Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 57

Chapter 57

Even though they had seen the divine rice grown by the leopards before, most members of the Leopard Tribe firmly believed one thing, that is, the divine rice belonged exclusively to their tribe, and it was just that the witch doctor used the name of the beast god to deceive their prey. Now they discovered that the divine rice was not only grown by the orcs in their tribe.

The Leopards finished their meal with mixed feelings. They were grateful for the help of the Rabbits, but also envious that the magic rice grown by the Rabbits was better than that grown in their own tribe. With such mixed feelings, a group of people followed the wolf tribe to the unowned territory.

Orcs who leave their own territory can only look for some territories that have not been occupied by other tribes, but such territories are hard to find. Many tribes will seize the surrounding territories even if they do not need them.

The territory bordering the wolf clan can be left idle because there are more rocks near that area, the plants are not as lush as in other places, and there are few prey passing by. For the wolf clan, it is better to leave that place idle than to patrol there frequently.

It takes a whole day to walk there from the Snow Rabbit Tribe. Fortunately, they can have another meal when passing by the Wolf Tribe. The Leopard Tribe did not delay too much and set off immediately after eating and taking a short rest.

Lang Qi personally led the team to escort them. Bai Tu also sent some fruits and corn seeds to Bao Duo and others before they set off. Fruits grow relatively fast, so a lot of them can be harvested before winter comes. Corn planted now probably won’t mature before winter, but there are many ways to eat fresh corn, so it can be harvested and used as reserve food when winter comes.

The rabbits and wolves have also planted this crop of corn. It seems sufficient at the moment, but the harvest always outweighs the investment, and corn can also be used as feed, so it’s never a loss to plant more.

Lang Qi was very relieved when he saw Bai Tu. After the Leopards left, he calculated the amount of corn left in the tribe. If the Leopards did not have enough food to survive the winter, he would lend them some and return it after the winter when the Leopards grew other food.

On the third night after the Leopard Tribe set out, Lang Qi brought the Wolf Tribe back. Not only did he come back, he also brought some things with him.

“These stones were found on a mountain south of the Wolf Tribe,” Lang Qi went straight to the point when he arrived at the Rabbit Tribe, “They can burn, so you might be able to use them.”

Upon hearing this, even though Bai Tu didn’t see what was in the backpack, he got excited: “Coal?” Stones that can burn are most likely coal!

When Lang Qi opened the backpack, Bai Tu was more certain that it was coal!

It’s more than just useful, it’s a necessity! Bai Tu walked over and picked up the coal to have a look without caring whether it would get his hands dirty. The quality of this batch of coal was good and it could be used for ironmaking without any problem.

He had always wanted to wait until winter to smelt iron. In addition to personnel reasons, another important factor was the fuel issue. Wood and charcoal were currently used to make pottery, and the latter was made from wood. Both had one thing in common, their endurance was not long enough. He had planned to see if he could find coal as fuel at the next market, but he did not expect to make this discovery after the Leopard Tribe moved nearby.

“Is there a lot of coal?” Bai Tu asked. If there was a lot of coal, the children in the tribe wouldn’t have to collect firewood everywhere, and the orcs who were cutting branches could do other things.

However, mining coal is not a small matter, and frequent movement will be noticed by other tribes. Bai Tu immediately became worried: “Is it far from here? Which tribe is nearby?” Even if it is a territory that no one has paid attention to before, once resources appear, the attention will be more than before. If it is close to other tribes, it may have to be covered up.

“A lot, several consecutive mountains.” Seeing his concern, Lang Qi described the location in detail, “Those mountains are between the leopard tribe and the wolf tribe.” Originally, the mountains separated the unowned territory and the wolf tribe’s territory. Now that the leopard tribe has arrived, the two tribes have directly surrounded those mountains.

Bai Tu’s eyes lit up instantly. This way, he wouldn’t have to worry about being exposed! Although the wolf tribe has never been afraid of conflicts, Bai Tu feels that at the current stage of development, it is better to have less trouble than more, and conflicts that can be avoided should be avoided as much as possible. There is so much work to do in the tribe, so who has the time to fight with other tribes? Doesn’t fighting take time? It would be better to dig coal instead.

“Then the iron smelting furnace should be built on the Wolf Tribe…” Bai Tu thought. Since the coal mine was close to the Wolf Tribe, it would be more appropriate to build the iron smelting furnace on the Wolf Tribe’s side. Plus, there were already quite a few buildings around the Rabbit Tribe, so they needed to expand there. In addition, a few brick kilns needed to be built, and there had to be orcs guarding the iron furnace. Ironware was a very precious tool for the orcs now. He still remembered Bai An’s shock when he heard Hei Xiao give him the iron knife.

Profits can often cause a lot of trouble, so we have to be on guard. Bai Tu calculated the number of people needed in his mind. Fortunately, with coal, the orcs in the tribe who were responsible for collecting firewood and burning charcoal would be free, and everyone would not have to prepare firewood for the winter, which could save a lot of time.

The work efficiency of the wolf tribe has always been amazing. After Bai Tu made a preliminary plan, the wolf tribe had already started working. The first thing they did was to dig coal. A total of nearly fifty orcs from the two tribes were selected to dig coal. Because the weather was hot, this work was done at night and they rested during the day.

After all, it was coal, so Bai Tu planned to go and take a look. When he followed the first group of coal-digging orcs to the coal mine, Bai Tu saw that the appearance was not much different from other mountains, except that it was a little drier and there was no plant life. He was a little confused: “How was it discovered?” He had previously thought that the rock or soil on the upper layer of the coal was weathered to expose the coal seam inside, but now it seems that it is hidden quite tightly. Except for the small area that has been mined, there is no trace of coal in other areas.

Lang Qi was at a loss for words, and Lang Zuo next to him immediately began to take credit: “We found it!”

The mountains with coal are bald mountains. As the name suggests, there is nothing on the mountains, and even the soil is not as good as the soil in other places. The mountains are bare without any plants, and prey don’t even come. These mountains have made great contributions to the lack of prey in the unowned territory in the south.

The orcs always go wherever there is prey. Mountains without prey have always been despised by the wolves. Plus, it takes more than half a day to run from the wolf’s residence to here. It’s easy to go back and forth to other places to hunt such a long distance. Unless someone has a problem with them, no one would come here to hunt.

Langze and other little wolves had been here before, wanting to have some fun, but there was nothing they could do because the soil was too soft and they fell many times. Without plants to cushion the fall, it was quite painful. From then on, this area was blacklisted by them, and they were not willing to go there even for fun, as the east, west and north directions were much more interesting.

The discovery of coal this time was also an unexpected coincidence. Lang Qi led the wolf tribe to escort the Leopard Tribe. They passed by these mountains in the middle and planned to go around them as usual because the soil conditions made the mountains unsuitable for climbing. It has been half a day since the wolves got here after resting. Several little wolves that were spoiled by Bai Tu are lingering nearby, wanting to have a meal before setting off again.

Although Lang Qi was serious, he was not strict enough to let his people travel hungry. He took a small team with him to catch prey, while the others set up the pot and made a fire to prepare.

Bai Tu supported the Leopard Tribe with some pottery, but the Leopard Tribe also had a lot of stone pots. The pottery had specially molded ears, and if it was not too heavy, it could be supported by thick branches. But stone pots could not be supported, so they could only find stones. There were not many available stones next to the bald mountain, so the little wolf who stayed behind changed directly into his original form and dug down, intending to dig out stones.

We did dig up some stones, and there were quite a few of them, big and small, in any shape we wanted. The only difference is that the color of the stones is a little darker, darker than the stones at the foot of the Black Stone Mountain, and they would stain our bodies. But it doesn’t matter, because our original shape is black, so you can’t see it.

When the black stone turned into a human shape, everyone realized that it could not be covered up. It was even dirtier than the ash on the stone pot last time. The key was that it could not be washed off. In order to make up for their mistake, a group of little black wolves planned to boil water before Wolf Qi came back from hunting. However, after they set up the stone pot, lit the fire and added wood, they found that the height of the stone pot was getting lower!

There have been accidents in the past where the stone platform gradually tilted. A group of little wolves simply stuffed wood in to speed up the boiling of water. A slight tilt would not affect cooking!

The fire grew bigger and bigger, and when several stone pots collapsed one after another, the little wolves were confused.

The little wolf at the beginning: It’s okay if it tilts a little, just boil some water before it falls.

Later the little wolf said: No one said it would collapse!