Before the arrival of winter, the ten teams sent out to pick up the wanderers had all returned to the Ferocious Beast Mountain Forest.
At this time, the number of people in the Flaming Horns tribe had reached eight or nine thousand. Including the wanderers from other tribes who had followed them, there were about ten thousand people in the Flaming Horns tribe around the old haunt. Including the wanderers from other tribes, there were about ten thousand people in the Flaming Horns tribe.
No one had expected that there would be so many people. With so many people, it would be lively.
Many houses had been built in the tribe. Basically, they were all wooden houses. Wooden houses were simple and built quickly. Now, they were just building a place for everyone to sleep and rest. As for what kind of house they wanted to build in the future, it depended on their own wishes.
The totem warriors, in addition to guarding the surroundings, had to take turns to hunt for food. Now, no matter whether it was ferocious beasts or wild beasts, there were many people in the tribe.
Other wanderers who came to the tribe, whether they were from the tribe or from other tribes, were trying their best to prove their value. Building houses, cutting trees, processing food, and so on, they would take the initiative to participate. This was an opportunity to make a good impression. Naturally, technical talents would not be let go. Those who knew how to build ships and carts, those who made porcelain, and those who knew about herbs were all called to help.
Therefore, in the tribe, it was common to see some wanderers pushing one-wheeled or two-wheeled wooden carts to transport things. Back then, the few old men who had a special fondness for pottery, such as Xing and the others, gathered people who knew how to make pottery. Every day, they would research which soil was suitable for making pottery, which recipe was the best, and what kind of pottery to make.
When Shao Xuan returned to the tribe, many people in the tribe had already started using pottery. It was much more convenient than stone tools, but some people were not used to it. For example, Keke and the others broke one a day, which made Xing angry.
Shao Xuan went to see the pottery kiln. The ancestors of the Yanjiao tribe had also left records about pottery. But after a thousand years, pottery firing had improved a lot.
There was a lot of clay in the Ferocious Beast Mountain Forest that was suitable for making pottery. This made Xing and the others so happy that they were all smiles. They would stand guard there every day, each of them holding a piece of beast skin in their hands to record something. Many times, they would even do it themselves.
Shao Xuan had also burned a few household items. At the same time, he also tried to burn some pottery tiles and green bricks. Shao Xuan used the pottery tiles and bricks to build the house.
The original wooden house had been converted into a brick and tiled house. It was even bigger than the house he had built on the other side of the river. Next to the house, there was also a wolf den built for Caesar. As for Chacha, it would not stay here to rest. Instead, it would run to a nearby mountain to build its nest. Shao Xuan went over to take a look. It was still on a high cliff. There was a sunken area that Chacha had dug into the ground to make a cave, and he lived there.
When the teams came back, the livestock and seeds they brought back were also taken care of by those who knew the ropes. There were indeed many skilled people among the wanderers of the Yanjiao tribe who came from all over the world. It was much better to leave the work to them than to let the totem warriors of the tribe do it blindly.
Old He and other people from the grassland were responsible for raising livestock and building animal pens. When Shao Xuan went to take a look, the few wilted cows and sheep were now very strong. Although sometimes they were frightened by the roars of the beasts in the forest, they were still braver than the animals raised by the Lu tribe. After a long time, they had adapted.
Shao Xuan was called out by Tuo early in the morning. He was not patrolling today. He had to go hunting later, so he only had time now.
"How is it? I built it myself!" Tuo said proudly, pointing at the house he had just built.
He had planned to build a stone house with stones. After all, when he was on the other side of the river, his family also lived in a stone house. However, after seeing Shao Xuan's house made of blue bricks and tiles, Tuo changed his mind. He went to Xing's place and asked them to make a batch of blue bricks and tiles. Then he brought back the house he built. After he finished, he couldn't wait to ask Shao Xuan to come and take a look.
"It's very good." Shao Xuan looked at Tuo's house and said.
Now Shao Xuan's house was not far from Tuo's house. The distribution of houses in the tribe was similar to that on the other side of the river. The higher the status, the closer it was to the fire pit. Even though it was not a whole mountain, it was still arranged according to this rule.
Shao Xuan's family did not have other people with high status. However, everyone knew his contribution to the tribe, so they had no objection to the arrangement.
"Why haven't I seen Keke recently?" Shao Xuan asked. In the past, Keke and Tuo used to travel together, but recently they were nowhere to be seen.
Keke's house was also nearby. Shao Xuan looked around and saw no one.
"Oh, him." Tuo laughed. "He's hatching eggs."
"… Hatching eggs?!" Shao Xuan's yawn got stuck halfway. "Hatching what eggs?"
Tuo told him what happened when Shao Xuan was away.
The tribe naturally needed a relatively safe environment to settle down here. The totem warriors who stayed in the tribe were responsible for the comprehensive cleaning work.
Lethal plants, large wild animals, ferocious beasts, and so on had to be cleaned up. Therefore, during this period, they didn't need to travel far, nor did they need to open up hunting routes. As long as they slowly cleaned up and expanded, they would be able to hunt a lot of prey. Although the carnivorous birds that used to live in this area had moved to another place, they were still cleaned up by the totem warriors and put into the pot one by one.
"When we were hunting those carnivorous birds, we also found some bird eggs. We brought them back and cooked them. Later, Keke kept some of them and didn't eat them. He planned to hatch them and raise them."
In the past, Keke had tried to raise wild animals, but unfortunately they all ended up in the pot. Now that he was hatching eggs, he didn't know what they would look like.
Shao Xuan was interested.
"Let's go and have a look. They've been hatching for so long. Are they out yet?" Shao Xuan walked towards Keke's house.
"I don't think so." Tuo had been busy with his own affairs recently. Except for the tasks assigned by the tribe, he spent the rest of his time building the house.
When Shao Xuan arrived, Keke was about to go out. Seeing Shao Xuan, Keke was happy. "I was going to find you! Xuan, when Chacha hatched, what did they eat? "
Hearing the chirping of Chacha birds in the house, Shao Xuan and Tuo knew what had happened.
"We used to feed them some meat … Now you can feed them some meat. Don't feed them any ferocious beasts … Tear the meat a little smaller. Yes, just like that." Shao Xuan watched Keke tear the meat into small strips and feed them to the carnivorous birds. It was rare to see him so patient.
"Why do you want to raise them?" Shao Xuan asked. These carnivorous birds were ferocious and didn't have much meat. If they were raised as food, it would be better to trade for some large carnivorous birds from the Lu tribe. Did he want to raise them and let the Shaman mark them?
"They run fast." Keke said excitedly while feeding them. "I want to see if I can tame them so that we can ride them in the forest."
When chasing the people of the Wan Shi tribe, Keke found that these carnivorous birds ran very fast in the forest. Although they were not as fast as the phorusrhacos of Mai's family, the phorusrhacos was a ferocious beast after all, and these unknown carnivorous birds were a little lower in level. Even so, no one could deny that these carnivorous birds were very agile in the forest.
If they could be tamed, they would be more useful than horses in the forest.
"What if the taming fails?" Shao Xuan asked.
"Then we eat them." Keke said. For the people of the Yanjiao tribe, it was natural to raise them and cook them.
After giving some advice to Keke, Shao Xuan left. He had to prepare for hunting.
Old Ke had polished the hunting stone tools, so Shao Xuan could take them with him.
Winter was coming, and people went out to hunt every day. Because the journey was not long, they went out in the morning. If they were fast, they could come back before sunset with the prey. They went out on the same day and came back on the same day.
After Shao Xuan met up with Mai and Lang Ga, they went deep into the forest.
Because of the fire seed, some ferocious beasts had left the tribe, but not all of them had left.
Walking in that direction, Shao Xuan saw some marks left on the trees nearby. Every time the totem warriors cleaned up the area, they would leave a mark on the surrounding trees. Groups of hunters would take turns, and the area where the marks were left extended towards the Ferocious Beast Mountain Forest.
"There is still a long way to go before we reach the boundary drawn by the Shaman." Mai looked at the last mark and said.
In the plan made by the Shaman and the Chief, the Yanjiao tribe had a large territory. Actually, it could not be said that they had deliberately drawn it. Instead, they had used the drawings left behind by their ancestors.
The Yanjiao tribe was not in the Ferocious Beast Forest, but thousands of years had passed, and the land had changed. The Yanjiao tribe had disappeared for nearly a thousand years, and the Ferocious Beast Forest had expanded to what it was today. If the Yanjiao tribe wanted to use the original boundary and reoccupy the territory, they would have to clear out the beasts and ferocious beasts here bit by bit.
"If we succeed in planting, we will need a bigger place. And the livestock will take up a lot of space if they are kept in large numbers." Shao Xuan said.
"That's true." The others nodded. They were quite excited when they imagined that scene.
"Okay, let's start now. Be careful!" Mai said.
From here on, no one would clean up anymore. Everyone had to be careful of the poisonous and threatening plants, as well as the hidden beasts and ferocious beasts.
They had a lot of hunting experience. Once Mai said that, they became highly alert and stopped joking.
Compared to other people's fear of the Ferocious Beast Forest, the Yanjiao people did not feel that it was difficult. They even felt that it was familiar. The environment here was very similar to the original hunting ground. They adapted quickly to the Ferocious Beast Forest and liked it very much, although it was indeed very dangerous.
A new day of hunting began. The warriors waved the stone tools in their hands and killed the prey one by one. When the sun was about to set, they left marks on a tree nearby. When the next batch of warriors came tomorrow, they would continue to clean up. Day after day, until the winter snow fell.
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