Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Bai Tu was thinking about how to make paper when he heard Langze’s voice and was almost scared to death. I must change this habit of being startled. If it happens again, my heart will not be able to take it.

Bai Tu, who didn’t want to suffer a heart attack at a young age, took a deep breath and asked, “What’s wrong with writing?” After saying this, he suddenly thought something was wrong. According to the status of several nearby tribes, it seemed that no one had used writing? Lang Ze was so shocked instead of having doubts…

Lang Qi came back to his senses from his thoughts and looked at Bai Tu: “Can you write?”

Bai Tu paused and nodded: “A little.” Writing makes communication easier. Even if he doesn’t teach complex Chinese characters, he has to teach numbers. When it comes to future work plan reforms, it will be much more convenient to have records. After all, he can’t manage everything by himself. He can record the work, but getting food and supplies is much more complicated. He can’t split himself into two to handle it.

“The Xiong group said that only the Black Forest Tribe in the East Continent has written language…” Bai Qi murmured, wondering if he was dreaming. Could their tribe learn the writing that only the Black Forest Tribe knew?

Lang Qi’s gaze shifted away from Bai Tu’s face, looked around, stared at Mao Lin for a while, and said nothing.

“Maybe I learned it before I lost my memory.” Bai Tu made up a reason. If the writing of the Black Forest Tribe was the same as what he taught, he would say that he might have learned it in the Black Forest Tribe. If it was different, he would say that he couldn’t remember it. Amnesia is a brick and he could move it wherever it was needed. He was not proficient at it at the beginning, but now he has completely mastered the skills. As long as he said he didn’t remember, basically no one would ask him any more questions.

Sure enough, Bai Tu’s words reminded everyone that he didn’t remember the past. From Bai An to Lang Ze, everyone quieted down and looked more serious, wishing they could engrave every word Bai Tu said in the deepest part of their memory.

“I’ll teach you a few first. These can be used to record points later.” The first ones taught were Arabic numerals, which are convenient, quick and easy to remember.

Write the ten numbers from 0 to 9 in order on a wooden board. Bai Tu teaches everyone once and then gives the board to them to familiarize themselves with it first.

The white map only has numbers written on it. All the orcs are adults, so it takes some time to memorize them, but it is no problem to follow the numbers on the board. The white map does not require everyone to remember all of them now, as long as there are no problems in recording them.

“I will teach you how to write your own names starting tomorrow.” Bai Tu said. This is as important as numbers. If you only know numbers but not the orcs’ names, the recorded data will be messy and there will be no way to match them. “I will give everyone a number. When recording, you can refer to the number for easy search.”

It is impossible for the orcs in charge of recording to remember so many words in a short period of time. For the time being, everyone will only learn their own names and remember their corresponding numbers, and he will integrate them in the end. Bai Tu quickly went over the entire plan in his mind, and said the implementation methods one by one, and everyone discussed the feasibility together.

No one had any objection to the previous measures, and Bai Tu added one more point: “Everyone gets a piece of bamboo, and the points earned or spent are written on the bamboo.” This is to facilitate the final reconciliation. In case someone’s points are missed or extra points are deducted, everything will be clear at a glance. At the same time, it can also prevent false claims and deductions. The other party’s name and number are marked on the bamboo slips. In the early stages when everyone cannot match the numbers with people, there is no need to worry about someone deliberately lying.

In fact, it would be more convenient to let the orcs bring their own bamboo slips to record the addition and subtraction of points, but Bai Tu had a concern. He was afraid that someone would lose them, so in addition to the bamboo slips in the hands of the orcs, the tribe also had an overall backup, and improvements would be made after everyone was familiar with this method.

Ever since Bai Tu finished talking about literacy, Bai An no longer expressed any objection and kept nodding in agreement. When he saw the numbers written by Bai Tu, he almost wanted to take the wooden board away. In the end, he was seriously rejected by the other people because they still wanted to learn! What if I remember it wrong or forget it?

All changes are not achieved overnight. After discussing with several leaders, Bai Tu began to look for people to cut bamboo and make bamboo slips for tribal records and bamboo strips for personal use.

Previously, the bamboos used for weaving were relatively small, there were more of them, they could be grown in one or two years, and they were relatively convenient. To make bamboo slips, they needed to be slightly thicker, with less curvature, so that they could be easier to write on.

There are several bamboo forests around the territories of the two tribes. The bamboo grows quickly, and even if it can be used for weaving, there will be a lot left. Bai Tu selected the appropriate ones and had them cut down. He brought them back to the tribe and cut them into bamboo pieces of even size. Most of them were tied up with wool to make bamboo slips, and a small part was not tied up, but tied with a rope for easy handling, and kept for distribution to the orcs.

Another tool for recording is a pen. Bai Tu had not decided what to use at first. He was hesitating between carving with a knife and writing with a charcoal pencil, until he saw the wolves returning from a fight when he came out of the cave.

The wolves were relatively well behaved in the first two days after they arrived at the tribe, except for the night when they fought with Langze and Heiyan and turned into their original forms for a melee. Recently, they have become familiar with the Snow Rabbit tribe, and took advantage of Langqi’s return to the tribe to start letting themselves go. The days without the Wolf King’s supervision are too happy. Almost every day, the wolves turn into their original forms to fight. Fortunately, most of them know the severity of the situation and will not make too much noise. They will fight quietly and come back quietly.

But everyone knows that the team led by Langze is very good at using animal skins. In order to avoid being scolded, these little wolves would go out in animal form and come back in animal form when fighting. What Bai Tu often noticed were the two white ones. After all, the white ones were too obvious among a group of black, gray and yellow wolves. But no one knew what this group of wolves did today. The two white wolves were covered in black and gray, and Bai Tu almost didn’t recognize them. But the wolf form couldn’t speak, so he waited until the group of wolves turned into human form before asking, and then they fell silent.

Not only the two wolves whose original forms were white wolves, almost all of them had some color on their faces.

“How did you do that?” Bai Tu wiped it on Langze’s face and found that it could be wiped off. The color and texture were a bit like…

Langzuo was the first to complain: “They overturned the pot.” He didn’t say anything else. After they overturned it, they found it fun, so they overturned the rest. A group of wolves fought each other and were covered with soot from the bottom of the pot.

Bai Tu held his forehead and said, “Aren’t you afraid of going hungry at night if it gets broken?” No wonder Lang Qi looked at the wolves with an expressionless face every day. No one would be in the mood to adjust his expression.

But it was not considered as a nuisance. Bai Tu gave them a few bowls and reminded them: “Scrape off all the ash at the bottom of the pot. I need it.” Engraving was too troublesome, and writing with charcoal pencils would be easily erased. He decided to get some ink or ink sticks. The other raw materials were useless now, and the ash at the bottom of the pot was a good choice. He just didn’t know how much would be left after being rubbed by these wolves for so long.

“Okay!” The wolves who thought they were going to be scolded found out that Bai Tu not only did not blame them but also let them continue to play. They ran away excitedly, fearing that they would miss out on the fun things if they were a little late.

Lang Qi, who came out of the cave after hearing the sound, only saw the back and listened to the cheerful tone and movements. Although he didn’t hear what was said specifically, he inexplicably had a bad premonition.

It was not until a group of gray wolves came to find Bai Tu that Lang Qi knew that his premonition had come true, and his face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Bai Tu: “…” He thought that the wolves were already dirty, so it would be better to hand over the work to them. However, this group of wolves always gave him surprises, proving with their strength that there is no darkest, only darker. He could still see their faces just now, but now if he goes out in the middle of the night without showing his teeth, he might not be discovered.

Thinking that only Bai Tu was in the cave, a few little wolves saw Lang Qi and howled in fear. After howling, they realized that they had made a mistake again, so they put down their bowls and turned around to run, fearing that if they were a step slower, they would be caught by the Wolf King and skinned.

The wolf king’s expression is so scary!

Bai Tu sighed and took the responsibility: “It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have let them do this.” The phrase “broken jar, broken pot” obviously cannot be applied to this group of little wolves. When you think you can give up, they can do something even more unexpected.

Lang Qi’s expression looked a little better, and he looked at the bowls of black pot ash: “What are you going to use this for?”

“For writing. It’s better than charcoal, but it needs to be processed with something.” Bai Tu explained that writing with ink lasts longer, and the writing must be kept until he conducts unified accounting. Otherwise, if there is no unified record here and the writing is gone there, wouldn’t it be a waste of work?

It took two days to make the bamboo slips and ink. Bai Tu wrote the names of the orcs on the bamboo slips and removed the cubs that could not transform into human form. The original population of the Snow Rabbit Tribe was 71, with 36 wolves, 27 cats, and 5 lions, for a total of 139 people.

Bai Tu wrote the orcs’ names and corresponding numbers on each bamboo slip. The number consisted of four digits. The first digit was the race. The rabbit tribe and several other races of orcs who had lived in the Snow Rabbit Tribe before started with 1, the wolf tribe was 2, the cat tribe was 3, and the lion tribe was 4. The following three digits were the order. For example, Langze’s number was 2002, Maolin’s number was 3001…

As for the order of Bai Tu and Bai An, Bai Tu originally planned to put Bai An first, but Bai An disagreed. Bai An believed that this way of recording was originally taught to everyone by Bai Tu, and he should be the first one. Moreover, the tribal leaders could be replaced at any time, but Bai Tu could never be replaced. The final fixed numbers were Bai Tu 1001, Bai An 1002, and although Lang Qi was not a permanent resident, as the supreme leader of the wolf clan, he was given a permanent number like the wolves living in the tribe: 2001.

The bamboo slips prepared for distribution to the orcs also have names and numbers on them, but the names are written larger and the bamboo slips are wider than those in the bamboo slips. After all, the bamboo slips only record one item, while the bamboo slips in the hands of individuals have to record two items of expenditure.

A roll of bamboo slips consists of twenty pieces. Bai Tu has the most, with more than ten rolls. Seven of them are for the final summary, and the rest are used to record the points of spinning and other work. The number in the hands of Bai An, Tu Bing, Mao Lin, Lang Ze and others is relatively small, and only the orcs they lead are recorded.

In order to prevent confusion caused by too many records, Bai Tu discussed with several people and stipulated the exchange requirements. In the future, to exchange supplies, not everyone would have to go to Tu Cai as before, but instead would have to find their own direct captain first. For example, the rabbit hunting team was in charge of Bai An. When the hunting team members needed supplies, they would tell Bai An. After Bai An had counted all the supplies needed by the team that day, he would go to Tu Cai to get them back and then distribute them to the members.

In the past, the Snow Rabbit Tribe had a small population and few supplies. Apart from hunting and gathering, the only types of work available were odd jobs such as weaving and sewing animal skins. Few people came to Tu Cai to get supplies. Recently, due to the increase in population and the addition of many new jobs, Tu Cai’s workload has increased several times. She is busy getting various supplies for the orcs almost every day. She left all the cubs to be taken care of by two ten-year-old children in the tribe, and she found another orc to help her to barely keep up.

The change of material distribution from individuals directly looking for Tucai to group distribution not only saves Tucai’s time, but is also more convenient for the orcs. They no longer have to look for Tucai for trivial matters. The team leader keeps some stocks of items such as salt, animal skins and backpacks.

There are also regulations on the exchange time. The team leader has to go to Tucai to get supplies such as animal skins and salt once every seven or ten days. Of course, if the clothes are torn and you have no clothes to wear, you can exchange them urgently. Tools such as bamboo baskets used in work are also replenished every few times, but points will not be deducted if the tools are broken… With these small requirements, everyone doesn’t have to be so busy.

Everyday meals, a necessary collective item, are not recorded separately. Instead, the number of meals is subtracted when the remaining points are finally tallied up, and the difference is calculated. Judging from the current amount of resources in the tribe, as long as the orcs are not too lazy to sleep every day, they generally will not starve.

After two days had passed since they had sorted out all the scattered regulations, several team leaders had basically memorized the numbers of their members. Although they were still unfamiliar with the way the names were written, they could recognize them accordingly.

After everything was ready, Bai Tu taught other orcs in the tribe numbers. Previously, the tools were not powerful enough and the words written with charcoal would become blurred after a few touches. Now that the tools have been upgraded, Bai Tu directly carved ten numbers on a large wooden board, dyed them with ink, and placed them on the open space at the foot of the tribal mountain.

Witnessing the surprise of Bai An, Bai Qi and others at the words, Bai Tu was already prepared. However, he still underestimated the impact of this incident on the orcs. Because he was busy calculating the points for various jobs, the task of teaching everyone to read fell on Tu Bing. When Bai Tu went downstairs to eat, a group of orcs didn’t even eat and just gathered around the wooden board.

“Tu, are these really words?”

“Tu, how do you remember these?”

“Tu, Bing said that our names also have words?”

A group of people surrounded Bai Tu and asked Tu Bing if what he said was true. Bai Tu raised his hand and motioned for everyone to stop: “Let’s eat first, and we’ll talk about this in the evening.”

The amount of points for each type of work has been set. After dinner, Bai An explained to everyone the future work arrangements, from grouping to points to material exchange, and finally to points summary and recording.

“In the future, you can hand over the little prey you caught to the tribe and accumulate points. After the tribe has changed the salt, use the points to exchange for salt, and exchange the items you need.

Now the food brought back by the orcs are basically kept for themselves. If you can’t finish it, roast it and put it in their own cave. It is rarely put in the storage cave. Sometimes it is because the number is small and it is not worth a special trip, and sometimes it is It is better to put it there and eat it slowly. Especially if there are too many same foods, it is easy to get confused, and there will be conflicts when you take more than you get. As the leader, Bai An cannot keep an eye on the food he puts on, and it is difficult to adjust when encountering conflicts.

This problem is solved by using points. The small prey he caught is handed over to the tribe to exchange points. You can use points to exchange for other food at any time without having to bear it. The problem of food deterioration for a long time is that there are too many foods that will make you confused and unable to find yourself. As long as the food is about the same amount, most orcs don’t care whether they have changed their prey species. A few orcs who are dissatisfied with this system dare not object after seeing the support of the Baitu by Wolf Qi Bai’an Bai Chen Langze and others.

The implementation of the points system is smoother than Baitu imagined, because now only A very small number of orcs find it possible to enjoy this even if they are lazy. Most orcs are very serious about their work. In addition, they are very respectful of words and their joy in seeing their names. The orcs receive bamboo pieces with their names and numbers, and they are always more surprised to see someone adjacent to their numbers.

When Baitu is not popular, the unhealthy trend of laziness has not yet become popular. The possibility of someone taking advantage of the troubled waters was quickly cut off. From the next day, the orcs were greatly motivated to work. Not only the orcs who wanted to be lazy have changed, but even the orcs who worked hard before have changed. In the past, they just had to work, eat, and rest… These are the contents of every day. How the leader arranges them to do it. Now they do more points, and after they have more points, you can get more. Salt exchanges for the items you want.

In addition to salt, points can also be exchanged for snacks and fruits, such as those summer melons grown in Baitu that are jealous and can be eaten immediately. Some orcs who have been to the market say that they taste cold and sweet. Some orcs who didn’t go to the market last time are very envious. Now they can change to taste it as long as they work hard. Who doesn’t want to work hard?

What’s more, there is more than one food. The mountain is full of melons, and the food that is about to mature. Because the number is small, it is definitely impossible to let everyone eat it openly. They can only taste the taste. If they want to eat, they can exchange points for it. A group of people are extremely looking forward to it.

All kinds of surprises and rewards were smashed, and the orcs were so happy that they were dizzy, and even regretted that the points were released too late.

“I can only Feeding cattle, you earn few points and you can’t exchange summer melons. “Tu You sighed as he looked at the big green summer melons at the foot of the mountain. The melons were too big. He only earned 8 points today, and one summer melon required 10 points. Tu You counted on his fingers. He needed 6 points for a meal a day, so he only had 2 points left. He had to save up for 5 days to exchange for a melon. He also wanted to eat the melon next to it, which cost 4 points. But mulberries were also delicious… Tu You calculated and sighed. There were too many things he wanted to exchange, and he couldn’t earn enough points. How about going to cut grass at night?

Bai Dong was also calculating points. He also wanted to eat these, but he also wanted to exchange them for a small blanket made by the textile team, but the blanket was too expensive.

Bai Tu happened to pass by and heard this, and followed the other person’s gaze. Summer melons are big, and the small ones weigh more than ten pounds, so the price is set at 10 points for one, and the big ones are higher. However, this is based on the premise that fruits and food are distributed to everyone every day, and the extra ones are considered extra meals paid for by themselves.

Adult orcs have big appetites, and melons are fruits with high water content. Two people can finish a large melon in one day, but it is a bit difficult for children. There are only a dozen children in the tribe who are in their teens. The remaining points of a group of children are only enough to exchange for one melon. The price of melon is too expensive for them.

“In the future, summer melon will be divided into small pieces,” Bai Tu said, “one point for one piece.” This will be much more convenient. Adult orcs can exchange for a whole piece, and younger children can exchange by the piece.

“Wow!” Tu You became excited. He could eat a piece of summer melon and a piece of melon, and then eat mulberries a day later. The more he thought about it, the happier he became. Tu You was so excited that he went to hug the biggest summer melon.

Although it will take some time for these to mature, it doesn’t matter, he will accumulate points well! Try to eat all the food in one go!

Seeing that Bai Dong was still struggling, Bai Tu asked, “What’s wrong with Dong?” As the team leader of the breeding team who can lead the children to feed the prey cubs, plus he is bigger than the rabbit, Bai Dong’s points are ten. Isn’t that enough to eat?

Bai Dong hesitated and said, “I want to change the blanket…” The price of the blanket was too high. He would need to save up for several months to buy one. However, winter would be here in less than two months. He didn’t have enough time.

“It’s okay. As long as you work hard, you can give the blanket first. You can pay it back with the points you earn in the future.” Bai Tu explained that the purpose of the points system is to motivate everyone to work, and the tribe will guarantee basic benefits, such as animal skins, and each person has a quota. Items like blankets, which are not produced in large quantities, need to be redeemed separately. Because they are difficult to make, blankets are much more expensive and are priced differently based on size. Large ones require several hundred points, while small ones range from dozens to a hundred points.

It is definitely impossible to take out so many points at once, so he decided to allow credit from the beginning. As long as the orcs in the tribe work hard, they can withdraw the points in advance. After all, the tribe and individuals complement each other. If individuals are satisfied, the tribe will be better.

As for why he didn’t mention it when mentioning points, it was because he was worried that someone would take advantage of this rule to buy a large amount of supplies on credit. When the amount on credit was too large, people would have the illusion that it didn’t matter whether they worked or not, as they couldn’t pay it back anyway. Therefore, only those who really worked hard but needed orcs could withdraw points in advance to exchange for supplies.

“Tu, really?!” Bai Dong was so happy to hear this explanation that he turned around in circles. He could change his sister’s blanket before winter!

“Really.” Bai Tu rubbed Bai Dong’s hair, “Go and play.” The children’s workload is slightly lighter, and they still have time to play for a while after finishing their work.

Bai Dong shook his head: “I’m not going to play, I’m going to feed the pigs!” He wants to earn points quickly and try to pay them off quickly so that he can exchange them for other items. His sister will become a human form next year. Bai Tu said that he will make clothes for children in the future, and he wants to change them for his sister!