The one-way journey from the tribe to the iron mine has cut the time in half, and the human-powered mine has become a wooden cart and an ox cart to pull the mine, and the weight of the iron ore transported is more than several times that of the original.

Wooden carts are the most commonly used important tools in the tribe. After iron ore was available, the wheels and axles of wooden carts were replaced with heavier iron wheels and axles, and every household was replaced with iron pots and iron shafts. Kitchen knife and iron axe.

The warriors in the tribe are now divided into three parts, one part is responsible for patrolling and guarding the tribe, the other part is the long-term firing kiln, brick kiln and pottery kiln are in charge of them, the last team is smelting iron ore, the tribe smelting iron and They are responsible for all iron weapons and tools.

Of course, this is only a preliminary assignment. These people are still soldiers. They train every morning and are responsible for their respective division of labor in the afternoon, without any delay.

The two bulls, Big Man and Little Man, have become the hottest existence in the tribe. Those who transport iron ore can't wait to ask the big and small bulls to help them pull the ore so that they can make more ironware. Man Niu went to the mountains to pick black mud fruits.

The two sides fought together, and now the big and small bulls don't even have time to rest, and the grass they eat is not as good as the one fed by Zhongli in the past. Sometimes when the two bulls get angry, they have to use their sharp horns Top people everywhere.

Although the barbarian bull didn't use much force to push against the person, the one-foot-long sharp horn was no joke, and he couldn't dodge it with almost any skill.

In the past few days, Man Niu lost his temper more and more times, Chu Shan felt that something was wrong, so he came to find Zhong Li.

It happened that Su Yao and Zhong Li were discussing how to deal with the soil salt, and they became interested when they heard that Chu Shan came for the bulls: "These two bulls are not safe these two days?"

Chu Shan nodded vigorously: "I'm going to bully people at every turn. Sometimes I don't even pull the car when I get angry, and several people can't pull it because of their necks."

Su Yao seldom came into contact with livestock and the like, and had no idea about such a situation for a while, so he asked Zhongli, "What do you think is wrong with the bull?"

Zhongli's usually cold and gloomy face showed a rare strange expression, his slender eyebrows drooped, and his eyes fell on the ground: "Spring is here."

Chu Shan was at a loss, unable to understand what Zhong Li was trying to trick.On the other hand, Su Yao raised his eyebrows in astonishment. This familiar line reminded him of the most classic sentence in a modern documentary: "Spring is here, and it's the season of sex again."

That's right, March and April are the time when most animals breed. Daman is already an adult bull; Judging from his normal growth situation, Xiaoman is also a young man who should find a wife.

That is to say, it's normal for the two of them to have weird tempers now. Who hasn't had time to be restless in the warmth of spring?

Chu Shan continued to question like a fool, Su Yao's mouth twitched, but he still explained patiently: "Spring has come, and even people are busy looking for wives, these two bulls are also bachelors, don't worry about finding a wife." Wife?"

Suddenly understanding Su Yao's meaning, Chu Shan's face flushed as if he had eaten a piece of charcoal.Su Yao felt a little sympathetic looking at him: Looking at such a capable young man, why isn't he smart?No wonder I can't get a wife now. ''

Maybe it was because Su Yao's fool-like eyes were too straightforward, Chu Shan groaned for a while before choking out a sentence: "Then what should I do?"

Zhong Li couldn't bear to look at Chu Shan, and Chu Shan immediately shut his mouth and didn't speak.

Chu Shan couldn't find a solution in the end, so he had to leave resentfully, and when he left, he was still muttering about where to find a wife for Xiao Man.

Zhongli didn't speak until the outsiders left: "It's not a solution for the bulls to continue like this, why don't I catch a few more hens and bring them back?"

Su Yao was amused by him: "Could it be that you want to go to the herd of wild cattle and pick their cows to catch them? Aren't you afraid that those bulls will chase and kill you?"

Zhong Li also realized that he had committed a stupidity. Seeing that Su Yao was still laughing, he grabbed his hand and shook it lightly, obviously begging for mercy.

Su Yao laughed and returned to a serious look: "Brute bulls live in groups, and each herd has the strongest bull as the leader. As long as you subdue the leader of the bulls, the herd will be obedient."

"what do you mean?"

Su Yao snapped his fingers: "I've been feeding Daman for so long, if it can't even bring me back a herd of cattle, it will be very worthless."

The two of them went to the corral together. The hooves of Daman in the fence were pawing impatiently on the ground, panting heavily from their big nostrils, there were already several pits on the ground, obviously Daman was extremely impatient.

Xiaoman is in much better condition than Daman just as an adult, and now he just wags his tail to express his restlessness.

Su Yao gave birth to a handful of young grass that was full of spiritual energy, and Da Man immediately jumped up when he smelled the fragrance, wrapped his tongue around the blade of grass and began to chew.Su Yao took the opportunity to put his hand on Daman's head, and a wave of spiritual power penetrated into it.

After eating the spirit grass, Su Yao opened and closed the fence of Daman, untied the rope wrapped around the horn of Daman and let it out.

The freed Daman's four legs were having fun like crazy, and rushed straight to the outside of the tribe. Someone tried to stop it but was stopped by Su Yao, so Daman went all the way across the field to the depths of the plain.

"Aren't you afraid it won't come back?" Su Yao teased Zhongli.

Zhongli shook his head, his slender eyebrows matched his shallow dimples, he looked cute no matter what: "Don't be afraid, you must have your reasons for letting it go out, if it really doesn't come back, I'll catch it again .”

Su Yao was very satisfied with his appearance that you are right in everything, and said confidently: "Don't worry, I have already given it a hint, even if Daman can't bring back a herd of cattle, it will definitely come back by itself Yes, there is no such fresh and tender spiritual grass outside."

Everyone had no objection to Su Yao's letting go of the barbarians. They followed Su Yao's instructions and chose suitable land in the lower part of the plain near the river bank to open up wasteland.

The rivers passing through the plains bring abundant water resources, and the coasts are covered with endless aquatic plants and wild forests.Su Yao wanted to grow rice, and the land along the river was the best choice.

The people cut off the weeds in the field with sickles, and then turned the wet land little by little with iron hoes.The river and the tidal flats on both sides are lower than the plains, so there is no water accumulation in these fields.

Only the two of them lived in the courtyard of Su Yao's house. They usually lived in the five rooms of the main house, and the wing rooms on both sides became the test bases.

Pushing open the door of the east wing, there is a large open room inside. The round dustpan is covered with a cotton robe, and it is placed on a wooden bench half as high as a person. There is a charcoal fire in the middle of the house.

The robe made of cotton cloth kept warm and moisturized. Su Yao lifted a piece of cotton robe to reveal the thick cotton pad underneath. A layer of rice seeds was evenly sprinkled on the pad, and tender sesame seed-sized buds had grown.

Su Yao reached out and fiddled with the buds to observe their growth with spiritual power, and found that the germination rate was better near the charcoal fire, which meant that the temperature in the house was still not enough, and another charcoal basin was needed.

"Hu Zhi, burn another charcoal fire."

These few days Su Yao was busy growing rice seeds, so he found a clever boy among the slaves to help him. This slave is called Hu Zhi. He is smart and down-to-earth, without careful thought.

When the room was designed, five stoves were reserved on the ground. Now, as long as the burning charcoal is sandwiched into another charcoal stove, it will be ignited in a short time.

According to the modern process of planting rice, rice seeds need to grow tender shoots in a place with a slightly higher temperature. These tender shoots are actually the roots of rice. After the roots grow a little longer, they can be sprinkled into specially flattened seedling fields.

After the original wet soil in the seedling field is turned over, the water dries up a little. Use a hoe to break up the soil bumps and then level the surface of the soil layer, and the soil bed for seedlings is ready.

The rice seeds in Su Yao's house were carried to the edge of the seedling field together with the dustpan, and the seeds that had sprouted were picked up and scattered evenly on the ground, and then covered with a layer of fertile humus, the rice seedlings will grow alright.

When Su Yao was young, fermented livestock manure was sprinkled on the seedlings. Now there is not much livestock manure in the tribe and it has not been fully fermented, so humus can only be used instead.

The surrounding area of ​​each seedling field is about [-] centimeters higher than the middle of the field, which is called the head of the field.The seedlings covered with humus soil need to be sprinkled with another layer of water, and the water is slowly poured in from the outside of the field with a wooden bucket. Since the soil layer is made very flat, the water overflows without staying for a long time.

When pouring water, it must not be too fast, otherwise the water flow is too fast, and the evenly spread rice seeds will be washed away.

Finally, in order to prevent the rice seeds from being taken away by birds and insects, a layer of cut reed grass leaves was covered on the ground, and the reed grass leaves can also keep warm at night.

The rice seeds in the dustpan are scattered all over the seedling fields, and after covering with reed grass leaves, everyone waits for the seeds to germinate in anticipation.

The rice seeds have been planted, and the speed of land reclamation must be accelerated. People call the plains where rice is planted a river dam, and the soil of the river dam is more silt, which is more difficult to reclaim land than the wasteland where sweet potatoes and potatoes were planted before. .

However, there are many surprises when turning over the river dam. For example, the freshwater shrimp and loaches that like to dig holes in the mud will pop up from time to time to give the people who open up wasteland extra meals.

People in the loach and shrimp tribe didn't eat it before, but after seeing the delicious food Su Yao ate, they also tried it once, and they fell in love with it.

But if there are more surprises, there will be occasional scares. The weather is already very warm, and there may be another kind of dark creature in the same damp cave: snakes.

Fortunately, due to geographical and climatic reasons, although there are many snakes in the Huangping tribe, the common snakes are not very poisonous, and some are non-venomous. Apart from being very painful, the bite does not cause much harm.

Even so, before mowing the grass, the people in the tribe would beat the grass with a long stick in advance to scare the animals hiding in the grass.When you encounter a cave, you will poke it to see if it is a snake cave.

After half a month, the rice seedlings in the seedling field were already more than an inch long, with their heads poking out densely, and they were growing very well.

The matter of finding salt in the tribe was also put on the agenda, but the big man who had been released had not returned for a long time.

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