Chapter 239 Opposition
The gathering of leaders of the Dahe tribes was scheduled for ten days later.
The news was brought to various tribes by the royal merchant ships.
At that time, the royal family's land reclamation was coming to an end.
After the party, I came back and was able to grow wheat.
Time passed day by day, and during these ten days, the royal family was running step by step.
However, some trivial things happened that were incomprehensible.
It was Wang Wei who started to distribute pottery coins to the royal family members.
In the past, people with the surname Wang and Yu had to work like everyone else, but there were no pottery coins.
Because the royal family lacks nothing, if you lack anything, just ask the old woman for it.
But now, with the pottery coins, they can buy something themselves if they lack.
This is no less than a good benefit for the royal family.
So in the envious eyes of the other tribes, after finishing their work every day, the people who received the pottery coins began to appear as royal people.
The place for the party was chosen by the Eagle clan.
Because the main discussion of this party is how to deal with the threat from the grassland.
The Eagle tribe is the tribe that Wang Wei knows that the most serious losses are.
The Eagle tribe is not far from the river, and the sailboats bring the patriarchs of each tribe here.
More than half a month has passed since the disaster, and the Eagle Clan has recovered.
The dead tribe members were left with only small graves, because many of the young and strong people in the tribe went to work in the royal family.
So nowadays, most of the eagle clans are men.
Wang Wei looked solemn. Every time he came to a tribe, he would register.
In the end, except for one tribe, all the remaining tribes were all here.
Wang Wei, the tribe who had no one here, knew that it was called the Tu tribe. He was not many and lived on a small island surrounded by water on three sides not far from the Eagle tribe.
Their tribe sent a lot of people to work in the royal family, but a month ago, the annual giant tailed turtle spawned on their island.
Every year, the giant tailed turtle eggs are important materials for their wintering.
This year is no exception. The young and strong Tu people all went back during that period and exchanged a lot of pottery jars for their working clay coins, saying that they were going to use them to hold containers for giant tailed turtle eggs.
However, I have been there for a month now, so I should have come back.
But I don’t know what happened, but when the merchant ship passed by the river near their tribe, he had never seen it.
Now, leaders of various tribes gathered to discuss things, but no one from the Tu tribe came. Wang Wei felt something was wrong.
Thinking of this, Wang Wei waved his hand and Wang Zhuang ran over.
"Are you proficient in equestrianism?" Wang Wei asked.
"Don't worry, look at my thighs, it's not scabbed yet. These days, I've been sleeping on the horse's back as you said!" Wang Zhuang's walking was different from before, and now he is walking very fast.
If you look at the base of his thighs, you will know that it has been worn out. They were all riding horses for a short time.
"Okay, take a few people to the Tu tribe and see what's going on there. If it's okay, inform their clan leader by the way and come for a meeting." Wang Wei said.
Wang Zhuang had a bitter face and turned his horse with a few royal soldiers who also learned equestrianism.
The horse is completely different from before.
Not only has the reins, but also the saddle.
Except for the children who grew up on horseback, it is really difficult for the rest of the people to learn how to ride horses without a saddle.
The horse's back was too smooth and it was extremely bumpy when running.
If you have no strength on your legs, can't hold the horse's belly, and can't step on things under your feet, you won't be able to run fast at all.
If you have a horse, you still don’t know how to use it, so why do you want it?
After all, after the horses were brought back, the royal family picked thirty people to serve the group of horses.
Take them for a walk, prepare rich forage and salt water for them, and also need to let them open and eat meat from time to time, feed them some good-tasting fruits and so on.
Every day I have to comb my hair, clean my horse feces, and tickle them.
If the royal family does not know how to control horses, if they do not do this, it will probably not take long before these horses will run away.
The saddle is the best artifact for new riders.
With a saddle, there is a place to step on both feet. When the horse runs, it will hold its legs tightly, and leave a little space on its buttocks and back. The strength on its body is placed on the saddle step. In this way, as long as the saddle is not crooked, people usually will not fall.
The horse was brought by Wang Wei this time.
The purpose is to let everyone see the advantages of the speed of the grassland people having horses.
Unexpectedly, it came in handy now.
After Wang Zhuang and the others left, some tribe leaders found Wang Wei together.
Most of these tribe leaders are close to the river, have little knowledge of grassland people, and have never even come into contact with tribes.
After some politeness, they also explained their purpose.
"Wei, I heard that you summoned everyone here this time to discuss the threat of the grassland?" a patriarch asked straight to the point.
Wang Wei nodded with a smile and dealt with them.
After receiving a positive answer, the more than thirty tribe leaders laughed.
"Hahaha, Wei, are you a little too, that's too much?"
"Make a big deal!" someone reminded.
"Our ancestors have lived along the river for so many years, and have never been beaten by the grassland people. They are far away from us on the other side of the Baihe River. Is it necessary to mobilize a lot of people because of accidental things?" The patriarch knew a lot about the royal family and would say idioms.
"That's right, those grassland people come here every year, but they never attack us. They just chisel some wood with stones, or pick up some useless stones to bring them back."
"Our tribe has also changed things with those grassland people. Their fur is the same as the royal fur. After using it for a long time, it will not crack and remove hair. Just a polished stone axe can be replaced with more than a dozen skins. They are very good!" Some leaders also spoke to those grassland people.
After hearing their words, Wang Wei smiled and said, "Everyone, that's the past. We had nothing else, only stone axes and wooden spears. These things are not important to us. If we forcefully rob, they will definitely die, so exchange is the best result. But now, we have clay pots, bows and arrows, copper sickles, saw blades and other things, a stone axe can be exchanged for more than a dozen leather pieces. How many skins do you plan to exchange with them? One hundred or one thousand? Do you think it's a big price to exchange, or is it more cost-effective to directly rob?"
Wang Wei's words made many people sneer.
"They can only come every year when the Baihe River is dry or very cold and the Baihe River is frozen. Only a little time can they fight? Wei, you are really too careful this time!" someone retorted.
"The grassland people have never attacked the Eagle Clan, the Stone Clan, and the Bird Clan before. Why did they attack them this time? Isn't it just to grab the pottery jar? The Eagle Clan has lessons from the past. We don't take precautions in advance. We have to wait until they grab everyone's heads, kill our relatives, and steal our things before resisting?" Wang Wei said loudly.
Not much, I don’t think Wang Wei’s words are true.
The most serious disaster this time was the Eagle clan.
However, the wound has been healed in more than half a month.
The dead tribe members have been buried, and the bloody scenes left behind are invisible.
So these tribes don't know the seriousness of the matter at all.
It is also possible that they don't understand.
Instead, I am unwilling to speak first, so as not to pay some price for the next joint fight against the grassland people.
The two sides discussed for a long time, but no one could convince anyone.
In the end, even tribes that were still waiting and watching but were planning to act according to the opportunity joined the debate.
They all agree that the threat of grassland people is too far away and is not worth the effort to prevent it in advance.
Chapter completed!