After leaving Black Rhinoceros Village and walking back to the Leopard Tribe, the taciturn leader Song opened his mouth and asked Haoshan:
"Xiao Shan, why don't you discuss this with me?"
Hao Shan, who was walking side by side, knowingly asked: "Chief, what are we discussing?"
Song took a deep look at Haoshan: "Farming."
Haoshan suddenly realized: "Chief, isn't this a good thing? King Xi has no requirements and teaches us farming techniques for free. What a good thing it is. Learning this skill from yourself will only benefit you, and there will be no harm!"
"Xiaoshan, do you know that free things are the most expensive things in the world?"
Hao Shan asked for advice very respectfully and said: "Please give me some advice from the leader."
Song frowned: "Hey, once we start farming, we need to pay taxes like the people of Xidu. Do you understand that once we accept the benefits of King Xi, we will slowly fall into a situation where we are at his mercy?
It will be difficult to turn back, and we will lose our precious freedom."
Haoshan felt that it made sense, but he quickly waved his hand: "Freedom is too broad. We can't even have enough food and clothing. Ask the tribesmen whether they want freedom or a life with food and clothing.
day."
After saying that, the two immediately looked back at the two tribesmen following them.
The two of them had animal skins wrapped around their waists to hide their shame, and they were naked and barefooted. They were strong, young and strong, and could be considered a type of people with relatively excellent living conditions in the leopard tribe.
When the two tribesmen saw the chief and deputy leaders looking at them, they suddenly panicked, but they still blurted out hesitantly.
"I don't know what freedom is, but I know that people will die if they don't eat or drink, and it will be very cold in winter if they don't have clothes to wear."
"My family's life is not good. If I hunt without harvest, they will starve. I hope everyone can have enough to eat!"
The two tribesmen did not answer Haoshan's question directly, but expressed their feelings from their own perspectives.
The answer is self-evident.
The tribesmen all want to live a prosperous life without having to worry about the next meal every day, and want to have enough food and clothing. As for freedom, no one seems to care too much.
Hao Shan was not surprised by the tribe's answer. He had been one of them and felt the same way. This was also the reason why he could quickly accumulate prestige in the tribe.
But Song was different. He was walking on the road and stopped, looking at his tribesmen in disbelief, his eyes full of confusion and astonishment.
Could it be that I was wrong?
Song has always wanted to lead his people to live a life without restraint, and he has always been proud of struggling to maintain the livelihood of the tribe in the cracks between Xidu and other tribes.
But the tribesmen don't seem to be happy. They want not to starve, not to be cold, and to live a life like the people of Xidu.
Looking at Haoshan and his clan members standing together, full of vigor and energy, Song suddenly felt a sense of twilight and desolation.
Am I old?
Seeing the lonely look on Chief Song's face, Haoshan couldn't bear it. It turns out that Chief Song is indeed a good leader. It's a pity. After hardening his heart, Haoshan said:
"Chief, you might as well think a little longer. King Xi did talk about paying taxes, but he was talking about paying taxes on farmland. Not all clan members pay taxes. Our reclamation of wasteland for farming is also an attempt. If it succeeds, we will have a stable
If we have to waste some labor on our food sources, it doesn’t matter. Don’t think too much. Don’t be too hesitant.”
Song looked at Haoshan with determination, am I short-sighted?
If it were before, Song would have been angry with Hao Shan for his rude words, but when he remembered that Hao Shan had predicted that the Black Rhinoceros would be in catastrophe, and it turned out to be true not long after, he felt extremely ashamed.
Youth is worse than blue. Haoshan's vision and courage are indeed inferior to his.
"Hey, that's all. You have already spoken in front of King Xi. It's a done deal. It's too late to regret it. Xiao Shan, uncle only hopes that you will be cautious in your future actions. You represent the entire Leopard Tribe now. Don't be careless!"
Hao Shan was shocked when he heard this, and understood that the other party meant to hand over authority, so he immediately said respectfully: "Chief, Xiao Shan is a child raised by the tribe. The tribe is more important than my own life. I will not harm the tribe!"
"Um!"
After saying this, he put his hands in front of his hands, the sun was setting, his back was stooped, the hero was old and lonely, walking alone.
Hao Shan followed silently, with no sense of joy on his face that he was about to take over the power. Instead, he felt a little bit unbearable. As he walked, Hao Shan clenched his fists and his eyes became determined.
"I will definitely lead my people to live a good life!"
...
In the evening, the tribal leaders dispersed in a flurry, seeming to be fleeing.
In addition to the Leopard tribe, several other small tribes have also joined the ranks of trial planting rice fields. Most tribal leaders are waiting and watching, and have not made any decisions.
Yao Yun didn't force it. This kind of thing can't be forced. His advantageous father is a clear example. As long as the Leopard tribe succeeds in farming and has a successful example, other tribes will definitely envy it and rush to imitate it.
Yao Yun doesn't need to worry too much when the time comes, as the other tribal leaders will definitely beg him to teach them farming techniques.
Yao Yun prefers others to beg him rather than having a hot face and a cold butt. Of course, Yao Yun doesn't mind if he kneels down and licks her.
After the tribal leaders left, Xidu's army began to sweep away the Black Rhinoceros tribe and collect the spoils of war, while Yao Yun was taking inventory of the battle situation.
In this battle, the four great masters of Qi Refining in the Black Rhino Tribe were annihilated, including one Wu Zhu, and the other 683 Black Rhino tribe members, taking 1,500 prisoners. Twenty-seven people from the Xidu army were killed and two were injured.
One hundred and eighty-six people.
The battle loss ratio between the two sides was very different. To a certain extent, it was a unilateral crushing. Ordinary Black Rhinoceros people were simply not good enough when facing a well-trained professional army. Only a small number of the twenty-seven people killed in Xidu died in ordinary battles.
Most of the tribesmen died at the hands of the Qi Refiners.
Yao Yun was not surprised at all. A strong army is not only made by fighting, but also by eating. The mountain people in the mountains make a living by hunting, and their physical fitness is naturally better than that of ordinary farmers. However, compared with the well-trained standing army of Xidu, it is still not enough.
look.
"Your Majesty, I've found a treasure. Come and take a look." A soldier rushed over to report to Yao Yun.
When Yao Yun heard this, he immediately became happy. He was a layman who liked treasures and so on, so he immediately walked over.
The soldier took Yao Yun to a dark stone cave deep in the cave.
Cang Man and Hu Yi are both there.
"Your Majesty, look, this is the secret treasure cave that the prisoner told me."
Yao Yun took a look and found that the secret room had been opened, revealing the baby's true face!
First, there are pieces of golden stones, large and small, six in total!
"Nugget gold?"
Yao Yun picked up a piece and looked at it, and was immediately stunned. Nugget gold is a gold-rich ore, a kind of natural gold, which is very rare. The quality of gold is not pure, but it is valuable and can be collected as a rare item.
For example, the gold nugget in Yao Yun's hand looks like a turtle at first glance, lifelike. If it were placed in the imperial capital, nobles would be willing to buy it with the same weight of red gold. If the quality was good enough, the price increase would not be a problem.
"nice one!"
Yao Yun started to use the gold nuggets one by one, feeling the weight of the gold nuggets, and felt extremely happy. If these gold nuggets were sold, they would be worth at least a thousand taels of gold.
Yao Yun raised his eyes again to look at the other treasures.
There were a lot of herbs that Yao Yun didn't recognize and a beautifully patterned rhinoceros horn.
Yao Yun simply ignored the herbs and picked up the rhinoceros horn to examine it.
Soon, a look of joy appeared on Yao Yun's face, and he was even more excited than when he found the dog-headed iron before.
"There is a faint fluctuation of vitality, and there is a sense of spirituality. It seems not simple."
"Buzz!"
Yao Yun tested the power of his mind, and the next moment, the rhinoceros horn made a buzzing sound, and then Yao Yun suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart.