"Aren't there two empty caves?" she said. "Divide the captives and lock them up in those two caves. Each of the four elders will be in charge of the people in one cave. Get to know each of their thoughts, personalities, and family situations clearly, and then sort out the relationships between all the people in the Stone Tribe."
"When you want to understand the situation, you can't just ask him personally, you have to ask others too. If you ask him personally, he might hide something and say something that benefits himself, but when he talks about others, that's not certain. Especially if the other person doesn't have a good relationship with him, he'll be willing to spill all the dirt."
After hearing what Qiao Yu said, Shan looked at him with shock, as if to say, "Why is this kid like this?"
He knew his daughter was smart, but he didn't expect her to be so sinister and scheming.
Who did you learn this from?
Qiao Yu didn't notice Shan's eyes and expression. She was busy sighing about the illiteracy in the tribe.
She misses her nine years of compulsory education very much.
If the tribe were literate and knowledgeable, she could have taken this opportunity to build a file on the members of the Stonehenge tribe. Relying solely on the memories of Shan, Lu, and the others, and then "embellishing" their messages while relaying them, and adding their own subjective assumptions, the situation they investigated would be completely distorted.
But ever since she came here, she has been busy and has never had a chance to rest.
She had planned out her winter schedule. In the mornings, she crafted spears and bows, training everyone to master their techniques. In the afternoons, she taught everyone literacy, teaching the brighter ones like Yan and Man to read and write, allowing them to take on the role of teachers. The others also mastered some common characters. Then, in the spring, she would search for a new address for the tribe.
As a result, they encountered two troubles: the Stone Tribe and the Nomad Tribe. In order to solve the problem of population growth and guard against the covetousness of the Nomad Tribe, they immediately put the migration of the tribe on the agenda.
Now the literacy project can only be moved to after the relocation of the new tribe is completed.
After sighing, she continued, "If we want the people of the Stone Tribe to integrate into our community, we have to divide them. If we let them unite and do everything together, they will always be clearly separated from us. The slightest conflict of interest will turn them into two hostile camps, which is a serious threat to our tribe."
Shan was deeply inspired.
He nodded vigorously: "I understand what to do."
"Besides this, you also need to tell them the benefits of joining our tribe. People tend to go to higher places, just as water flows to lower places. If they join the Valley Tribe and their lives remain the same as before, or even worse, they'll naturally be unwilling. But if they join and their lives are good, with plenty of game to hunt, and they no longer have to worry about starving or even dying during the snowy season, then even if we let them go, they'll beg to stay."
Shan's eyes lit up and he slapped his legs vigorously: "Yes, haha, this is a good idea."
He drew inferences from one instance: "I'm going to tell them about traps and snares. I'm going to give them fish or meat soup every ten days or half a month, and tell them that if they stay in our tribe, they can eat such delicious food every day. They'll definitely envy us and want to stay here."
"Yes, that's it."
Seeing that he understood, Qiao Yu changed the subject and talked about the resettlement of the women and children of the Stone Tribe.
"Once Uncle and the others have brought the women and children from the Stone Tribe here, we can't just tie them up and lock them up. You'll have to set up small classrooms and have the Stone Tribe children attend classes with our children during the day. Children are the easiest to get along with. They'll play well with their friends, develop feelings for you gentlemen, and identify with the tribe. When they grow up, they'll become members of our tribe. And the adults will be less wary of the children because they're accepted and integrated."
Shan slapped his thigh again. "That's a brilliant idea. If the child likes our tribe, the mother will naturally not dislike us. And when we move to the new tribe and reunite with the men, they will see that the women and children are willing to stay with us, so any thoughts they have will be in vain."
For a moment, he seemed to have opened up his Ren and Du meridians and realized some secret of magical skills. His face was flushed and his eyes were bright as he looked at his daughter.
Qiao Yu stared at the mountain with his eyes wide open, not understanding what great thing he had said that made him so excited.
However, what Shan said was exactly what she wanted to express. He understood her meaning deeply, and Qiao Yu was happy that she didn't have to waste too much time talking.
"That's the truth. I hope you understand, Father," she said.
Koizumi ate and drank on the side, listening to every word his father and sister said, with a thoughtful look on his face.
After Qiao Yu had eaten, he asked Xiaoquan to run errands and called in the three team leaders, Ye, and two assistant officers, and asked the team leaders to report on their personnel allocation.
The men's hunting team's personnel allocation was straightforward, and everything went according to Qiao Yu's instructions: about twenty went to pick up the people, and about twenty stayed in the tribe. The selection of personnel for the outbound assignments favored those with high martial arts skills, and both Black and Blue Wolf were among those chosen.
As for Yan, Qiao Yu deliberately kept him here to assist the four elders and use his brain to manually record the files of all the people in the Stone Tribe.
The registration results for the women's hunting team were completely beyond Qiao Yu's expectations. Thirteen people actually signed up.
"Why are there so many? Some women have young children to take care of, right?" Qiao Yu asked Ye in surprise.
Although Ye is careless, his mind is much more flexible than Hei's.
She said cheerfully, "We women have long wanted to go up the mountain like the men. We just haven't had the chance. Now that you, Yu, have given us the opportunity, we must seize it no matter what. It doesn't matter if we have young children. The tribe now has fish soup and dried meat and sweet potato soup. Children over one year old can be entrusted to others to help take care of them."
Qiao Yu never thought that the two soups he taught could actually liberate women.
"Very good, I'm very happy for you. What men can do, we women can do as well. Don't worry, you will get the same reward if you do the same thing as men," she encouraged.
"Yes, Yu, you are a woman, you understand us. We won't embarrass you, don't worry." Ye had a very bright smile on his face.
After confirming the personnel to be sent abroad, Qiao Yu announced to the leadership: "Man will represent me on this trip, and his words are as good as mine. This time, you will all follow his orders. If anyone disobeys orders and acts on their own, I will remove him from his position as team leader upon his return."
"No, no."
"We all listened to him."
Several team leaders quickly gave their assurances.
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