Chapter 39： bug keeper

Southern Wilderness, Great Swamp, Mosquito Tribe.

The Mosquito Tribe is a small tribe in the Southern Wilderness with a population of about 500 people.

Among them, there are more than 80 soldiers of one color or above, more than 200 ordinary soldiers, and the rest are children and ordinary clansmen with weak or incompetent fighting ability.

Mosquito Tribe Witch is a thin old woman. There is not much flesh on her arm, only a layer of skin wraps her bones.

Her face, arms, including legs, are covered with black totem lines, and she wears animal tooth necklaces and a lot of bone ornaments, which looks very mysterious and makes people feel embarrassed.

On the shoulder of the mosquito tribe witch, stood a bird-billed mosquito, one of the three bird-billed mosquitoes that escaped from the Vine tribe.

She has a mysterious way to communicate directly with the bird-billed mosquito, and learned about what happened in the Vine tribe from the bird-billed mosquito.

She got bits and pieces from the ornithos: a tribe, giant dragonflies, vines, all dead.

Through these messages, the Mosquito Tribe Witch knew what happened, and called together important people in the tribe to discuss what to do next.

After getting the news, the Mosquito Tribe Witch fed a small piece of raw meat to the bird-billed mosquito on his shoulder, and his expression showed no joy or anger.

"The hunting team led by Tiger Mosquito, more than 50 soldiers were all killed by a strange tribe. Tell me, what should we do?"

There are five hunting teams in the Mosquito Tribe, with a large number of seventy or eighty people, and a small number of only twenty or thirty people. The hunting team led by Tiger Mosquito is just one of them.

These hunting teams will take the place where the tribe is located as the origin, and go to the jungles and swamps in different directions to hunt, so as to obtain enough meat for the tribe.

Weak children, women and children are responsible for collecting edible plants near the tribe.

Every few years, when there is less food available nearby, they migrate once to ensure enough food for hunting and gathering.

This time, not long after they migrated here, they encountered an entire hunting party being wiped out, which made the Mosquito tribe very angry.

A hunting leader stood up first and shouted angrily, "Find this tribe, kill them all, and avenge the clan!"

"That's right, kill them all!"

"Snatch back all their belongings!"

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Mosquito tribes with insufficient food do not have the idea of ​​capturing slaves. Even if they are caught, they can't afford to feed them. It is better to kill them all and grab some practical things back.

Unless the tribe suffered a catastrophe and many people died, they would find a way to grab some women and children from other tribes to fill the vacancy.

"Shut up!"

At this moment, the leader of the mosquito tribe roared, suppressing the voices of the others.

The four leaders were in awe of the leader, and they all closed their mouths and sat down again.

The leader of the Mosquito Tribe is taller and fiercer, with four lines on his face, which means that he is a powerful four-color warrior.

A four-colored warrior means that he can hunt gigantic tigers alone, and his fighting power is extremely powerful.

As for the five-colored warriors who hunted wild bears alone, it is almost impossible to appear in small tribes, at least in medium-sized tribes.

After the Mosquito tribe leader suppressed the others, he lowered his voice and looked at the witch.

"Wizard, since this unfamiliar tribe was able to kill all the hunting teams led by Tiger Mosquitoes, and even only three Bird-billed Mosquitoes came back, it shows that they are not weak."

In fact, it is more than not weak. The leader of the Mosquito tribe wants to say that this tribe is strong, at least not weaker than the Mosquito tribe.

The tiger mosquito is a three-colored warrior, and the bird-billed mosquito flies so fast that no ordinary bird can catch up.

But the tiger mosquitoes died, and most of the bird-billed mosquitoes were also killed. It is conceivable how powerful this strange tribe is.

Wu nodded and said, "The leader is right."

The leader of the Mosquito tribe continued: "If we attack this tribe rashly, even if we can defeat it, we will lose a lot of soldiers. What should we do when other tribes attack again?"

As soon as these words came out, the four leaders immediately closed their mouths even tighter.

None of them are idiots, and real idiots don't live long in a dangerous jungle.

Before, he was hot-blooded and clamored for revenge, but now that he wakes up, he immediately realizes how stupid what he said just now.

Near this big swamp, they are not the only tribe.

Around the Mosquito tribe, there are at least two tribes that are not weaker than them, and they are not too far apart. They occasionally encounter each other when hunting, and there have been some small frictions.

The Mosquito Tribe witch nodded again and said, "What the leader said is exactly what I'm worried about. Our tribe has just migrated here, and their understanding of this place is not as good as other tribes, and rashly going to war will suffer a lot."

"Witch, is that the end of it?" A leader asked in a low voice, with a very unwilling tone.

"Of course we can't just forget about it!"

The leader of the Mosquito Tribe said: "But we have to figure out the situation of that tribe first, and then find a chance to take revenge when we have a firm foothold here!"

"The leader is right." The mosquito tribe witch agreed with the leader.

The witch and the leader's opinions were unified, and the matter was basically a done deal, and the others couldn't say anything else, so they could only agree.

However, this matter is not over.

When the Mosquito Tribe discovers the truth about the Vine Tribe one day, they will definitely fight to avenge the Tiger Mosquito and others.

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Vine tribe.

A few days after eliminating the Mosquito Tribe hunting team, in order to save his life, Jiang Xuan led people to set up a large number of traps in the forest surrounding the tribe.

In addition to the role of early warning and blocking, these traps can also capture some prey and add food to the vine tribe.

Another tunnel was also dug out in a few days with everyone's efforts, and the rest is to widen and deepen.

In the future, Jiang Xuan decided to dig more tunnels in his spare time.

For example, when there is nothing to do in winter, the ground is frozen hard and difficult to dig, but the underground is warmer and drier, which is very suitable for digging tunnels.

These tunnels can not only avoid life-saving at critical moments, but can even expand several cellars, which can be used to store tuber food in winter.

Jiang Xuan held a torch and walked through the newly dug tunnel. When he encountered a place that was easy to collapse, he wrote it down and reminded the digger to strengthen it.

After coming out of the tunnel, Jiang Xuan muttered with a strange expression: "Good rattan tribe, dig so many tunnels, they are almost turning into a bamboo rat tribe..."

However, there is no way to do this. Who made the Vine tribe so weak?

It's not good to dig into the tunnel often, as long as you can save your life.

In the future, when the tribe becomes stronger, there will be no need to hide here and there all day.

Before the tribe was strong, it would be better to be obscene than to be exterminated.

After checking the tunnel, Jiang Xuan walked outside the bamboo house, but found someone was digging a hole on the hillside not far from the bamboo house. He walked over curiously.

"What are you busy with?"

Jiang Xuan knew this person. His name was Dajiao. He was a young man in his twenties. He was ordinary in appearance, and he was usually rather taciturn, but he was very diligent in his work.

When Dajiao heard Jiang Xuan's voice, he hurriedly turned around and said uneasily, "Boss, I'm not slacking off. I just finished eating, and everyone hasn't started to work."

Jiang Xuan waved his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, I didn't say you were lazy, I just came to see what you did."

Dajiao felt a little at ease, pointed to the hole that had been dug half a meter deep, and said, "I want to dig a big hole here."

"What are you digging for?"

Dajiao hesitated for a moment, then gathered up his courage and said, "I want to use it to raise insects."

"Raising insects?"

Jiang Xuan was quite surprised by what Dajiao said.

"That's right, I want to raise some big bugs that can be eaten. When I come back from work, I can throw some leaves and tender grass for them to eat."

Dajiao became more and more excited as he talked, and his voice became a little excited: "I have observed that some bugs like damp places, so I plan to dig a big hole and keep these bugs in it."

"Insects are easy to feed, and you don't need to spend a lot of time to manage them. If it goes well, it won't take long for the tribe to eat the insects I raise."

Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up after hearing Dajiao's words, this guy's idea is okay!

In fact, Jiang Xuan has always thought that after the planting is successful, the tribe will have more food, and then start the breeding industry.

Because even a rabbit needs to eat a lot of plants every day.

Just mowing the grass near the tribe can't feed many animals.

Only by carrying out large-scale planting, and then relying on the vegetable leaves, rhizomes, etc., which some people do not eat, plus the plants on the mountain, can we supply the needs of breeding.

However, Dajiao provided Jiang Xuan with a new idea, that is, raising insects.

Insects eat miscellaneous food, and they are hungry, so they can support themselves very well.

The most important thing is that the bugs in this world are very big, have a lot of meat, and multiply very fast.

If the breeding is successful, the Vine tribe will soon have a large number of edible meat worms!

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan already had a bright smile on his face.

"Dajiao, your idea is very good, very good!"

"Really?" When Dajiao didn't speak, he was still a little nervous.

"of course it's true."

Jiang Xuan thought for a while, and said, "Well, in the future, you will work half a day in the morning, and you will focus on raising bugs in the afternoon. You can raise them with confidence. I will ask others to help you when necessary."

When Dajiao heard Jiang Xuan's words, he only felt like he was in a dream.

He originally thought that the idea of ​​raising insects would be reprimanded by the leader.

After all, in the eyes of the tribesmen, hunting and gathering is the best way to obtain food, and planting can be added to the Vine tribe.

Keeping bugs seems a bit unprofessional.

He never thought that Jiang Xuan not only agreed with him to keep bugs, but even allowed him to spend half a day raising bugs every day.

"Boss, I...I..."

Dajiao was so excited that he was speechless. This feeling of being recognized is very precious.

Jiang Xuan patted Dajiao on the shoulder and said, "Do it well, since you have decided to raise bugs, you should raise them well. If you can really make the whole tribe eat the bugs you raised, I will reward you greatly. ."

"Yeah!" Dajiao nodded heavily, he involuntarily clenched his fists, and swore in his heart that he must keep the bugs well, and not to betray the leader's trust in him.

"Come on, let me dig a hole for you."

Jiang Xuan couldn't help but go back to the bamboo hut to get a handful of bone stalks and directly help Dajiao dig it up.

Soon, the news that Big Horn wanted to raise insects spread throughout the tribe.

Especially when they knew that the leader let Dajiao specialize in raising bugs, it was even more incredible.

The tribal people's ideas are relatively simple. Since the leaders all support things, it is definitely not a bad thing.

Based on this idea, no one laughs at Dajiao. Those youngsters who are relatively young still want to be fresh, and go there from time to time to help Dajiao dig holes and catch bugs.

Soon, there were several large earth caves on the hillside of the Teng tribe, and a large number of insects caught from the mountains were raised in the earth caves.

Because of no experience, under Jiang Xuan's suggestion, Dajiao separated several kinds of insects suitable for cave farming, and tried one by one to find the most suitable species for farming.

Jiang Xuan even asked him to try raising small insects such as earthworms to feed those big carnivorous insects.

Because the large carnivorous insects are larger in size and have more meat, the value of breeding is relatively high.

During this time, people from the Mosquito tribe also appeared.

They came here with the bird-billed mosquito, wanting to investigate the reality of the Vine tribe.

However, when they approached the Vine Tribe, they encountered a large number of traps and saw more than fifty skulls hanging from trees.

Not long after, he encountered a giant dragonfly foraging for food, and was eaten by several bird-billed mosquitoes, which made him flee in a panic.

It happened at this time that the Mosquito Tribe and the other two tribes on the Great Swamp had a relatively large friction again. For the time being, there was no time to take care of the Vine Tribe, and no one was sent to continue to inquire about the facts.

Time has passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it is midsummer.

In June, after a month of exploration, the insects cultivated by Dajiao achieved initial success!

June 18, sunny.

The sun was scorching hot outside, but it was cooler inside the cave.

"Whoa..."

Dajiao carried a load of green grass, UU reading www.uukanshu. com sprinkled it into the hole.

"Shashasha..."

Soon, large bugs crawled out from the corner and began to eat the grass.

These big bugs have white bodies, just like oversized silkworms. The adults are nearly half a meter long, and the ones fed by big horns are white and plump.

Dajiao looked at these big fat bugs with a simple smile on his face: "Eat, eat more, grow more meat."

He has tried to domesticate more than a dozen kinds of insects. This large white insect is one of the more successful breeds. The meat quality is also relatively good, and there are no problems so far.

After leaving this cave, Dajiao came to another cave.

This cave is covered with thick moist soil, which is raised by earthworms and other earth-boring insects.

Dajiao opened the soil with a bone stalk, and when many insects saw the light, they immediately twisted, desperately trying to get back into the soil.

Dajiao quickly put these small insects into two large bamboo tubes that he carried with him, and then covered the soil again.

He brought two small worms in bamboo tubes and came to the third hole.

There are quite a few stones and bamboo leaves in this earthen cave, but at first glance it seems that there is nothing.

But when Dajiao poured the two big bamboo tube bugs into it, he saw a lot of carnivorous black-shelled big bugs quickly burrowing out from under the stones and bamboo leaves, scrambling to eat the little bugs.

This carnivorous black-backed big bug looks like a centipede, but it is not poisonous. It is the second most successful breed of big horn farming. As for other breeds, many of them have been eliminated.

Dajiao looked at these worms and said to himself, "One day, I will let the whole tribe eat the worms I raised!"

Dajiao is very confident about this!