Yao Shu was dejected and took Yao Qing back to his clan.
After leading the clan leader back, several branch leaders immediately came to greet him.
"Clan leader, how did the conversation go?"
Yao Shu did not answer, but asked them, "Have all the dead and injured livestock been taken care of?"
"Of course it's ready," everyone nodded, "It's been marinating and drying. It won't take long before it's ready."
"Patriarch, now is not the time to talk about this,"
The clan leader called everyone here yesterday and made it very clear that they had suffered a great loss from the dead and injured livestock.
Originally, the clan was thinking of raising more livestock next year.
Looking at it now, it is no longer realistic.
Everyone just wants to find some new ways to make a living.
For example, the patriarch said, Su Nianyun's business.
But seeing the patriarch's appearance, everyone immediately became discouraged.
"Clan leader, did the negotiation fail?"
"I just said, how can the Su family do business with our Yao family? It is impossible for us to steal business from the Ye family!"
"I think we should stop raising cattle, sheep and livestock, and stop doing business with the outside cities. Let's just go back to our old business, right?"
"I think it's okay. It doesn't take much effort to raise those things. Why don't we grab them directly? This will save time and effort."
You can just go out and grab some stuff and you can survive the winter. Why bother raising it yourself and selling it yourself?
"This won't work!"
As soon as he heard that several clan leaders had the idea of taking people out to plunder again, Yao Shu immediately stopped them.
"Didn't I say before that going out to plunder is not a long-term solution."
"Patriarch, what is not a long-term solution? Didn't the old team leader lead us to survive in the past? How come it has been so many years since I came to you and it is not a long-term solution?"
Yao Shu glared at the branch leader who spoke most enthusiastically, "You really can stand and talk without pain in your back!"
"What was it like when the old team leader was here?"
"At that time, Fanbang was not yet a thing, and there were no foreign enemies in Mobei. We lived a comfortable life. Although the Su family stopped us when we went out to plunder, we were successful five times out of ten."
"Do you still need me to tell you what's going on now?"
Yao Shu spoke louder and louder, "Four years ago, Fan Bang gathered into Mobei and massacred the Su family. You all saw how ferocious their troops were, right?"
"If Xiao Changfeng, the God of War from Mobei, hadn't taken action to suppress the enemy, the Su family would have been dead, and we would have been next..."
"Earlier, Xiao Changfeng wrote to us specifically to warn us that this time we are dealing with the dangers of Fan Bang. We will not let us make trouble during the war. If we cause trouble for him, Fan Bang will not have to attack us when the time comes. He will be the first to lead his troops to destroy us!"
"Why, how long has it been since then and you have forgotten Xiao Changfeng's warning?"
"This..." Yao Shu crackled a few words, leaving several branch leaders speechless.
Finally, someone couldn't help but whispered, "Well, we can't let our Yao family starve to death like this, right?"
"Actually, I think everyone shouldn't be anxious..."
At this time, Yao Qing, who had been following Yao Shu, finally spoke.
"It's not like Su Nianyun didn't help us. At least, she bought all our dead and injured livestock at the original price..."
"Moreover, she didn't refuse to do business with us. She just said she needed to think about it."
"Think about it? There's no chance if you think about it. It's just an excuse!" Someone figured out Su Nianyun's thoughts.
"If I were from the Su family, I wouldn't help!"
"Don't be discouraged yet, let's wait and wait!" Yao Qing comforted everyone.
For some reason, when he followed the clan leader to meet Su Nianyun, he developed an inexplicable sense of trust in that beautiful woman who didn't look like a Mobei person.
Obviously, they didn't agree to anything, but his intuition was that Su Nianyun would definitely help them with something.
"I heard that Su Nianyun is very beautiful now?"
"Huh?" Yao Qing was stunned when asked by the leader of the Bai tribe, "Where do you start talking about this?"
"Where else to start?" Yao Mingchang, the leader of the Bai tribe, said, "You guys have always been quick to see women. If that woman hadn't been so good-looking, would you be more confident than the leader?"
"Yao Mingchang, what you said is a bit too much. Why am I so blinded by this?"
"You still said no. A few days ago, I met our Shirabu Flower, and she also behaved like this."
Yao Qing said, "Who doesn't like beautiful things? Don't you feel happy when you see beautiful flowers and plants?"
"You just judge my admiration as a blind eye. You are too narrow-minded."
"Or do you simply like Bai Yan and deliberately slander and misunderstand me like this?"
"I didn't misinterpret it, you just..."
Seeing that a white and green clan leader was about to fight, Yao Shu felt like his head was going to explode.
"Okay, you two, what are you doing?"
"Aren't you talking about our Yao family's development plan? Why are you talking about women?"
"Next year, when everyone is starving to death, it won't be too late for you all to go underground to discuss it!"
"Hey, Patriarch, how can you talk like this? Are you cursing us to death?"
"With you group of branch chiefs holding you back, don't worry, I will definitely die before you do. When the time comes, I will be out of sight and out of mind!"
At this time, the clan leaders who had always been at odds with each other would become truly silent.
Everyone sat there, each looking sad.
This year has been easy, but next year, maybe you will really...
At this moment, a gangster reported outside the tent, "Chief, there is a man named Su Ming who brought a group of people outside and said he wants to see you!"
"Su Ming?"
After hearing this name, everyone was stunned.
Yao Qing smacked his lips, "Why does this name sound so familiar?"
Suddenly, he thought that when he and Yao Shu left Su Nianyun's place, he passed by a familiar shadow.
He stood up suddenly, "Why didn't I notice just now? It's Su Ming!"
"What is Su Ming and not Su Ming's?" Everyone was startled by his sudden move.
"It's Su Ming of the Su family," Yao Qing said excitedly, "Su Cheng's son!"
"Su Cheng?"
"It's him!"
If you give me Su Ming's name, no one will know him, but if you give his father's name Su Cheng, then everyone here will know him.
Back then, they were against the Su family and often collided with Su Cheng.
Su Cheng is the most capable subordinate of the Su clan leader.
"What is Su Cheng's son doing here?"
Yao Shu ordered slightly nervously, "Let him come in!"
They met at the General's Mansion in Mobei City, and Su Chengcheng followed the Yao family. Could it be that he had received some order from Su Nianyun?
How could Yao Shu not be excited when he thought of this possibility.
Sure enough, after Su Ming and his men entered the tent, they were so weak that they had no fear of these leaders of the Yao family.
Instead, he said arrogantly, "Call out all your people!"