I am a Primitive Man-Chapter 795: The Green Sparrow Tribe’s Future Infrastructure Team

I am a Primitive Man-Chapter 795: The Green Sparrow Tribe’s Future Infrastructure Team

Chapter 795: The Green Sparrow Tribe’s Future Infrastructure Team
“Divine Child! Look! Over there!”
As Han Cheng and the trade team were out searching for the Wind Tribe, Chang Tui (Long Legs) suddenly pointed forward to the left and shouted.
This was already the second day since Han Cheng and his group left the Copper Mountain Residential Area. The few traces they had barely found before were now completely gone. Under these circumstances, finding the Wind Tribe largely depended on luck.
Clearly, Han Cheng’s group was having good luck this time.
Han Cheng and the others who heard Chang Tui’s shout all looked toward the direction he was pointing.
In the distance, they saw some people walking through dense grass and trees.
Seeing these people, Han Cheng’s heart lifted with joy. He felt these people were very likely the Wind Tribe members he had been anxiously waiting for.
Given the scarcity of tribes around Copper Mountain Residential Area, and at this moment, aside from the Wind Tribe, Han Cheng could hardly think of any other tribe heading toward Copper Mountain.
Still, despite this, Han Cheng gave the order for everyone to gather close to him and prepare for defense…
When Han Cheng saw the old primitive man, the old primitive man also saw Han Cheng and the others.
“#￥%RR!”
The old primitive man shouted excitedly and ran forward with five equally excited people. The five from the Neighboring Wind Tribe and a few from the Wind Tribe—who had never seen the Green Sparrow Tribe before—stood hesitantly in place.
As they drew closer to the Flying Snake Tribe, the distance was still too great to clearly see the suddenly appearing people, so they didn’t dare to rush forward recklessly.
Especially when, from afar, the suddenly appearing group outnumbered theirs.
“￥%%F!”
One Wind Tribe member even shouted to warn the running old primitive man to stop.
Hearing the calls from their kin behind them, the old primitive man stopped and looked back, noticing that those people remained still.
‘$%5!’
After understanding their worries, the old primitive man, partly annoyed and partly amused, pointed at the fluttering flag in the wind, shouting to them that these people were those kind Green Sparrow Tribe members.
From their two previous interactions with Copper Mountain Residential Area, the old primitive man remembered the Green Sparrow flag very clearly.
These people, who had become very cautious after encountering the evil Flying Snake Tribe, once they understood the old primitive man’s way of judging and realized that the people ahead were indeed the kind and generous Green Sparrow Tribe, finally relaxed and boldly followed the old primitive man toward those standing beneath the strange object called a “flag”…
“Why are you so late? Did something happen? What are all these big bundles?”
After the two sides met, naturally, there was much joy.
Han Cheng smiled and shook hands with the arriving laborers one by one.
The old primitive man, having experienced this before, was accustomed to this friendly greeting.
Plus, wanting to show off their “worldliness” in front of the newcomers, they enthusiastically performed the handshake ceremony, shaking Han Cheng’s hand so hard his arm went numb.
Those experiencing this for the first time quickly followed suit. Upon learning that Han Cheng held a position higher than their leader in the kind tribe and had brought so many people because he worried something had happened to them, these excited newcomers shook Han Cheng’s hand even more vigorously.
After all the handshakes, Han Cheng rubbed his sore and numb arm and decided never to shake hands with these guys again.
At the same time, he felt relieved.
Fortunately, it was just handshakes—if it had been kisses or other such greetings, with their enthusiasm, his lips would have been rubbed raw by now!
While thinking this, Han Cheng asked Mao to inquire of the Wind Tribe people about something along these lines.
After understanding Mao’s meaning, the old primitive man began excitedly gesturing and acting out their explanation.
After some communication, Han Cheng learned why the old primitive man had arrived late.
Looking at the simple food spread out on their animal skin wrappings, and seeing these people grinning at him, Han Cheng couldn’t help but sniff.
Looks like once the road building starts, they’ll need better food.
That means more food consumption—damn it, these guys must be doing it on purpose!
Han Cheng thought, silently criticizing these pure-hearted fellows who almost made him want to kick them.
Sometimes with crafty people, you can be ruthless and use all means without hesitation.
But with those who are genuinely kind and thoughtful, it’s harder to do so.
Just like now, after sensing the goodwill from the Wind Tribe, Han Cheng said nothing but quietly decided to upgrade their future meals.
Yeah, adding some warmth and kindness to the world is always good.
“￥%#4?”
The old primitive man and the people from the Neighboring Wind Tribe who followed them were stunned when Mao told them that Han Cheng’s group would provide meals during the road construction.
After a while, the old primitive man looked at the food they had brought, then at Han Cheng and his kind smiles, and began shaking their heads…
“Road construction will take a long time, and your food won’t be enough.”
Han Cheng asked Mao to convey this message again to the old primitive man and didn’t argue further.
When they returned to Copper Mountain Residential Area and began building the road, he would have people make the food directly.
Then Han Cheng asked Mao to find out why only a few people had come.
Originally, Han Cheng had given the old primitive man 25 pottery shards, but only 11 people had arrived.
And these 11 were from two tribes combined, far fewer than Han Cheng had expected.
After understanding Han Cheng’s meaning, the old primitive man hesitated.
Because the kind tribe had given them so many things, but now, when this kind tribe asked for something for the first time, they couldn’t fulfill it.
But since primitives hadn’t yet developed lying skills, the old primitive man explained that too many people had come previously, and the remaining people hadn’t caught enough food for the tribe.
This was a very real problem that needed to be solved.
“You can send people. When you come to build roads for our tribe, you can exchange not only for salt and pottery but also for food, so you don’t have to worry about food.”
After thinking a moment, Han Cheng decided to add food to the “wages.”
This way, the Wind Tribe and the Neighboring Wind Tribe could send more able-bodied adults to build roads for their tribe.
By building roads for their own tribe, they not only get free meals but also earn essential daily supplies like salt and food, which is a great benefit.
As a result, the Bronze Expressway can be constructed more quickly.
The manpower saved in their own tribe can continue working on tasks like weeding, farming, and metal smelting to produce material goods.
The value they create this way exceeds the cost of employing these people.
Besides these advantages, this arrangement also significantly strengthens the relationship between the two tribes and their own.
If, in the process, the workers come to realize that working for their own tribe yields more food and a better life than hunting and gathering, that would be even better.
This way, their tribe could gain a long-term and stable group of hired workers.
After the Bronze Expressway is completed, they could continue mining in their own Copper Mountain mines to earn more resources.
With prolonged employment and growing influence from their tribe, joining their tribe would become a natural choice.
Of course, even if they never formally join and remain hired workers, that’s fine because they are still laboring for their tribe’s benefit.
This isn’t some conspiracy; by working as hired laborers, they genuinely improve their tribe’s living standards.
Of course, this is all just Han Cheng’s plan — whether it achieves the expected results remains to be seen over time.
After hearing this, the old primitive man and others were again stunned for a moment, and those from the Neighboring Wind Tribe who had come for the first time were even more amazed.
Previously, they doubted the Wind Tribe’s praise of the Green Sparrow Tribe’s kindness, but now, having truly met the Green Sparrow Tribe, they found its people even kinder than described!
This was truly fantastic news for them!
Back at the Copper Mountain Residential Area, after showing the old primitive man the real road construction and taking the Neighboring Wind Tribe to visit the now-abandoned Flying Snake Tribe caves, Han Cheng arranged for half of the old primitive man to stay and help with the Green Sparrow Tribe’s road building.
The others, led by the old primitive man, returned to their tribe to deliver the great news that the Green Sparrow Tribe not only provided meals during road work and offered salt and pottery, but also provided food.
To prevent the chaos that had occurred when the old primitive man failed to arrive, Han Cheng dispatched Mao and Shang, along with part of the trade team and two individuals from Copper Mountain Residential Area, to escort the old primitive man to the Wind Tribe and the Neighboring Wind Tribe.
Recently, the Wind Tribe leader and people were in excellent spirits because, soon, their tribe members would return with delicious salt and precious pottery.
These salt and pottery were no longer exchanged for their valuable pelts but earned by building roads for the kind Green Sparrow Tribe.
Although the Wind Tribe leader still didn’t fully understand what road building entailed or what the Green Sparrow Tribe required, it didn’t stop him from feeling happy about it.
As for the food the old primitive man brought, the Wind Tribe leader ignored it.
“#￥%?”
The Wind Tribe leader, who returned from hunting with a few strong men but brought back no game, shouted suspiciously at the new people outside the tribe’s cave.
He then ran rapidly towards the cave with the hunters, shouting.
When he got close and saw the old primitive man, he realized it was a false alarm.
This startled the Wind Tribe leader.
Not long after, after shaking hands with Shang and Mao, even greater joy followed…
After the old primitive man accompanied Shang and Mao, along with some from the Neighboring Wind Tribe, toward that tribe, the Wind Tribe leader still hadn’t recovered from his excitement.
Building that kind of road not only meant free salted food but also allowed them to exchange road work for salt, pottery, and food.
This… this sounded more worthwhile than hunting and gathering!
After all, their hunting was very unstable, sometimes going three or four days with no catch.
But they were told that if they worked hard building roads for the Green Sparrow Tribe, they could receive these things every day.
Such an opportunity was truly irresistible.
Unlike the Wind Tribe leader’s excitement, the Neighboring Wind Tribe leader was filled with frustration.
Because their originally inhabited cave had collapsed halfway during their absence.
While clearing the collapsed cave, one minor was bitten and killed by a venomous snake.
In addition, their hunting luck was poor, often returning empty-handed.
Since migrating back from the north, the tribe had barely had enough to eat…
Under such circumstances, it was no wonder the leader felt down.
When some Neighboring Wind Tribe minors were crying from hunger and their leader sighed repeatedly, the old primitive man and several others led Shang, Mao, and the rest to the Neighboring Wind Tribe.
Upon seeing some of their people return so quickly, the Neighboring Wind Tribe leader was not pleased but deeply troubled.
Because food in the tribe was already scarce, their return meant even tighter food supplies.
His distress didn’t last long, replaced by unexpected, intense joy.
The Neighboring Wind Tribe leader, looking at these oddly appearing but lively people before him, was filled with excitement.
He felt this tribe was a blessing for his own tribe!
When their own tribe was losing people continuously due to the cold in the north and could no longer survive there, it was this tribe that killed the evil Flying Snake Tribe.
When they returned to their original homeland with their people, trapped in hardship because of difficulty getting food, this tribe appeared again, bringing such surprising news!
Therefore, the next day, the leader of the Neighboring Wind Tribe arranged for more than half of the tribe’s adults to go together with Shang and Mao to the kind Green Sparrow Tribe.
Some minors from the tribe also went along with them.
The Neighboring Wind Tribe leader intended that while the adults were building roads for the kind tribe, they could eat for free and also obtain some food.
The minors who went with them could then live off the food obtained by the adults.
Gratefully sending off Shang, Mao, and others from the Green Sparrow Tribe, the Neighboring Wind Tribe leader breathed a long sigh of relief, looking at the tribe suddenly missing more than half of its minors, feeling unusually lighthearted.
To encounter such a strong and kind tribe was truly incredible!
When the old primitive man arrived at their own tribe with the Neighboring Wind Tribe people, the Wind Tribe leader looked at the arriving Neighboring Wind Tribe minors with a thoughtful expression.
Shining bright eyes quickly replaced this thoughtful look.
So, as the growing group departed from the Wind Tribe, the number of minors left behind there was also halved…
At Copper Mountain Residential Area:
Looking at the large returning group, and the more than twenty minors of various ages in the group who seemed timid and afraid to even look at him or the tribe, even the experienced Han Cheng was momentarily confused by the scene.
These two tribe leaders were really heartless! How could they send even minors like this?
Using child labor is illegal!
After this confusion lasted for a while, Han Cheng gradually grew excited.
He realized the vast benefits that this arrangement would bring to his own tribe.
Compared to adults, minors who are still gaining knowledge and experience are the easiest to influence.
Moreover, influences received during childhood sometimes last a lifetime and are very deep.
And these minors were being sent to his tribe at just this age.
This was simply a heaven-sent opportunity.
In the coming days, his tribe only needed to treat these minors well, teach them Mandarin, and involve them in road-building, mining, and other activities unrelated to food gathering.
Later, it would be difficult for these two tribes not to be assimilated and absorbed by his own tribe.
Because they would gradually get used to this way of life.
Besides building roads, mining, and infrastructure for his tribe and getting food from them, their skills in directly obtaining food from outside tribes would degrade.
When it came to directly obtaining food from outside, their lifestyle would be far less favorable than building infrastructure for their tribe.
These people would then stay completely!
Previously, when sending Shang and Mao with the old primitive man to the two tribes, Han Cheng worried that some of his ideas might not work.
Now, seeing these minors coming with the adults, that worry vanished instantly.
“Bring out the canned food!”
Having figured things out and in a great mood, the great Divine Child Han Cheng once again invoked the power of canned food.
Two cans of apricot preserves were brought over.
Han Cheng opened the lids and used a bamboo tube spoon, similar to a ladle, to scoop out the contents into small bowls, then smiled kindly and invited the children to eat.
Seeing some minors hesitant and afraid to come forward and eat, the kind Divine Child personally brought the precious pottery bowls — food that the old primitive man had been eagerly eyeing — to them to hold and eat from.
Seeing this kindly smiling person and the precious pottery bowls — usually only used by their leaders in their own tribe — these minors’ initial shyness and fear at being in a completely unfamiliar tribe with so many strangers diminished significantly.
When they tentatively tasted the juice in the precious pottery bowls, their fear immediately vanished without a trace, and a wonderful, never-before-tasted sweet-and-sour flavor surrounded them!
Seeing the minors happily eating the delicious canned food, the adults who were drooling in envy finally relaxed.
Initially, they had worried that bringing the minors might displease the respected Divine Child.
But now, seeing the joyful Divine Child’s attitude toward the minors, they finally put their minds at ease.
At the same time, their goodwill toward the respected Divine Child and the friendly tribe deepened.
After the initial meeting, Han Cheng brought out a wooden board with a carefully thought-out “wage list” he had made during the time Shang, Mao, and others were away.
To make calculations easier, the wages were calculated per 100 meters of road built.
For every 100 meters constructed, the workers could receive a certain amount of salt, pottery, or grain.
To highlight the value of salt and pottery, Han Cheng converted the three items into a ratio of 1:5:50.
That is, for every 100 meters of road built, besides free meals, the workers would receive a big spoonful of salt.
This big spoonful of salt could be exchanged for five normal-sized Green Sparrow bowls and fifty spoonfuls of millet.

Chapter 795: The Green Sparrow Tribe’s Future Infrastructure Team