Chapter 283

The research and development of mortar is the focus of gaoshu tribe at present, but this kind of thing is also urgent, and Shi Xiong knows it.

Thanks to the successful firing of cement, although the amount of cement burned every day is not much, the construction speed of gaoshu tribe has been greatly improved.

During the whole thunder month (July), Shi Xiong and his expedition team worked in Dawu Mountain and Yuchi people's territory. When he returned to gaoshu tribe, it was sturgeon month (August).

The so-called sturgeon month refers to the season for catching common sturgeons in large lakes. The Cherokee people used to live in the northern Great Lakes region, so in their era, sturgeon month was August.

Compared with the great lake in the north, gaoshu tribe's latitude is more southward. Although it is located in the deep mountains, it is still very hot in this season. But this kind of sultry no one will feel how uncomfortable, because everyone knows that only the heat, the crops grow well enough.

Now the crops in the field are growing very well. Next month will be an autumn harvest bigger than the summer harvest.

During the time when stone bear left gaoshu tribe, gaoshu tribe took over two separate tribes. However, the two small tribes did not have the mineral resources as the Daqingshan tribe did, so the two small tribes moved to the area where the gaoshu tribe was located.

The population has increased by nearly 200 at a time. In addition, there are more than 240 women and children from Xiaohe tribe, which makes the population of gaoshu tribe exceed 900 at a time. The tribe is even more lively.

The bumper summer harvest gives the gaoshu tribe enough food to support so many people. In addition, it's summer now. Whether it's hunting or picking, the rich Dawu Mountain can satisfy people.

The increase of population makes Lilei realize how stupid he was before.

Hongyun and Dajiao admire their guardians even more.

Now many women in the tribe are busy with their work. They have taken over salt making, wine making, oil pressing, steel making, coking and even mining. Later, they are also studying the work of burning cement and glass. When they learn, they will take over the work completely. As for the production of Ferguson rifles, there are more than 30 women studying with them.

Even the stone bear had to admire the Indian women of this era. They really can hold up half the sky!

It's not nonsense. It's done by these hardworking women with their hands.

These women can do farming, picking and even hunting. As for other jobs, these women even do better than men. After all, women are naturally considerate, and they are much more careful than men.

And it's not just women who lead their children to work together. These kids can't do a lot of physical work, but it's OK for them to help. Moreover, children are energetic and have strong learning ability, and some of their work is even better than that of adults.

In this era, no one talks about protecting children. In this land, except for very young children who can enjoy the care of their parents, other children, as long as they are over seven years old, have to work with their own adults.

If you want to survive in this land, the pressure is not generally great.

The children of North American Indians generally reach "adulthood" at the age of 12, especially the boys. As long as they reach the age of 12, they will participate in formal hunting operations. This is a unique rite of passage for North American Indians.

If in future generations, such a big child is still in the sixth grade of primary school, and is still in the category of children

Just like the body of the stone bear this life, this year is just a 17-year-old boy. In later generations, such a young man is only a high school student. But Shi Xiong has led the expedition team to kill thousands of Yuchi people

If you don't work hard, you can't live on this land.

In this era, this continent is the most incisive place to embody the law of jungle.

In any case, there are so many people in the tribe all at once, which not only makes the scale of gaoshu tribe directly enter the ranks of large tribes, but also reflects the dividend brought by the most critical population increase.

In the past, many things that Shi Xiong wanted to do could not be carried out because of the shortage of manpower. Now there are so many people in the tribe all at once, and many of the things previously envisaged can be carried out now.

For example, building roads and bridges.

In later generations, there is a saying that "if you want to be rich, you should build roads first", which points out the importance of transportation.

Although the importance of transportation is not only reflected in the aspect of "getting rich", there is no doubt that for today's gaoshu tribe, the importance of transportation is still equally important.

The road from the tribe to xiaoyanshan needs to be built, the road from the tribe to the kaolin mining area needs to be built, the road from the tribe to the smokeless coal mine needs to be built, and the road from the tribe to the hematite mining area needs to be built. Similarly, the road from the tribe to the former Daqingshan tribe also needs to be built.

If it wasn't for the high cost, the stone bear even wanted to connect Xiaohe tribe and gaoshu tribe with a simple cement road.

Because the summer harvest is a big harvest, even if there are so many people in the tribe, there is still enough food. So now many hunting activities have stopped, and most of the strong labor in the tribe is used to build roads.

Road construction is not only a hard work, but also a heavy physical work, so it needs most of the male labor. Of course, some strong women will also take part in road construction.

At first, the people didn't know why they used cement to build roads. Cement is a good thing, which is generally acknowledged by the Chinese people after witnessing the magic of cement. But why use such a good thing to build roads?

What else can the road look like? As long as you can walk, people and cars are enough. Is it worth building roads with such precious cement?

As a result, when the concrete road from the tribe to xiaoyanshan, which is only two meters wide, was built, the people realized that it was wonderful to build roads with cement. Originally, the distance from the tribe to xiaoyanshan was not far, only more than one kilometer. In addition, there was no need to pave the roadbed, and the width of the cement road was limited, so the road was built very quickly.

The finished cement road is not only smooth, but the most important thing is that even if it rains heavily, the road can still pass.

In the past, the roads in the tribe were really muddy when it was raining heavily, but now with this concrete road, the mud is completely gone. It's a pleasure to walk on the road!

Xiaoyanshan is now the most important place to "earn income" for the tribe. In order to get the refined salt produced in xiaoyanshan, the vasichu people did not hesitate to exchange grain, war horses, cotton cloth and seeds. This was something that the tribe people did not even dare to think about before.

It is because of the importance of xiaoyanshan that the first concrete road leads there.

Now that the advantages of cement roads have been reflected, the next step is to harden some roads within the tribe.