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In the autumn of this year, Ji Mo's tribe received an invitation from the big tribe. It was said that they wanted to discuss something together, and the tribes all said that it was probably because the big tribe wanted to do something again.

Generally speaking, the youth and strength of a tribe are limited. During times of disaster, holding a group to keep warm is not only a way for everyone to get together to take care of each other, but also has the advantage of having more people and greater strength. Everyone gathers together to hunt , Even if you encounter wolves, you are not afraid.

However, the large tribes have more people than each other, and they all have independent cavalry. Logically speaking, they don't need to gather together to keep warm like the small and medium tribes. Their manpower is enough to do anything.

"Maybe there's going to be a war."

This is Ariel's analysis, which sounds shocking, but Ariel who is speaking is only judging by experience, there have been such things before.

Experienced people can judge whether it will be easy in winter through the situation in autumn. If it is difficult, they will make some preparations in advance. Just as planters will care about the results of autumn harvest, they will also care about autumn. Are there enough reserves for winter use?

If it is not enough, the farming people may try to cut down on food and clothing, or try to save money before winter comes, but the nomadic people will find ways to rob, snatch, and harvest more things from those farming peoples to satisfy their own tribes. Necessary for winter.

This kind of "war" happens every few years, not to mention the small ones on weekdays, but for such a big one, all the tribes will be notified as much as possible, and those who can send manpower will send manpower, and those who can't Some sheep and horses can also be supported, just like the apportionment of the people below, it will not work if you don't listen to orders.

The more humane point is that the specific amount of apportionment needs to be discussed by the patriarch. In other words, it is the process of another patriarch bringing gifts to pay tribute.

Because it is far away from the big tribe it belongs to, there are not many good things sent there, and it is very dedicated to be able to do it once a year. The tribute for this year was brought by Cangfeng. To receive such an invitation, the clan must send someone to go there again.

"I'll go."

The people of the big tribe left after passing the letter. When the patriarch was discussing things, he called all the tribesmen, specifically the men in the tribe, and asked who would go, and asked if he could bring out something to pay tribute to, Lang Ge took the initiative to invite Ying to go, but the tribute was a headache.

The previous tributes had already been supplied by the clan with great difficulty. If they wanted to pay again, it would be impossible. Many clan members expressed their dissatisfaction with this, shouting: "Should we let us live?"

"Patriarch, we really can't produce any more, otherwise we might die this year."

Last year, there were quite a few dead people in some tribes. The old man starved himself to death for his son not to eat. The situation of small tribes has always been miserable. They are better than middle tribes, at least they can still have meat. Eat, but for others, it is said that they don't even have to eat grass roots. In order to survive next year, they will not kill sheep easily.

When a person dies, the sheep will live, and the tragedy can be imagined.

They have all heard about these things. This year's pastures seem to be much more lush because of this, and there are fewer shadows of small tribes. It may be because the number of people is too small that even hungry wolves can't resist, and they all disappeared.

Life and death, these small tribes are like foam on the surface of the sea, bursting and regenerating at any time, they are used to it, but they never want to sink to that point.

The tent cannot accommodate so many people, so everyone gathered outside, in the open space between the tent and the tent. When it comes to this matter, the female family members who care about each family can also gather around the outer circle to watch, and children are also willing to join in Between the legs of these adults, I listened to topics that they were not really interested in, and watched the changes in the faces of these adults.

The noise of the hustle and bustle was like a mess, which made the patriarch's head so loud that he finally stopped them and asked how to deal with it. If they did not accept the invitation, they would turn against the big tribe. Since the big tribe wanted to Fighting a war, I don't mind killing a few disobedient tribes to sacrifice to heaven before setting off.

In fact, this kind of sacrifice to the heavens would happen almost every time before a war. The conflicts between the various tribes determined that when they had a chance to attack, they would definitely be more vicious than wolves.

Absence is not acceptable, and if you go, you have to bring tributes other than tributes, which undoubtedly empties the private collections of small and medium-sized tribes in disguise.

It is equivalent to bringing your own dry food to go to war, and then you can distribute the spoils.

Ji Mo had never experienced such a scene. He followed Hong Chou and stood on the periphery, watching with enthusiasm. Hong Chou kept frowning, putting himself in the situation, and seemed to be able to understand who he should hate the most.

If you can't pay more tribute, you will have to send out people. There are people who are keen on fighting and want to share the spoils of war, but there are also people who feel that they should not participate and are thankless.

The meeting time in the afternoon was long enough for these people to fight. The final result was that the patriarch took some people who wanted to fight with them. There were not many things, and it was necessary to cry poorly. of.

Among the slaves, a few healthy male slaves were selected, and among the female slaves, a few young and beautiful ones were selected. The patriarch's wife personally selected some of them, regardless of their crying and whimpering, and directly picked some out, and tied their hands with leather ropes. Heading out with the team tomorrow.

There was also a small episode here, Lange left behind a female slave, who seemed to like it very much, the wife didn't blame her, and took advantage of the opportunity to change the candidate.

Ji Mo didn't know about these things that happened in the patriarch's tent. He only read the first half, and then came back to continue contacting the carving, changing the completed works into other styles, and the materials for carving became less and less. It was also getting more and more strenuous, and I kept hanging my head, feeling that my neck couldn't bear it anymore. When I looked up, I saw Ariel coming back happily, which was a little strange.

"Our family is going to send someone out. You, aren't you a sculptor? Why don't you go to the big clan? I've already told the clan leader that I'll just send you there."

Ariel didn't know how to go to war. Many people thought that going to the south would be as exciting as hunting, but he knew that not a lot of them died, but few people cared about them.

If he didn't go, he wanted to sell it to the patriarch, and tried to get Ji's mother out, so Ariel thought of Hong Chou. In his eyes, what Ji Mo said about his master before was completely deaf to his ears, but Hong Chou knew how to make ironware. , some troubles, he didn't think that Cangfeng would continue to make troubles or something, but he just felt that those things last time, without Hongchou, would not have happened at all.

He is the person who hates trouble the most. In this case, if this trouble is sent away, everything will be easy. Originally, he didn't think there was any benefit in having one more private slave, and he wanted to share the tent with others. , really annoying.

When Hong Chou was stared at by A Lie, his heart tightened. He was not too surprised when he heard this sentence. He had already felt that A Lie actually didn't like him very much. The reason is hard to guess.

In this regard, A's family understands A Lie's thoughts, and she doesn't have a good impression of Hong Chou. It's just that the male slave doesn't look groveling. It's another thing to have a child, but not take care of the child at all.

When Lange came to drink last time, he said how Hong Chou looked at Ji Mo. A few words made A's family very dissatisfied. She understood the unwillingness of these slaves, but she couldn't bear their restlessness. He is also not used to having a slave in the tent, and his desire to drive him away is exactly the same as that of Ariel.

Compared with these two, Ji Xin disliked Hong Chou even more. He didn't agree with his younger brother's sculpting from the beginning. He acquiesced, and he relaxed a little here, but he always thought in his heart that this matter was actually caused by Hong Chou.

He stayed with Ji Mo all day long, and he didn't know what he did to deceive Ji Mo so much that he didn't learn well.

At this time, Ji Xin is like an eccentric parent. My younger brother does not learn well, it must be taught by the people around him, and the people around him are Hong Chou.

Hong Chou was wronged by this scapegoat, but no one cared whether he was wronged or not. All three of the family of four believed that Hong Chou should be sent away. A Lie did such a beautiful thing.

Ji Mo was a little shocked, looking at Ariel in astonishment, and never thought how this father suddenly made such a fortune. Where is the causality and logical relationship in it?

And the patriarch agreed to this matter, which also made Ji Mo feel puzzled. He didn't expect the patriarch's concerns. The ironware incident last time wasn't too much trouble, but because of Cangfeng's loud voice and subsequent complaints, the matter In the end, it was still publicized. If this kind of talent who knows how to make iron tools stays in the tribe, what is going on?

The tribe does not have the conditions to cast iron, but there is a person who is easy to associate with melon fields and plums. If the big tribe finds out, can there be good fruit to eat?

The wind on the prairie has not only grown legs, but also ears and mouths. There will always be someone who will spread the news to the big clan. For various considerations, Ariel offered to send Hongchou as a tribute. The clan leader is still very satisfied .

"I still want to learn sculpture from Master, and I can't send Master away."

Even knowing that the matter had been approved by the patriarch and it was a foregone conclusion, Ji Mo still fought hard.

"Master or not, it's just a male slave. If you like it, I'll find you a good one later." Ali didn't care, he did it with great difficulty, and he was praised by the patriarch, so he didn't care about Ji Mo This is contradictory.

Seeing that Ji Mo wanted to say more, Ji Xin directly covered his mouth and took him out. When he passed by Hong Chou, he gave him a look, and Hong Chou followed him out of the tent. Ji Mo put it down.

"Brother, I don't want Hong Chou to be sent away. I haven't finished learning sculpture from him yet."

Ji Mo tried to intercede with Ji Xin.

Ji Xin glanced at him and said, "You don't want people to leave, you ask, does he want to leave or stay?"

Hong Chou, who received Ji Xin's gaze, had a rare smile and said, "I've taught you everything I can teach you, and the rest is up to you to become proficient yourself. You remember what I taught, with me and without me." It's all the same, I'm useless here, if I go to a big tribe, maybe I can still be reused and have a good result."

Hong Chou thought about it very much. At this age, everything is gone. What can't you think about it?After saying this to Ji Mo, he turned around and left, letting Ji Mo call "Master" behind him, and he didn't look back. He stayed with the other slaves who were about to be sent out that night, and never returned to Ariel's place. tent.