When we went there, the grass was still green on the river beach, and the crops in the farmland also grew tender buds.

When I came back, I was full of green onions all over the mountains and fields. The green grass on the river beach was full of wild flowers. The crops in the farmland had strong stems and leaves, growing wilder than the wild grass. The entire valley was covered with green, and it looked full of vitality.

After returning to the Ba people, Xu Chen spent two days sorting out the inspection of this trip.

A map of the six tribes was drawn on a piece of sackcloth with a relatively accurate scale, not only marked the exact location of the six tribes, but also marked the animals, plants and mineral resources in the area.

In addition, the diary was used to record the situation of this tour in detail.

Although he came and went out this time, all ethnic groups were still poor and ate dirt without eating enough food, but the overall situation also made him feel relieved.

At least after more than a year of hard work, the survival of several tribes has changed a lot.

The spread and popularization of new technologies such as ropes, straw sandals, rattan baskets, wooden hoes and fishing nets has significantly improved the productivity of each tribe. Even in the early spring when the weather was not connected, all tribes can still meet basic food security and there is no starvation to death.

The construction of houses and the promotion of pottery have also undergone tremendous changes in the living and living environments of various tribes.

Furthermore, through military training, strengthening the stimulation and management of men has greatly changed the spirit of all tribal men. They are no longer the traditional habit of being lazy and lazy, and they go home for a day to eat when they go out to hunt, and then rush to sleep after dinner.

Of course, what Xu Chen is most pleased with is cultivation and planting.

Although the farmland sown by each tribe is not large in size, it is a good start.

This marks that human civilization has finally begun to break through the primitive survival mode of hunter-gathering and begins to move towards the era of farming.

And from the point of the Ba tribe to the entire six tribe alliance.

This is another huge improvement.

Of course, there are many changes, but there are more bad things.

First, the population is seriously insufficient. The current population of the six tribes is just over a thousand.

Second, the traffic is difficult, and the tribes are only tens or hundreds of miles apart, but they are calculated by day when they come and go, and there is no way between them at all, and they are all led by familiar guides.

Third, the living environment is harsh, living in caves is still the mainstream, food is still scarce, snakes, insects and wild animals are rampant, injuries and diseases are difficult to cure, and the rate of infants and young children is extremely high.

But this is the most real state at the moment. It is a long way to go to change anything, and it is even impossible for him to solve it in his life.

Therefore, Xu Chen could only try his best to think about the benefits.

After this investigation, what he most longed for was to make out the metal he could use as soon as possible.

With various metal weapons and knife, saw, axe and farm tools, not only did he have enough strength and courage to expand, but the lives of the six clans will also usher in a truly earth-shaking change, completely getting rid of this pure, barbaric and primitive state of survival.

The agreement with the other five tribes was to set off for the Gonghuo tribe after the full moon night in February.

There are more than ten days left now.

Since winter, the Wu tribe has sent thousands of kilograms of copper ore one after another. Before setting out for inspection, Xu Chen had arranged for the kiln factory to rebuild the smelting furnace, and took advantage of this time to refine another furnace of copper.

Xu Chen is not allowed to worry about farmland. Mother Ba and Ah Mother are already very familiar with farmland weeding and daily care.

After returning, Gu Heju returned to his old business again, taking two teenagers and a group of children, leading monkeys and little wolves to patrol and drive away the beasts that were stealing food all day long.

However, this year the scale of farmland has expanded to 400 acres, and almost half of the river beaches have been reclaimed into farmland, and several people have obviously been patrolling.

Even if there were scares by a straw man, the effect gradually lost after more than a year of familiarity with the beast.

The horn that was able to scare the wild horses for several months last year has now lost its intimidation power and has gradually lost its deterrence effect.

So when the crops began to grow vigorously, various herbivorous beasts began to visit the farmland frequently, catching a few bites from the east and the west, and disasters almost every day.

Gu Heju and others ran back and forth like a desperate situation every day, but the damage to the farmland became increasingly serious.

Xu Chen had to allocate Xiaoma to them to participate in patrol and drive away.

But there was only one pony and he was not fully grown. Xu Chen was very worried and cared about it. He stipulated that he could only ride for half a day and rest for half a day, and also required that he should not run too fast, so as not to break the horse's hooves.

Therefore, although the effect of driving beasts has improved after joining the patrol, it is still a drop in the bucket and cannot completely prevent the beasts from eating.

And everyone knows that as the crops in the farmland continue to grow, more and more wild animals will be attracted, and the damage to the farmland will become more and more severe.

"Chenga, the wild horse rushed into the field again!"

That day, Xu Chen was instructing the little witch to learn to recognize words in the room. Gu rushed in sweating profusely and shouted loudly.

Xu Chen had no choice but to put down the ceramic plate and charcoal strips and said, "Why are you doing so loudly? I can't do anything about it!"

Gu pulled his hair with annoyed expression and said, "The wild horses come to Gaga every day, and I ate a lot again today. My mother Ba Gagaga is angry, help me find a way."

Ga, you uncle, can you speak well?

There are so many wild horses, what can I do?

Xu Chen also pulled his hair down one by one.

The group of wild horse ghosts disappeared in winter and ran back in spring. The legs were long and fast, so they could not get close at all, and they could not even drive away. Moreover, under the influence of Xu Chen's year-on-year appeasement policy, it completely turned into a disaster in the valley.

Moreover, the population seems to have expanded a little this year, with several more foals, obviously just born in the early spring.

As the population grows, the demand for food becomes greater.

The lush and tender oatmeal bean seedlings in the farmland are far more tempting than the weeds on the river beach.

This group of clever disasters like to visit even more. Now they come almost every day, rushing to eat here and there, and eating here and there, which is completely unpredictable. Gu Heju and other four beast-driven teams were exhausted, but the results were minimal.

"Your Majesty the Witch King, catch the Qiga!"

Seeing Xu Chen's depressed look, the little witch whispered to her.

Xu Chen smiled bitterly and rubbed his face.

It was his long-cherished wish to conquer these wild horses, otherwise he would not have tolerated these guys wandering around the valley and destroying them all day long.

But he had never thought about how to capture these wild horses.

He heard that wild horses are very irritable and difficult to tame. Even if they can tame, they must be very familiar with the masters of horse sex.

But at present, there is not even a person who is truly proficient in riding horses. He can ride it because this pony has been trained since childhood, and it took nearly two years to spend countless time and energy, and it is huge.

Therefore, even if you catch these wild horses, you will not be able to tame them. At most, you can kill them and eat meat.

However, those foals can try it, but far water cannot quench near thirst. It will take at least two years to train to ride.

But no matter what, this group of disasters must be dealt with, otherwise the damage to the farmland will become greater and greater.

More than 400 acres of farmland used nearly half of the entire tribe's harvest last year as seeds, and the whole tribe has invested a huge amount of manpower and material resources. It is necessary to ensure the maximum harvest, otherwise it will definitely cause great harm to the future enthusiasm for farming.

Therefore, Xu Chen asked Gu to go back to patrol first, and he had to think of a better way to deal with this matter.

After all, he is an omnipotent existence in the minds of his tribe.

If this matter is not solved well, it will lose character and halo.

In the evening, after Feng returned with a group of hunting and fishing hunters, after dinner, Xu Chen summoned a group of leaders to discuss the matter.

When he heard that Xu Chen was about to attack these wild horses, a group of hunters suddenly started to cry and howl.

Since we learned that wild horses can not only plow the fields but also ride, the entire tribe, regardless of gender, age, has been salivating about these wild horses.

Although many people suggested finding ways to catch a few horses and raise them during this period, because there was no good time and no good method, Xu Chen kept dragging on it.

But this time, Xu Chen finally couldn't hold back, and a group of hunters were excited to beat their fists and scream.

Xu Chen has always been accustomed to making decisions before he acts.

This group of wild horses is alert and fast, not easy to get close. Once the danger is discovered, they will immediately escape to the shrubs and woods at the foot of the mountain, where the terrain is complex and even more difficult to capture.

Therefore, if you want to deal with these wild horses, you still need to think of a careful plan and cannot deal with them according to your usual hunting habits.

In addition, the purpose of his leaving these wild horses was to ride on farmland to carry things, so he could not cause too much damage. Damage weapons such as bows, arrows, spears, must not be used on a large scale.

Now he has almost figured it out. No matter what, he must first catch the horse and then consider whether it can be used.

We must not just let them stay in the valley and continue to harm the crops.

But to completely capture these running guys, it not only tests physical strength, but also tests intelligence.

The best way is to design a trap that traps the wild horses.

But there are mountains on both sides of the valley, with a river in the middle, two or three miles wide and seven or eight miles long. The river beach is wide, and the mounds, shrubs and thorns at the foot of the mountain are almost impossible to set up traps. If wild horses run into the woods, it will be even more impossible to round up.

Nowadays, Gu Heju faces this situation every day. When he drives away a small area, the horses will wander around the farmland in a hiding place. However, if you are anxious, you will run into the woods and patrol and observe on the edge. Once you find that the person has gone far, you will run back to the farmland in a few minutes.

Xu Chen discussed for an hour with a group of hunters, but did not come up with a useful plan, so he had to give up for the time being. He decided to wait until tomorrow to go to the valley to carefully observe the range of activities of the wild horses before planning slowly.

Anyway, if you don’t move this time, you will definitely gain something if you move. You have to get at least five, six, seven or eight horses.

(The following is Chapter 247)

The next morning, Xu Chen asked Feng and a group of hunting hunters to stay and took them back and forth in the valley to find suitable places to lay out traps.

At the same time, he followed Gu Heju around the farmland to carefully observe the direction and movement of a group of wild horses.

After three days of observation, Xu Chen placed the place where the trap was set at the entrance of the Wild Wolf Valley.

Wild Wolf Valley is the mainstream source of the river. It has water all year round. It is a gourd valley inside. The entrance of the valley is full of stones and thorns. There are woods on both sides. The environment is relatively complicated. He found that every time he drives away strongly, these wild horses will pass through the farmland directly, bypass the Wild Wolf Valley and then escape to the other side of the river. Then, after a large circle, cross the river from the downstream and approach the farmland again.

To put it bluntly, these wild horses rely on their long legs and fast speed to fight guerrilla warfare with humans. The enemy advances and we retreat, and the enemy is tired and disturbs us, so they don’t take the drive seriously.

Of course, if they find that the Wild Wolf Valley cannot be reached, they will directly pass through the farmland and run into the woods at the foot of the mountain.

After observing the rough activity trajectory and range of the wild horses for three consecutive days, Xu Chen also had some clues.
To be continued...