She glanced at the people below. "The Dragon Tribe is made up of the Valley Tribe, the Stone Tribe, and the Shanyin Tribe. Initially, the Stone Tribe attacked the Valley Tribe, and all the men were captured. Later, they were imprisoned and subjected to labor reform. Those who performed well were gradually accepted as new members of the Dragon Tribe, enjoying the same treatment as all other tribesmen."

"So-called good performance means not being cunning or treacherous, not causing trouble, being honest, working diligently, and obeying the orders and arrangements of the tribal leadership."

"Back then, Ming brought some people from the Shanyin tribe to merge with our tribe. Because they didn't attack us, but directly merged with us, they weren't taken captive. But the houses they lived in and the dried meat they ate had to be earned through their own labor, rather than just asking the Dragon Tribe to give them houses and dried meat for free."

"In the Dragon Tribe, the principle of more work, more pay, and the capable rising and the mediocre falling is practiced. If you're diligent and capable, you'll receive more supplies, and vice versa. We don't accept blackmail. If you're okay with being a captive in the God Tribe but unacceptable in the Dragon Tribe, and would rather die than follow our rules, then we won't force you. After all, whether there are more or fewer people, the impact on the tribe won't be significant."

As she spoke, she waved her hand and said, "Shanshi, Menghu, take out your bows and arrows. Muguan, Chen, you two go get the ladder."

Mu Guan and Chen knew they had done something wrong when these people dared to use Qiao Yu to negotiate. They were worried that Qiao Yu would have a bad impression of them.

You have to know that with the arrival of these captives from the God Tribe, the number of people in the Dragon Tribe's current team will inevitably increase greatly. After they merge with each other, they will be divided into teams of more than ten or twenty people. At that time, there will be many more vacancies for team leaders.

They were all quite capable and had great hopes of becoming the next team leaders. If Qiao Yu had a bad impression of them because of what happened today, he wouldn't know who to cry to.

Seeing Qiao Yu sending them on their way, the two of them suddenly became excited and ran very fast.

The wooden ladder was placed behind the bushes where they were ambushed. The two of them took it and placed it in the place opposite them as Qiao Yu requested.

The moment the ladder was lowered, Menghu and Shanshi aimed their bows and arrows directly at that spot. If anyone climbed up the ladder without throwing down their weapons, they would shoot them immediately.

Seeing the ladder, the crowd under the trap started to stir.

Everyone is already unable to bear the cold. If they continue like this, they will definitely get seriously ill and lose their lives.

Moreover, the female leader said that she would not accept threats and took a tough stance. They would either be captured or die.

They were once captives of the God Tribe, and now they are captives of the Dragon Tribe. Before, they would rather live than die, so why would they want to die now?

Everyone was struggling internally when Qiao Yu said, "If you are willing to be a captive and obey the Dragon Tribe's orders, first declare your willingness to surrender, then throw all your weapons onto the open space on the right, and then climb up the ladder."

She then said to Chen and Mu Guan, "You two are responsible for tying up the prisoners."

"Yes." Chen and Mu Guan quickly agreed, ran quickly to the place where the vines were placed nearby, and took some vines for use.

This was more dangerous than aiming a bow and arrow, but who had asked them to plead for these people just now? This could be considered as redemption.

The people below looked at each other. The man next to Leng, whose lips were bruised and whose name was Dalu, finally couldn't bear it anymore. He struggled to get up from the ground and shouted, "I am willing to surrender."

As he spoke, he staggered to the open space designated by Qiao Yu, threw all his weapons there, and looked up at Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu nodded: "Come up."

The tigers and rocks aimed their bows and arrows at him.

The road doesn't care about these things.

He didn't want to die, he wanted to live. No matter what happened next, he had to survive first. And since the female leader wanted to increase the population, she wouldn't break her promise and kill them. Killing them wouldn't benefit her or the tribe. So he believed that as long as he didn't resist, they wouldn't kill him.

Chen and Mu Guan breathed a sigh of relief when they saw someone surrender. If someone surrendered and successfully climbed up, the others below would follow suit.

Seeing Dalu staring at the ladder in a daze, Chen instructed, "Hold on to the vertical wood on both sides with your hands, put one foot on the horizontal wood, and climb up step by step until you can climb up."

When Qiao Yu had the carpentry team build this ladder, everyone was amazed at his cleverness. They climbed up and down the newly dug trap several times and had a blast. Now, seeing that his former companions had never seen such a thing before, he felt very proud.

When they were escorted into the tribe, they were even more surprised by something else.

When they first entered the Dragon Tribe, they claimed to be from a big tribe and thought they were very great. They looked down on the tribe composed of two small tribes, but they were slapped in the face so quickly.

Now, Chen is particularly looking forward to seeing his former companions being slapped in the face.

Dalu tried a few times according to the method Chen taught him. However, because his hands and feet were frozen, his movements were clumsy and he finally climbed up with great difficulty.

Chen walked up to him and tied his hands behind his back. Dalu did not struggle and let himself be tied up obediently.

"Let him go back with those people and give them a bowl of ginger soup to warm their bodies." Qiao Yu pointed at the captives from the Divine Tribe.

"Yes." Chen led Dalu over there and joined the people from the God Tribe. He asked the people from other teams to help send him back to the tribe, and then ran back.

Because ginger is expensive and a medicine used by witches, most people in the God Tribe don't know what it is. But they understand the words "return to the tribe first" and "warm up the body".

Those who had already given up resistance quickly took action, and several people stood up at once.

Seeing this, the others quickly stood up as well.

The only ones left were those whose legs were numb and unable to stand up for a while, and those who were dumbfounded by the cold.

"Come one by one," Ming shouted hurriedly, "one by one, stand up. If you come up like this, who knows if you're surrendering or trying to cause trouble?"

After he said this, the people below really became obedient and lined up to wait to come up.

I was cold, angry and anxious, and my heart sank to the bottom.

It was he who led the fight against Qiao Yu and refused to surrender. Mu Guan, who was at odds with him, might even slander him in front of the female leader. How could he expect to have an easy life in the Dragon Tribe from now on?

But now that things have come to this, there is no regret medicine in the world. Seeing that everyone is queuing up, if he doesn't stand up, he will be the only one left, so he quickly stood up and got to the back of the line.