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Chapter 15 Wasteland Reclamation

After the sacrificial ceremony, Chen Bei began to think about what these newly awakened totem warriors could do.

Now that the mountains are closed with heavy snow, hunting is impossible. These totem warriors do not have the ability to hunt on heavy snow days.

In other tribes, newly awakened warriors will train for a while to adapt to the totem power in their bodies and learn hunting skills with the old warriors.

Chen Bei felt that training is necessary and learning hunting skills is also necessary, but it would be even better if we could still create some value in training.

Or let them open the land?

This idea grows irresistible as soon as it appears in Chenbei's mind.

Refining land can not only train strength, but also create value for the tribe, which is a killing two birds with one stone!

Ordinary tribals are very difficult to do on such heavy snow days, let alone breaking through the ice layer on the ground and digging the land.

But the totem warriors are OK. They have the strength, and even in winter, it is easy to clear the land.

The more Chen Bei thought about it, the more he felt it was feasible, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and he wanted to put it into practice immediately.

"As the saying goes, auspicious snow indicates a good harvest. If the land can be turned over now, let the heavy snow freeze the grassroots and insects underground to death, and freeze the tight land to loosen, it will be more suitable for the growth of crops in the coming year."

"We have to discuss this with the witch."

Chen Bei walked towards the place where Wu lived.

Since being elected as a witch, Qingzhu moved out of her original wooden house and lived in the center of the tribal building complex, not far from where Chenbei lived.

Chen Bei opened the door and the wind and snow outside had stopped. He strode towards the wooden house where Qingzhu lives.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!" Chen Bei walked to Qingzhu's door and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Qingzhu's voice was neither anxious nor slow, nor could it be heard much joy and anger, but it made people feel relieved.

This should be one of the abilities that Qingzhu has after becoming a witch.

Chen Bei pushed open the door and smelled a faint smell of ore.

It can't be said to be fragrant or smelly, but it doesn't smell bad. I feel it's OK if I get used to it.

Green bamboo is preparing pigment on a large bamboo tube.

This pigment is made of red soil, red stone powder, and some other things, stirred together to form a dark red pigment.

Next to the paint, there was a large animal skin and a rough animal brush. She had already drawn many patterns on the skin. It was probably because the paint was insufficient, so she re-mixed it.

"Chief, is there anything you need to ask me for?"

Qingzhu stirred the paint and put it aside for the time being, her eyes always floated on the animal skin. Obviously, she was very busy.

"That's right, I want to discuss with you about the tribe's land cultivation next year."

Chen Bei said his thoughts, including future plans for tribal planting and breeding, as well as the current situation that the totem soldiers need to clear the land.

Qingzhu thought about it carefully. Although she had never heard of the words "planting" and "breeding", she could understand what Chenbei meant.

"Although I don't know much about what you said, the inheritance I received tells me that these two things should be feasible."

"The large tribes outside the mountain will also plant some food and breed some docile beasts."

Qingzhu thought about it carefully and said, "Our tribe has fish to eat, and the food is quite sufficient. If the leader makes up his mind, he can give it a try."

"Since Wu also thinks it's okay, then I'll gather people to open up the land."

Chen Bei immediately turned around and went to find someone. He was full of energy and didn't want to wait for a moment.

Qingzhu smiled, and soon continued to pick up the animal brush, glued the paint to paint on the animal skin, and his slightly green face was full of seriousness.

After leaving Qingzhu's wooden house, Chen Bei immediately pulled out the twenty-one totem warriors who were hiding in the wooden house for winter and waiting for the next year to hunt.

Chenbei cannot wait for the coming year, so he must turn over the land as soon as possible so that the ice and snow can freeze the grassroots and insects underground to death, and prepare for farming in the coming year.

The fishing captain Lie was cooking fish soup. He had just been cooked and hadn't started eating yet, but Chen Bei pulled him out.

"Chief, why are you so anxious?"

Lie felt a little confused. In previous years, he was in a tribe, after it snowed in winter, he almost spent the winter in a wooden house. He could do less exercise and save some food.

"Of course there is something important, you will know later. Now you will find all the people in the tribe who have awakened the power of totem, and don't miss any of them."

"Yes, leader."

Although he didn't understand what Chenbei was going to do, no one dared to disobey Chenbei's words in the Mang Tribe. After all, he created the tribe with one hand.

Lie was extremely familiar with the people in the tribe. Soon, he knocked on the doors of wooden houses and called out all the totem warriors.

Yun, who had gone to hunt for sacrifices with Chen Bei, was also inside. He was an awakened totem warrior who was more powerful. After all, he was a totem warrior before.

Yun asked on the way, "Lie, what are the leader looking for us?"

Lie said depressedly: "How do I know? I am not the leader. I am very anxious anyway. I haven't had time to drink the fish soup after I finished cooking it."

Other totem warriors were also talking about it. They couldn't think of what Chen Bei wanted to do in this cold weather.

When they walked to Chenbei, they all stopped talking, and they didn't even dare to ask, and no one wanted to leave the leader with the impression of being disobedient.

Chen Bei didn't keep it a secret. After everyone arrived, he directly expressed his purpose.

"This time I asked you to come out, there is only one thing, that is, to open up the land!"

Yun couldn't help asking, "Chief, what is the land reclamation?"

These people are not witches, and they don’t know that besides collecting and hunting, there are also planting.

Chen Bei explained: "Simply put, it is to turn over the land under your feet and plant some edible things in the coming year, such as wild vegetables and tubers. After the autumn harvest, it can add a lot of food to the tribe."

Chen Bei was afraid that they wouldn't understand, so he added: "It's like digging a pond to raise fish."

When it comes to raising fish, these people understand everything, after all, they eat fish every day.

Chen Bei said again: "Reading the land can exercise your strength, allowing you to master the power of totem faster, and also exercise your ability to dig traps in the future."

Digging a trap is about hunting.

The fifteen newly awakened boys were very yearning for hunting, and when they heard this, their eyes were shining.

Since it can increase food to the tribe and exercise its abilities, this is obviously a good thing.

"We will go back to get the tools immediately. The leader said we will dig as much as we dig."

"Yes, we all listen to the leader."

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Seeing the totem warriors returning to get the tools with high fighting spirit, Chen Bei was also very satisfied. There was a big difference between voluntary and forced things.

Voluntary work will work a lot, while forced work is somewhat like a craftsman.

Soon, these totem warriors came back with various tools. The tools in their hands were very simple, some were sharpened animal bones at one end, some were stone knives, and some even sharpened wooden sticks.

"These tools are very inefficient in turning soil."

Chen Bei frowned slightly. If you want to open up a large scale, you must have special tools, otherwise the efficiency will be too low.

However, it is too late to make temporary tools now, so let’s just use them first. Then look for people in the tribe who knows how to make tools and make some special farm tools.

Chen Bei took them outside the tribe, and saw a large area of ​​relatively flat land, but it was covered with white ice and snow.

Chen Bei pointed to the land and said, "Just dig here, first break the ice on it, and then turn over the soil underground."

"I'll do it for you to show you."

Chen Bei borrowed the animal bones in Yun's hand and swept away the snow covered on the surface of the ground, revealing a hard ice layer.

"Dong!"

Chen Bei gathered the power of the totem in his hand and punched the ice layer. The half-foot-thick ice layer was smashed to pieces.

Chen Bei threw away the ice and quickly dug up the soil with his animal bones.

The sharp animal bones grinding look extremely sharp in Chenbei's hands. Digging soil is like cutting tofu, which is very easy.

Chen Bei dug a small piece of land, then returned the animal bone to Yun, and said, "Do you all understand it? Just dig like this, don't ask you how good you dig, just turn the soil over."

"Understood."

The totem warriors are very motivated. They can read such a simple job once.

"Start digging."

After Chen Bei finished speaking, the totem warriors all began to break the ice and dig the soil, and the "dongdong" sound of fists smashing ice was unaware of it.

Chen Bei looked at it for a while and found that there were several newly awakened boys who struggled to smash it, because in some places the ice layer was thicker and it was not easy to smash it with his fists.

"Stop using fists, use big stones."

With Chen Bei's reminder, these teenagers began to use stones to smash, and their efficiency was indeed much higher.

The movement here naturally alarmed everyone in the tribe. When they knew what these totem warriors were doing, the stronger people consciously joined the ranks of land reclamation and wanted to contribute to the tribe.

In the cold winter, the Mang tribe actually burned the sky with hot fire, which is also a wonder of winter.

Chen Bei found the stone craftsman in the tribe, and used charcoal to draw hoes and shovels on the ground, so that the stone craftsman could do some accordingly.

The stone master thought for a while and said, "Things are not complicated and can be made, but the totem warriors are very powerful. Ordinary stones are afraid that they cannot withstand their strength and need to find good stones."

Chenbeidao: "Tell me what kind of stone you want, and I'll find it for you."

The stone master hurriedly said, "How dare you let the leader go in person? There are many good stones on the mountain near the tribe. Just find two totem warriors and follow me to dig back the stones."

"Okay, I'll ask two totem warriors to go with you right away."
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