Having said this, Xia paused deliberately, then continued, "But... who can guarantee that their tribe will always be the strongest?"
"The emergence of slaves is not a good thing for either the powerful or the weak tribes."
"Weak tribes are always worried about being captured and enslaved. If a strong tribe falls from power one day, will others be able to capture them as well?"
"If you can enslave others, then those who are stronger than you can enslave you."
"Therefore, I declare today the first official law of Qingshan City: slavery and human trafficking will never be permitted in Qingshan City, nor will they be permitted within the jurisdiction of Qingshan City."
It was the Black Bear Tribe leader again. He said directly, "Our tribe will definitely abide by this..." He scratched his head, thought for a moment, and then said, "What is this? The law, right?"
"Our tribe will certainly abide by it."
"It's the same with our tribe. Those who were rescued looked so miserable. It's horrifying to think that we could end up like that."
"Our tribe also abides by this. Whether we're weak or strong, this kind of thing shouldn't happen. Our youngest said something after returning from studying in Qingshan City: 'Oh, things change over time. Who knows when we'll become strong and when we'll suddenly become weak?' So, it's in everyone's best interest if we all unite to resist this kind of situation."
Seeing all the clan leaders present at the meeting express their opinions, Xia smiled with satisfaction.
Jia and He were in charge of the temporary wooden shed. Xi also came to help. Looking at the people who had washed themselves and eaten hot food and fell into a deep sleep, Jia suddenly said, "What they have experienced is more cruel than anything we have imagined."
He just nodded without saying anything. Before meeting these people, he thought the slaves in the market were already miserable. He didn't want to become like that, nor did he want his fellow tribesmen to become like that.
Xi let out a long sigh, then silently added a handful of fuel to the temporary stove.
After cleaning themselves up, the flying beastmen of Bird Island entered Qingshan City. Yang had already arranged a place for them to rest.
As soon as they entered the room, they went straight to the soft bed and fell into a deep sleep as soon as their heads touched the pillow.
After Xia came back, he didn't have a minute to rest. After arranging the first group of people who came back with them and the people from Bird Island, he was also busy preparing to settle the large group of people that Ji brought back from the northwest.
In addition to Ji's forces, many scattered small tribes in the northwest packed up their things and followed them when they saw that they had all moved.
There were quite a few people, so he had to make a careful plan. So, he asked someone to find the old patriarch, and at the same time called all the senior executives currently in Qingshan City to the conference room for a meeting.
Before the meeting started, the former leader of the tribe who came from the east and has now completely joined Qingshan City came to find Xia.
So before the meeting, Xia met with him alone.
This orc, who had grown much stronger since arriving in Qingshan City, was a little nervous. He looked at Xia and said, "Chief, do you have any ideas about the tribes to the east? I know a few good people there."
Xia looked at him in surprise and said, "Can you persuade them to come over?"
"I can try," the orc said, "but I can only try to persuade the tribes I know. I can't persuade the tribes I don't know or have no contact with. Whether they believe me or not is one thing, but I don't know what they are like."
Xia tapped the table lightly, thought for a moment, and said, "The north is so unsafe right now. If you go there, be prepared not to come back."
The orc smiled and said, "I can go alone. I'm stronger and more powerful now. I'll be less noticeable if I go alone. I'll be more cautious and won't be discovered so easily."
Xia looked at him for a while and said, "Well, be careful, bring more herbs, and if anything happens, run back directly. As long as you reach the south, you will be safe."
After Meng Yuqing and Xuanyi returned to Qingshan City, they went straight to find Xia.
Although Xia had already learned from Yang that Meng Yuqing, Xuan and Lian had all returned safely, he was only completely relieved when he saw them appear in front of him with his own eyes.
"Chief, Xuan and I are going to set off after we have arranged things here." Meng Yuqing went straight to the point.
Xia was stunned at first, but he quickly realized what Meng Yuqing was talking about. Before he could reply, Meng Yuqing pulled out many books from his space and piled them in front of Xia. "We don't have much time. With such a big commotion in the north this time, the gods will take action sooner or later. We must quickly gain the power to compete with him. Qingshan City and the south are in my hands, clan leader."
Xia lowered his eyes, and after a long while, he chuckled and said, "You guys really won't let me rest at all. I originally wanted to retreat after this matter was over."
He waved his hand and said helplessly, "Go ahead, leave this to me, just go and do what you have to do."
Having said that, Meng Yuqing was not prepared to be a hands-off boss. He, Xuan and Xia spent several days making a rough plan for the subsequent construction of Qingshan City, as well as the settlement of personnel and the arrangement of prisoners.
Meng Yuqing and Xuan didn't have time to adjust the specific situation one by one, so Xia needed to make adjustments in Qingshan City based on the actual situation.
Meng Yuqing placed the booklet she had made over the past few days on the table and talked to Xia about household registration.
"All tribes living in our Qingshan City hunting area need to register. They must include the total number of people in their tribe, the number of sub-beasts and orcs, and their specific location."
Xia flipped through the booklet and said, "I've already sent someone to do the statistics, and I plan to do it every year, counting both the deaths and the births."
Hearing that Xia had done so, Meng Yuqing nodded. He was indeed worthy of being the tribe leader. After secretly praising him in his heart, he continued, "But this time, I want to not only roughly count the situation of the tribe, but also count the people more accurately."
"Just like you registered the information of every member of the tribe in Qingshan City, right?" Xuan instantly thought of Meng Yuqing who had been registering the information of the tribe members in a book since he started teaching everyone to read, and would take the tribe members to re-count the information every year.
It is also required that newborns must report to the tribe to register their identity information.
"Yes, but before, we were meeting with our tribesmen, so we only registered them in a booklet and didn't issue any corresponding identification documents. After all, I may not know all of them yet, but you must remember them all."
"Besides, we all live in Qingshan City, and our neighbors all know each other. There's no chance of a stranger suddenly sneaking into our tribe without anyone noticing."
"But now, we have to face the tribes throughout the hunting area, as well as the tribes migrating from the northwest who may follow us in the future, and even the entire southern tribes. All together, there are millions of people."
"In this situation, can you still remember everyone accurately?"
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