Chapter 505: The Slave Courtyard within the Range of Bows and Arrows



A weak man with a swollen belly was carried out and thrown to the place to the east of the Qingque tribe where corpses were often cremated.

In the past few days, people have been dying in the Qingque tribe.

This is nothing surprising, as many of the captives were seriously injured.

Not all people whose stomachs are ruptured are as lucky as Ruhua. Not only did the wound on her stomach heal, but she also gave birth to two children for Tietou in the past few years.

In addition to those with ruptured stomachs, there were several others whose wounds were inflamed. So far, four people have died.

The injuries of the remaining people are basically stable, and there should be no more deaths.

Han Cheng and Wu were extremely distressed about this, because every death meant that the Qingque tribe lost a strong labor force.

Not far from the pigpen, Liang started boiling willow branch water again.

Compared with their initial fear, the slaves, who had experienced such things for a few days, were no longer afraid of it. On the contrary, they became extremely excited.

The people of the Tengshe tribe often participate in battles, and they know better than people from ordinary tribes that people are more likely to die after being injured.

But there was no other way. In the original tribe, they could only watch those people die, or they would be killed and eaten before they died.

Almost all of those who were captured this time were injured, and many people were pessimistic and believed that many of them would die painfully.

However, what happened next surprised them.

After being cleaned and treated by the man named 'Liang', the death of many people did not happen, only a few people died!

How could such a thing not make people feel surprised and happy?

Changtui sat there and took a precious ceramic basin filled with willow water from Liang's hand, carefully placed it on the ground, scooped up the water with his hand, and slowly poured it on the wound that was slowly scabbing.

He rinsed it so carefully that not a single drop of willow branch water flowed out of the basin.

Looking at Liang squatting down and personally cleaning the wounds of several people whose injuries were more serious than those of ordinary people, Changtui's eyes couldn't help but reveal a look of respect.

This is the respect that people who can save lives deserve.

Even the witch in their original tribe did not have such ability.

When he later learned that these were taught by the young Son of God, he could not help but be stunned for a long while.

How could the Son of God, who is so young, know so much?

If we say that these were created by someone older than the witch in their original tribe, it would be more accurate.

As he spent more time living in the Green Bird Tribe and learned more about the tribe, Long Legs and others became more and more respectful of the young Son of God.

It was miraculous enough that the witch of their original tribe could pray to the gods for something white that could keep people's skin exposed to the elements from being cut by the cold wind. However, the Son of God of this tribe could provide many methods and teach people how to make many precious things.

Even the precious pottery and delicious salt, as well as the walls and houses that he thought were simply not something humans could build, were built by humans under the guidance of the Son of God.

Compared with the Son of God, the witch from their original tribe is not worth mentioning at all!

Han Cheng didn't know that his magical powers had already spread among the slaves, and that they were not only amazed but also felt awe. Even if he knew, he would not change his plan to move the slaves' living area outside the courtyard and separate it from the Qingque tribe's base camp.

Han Cheng had already chosen the place for the slaves to live, which was diagonally in front of the courtyard.

Not one, but two, one on the left and one on the right in front of the courtyard of the Qingque tribe, like two outstretched fists.

The reason why two were built instead of just one was to disperse the slaves, which would make it easier to control them.

As time went on, more and more slaves recovered from their injuries.

These slaves, who had basically nothing to do, were not idle. They were all called outside the courtyard to build a new courtyard.

At this time, nearly forty people were divided into two groups working in front of the Qingque tribe, digging soil, mixing mud, and ramming earth walls.

The courtyards where the two slaves lived would not be built very large, no more than twenty meters long and fifteen meters wide.

Han Cheng also made strict regulations on the height of the wall, which can only be 1.2 meters and cannot be built higher.

In this way, the difference between slaves and citizens can be intentionally distinguished in terms of specifications. Secondly, the wall can provide a certain degree of protection for these slaves while denying them the opportunity to occupy the courtyard.

Moreover, these two small courtyards are very close to Qingque's large courtyard, with a distance of only twenty meters between them and the farthest one no more than forty meters, completely within the coverage of bows and arrows.

In addition, the courtyard wall is low, so everything inside the two courtyards will be presented to everyone standing on the wall.

Once the slaves rioted, the people of the Green Bird tribe could just stand on the wall and shoot arrows to kill them.

Not only are the walls short, but the houses are also short.

If we include the roof ridges of the houses of the Qingque tribe and only count the highest points, the large blue brick and tiled houses reach three and a half meters. The earthen-walled and tiled house where Han Cheng and his friends live is about three meters high.

The earthen-walled and thatched-roofed houses where second-class citizens lived were 2.5 meters high. The houses where slaves lived had the highest roof ridge of only 2 meters and the height of the door was only 1.4 meters. Most people had to lower their heads to enter, otherwise they would bump into the door.

The houses of slaves had to be built shorter, otherwise, it would not reflect their status as slaves and would easily make other people feel unbalanced.

In addition to building the two slave courtyards within the range of the Qingque tribe, Han Cheng will also exercise strict control over the slaves in other aspects.

The first is weapons. Slaves are strictly forbidden to possess weapons. When necessary, people in the tribe can distribute weapons to them, but after the matter is over, all the distributed weapons must be taken back without exception.

Not just weapons, but tools as well.

All tools must be distributed by the people of the Green Bird Tribe and returned immediately after the work is completed. It is absolutely not allowed for tools to stay overnight in the slave yard.

After all, tools like bone shovels and stone pickaxes can be used to attack people in addition to being used for work.

In addition to this, there is another killer weapon, which is that food is not allowed in the slave courtyard. Their meals are provided every day by the courtyard of the Green Bird Tribe.

Without food or weapons, they did not have the necessary conditions to escape even if they wanted to.

Moreover, Han Cheng was not born into a slave-owning family, so it was impossible for him to be so harsh to the slaves. They were waiting for the slaves in the Qingque tribe, and perhaps their lives were happier than before.

With so many means at hand, slave rebellions or desertions would not be likely to occur.


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