Chapter 564: Aimless

Everything in the Jiangshui Tribe had been destroyed to the point of near-total ruin; the Sichuan rivers had tilted, the river water flowed backward, and the trees were crushed and tilted in all directions. Occasionally, one could hear the wailing of people coming from deep within the earth beneath their feet.

However, the earth had also ushered in a long-awaited calm, and there were no longer such terrifying tremors or loud noises.

Zhu searched everywhere and found some weapons; he was even extremely lucky to find a Bronze Axe. With a weapon for protection, he felt that he finally had some confidence.

Seeing that the Jiangshui Tribe no longer had any appearance of being habitable, the three of them, having completely lost hope, prepared to leave this place and go wandering.

The direction where the sun sets could not be traveled; the mountains there were too high, blocking even the sun, and they were covered in snow all year round. They knew they could not cross them, and there were also many Cannibal Tribes in those places. All they could do was walk toward the place where the sun rises; perhaps the place where the sun rises would be warmer.

The total number of people remaining in the entire Jiangshui Tribe was not even twenty thousand. They did not know where to go; they were reluctant to leave this place, yet they dared not go far. However, the current Jiangshui Tribe was no longer suitable for human habitation at all, and they were even more afraid that another disaster would come and bury the few of them that remained into the earth.

Zhu left without looking back. Those who saw them leave, after a little thought, also searched for things that could barely be considered weapons and followed behind Zhu and the others.

Slowly, more and more people followed Zhu and the others, but everyone did not communicate with each other and stayed far apart; they did not look like people from the same tribe.

Zhu would try his best to avoid places with dense forests because they were very afraid that if the earth started shaking again, the trees would crush them to death.

However, they also obtained a lot of food because of this; the number of animals crushed to death in the forest was not small, which allowed them to avoid starving to death during this period when almost no green could be seen.

The state of the Wuleng Tribe was also not good, but they were lucky that the land was flat. Most of them lived in tents piled up with thick animal skins, so they suffered almost no disaster. Moreover, they had stored enough Fodder and dried meat themselves. Even if all the tents collapsed and people might have been injured by the debris, the food could still be found intact. Therefore, the Wuleng Tribe only had some casualties among those living in semi-subterranean dwellings where the wood they used was too thick.

The spring plowing in Huaxia proceeded smoothly. The fairy rice test-planted last year had almost no yield due to the disaster, so it could only be test-planted again this year to see what kind of thing it actually was. Although Baifeng did not hold much hope for it, because this thing had never had any status in later generations and was even little known, so it definitely could not be considered good food.

Perhaps the yield was high, but it definitely had some shortcomings, and they were major shortcomings; otherwise, it would certainly have been improved.

The Huaxia civilization attached great importance to food and was also very concerned about the quality of food. The yield had to be high, the taste had to be good, and it had to be convenient to prepare. If the yield was high but the taste was poor, one could always research a suitable way to prepare it.

Baifeng's other obsession, the potato, was still far away in South America. Yes, South America, not North America. North America did indeed have wild potatoes, but their size was very small, and their toxicity was very high, so much so that the local natives could not eat much of them even after complex processing.

But the ones in South America were different; they were large in size, relatively less toxic, and highly adaptable. After continuous cross-breeding and improvement by the local natives, they obtained a great variety of potatoes, and they could also be planted on the plateaus. Furthermore, because of the potato, a relatively brilliant civilization was produced, though unfortunately, its life was rather short.

The amount of cultivated land within Huaxia City was decreasing, and Baifeng also ordered people to plant various fruit trees, as well as Sichuan Peppercorn, mulberry, and hemp on land that was not very suitable for planting grain, in order to enrich the resources and produce of Huaxia.

The production of silk was increasing year by year, and the silkworm was also changing at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was becoming larger and larger, and its lifespan was becoming shorter and shorter. In fact, the silkworm was the species most successfully domesticated by humans, and it was the only new species domesticated by humans: the domestic silkworm.

It was precisely because of this that the production of Silk increased greatly. It was not uncommon for Huaxia people to wear Silk, but hemp was more popular in daily life. Although Silk was beautiful, its comfort was ultimately not as good as hemp.

The construction of the three New Towns was also being carried out with overtime work. The naming of these towns was originally intended to be done by the Residents of the towns themselves, but unfortunately, the names they came up with were truly too ridiculous, so Baifeng had to rack his own brains.

Finally, three names were decided upon: Minle, Tianzhu, and Yuqing. These names all had real places in later generations, and they were all county-level. Baifeng quite liked this kind of simple and beautiful wish, so he chose such names for these three towns.

The two New Towns in Lema City were given the names Anyuan and Dingyuan, and the implication was self-evident. Because the significance of the two places was different, Lema City would serve as a base point for westward expansion in the future, and its military significance would be stronger. Naturally, the towns under its jurisdiction also had to be more inclined toward military purposes in their names and functions.

All the cultivated land that had been reclaimed was planted with grain, without a single bit left over. In terms of climate, this year was still a very good year; at least the spring rain arrived in time, and the spring plowing and spring sowing were very smooth. Everyone was praying for a good harvest this year.

After the spring plowing ended, it was naturally time for conscription. There were enough young people of age, and they all had strength but could not learn much in their heads and could not continue their schooling. Therefore, the military camp was also a good opportunity for them to rise.

Under strict conscription procedures and requirements, the establishment of a Battalion that Baifeng wanted was successfully achieved, and it even exceeded the target slightly, because these people were very likely to be unable to hold on and would choose to quit during training; this was used to balance the numbers.

A Battalion of female Soldiers was also formed, looking heroic and spirited, which very much matched Baifeng's requirements and impressions of female Soldiers, in order to facilitate their living and cope with the expansion of the army.

Baifeng had already selected a site and started building a new military camp as early as last year when he prepared to expand the military, but it did not yet meet the standards for moving in, so the thing called a bunk bed naturally appeared.

There were no Iron frames, just simple wooden beds, upper and lower bunks. The number of Soldiers that could be accommodated in one room instantly doubled, although it caused a lot of trouble for logistics and management.