1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 122 The Future of the Black Valley Native Tribes
"Where's Xiaotian?" Cao Xiong met Pan Qifeng in a pig house outside Jianye City. He was reprimanding the Ming immigrant who was in charge of the pig house management, because for some reason, five pigs in a pig house yesterday During the fight, one of the pigs was bitten and bruised, but in the morning, the injured pig was not brought out, and the injury was getting worse.

In Hanzhou, every livestock, every poultry is extremely precious. In the next few years, the expansion of the population, meat, eggs and poultry can all count on them.

"Back to Commander, Commander-in-Chief went to Heishan Fort." Pan Qifeng replied respectfully.

"Oh!...He went there early in the morning? What are you going to do?" Cao Xiong asked, but his face was a little hot.In the past few days, men and women have married and made their own people behind closed doors, as if they have never cared about anything.But let a 15-year-old nephew handle various affairs.

"The Montenegro Fort said that they want to build another iron smelting furnace with a larger capacity. The little commander probably supervised the construction in the past."

Oh yes.A few days ago, Qi Tian seemed to have heard that the experimental small iron-smelting blast furnace was running very smoothly, and he planned to build a larger blast furnace according to the original construction model.

Then I have to go and see, the newly built Montenegro Fort, I haven't been there yet.

The iron smelting blast furnace that Qi Tian is supervising has a capacity of about ten cubic meters, and the planned output is [-] to [-] tons per day to meet the increasing demand for iron in various workshops and facilities.

The sharp increase in the amount of iron smelting means that the supply of iron ore has also increased dramatically.

In the iron ore and coal mines, the Black Valley indigenous tribe has increased from more than 200 people at the beginning to more than 700 indigenous people working in the mines.It can be said that in the indigenous tribes of the Black Valley, except for the old, weak, sick and other people who cannot work in the mines, almost all of them are "doing cows and horses" for the development of Hanzhou industry.

"The cement kiln does not need to be expanded for the time being. It can be divided into several shifts a day, and the kiln is never rested." Qi Tian rejected Qi Yuanshan's suggestion of expanding the cement kiln.

As the use of cement has become more and more extensive, the demand has also increased.Now that more than [-] people have been added (women also have to do simple labor), no matter whether it is a brick kiln or a cement kiln, they can achieve day and night rush production.

"What I am worried about now is the insufficient supply of coal and iron ore." In the afternoon, after eating, Qi Tian brought a dozen teenagers to the mining area.

"Almost all the natives of the Black Valley Tribe are here!" Huang Zijia frowned and said, "Otherwise, let's take people to the inland to catch some people back!"

Huang Zijia was once the little prince of Boni Kingdom, Ajia. A while ago, he changed his name to the earliest surname of his mother's clan.

"Maybe it's all gone?" Wang Jiuzheng shook his head and said, "A while ago, a lot of aborigines came from the inland. We took in some, and the Black Valley tribe also took in some. Most of them fled to the inland The pirates drove and slaughtered the nearby natives."

"Are there any nearby ones, let's go far away!...There are always tribes hiding somewhere else that haven't been discovered!"

Qi Tian was a little dumbfounded when he heard these words in the tone of a colonist.He once condemned and cursed the cruelty and ruthlessness of those colonists, and expressed deep sympathy for the aborigines.

But in this era of the jungle, all tenderness and tenderness are childish and ridiculous.In this era, the cruel law of the jungle is so nakedly presented.The strong live, the weak die, or become tools.

"I think it's okay!" Niu Hu interjected, "Ride the horse first and search around. Once we find them, we will take the people from the Black Valley Tribe to capture them."

"Okay, I'll arrange it when I get back later!" Last time, five horses and two mules were transported back from Batavia, which greatly eased the transportation pressure between Jianye City and Montenegro Castle.It is still possible to squeeze a little bit and gather two horses to come out as sentries.

"Brother Hu, you are probably more prestige in the indigenous tribe of the Black Valley than their tribal leader?" Huang Mingfang asked with a smile.

"These aborigines seem to have nothing else to think about except eating and filling their stomachs." Niu Hu shook his head and said, "Since we can give them food and don't need to starve, we naturally have to listen to us." .”

"In this case, if he dies one day, the aboriginal people in the tribe might follow us!... What do the leaders of their tribe do every day?" Qi Tian suddenly became curious. What would he think if he controlled it and became a polished commander.

"What are you doing?...Lying on a woman's stomach every day." Niu Hu said disdainfully.

The teenagers couldn't help laughing after hearing this.A group of teenagers under [-] are just the age full of all kinds of fantasies.When Niu Hu said this, everyone winked.

Seeing the expressions of all the teenagers, Niu Hu's face also burned.A few days ago, after dividing up his wife, why didn't he lie on the woman's belly every night.

Everyone laughed at the leaders of the indigenous tribes, but it was actually because of some of the disgusting marriage systems of the indigenous tribes.

This kind of thing exists no matter how backward the place is.Leaders and elders with status in the tribe can have a dozen or so secondary wives in addition to their main wife, but ordinary aborigines may not have a single main wife.

The status of the deputy wife and the principal wife is unequal. The principal wife has priority in all aspects, and even sleeps closest to the husband, and the deputy wife can only occasionally contact the husband.

The most bizarre rules don't stop there. The rule in the tribe is that only old men in the tribe can marry young and beautiful women, while young men can only find widows and people with physical defects as their wives.

Therefore, apart from the teenagers laughing at it, most of them seemed to be a little envious.

"Your sister, will she die in a woman's belly sooner or later?" Qi Tian secretly complained.For a young man like him who is under 20 years old, this assignment of a woman is simply not within the scope of consideration.

Although, his heart is already a middle-aged uncle in his 30s.

However, the next morning, everyone was no longer envious of the leader of the Black Valley tribe who was said to have eleven wives.Because, he died last night.

"Huzi, you didn't find someone to kill him, right?" Qi Tian was a little shocked when he heard Niu Hu tell the news of the death of the leader of the Black Valley tribe.It's not that he is worried that he is dead, and the natives can't control it.Instead, yesterday, they were still discussing the death of the tribal leader, but last night, he suddenly died.

"How could I find someone to kill him?" Niu Hu smiled wryly, "Last night, he died suddenly without any warning signs."

"It doesn't matter if you die, then choose an obedient leader in the mine." Qi Tian said: "We can't let those tribal elders choose."

"Are we going to completely control those indigenous people?" Niu Hu asked.

"We are not allowed to have forces independent of us around us, especially the indigenous tribes of the Black Valley. There are so many important workshops and mines gathered here, if there is a trouble, the loss will be great." Qi Tian said: " Therefore, those natives, it is best to control them all in our hands."

"In the future, let them learn some Chinese slowly, otherwise, it will be a bit difficult to use it....Oh, by the way, are there thirty or forty children in their tribe?"

"There are about forty or so, ranging from three to fourteen to fourteen or five years old."

"Let them gather in Montenegro Castle and learn Chinese and manners from us.... In the future, maybe, except for their appearance, everything else will be the same as us."

Niu Hu thought for a while, then nodded in response.In indigenous tribes, children under the age of 12 basically cannot go out to find food.If they are sent to Montenegro, their food and clothing should be solved, and their parents think they are very happy.

"Xiao Tian, ​​do you want to swallow all the surrounding natives?" Cao Xiong couldn't help feeling a little emotional when he watched Qi Tian make a decision about the indigenous tribes of the Black Valley.One or two years ago, he looked like a young man who didn't know much about the world, but now, he can easily make decisions that affect the future of hundreds of people.

"Uncle, mining, building roads, and even building cities in the future are extremely heavy and physically damaging jobs. However, every immigrant who arrives is so difficult. We are reluctant to waste it!" Qi Tian said with a smile.

"After that, do you want to go to the islands in Southeast Asia and catch some natives back?" Cao Xiong thought about it.

(End of this chapter)