and then filled the entire channel. Everyone cheered and shouted, and an unparalleled sense of accomplishment surged in their chests.

After a day's rest, they then went to the mountains to cut bamboo, quarry stone, and build a new living area.

With criss-crossing waterways, transportation is no longer a problem.

The pressure came to the bamboo forest.

There was a huge demand for bamboo during this construction, so Lin Yu had to use the power of bluestone to make the felled bamboo grow back for the men to cut down again.

Zhang Tian divided the scope of each living area, informed Jing, Hei She and others of the specific plan, and asked them to take the residents to build their own living areas.

It is still built according to the old method.

The difference is that in the past ten people lived in one house, but now six people live in one house. The extra space can accommodate two pit tables. The windows are open, which provides good lighting and ventilation. In the summer, there is no need to worry about getting cold.

When the weather gets cooler, seal them up with thatch, bricks, wooden boards, etc.

In winter, each house can receive two oil lamps or two candles made of insect wax every month, and they can play chess and other things at home in the future.

Everyone was familiar with it and the efficiency was very high. It only took half a month in total from collecting materials to completing the project.

Important public buildings are still built with bricks and mud. No matter how unsatisfactory they are, they must be built with stone.

All the old dormitories were demolished and two new classrooms were built above. The remaining open space served as a playground with swings, seesaws, single and parallel bars and other entertainment facilities.

Farming is busy in spring and autumn, while summer and winter are relatively leisurely, and teaching activities can be carried out in the future.There will be physical education classes in the summer semester, and Lin Yu plans to teach the children to do radio gymnastics. He has to learn some serious moves. What if he can only rely on this move?

Starting from late spring, we have been busy until the leaves turn yellow and the millet is ripe. Then it is basically completed. There are some unfinished projects left that can only be completed after the harvest.

Now looking at the camp where they live, it is much more pleasing to the eye. Not only Zhang Tian feels this way, but everyone also feels it.

On the piled high ground, the houses are not to say row upon row, but at least they are well laid out. The once concentration camp-like buildings have become discrete small residential areas, and there is no longer that cramped, messy, and depressing feeling.

Each living area is independent, with complete supporting facilities, intertwined waterways, and access by boats and rafts.As the living area expands, idle land can be opened up to grow vegetables.

The hard work this season has been worth it!
Everyone was panting from exhaustion, but it was not time to rest yet, it was time to harvest the grain.They put down their construction tools, picked up their backpacks, and walked toward the golden farmland.

(End of this chapter)