Chapter 731 Under the Snow Mountain
Outsiders have no way of knowing about the major changes in the business community in northern Hubei, so let’s not talk about it for now.
At the foot of the snowy mountains, it is clearly approaching June, but the abnormal climate this year has made it lose its usual coldness. Now it has some of the spring and autumn scenes outside the grassland.
Shan Mancheng stood beside a small stream flowing from top to bottom at the foot of the mountain, with one hand behind his back, looking up at the towering mountain peak with deep eyes.
They arrived here three days ago and have just settled more than 100,000 of their people.
The entire Jiayu tribe actually has a population of less than 200,000. In the past few years, he used benefits to bind the scattered tribes on the grassland to the Jiayu tribe, but because of the obstruction of the Tuoyu tribe, many small tribes have expressed their dissatisfaction with him openly or secretly in the past two years.
Fingers are of different lengths, and everyone has different closeness and distance. It is absolutely impossible to treat everyone equally in such an environment.
This gave the Tuo Yu tribe an opportunity to seize the opportunity, and since last year they have been instigating those warlike small tribes to attack northern Hubei.
Last year happened to be the time when Shan Mancheng went to travel to Dajin. A traitor also appeared among the wizards of the Jiayu tribe. They conspired with the Tuoyu tribe and almost killed Ecige.
Fortunately, he quelled the civil strife in time, but the Jiayu tribe's momentum and strength were greatly damaged, making it even less likely that he would agree to the proposal of using war to achieve his goals.
Until this large-scale drought, Shan Mancheng persuaded all major tribes to go to Tianxue Mountain, but only the Jiayu tribe and several small tribes were willing to follow him. Others did not believe that this drought would be so serious that it could not be reversed.
Seeing that the water sources on the grassland were disappearing day by day, Shan Mancheng had to give up his ambition to integrate the grassland tribes. He immediately took the Jiayu people and several small tribes who were willing to follow him to Tianxue Mountain.
But when he got here, he found that other ethnic groups from further north had already occupied the best location.
During droughts, water resources are lifeline. The two sides have huge differences in language and appearance, so naturally neither side will give in to the other, and a war is about to break out.
The Jiayu tribe paid a heavy price in blood to drive those people away, but they still underestimated the severity of the drought. In just two days, half of the snow water accumulated on the ground disappeared.
"Chengji, everything is ready. Cheng Taiji asks you to go back and preside over the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky." Shan Manyeng's close bodyguard Wa Tuci came behind him, crossed his arms and bowed respectfully.
Shan Mancheng turned around, nodded, and asked, "Has Tasang set off yet?"
"He has already left, but the weather is bad now, so we can't predict when he will arrive in northern Hubei." Wa Tuci said this, and suddenly looked up and asked in confusion, "Why did Chengji ask Tasang to go to northern Hubei to deliver the letter?"
The general in northern Hubei is a ruthless man that even the warriors of their Jiayu tribe cannot defeat. Even if the previous group of Lokikohan people went to northern Hubei, they could not cause any major harm. Chengji is helping the Dajin people like this, and I am afraid that some people in the tribe will be dissatisfied.
"Wa Tuci," Shan Mancheng looked at him calmly, "Do you think it's better for a person to have more friends or more enemies?"
Wa Tuci was stunned and answered subconsciously: "Of course it's better to have more friends."
"Your Cheng Taiji is from Dajin. Do you think she wants me to be an enemy or a friend of Dajin?" Shan Mancheng asked again.
Wa Tuci did not hesitate this time. "Cheng Taiji said that the Jiayu tribe is connected to the Great Jin. As long as she is here, we will not be allowed to be enemies with the Great Jin."
Shan Mancheng smiled. "I used to think Ecige was too soft-hearted, but now I'm grateful for her guidance. Otherwise, the Jiayu tribe would have no way out."
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