I'm involved in poverty alleviation in a primitive tribe.

Since it was her first time making it, Zhi only took a small pot and tried slowly. Sure enough, she finally mastered the heat after several failures.

The failed attempts at making soy milk weren't wasted; greedy little ones were already waiting nearby, ready to be the first to taste it.

After the boiled soy milk has cooled slightly, add the brine in small amounts several times, stirring well and letting it stand to allow the soy milk to coagulate.

When Jiang Ning arrived, Zhi was leading people to pour tofu into molds. The molds contained dried elephant ear leaves, which compacted the tofu and removed excess water.

The tribespeople have already moved some black bean trees to the mountains near the village, and they should soon have an abundance of beans to eat.

The tofu turned out a bit tough in the end, so Jiang Ning made Mapo Tofu herself to eat it.

There were still quite a few soybeans left from this soaking. Tofu doesn't keep well in this weather, so Zhi only made some tofu for the tribe to try. The remaining soy milk was used to make a lot of dried bean curd sticks to save for winter.

Soybean dregs can also be eaten. When tofu production increases in the future, or when there are enough black beans to make oil, the soybean dregs and the soybean dregs left over from oil making can be used to feed the spotted ducks and the fish and shrimp raised in Lianhu Lake.

The snake fang necklaces were limited in number, so they had to be given to the weaker hunting teams to use in rotation.

When both warehouses were filled with various kinds of food, winter officially arrived.

The heavy snow quickly covered the entire settlement, and when the tribesmen could no longer go out hunting, Jiang Ning hurriedly had food and firewood distributed.

I don't know when we'll be able to find fuel like coal; chopping firewood is too much trouble.

The members of the council gathered together again, but this time, they were not sitting in the council hall on the island in the middle of the lake, but in the school by the rocky lake.

In the classroom, two people sit at each table, and a row of three tables can accommodate six people.

There was enough room for 48 people. Jiang Ning divided the people in the council hall into two groups: four tribes in the morning and five tribes in the afternoon.

She also selected two bright children from each tribe to attend classes together, hoping that the children might learn faster than the adults and put some pressure on them.

Each person had a sand tray filled with fine sand on their table, and a twig next to them to use as a pen to practice writing.

Jiang Ning stood on the podium, with a huge animal skin on the wall behind her.

"This is what we need to learn: writing. From now on, everyone in the alliance will have to learn it."

Jiang Ning picked up a piece of charcoal from the podium and wrote the two characters "Jiang Bu" on the animal skin.

"You recognize these two characters, right? Jiangbu is the name of our alliance. Write it down on the sand table on the table so I can see."

The Stone Witch has already had many boundary markers carved and placed in various parts of the peaceful land.

Even in front of the wooden bridge over the moat, there was a sign, and the clansmen passed by here every day, so they gradually learned to recognize the two characters.

Hongyue picked up a twig and gestured in the sand tray. For some reason, his hands, which were very nimble during battle, were difficult to move according to his will on the soft sand.

He secretly glanced at his deskmate, Hongfeng, who had already written the second character.

Seeing that Jiang Ning had already stepped down from the podium and was looking at Lian Wu in front of her, Hong Yue quickly observed Hong Feng's technique with the eyes of someone eyeing prey.

Hongfeng's mouth twitched. She stopped what she was doing and showed Hongyue her hand gesture for holding the pen. It turned out that Hongfeng was very observant. She not only noticed Jiang Ning's posture when holding the charcoal, but also remembered the strokes of the characters.

Jiang Ning glanced at the people in front of him and saw that although their writing was crooked, it was still legible. So he returned to the podium and wrote down the names of the various tribes.

The names of these nine tribes have been on the leaderboard for so long that they quickly mastered how to write these characters.

Seeing that they all had gained confidence, Jiang Ning then took out the Jiang Department Regulations that she had copied earlier and distributed them to everyone.

She had tried movable type printing, but unfortunately she couldn't master the relief and intaglio printing techniques for the time being. Once they learn the writing system, it's best to let them study it.

Jiang Ning distributed the animal hide rolls to the people in the first row: "One for each table, and pass the rest to the back."

Once everyone had received theirs, she spoke up: "Open the animal hide scrolls."

The Lotus Witch and the Lotus Chief sat at a table with a charcoal stove at their feet. A window next to them was slightly ajar for ventilation, and cold air occasionally blew in.

Following Jiang Ning's instructions, she unfolded the animal skin scroll and was immediately astonished by the dense text covering it.

Are there really that many characters to learn?

The neat rows of square characters are overwhelming to look at.

Lianwu glanced guiltily at her sand table, on which the three characters "Lian Tribe" could be vaguely made out, but they were nothing compared to the neat and beautiful characters on the animal skin scroll.

Jiang Ning looked at everyone and said, "These are the regulations of the Jiang Department, which are the rules of our Jiang Department. Once you learn how to read the regulations, you will have learned half of the commonly used characters."

Seeing everyone staring at the animal skin scroll, Jiang Ning also took a scroll and began to read: "Jiang Tribe Regulations, Article 1: No one other than a member of the Jiang Tribe may enter the moat without permission. Violators will be treated as attackers."

Jiang Ning explained, "The current trading area is just for the Jiang tribe to exchange their goods. In the future, I plan to build a real trading area outside of us to attract surrounding tribes to trade here. This is specifically for them."

She continued reading: "Article Two: Fighting and brawling are strictly prohibited within the Jiang tribe. Those who commit minor offenses will be punished with caning, while those who commit serious offenses will be expelled from the Jiang tribe."

"It's normal for conflicts to arise between tribes. Two people fighting is nothing, but group fights are unacceptable. Each person should resolve their own issues. Those who incite brawls between two tribes and disrupt the stability of the alliance must be severely punished. Conflicts between tribes should be resolved through the council hall, as I have already made clear before."

Article 3. No one may force mating with another without their consent; violators will be killed.

Article 4. Any damage to items belonging to the Jiang department shall be subject to compensation.

Article 5 Anyone who steals or robs another person's property shall be punished with twenty strokes of the cane and shall also be required to pay compensation.

Article 6. Anyone who causes losses by affecting the tribe's hunting or planting activities due to personal reasons shall be punished with caning and suspension of all material distribution for minor offenses, and shall be expelled from the Jiang tribe for serious offenses.

Article 7 If a battle pet makes a mistake, the owner must also be punished.

……

There were more than thirty items in total. After reading them, Jiang Ning couldn't help but pick up the cup next to her and take a sip of water.

“There are still some omissions in this regulation. If you feel there are any deficiencies, please point them out and we will fill them in.”

Hongfeng shook her head violently. What a joke! It's already difficult enough for her to remember so many points, and she still wants to add more?

What was Article 11 again? It said that one must not discharge waste on roads near residences? No, no, this seems to be Article 12.

The shamans of each tribe quickly noted down which offenses were punishable more severely, so they could keep their tribesmen in check and prevent them from making mistakes.