Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 55

Chapter 55

Bao Duo and others, who were worried about by Bai Tu, were carrying a few baskets of corn to persuade the orcs of their tribe.

Seeing the divine rice brought out by Baoduo and others, the beastmen of the Leopard Tribe were very shocked. In their understanding, these should only exist on the sacred mountain, and they had already collected all the divine rice on the sacred mountain, and the rice on the sacred mountain was smaller than this one.

“We planted these by the river behind. The witch doctor lied to us and said that the sacred rice can only be grown on the sacred mountain!” Baoduo looked furious. The witch doctor said that the sacred rice was a gift from the Beast God. Because of this, their tribe offered more prey every year than other tribes, but everyone dared not not offer it, for fear that the Beast God would be unhappy and take the sacred rice back.

With the divine rice, the tribe can get more food than before. If the witch doctor had not asked for more offerings every year, their tribe would not have fallen into its current state. Bao Duo looked at the tribesmen who were extremely thin due to nearly two months of continuous hunting, and became even more angry: “The witch doctor is cheating us of the offerings. The Beast God doesn’t need that food at all!”

Bai Tu was right. If the Beast God really needed it, he could just take it directly. Why would he ask them for it through the witch doctor! Those words were all lies told by the witch doctor to get food.

Hearing Baoduo’s words, a relatively older young man in the tribe was startled and immediately went to check the exit of the tribe, worried that orcs from surrounding tribes would come.

Some people were dissatisfied with Baoduo’s disrespect for the witch doctor: “Baoduo, how can you be disrespectful to the witch doctor!”

“We grew the magic rice ourselves, aren’t the witch doctor’s words false?” Baoduo retorted, “He can’t protect the tribe at all, he’s a liar!”

When the witch doctor’s admirers heard these words, they immediately stood up and wanted to attack Baoduo: “Baoduo is disrespectful to the witch doctor, he must be punished! Tie him up and send him to the witch doctor to be burned at the stake!”

The worried young man heard the word “burning at the stake” and frowned to stop the actions of several people: “Baoni, Baoduo is right, they did grow the magic rice.” Baoduo

grew the magic rice, proving that the witch doctor’s words were false. As for the following words, the orcs who had been instilled with the need to respect the witch doctor’s ideas dared not say anything, but now they didn’t want to refute Baoduo’s words. Under the leadership of the witch doctor, the tribe not only did not grow stronger as he described, but gradually declined. The former patriarch who respected the witch doctor the most starved to death in the cave in winter. The witch doctor did not protect the orcs who supported him, and his reputation in the tribe was no longer as good as before.

Several orcs who insisted on the supremacy of the witch doctor were still looking for excuses: “What if they hid this? They must have hidden it before, and now they are taking it out to deceive us.”

The young man shook his head: “Every time the sacred rice is harvested, everyone is here.” They had always believed the witch doctor’s words before, and in order to make the Beast God feel their gratitude, every time there was a harvest, both the hunting team and the picking team would go there. Even the injured orcs would drag their sick bodies to the sacred mountain and pay attention to the harvesting process of each plant of sacred rice. It has been like this since the witch doctor said that the sacred rice was a gift from the Beast God. Baoduo had no chance to hide the sacred rice at all, and these could only be grown by themselves.

“They went to the market last time, so they must have brought it back from the market!” Bao Ni seemed to have grabbed Bao Duo’s tail and began to attack frantically, “Hu Xiang said that you met people from other tribes at the market! You also gave four backpacks of salt to those orcs. You must be planning to come with other tribes to harm us!”

“I said, those are limes! The Brown Monkey Tribe used them to deceive us. We gave them the lime to thank them for exposing the lies of the Brown Monkey Tribe. We brought back all the salt in the backpacks, and the extra half basket is salt!” Bao Duo was puzzled. All the orcs saw that those were not salt, so how could someone say that.

Because of the words from Fox Village, the witch doctor asked their tribe for an extra basket of salt. No matter how they explained, the witch doctor insisted on taking one more basket. Their tribe only had a backpack and a half of salt, including the salt they salvaged from the lime. The entire tribe had no choice but to reduce the use of salt. Now there were still two months until the next market, and the salt in the tribe was almost gone.

“You must have deceived us by replacing the brown monkey tribe’s salt with lime, so that you could secretly move the four baskets of salt away!” Bao Ni stared at Bao Duo hatefully, “I’m going to find the witch doctor, I must tell him about your disrespect to the witch doctor, you must be punished by burning at the stake!”

Bao Duo was so angry at his words that he had a headache. Thinking of Bai Tu’s description of this behavior, he said angrily, “You are stubborn!”

The young man had experienced a little more and reacted faster than the two of them. He ordered the rest of the people, “Catch Bao Ni, don’t let him go to the witch doctor, otherwise our tribe will be in trouble!”

Hearing this, the other leopards suddenly reacted. No matter whether Bao Duo’s words were true or false, Bao Ni must not be allowed to go to the witch doctor. The witch doctor would not care who said this and would punish the entire tribe at that time. The fear of the witch doctor’s methods and constant requests for food made the orcs no longer pay attention to Bao Ni’s shouting, and they caught and tied him up, including the few orcs who stood up with him and planned to catch Bao Duo. They all received the same treatment.

These orcs often go to the witch doctor, and sometimes they bring the witch doctor’s medicine boy to ask for food. They know it’s Leopard Ni’s fault, and sometimes Leopard Ni even asks for food in the name of the witch doctor, but they dare not refuse. In case the other party and the medicine boy complain to the witch doctor, the witch doctor will definitely lead the surrounding tribes to attack the Leopard Tribe.

Bao Ni’s words just now about going to find a witch doctor aroused everyone’s anger. With new and old grudges added together, everyone no longer cared about the truth of Bao Duo’s words and wanted to catch Bao Ni first.

As for what Bao Ni said about Bao Duo embezzling the salt, no one believed it. Not to mention Bao Duo’s personality, the orcs who followed Bao Duo to exchange salt had actually seen the lime. If they had not heard Bai Tu’s words before getting the salt, they would have really brought back four backpacks. You have to know that there was only half a backpack in it, which was not enough for a tribe.

Without the interference of Bao Ni and others, Bao Duo told the story of meeting Bai Tu at the market. He did not mention Bai Tu’s name and tribe, but only said that the divine rice also has another name called corn, and it has a high yield, and these are just grown from a small handful of the divine rice. Also, the lack of prey is not a punishment from the Beast God, but because the number of orcs is increasing, and the growth rate of prey cannot keep up with the speed of orcs hunting, which leads to the current situation. Even if more food is given to the witch doctor, the prey in the tribe will not increase.

A group of orcs listened to Baoduo’s words, some were in deep thought, some looked skeptical. Whether they believed it or not, they had no way to refute it. The divine rice was grown by Baoduo and his friends. It was also a fact that the tribe had not improved after worshipping the witch doctor for so many years. But even so, they still had concerns. What if they stopped worshipping the beast god and he punished them?

Seeing that some people still didn’t believe it, Baoduo suddenly said: “We gave the witch doctor so much food, but the prey in the tribe didn’t increase. Either the witch doctor didn’t tell the Beast God about our offerings and hid the food, or the witch doctor has been abandoned by the Beast God and the Beast God doesn’t want him to help him receive offerings!”

As soon as these words came out, the beastmen who were still worried suddenly realized that this must be the case! It’s not that the Beast God doesn’t take care of them, nor that they are not diligent enough, it’s that the witch doctor monopolized the prey and the Beast God did not receive their offerings.

Seeing everyone’s performance, Bao Duo breathed a sigh of relief. Bai Tu’s words were indeed useful and everyone believed them.

“Too much of this place has been occupied by the Yellow Wolf Tribe and the Chimpanzee Tribe. Let’s leave here and find another place.”

“Move away?!” All the orcs, including the young man, looked at Baoduo in shock.

The wolves planted corn a little later than the rabbits, and harvested corn a few days later as well. Lang Qi looked at the corn drying at the foot of the mountain for the rabbits and understood why Bai Tu treasured these things. The half basket of seeds they brought back was divided between the rabbit and wolf tribes, and the rabbits had less. Although they harvested so much, nearly half was still left unharvested, so they could calculate the yield.

With these and the prey that are being farmed, plus the dried fruits and dried meat that can’t be eaten now, even if the Leopard Tribe comes without bringing anything, they will not lack food before the end of winter. Lang Qi lowered his eyes. From the very beginning, Bai Tu was not preparing food for one tribe.

Bai Tu did prepare as much food as Lang Qi had expected, but there was another reason. He was laying the groundwork for the next few years. The increase in the number of orcs and the decrease in prey had already begun to show signs. The prey caught would become less and less, and a considerable number of prey would freeze to death during the snow season. If he did not prepare in advance, it would be very difficult to survive after the winter.

The general idea of ​​the orcs is to prepare food needed to survive the rainy season in spring and food needed for the winter in autumn. Seeing that there is more and more food in the tribe, the rabbits, who have never been so wealthy, walk with the wind. Their tribe has enough food and they have never been treated like this before.

In addition to prey, the tribe also has more fruits and other items. They can eat several kinds of fruit every day, and no longer have to share two small ones per person as before. Now the tribe is also weaving woolen fabrics, which feel more comfortable than the softest animal skins. Bai Tu said that the remaining points after being distributed to the cubs can be exchanged for points. If they earn enough points, or work hard during this period, they can sleep on furry blankets in winter.

The orc who found that he did not have enough points combed his fur frantically, hoping to get more fluff, which could be exchanged for points.

Bai Tu clearly felt that the number of damaged combs had increased recently. Dozens of combs were exchanged in the Carpenter Cave every day. These items, which were not essential tools, would not be distributed to the team leaders. The orcs had to go to the cave to exchange them directly. Bai Tu looked through the exchange records and found that Langze was far ahead.

When it comes to the exchange records of various materials, Langze is always far ahead of other orcs. While one bamboo piece is enough for others to record the points, Langze needs two.

No matter how durable the comb is, you can’t change it twice a day. Bai Tu was a little worried. Some diseases cause itching on the body. If the orcs in animal form feel uncomfortable, they will probably comb their hair desperately.

Worried about Langze, Bai Tu came out of the carpenter’s cave and went straight to his residence. When he arrived at the cave entrance, he heard him muttering: “One point, two points, three…”

Bai Tu walked in puzzled, only to see several large clumps of fur in front of Langze, which seemed to have just been combed.

Bai Tu, who understood the reason, was helpless: “One comb for three points!”

Langze, an orc who spent two days and used four combs to exchange for three points.