Chapter 52: The Hidden Crisis of the Xia Tribe
On the second day after the city wall was built, a group of people from the Qingyan tribe came over to trade under the leadership of Qing Niu. This time the ore they brought was only half of the last time.
During the entire transaction, Qingniu didn't even say a word, including the people who came with him. After the transaction was completed, the group of people carried the fish on their backs and were about to leave. Seeing this, Iwa quickly stopped the group.
"Brother Qingniu, wait a minute."
Hearing this, a cunning light flashed in Qingniu's eyes, and then a sad look appeared on his face.
"It's not that we don't want to trade more with the Xia tribe, it's just that our Qingyan tribe really doesn't have much ore. If there is no ore, we won't be able to exchange food with your Xia tribe. Our leader is worried about this matter."
After saying that, Qingniu still pretended to sigh.
This guy thought I was calling him because the quantity of ore I was trading was low. Pan felt calm in his heart. Qingniu seemed to be complaining about himself, but in fact he was threatening himself.
If the Qingyan Tribe runs out of ore, then it will stop trading with the Xia Tribe. It will be up to you what you will do when the ore is gone.
Thinking clearly about the joints, I laughed in my heart.
Others don't know it, but he knows it. Currently, the copper ingots smelted by the tribe have been piled up in more than 20 warehouses. It's ridiculous that the Qingyan tribe is being clever and mixed some stones that don't seem to contain copper ore, but in fact
, the copper content of these ores is higher than that of ordinary copper ores.
Pan sneered in his heart, for such a big mountain, you can dig it out as soon as you say it is done. Are you trying to fool a fool?
That's what he thought, but there was a worried look on Pan's face, "Then your tribe's food should be running out soon, right?"
What do you mean? Didn't this guy understand what I meant?
Qing Niu was startled for a moment, then sighed again and said, "No, seeing that the food is about to be eaten up, it's not that, we finally managed to gather so much ore, so we hurried over to trade.
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In fact, Qingniu's words are nonsense. Not to mention that the copper ore dug out by the Qingyan tribe is piled as high as a mountain. The cattle and sheep in their tribe alone are enough for them to last for a month.
Since the beginning of winter, the Qingyan tribe has been killing people non-stop. There is no way, this winter is really too cold, and not all tribes can think of ways to make earth dragons in their residences.
Fortunately among the misfortunes, those who froze to death were only old people and infirm people, and the warriors in the tribe did not lose too much. The large loss of population made it possible to eat the food that was not much in the first place for a longer period of time.
"That's really great...No, I mean that's really unfortunate." Pan wanted to slap himself, but he accidentally said what was in his heart.
"If nothing happens, we'll leave first. The tribe is still waiting for us." Qingniu turned around and left.
Seeing this, Pan quickly stopped him: "Brother, please stay!"
"What else?"
Pan replied: "That's right. Didn't Brother Qingniu want to trade sledges with our tribe before? Our clan leader agreed."
Qingniu was happy when he heard this, but he still pretended to be regretful and said: "That's really unlucky. Our tribe has already dug out all the ore."
Pan smiled and said: "Who said we are going to trade ores? Our clan leader said that as long as you agree to trade, you can exchange for a sledge at the price of two hundred baskets of stones."
Xia Qi’s beginning
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It is said that each sledge should not be less than 50 baskets of rocks, but here it was four times as much.
"Really?!" Qingniu asked suspiciously.
If it were in the past, if someone told him that he was willing to exchange things for a pile of broken stones, he would kill Qingniu and not want to believe it, but this scene just happened.
Pan said seriously: "It really can't be true anymore."
"Our clan leader also said that he is willing to trade with your tribe at the price of ten baskets of stones in exchange for one basket of fish."
Qingniu still doesn't know that the Xia tribe is building a city wall. He just thinks that the Xia tribe has gone crazy. Although he doesn't know that there will be no such store after passing this village, he also knows that if he misses this opportunity, it will happen.
If you regret, there is no place to regret.
"I can't make the decision on this matter. I need to go back to the tribe and tell the clan leader."
Although Qingniu believed that his leader would not refuse such an offer, he could not make the decision on behalf of the leader, otherwise the consequences would be serious.
Pan nodded and said: "It should be."
After Qingniu and his party left, Panma walked around the construction site without stopping. At this time, the total number of people participating in the construction of the city wall had reached more than 1,500 people. There was no way, who made the conditions offered by the Xia tribe too tempting?
At this time, a huge trench eight meters wide, about two kilometers long, and as deep as a bear had been dug at the construction site, but these people were still digging downwards.
According to Xia Qi, the digging should be at least as deep as two bears. He also said that it was to prevent someone from digging tunnels and entering the city from underground. Although he didn't understand it, Pan still carried out Xia Qi's task very well.
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The patriarch of the family has done many things that people don't understand, but in the end, it has been proven that the things the patriarch did are extremely correct.
The engineering team is currently working on the south side of the camp, and Qingniu entered from the north gate of the camp, so they don't know that the Xia tribe leader has embarked on such a large project.
It is worth mentioning that because Daxia Lake is still located in the south, the inner city cannot be built. The original camp can only be built into a structure similar to an urn city based on the original camp wall.
At that time, this place can be turned into a commercial area and a place for trading with other tribes. At that time, people from other tribes can even spend the night here.
The city wall was very busy, but Xia Qi was a little worried.
In less than two days, the construction team has reached more than 1,500 people. Maybe there will be more than 2,000 people by tomorrow. But this number of people is not enough to reach the three-thirds of the total number of tribes outside.
one part.
While these foreign tribes are joining the Xia tribe one after another, there are still new tribes gathering there. If all these people are absorbed, Xia Qi can't even imagine what the Xia tribe will eventually expand into.
But the problem is that if all these foreign tribes are annexed at once, not to mention the food pressure it will bring, the impact caused by the friction of those foreign tribes will be enough for Xia Qi to drink a pot.
But if the Xia tribe allows those tribes to gather, tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people may eventually gather there, and they will all be young and strong.
At that time, if someone else raises his hand, he can bring all those tribes together and take advantage of people's hatred towards the Xia tribe to launch an attack.
At all times, on average, the people of the Xia tribe have to fight against up to ten people each. Even if the Xia tribe has the most advanced weapons and equipment of this era, it is impossible to win. Even if they win, it will be a misfortune.
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win.
When the time comes, the Xia tribe, whose vitality is severely weakened, will either surrender to the Qingyan tribe or find a new camp.
As a player, it is absolutely impossible for Xia Qi to accept surrendering to the characters in the game, and Xia Qi is unwilling to find a new camp again.
Therefore, in order to avoid all the above things from happening, Xia Qi had to think of a compromise, which was to build a city wall.
Giving hope to the foreign tribes by building a city wall not only avoids the problems caused to the tribes by suddenly annexing the foreign tribes, but also prevents the people of the foreign tribes from falling into a desperate situation, which ultimately leads to a lose-lose outcome for both parties.
But the problem is that as the population continues to increase, the food in the tribe is also rapidly decreasing.
Xia Qi once asked Pan and Bailang and others that the winter here lasts four to six months. He predicted that this year's winter might be even longer. It has only been entering winter for only more than two months. With the tribe
Judging from the current food, it is simply not enough to last until winter.
Of course, this is when the cattle, sheep and horses are out.
But these livestock Xia Qi are of great use, and he is not willing to eat them as food.
Therefore, Xia Qi decided to go back to his old business and hunt some prey in other players' worlds.
But this time Xia Qi doesn't plan to lead the team himself. The affairs in the tribe are becoming more and more heavy, and Pan has to be responsible for the Qingyan tribe and the construction of the city wall. If he leaves all other things to Pan, he is really afraid of Pan.
Finally, I gave up my career.
As for the bear, I will stay with him at home this time.
This guy is full of thoughts about causing trouble. If Xia Qi is here, he can still suppress him. If he is asked to lead the team to another world, then he has to be like Erha and let go?
Looking for people to fight all over the world, he is afraid that by then he will even forget about the mission assigned to him by Xia Qi.
At present, Xia Qi has three top generals under his command. Xiong is stubborn and Pan is too busy to touch the ground. Apart from these two people, he is the only one left behind.
Compared with the bear, the white wolf is much more stable. Xia Qi hired the leopard as his deputy, so that the risk can be minimized.
Leopard was once the leader of a tribe and had rich management experience.
"Clan leader, don't worry, I will definitely complete the task you assigned me!" Bai Lang assured Xia Qi, patting his chest.
The white wolf was filled with excitement. Ever since the bear came back from the outside world, he would wear a bearskin coat and hang out in front of the white wolf from time to time, which made him feel that the dire wolf skin that he had always regarded as a treasure no longer smelled good.
In particular, the bear often babbled in front of the white wolf, saying that he had followed the clan leader, killed many wild wolves, fought with brown bears and black bears, etc., which made him almost bored to death.
Now that it was finally his turn and he was leading the battle alone, could he not be excited?
Leopard was also full of excitement. Although Xia Qi treated everyone equally after surrendering to the Xia tribe, Leopard could feel that there was a gap between him and the old man of Xia tribe. This time was the best time for him to eliminate the gap, so
He also hurriedly expressed his loyalty to Xia Qi and said:
"I will definitely follow the clan leader's instructions and complete the mission together with Commander White Wolf!"
Commander, this is a new title that is different from clan leaders and leaders. Currently, the Xia tribe only has three commanders, namely Xiong, Bailang, and Pan.
It exactly corresponds to the three troops of the Xia tribe.
To a certain extent, these three people are the first in the army after Xia Qi.
Chapter completed!