I am a Primitive Man

In addition to farming and reclaiming wasteland, the production of bronze farm tools cannot be left behind, especially the production of plows.

Weaving and beating of hemp, smashing ore to cook salt, and feeding of many animals all need to be carried out, and none of them can be left behind.

At the same time, it is also necessary for the trade team to continue to carry salt and pottery to trade with the surrounding tribes.

Copper and tin mines were found in the tribe, but the transaction could not be let go.

On the one hand, it is to make more contact with these tribes around, and on the other hand, in the process of trading with these tribes, if one fails, there will be unexpected surprises.

In addition to these things, there are many miscellaneous things in the tribe that need to be busy.

Everything needs to be done by people. If people don't do it, it will not be done automatically.

So after doing the calculations like this, the manpower is not enough.

Moreover, Han Cheng also plans to send people to Tongshan to open up the Tongshan residential area. Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to say that this matter will be delayed.

After all, there are trade teams in the tribe who are now separated from food production, plus craftsmen such as Heiwa, Lai, and Second Senior Brother, plus Wu and Shitou, two civil servants who are not very involved in production, and the textile industry represented by Bai Xuemei. personnel.

All these things add up to almost forty people.

If you add the large number of minors in the tribe, there will be even more people who are not very involved in food production.

Without lowering the standard of living, the number of full-time workers in the tribe that can be supported today is almost reaching the upper limit.

Under such circumstances, it is obviously not suitable to build the Copper Mountain residential area.

After all, if you want to form a Tongshan residential area, you need at least ten or twenty talents.

In this way, the people in the Tongshan residential area can mine and smelt bronze while farming there to obtain enough food for themselves.

Of course, if we want to achieve such self-sufficiency, we have to wait at least a year for the land to be reclaimed and the newly planted grains to be harvested.

During this year, there is basically no need to expect too much output from the Tongshan residential area. The daily expenses of these people need to be provided by the base camp of the Qingque Tribe.

Moreover, this is not counting the people who transported the food there, as well as the food consumed on the way...

After counting such a circle, Han Cheng discovered to his discomfort that the shortage of manpower has become a problem before him again.

With the bronze farm tools, the efficiency of farming can indeed be improved, but with Han Cheng's grand goal of saving edible grain for three years, don't expect these farmers to be idle.

Because after improving efficiency, they will cultivate more land.

Calculated in this way, after the previous capture of the Tengshe tribe, the labor force in the tribe has indeed increased a lot, but with the increase of various things in the tribe and the increase in the demand for food, the population or adults The problem of insufficiency once again lay in front of the Qingque tribe.

Han Cheng felt a little pain in his head.

The most direct and quick way to increase the labor force in the tribe is to integrate other tribes into the Qingque tribe.

One is the active integration of other tribes, and the other is passive integration.

Active integration such as the pig tribe, donkey tribe, and green tribe at the beginning.

Because of being attacked, or because of some other reasons, they actively moved closer to the Qingque tribe.

Those who were passively fused, like the Bone Tribe and Soaring Snake Tribe, joined the Qingque Tribe after being defeated and captured by the Qingque Tribe.

At present, it seems that the fastest way to increase the population is to send people out to attack the surrounding tribes and capture all their people.

Rescue them from poverty and backwardness, and join the bright and great Qingque tribe.

With weapons such as bows and arrows, rattan shields, and now bronze daggers, plus several well-trained teams from the Qingque tribe, it is really not too difficult to attack the surrounding tribes.

And because of the existence of the trade team, Han Cheng had already figured out the location of the small tribes around the tribe.

It seems that sending troops to plunder is really a very appropriate way.

After thinking about it for a while, Han Cheng finally suppressed this tempting thought.

He wanted the tribal development to be true, but he didn't want to use such methods.

It has nothing to do with other things, it's just about character. For those enemies who invaded the Qingque tribe first, Han Cheng sent people to attack without the slightest ideological pressure. It's not impossible for him to personally cut off the heads of the enemies when necessary.

But when he took the initiative to lead people to attack those tribes that had no grievances with the Qingque tribe, he always couldn't get over that hurdle in his heart.

Whether it's hypocritical or something else, he really doesn't want to do such a thing.

With his character, he is destined not to be a material for doing great things and becoming king.

Fortunately, we came to the primitive era. If we went to the troubled times, maybe we would be caught, killed and eaten right after passing...

Taking the initiative to attack and carry out population plunder, and let the surrounding small tribes join the Qingque tribe cannot be implemented, so the only way left is to let the surrounding tribes actively integrate into the Qingque tribe.

Compared with the plundering of population with a knife in hand, this matter is a bit too technically demanding.

After all, as long as their own tribe can survive, there is no certain reason, and ordinary tribes will not easily give up their own tribe and join another tribe.

However, this kind of thing is slow to do. Compared with population plunder, the people who are recruited in this way are the most stable.

If I had known this, I wouldn't have uprooted the Teng Snake Tribe.

With such a powerful external threat, it is much easier to absorb and accommodate those small tribes around.

Han Cheng, who was rubbing his head, thought helplessly.

Moreover, when I think about it carefully at this time, when I faced the Soaring Snake Tribe, I was a little too flustered.

At that time, I only thought about eradicating the Tengshe tribe with the lowest possible cost, and then taking prisoners from the Tengshe tribe.

But he forgot to use this opportunity to absorb and integrate the surrounding small tribes.

If after getting the news that the Teng Snake tribe has attacked the donkey tribe and is preparing to come to attack their own tribe, send people to pass on the news that there is an evil and powerful tribe watching around.

There is a powerful threat from the Tengshe tribe outside, and Han Cheng inside will use this opportunity to lure them in. After such a method, he can absorb one or two tribes no matter what.

If the heart is darker, you can deliberately indulge the Tengshe tribe, let them wreak havoc on the surrounding tribes, and deepen the fear of the surrounding tribes...

It's a pity that he remembered such things too late, and the powerful and evil Teng Snake tribe was pushed away by him in a hurry.

As a result, he missed an opportunity for the population of the Qingque tribe to increase rapidly, and now he has to scratch his head because of the population.

This is often the case. I thought I had caught the best, but only later did I realize that there were bigger and better things that I missed.

Fortunately, I have grasped some things in my hands. If I hesitate in front of many fruits and end up empty-handed, it will make people regret for three lifetimes.

It seems that this matter will still fall on the business led by Shang and Mao.

After contemplating for a long time, Han Cheng finally made a decision and got up to go to Shang and Mao to explain the matter.