"Next, our first priority is to subdue the captives and make them willingly obey us and work for the Valley Tribe without even the slightest resistance. I'll leave this task to the four elders. You will discuss and come up with a set of rules to see how this should be done."

Although Qiao Yu is authoritarian, she doesn't control everything and do everything herself. A good leader should delegate authority appropriately and fully mobilize the enthusiasm and participation of his subordinates.

She planned to leave the task of ideological work with the prisoners to the four elders - now Shan had also become an elder with her and everyone's tacit consent.

She had originally considered marginalizing the four elders, but then she realized that instead of suppressing them and letting them resent her and oppose her, it would be better to utilize their abilities, assign them tasks, and give them a slight pay raise. This would promote unity, reduce internal conflicts, and was the best approach.

Anyway, there are a lot of things to do in the tribe, and they have plenty of things to do.

Sure enough, upon hearing her words, Shan and Foshi's stone fell silent, and Huo and Lu's hidden worries and concerns immediately dissipated. Their faces suddenly became rosy, and they felt that they were still very valued and were not neglected just because their descendants had offended Qiao Yu. They were full of fighting spirit in their hearts.

"As for how to subdue prisoners, my advice is to use both kindness and force," said Qiao Yu.

After giving these four words, she said no more, turning to the three hunting team captains, "The second most important task for the tribe is to go to the Stone Tribe and bring their women and children safely home. You men can't go alone; you must have women with you. I will form a women's hunting team in the tribe, with Ye as the captain. It will be a voluntary recruitment process, with candidates selected based on their abilities. They will participate in tribal development and hunting activities. When the time comes, they will go to the Stone Tribe to pick up the people, along with the members selected from each of your teams."

Everyone nodded.

The remaining people in the Stonehenge tribe are the elderly, women, and children. It would be much easier for women to accept the task than if all men were to take over, and the other party's resistance would not be as severe.

Seeing that no one objected, Qiao Yu said, "Man, Liushui, you discuss with the captains of the three hunting teams and decide who will go to the Stone Tribe and guard the captives. The three teams will only need twenty people to go to the Stone Tribe, plus the women's team. Once the personnel are decided, let me review it first. Once I have no problems, I will notify everyone. The departure time is the day after tomorrow."

At this point, Qiao Yu looked at Man and said, "Man, you are responsible for this matter."

"Okay." Man nodded, his face slightly red, his eyes shining, and it was obvious that he was very excited.

Qiao Yu continued, "The third major issue is the relocation of the tribe. Everyone should have deeply experienced the security risks of this valley during this war. With the influx of the Giant Stone Tribe, the population has increased dramatically, and life will become very crowded. The animals raised by the breeding team will enter their breeding season in the spring, and I plan to plant plants like yams and ginger in the tribe, which all require space. Relocation of the tribe is imminent."

Speaking of this, everyone frowned.

"But where can we move to? Is there a suitable place?" Lu Dao said.

"After you arrange the tribal affairs, I will go out the day after tomorrow to look for a suitable place to build the tribe." Qiao Yu said.

Everyone was shocked: "Yu..."

Once they realized what was happening, everyone started to talk to Qiao Yu and said, "Let someone else handle this. Don't go."

"Yes, yes. Without you in the tribe, no one can sleep well."

"It's so cold outside, and it's hard work. You should let someone else do it. We can split a few people from each team and search in different directions. It's better than you doing it alone."

Qiao Yu still vividly remembers the uneasiness and anxiety everyone felt when he went to track the exiles. At that time, there were no captives in the tribe.

The fifty captives from the Stone Tribe were now like time bombs in everyone's minds. If Qiao Yu hadn't been keeping them in check, there was no telling when they would explode. It was truly terrifying.

"The tribe will send two teams out. I will be in charge of one team alone and act separately from them." Qiao Yu said.

Seeing that everyone wanted to talk more, she waved her hand and said, "You've been out hunting and have visited many places, right? But you still haven't chosen a suitable place. If I send you out, will you be able to choose a suitable place?"

Everyone was embarrassed.

"Everyone has different opinions on what is appropriate and what is inappropriate. What you think is inappropriate may be appropriate to me. So I must go. Don't worry, as long as everyone strictly follows my instructions to guard the prisoners and pick up the people, the people of the Stone Tribe will not be able to cause any trouble."

"Then can you go after a while?" Man said, "Wait until the people of the Stone Tribe are at peace and obedient, then you can go out."

Qiao Yu shook his head. "They've already surrendered, and you still want to tie them up and imprison them? That's when we need to be most vigilant. But now, they're tied up, imprisoned, and starving, and they can't do anything. After the women and children were brought in, they were worried about the men imprisoned in the cave and didn't dare to act rashly. This is a good time for me to get out."

"Besides, I won't let the men of the Stone Tribe out to live with us. I can't just keep them for nothing; I have to make them work. When I find a new location, I'll take them and the men from our tribe there to build the new tribe first. When the new tribe is built and the weather warms up in the spring, the elderly, women, and children will move there. With the traps in place, the women and children will be safe in the tribe."

After hearing how Qiao Yu had arranged everything clearly, everyone was unable to dissuade him, even if they did not want him to leave the tribe.

"The fourth thing is that the people from the Stone Tribe are coming and they need a lot of food. Next, Chun, you take people to the mountains to pick up chestnuts. The other team leaders will go to the river with me in the afternoon. I will teach you how to fish and cook fish. In addition to chestnuts, fish is also food for the people of the Stone Tribe." Qiao Yu said.

"Fish?" When everyone heard that Qiao Yu was going to feed the people of the Stone Tribe with fish, they were stunned and felt a strong sense of sympathy for the people of the Stone Tribe.

The people of the valley tribe have never eaten fish.

The prey they hunted in the mountains came in large chunks, cut and grilled, ready to devour with hearty mouthfuls. Fish, however, have bones. During the snowy season, when food was scarce, they considered eating fish. But they ate fish incorrectly, devouring them like lamb or venison, with large gulps. The result was that the bones pricked their mouths, causing them to bleed and in excruciating pain. Some even died from swallowing bones that became lodged in their throats.

Moreover, they don’t know how to process fish. They don’t even know that they should take out the fish’s internal organs before roasting it. Instead, they roast it whole and then stuff it into their mouths with the internal organs and bones. How can it taste good?

Since it was dangerous and tasted bad, the primitive people in this area refused to eat fish and never thought about it again.