I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 872, Secrets Will Be Exposed

Translator: Silavin

Yan Jiao and the others all froze hearing this. Everyone looked at each other, exchanging glances.

They kept suspecting they had misheard, because the current Flame Dragon Tribe was already extremely, extremely well off.

Naturally, this was how it seemed in their eyes. Apart from Su Bai, every single person felt the Flame Dragon Tribe was a paradise. A good living environment, three meals daily with meat to eat, and everyone having places to live. Most importantly, everyone no longer needed to risk fetching water from the lake. The Tribe’s internal water pools were sufficient for everyone’s use.

“Shaman, are we truly expanding the Central Market’s size?” Yan Jiao asked first.

“Shaman, didn’t we open up an farmland in the forest? Do we still need to continue opening up more?” Sha Hong asked curiously.

Originally she had been quietly listening from the side all along, but truly could not contain her curiosity.

“Do you think our Tribe will grow larger in the future?” Su Bai didn’t directly answer her question.

“Naturally. If our Tribe continues developing in this manner, we’ll certainly achieve growth.” Yan Jiao answered directly without even thinking. This was also what he often considered during quiet nights.

Was the current Tribe not good? No. The current Tribe was too good, so good that sometimes at night he could not sleep.

Sometimes he could not sleep well at night because this lifestyle was too good. So good he found it somewhat unbelievable. He even feared waking up to find this good life would suddenly disappear. This was what caused his poor sleep.

“Shaman is worried that after our Tribe has more and more people, that food won’t be enough, correct?” Cang Shi’s mind turned.

“Yes. The current food supply matches the distribution, with surplus remaining. Just that these surpluses are all preparing for the rainy season and the snow season.” Su Bai’s index finger lightly tapped the tabletop as he continued. “But if our Tribe suddenly accepts several thousand people, won’t our reserves disappear all at once?”

“Shaman had me keep watching other Tribes’ people. I’ve continuously had people watching.”

Yan Jiao instantly understood, continuing to ask. “Is Shaman worried we’ll accept too many people when the rainy season arrives?”

Previously, Su Bai had Chieftain continuously handle this matter, which was monitoring the Small Tribes around the Flame Dragon Tribe. Because the rainy season was about to arrive, once it came, many Tribes would face annihilation.

This would be the Flame Dragon Tribe’s best opportunity to accept other Tribes, which also meant population would certainly increase.

“Until the rainy season arrives, there are only just over ten days remaining. This also means that after ten-plus days, we’ll certainly need to accept many people.”

Su Bai nodded lightly, looking at everyone and saying: “Although we all exchange labour for food, we can’t possibly not give newly arrived people food and drink, can we?”

“Shaman, I agree with expanding the Central Market.” Sha Hong spoke unhurriedly.

She knew the Shaman definitely was not seeking their opinion. With his authority, he did not need to ask about their opinions.

Calling everyone to hold the Flame Dragon Tribe’s first meeting this time certainly had another meaning.

“Shaman, I wonder how the farmlands should be expanded?” Qing Yan also asked.

He was rather curious about farmland matters, because things produced from farmlands were truly too surprising.

“Although land within the walls is what we’ll use for planning houses in future, we temporarily don’t have enough manpower to construct houses.”

Su Bai slowly drank some tea and continued. “That land is just sitting there anyway. Why don’t we properly utilize it?”

Hearing this, Yan Jiao’s red eyes instantly widened as he asked rigorously. “Does Shaman mean to plan that entire forest into farmlands?”

He did not dare believe it, even more didn’t dare think carefully. If that entire forest was all planned as farmlands, the harvest scale would be astounding.

“Although that land isn’t yet needed, we also don’t need to plan it all into farmlands at once. Besides, we don’t have that many people available to manage it.” Su Bai shook his head without hesitation and continued. “I plan to move all the Tribe’s workshops outside the Tribe, then have the wooden wall’s enclosed range serve only as residential use.”

This was also his decision after careful consideration. If land within the walls would all be used for constructing houses for the Flame Dragon Tribe’s future, this inevitably meant future workshops would certainly grow larger and larger. Otherwise, production volume fundamentally couldn’t keep up.

However, continuously expanding workshops at current locations wasn’t very realistic. This would endanger neighbouring residential houses.

Therefore, he planned to directly relocate workshops outside before they fully expanded in scale.

Afterwards, all areas where workshops moved from would be used entirely for constructing houses. This would become a true central residential district.

“Shaman, this way our secrets will easily be exposed.” Yan Jiao was extremely worried about this point.

Because he knew the Flame Dragon Tribe’s current goods were the most fundamental things for tribal development. If these things leaked out, it meant other Tribes would also develop.

“I’ve naturally considered this point. Don’t worry. Our Tribe’s Warriors and soldiers aren’t pushovers either.”

Su Bai’s face was filled with confidence as he continued. “As long as the patrolling personnel are properly arranged around the workshops, moreover the workshops are all constructed with cement, how would any spy enter?”

This morning he had specifically inquired with Yan Hua and Sha Lan, learning that current soldiers could already completely handle matters independently.

The current several dozen soldiers were equivalent to Warrior Trainee in terms of strength. As long as the appropriate weapon was distributed to them, serving as defensive guards was more than sufficient.

“Shaman, but the rainy season is about to arrive again. We have so many workshops – I’m afraid we can’t move them all out at once.” Yan Jiao continued asking.

He also knew that if workshops moved into the forest, this inevitably meant the scope would also expand, saving the trouble of doing this work again later.

“Temporarily move out the workshops with relatively large production volume first, such as the paper-making workshop and the Linen Workshop. Constructing one or two workshops should be manageable in time.”

Su Bai’s mind rapidly turned as he continued instructing: “For relatively confidential ones like the glass workshop, hold off for now.”

“Understood. I can slow down manpower for cement house construction and have them first handle workshops outside the forest.” Yan Jiao nodded thoughtfully.

He still knew matters’ importance and sequence. Current houses were certainly sufficient for everyone’s residence. The urgent task was constructing workshops.