Chapter 272: Some losses, just once is enough
Lian Shen's powerful words melted away in the cold wind, and there was no response from inside the open door for a long time.
Lian Shen raised his head and looked in the direction of the gate, and kowtowed several times, "I beg Your Majesty to return to the country and protect the mountains and rivers of Chu."
The sound of horse hooves was heard, and a black horse with white mist coming out of the gate with his all-too-familiar figure.
Xiao Jin came up to him and looked down at him, "Lian Shen."
"I will be here in the end."
"Where are the things?"
Lian Shen was stunned for a moment, but soon came to his senses and gritted his teeth to take out half of the tiger talisman from his body, "I beg Your Majesty to go back. After the war, the emperor will definitely clear your name."
Xiao Jin looked at the tiger talisman that was emitting a cold glow with his dark eyes. The remaining half should be in the hands of General Yongwu.
He moved the spear in his hand, picked up the half tiger talisman and held it in his hand.
"Walk."
Jiang Yang and others rode out of the Tiger Camp on horseback and passed by Lian Shen.
The snowflakes kicked up by the horse's hooves splashed onto Lian Shen's face, causing him pain.
Lian Shen clenched his fists, stood up, jumped on his horse and chased after him.
After the group left, Mengzi and his colleagues closed the door.
Zhou Xing looked at the team going away, his face full of confusion, "Captain, didn't you say that the King of Qi was collaborating with the enemy and committing treason? Why are you letting him go back?"
Mengzi sneered, "These people who play with power are always like this. When they think you are useful, they will kowtow to you and worship you. When they think you are a threat, they will suppress you endlessly."
"Isn't the King of Qi's trip very dangerous?" Even if he wins the battle, will the King of Chu not cross the river and destroy the bridge?
"Some losses are enough to suffer once."
After Xiao Jin left, everything in Tiankui City returned to normal.
"City Lord, the chiefs of all the tribes want to see you."
"please."
The door of the hall was opened and the clan leaders of each clan walked in one after another.
As the group walked into the inner hall, they performed the customary etiquette of each tribe to Su Ying.
"No need to be polite, everyone. Please take a seat."
Among these tribe leaders, the one who had the most contact with Su Ying was tribe leader Zhang of the Tarot tribe, so he was used as the representative when speaking.
Chief Zhang said: "Thank you for taking care of our tribes during this period of time. You also handed our enemies over to us and avenged us. We will always remember your kindness."
He paused and continued, "Now that spring has arrived, it is time to plant many medicinal herbs. After discussing it, we decided to return to our original tribe to plant medicinal herbs."
Su Ying listened to him quietly before speaking: "I respect your plan, but I only want to ask one question. If something like this happens again in the future, can you handle it? If one Li family is destroyed, won't there be a second one?"
Patriarch Zhang said in embarrassment: "But growing medicinal herbs has been the foundation of our survival for many years. If we stop doing it, how can we continue to survive? We can't always rely on the city lord's relief."
"My plan is to assign some of you to continue to grow medicinal herbs, and the rest of the elderly, the weak, women and children can continue to live in the city. If they are safe, you can do your work with peace of mind. I only have two conditions. First, everyone living here must register and abide by the city's rules and regulations. Second, if the price offered by foreign merchants for the medicinal herbs you grow is the same as the price I offer, you must give priority to selling them to me."
Su Ying's words made the clan leaders of various tribes hesitate for a moment. They had been living here for some time away from their hometown, but they did not feel uncomfortable at all. Even though some tribesmen still missed their past tribes, they had to admit that the place they lived in now was more comfortable and safer.
They didn't have to worry about being attacked by wild beasts, or about the heavy snow causing the roof to collapse, or about outsiders bullying them, but they were not sure what Su Ying meant, so they didn't dare to think too much about it.
Su Ying saw that they were interested and continued, "You can see that my city is very big and needs fresh blood. If you are willing to stay, I welcome you very much."
"Soon, there will be a street for trading in the city. By then, you can rent a shop by spending money, and let the people in the city trade. This way, you won't have to worry about lack of food and clothing."
Patriarch Zhang said excitedly: "Like those countries?"
Su Ying nodded, "That's right. As long as you register your household registration, you will be a citizen of Tiankui City from now on. Your children can read and write, and learn a skill to make a living, which will give them more possibilities in the future."
"Reading and writing...what's the use for them..." Some clan leaders were puzzled and asked sincerely. They were not like people in those countries who could become successful through imperial examinations, so what was the use of studying?
"How is it useless?" Su Ying took out a medical book and slapped it on the table. "You don't know how to read. Do you know what is written in this medical book? Do you know that there are many contents in the book that can change your life? Do you just want your descendants to grow medicinal herbs for the rest of their lives?"
Su Ying's words made them silent. It was not that they didn't want to think about it, but they didn't dare to think about it. In the past, they couldn't even get enough food to eat, so how could they talk about the future and ideals?
"Now, there is an opportunity for you to change. It is up to you to cherish it or not."
"Here...are we no longer rootless people..."
"yes."
"We can also get shelter..."
"right."
"The Tarot tribe is willing to become the city lord's people." Chief Zhang was the first to kneel down.
"The Starfall Tribe is willing, too."
Gradually, more and more clan leaders knelt down.
Su Ying curled the corners of her lips lightly. Hu Wei and the others had finally settled them down properly, so there was no way they would let them leave again.
"Everyone, please stand up. Next, I will explain to you the rules of Tiankui City."
Su Ying took out several booklets and asked Green Protector to read them. These were the rules and regulations that she had written down when she was in the Tiger Camp.
Every item of the Green Guardian will be read out loud. If you have any questions, you can raise them in public. If you cannot accept any of them, just write them down and discuss them later.
At first, these clan leaders thought it was a harsh system, but they didn't expect that when they looked into these rules and regulations in detail, many of them were beneficial to them, at least to a large extent, they were a form of protection for them.
"There are still many of these books. Each of you will bring one back later. Find someone in the tribe who has read the book and have him spread it to all the tribe members. What I want is for everyone to follow the rules without exception."
The clan leaders took the books from Su Ying one after another, "Don't worry, City Lord, we will make sure everyone knows what's going on."
"good."
After the patriarchs of each tribe left, Wang Su walked in.
Xiao Jin took Jiang Yang and the others away, leaving Wang Su and Zhao Neng behind.
Before Zhao Neng could speak, he heard Zhu Lin yelling outside the palace: "Cousin, cousin."
(End of this chapter)
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