Farming Animals

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"My name is Tu Pang, and I am the leader of the Hejian Tu Clan living here." Tu Pang subconsciously said in a more respectful and cautious tone.

"Hejian Tu Clan" Wu Jiu repeated in a low voice, looked up at him and said, "...I remember that there are many Tu Clans in Muyun, do you have any relationship with them?"

"Naturally, our family migrated from Muyun, so it can be regarded as having a deep origin." Tu Pang nodded and replied: "Of course, the Tu family has a prosperous family, and their ethnic groups are scattered in various capitals and counties throughout the Huangchuan Ze. If you insist on going back, there are more or less close or distant kinship relationships, it just depends on which one is more profound."

"Why did you move here in the first place?" Wu Jiu looked at him and asked with great interest.

"Rather than relocation, it's better to say that it's expulsion. The leader of my tribe has some hatred with the ethnic group of his family, and he can't tolerate the original leader. In order to save his own life, he led his people all the way to Xiyuan as a last resort." Tu Pang smiled bitterly. Said: "This place is very far from the middle of the country, and bandits are rampant all year round. It took a lot of trouble for our ancestors to settle down here."

Wu Jiu found that he didn't classify his tribe with those "bandits" and "tyrants" in his words, so he couldn't help but glance at him, but he didn't care much, and continued to ask: "Your tribe is here How long have you lived together?"

"According to the calculation, it has been nearly a hundred years."

"Having lived here for so long, the tribe should be very strong."

"It's just a small tribe with less than a thousand people, not a big tribe." Tupang laughed.

"How does the tribe survive on weekdays?"

"Basically, I just make ends meet by hunting wild animals in this area." Tu Pang said bitterly, as if he just brought up the topic, he said very naturally: "Speaking of which, the main reason for me to come here is to The purpose is also for it. Since the dry season, my family has been relying on hunting the surrounding livestock for a living. When your tribe came here, it can’t help but occupy the entire hunting area, making my family and the other three tribes even daily foraging. I can't do it, I really can't live anymore, so I came here to bother you, I want to discuss with you about re-dividing the hunting area. Noble, I just hope that your lord can agree to our request." He first showed weakness and then gave up his own interests, which made people feel bad.

The tribal leader named Tupang in front of him looked very honest, he knew everything about Wu Jiu's question, and kept his posture very low, but Wu Jiu discovered an interesting thing during the conversation. During the process, I have always been very skillful in detailed control. I will make long speeches about unimportant or important interests, such as ethnic affiliation and the appeal of this trip, but I will make a short and vague sentence for those who are slightly sensitive. For example, the population of the tribe and the daily means of earning a living, but his respectful and humble attitude has covered up his small thoughts very well. When people take advantage of his respect, they ignore this point.

Of course, Wu Jiu will not ignore these things, nor will he characterize a person based on the attitude of just one meeting. After all, before coming to Xiyuan, he has a more detailed understanding of this place. The law of the jungle here, A small tribe of less than a thousand people headed by a simple and honest person is not allowed to live comfortably for so long. If they have nothing special, they will soon be used as ready-made fat sheep and be divided up by other tribes!After all, in this hunting ground named Xiyuan, as long as they are not strong enough, they will become prey!

And with this knowledge, Wu Jiu became a bit vigilant about the words of the fat but shrinking Tu Clan patriarch in front of him, and naturally he wouldn't let him believe everything he said.

Tu Pang, who was talking, didn't notice at all that Wu Jiu looked at him with more scrutiny in a very short time. Abdominal manuscript: "Your Excellency must be surprised. There are four permanent tribes here, why only I was sent as a lobbyist. Speaking of which, except for my Tu family, the other tribes are all quite powerful. Not only are there many tribes, but also the soul of the tribe The brave are more tyrannical, and we are the only ones with low strength, who are the least willing to have conflicts, so we invite ourselves to be this peacemaker."

"Are the other three tribes more tyrannical than ours?" Wu Jiu couldn't help asking after hearing what he said.

"In terms of tyranny alone, your department is naturally the most powerful, but the combined forces of the other three departments are still very powerful," Tu Pang said matter-of-factly: "These three departments are the Roaring Tribe under the jurisdiction of the Lion Spot, and the Snake Division. The Dufang tribe under the jurisdiction and the Zongrong tribe under the jurisdiction of Zhuwu, all the tribes of these three tribes mixed together have nearly ten thousand people, and there are thousands of soldiers to use. They are in the rivers around the plain They have lived together in the mountain for a long time, and the clan has strong soldiers and horses, and has rich experience in battle. If they are united, they will be very powerful. If they attack your tribe at the same time, the consequences will be unimaginable. Your tribe is new here, so naturally they want to last for a long time In life, be kind to others, so as to avoid disputes. I did come here for the friendship between several clans. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have brought so many gifts, let alone cede the hunting area by myself. Please understand my painstaking efforts " At the end, Tu Pang even spoke earnestly. Facing the young "second-in-command" of the mixed tribe in front of him, Tu Pang used more skills when speaking, first exaggerating the strength of the other three parts, Afterwards, with the appearance of "I'm doing your best", not only did he consider Wu Jiu's words, but he also showed sufficient "sincerity". There is a bit of an elder preaching tone, but it doesn't sound offensive.

Tupang is also very satisfied with his speech skills. In his opinion, the Yu clan has always been cautious, and even a little timid about war disputes. Whenever there are conflicts between the orc clans, they like to use other methods to eliminate them in the initial stage. After all, the Yu tribe is weak, and most of them depend on the powerful tribe to survive. If the tribe is weakened or even destroyed due to war, it will be themselves who will suffer in the end.Tu Pang has been in contact with many Yu tribes in his life, especially Huiyu, and he is very sure about this mentality. He has predicted in his heart that even if Huiyu in front of him is extraordinary, he should not be able to escape this law, and what he has to do is Zoom in on the dangerous part, "scare" the gray feather in front of him, and further induce him with enough benefits and concessions, in order to successfully instill his ideas into the young gray feather in front of him in one fell swoop.

If he can successfully persuade the other party, it will be much easier to use him to influence the tyrannical and difficult-to-talk patriarch, and finally force the other party to change his decision. After all, from the conversation just now, he can easily hear that It's because of the patriarch's fancy to this son.

And the pillow wind of the beautiful Yu tribe is always more persuasive than the earnest lobbying of this rough man. This strategy was almost decided by Tu Pang the moment he saw Wu Jiu, and the only thing to worry about now is Only the reckless Biyu was left. Thinking of Biyu's wild words just now, Tu Pang felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have followed Sheli's suggestion at the beginning, and came with this scourge. It was because he miscalculated the situation. At the beginning, when I heard that Wu Zhu of this clan was a boy who had not yet transformed for the second time, I felt contemptuous, thinking that the young patriarch was nothing more than a little bit of strength, and I had never seen any top-ranking feather clan's stunned youth, The top-grade Bi Yu he brought is naturally a hundred times better than that young Hui Yu. At that time, this Bi Yu will be favored and he will mediate from it. I am afraid that it will not take too much effort to achieve the goal.

It's a pity that the imagination is very beautiful, but the reality is not always the case. Not to mention the young patriarch is unpredictable, even the beautiful gray feather in front of him is the same. Tu Pang has no way of knowing when he completed his second transformation Come to think of it, it must have been a long time, just looking at Hui Yu's calm and sophisticated appearance in front of him, it can be seen that since this Hui Yu Wuzhu is quite popular with the patriarch, it would be inappropriate to offer beauty at this moment, not to mention She was such an unscheming beauty, but after a few words, her heart was inspired, so that Tu Pang didn't dare to bet on him. He was very sure that if the young patriarch didn't value the appearance of the Yu clan, Biyu in front of him had no chance of winning.

Disappointed, Tu Pang, besides regretting it, naturally did not want to have more to do with that Bi Yu. When talking just now, he deliberately ignored his existence. Fortunately, the other party seemed to be frightened after the confrontation and followed suit. Dumb, when he was talking to Gray Feather Witch, he didn't intervene to make trouble.

Speaking of which, Tu Pang was very curious about the profound meaning of his last sentence, which could make the self-retaining Wu Zhu sway slightly, and the gray feather Wu Zhu seemed to be quite similar to the pedigree of the Biyu clan. He was very concerned about the appearance of not understanding, after all, ordinary Hui Yu did not have this insight, but now is not a good time to ask questions, no matter how curious Tu Pang was, he could only hold it down temporarily, just waiting for An Ran After passing this level, I will listen carefully.

Fortunately, this Lord Wu Zhu is quite magnanimous, even though he was provoked by that Bizan in turn, he did not take advantage of it, and his speech was all business-like, which made Tu Pang heaved a sigh of relief.

What made him even more overjoyed was that after some lobbying, the young Wu Zhu in front of him seemed really moved.

Seeing that Mr. Wu Zhu, who had been sitting upright, changed to a more relaxed sitting posture, he turned his eyes to Tu Pang and said, "Since your four departments are so sincere, tell me in detail, what is the purpose of this plain? How to divide, you Tushi part, and which part you want to give up to give me part?"

The surprise came so suddenly, Tu Pang looked at Wu Jiu in a daze. He originally thought that after he convinced Wu Zhu, the other party would talk to the patriarch first, and when the latter made a final decision, he even prepared to stay here for a few days , constantly increasing the plan, who knows, the patriarch did not lie to him, such a big matter was really decided by the Gray Feather Witch in front of him, and for a while, he looked at the other party , and a little more solemn.

But Wu Jiu didn't argue with him, and looked straight at him, as if waiting for his response, but Tu Pang didn't dare to delay, half-kneeling on the ground, and began to draw lightly on the ground with his fingers.

"In the past, the plains were divided among our four tribes. They were divided according to their strength. The Roaring tribe was the largest, followed by the Fangfang tribe, and then the Zongrong and our Tuyan tribes." Tupang drew on the ground with his fingertips. An ellipse, and then divided the ellipse into four petals of different sizes. He drew it very skillfully, and saw that there was another area on top of the picture that was not occupied by anyone, and the space was not too small. , seemed to be left on purpose, and sure enough, after Tu Pang’s brief division was completed, he pointed to the area and said, “Although this area is a little smaller than the whole open space, A little bit, but it’s quite large, and our four clans agreed to designate this place as your hunting area, how about it?” Tu Pang said while looking at Wu Jiu cautiously: “Of course, our department will donate You will never break your promise if you give a piece of land to your ministry, you can set aside a piece of territory in our hunting area, as long as you can leave some hunting areas for our family to eat, what do you think?"

What he said was very beautiful, and he didn't even forget to show weakness and beg for mercy in the end. If others listened to it, there would be nothing wrong with it, and those who didn't want to make trouble would be directly persuaded. Unfortunately, he met Wu Jiu Well, after he had just surveyed and mapped the entire plain, he could only sneer when he saw Tupang's pretentiously generous division of regions.

Mole Creek's scout battalion surveyed the entire plain area. The surrounding terrain, water patterns and various resource information were all gathered in Wu Jiu's mind. When Tu Pang drew the semicircle, Wu Jiu's mind came up with What he wanted was a more accurate planar topographic map. He was not surprised to see that the other party had divided out the most fertile areas in the plain area and the most abundant biological resources according to the strength of each department. This area is the entire plain area, the area closest to the Great Wasteland.

Speaking of which, although this area is also very rich in products and even has more types of prey, it is an extremely dangerous place, because it is close to the wasteland, and it is the entrance and exit of many wilderness ghosts and beasts. Prey, there are even high-level large beasts with wisdom and soul power!

Thinking about it, no one cares about this place all the time, and it is also because of this inherent deficiency. Wu Jiu is very convinced that there were tribes in this area who suffered a lot when hunting, and even paid a heavy price in casualties.Because, within a few days when Moxi led people here, he encountered two high-level ferocious beasts. Wu Jiuguang was terrified to hear such a frequency, let alone let the valuable soldiers in the tribe go to take risks. sent to die.

Moreover, it is far away from the tribal settlements. Not only is it inconvenient to pass through the jurisdictions of other tribes to go back and forth, but it is also dangerous to allow soldiers to stay away from the tribe's surroundings for a long time. As for Tu Pang's proposal to sell his own hunting area It's interesting, because his hunting area is in a more remote corner, separated from the jurisdiction of the Wujiu tribe. If he really wants to go hunting there, the only choice is to divide the troops.

At that time, each time hunting, the soldiers must be divided into three groups. Not to mention the inconvenience, the hunting efficiency will also be greatly reduced. After all, there will be fewer hunters and fewer prey in the hunting area.If things go on like this, not only will the tribe be indirectly weakened due to fewer prey, and the long-term division of troops will also cause a lot of hidden dangers to the tribe's defense. After careful calculation, there is no benefit. Without changing, he got up, walked to the ellipse drawn by Tu Pang, pointed to the Tu family listed by Tu Pang, and asked with great interest: "You just said that you want to start from this area of ​​your department? Among them, it is still a good idea to set aside a piece to belong to our department."

Hearing this, Tu Pang couldn't help feeling a pain in his heart. He said that he was generous, but he was somewhat unwilling to hand over his own interests for nothing. However, in order to pass this test smoothly, he finally gritted his teeth and nodded, pretending to be generous He said: "Your Excellency, just row, I naturally mean what I say."

Tu Pang endured the pain and made a huge sacrifice, and he was unhappy in his heart. Fortunately, he saw that Wu Zhu in front of him was really studying seriously, so he felt better in his heart. As long as people work hard, this crisis will definitely be resolved, thinking in their hearts that a bright future is close at hand, but who knows, it will be a sudden change.

However, the young Master Wu Zhu pondered for a moment, then pointed to the rough division of land on the ground and said very straightforwardly: "Although your proposal is good, but I took a look, and the two areas you assigned to me are very straightforward. This area is not only far apart, but also quite far from the tribe's residence. It is not convenient to go back and forth every day, and there are several other tribe's jurisdictions in the middle. It is very inconvenient to hunt, but the hunting area of ​​​​the Roaring tribe is relatively close. My department is relatively close. I think the size of these two areas is not much different. Why not swap them? Aren’t you a lobbyist for the four tribes? I think you are very familiar with the Roaring Tribe. Go and talk to the chief of the Roaring Tribe. Let’s get it together, so I don’t want the hunting area of ​​your department, but this one, how about it?” Wu Jiu looked straight at the fat man in front of him, and said something reasonable, which seemed to be considered by the other party. And he himself seemed very satisfied with his decision, looking at Tu Pang with determination that he was not worried that he would refuse.

But how could Tupang, who knew the "details", dare to agree to such a request? Almost as soon as Wu Jiu said the words, he broke out in cold sweat. Tupang naturally knew the tricks in the hunting area clearly, and he would do well. The hunting area was changed to a high-risk place where ferocious beasts frequently appeared. It is not necessary to think about how the lionspots will deal with it. The young Wu Zhu in front of him dug such a big hole for himself. Those who can't self-destruct the Great Wall say how bad the area is. Now, Tupang, who was originally calm, suddenly panicked.

Just when he was at a loss, someone knocked on the door and came in, but it was a handsome young man with gray feathers, and he respectfully said to Wujiu: "My lord, it's noon, let's set the meal now?"

Immediately, Wu Jiu was attracted, looked at the other party and nodded, "Bring it in, and bring a copy to this big man." Hearing this, the young man followed Wu Jiu's voice and looked at the fat man in the room , Then, took a curious look at the beautiful Biyu shivering in the corner.

Wu Jiu seemed to think of him just now, and then said to the young man: "Go and call Rong Er, this high-class Bi Yu is a gift from Tu Pang to the patriarch of our clan, let Rong Er treat him well first." Go." The young man was startled when he heard the words, and then he looked at Bi Yu with more sympathy, but he nodded in agreement without hesitation, bowed and retreated.

Disturbed by the young man who suddenly entered the house, the sluggish atmosphere around him cleared up, and Wu Jiu seemed to have forgotten the critical question just now, and greeted with a smile: "I have never entertained guests from outside. Well, today I will let you have a taste of my family’s food.” He seemed to be very confident in his food, and he did not hesitate to boast in his words, Tu Pang only wanted to confuse the question just now, so he dared not raise any objections, just nodded repeatedly , make up your mind, even if you can't eat for a while, you will boast the food into a flower.

But Master Wu Zhu in front of him seemed to have really forgotten what he had just said. He took a closer look at Tu Pang and seemed to realize it. He pointed to the blood stains on Tu Pang's cheek and ribs and said, "I haven't noticed it just now, but you are actually Are you hurt?"

Tupan shook his hands again and again, saying that he was fine.This action caused the injured rib to ooze blood again. He endured the pain on his face, but he smiled wryly in his heart. Speaking of which, the wound was caused by people from your clan, but he would never say these complaints , had to endure silently.

Unexpectedly, Master Wu Zhu in front of him seemed to care about him very much, and he took a sealed jar and handed it to it, saying: "You take out this wound medicine and apply it on the wound, and the bleeding will soon be stopped."

But Tupang refused, so he had no choice but to take it. He dubiously took some black-ointment-like medicine and smeared it on the injured part, and soon.The wound that was painful just now not only miraculously stopped the bleeding, but even minimized the pain. The ointment did not know what it was made of. Tu Pang only felt a slight coolness in the wound. Suddenly disappeared.

He was extremely surprised, and finally looked at Wu Jiu with some traces of sincere gratitude: "Thank you for the medicine." After all, wound medicine is rare, and it is even more rare in this remote place where the stream source is, Wu Jiu The generous gift at this moment is extraordinarily precious and rare.

Tu Pang was still moved, but Wu Jiu waved his hand indifferently and said, "This is a wound medicine commonly used by our department. Almost every soldier has a share. It's not worth anything. Don't be so polite, my lord."

"Everyone, everyone has one!" Tu Pang repeated in disbelief, and this time, he was really shocked.

"This medicine was created to serve all the soldiers. Naturally, everyone should have a share." Wu Jiu smiled and said with a natural expression. In Tu Pang's view, this expression was extraordinarily unpredictable , Just when he was about to ask Wu Jiu if there were any other medicines in the family, the young man who had just appeared entered the house again, this time, he brought a cunning old man.

Seeing that the other party first greeted Wu Jiu with a smile, then walked towards Bi Yu in the corner of the room.

"The little old man came here under the order of Master Wu Zhu, this beauty can go with me." Rong Er smiled and looked at Bi Zan, without any respect in his words, seeing the other party look at her head with a look on her face. Turning a deaf ear and not getting angry, he said slowly, "If you listen to me, we'll walk out. If you don't listen, I'll ask the guards outside to carry you out. However, it's going out sideways. The scene is not very good."

The words of hiding the needle in the cotton were very useful, and Bizan finally stood up unwillingly, and followed behind the old man aggrieved. Tu Pang watched that Bi Yu was taken away by the old man, and vaguely felt that it was not appropriate, but After all, the other party was a gift from him, and he had no room to comment on how to dispose of it. Moreover, as the dishes were presented one by one, he was quickly drawn away and looked at the table full of unheard-of dishes. Dishes, Tupang finally believed that Wu Jiu's self-confidence was not groundless.