The Rise of Primitive Tribes Farming

Chapter 499 Animals and Plants of the New World

The livestock pens were rebuilt with stone walls and covered with thatch, and ostriches, antelopes, wildebeests and other animals were kept in them.

For all animals, strong ropes are tied to both legs, and the middle is relatively short, like fetters, so that they cannot run with big strides, but can only walk slowly.

"Boss, the animals we domesticate now are basically vegetarians, such as this ostrich, just feed it some grass and wild vegetables."

"Sometimes, it will peck some sand on the ground and eat it by itself."

The captain of the breeding team, Laolu, is getting old and can't stand the toss. This time, it is the leader of the younger generation of the breeding team - Shiqiu.

Shi Qiu was in the breeding team. At the beginning, he specialized in domesticating big-horned deer. Because he was from the deer tribe, he raised the big-horned deer very well in his hands, so he was promoted and learned a lot of breeding experience from the old deer.

This time when he arrived in the New World, Shi Qiu volunteered to come here. Along with him, there were dozens of young soldiers from the farming team. They were full of vigor and drive.

"Doesn't it eat meat?" Chen Bei asked in surprise.

Because he has never raised ostriches himself, he knows nothing about what ostriches eat.

For animals such as antelopes and wildebeests, the members of the breeding team need to find out the breeding methods by themselves. Chenbei can't teach them how to breed like before.

"Eat it too." Shi Qiu said affirmatively, "It's like the colorful pheasant in the tribe. It eats whatever it encounters. It eats grass, vegetables, fruits, bugs, fish and shrimp."

"Yesterday I saw an ostrich peck a small snake to death and then swallowed it."

Chen Bei rubbed his chin and said, "Well, since you can eat everything, it's easy to feed yourself, and you don't have to worry about food."

Chen Bei looked at the tall ostrich and thought to himself, this is much better than raising colorful pheasants. Look at the meat of this body, it is too thick.

Chen Bei looked at the ostrich's wings again, thinking that such big wings should be delicious when roasted, right?

Chen Bei patted Shi Qiu on the shoulder and said: "Work hard, the tribe will not treat you badly, next time you send someone over, you can tell me what you want, and I will bring it for you."

"Thank you leader, I will definitely do a good job!"

Shi Qiu was quite excited, the leader was the object of worship of almost all the warriors in the tribe, often Chen Bei only needed to say a few words to stir up their emotions.

Chen Bei encouraged the young soldiers of the planting team a few more words, and then walked to the planting area.

Today's planting area is not the same as before.

The previous planting area was to mow the grass from a large lawn and turn it over.

Later, after Chen Bei told the planting team that doing so might lead to desertification, the planting team was very careful when opening up wasteland.

Every time they open up an acre, they will leave a green belt with a width of about ten meters. All the grass on it will be preserved, and they will find a person to be responsible for planting trees on the green belt.

From a distance, the planting area is divided into pieces, very neat.

When Chenbei walked into the green belt, there was a soldier in his 20s who was in charge of planting trees. He planted a kind of shrub, about as tall as a person, with fruits the size of red cherries on it.

In order to ensure the survival of the tree, a lot of roots were dug, and a large piece of soil was also brought. Carrying such a tree with roots and soil was not easy.

Fortunately, the warriors of the Mang tribe are generally relatively strong, and they can walk like flying by themselves.

"What kind of tree is this?"

Chen Bei walked up to the warrior who was planting trees and asked curiously.

"Wild fruit trees, you can eat them."

The soldier pointed to the fruit on the tree, but he knew that the leader liked to be clean, and his hands were full of dirt, because Chen Bei didn't pick it.

Chen Bei picked one and smelled it first. There was a ripe fruity scent. He tried to take a bite, and the taste was okay, a bit like eating an orange, but with a little sourness.

"How do you know this is edible?" Chen Bei asked while eating.

The soldier smiled shyly and said, "Because I saw that the monkeys on the tree would pick them and eat them. Later, I tasted a little and found that it was not poisonous, so I dug it back and planted it."

Chen Bei nodded and said: "Very good, what monkeys can eat, humans can eat as well, but we still have to be careful, there are some foods that they can eat, but humans may not be able to bear it."

The soldier nodded and said: "I know, I will taste a little bit first, if there is no abnormality, then eat a little more, and then I will know whether it is poisonous or not."

In the primitive world, the warriors have a strong ability to distinguish between poisonous and non-poisonous plants in the mountains and forests, and the totem warriors have strong physiques. As long as they don't eat highly poisonous things, they can generally survive.

So Chenbei thinks the method he said to try is reliable.

"Then keep busy, I'll look elsewhere."

"Okay, Chief,"

The soldier continued to be busy transplanting wild fruit trees. He needed to plant edible fruit trees on all the green belts, which was Yan's request.

Chen Bei walked to the other side of the planting area, and Yan was leading the soldiers of the planting team to dig ditches.

Because Chen Bei said that this new continent has a dry season and a rainy season, and the rainfall in the rainy season is astonishing. If there are no drainage channels, the crops will be easily drowned.

In the dry season, the drought may last for half a year. If there is no ditches to divert water, then the crops will not survive.

"Dig deeper and wider, don't be lazy."

While working by himself, Yan stared at the young soldiers, fearing that their work was too rough.

In terms of diligence, there is no need to worry. People in the Mang tribe are rarely lazy, because the Mang tribe has too much work, and working every day has formed a habit.

After Chen Bei came over, he took a look in the ditch. The soil in this area is relatively deep, but it is also very loose. After deep digging, if the pit wall is not stabilized by grass roots, it will easily collapse.

Chen Bei said to Yan: "It's best to build these ditches with stones, so that the sand and soil won't run away with the water after it rains."

"Don't worry, leader. I have noticed this problem. I will take them to build the ditch and make sure it is strong."

Chen Bei nodded. Yan's attitude towards things is still trustworthy. He said that if he promises to be strong, he will definitely not cut corners.

Chen Bei looked at the ditches for a while, and then returned to the settlement. He murmured in his heart: I don't know if Hong Tu and the others have found coal.

……

On the prairie, Hongtu led more than a dozen soldiers of the engineering team, holding weapons and riding rhinos, and ran to places where the vegetation was sparse.

Because where there are open-pit coal mines, the vegetation cannot grow too lush.

This earthquake caused the ground to collapse in many places. After the people from the red soil belt ran almost all over the area where the Mang tribe gathered, they finally found a large crack in the ground on a small hill. Inside the crack, there were countless jet-black lumps of coal.

"Finally found!"

Hong Tu picked up a piece of coal from the crack, and a smile appeared on his vicissitudes of life.

(End of this chapter)