In half a year, the military strength of the Dragon Nest Tribe has seen a leap in improvement, without much neglect in civil affairs.

Firstly, with the successful smelting of bronze, various bronze axes, bronze hoes, bronze knives, and so forth have been successively crafted. Equipped with qualified metal tools, the Beastmen have completely abandoned the previously used stone axes and other such crude and fragile tools.

With the help of metal tools, the efficiency of the Beastmen in clearing and farming the land has greatly improved.

In the past, chopping down a tree might take more than half an hour. Now, an ordinary Beastman wielding a bronze axe can fell it in less than ten minutes. Additionally, the robust and durable bronze tools no longer require the cautious care that stone tools once did, avoiding damage and delays in the work schedule.

The result of the greatly improved efficiency in clearing land and farming is that, with the passage of the first half of the year, the cultivated land within the entire Dragon Nest Tribe has surpassed ten thousand acres.

The large-scale farming led to significant yields, coupled with the recent migration of numerous animal herds. The Dragon Nest Beastmen frequently hunted outside and cleared Giant Beasts, collecting a great deal of meat. Consequently, the granaries of the entire Dragon Nest Tribe are now full. Even if the tribe does nothing at all, the stored supplies are enough to sustain the entire Dragon Nest Tribe for half a year.

However, while the vast tract of land was being cultivated, it also brought quite a few management challenges. Some of the cultivated lands are quite far from the Dragon Nest Base. To manage the lands better, the Dragon Nest Beastmen built one or two simple wooden huts next to the fields for resting during regular work breaks.

Apart from land cultivation, other internal affairs have also seen significant development.

Firstly, the livestock sector has achieved substantial prosperity.

In the first month after the end of the cold winter, due to a population surge in the tribe, the stored grain was nearly exhausted. Also, the kudzu and other staple crops planted in the fields could not be harvested in the short term. Thus, the entire Dragon Nest Tribe experienced a period of food shortage.

Fortunately, as the weather warmed and everything rejuvenated, the boars and rabbits huddled in hibernation during the cold winter in the livestock pens began to grow fat quickly with abundant food, significantly contributing to the tribe's food supply. Additionally, the forest's revival brought many wild animals out, and the Beastman Legion engaged in intense hunting of wild beasts and Giant Beasts, bridging the gap until the first season of kudzu was harvested.

The importance of raising wild boars and rabbits was thus highlighted. Moreover, as migrating herds continuously passed by, the Dragon Nest Beastmen, besides killing adult beasts, also brought the young back to the tribe for domestication in the pens.

With the addition of many young animals and the natural growth and reproduction of animals within the pens, the scale of livestock raising has expanded significantly. When the migration of herds halts, the livestock scale will be enough to provide substantial meat for the tribe.

Meanwhile, in addition to the domestication of meat livestock like boars and rabbits, the previously domesticated wild cattle scale has also increased.

The initial group of several hundred wild cattle has been entirely tamed by the Minotaurs. Due to the land clearing work and the introduction of bronze plows, various agricultural tasks have also seen considerable speed improvements.

Moreover, the domesticated wild cattle have played a significant role in the transportation duties of the Dragon Nest Tribe.

In places like the Kawa Great Forest, naturally, there aren't smooth roads. The distance from the Copper Mine Base to the Dragon Nest Tribe isn't close, with a rugged mountain path spanning about ten to twenty kilometers between them.

When smelting copper at the Copper Mine Base, materials like charcoal can be sourced locally, but food needs to be transported from the Dragon Nest Base to the Copper Mine Base. Additionally, the crafted various copper items, such as tools, armor, weapons, and so on, need to be transported back to the Dragon Nest Base.

The entire Copper Mine Base has over a thousand Beastmen engaged in bronze-smelting production work, requiring substantial quantities of consumable goods like grains. Bronze itself is heavy, and transporting large numbers of bronze tools over distances of ten to twenty kilometers would require significant manpower if only done manually. However, now with domesticated wild cattle, it's different.

Wild cattle are extremely strong animals with formidable endurance and stamina. Using them for transportation has greatly eased the burden on the Dragon Nest Beastmen, freeing many from such heavy manual labor.

Austin noticed the excellent transport capabilities of the wild cattle, leading to plans for a forest expedition to establish bases for production activities. But with the emergence of zombified spirits, the original plans were shelved.

However, this does not mean the work of domesticating wild cattle has stalled. Given the recurring emergence of mutated evil spirits and zombies, Austin has already planned a contingency route, and during relocation, domesticated wild cattle will naturally be the main transport force.

Thus, during this period, the resources of the Dragon Nest Tribe have instead focused to some extent on the domestication of wild cattle.

The domestication of boars, rabbits, wild cattle, and other animals has yielded certain results. Meanwhile, in January, immediately after the cold winter ended, the Dragon Nest Beastmen began experimenting with fish farming.

After three months of preparation during the cold winter, the Dragon Nest Beastmen produced a large amount of kudzu rope. Using these kudzu ropes, they wove cage-like structures and placed them in lakes and reservoirs, followed by the harvesting of fish and concentrating on fish fry farming.

Fish farming is still in the exploratory stage, and figuring out which fish species are suitable for concentrated farming requires constant experimentation. Although the concept of cage fishing was relatively mature in Austin's previous life, he only knew the basic idea without the detailed information, necessitating continuous testing of many techniques. Hence, no satisfying yield is yet seen.

However, if the cage fishing project succeeds, the kudzu produced from farming will have a considerable recycling consumption method. Once farming is successful, it can yield a large quantity of fish resources, creating a new source of food.

Given the current situation, after half a year of fish farming, some progress has been made, providing a portion of the tribe's fish food supply regularly each month.

As long as the farming methods and fish species continue to improve, cage fishing will inevitably become another major food source for the Dragon Nest Tribe.

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