He thought that he needed to find more people.
But it was difficult to accomplish.
Heading west, the geographical environment was harsh, sparsely populated, and it might take a month to find a living person.
The current priority should be to develop the known areas and existing population.
What can be achieved with a population of five thousand?
These are populations scattered across more than a hundred settlements.
Each settlement has twenty to thirty people, surrounded by endless wilderness.
It's incredibly desolate.
If agriculture does not develop, he cannot gather them; for now, hunting and gathering remain their main food sources.
The main entertainment in their lives is also hunting and gathering.
Ma Lin knew that some young people now like to visit other settlements and then go hunting together.
Is hunting interesting?
Yes.
