Chapter 923 A Chance to Become a New Man

Hearing Luo Chong's question, Tang Yao hurriedly explained, "Yes, Madam Ji is not a person without vision. The strength of the Han tribe is well known. Whether it is production technology, written language, management structure, or monetary system, these things are not something that our Tang tribe can come up with by ourselves.

We can only learn from the Han tribe, but Madam Ji and I both know that if the Tang tribe cannot merge with the Han tribe, I am afraid you will never teach us everything from the Han tribe. Am I right?" Tang Yao twisted her little face and looked at Luo Chong seriously.

"Well, of course." Luo Chong did not hide anything and admitted it straightforwardly.

In fact, there was nothing to hide. Your tribe is your tribe. If we are just cooperating, why should I teach you all my unique skills without reservation? So Luo Chong did not seem to feel guilty at all when he admitted it.

But after a pause, Luo Chong said again, "From what you just said, you and Tang Ji both agree to our marriage? And you are planning to merge the Tang tribe with the Han tribe?"

Tang Yao nodded directly, "Well, Queen Ji has this plan, but she hasn't formally proposed it yet."

Luo Chong asked again, "But your Tang tribe is not decided by your aunt alone. Even if she agrees, will the other clan leaders of your tribe be willing to hand over their tribes?"

Tang Yao rolled her big eyes and rolled her eyes at Luo Chong, then asked back, "As long as my aunt and I agree, even if others oppose, will their opposition be useful? With the previous experience of the Xin tribe, even if they oppose, they have to look at their own strength.

And I believe in you. If you let the Han tribe take over the Tang tribe, you will definitely let the people of the tribe live a better life. As long as everyone has a better life, what right do they have to oppose? Even if they oppose, who will listen to them?"

"Oh, I didn't expect you to understand this truth." Luo Chong nodded with satisfaction. It seems that this little girl has learned a lot after studying in the Han tribe for more than a year. In addition, she has been following Luo Chong's family for food, clothing, living habits, appearance and clothing, etc., which are more and more in line with Luo Chong's aesthetics.

Women of this era, if you want to take them home as wives, it is still necessary to train them in advance.

The group continued to ride horses towards Xingang County. In order to take care of Tang Yao who couldn't ride a horse, the team's speed slowed down a little.

On the other side, the slaves of the Xin tribe were also marching straight towards Xingang County.

It took the slaves five days to walk more than 100 kilometers, and this was at a speed of 60 miles a day when they were traveling lightly.

At the beginning, you can still see some farmland and human traces and horses, but after walking for two or three days, except for the road covered with black coal slag under your feet, there are wilderness everywhere around, and there is not even a big tree. It is either plain grassland or shrub hills.

Fortunately, they could see some carriages going back and forth between the two places every day, otherwise they would really doubt whether they were being taken by the Han tribe to do some kind of work that would kill them.

Finally, five days later, the slaves saw a city of the Han tribe again. Just looking at the size of the city, they knew it was definitely a big city, but it was different from other places. In Xingang County, only Xingang City itself had a city wall, while the industrial counties outside, as well as the steel mills, were connected to the city wall. Therefore, the city wall of Xingang County was not completely closed, otherwise it would be inconvenient to transport things in and out.

"What is this place? It seems that all the black stones we dug out were sent here. Is this a place to refine stones?" Someone looked at the huge city in front of him and couldn't help but speculate in a low voice.

"Who knows? Anyway, no matter where this place is, we just need to work honestly." Someone said indifferently.

Indeed, they could not do anything else except work, and the Han tribe would not let them go.

"Don't talk, just rest where you are, supervise each other, and each of you should send a group of people to follow me to get food. Eat first, and then I will tell you what to do." The guards suddenly gave a few instructions to the slaves, and then directed everyone to sit down and rest, and some people from a group were appointed to get food.

After the guards took the people away, the slaves sat collectively on the large open space outside the city to rest, and then chattered and discussed what the Han tribe wanted them to do here?

This is the place where the black stones were consumed, so some of them speculated whether this place might also be a mine. The main thing is to look at the surrounding terrain. It really looks like a mine. Are they going to mine in another place?

However, this was not the case. After a while, following the guards, there were not only slaves carrying food on poles, but also many horse-drawn carriages loaded with various tools. Those tools were obviously not used for mining, so the Han tribe did not ask them to mine.

Someone curiously looked into the carriage. There were long-handled hammers, pickaxes, rakes, shovels, and a small tamping cart with wheels. There were also large stone rollers pulled by horses. It was estimated that the stone rollers must weigh several thousand pounds. In addition, there were some small pottery rollers covered with a layer of loess, which seemed to be rolling on the land frequently.

Could this be for them to build roads?

But building roads should not require hammers and rakes, right?

Just when everyone was confused, the guard had people distribute the food to them, and then spoke to the group of slaves.

"Listen everyone, your chance has come. Our leader feels sorry for you and is giving you a chance to start a new life.

From today on, you don't have to mine anymore, but learn to build roads. This road is not easy. As long as you study hard and work hard, when the road is built, the leader will give you the identity of a Han tribe citizen so that you can be registered as a Han tribe citizen and no longer be a slave.

However, you will still be responsible for building roads in the future. But when the time comes, the tribe will pay you for your work, so you will not be in vain. The tribe will also find a way to marry you a wife, settle down and divide the land, and have children. As long as you are honest and obedient, you will have the opportunity to live a good life in the future.

The Xin tribe on Zhudao is no longer there. You should have heard of it. Now it is also the territory of our Han tribe. It has now been renamed Qiongzhou Island, and it is divided into six counties. You'd better think clearly and understand your current situation. Even if you resist and escape, you can't go back to the tribe you used to be, so you might as well think about your future life.

If you think clearly, I will start to assign tasks for you after dinner."

(4/4) Make up for yesterday

(end of this chapter)