I've been transported to the orc continent.

Chapter 183 Taming Beasts

They moved all their belongings into the new house, and the kang (heated brick bed) was almost dry enough to sleep on, but Bai Ling and Feng didn't move into the new house immediately.

They plan to wait for Cang and Chen to return before moving into the new house together.

They are a family, so since they are going to live in a new house, they should move in together.

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Bai Ling and the beastmen made the millstone. He then used rope, animal hide, and wood to make a rope head that could be hung around the neck of the kengchi beast. A rope was then attached to the rope head, which could be connected to the wooden yoke on the millstone, so that the kengchi beast could pull the millstone.

Bai Ling poured the soybeans onto the millstone, then led the huffing beast forward.

The beast was completely unruly. As soon as the rope was put around its neck, it began to thrash about, its head, which resembled that of a deer, held high as it struggled to break free from Bai Ling's grasp.

But Bai Ling held the rope tightly, giving it no chance to struggle.

He pulled the beast forward with all his might, but the beast stood still, raising its two front hooves high and then charging forward quickly after they landed.

Bai Ling gripped the rope tightly with both hands, his feet firmly planted on the ground, refusing to move. The beast tried its best to run forward, but couldn't get out.

Just as the man and the beast were locked in a stalemate, a beastman stepped forward and helped Bai Ling pull on the rope, making it even harder for the beast to move.

Bai Ling called out again, "Bring the prepared grass over and place it in front of it."

As soon as Bai Ling shouted, a tall orc walked over. He was holding a handful of grass and stood not far from the Hungchi Beast. When the Hungchi Beast saw the grass, it struggled less.

After being fed for a period of time, the Hungchi Beast is no longer afraid of the beastmen. When a beastman walks up to it with grass in his hand, the Hungchi Beast is no longer as frightened as before and immediately runs away. Instead, it either goes up to eat the grass in the beastman's hand or stays still.

In order to tame the Kengchi Beast, Bai Ling did not feed it grass this morning. Now that there is a large bunch of fresh green grass in front of it, the Kengchi Beast's eyes are fixed on it.

The tall orc moved the grass in his hand closer to the gnawed beasts and waved it in front of them. The gnawed beasts not only stopped struggling, but also took a step toward the tall orc.

Bai Ling also took a step forward, while the tall orc took a step back.

And so Bai Ling and the Hungchi Beast walked forward, while the tall beastman retreated, and the millstone slowly began to turn.

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The tall orc was still ahead, and the huffing beast stretched its neck to reach the grass, but could never quite reach it.

Bai Ling led the huffing beast, turning it round and round, the millstone creaking and groaning. Beside the millstone stood a beastman who used a broom made of wild grass to sweep the beans that had rolled to the edge back to the millstone.

After several rounds, the soybeans on the millstone had already split into pieces.

There aren't many orcs left in the tribe now; there are only orcs who make millstones, old orcs who can't go out to gather resources, and relatively young children and cubs.

They all stared wide-eyed as the beast obediently circled, but their thoughts differed.

The old man and the adult orcs had more joy and contemplation in their eyes. It turned out that wild beasts could not only be eaten, but also help the orcs with their work. Besides pulling the millstone, could the Hungchi Beast do other work? For example, plowing and sowing, as Ling mentioned. If it could do both, it would be a great help to the orcs.

The children and cubs were full of wonder. They found it extremely interesting. Why was the Kengchi Beast going around and around in circles? Was it playing a game with the adults?

This game is so much fun, I wish they could play it too.

Bai Ling only brought half a basket of soybeans, and it didn't take long to grind them. Just as Bai Ling said, food ground with a millstone is coarser than food ground with a stone mill, but it is much faster.

The soybeans were all ground, and the tall orc handed the green grass in his hand to the Hungchi Beast. The Hungchi Beast immediately lowered its head and began to chew it heartily.

This is only the first step in taming the Kengchi beasts. It will likely take a long time to make them more obedient and turn them into good helpers for the beastmen.

However, having made a good start, the rest shouldn't be too difficult. Sooner or later, the Hungry Beast will become a great help to the Orcs.

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In the following time, Bai Ling led the beastmen to make stone mills. The beastmen who were learning from him had already gained experience, so they made stone mills faster. After the stone mills were made, Bai Ling also made flails and wooden shovels, which would come in handy when the crops were harvested from the fields.

After all this was done, Bai Ling sent some of the orcs from other tribes back home.

Some of these orcs learned how to build kang beds, others how to dry adobe bricks, and still others had been working with Bai Ling to make stone tools. They had all mastered these skills and were ready to return to their tribes.

After they return, they can start drying adobe bricks and building kang (heated brick beds). They can also start making millstones and stone mills so that when winter comes, the orcs from the surrounding tribes can all live in caves with kang and grind food with millstones and stone mills.

The orcs from these tribes refused to leave. The oldest of them said, "Ling, our chieftain told you that we were to help out here until autumn. It's not autumn yet, so we can't go back."

"Yes, that's what we agreed on. If we go back now, wouldn't we be breaking our promise as orcs?"

“We’ll wait until autumn to go back. Your tribe still has a lot of work to do. If we go back, who will do the work for you?”

"We need to wait a while before going back; we don't want to go back now."

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The beastmen were unwilling to go back because their clan leader had agreed with Bai Ling that they would leave after autumn. It wasn't autumn yet, so how could they go back?

Wouldn't that make them orcs who break their promises? Orcs who break their promises are despised by all orcs.

Bai Ling waved his hand, and all the orcs quieted down, their eyes turning to Bai Ling, eager to hear what he had to say.

Bai Ling said loudly, “Everyone, although your clan leader asked you to help out here until autumn, he didn’t say you couldn’t go back halfway. Go back now, dry the adobe bricks, build the kang (heated brick bed), and make the stone mill and roller. After you’ve finished all that, it’s not too late for you to come back.”

“It takes time for the adobe bricks to dry, for the kang (heated brick bed) to be made, and for the millstone and grinding stone to be crafted. If you wait until autumn to go back, what if these things aren’t finished before winter comes?”

"Just listen to me. Go back now and come back to help me when you're done."

"Besides, you've been here the whole time, don't you miss your families?"