The most powerful pet in the beast world: the domineering beast kings only love me
Chapter 196 Searching for Ramie
"Xiao Mo, I have been trying my best to find a way during this period," Dick said, "to find more food to help everyone survive the winter. If all the orcs in the Beast Tribe can come back, food will indeed be a big problem."
The snake tribe under Lid's rule could not guarantee sufficient supplies. Dick had just taken office and inspected many places. He found small animals, but he could not store much food by relying solely on wild animals.
New planting and breeding have not started yet. Even if we start planting and breeding now, the time and season are not right. Even if it is successful, the harvest will have to wait until at least next summer.
Dick had also considered the fish in the lake, but they did not have the right tools, and even after making a harpoon, they were able to catch very few fish.
For many years, they have been catching fish with their bare hands and storing them as winter food, which is too unrealistic.
"There are many kinds of fish in this lake," Xiaomo said, "Now is the time when the fish meat is fresh. We can catch fish to replenish the granary after we build the underground warehouse."
"Xiao Mo, I've thought of this method as well," Dick said, "but if you catch fish with your bare hands, the number you catch is too small, and we can't have too many orcs involved. The more people there are, the more fish will run to the bottom of the lake, and we won't even be able to see them."
"It's definitely not possible to catch fish with bare hands," Xiaomo said, "We can make fishing nets to catch fish directly, or we can fence off the gullies and use small animals to make nests, and then use fishing nets, we will catch more fish."
"Use a fishing net?" Dick asked doubtfully. "What is a fishing net? We snakes don't have it either."
"It doesn't matter if you don't have it, we can make it," Xiaomo said, "fishing nets are easier to make than ground traps. In addition, we also need to make a few small boats to make it easier to fish in the center of the lake."
"Xiaomo, do you know how to make fishing nets and boats?" Dick asked, "I'll ask the guards to do it as soon as possible."
"Fishing nets are relatively easy to make. As for boats," Xiaomo thought for a moment and said, "I can only draw a blueprint, and then everyone can make it according to the blueprint."
It is easy to weave a fishing net, but the trouble lies in the rope.
Xiaomo must find the ropes for weaving fishing nets and make more fishing nets within these seven days.
We also need to build a few more boats.
The snake tribe does not have very strong ropes. The ropes they use are all made of vines in the dense forest, which are definitely not suitable for making fishing nets.
I don’t know if the snake tribe has ramie, but fishing nets made from ramie bark are very strong and are said to last for a hundred years without rotting.
She remembered that ramie can be made into clothes and can also be woven into hemp thread. It is said that the use of ramie can be traced back to the Yan Emperor period.
It's almost equivalent to primitive society.
The ancient Chinese were very smart.
As for the shuttle for weaving nets, Xiaomo saw her grandfather weaving fishing nets when she was a child, and she can also make the shuttle.
"Dick, let's go find a plant called ramie first," Xiaomo said. "In our world, ramie doesn't grow very tall and its stems are very thin. It's very common on the roadside. Let's go to the woods by the lake and take a look."
Xiaomo remembered that there were bushes beside the lake, and maybe she could find ramie there.
Fortunately, we found ramie in the bushes beside the lake.
There are large areas of ramie with thin stems that grow very vigorously.
Maybe because it is near the lake, the tree trunks are also very wet.
Dick gathered a few guards and started collecting ramie.
Bundles of chopped ramie were neatly stacked by the lake.
While chopping ramie, Xiaomo told the guards the shape of the shuttle and how to make it.
Xiaomo picked up a ramie stalk and demonstrated to the guards how to peel off the ramie skin and how to remove the outer skin on the ramie skin, leaving only the fibrous inner skin.
With the help of many guards, the skin of bundles of ramie stalks was quickly peeled.
Xiaomo also asked the guards to build a small pool by the lake and throw all the ramie skins into the pool to soak.
Just soak it overnight and you can remove the ramie skin tomorrow.
The guards had also made the shuttle.
Xiaomo began to describe to Dick what the boat looked like and how to make it.
Xiaomo really doesn't know how to build a ship.
For a more sentimental girl, there is no time and energy to study how ships, airplanes, and cannons are made.
She could only draw a general plan based on the appearance of the ship.
It was difficult for her to understand which wood was strong and which was fine among the many trees.
She just asked Dick to choose lighter wood based on the principle of buoyancy.
The snake tribe has also learned how to make planes and chisels, so sanding wooden boards is no problem.
For wooden boats, Xiaomo thinks that the best way to connect the wooden boards is to use mortise and tenon structure, which is waterproof.
Xiaomo carefully drew the structure of the boat while explaining it to Dick, letting him slowly figure out how to make it.
Although Dick had never seen what a boat looked like, when he saw the pattern Xiaomo drew on the ground with a branch, he instantly understood the principles of how a boat was made.
"Xiaomo, now that you've said that, I know how to build a boat," Dick said. "We don't need to make it too complicated. We can make it bigger so that the cabin can hold more fish and reduce the frequency of the guards rowing back and forth."
"Yes, sure," Xiaomo said, "We are short on time. After the various shelters are built, we need to get the food. Next, we need to determine where to build the basement so that we can store the food."
"Okay, Xiaomo, I'll go discuss this with the guards now," Dick said, "The basement should be farther away from the lake to prevent moisture and water seepage."
"Yes, where there are lakes, we must prevent various flooding. Although we, the snake tribe, like water, we cannot take water prevention lightly."
With houses, food, and a place to store food, and by dredging part of the lake and turning it into paddy fields, where animals and plants can be cultivated and raised, all of this must be very attractive to the snake orcs who are stranded outside.
"Xiao Mo, thank you so much," Dick said sincerely, "You have only been in our snake tribe for half a day, and you have already prepared so many things for us. Thank you."
"Ha, Dick, I told you not to be so polite," Xiaomo said with a smile, "We are even now. You saved my life, so what I did is nothing."
Dick probably forgot that Xiaomo is his future partner.
For the future development of the snake clan, she, the future princess, also needs to do something.
Even if you are a passerby, if you know some knowledge that can make other people's lives better, you will definitely give your all and use the knowledge you know to improve other people's lives.
The scenery of the territory of each beast tribe in the beast world is different and all of them are very beautiful.
We should live happily in such a beautiful land.
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