If a tribe is willing to live in the sub-city of the new city, it must be a small tribe, very poor, and have nothing. However, they have labor, and labor can be used to farm.
The large areas in Ma Yue's future blueprint are all the territory of the Hai Tribe. If the Hai Tribe is solely relied upon to cultivate the land, the manpower and material resources are limited, and the arable land that can be developed is also limited.
You're living in the sub-city of the new city, and you can continue fishing, hunting, and farming. What's there to be unhappy about? The new city was built by our Sea Tribe, so isn't it reasonable to pay some food rent?
In a disguised form, it's like paying protection money to the Sea Tribe. That's right, it's protection money. Without the Sea Tribe's protection, can your small tribe survive in this new city? As long as the Sea Tribe is in the new city, with its prestigious reputation, who would dare to target the new city?
The Hai tribe will not annex your tribe. The model of the new city is roughly a cooperative model, which is also similar to the model of hiring labor.
Ma Yue hated slavery, even if it was a feudal employment relationship.
Even if a mercenary model emerges in the future, Ma Yue would be happy to accept it. "We don't have enough warriors in our Hai Tribe? No problem, how about we hire your men?"
What? You don't have a plow or wildebeests, how are you going to plow the land? I'll rent them to you.
It's not hiring or renting, it's not annexing your tribe, so why are you so nervous? Besides paying rent, your tribe will also own a lot of the crops they grow. In other words, it's like the Hai Tribe is leading everyone to prosperity, haha!
Who says that only one tribe can live in a city?
Even if you are a small tribe on the grassland and don't farm, you can just graze. As long as you want to live in the new city, you have to pay rent.
A cuckoo taking over the magpie's nest? Besides! As long as the Sea Tribe remains strong, who would dare?
"It seems... it really works!" The reasoning seemed difficult to understand, but the charlatan seemed to have thought it through carefully. It was estimated that there would be no problem. The main reason was that the Sea Tribe itself was currently powerful, and even the high priest was not too worried.
The Sea Tribe's ability to farm and produce food was a source of envy not only to the Niupi Tribe but also to all the surrounding tribes, large and small. No need for hunting or fishing; food could grow right in the fields. How wonderful!
As long as the Hai Tribe holds onto salt, its fundamental resource, no one can replace it. As long as there's no 21st-century-style salt production model, there will never be enough salt to eat.
The location of the new city is really good. There are hills and caves, a big river flowing nearby, and a large forest not far away. It has almost everything you need.
The large-scale development of the new city attracted a large number of workers, who were able to build the city while also carrying out large-scale farming in the distance, without any delay.
The Hai tribe doesn’t mind having too many workers coming. There are many working modes. They are just divided into several engineering sections so that people don’t have to work in a crowded way.
Moving stones and felling trees were both heavy work, and only able-bodied men were truly capable. Where did the Hai Tribe find so many able-bodied men? Their support greatly improved the efficiency and speed of city construction.
Fishing alone would be difficult to make a living, even with salt in the fish soup. The Hai tribe was generous and would kill a few sheep every now and then, which was a great way to replenish the workers' physical strength.
The Hai Tribe is truly wealthy, a sentiment echoed by many of the tribal laborers. Just look at the Hai Tribe: there are thousands of sheep here alone; and there are probably thousands more donkeys working the fields...
Those delicious salted dried radishes grow from the ground. Why do the Hai tribe have them but we don’t?
I'm afraid of comparison in everything, and I feel a huge gap in my heart.
Gradually, a rumor spread that if this stone city was built, many tribes could rent it and live there, and they could also farm outside the city...
In the summer, the first huge harvest of radishes was brought back, and the laborers in many tribes were so envious. It seemed that tilling the land was not difficult at all, and we could do it too.
The Hai tribe is very considerate. From time to time, they give some salted dried radish to the many laborers. It’s really delicious!
The first group willing to rent in the new city was actually the Aries tribe.
Yes, this was the base of the Aries Tribe. They were badly beaten by the Sea Tribe and surrendered, but they were not wanted. They were only given a few sheep to feed. The miserable Aries, like beggars, wandered the grasslands and lived a hard life for a year or two.
The Aries tribe is mainly composed of the elderly, the weak and the sick, and they don’t even have the chance to rely on a large tribe. How sad.
"Now that we're here, shall we farm the land too?" The leader of the Aries tribe was willing to come back. The Sea tribe was powerful, and it was good enough to be able to rely on it. At least, he wouldn't have to beg for food everywhere, right?
Although, there is still the issue of collecting rent.
"If you don't till the land, what else are you going to do? You've lost all your livestock."
Yes, wasn't it snatched away by your Sea Tribe? I dare not complain, the strong are respected, that's the rule of this world.
"You came at the right time. If we can cultivate some land now, we can harvest a batch of radishes before winter." Of course, it was Big Bad Wolf who received the Aries tribe.
"Let's do it!" I'm almost starving to death, why am I still being picky?
We rented a number of wildebeest plows and began work! The people of the Sea Tribe were quite particular, sending an agricultural expert to guide the Aries Tribe's farming. What do they usually eat?
Holy crap! Fishing is so easy! If only I had known... Seeing how many fish people could catch from the river with just a simple basket, the Aries leader regretted it immensely.
Okay, as long as there is fish to eat, at least I won’t starve to death, right?
The wildebeest plow is rented to your Aries tribe. Later, you will replenish the plowshares when they are consumed.
What should I do with the plow shovel? It looks easy to grind stones, so I can grind them myself. There are mostly old and weak people in the Aries tribe, so what if they don’t work and eat for free?
It seems that even without many able-bodied men, they can still survive the hunt. The Aries leader finally felt relieved. Is it easy for me to be the leader of a tribe?
"We want salt too!" The Aries leader made a new request.
"Come back and exchange it after you harvest the radishes." Salt cannot be bought on credit. The large number of workers building the city need salt to replenish their energy.
"Where are we staying?"
"You'll live in this area. You can build your own log cabins. We're also building large log cabins in the main city, so you can learn from us. If we build them, you'll pay more rent."
Well, in order to save some rent, the Aries leader decided to build a house for himself with his elderly and weak family members.
Building a home is hard work, even if it is a big wooden house made of wood. How can it be so easy for a group of old and weak people?
Primitive people were very hardworking and could persevere no matter how difficult the situation was, even if there was no salt.
Not long after the Aries Tribe arrived, the Cloud Tribe also arrived. They followed a nearly identical model, renting wildebeest plows to cultivate their fields while building their own houses. It was a very humane arrangement, with the two newly built log cabins sitting next to each other, like neighbors. Thus, the leaders of the two tribes became friends.
In comparison, although there are too many old and weak people in the Aries tribe, there are still quite a few people, more than the Cloud tribe.
The Cloud Tribe is an old friend of the Sea Tribe, but now the gap is too big. The leader of the Cloud Tribe has no desire to compare with the Sea Tribe anymore and just lives his life honestly with the Sea Tribe.
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