Chapter 49 The Head Left Behind
When the two arrived at the conference room, the room that accommodated 300 people was already in chaos.
Datian was questioning Han Da from the riverside tribe. It was Han Da who led the riot this time.
Originally, we were just holding a spring plowing meeting today, and sowing would begin the next day or the day after tomorrow.
Datian assigned tasks as usual, but Han Da suddenly stood up and said, "We from the Hebian tribe will not participate in the spring plowing. We are still used to hunting for a living. You guys farm the land, and we are going back to the cave."
Datian clenched his hands into fists silently as he flipped through the form, but his face showed no emotion.
"You want to leave? Sure, I'll give you freedom. But I want to hear the rest of the Riverside Tribe decide whether to leave or stay. It's not up to you to decide."
Datian's cold gaze swept across the seats of the riverside tribe. The dozen or so people living by the river felt very uneasy at this moment.
Naturally they were reluctant to leave, but Han Da had been trying to persuade them these days.
Han Da told them that the current leader was a caveman, had no blood relationship with their Hebian tribe, and would not always be kind to them.
They are treated well now only for the spring ploughing. After the spring ploughing, they will be driven into the pigsty to be slaves.
These people have only been in Chang'an for three months. They have just learned the language and writing, and their minds are simple, so they can't help but be shaken.
Moreover, Han Da suddenly attacked and had a head-on conflict with the leader. They were also afraid that even if they stayed, they would be treated as the same kind as Han Da and be inferior.
Datian looked at the people on the river bank who were in trouble and told them, "Tell us what you think. Do you think the food and accommodation here are not good, or do you think the people here are not good?"
The people by the river hung their heads and said in shame, "All is well, all is well. Although we came later, the chief treated us as well as the others, and provided us with everything we needed for food, shelter and daily necessities."
Datian nodded in satisfaction, "If that's the case, then why don't you follow me?"
"This..." The man by the river hesitated to speak.
Han Da saw that the wind was not blowing, so he said quickly, "Because you are a caveman, we don't trust the leadership of cavemen. Unless... unless we riverside people can also be the leaders."
Datian sneered, "Humph, this is probably not what the people of Hebian mean, but what you mean, right? Why don't you just say you want to be the leader?"
Han Da was hit on the spot, but he still choked and refused to admit it.
Datian stood up and questioned Han Da: "You want to be the leader, do you know how to plant? Do you know how to raise livestock? There are 300 people in Chang'an City, and you are the only one who likes to be sneaky and cunning.
How many pieces of cloth have you woven? How many times have you fired a kiln? You can't read a single word, but you have a lot of ideas. You can't even learn the basics of firing bricks and building a wall. You're as stupid as a pig, and you still want to be a leader?"
Datian looked at everyone, "Are you willing to let him be the leader?"
"No!" everyone objected loudly.
Niu Da said angrily: "Do you think we are fools? Who wants you to lead? Dream on!"
As soon as he spoke, Han Da finally found a handle, "Look, the cavemen are banding together, and they are banding together to bully the people by the river!"
Datian gritted his teeth and said, "Don't try to sow discord. You keep saying how great the cavemen are.
Okay, I admit that we, the cavemen, were the first to become intelligent. We followed the four goddesses and migrated here and established the city of Chang'an.
Which of you has not been taught how to speak and write by the cavemen? Even how to use chopsticks was taught by Comrade Zheng Zhi.
However, management positions in Chang'an City have always been held by the most capable, and I have never been partial.
Apart from me, the second person in charge of this spring plowing is Feng Lan. She came from Dutian four months ago. Is she a caveman?
The person who manages your residence every day is Wei Ba, who comes from Pingkou. Is he a caveman?
The person in charge of building this meeting hall was Wang Yi, who we picked up during our migration. He didn't even know where he was from.
Han Da, don't try to stir up tribal disputes and disrupt production and labor. If you do evil, don't blame me for punishing you! "
Datian's eyes were filled with hostility. Han Da felt uncomfortable being stared at by her, and said stubbornly, "I don't care where you are from. Anyway, we Hebian people have to leave, so we must give us what we deserve. Let's divide the family!
We have smelted iron, fed pigs, sheep and cows, and we must be given two. Divide! Divide today!"
As soon as he mentioned dividing the family, everyone else couldn't stand it anymore and accused Han Da of being an ungrateful person.
Datian's eldest brother Xu Tu was about to speak, but was stopped by his sister-in-law Fang Shui. Fang Shui shook her head at him, and it was better for the cavemen to avoid suspicion at this time.
There was a woman in the Wenshan tribe, who was in her thirties and was named Cui Hong.
Cui Hong is usually a quick-witted person. When she heard Han Da say this, she got so angry that she stood up and yelled, "Divide the family? How many pieces can you divide?
You, the Hebian Tribe, arrived six or seven days later than our Wenshan Tribe. I still remember how arrogant you looked when you first arrived.
Barefoot, buried, frozen like a piglet. Without even a piece of clothing, swinging your dripping little thing and it comes.
Who gives you clothes to wear? Who gives you shoes to wear? Who gives you a house to live in?
A few months ago, you were just a howling beast, and now you dare to clamor for separation? Are you full?
Ten of you are not as good as a calf or a foal, and you don't even consider your own weight.
You are such an ungrateful person. Be careful that God will open his eyes and strike you to death with a thunderbolt! "
Han Da rolled up his sleeves and said, "You bitch, if I had known that you Wenshan people disliked us Hebian people, come on, I will kill you!"
Cui Hong was about to go up, but the people around her quickly stopped her and tried to persuade her to stop.
There were adults quarreling and children making noises in the meeting room. Luo Jiu and Feng Qi stood at the door and listened for a few words before they understood the general idea.
The people inside were still arguing when suddenly there was a bang at the door. Everyone looked over and saw Luo Jiu kicking the door open and looking at them coldly.
Feng Qi carried her huge Xuanhua axe and stood behind Luo Jiu like a mountain.
Everyone stopped talking, lowered their heads, made way for the middle passage, and leaned over to greet: "Second mother!" "Auntie!"
Luo Jiu strode in, and Feng Qi followed behind her, deliberately dragging the Xuanhua axe on the ground. The sound of the iron axe rubbing against the blue bricks made Han Da feel cold.
The conference room that accommodated 300 people suddenly became quiet, so quiet that it was eerie.
Luo Jiu turned around and said to everyone: "I have said since the day you came to Chang'an that no matter where you come from, we all have a common name - Chinese. Anyone who dares to split will be charged with treason and executed immediately."
Luo Jiu sat steadily on the chair and looked at Han Da, "Do you have anything else to say?"
"I...I..." Han Da's legs were a little weak and he was stuttering when a child named Xiao Shitou from the riverside suddenly shouted, "Second Mother!"
Shitou ran over from the back row and threw himself into Luo Jiu's arms, crying, "Second mother, I don't want to leave. I want to learn from you and do experiments with you. But Han Da said that if we don't leave, after the spring plowing, the leader will drive us to the pigpen to be slaves."
Han Da was shocked and immediately denied it three times: "I didn't, it wasn't me, you are talking nonsense!"
"That's what you said!" Shitou hugged Luo Jiu's arm and asked crying, "Second mother, can I still go to school after becoming a slave?"
Luo Jiu patted his head and said, "No one wants you to be slaves. Someone is spreading rumors and causing trouble."
Luo Jiu looked at Han Da. Han Da was frightened by her sharp aura and stepped back a few steps. "I didn't say that. I... I won't split up. I'll leave. It's okay for me to leave, right? The leader just promised me. I can leave."
"Leave?" Luo Jiu's mouth showed a hint of coldness. "You disrupted the Spring Farming Conference and destroyed production, and you still want to get away with it. Is it that easy?"
Han Da was so nervous that his breathing became a little rapid. He said stubbornly, "My feet are on my body, who can control me?"
He turned and ran out, one foot on the door sill, and suddenly heard Luo Jiu say calmly: "You can leave with your feet, but leave your head behind."
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