298 The embryonic form of farming civilization
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"What? There are 40,000 people in the base now? Not counting the army?"
After listening to Friday's report, Xiao Feng was also shocked. No wonder this guy always looked like a stinker when reporting to him, as if he was constantly hinting to Xiao Feng, "Praise me, praise me!"
After Xiao Feng heard the data he reported on population growth, he was indeed very excited. He slapped Friday on the shoulder several times. These slaps were like bone-melting palms, softening Friday's bones.
Why is Friday so happy? Of course it's because of Xiao Feng's appreciation. He owes everything to Xiao Feng to be where he is today, and the more Xiao Feng believes in him, the more stable his position in the tribe becomes. This small thing
Of course Xiao Feng knew about the tactics of conspiracy, but he would definitely not expose them.
The reason why the population of the base has soared by 20,000 is related to their last victory over the orcs.
In the high mountains to the north of their city, there live countless tribes of natives, elves, and refugees from the human empire.
The orcs have swept across most of the continent, and of course they have defeated countless countries and tribes, but it is definitely impossible to catch them all.
Bloom and Groin had told him before that there were at least 100,000 stragglers living in the barren mountains outside their city gates.
Because the number of people in the base was relatively small before, Xiao Feng did not have the time and energy to send people out to search for these people. But after they defeated the orcs at the city gate last time, the news must have spread.
So in the following autumn and throughout the winter, countless stragglers who had originally lived in the wild came to surrender. This was the main reason why the population of their base surged to 40,000.
Of course Xiao Feng welcomes the sudden increase in population. After all, the threat from the orcs is too great. The more people in his base, the more resources he can control, so that he can have the capital to compete with the orcs!
In this barbaric era, more people are strength. This principle is definitely correct!
"Where are the people, how are they distributed?"
Xiao Feng was on the platform in front of the cave, looking at the human city rising from the ground not far below the platform. It was much more organized than before. The social order was gradually taking shape, and the population was indeed much more prosperous than before. Even
There were also many laughing and playing children on the street, which made Xiao Feng very happy.
But although this city has expanded a lot compared to the last time I came here, it doesn't look like there are 40,000 people.
"Well, didn't you order the Duchess Ducaidi to take some people to build a city at the estuary last time? So at the beginning of spring, Your Excellency, the Duchess, took a group of people to develop the city there.
Went to two cities."
Only then did Xiao Feng remember that before he left last time, he had indeed ordered Keira to take people to build a city and farm at the estuary.
"Oh? How's the city construction going over there?"
Xiao Feng asked casually, and Friday scratched his head: "It seems to be going pretty smoothly, but I don't know exactly how. I just hear a little bit of news every time from the Yingzhou people who come back from delivering cattle."
Xiao Feng then remembered that the world's communication situation was backward, so he didn't ask any more questions. It seemed that he would have to wait until he took the time to see it with his own eyes before he could understand the specific development.
The report on the development of the base was almost complete on Friday. The first thing Xiao Feng had to do was, of course, to go to the cold storage below and load all the cattle and mushroom powder accumulated during this period. These are his modern world fast food.
An important resource for store development.
Because Majes and the others have domesticated a large number of cattle, horses, sheep, chickens, ducks and wild boars, there is always no shortage of meat in the base. This guy Friday also used local materials to 'research and develop' with Majes, who also loves to eat, and made a lot of them.
The sausages and bacon were all left to Xiao Feng, which made Xiao Feng very satisfied.
The online store opened by Katya in the modern world is still open. It is said that the sales situation is not bad now. Xiao Feng has never cared about it. These things can be sent back to where they are for consignment.
However, he didn't take too much, and still left a lot here. After all, as the population increased, the consumption of food would also increase. It was always better to store more food to be prepared.
Coming out of the cave, passing through the bustling city, there are acres of rice fields to the south. The success of planting rice for three consecutive years has given the black elves a taste of the sweetness. In addition, Xiao Feng has brought more output.
Tall tuber plant seeds.
As the base has abundant manpower this year, the black elves have organized a large number of base manpower to open up wasteland and cultivate land.
The endless rice fields and fields of various crops are filled with farmers pulling weeds, catching insects, and fertilizing and irrigating. From time to time, supervisors and black elves appear in the ridges of the fields.
The main job of the supervisors is to supervise these farmers to see if they are lazy. The base currently implements a semi-modern collective farm system. To put it bluntly, it is a big pot meal.
Everyone needs to work to obtain food and other supplies. Except for the "nobles" in the tribe, no one owns private property. Of course, these farmers are free people, not slaves, long-term workers.
Such a system would be a dead end if it were allowed to survive in peacetime, and it would go bankrupt soon.
But in this ignorant era, plus the threat of orcs outside, it seems very advanced and reasonable. In the past, these humans, elves, and dwarves lived in a living environment where it was difficult to have a full meal, whether they were hungry or full.
Everything is normal, not to mention that we have to face diseases, wars, and other existential threats at any time.
But now in this tribe, as long as everyone works every day, they can get enough food to eat, and even eat meat every now and then. Who wouldn't want this kind of life?
And if you work well and earn enough work points, you can exchange for other daily necessities, such as clothes, shoes, and even women, and be assigned a personal house. With the temptation of improving living conditions like this, who would be willing to be lazy?
Moreover, living in this tribe enjoys conveniences that these indigenous people have never seen before. Public bathrooms allow everyone to maintain personal hygiene. Public toilets not only improve everyone's civilized life, but also cure diseases.
The emergence of running water has greatly improved the convenience of everyone's life. Neat and warm wooden houses, clean and tidy streets, even many humans who came from civilized countries have never seen such a city.
Therefore, when these tribal people returned home, their enthusiasm for work was unimaginable. When people were regularly assigned to work in the fields every day, everyone's initiative would be very high.
But when there are thousands of people, there are all kinds of people. This truth is always true. Some people are full of gratitude to the tribe because of today's life, but there are always some cunning, lazy and greedy guys. When working,
Work but no effort.
Friday, who has a deep understanding of human nature, cannot tolerate such human affairs at all. In his opinion, the master and the tribe have provided you with such good living conditions so that you bumpkins can live with more dignity, but you are actually lazy and not good enough.
work, this is absolutely not allowed.
This is the reason why those overseers exist. Once anyone is found to be lazy or cunning, they will be immediately picked out and sent to the mine found by the dwarf Dean to receive education.
As for the black elves who also appear in the fields, their main job is technical guidance. After all, although these tribal people are very enthusiastic about work, many of them have not been engaged in farming before, and they used to rely on wild collection and hunting.
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Nowadays, like the transformation of farming civilization, there must be a process, and the existence of black elf technical consultants is to provide technical guidance to these clumsy guys at any time, so that they know how to fertilize, how much water to water the crops, and how to catch insects.
Weeding etc.
"Great Master, our planting area this year has expanded ten times compared to last year, reaching one thousand acres. Because of the agricultural tools you invented and the base can provide sufficient livestock, this makes our work much easier. This year's planting area
The weather is pretty good, and if nothing else goes wrong, there will be another bumper harvest during the autumn harvest. The food produced should be enough for our entire tribe to last for two winters!"
After the black elf leader Majes knew that Xiao Feng was back, of course he quickly approached him and introduced to him the achievements they had made in farming this year as if taking credit.
Xiao Feng was very satisfied with the results. When he came last time, he brought some drawings of hand-held pears and other agricultural tools and asked the dwarves to build some. And there is no shortage of cattle and horses in this world. With the help of these livestock
, the speed of reclamation of this field is of course much faster than before relying solely on human efficiency.
Xiao Feng was very satisfied with this effect. These native people who used to rely on hunting and gathering began to try farming. After they got used to it, the most basic agricultural civilization was formed.
Cultivating the extremely fertile land in this world will definitely produce a lot of food. Continuous bumper harvests will mean that the population will increase dramatically. By then, the time will be ripe for him to send troops outside the city!
After seeing the development of agriculture, Xiao Feng, led by the black elves, went to the horse farm and cattle pens not far away to have a look. These black elves are really geniuses in agriculture and animal husbandry.
The large number of wild horses captured previously have basically been tamed and have even given birth to many foals. Just looking at the horse herd, there can be tens of thousands of horses.
This makes Xiao Feng very happy. These horses can not only provide military horses for his army, but also improve the production efficiency of the tribal people.
Chapter completed!