Crossing the famine: The hunter's wife has good farmland

Xiao Tu nodded.

"Yes, these people are all strong men, exactly what our tribe needs. After we take them back, we can either recruit them into the military camp or make them craftsmen. This is the plan the chief asked me to find these people."

"Okay, Linghua and Nantian will stay here to take care of these patients. Linghua also brought a lot of herbs. There are urgent matters in the tribe, and I need to go back immediately, so I'm leaving now."

Xiao Tu raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"So urgent? Don't you want to take a day off?"

Mo Xiaonian lowered his voice and told him about the iron mine.

"I see. The goddess must have made you work so hard."

"It's OK. After all, I'm sitting in a carriage, so I'm not too tired."

Mo Xiaonian got on the carriage and hurried towards the Yueluo Tribe.

Sitting in the carriage, Mo Xiaonian entered the space and climbed to the top of the hill panting.

She now urgently wants to know whether there will be an extra area available after she has saved so many people.

The space really did not disappoint her. As expected, another piece of the back mountain was opened up, and more of the reddish-brown land was exposed.

Mo Xiaonian jumped twice on the spot excitedly.

In order to save 100 points, she plunged into the ocean of books again, trying to find a way to mine sulfur.

By the time she arrived at the Yueluo Tribe, she had already inspected the back mountain and mined some sulfur.

Fu Cang had already used up all the sulfur he had exchanged before and made a lot of black gunpowder.

But this amount of black powder is just a drop in the bucket compared to the iron ore to be mined.

As a result, after waiting for Mo Xiaonian to come back, he brought back some sulfur for him, which made Fu Cang so excited that after returning home, he not only massaged Mo Xiaonian's shoulders, but also boiled water for her to soak her feet.

Mo Xiaonian was really a little surprised.

"My husband, you are so considerate! You are a great leader, and you actually boil water for me to wash my feet?"

"That's nothing. I have no problem washing your feet. You are my wife. I am not a leader in front of you. I am your husband!"

Mo Xiaonian pouted her lips.

"I don't think it's because of this? Is it because I brought you sulfur? This shows that sulfur is more important to you than me!"

Fu Cang showed an aggrieved expression.

"You really wronged me. Didn't I serve you like this before when you didn't bring back sulfur?"

Mo Xiaonian bent down and hugged Fu Cang.

“Yeah, I wronged you, you are the best husband in the world.

I came back in a hurry because of the rock blasting. Now that your black powder is ready, let's go to the iron mine tomorrow.

By the way, the more than seventy people Xiao Tu rescued this time are all strong men. After you bring them back, your army and the workers will be more strengthened.

But I still have some concerns.”

Fu Cang asked in confusion: "What are you worried about? Isn't it a great thing to have so many strong men joining our tribe?"

“It’s a good thing, but it’s not necessarily a great thing.

Our tribe can now be considered strong in both men and horses, but I don't know if you have noticed that, among the new members we have accepted during this period of time, except for the Bailing tribe which has a balanced population of men and women, the rest have more men than women, because women are weak and many of them were lost in the process of fleeing famine.

Now the ratio of men to women in our tribe is unbalanced, which is an unstable factor!"

It was the first time that Fu Cang thought about this kind of question.

In his past understanding, the more strong and healthy men there were in the tribe, the better, so that the tribe could be strong and not be bullied by other tribes.

But now Mo Xiaonian says this is an unstable factor?

"I don't quite understand, why is this unstable?"

Mo Xiaonian looked at Fu Cang helplessly, not understanding why he didn't understand such an obvious truth.

"Let me tell you, there are so many strong men in this tribe, and they are all going to get married one after another, right?"

Fu Cang raised his eyebrows.

He thought about it.

"You mean that if there are more men than women, there will be many men who can't marry women, and after a long time, the tribe will become unstable?"

"Yes, this is a big problem. I think you have to consider this matter from now on.

You see, there were more men than women in our tribe before, and now more than 70 strong and strong men are coming here. How many of them will be unable to find wives?

With so many young men unable to find wives, they will surely resort to some crooked means over time. Wouldn't the women in our tribe be in danger?"

Mo Xiaonian's words made Fu Cang alert all of a sudden.

He knew the hot-blooded men in the military camp better than anyone else. If things really got out of hand, the women in their tribe would be in real danger.

"Then Xiao Nian, what do you think we should do about this matter?"

Mo Xiaonian tapped his chin with his hand and thought for a while, then said: "I think from now on, we should discuss the legal issues in the tribe and the army, and what kind of punishment should be used for any mistakes.

These laws are used to restrain the people in the tribe and the soldiers in the military camp. Anyone in the tribe must abide by these laws, including you and me.

Of course, the formulation of laws is one thing, and we also have to work hard to balance the population structure within the tribe, so that the ratio of young men and women must be balanced.”

Fu Cang nodded.

"Both of these are difficult things, and we need to think about them slowly and do them slowly."

"Well, these two things cannot be rushed. Let's take it step by step. The most important thing is to get the rock blasting done first, so that the iron ore can be produced continuously, the strength of the tribe can be improved, and it will not be invaded by foreign enemies. These are the top priorities.

As for the rest of the things, they are all considered for the long-term development and planning of the tribe and can be planned slowly.

We have important things to do tomorrow, so let's rest now."

The weather on the second day was very gloomy, and it seemed like heavy rain could fall at any time.

Mo Xiaonian did not dare to delay and got up early to make the black powder into explosive packages one by one, containing various dosages. In this way, Mo Xiaonian could master the optimal dosage through repeated practice.

After the explosive pack was made, it was taken to the iron mine by two people.

When Cang Lu heard that an unprecedented rock blasting was going to be carried out today, he put down the things at the blast furnace and came here.