Farming Animals

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Rong Xiao went directly to Wu Jiu's tent after disbanding the camp. The latter had prepared meals as usual. When he had a meal with him, Rong Xiao first put the picked green branches into the stone vase, and then walked to Wu Jiu Sitting down, the two of them ate at the table, everything seemed to be the same as before, and there seemed to be some subtle differences,

Wu Jiu's eyes first fell on the short table under the window, but he saw the bundle of tanned green branches obliquely inserted in the stone vase, exuding a clear fragrance, which was not interesting, he smiled and looked away, but saw Rong Xiao Zheng looked at him straightly, their gazes collided in the air, and then they got entangled. It was Wu Jiu who took the lead to look away, coughed softly and then said: "Yesterday I sent away the patriarch of the Tu clan. In a few days, the big clans around here will make some moves, let me explain to you first, let's make preparations in advance."

When Rong Xiao saw that Wu Jiu was talking about serious business with a "serious expression" on his face, he couldn't help laughing, and didn't try to expose his embarrassment. He straightened his face and listened quietly.

Speaking of serious matters, Wu Jiu felt much more at ease immediately, and saw him talking to himself: "Speaking of which, you should also know the intention of the patriarch to come here, right?"

"It seems to be re-dividing the hunting area in the plain with us." Rong Xiao frowned and recalled, and then said.

"What do you think of this proposal?" Wu Jiu smiled and asked Rong Xiao.

"Whoever occupies it first will own it. If you have an opinion, you can grab it based on your strength. You don't need to talk nonsense with them." Rong Xiao only said that the patriarch of the Natu clan used this matter to embarrass Wu Jiu, and he couldn't help it.

"If you just blindly rob, the conflict between the two parts will accumulate deeper and deeper. Once it becomes irreconcilable, there will definitely be a war in the future." Wu Jiu said in a deep voice.

"If you want to fight, fight. There's nothing to be afraid of." Rong Xiao said bluntly when he heard the words. His tone was tough, naturally because he had the strength to match him. After hunting in the hunting area for a long time, even if Rong Xiao's tribe did not directly fight with other tribes , and also somewhat understand each other's strength, Rong Xiao is really not afraid of them, just because he has the certainty of winning if they really want to fight.

Seeing his fighting spirit, Wu Jiu couldn't help shaking his head and laughingly: "You treat them like the Muyun bandits."

Rong Xiao didn't deny it when he heard the words, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard the words: "Is there something wrong?" He led his troops to fight against the bandits in Muyun, and he has long been used to resolving conflicts by confrontation. In his eyes, he was not much different from the bandit department, so the way to deal with it was the same. However, seeing Wu Jiu's noncommittal face, he couldn't help asking suspiciously.

"It's simple and straightforward to stand up in battle, but have you ever thought that the chief of the Tu clan not only represents the Tu clan, but also the four big tribes around him, including the generation of the tongue-twisting generation. The warriors of our clan, Are you ready to fight the four parts at the same time?"

Hearing this, Rong Xiao's expression finally changed a little, he hesitated for a moment before saying: "If you put all your strength into the clan, you can win, but..."

"It's just that the casualties will be immeasurable," Wu Jiu added what Rong Xiao wanted to say, "And we will be greatly injured because of this battle. In this plain, four large tribes are missing. The original balance is bound to be broken, and we, who are severely injured, are unable to suppress the whole territory. At that time, there will be Xiao Xiao who will come here one after another, and we will be on guard against small miscellaneous bandits around us day and night for a long time to come. At that time, dealing with the follow-up of this battle will definitely take up too much time with the manager, and the population of the four departments will be reduced.

Whether it is our tribe or this plain, it will probably take a long time for us to develop to the present prosperous state." Shaking his head, Wu Jiuning said: "This kind of situation that hurts both sides is the only one that we It seems that our loss is greater, because we not only lost a large number of mature soldiers, but also wasted the good foundation laid now, and will make the development of the tribe stagnate for a long time in the future. It couldn't be more cost-effective. "

The future scene described by Wu Jiu's mouth obviously seems to be something no one wants to face. Rong Xiao on the side finally no longer insisted on the opinion just now, but lowered his eyes to ponder, and said after a while: "If you don't raise troops, what do you want to do?" How to do it?"

But Wu Jiu shook his head slightly and said: "Using soldiers is our last resort, although I don't want to use it, but in the worst case, I need them to play their due role, and before that, I hope Through other means, we can not only achieve our goal, but also minimize the loss." Seeing that Rong Xiao listened seriously, Wu Jiu said warmly: "The only purpose of us coming to Xiyuan is to take root here and develop for a long time. The plain extends all the way to the nearest mountain stream and mountain pass, all of which are high-quality areas with superior terrain and rich products, and the area we occupy is the most abundant. This is the primary reason why we initially established the tribe here. Have you ever thought that there are so many tribes here, there are as many as four large tribes alone, and why no one has occupied such a fertile area for a long time? For this question, go through the surrounding area in Mole Creek and compare the terrain, population, resource information After presenting them all to me, I finally had the answer. With a sigh of relief, Wu Jiu said calmly, "According to Moxi's information, although the so-called four major tribes around here have their own advantages and disadvantages, the difference in strength should be very limited. , especially the first three tribes, none of them can beat the other tribes overwhelmingly, and there is no absolute strongest. Naturally, no one can completely eat this most fertile area in one bite. The best-quality land resources have been idle for a long time without being "claimed", which should be the result of compromise after competition among the surrounding tribes," Wu Jiu said sharply, directly pointing out the core problem among the four ministries.

"But this delicate balance has been broken because of our arrival." Rong Xiao quickly followed Wu Jiu's train of thought.

"That's right! Our arrival not only broke the original balance, but also directly touched the interests of these four tribes, because the fertile plain we occupied was the jurisdiction of the final winner in the original plan of the four tribes. And we directly occupied this place. In the eyes of the four departments, we undoubtedly occupied the "thief" who belonged to the winner's prize. Naturally, this cannot be tolerated. The biggest reason why they have not come to trouble is that our family is strong enough , let them be afraid, and the time we came here happened to be at the end of winter. At that time, the roads in the plain were not smooth, and the birds and beasts were extinct. There was no direct conflict of interest between us and them. Lack of opportunity for union.

However, with the arrival of the dry season, everything is different. After the snow melts, the plains are where the hunting areas are. In order to fight for supplies, it is the best choice to drive us out here. In order to minimize the loss, the four departments cooperated, It will be an inevitable result. They have occupied this place for many years. They compete with each other and occasionally support and cooperate. There must be some tacit understanding. Small threats, these are all hidden dangers.

"If that was their original intention, why did they show their favor to our clan?" Rong Xiao couldn't help asking when he heard this.

"In order to find out the facts and observe our reaction at the same time, the Tu family appeared in a friendly manner and brought a large number of gifts. We must invite him to the tribe to show our sincerity. At that time, the development situation within our tribe , this envoy is naturally clear at a glance. If we see the idea of ​​wealth, we agree to their request and sell the hunting area we originally occupied. Next, the temptation will go further, because they will see our calm attitude, and This "weakness" is bound to make them worse, and if we resist a little, it will also give them a reason to fight together." Wu Jiu analyzed the situation, and her expression condensed: "If we want to keep everything we have, Back again and again, until the moment when there is no way to retreat, it will be the time for us to automatically withdraw from this area." Speaking of this, Wu Jiu's tone became relaxed, and he shrugged indifferently and said: " Of course, the premise of all this is that the strength of our tribe is on par with these four tribes, and their combined forces are enough to easily crush us. Fortunately, such an assumption does not exist, because the power of our tribe is stronger than all of them. Added together, it will be much stronger! And this gap gives us room to maneuver. As long as we show enough strength and promise enough benefits, when the four alliances disintegrate, what originally restricted us The core contradiction of this will naturally be resolved.”

"That's why you gave Natu so many gifts?"

"Gifts are not only sincerity, but also a display of strength. After all, the productivity of a tribe can be clearly seen by looking at the finished products. You and Moxi have already demonstrated our military strength, coupled with production capacity, this is our Fang's comprehensive strength, and these are enough to deter them."

"Those four tribes, how do you disconnect them."

"The four parts were not monolithic in the first place, but their common interests brought them together temporarily. What I have to do is divide them up, break their original alliance, and assign more forces to our camp. inside."

"What did you use to convince Natushi?"

"I didn't convince him, I just guided him according to the situation." Wu Jiu shook his head and said, seeing Rong Xiao's puzzled face, he said softly, "Do you know where the Tu clan wanted to divide our clan's hunting area in the first place?" He dipped his hands in water, drew the terrain at will, pointed to the area near the wilderness and said: "This is the range of the hunting area they originally designated. Not only is it far away from the tribe, but it is also very dangerous near the wilderness. I would not agree with such a division, so I proposed a new division method," Wu Jiu pointed to another area and said: "This hunting area closest to our department happens to be the hunting area of ​​the Roaring Tribe. , exchange the two hunting areas, and ask Tupang to convey my intention on my behalf, so that the interests of the other three tribes will not be compromised, and the only one that will be harmed is only one tribe, which can be regarded as minimizing the loss." At the end, Wu Jiu couldn't help snorting.

"Then Tupan agreed?"

"Naturally," Wu Jiu nodded and said, "Not only did he agree, but he also promised me to persuade the other two tribes, and the remaining two tribes should also agree to such an arrangement, because they have no reason to do so for other tribes. The benefits of provoking difficult targets, as long as you keep silent, you will have benefits, why not do it, this roaring tribe, among the four, is the strongest, and has always been the leader of the entire four alliances, but such an arrangement, It will definitely make him alone, of course, in order to make all this more justifiable, I specially arranged the event, and the division of this family is subject to the final event."

"Competition?"

"Yes, in the group competition, ten people from each tribe will fight against each other. It doesn't matter whether they live or die. The winners will be able to choose the hunting area first. I want to set up a special venue for the competition three miles away from the tribe. This competition will be held every year. Once, it will be managed, and the division of hunting areas will be finally determined according to the results of the annual competition."

"What's the benefit of doing this?" Seeing that Wu Jiu was planning the match with great interest, Rong Xiao couldn't help asking a little confused.

"This is a great benefit," Wu Jiu said with a smile: "At that time, shops will be set up around the stage to sell and display all the handicrafts of the tribe. The extension of the tribe will designate a canteen and processed food within the tribe. , will be sold at an increased price, and the fighters participating in the competition will receive a small portion of wound medicine provided by us, and the healing effect of the wound medicine will be displayed in real time. Tribes that have formed friendly alliances with my clan can exchange materials of equivalent value for wound medicine and All kinds of special medicines, if this event is exciting enough, countless people will turn into megaphones, spread the news, and sell our family's high-quality finished products, and as the impact of the event increases, future Year, we can also invite tribes farther afield to come and exchange ideas, and exchange them for their high-quality finished products by the way.”

"You really...at this moment, you're still thinking about business." Rong Xiao couldn't help being surprised.

"This is the best way to open up business channels. After all, compared to accumulating word-of-mouth through products, it is much more efficient to create enough gimmicks in advance so that people come automatically with curiosity, and our products are also attractive enough. People, in the future, with the opening of trade routes, it will become more and more prosperous, forming a fixed market for the extension of our clan." Wu Jiu said confidently.

"Your plan is not bad, but have you thought about it, what if the roaring tribe is not satisfied with this division, and will make trouble or not come at all?" Rong Xiao couldn't help saying, in his opinion, once this event As the news spread, the leader of the Roaring tribe, as long as he had some brains, would not agree to such an arrangement. "

"It doesn't matter whether he agrees or not. As long as the other three parties agree and come as scheduled, it will be fine to continue the competition. After all, those who don't come can be automatically regarded as abstaining. Abstaining is the last thing. How much?" Simple reason."

Wu Jiu spread his hands, and said with an innocent face: "Of course, if the leader of the Roaring Tribe really makes trouble without winking, we just take advantage of this leader to attack him. Presumably, the remaining three This tribe should be very willing to accept the property left by the destroyed Roaring Tribe." Wu Jiu said finally, her tone turned cold, and anyone could hear the embarrassment in it: "Without the Roaring Tribe, although the original balance It was broken, but with the existence of the other three parts, the plains will not be chaotic, and we take advantage of the situation to fill the vacancy, wouldn't it be just right."

"So, the Roaring Tribe will come no matter what." Rong Xiao couldn't help saying.

"That's right, if you don't want to cause the worst result, they will definitely come, and if he takes this step back easily, in the future, the title of the most powerful force in this plain will inevitably change hands, and whether we are step by step In the end, clearing this tribe out of here will be the only result, and this is also the method they used on us, and we will return all of them, which is considered a return gift." Wu Jiu said with a smile.

When Rong Xiao saw this, he couldn't help but also laughed, and reversed the strategy that the other party had used on them. He didn't know how Tu Pang would feel when he thought of this point when he returned home.

"If everything can develop according to what you said, then our development speed will definitely increase by one level, and you and I will have nothing to worry about." He said sincerely.

"However, we can't estimate how everything will develop. Therefore, while maintaining optimistic expectations, we have to make two preparations." Wu Jiu stopped smiling and said seriously: "All I just said is true. It is my idea, and it is the optimal result derived after all the prerequisites can be met, but accidents will happen in everything, just like Tu Pang who can’t see the situation clearly, who is obedient and obedient, and takes the benefits we give, but does not give full play to it. They even took advantage of Cai’s intentions to instigate the other three ministries to join forces to attack us. Once this happens, we must send out tribal soldiers to deal with the possible melee.

"This is what you just said, the worst case?" Rong Xiao couldn't help asking.

"That's right," Wu Jiu nodded and said, "So, this army will be our trump card. At the end of the day, when we have exhausted all means and can't make the ministries obey, we can only use them to get rid of these soldiers." There are hidden dangers to be considered, even if the destruction of these tribes causes turmoil in the surrounding situation, even if the development of the department is stagnated because of the melee for days, it is not hesitating, because once the melee starts, it will be decided. Time for the survival of the tribe."

Wu Jiu said solemnly, Rong Xiao followed suit, and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, even if the worst moment comes, the situation will not be as bad as you said." He has full confidence in his combat power.

Hearing this, Wu Jiu couldn't help but smiled and looked at him and said, "Of course I believe you."

The two talked for a long time, and the food on the table was already cold. Wu Jiu opened Rong Xiao's hand extended to the main food, and took all the food for the two of them to reheat on the campfire. He did everything very naturally, just like the old days. The intimacy has returned.

Rong Xiao touched the back of his hand, and the smile on his face deepened.

Wu Jiu didn't notice the change in Rong Xiao's expression. At this moment, he was carefully looking at the food on the campfire. This simple device is very difficult to control the temperature of the fire. If there is any carelessness, the food will be burned by the heat of the flame. Wu Jiu Jiu was naturally very focused, but this was obviously not something he was used to doing. Rong Xiao took a few glances and saw that although his fingers were dexterous, he couldn't figure it out, so he couldn't help but move over.

The two of them gathered together in front of the bonfire, and the sense of distance disappeared immediately. Wu Jiu felt Rong Xiao's shallow breathing, and couldn't help but feel stagnant. Rong Xiao saw the burning flames on one side, fearing that he would be hurt, so he shot directly, as if he couldn't stand Wu Jiu's clumsy technique, Rong Xiao directly put him aside and took care of it by himself, Wu Jiu Seeing this, she was a little resentful. At this moment, the two of them were sitting together, almost shoulder to shoulder, which made Wu Jiu a little dazed. It was a long time ago when they sat so close.

Nostalgia, embarrassment and shyness were mixed together, and Wu Jiu subconsciously began to find nothing to say: "By the way, I got a lot of information on that Tu Pang, you know, the Tu Pang clan, the biggest What is the source of wealth?"

"Let's listen to it." Rong Xiao glanced at Wu Jiu, and naturally saw that he was looking for something to say, but he still said it very face-saving.

"One of the biggest sources of income for the Tu Clan is selling people!" Unexpectedly, as soon as Wu Jiu spoke, her words were astonishing.

"!" Rong Xiao couldn't help but glanced at him in surprise, and after thinking for a while, he said, "It's not a secret that the Tu family has many sons in Muyun. In the small group, there are often children who were abandoned by the Tu family." Mu Yun In one place, Rong Xiao has been to almost all the miscellaneous and bandit tribes. Naturally, he has a great say in the composition of the tribes. Among these mixed tribes, almost every one has people from the Tu clan, and the number is extremely considerable. When Wu Jiu mentioned the topic, he couldn't help thinking of this.

But Wu Jiu nodded and said: "The Tu family has many children, but their combat power is not strong. Even if they are brought up to adulthood, they can't compete with more powerful soul warriors based on their numbers alone. Once the number exceeds the upper limit of the tribe, they will even threaten As long as the tribe survives, after all, small and medium-sized tribes have very limited ways to obtain food and cannot feed such a large population. Once a certain upper limit is exceeded, newborns and the elderly who are difficult to survive will be expelled from the tribe or Abandoned, those orcs who live in the miscellaneous tribes and cannot tell their origins, probably most of them are members of the Tu clan who were abandoned at birth." Wu Jiu couldn't help but sighed.

"Then what's going on with what you said, selling people from the clan?" Rong Xiao put the hot meal back on the table, turned to look at Wu Jiu, and asked, this time, he was really interested.

But Wu Jiu sighed in approval or sarcasm: "That Tupang is a talent, and he discovered business opportunities from the characteristics of the tribe. He controlled the population of the tribe to the basic number for maintaining existence, and the annual population increase , only those who have awakened their soul power are left, and the rest are brought up to a certain age, treated as slaves, and sold to traveling merchants. Ordinary slaves can only be used as low-level servants, and the price is not high, but, The larger the number, the more impressive it is, and the feather coins exchanged by these slaves are further replaced by the feather clan and food to ensure the survival of the remaining members of the clan, and so on, over the years, they have accumulated a lot of wealth."

"It turned out to be so." Rong Xiao didn't know what to say. Tu Pang's business acumen was strong enough, and he came up with such a way of making money that no one else had thought of, but like this, he treated his clansmen as commodities without mercy The behavior of selling is really disgusting.

"Such a thing will definitely not happen to our family." He finally said.

"Naturally, no matter what kind of situation I encounter, I will not trade my clansmen only as commodities." Wu Jiu nodded, and then said with a smile: "However, buying slaves to fill our population will They become our clansmen, this kind of thing can be done, speaking of it, it has been many days since Niejiao went to Xiyuan City to buy slaves, and he should be back soon." Speaking of this, Wu Jiu couldn't help remembering that he hadn't shown up for a long time The other party was sent by him to buy people to fill the population of the tribe. He had brought his army of prisoners of war deep into the source of the stream for many days.

"It should be soon," Rong Xiao couldn't help but respond with a lack of interest when he saw Wu Jiu mentioning the cunning.He still had a grudge against Wu Jiu being Wu Jiu's only blood bond slave. He saw that Niu Jiu was very distasteful, and he only felt that the other party was too close to Wu Jiu.

But Wu Jiu was unaware of Rong Xiao's uneasiness, and still muttered: "If you can rush back in the next few days, with the prisoner-of-war camp, our combat power can be improved by another level, it will be a melee battle." Among them, I can grasp a little more.”

Even if that guy wasn't there, the melee would definitely win without any suspense.Hearing this, Rong Xiao couldn't help slandering him, he really didn't want to continue the matter with Wu Jiu about cunning, so he couldn't help changing the subject and said: "You just said that selling people is one of the ways that Tu Pang makes money, that means he has other ways to make money. A way to make money?"

"Naturally, there is another method of making money that you can't even imagine." Wu Jiu was immediately drawn away, and followed Rong Xiao's words: "The Tu clan who migrated abroad has a secret method that can make people lose money." Clansmen with soul power gather all their soul power on the chakras that stimulate the sense of smell. This kind of stimulation has no other effect, the only effect is to make them extra sensitive to the smell of ghosts. Those clansmen with outstanding talents are born with It can sense the movement of monsters ten miles away, and if we cooperate with the tribes who are good at speed to set up traps, we can catch low-level monsters."

"Catching monsters, is this their way of making money?" Rong Xiao couldn't help but follow Wu Jiu's words.

"More than that, they not only went to capture the monsters themselves, but Tupang also used the clansman with a particularly sensitive sense of smell as a guide to introduce them to the tribe who wanted to go deep into the outer domain to capture the monsters. It doesn't matter whether the clansman lives or dies. First charge a large amount of commission, and if the team wins, a certain percentage of the fee will be charged." Wu Jiu shook her head while smiling and said, "That's why I said, this Tu Pang is a talent."

"In this way, it's not surprising that the Tu clan can take root in this stream source." Hearing this, Rong Xiao couldn't help sighing, turning his own clan's advantages into benefits, and squeezing them to such an extent, It can really be called "talent".

But Wu Jiu said excitedly: "I asked Tu Pang about some things about the Outer Lands of the Wasteland. After we have settled this matter, we can also go to the Outer Lands to catch demons and search for soul crystals. To expand the source of income, check out the topography and landforms over there. Speaking of which, I searched through all the categories in the collection in the land of trials, but I didn’t find any detailed records about demons and ghosts. It will be an eye-opener then. Already!" Wu Jiu became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally he thought about it with great interest. His appearance of being so excited will finally have some shadows of his youth, which is very different from the dignified and self-sufficient Master Wu Zhu. , and this change was something he hadn't noticed. Presumably, only in front of Rong Xiao would he show this completely different side from the past.

Rong Xiaojing looked at him, but smiled and said nothing. He kept all of Wu Jiu's wishes in his heart, and naturally he would fulfill them one by one.