CHAPTER 290: CHAPTER 181: FENG CHAO’S STRANGE ACTIONS

The shipyard quickly started operations, with six warriors becoming shipyard workers, diligently learning to use all kinds of new bronze tools and attempting to build the first wooden ship.

Perhaps, before long, the Vine Tribe will possess a fleet of real ships, aiding in its growth and prosperity.

By the river, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao did not head back immediately; they were taking a stroll along the riverbank.

Jiang Xuan said, "Sister, I’m planning to move the clothing workshop, the stone workshop, and the pottery workshop all over here."

"Why?"

"Because we have bronze now. Using bronze tools, these workshops can produce a lot more things."

"But bronze is something we can’t reveal for now; it can only be used within the tribe. After the trade zone opens, it will be crowded over there, and using bronze tools would easily get noticed."

"Once the workshops are moved here, with the Feiyu River as a natural barrier, it will be much safer. The tribe members working there will also live here, making it harder for secrets to leak."

Chi Shao nodded and said, "That’s indeed a good idea; let’s move them over."

"Alright, I’ll arrange for people to build more houses here and then relocate the various workshops."

After the two finished talking, they said no more, walking slowly and enjoying this rare moment of leisure.

As the tribe has gradually grown stronger, things have also become more numerous and complicated. As the most important people in the Vine Tribe, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao are almost always busy, rarely having any free time.

The next day, Jiang Xuan arranged for a group of people to build new houses at the secondary residence. These houses were located near the shipyard, which might evolve into an industrial area in the future.

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To the west of the Vine Tribe, atop the mountains, groves of wax trees are already lush and dense with leaves.

However, most of these leaves are incomplete, with chubby white wax worms clinging to them, eating heartily.

In the spring of this year, the Vine Tribe transplanted another batch of wax tree saplings, and after the wax worms laid eggs in the Rock Sheep Tribe, they brought some wax worms back here.

Mai Dong, along with several tribal warriors, was specifically responsible for tending to these wax trees and wax worms.

Mai Dong cleared away the new weeds growing under a wax tree, then caught a chubby wax worm from the tree, observing it carefully in his palm.

"The wax worms have already shed once, and it won’t be long before they start producing wax. This is great."

Mai Dong carefully placed that wax worm back on the tree, a satisfied smile spreading across his dark face.

He loved the wax trees, loved the wax worms even more, and especially enjoyed collecting piles of insect wax. He had an extraordinary talent for planting wax trees and raising wax worms.

It was precisely because Jiang Xuan recognized his talent that he entrusted him with the management of these wax tree forests.

"Caw, caw, caw..."

Suddenly, a bird’s call echoed from afar.

"Damn birds, coming to eat the wax worms again!"

Angry, Mai Dong ran towards that direction, and the few warriors also grabbed their bows and arrows to shoot the birds.

Ever since they placed wax worms on the wax trees, a flock of birds had started coming, and after trying the wax worms once, they became unstoppable, coming almost every day.

To deal with these birds, Mai Dong and those warriors tried every possible way: setting bird traps, throwing stones to chase them away, shooting with bows and arrows...

Every method initially worked well, reducing some of the bird threat, but the surviving birds became increasingly clever and difficult to deal with.

Mai Dong had no choice but to continue matching wits with them to protect the majority of the wax worms...

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In the Vine Tribe, at the trade zone, Feng Chao was trading some beast bones at a grain and oil shop for food.

"Feng Chao, why are you exchanging so much food? Isn’t the food provided by the tribe enough?"

After estimating the value of the beast bones, Dong Kui handed a bag of food to Feng Chao, feeling a bit curious about her behavior.

Ever since the trade zone opened, both external tribespeople and Vine Tribe members could bring things here to trade.

To ensure that tribe members had goods for trading,

Jiang Xuan stipulated that, except for during spring plowing, autumn harvesting, wars, and other emergencies, all tribe members could take a day off for every ten days of work.

During this day off, you could go hunting, fishing, herb picking, or finding stones, etc.

All the items you found could be taken to the trade zone to exchange for what you wanted.

This not only made business in the trade zone booming but also allowed hardworking tribe members to live better than the lazy ones, greatly stimulating the tribe members’ enthusiasm for work.

Among them, Feng Chao’s actions surprised Dong Kui because every time she came, she exchanged for some food.

You should know that the Vine Tribe provides much more food than other tribes; although it may not be gourmet, it’s enough to avoid starvation.

Feng Chao picked up the bag full of food and smiled at Dong Kui, but without explaining, she directly carried the bag out of the Vine Wall.

Dong Kui felt there was something unusual about this, but as Jiang Xuan established, whatever was obtained on rest days belonged to themselves. Since Feng Chao didn’t explain, Dong Kui couldn’t press for details.

She walked to the door, watching Feng Chao with the grain heading out of the Vine Wall, feeling the behavior increasingly suspicious.

After careful consideration, Dong Kui decided she should inform Jiang Xuan about this, but since she couldn’t leave here unattended, she asked a Guard Team warrior to invite Jiang Xuan over.