Chapter 341 Interests
As soon as the old patriarch said this, let alone Bazhu, the daughter of the tribe, even the tribes around him were dumbfounded, and they all looked like they couldn't figure it out.
On this point, the vast majority of villagers and Bazhu have the same views. That is, the high priest is a mountain pressing on their heads. As long as they move this mountain, they can see the blue sky and live a happier life.
This is also the reason why someone could stand up and respond immediately after a clamor. Because they do have this desire, they will naturally seize that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
But now the old patriarch's words can't get them upside down? It's still wrong to resist the high priest. Are we really meant to be so oppressed and exploited by the high priest?
The villagers in Dulongzhai couldn't help but communicate with the outside world, and many people had also seen the world outside.
Unlike those tribesmen who have been disconnected from the Poison Dragon Village who have been left outside. After seeing the outside world, they are willing to come back. Except for the fact that there is no place for them to live in the outside world, a large part of the reason is because of their feelings.
No matter what, this is home, hometown, and the most familiar place in their lives. This innate nature will make them have a different feeling for this place.
But this does not mean that this feeling can be defiled in any way without fading.
The old patriarch's words undoubtedly hurt their feelings. No matter how ignorant they are and never read much, they will not take this oppression and exploitation as a matter of course.
So many people were watching the old patriarch helplessly and planned to hear him say something. But if he couldn't give any reason to convince the public at this time, then it would be a betrayal of the family. At least, a large number of people would be completely disappointed with the village and choose to leave this place that made them sad.
Although it is hard to give up your hometown, you must consider survival first. If even survival is a problem, then who still has the time to consider what hometown?
The old patriarch also understood that this was a test for him.
After all, he is different from the high priest. The high priest can rely on high pressure to force these tribes to submit, but he cannot. So when he saw that the tribes were already suspicious of their motives, he could only sigh and say so.
"You only remember that the high priest killed us, but never thought that if we had not been protected by the high priest, our Poison Dragon Village would have probably disappeared long ago..."
"How is this possible! Dad, don't be deceived by him!"
"Shut up!"
He glanced at his daughter fiercely. The old patriarch couldn't help but cough violently, but he still signaled the black dragon on his back to put him down.
"I have eaten more salt than you have eaten. Do you really think I'm dizzy and can't even see this clearly?"
"I know, you have a lot of complaints about the high priest. I think our high priest is almost breathless! But the old people in each family can recall that the high priests in the past were like this now?"
"Uncle Gulai, you are the oldest in the village, you say!"
The man named Gulai by the old patriarch is an old man with thin hair, snow-white, and a shriveled mouth that doesn’t even have many teeth left.
He looked quite old, at least in his seventies or eighties, but he was in good spirits. When he heard that the old patriarch was warm, he didn't need the support of his grandchildren beside him. He slammed the big bang in his hand and said with emotion.
"The high priest can't be talked about now... but he and his grandfather are good. Especially his grandfather, who collects herbs and saves people all year round. When the village was in plague, if the old priest hadn't tried the medicine regardless of danger, the Poison Dragon Village would have been gone long ago. I would have to say justice!"
"The high priests are now a bastard. There have not been a few such goods in the Dulong Village in hundreds of years. I admit this, but I cannot say that we can avoid the high priests in the Dulong Village! We can stop worshipping our ancestors! This is our tradition and our custom for hundreds of years! Without the high priests and without the ancestors, what else can we call the Dulong Village? What is the difference between us and other villages?"
"But..."
The old man Gulai's statement was obviously the concept of many older generations in the village. When he said this, many young people looked like they wanted to speak but stopped.
Obviously, they don't think so.
If it weren't for the concern of Gulai's generation. With the complex relationship in the village, he might have been the grandfather of his family. They would have spoken out to refute it. But even though they said that they didn't say anything due to their identity at the moment, their dissatisfaction was clearly written on their faces.
The old patriarch had to consider their ideas. After all, they were the future of the Poison Dragon Village. So he could only say with great sincerity.
"I know that many of the actions of the high priest have hurt the hearts of the tribesmen. I also know that the tribesmen have suffered a lot over the years and endured a lot of grievances. These are all evils committed by the high priest, and I will not defend him. However, Uncle Gulai said that the Poison Dragon Village cannot be without the High priest. It is not because of anything else, but because only the High priest can ensure that the Poison Dragon Village will not be lost!"
"Don't talk first, listen to me!"
As soon as he reached out to stop the young people's movements, especially his daughter's rebuttal, the old patriarch took out his authority and directly held down those different voices.
"I'll ask a question first? Our Dulong Village lasts for four hundred years. Why is no one dared to provoke us for hundreds of miles?"
"It's because our Dulong Village is so powerful that no one of the villages around here knows and is not afraid! They don't dare to offend our Dulong Village if they offend anyone. Even those warlords and drug lords, they don't dare to provoke us!"
"It can be said that only the people from our Poison Dragon Village bully them, and it's not their turn to come to trouble us! And why is this? Is it because the people from our Poison Dragon Village be more brave?"
The first thing he looked at was the capable men holding bows and arrows. As hunters in the village, they were also the most powerful group of Kong Wu in the village. When faced with the problem of the old patriarch, they simply shook their heads.
Everyone is adults, and it’s not that they don’t know what the situation is outside. It may not be a problem to hunt with bows and arrows and bully those thin mountain people, but to fight against warlords and drug lords, they don’t think that muscles and sticks alone can block the fierce firepower of the group.
"Is it based on our witchcraft?"
The old patriarch looked at the wizards who had temporarily surrendered. Facing his eyes, the wizards also smiled embarrassedly and looked polite but embarrassing.
Their witchcraft is at that level. It may be fearful, but to say that it is a bit too high to conquer the idea of a few hundred miles of people and never dare to attack their village.
The answer to this topic is obviously obvious. After looking around for a week, the old patriarch said in a timely manner.
"Our Dulong Village occupies the best water source and land in this vast mountain. Every household has tenants caught from outside to help cultivate and work. The savages in the mountains dare not provoke us. Those rich and powerful drug lords and warlords have always been polite to us and do not violate the river water. What is this? It is because of the protection of the high priest!"
"Without the high priest, who will care about our Dulong Village! Then, let alone the revenge of those mountain people, the drug lords and warlords came over with their soldiers and wanted to occupy our Dulong Village and steal our territory and land. What can we do? Are we fighting hard with them? Can we fight with just a few people?"
Having said that, the tribesmen also understood the painstaking efforts of the old patriarch. Even the young man who had opposed the high priest the most before quietly reversed his concept.
Only Bazhu was still insisting because she never believed that under the shadow of the high priest, their Poison Dragon Village would have any good results. It was nothing more than dying early and late. Since that was the case, she would rather take a gamble.
"Ba, I know your concerns. But have you ever thought that we are willing to let the high priest go, and will the high priest let us go?"
As soon as these words were said, those who were originally somewhat biased towards the old patriarch immediately began to sway again.
They knew very well what the high priest was, and said that he would revenge him without slandering him at all.
If he really let him go now, he might not have any action due to the situation. But he has recovered. Today, those who dare to rebel may not be able to escape the result of being liquidated.
What about the Poison Dragon Village is? That is the future. No one can explain the future. But the high priest's liquidation is a matter of life and death that is close to us. In the face of such a major event, no one dares to show it too vaguely.
People began to discuss and then echoed. When they heard these sounds, the old patriarch frowned, but also covered his mouth and coughed twice.
"I know that everyone can't trust the high priest. If you don't trust the high priest, you must be able to trust me."
When the old patriarch asked this, with his prestige, no one of the tribesmen present would give him any face.
"Of course, you are respected..."
"I was all grown up when you watched me, and I must be trusting you!"
"Old patriarch, you have something to say, everyone believes in you!"
When the old patriarch heard such affirmative answer from the tribesmen, he laughed and said simply.
"Since everyone believes in me so much, I cannot be ashamed of everyone's trust. In this way, I will come up with a solution!"
"That is, after the high priest comes back, we will temporarily ban the high priest from the gate, not allowing him to leave the temple one step further. In this way, until the next generation of high priest is born, we will carefully train him to become the successor of the Poison Dragon Village. I think he will not become the current high priest like a bird!"
"Everyone, what do you think of my idea?"
Chapter completed!