The caravan left, and Ma Yue had his own things to do. The thirty newcomers needed to be integrated as soon as possible, and Ma Yue would have to perform a few more magic tricks... In the cave, under the auspices of the high priest and the charlatan Ma Yue, the thirty newcomers, regardless of whether they were shocked by Ma Yue's miracles or not.
All in all, this new member joining ceremony was quite successful. More or less, some faith power appeared, and that was enough. It takes time for new members to gain acceptance into a tribe.
As for the seven people who still had no power of faith after half a year or a year of integration, they were exchanged to the "Niupi" tribe at the Ice and Snow Conference. As for the Niupi tribe, they could sell them to whoever they wanted. Ma Yue didn't want these unstable factors.
"Where were you sold from?" The faces of the thirty people in this group were smaller and less pointed, more like modern people. They looked a little more pleasing to the eye, and Ma Yuelai became interested. He asked the three newcomers with slightly higher faith power.
"We're from Ghost Mountain. I'm from the Skin Snake tribe, he's from the Green Sheep tribe, and she's from the Black Tree tribe..."
The three people's language expression ability is not bad. The old and clever high priest can actually translate it roughly. The language of primitive people is basically pictographic, with many similarities, but that's roughly the meaning.
"Did the war break out? Was he sold out?" Ma Yue asked.
"Yes, we are always at war in Ghost Mountain. I have changed tribes three times. The last time I was in the 'Skin Snake' tribe, but within a year, the 'Skin Snake' tribe was defeated again, and I was sold to Ghost Town."
"Ghost town? Is it big?" A new place name appeared. Not all primitive people in this world believe in gods, but many also believe in ghosts.
"The ghost town is on the edge of Ghost Mountain. It's very large. There are many captives like us who have been sold in the ghost town."
“Is the ghost town far away?”
"It's far! We were sold from the ghost town, and then sold twice more. It took us forty to fifty days to finally reach the Niupi tribe."
Forty or fifty days? It seems far, but it's a long way to go. It can't be a straight-line distance. In other words, in theory, the actual distance to the ghost town isn't that far.
As for the question of how many people live in the ghost town, the same thing applies: these three prisoners could only say "a lot" and had no idea how to measure it using units like thousands or tens of thousands.
In short, in the eyes of the three of them, having more than a hundred people is a lot, and a few hundred or thousands is a lot. Wasn't that the case with the previous sea tribe?
"Ghost town, what is the wall built with?" Ma Yue continued to ask.
"Wooden boards, tree trunks..." After gesturing for a long time, Ma Yue was a little disappointed. Although it was difficult to split the wooden boards, the walls of the so-called ghost town were also made of wood. Even if they were taller and more beautiful than his own wooden walls, they were still made of wood, right?
"Any metal tools?"
None of these three people understood what metal was, and it seemed they had never seen copper before. Of course, they were taken to the ghost town to sell people, and since they had never done any construction work in the ghost town, their understanding was not very detailed.
Without metal, at least copper, how could there be a saw? Without a saw, how could one cut a relatively neat plank? There were many questions, more than these three people could answer.
Theoretically, a one-way trip of forty to fifty days seems to be much farther than the place the Niupi tribe went to. I wonder if the second priest and his men are going to explore the ghost town this time.
The people were taken away by the high priest, but not much valuable information was obtained. Even the general direction of the ghost town could not be clearly explained.
There's no rush. The current Hai Tribe is developing reasonably well, so there's no need to rush for expansion. A tribe needs a stable foundation and can't expand too much. The Hai Tribe currently has over 400 people, with 170 to 180 able-bodied men. The population structure is reasonable, and the proportion of able-bodied men is crucial for developing agriculture and animal husbandry.
Even though it's winter, it shouldn't delay having a baby, right? No matter how tired you are during the day, you still need some basic entertainment at night. Fortunately, there are plenty of empty beds in the Hai Tribe, so newborns and newlyweds don't have to worry about having no place to stay.
The newcomers were not mistreated, and were shocked by the magic of the charlatan Ma Yue. They were probably used to the experience of being captured and taken prisoner, and their integration into the Sea Tribe was pretty good.
The current Hai Tribe was no longer the small tribe of a dozen or so able-bodied men it once was. Having bought in new members, its internal composition had become somewhat of a mixed bag. It didn't matter; as long as they shared a common language and the core of the charlatan, their living standards were decent and their cohesion was still acceptable.
The hierarchy of the Hai Tribe was becoming increasingly clear. Ma Yue, the charlatan, was undoubtedly the boss, holding the power of veto. The two priests and three chiefs were considered the collective leadership, with less clear distinctions between the two. These were the second tier. The able-bodied men who were capable of joining the hunting team were undoubtedly the third tier.
Super technical talents like Cai and Niao who grow vegetables, Lu and Ban who make tools, Bo and Lang who boil salt, and Huangpi and Heipi who make pottery were invisibly raised in status by Ma Yue and became the fourth class; adult men and women with frail bodies who were unable to join hunting teams were the fifth class; the elderly, the weak, women and children were inevitably in the worst status and were the sixth class.
In primitive society, there was never equality. When food was distributed, the chief and able-bodied men were given priority. However, the Hai tribe had more hierarchy.
This is inevitable. Due to different abilities and efforts, the treatment, especially the food treatment, will naturally be different. It is nothing surprising.
Of course, such a level division may also be floating. Thin adult men and women, if they have good skills in throwing stones and throwing guns, may also be accepted by the hunting team and called the third class of people; the elderly and the weak, if they have excellent skills in growing vegetables, making pottery, and making tools, may also become the fourth class of people.
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