From Chief to Ball

Just when they were about to change their tactics and strike sideways, there was a burst of sharp whistles outside and the howling of wolf cubs. Those people seemed to have heard something terrible, and they were too scared to say a word.

Climbing up the low city wall, about 50 or [-] people ran from a distance, leading a few wolves, their hair tied up like myself, but it was not the thunder scarf of the Eyue tribe, but only wrapped in silk strips. Together.

Those few people were a hundred steps away from the city, so they stopped moving forward, and one of them put down the weapon in his hand, and came to the city empty-handed.

The person who came was not very old, he looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, tall and long-armed, extremely strong, and there was also a jade jade hanging on his waist.

He shouted a few words under the city, and said loosely: "He asked, are we the relatives of Huacheng back then?"

Chen Jian said cheekily: "Just say yes."

The person below asked excitedly: "Have you ever seen how many people escaped? If you see them, please hand them over. Our tribe is willing to exchange fifty sheep."

Chen Jian didn't answer directly, but asked, "Who are those people from?"

"It's just a few mining slaves."

"How is a miner worth fifty sheep? Fifty sheep can be exchanged for twenty slaves."

The man below was stunned for a moment, lowered his head as if recalling something, raised his head and said firmly: "My brother said that it is not those miners who are worth fifty sheep, but the tribal law. If he runs away, he will not be punished. The rest of the tribe will follow suit, the tribe will be in chaos, and the laws cannot be called laws."

"Exchanging fifty sheep for the strictness of the tribal law is a warning to those who try to violate the law. It is definitely not something that can be measured by a few sheep."

Chapter 2 Sons and Brothers

Hearing the words of the people in the city, Chen Jian was a little surprised, and asked, "How old is your brother?"

"Born two years earlier than me."

The person below is about the same age as Chen Jian, and his brother is only two years older than him, and it seems that he is less than twenty. If he can say the above words, he is more than enough to be a qualified leader.

The man in the city also found it strange. Before he left the city, he also asked his brother who had just become the leader, if those people fled to other cities, it would be worthless to exchange fifty sheep. I understand, but now I heard the question I asked in other people's mouths, and I couldn't help being surprised.

Chen Jian on the city considered for a moment, and said: "Since they are both Chinese and Hmong, our tribe must entertain them, and please come into the city to drink sweets and sweets together."

"Your tribe also stayed in Huacheng? What's your last name?"

As soon as Chen Jian asked this question, he blushed a little, as if he had pulled a piece of skin on his face. In fact, when Huacheng was established, his tribe was still drinking blood.

In this era, the surname is a kind of birth and glory, symbolizing the achievements of the ancestors or the fiefdom, but now the surname Ji is not even considered as an orthodox Chinese Hmong. Unknown to the tribe.

Sure enough, after Chen Jian mentioned his tribe's surname, the person below said in amazement: "Ji? I have never heard of this surname. My name is Weixi. Our tribe fought with China in the Xirong war. Wei, have you heard?"

When Wei Xi mentioned the tribe's surname, his voice was very loud. It seemed to be a very famous tribe. Chen Jian couldn't say that he hadn't heard of it, so he nodded.

Although he had never heard of the surname Ji, Wei Xi was not too surprised. When he was in Hwaseong, the surnames of each tribe were divided into two types.

One is the surname of the tribe itself, and the other is the surname granted due to meritorious service. Most of the former are tribes who submit to the Huasu Alliance, while the latter is the basic foundation of the alliance.

Although the tribal alliance has been disintegrated, but in some outlying places the lingering prestige still exists, and the cultural influence is even more profound, especially after Weixi saw the beans planted in the fields near Heyin City, he stopped thinking about it.

Chen Jian asked people to lower the suspension bridge, and Wei Xi also asked the people who followed him to lower their bows and arrows. After all, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and the people in the city did not show any malice. They seemed to have their hair tied up and were not worried. He also felt that if he didn't dare to enter the city, the people in the city would underestimate him and Wei's bravery.

Moreover, he has the solid backing of his tribe, and his own tribe is not something other tribes dare to provoke casually. This is the self-confidence of the strong.

He took the lead on the suspension bridge, looking at this small town less than a hundred paces wide, feeling somewhat disdainful in his heart, this tribe seemed very weak, with a population of only a few hundred.

"If those slaves are here, the sheep will be given, but after giving it, you might as well tell your brother to come and let them surrender and pay tribute."

After making a clear distinction between the promise and what to do after the promise, he secretly observed everything he saw.

After meeting with Wei Xi, Chen Jian asked the wolf skin to send Wei Xi to Xia City, let them rest first, and then went back by himself in a while, and asked the clansmen to prepare food and drinks.

After sending Wei Xi away, Chen Jian came to the hut where the seven people were imprisoned, and after closing the door, only Song was left beside him.

The man in silk couldn't help looking at Chen Jian, as if he wanted to ask something but hesitated to speak.

Chen Jian asked directly: "People from your tribe came to you and exchanged fifty sheep. Are you a mining slave? If this is the case, I have no choice but to send you back. Take in other people's slaves at will, and Stealing from others is no different."

The man hurriedly shook his head and said, "I'm not a miner, you have also seen my jade, how can a miner have these things?"

Chen Jian recalled Wei Xi's words before, and asked, "Is your leader dead?"

The man was taken aback, thinking that someone outside had said something to Chen Jian, and said anxiously: "Yes, my brother is dead, I should be the leader, he is not yet twenty, how can he lead thousands of people? Assistant, but he changed my elder brother's law when he was the leader, and the elders in the clan are dissatisfied, and the clan will be destroyed sooner or later if it goes on like this."

"Fifty sheep...not too much. If you help me regain the position of leader, let alone fifty sheep, I can give you five hundred. I can even give you food and slaves, all of which can be discussed."

Chen Jian smiled and said, "Will your people not object?"

"If I become the leader, who would dare to oppose it? There are so many dissatisfaction in the clan now, you send troops to send me back, when the troops reach the city, someone will naturally lower the drawbridge and cut off the man's head, there is no need to fight."

When he said this, he seemed to think of the scene after he borrowed soldiers to go back, excitedly said: "I can give some gifts to your tribe every year, corn, sheep, copper, whatever! Five hundred sheep is really nothing. "

Chen Jian pretended to be surprised and asked: "So much? Can your tribe really get it?"

"Of course it can be obtained. The war against Xirong brought back thousands of slaves, cattle and sheep, even if they don't expropriate the clansmen, they can only use the clan's public property."

Chen Jian smiled and didn't ask any more questions. He turned around, frowning and thinking.

This person in front of you belongs to the kind of person who can call you father as long as he has the right. This is human nature, and most people will choose this way.

It's just that the losers in the power struggle always have the illusion that their failure was accidental, that they have many supporters, and it seems that they can win with just a little more luck.

But an illusion is an illusion. The world is changing. After becoming a lost dog, those former supporters will also become opponents, and this is not just a matter of luck.

It is impossible to have no dissatisfaction and opposition in the alternation of the old and the new, the transfer of power, and even the breakdown of tribal elections.

Chen Jian originally wanted to take advantage last night. If the two parties fight each other and lose both, he can seize the time to send troops to plunder and strengthen the tribe.

But looking at it now, this is not the case at all. The leader of that tribe sent his own younger brothers to chase after him, and brought dozens of people with him, and he was not too anxious. Obviously, the situation in the city has stabilized.

Maybe there are still some dissatisfaction and rifts, but if he sends troops at this time, it is estimated that the leader on the opposite side will wake up with a smile, and he is worried that there is no external force to divert the conflict.

Sending troops now is tantamount to being a strong glue to make up for the rift in the opposite family and transfer internal conflicts to foreign wars.

Judging from the five hundred sheep that this man opened his mouth, that tribe is very rich, and is used to fighting, with a lot of slaves.

Wei Xi's offer of fifty sheep in exchange proved that the leader of the other party didn't take his uncle seriously at all. Fifty sheep seemed like a lot, but that was for exchanging slaves; It is simply an insult. This person no longer poses a threat to the transfer of power, and he was captured to make an example of others.

Chen Jian would not be foolish enough to really believe that as long as he led his troops there, the opponent would open the city gate.

Before this person wanted Chen Jia to send him to find E Yue, and it seemed that he also thought that he and E Yue knew each other, and that the other party might be able to send troops to help.

Thinking of this, he asked Song: "Does E Yue have a son?"

"Yes, Shujiu gave birth to three for him, and the other two wives also have sons."

"Can his son rule things in the tribe?"