This Is My Primitive Tribe-Chapter 162 - 125: Changes in the Vine Tribe

After returning from the Mountain Turtle Tribe, Jiang Xuan personally excavated a deep pool in the yard, and brought in a substantial amount of fertile pond mud. Then, he planted those five Ice Lotus roots in the sludge.

Finally, Jiang Xuan connected the pool with a bamboo pipe carrying flowing water, turning the water into live water instead of stagnant.

After everything was done, Jiang Xuan washed his hands and said, "Hope they can take root."

After planting the Ice Lotuses, Jiang Xuan rode Tang Yuan and flew to a high mountain to the west of the tribe.

This mountain is relatively close to the Vine Tribe, but the environment above halfway up the mountain is similar to where the Rock Sheep Tribe used to reside.

"Boom!"

Tang Yuan landed on a gentle slope halfway up the mountain and, like a giant eagle, stretched out a wing that grazed the ground.

Jiang Xuan walked down along the wing onto the ground.

Not far away, there was a plot of wasteland that had been recently cleared, its weeds and shrubs removed, leaving only some tender green sprouts.

In the wasteland, six saplings were planted, all Wax Trees brought back from the Rock Sheep Tribe.

"Hey, they’re sprouting!"

After approaching, Jiang Xuan discovered several small, cluster-like sprouts of tender buds on two Wax Tree saplings, not yet spread open.

This meant that these two Wax Tree saplings had taken root, which made Jiang Xuan very happy.

"If these two saplings can take root, the others should be able to as well. In the future, we can transplant more saplings here, turning it into a Wax Tree Forest."

With a Wax Tree Forest, one can raise Wax Worms.

In other words, if everything goes well, the Vine Tribe can raise Wax Worms on this mountain, avoiding the risky journey to the Rock Sheep Tribe.

This made Jiang Xuan very pleased. If the Vine Tribe can produce a large quantity of Insect Wax in the future, whether used personally or for trade, it would be excellent.

Jiang Xuan squatted down and patiently pulled out the newly sprouted weeds by the saplings before riding Tang Yuan back to the tribe.

After returning to the tribe, he went to the breeding area.

The breeding area now had twenty to thirty sheds for various livestock, and more than a dozen caves. Because of continuous breeding without much consumption, their numbers grew rapidly.

Among them, the most numerous were not the Five-Colored Ducks, nor the Seven-Colored Pheasants or the Unihorn Birds, but the Da Zhe Rats and Long-tailed Rabbits!

Da Zhe Rats can reproduce four litters a year, each ranging from three to five pups.

While Long-tailed Rabbits can reproduce six litters yearly, with each litter yielding three to ten pups, displaying a frightening reproductive ability.

In only two years, the Da Zhe Rats and Long-tailed Rabbits have started to take shape, occupying at least half of the breeding team’s spaces. freēwēbnovel.com

Standing in front of a shed, Jiang Xuan looked through the sturdy fence gate at a heap of plump Long-tailed Rabbits inside, and remarked, "Our tribe’s future meat supply is assured."

Da Jiao stood beside Jiang Xuan, enthusiastically saying, "Leader, it’s not just meat. The Long-tailed Rabbit’s hide is thick, and its fur is very warm, which can be made into Beast Hide Clothing in the future."

Jiang Xuan agreed, "Indeed, with this, our Vine Tribe members will not only have meat to eat but also Beast Hide Clothing to wear. You’ve done a great job, breeding team!"

Da Jiao was thrilled by Jiang Xuan’s praises, feeling even more motivated to work.

Jiang Xuan then checked on other livestock and noticed that the Five-Colored Ducks laid quite a number of eggs, with mother ducks busy incubating.

Not just the Five-Colored Ducks, but also the Seven-Colored Pheasants and Unihorn Birds almost all laid eggs at around this time, incubating chicks.

Unlike the poultry Jiang Xuan had seen in his previous life, these partially domesticated birds lay eggs only twice a year, once in spring and once in fall.

To make them lay eggs year-round would require unknown generations of breeding.

After inspecting the breeding team, Jiang Xuan went to the bank of Feiyu River.

The Fishing Team was attempting to build wooden boats.

Of course, it’s not a boat made of wooden planks. That work requires professional carpenters, something difficult for the Fishing Team to achieve.

What they were crafting was a kind of vessel similar to a dugout canoe but considerably more spacious.

"Crackle crackle..."

At the riverbank, warriors from the Fishing Team lit a bonfire, placing a piece of wood over it to burn.

This piece of wood was about five meters long with a diameter of roughly one and a half meters, very large.

If not for the tribe warriors’ strength and the fact the wood was already dry, transporting it would have been quite an issue.

This piece of wood was found by Jing Jie leading a team into the forest; having died and fallen to the ground, parts had already decayed, but this part remained relatively intact.

After bringing it back, they carefully chopped and shaved off the outer layer with a Stone Axe and flattened both sides.

By the bonfire, Jing Jie was examining a boat model crafted from clay.

This model was of a flat-bottomed fishing vessel, very simple in design, large in the middle and small at the ends, with two paddles.

Even though the design was very simple, making it is not easy.

Firstly due to lack of experience, and secondly due to overly primitive tools, carving the wood into shape is very strenuous.

Jing Jie had to follow Jiang Xuan’s method, carving out a flat surface on the wood, then flipping it over and covering it with a thick layer of wet mud, burning it on the fire to gradually hollow out the interior with the power of flames.

Due to the wet mud coating, most areas, except the center, were less likely to burn through.

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