Chapter 126 Going North
The Spring Festival was very lively, and Chen Guo was very happy.
Since this calendar was studied by clams, Chen Dong directly adopted the surname of clams and called it Gu Di. Because it is used to guide agricultural production, some people also call it the lunar calendar.
Whether it is the lunar calendar or the Gu calendar, it has a profound impact on the State of Chen. It not only guides agricultural production, but also the most important thing is that it will not allow people to live in a daze again.
One year is called a human being, and every year a person grows one year older.
Combined with the clock studied by Chen Dong, people have a clearer understanding of the concept of time.
Clam has put a lot of effort into this calendar. Everything he has done should be remembered forever by future generations. Of course, Chen Dong's research on clocks and watches should be remembered forever by later generations.
After the Spring Festival, spring is not far away.
When the clam was taking people to prepare for spring plowing, Chen Dong took the Chen family army's men to expand to the north.
In addition to the Yangshe tribe in the north of Chen State, there is also a salt lake. Salt has now become an indispensable thing in Chen State. The salt lake is also a little far away from the new site of Chen State. It is not easy to protect its safety. Once this salt lake is discovered by other tribes, Chen State will be out of reach and it will be difficult to reach the first time.
In order to avoid this passive situation in Chen State one day, Chen Dong decided to take the Chen family army further north and kill the dangers of other tribes in the cradle as much as possible.
In order to select a site for Yangmen, Chen Dong also took people north, and there was indeed a wide plain where humans could reproduce and thrive.
If Liang hadn't had the fact that he had gained some of the glory of Chen State, the Yang tribe would have settled there long ago.
Liang's original choice was wise. If she hadn't come up with the alliance of this tribe, she might have used force for the sake of Salt Lake and his tribes in the future.
Once force is used, it will inevitably cause a fatal blow to the population. People are the most scarce in this tribe.
Each of the more than 70 people from the Chen family army rode a tall horse, with a crossbow on his back, a sword on his waist, and a spear in his hands. Once he touched the enemy, these three weapons could be used.
If the Chen family army has a large number of people, they can completely separate the troops. Each person can just use a weapon to practice a skill. However, there are too few people now, they can only practice all the skills and take all the weapons.
Chen Dong is the lightest one in the Chen family's army. He just wore a sword while riding a horse.
Chen Dong did not bring Xiao Hui with him when he came out this time. The group of dogs brought by Xiao Zhuo’s Young Army and Xiao Hui were well connected. This was the critical period for their training. Leaving Xiao Hui was also beneficial to the training of the Young Army.
Chen Dong held a map in his hand and observed the surrounding terrain.
This map was drawn by Chen Dong himself based on the computer memory in his mind. Some details are not accurate, but generally they are still similar.
When they set off, Chen Dong had already issued an order to the Chen family army, asking them to make improvements to the map in their hands in details and strive to be exactly the same as the actual situation.
The computer in Chen Dong's head had a map about the original period, which was also from the Xia Dynasty. The matriarchal clan period of the original period was too far away from the Xia Dynasty, and the topography and landforms were completely possible, so it needed to be improved. When there was no danger, the function of the map seemed to be very small.
But once there is danger, the map can save lives at critical moments.
While training Chen Family Army, Chen Dong had already taught Chen Family Army how to understand the map, so it would not be difficult for them to improve the map.
"King Ping, there is a salt lake further forward. Will there be people from other tribes in front of me? In the past, I couldn't go so far when I came out to hunt. I really didn't know whether there was prey here." Mu sat on the horse's back and said to Chen Dong.
"Of course there is." Chen Dong replied lazily.
"If we meet people from other tribes, will we fight with them?" Mu had many questions. In fact, he was full of hope for other tribes. The reason why he had this hope was nothing more than trying to fight with others. The Chen family army had worked hard for so long to train for so long and had no chance to perform.
"Of course, this is certain, but if they are easy to talk to, don't attack them. After all, in the future, they will be the people of my country Chen. Just knock them down. If they hurt their lives, I, Chen country, will have to lose one person."
Mu chatted with Chen Dong for a long time, but threw the others away. They were also bored sitting on the horse's back.
"Come on, sing a song to help you liven up. Don't sing together. Whoever wants to sing can sing as much as you want? Unfortunately, the clam is not here. If he is here, he can sing a lot." Chen Dong was a little regretful.
The clam's talent in music is recognized by the entire Chen State. The clams were not only the first to learn the songs taught by Chen Dong, but also could evolve a lot based on Chen Dong's songs. Due to the clam's ability, Chen Dong had not taught them to sing for a long time.
"The clam taught you a lot again, right? Come and sing it to me!"
These people from the Chen family army have been struggling together for so many years. Sometimes, although they will come up and fight, they have also established a deep friendship through struggle.
No matter who sings a song, even if the lyrics are not in full, all the lyrics are not on the tune, the rest of the Chen family army just joked and would not really laugh at them. Therefore, as soon as Chen Dong finished speaking, one of them slapped his head.
My throat is not good, like a ghost crying and howling, but fortunately it has not been out of tune yet.
After the first start, the rest of the people sang even more enthusiastically.
The group of them walked and stopped like this, sometimes whipping and sometimes roaming leisurely, like a spring outing. It took five days to arrive at the salt lake.
Five days are actually not long. After all, the road from Chen State to Salt Lake is not easy to walk. Although there are traces of people walking through it, it is also bumpy, either a big tree or a big stone.
Since Chen Guo moved there, the salt he ate was carried by himself from the salt lake, and he carried things on his back and forth with only human legs. Naturally, the speed was not fast. Sometimes it took a month to travel back and forth.
This is also done by the men in Chen State taking turns to do this. Almost every day, men are on the way to transport salt.
In the past, the Chen State had no strength, but now the population of Chen State is also increasing steadily. This road between the Salt Lake and Chen State should be built.
When we arrived at the Salt Lake, Chen Dong ordered the Chen family army to say, "We will take this as our foothold. We will rest today and we will continue to head north tomorrow. We should be more careful when we walk again. Maybe a tribe will appear. Moreover, there are very few people from the Chen Kingdom who are walking north. There will inevitably be many wild animals in the place where no one goes. We must be careful whether it is other tribes or wild animals.
This is the first thing we have done after training for so long. We must do it well. Never make any mistakes. You don’t want to do it. You have worked hard for so long to lose your life in the first battle, right?”
Everyone in the Chen family army knew that Chen Dong was joking, and they all smiled and said, "That's natural."
Chapter completed!