Chapter 1097 Luo Chong's Showdown
After the gifts were prepared and everyone was present, Luo Chong walked up to the crowd and spoke.
"Fellow tribe members of the Baiwu tribe, I am the leader of the Han tribe. I came to this newly built city today and saw the help you have given to the Han tribe. I am very grateful for this. Thank you for everything you have done for the Han tribe these days.
"Without your help, the people of our Han tribe would not be able to live in such a good house as soon as they arrived. Therefore, today, as their leader, I have come to thank you on behalf of the Han tribe.
"I believe everyone has already known You Fu. I have also heard him talk a lot about your Baiwu tribe. I know that you have lived a hard life, so I specifically asked him to help you more.
"But I also know that just by working for the Han tribe and getting that little bit of wages, even if we can provide you with rich food every day, it is impossible for you to live the same life as the people of the Han tribe, such as those brick houses behind you. "
Having said this, Luo Chong paused, and the Baiwu tribe members standing opposite him also felt heavy-hearted. Yes, relying on working, they would never be able to live in such a house.
Unless they, the Baiwu tribe, can learn all the techniques of the Han tribe, build brick kilns by themselves, mine soil and burn bricks by themselves, and make cement by themselves.
But how much manpower is needed to make these things?
Even if they can provide so much labor, who will go to farm and hunt?
To put it bluntly, their Baiwu tribe is still short of manpower and cannot provide so many full-time laborers.
What's more, this is just a house, there are many other things. How can the Baiwu tribe realize these illusory wishes by themselves?!
But what Luo Chong said next immediately touched them.
"Our Han tribe is an extremely inclusive tribe. We are always very friendly to our friends. The Baiwu tribe helped us when we first set foot here. They must be our friends, and of course we are willing to help you.
"You must also want to live in such a sturdy, safe and spacious house, with clean water to drink at any time, and endless meat and food. In fact, I also hope to make this wish come true for you.
"In fact, this wish is not difficult.
"I said that the Han tribe is a very inclusive tribe. Our tribe is not a clan group with a single surname. In our Han tribe, all the tribesmen are called the people. Although the people is just a general term, you should be able to see from it that the Han tribe is composed of many clans. In this case, why can't you join it?
"As long as you join the Han tribe, you are a member of the people of the Han tribe. You are still your own clan and have your own independent surname, but from now on you can have the identity of the people of the Han tribe and enjoy all the same treatment as the people of the Han tribe.
"The tribe will give you the same houses and fields, distribute young livestock to you for you to raise, send someone to teach you how to raise livestock, and build schools for your children to go to school, teach them more skills, and let your descendants live a better life. Isn't this better?
"I know that some of you will definitely have such an idea. We in the Han tribe are also willing to help you. I hope you can think about it carefully. Well, that's all I have to say today.
"I didn't bring much with me this time. I only have some small gifts to express my gratitude to you. I hope you like them. Well, everyone come to get the food. Don't let everyone go hungry because of my affairs. Don't worry, today's meat snack will make everyone eat enough."
"Hahahahahahaha"
Luo Chong's sincere recruitment really touched the hearts of many people. The last joke made the Baiwu tribe laugh, and their views on the leader of the Han tribe became clearer and clearer.
This is an excellent leader, warm-hearted, willing to help others, and also very capable. This can be seen from the fact that he can develop the Han tribe so big.
The Han tribe now has everything, nothing is lacking, and there is no need to worry about any enemies. They even have a large amount of food, as well as water conservancy facilities in the fields, such as ditches and wells.
What else can defeat such a tribe?
No, there is no tribal force in the world that is the opponent of the Han tribe. Whoever dares to go against the Han tribe can be easily crushed by the Han tribe.
Even if a natural disaster occurs, the Han tribe has enough food to survive the difficulties. In addition, the ditches for water diversion and drainage, the Han tribe will not be afraid of any floods, and the well houses densely covering the fields have saved the people from the worry of drought.
As long as the people have food to fill their stomachs, what difficulties can the Han tribe not overcome?
The Han tribe is too great. They really want to join the Han tribe, but they also understand that this is not something that can be decided by one or two people. In the end, it depends on the tribe leaders to make the decision, and the tribe leaders are responsible for leading the tribe and dare not make a decision easily.
After Luo Chong's impromptu speech, food was distributed here.
The workers of the Baiwu tribe had been busy all morning and were already starving. They soon began to line up to receive lunch. They were already very familiar with this way of queuing up to receive meals.
The tableware for eating was the plates provided by the Han tribe. Everyone first got enough staple food, and then a few spoonfuls of vegetables, and sometimes a bowl of soup. This was their daily meal. However, today's meal was indeed different from usual. There were indeed many more meat dishes, especially a new type of meat with bright red color. The meat was cut into pieces, the whole body was reddish brown, and it exuded a special aroma, which made people drool.
Every worker who came to get food would take two spoonfuls without hesitation, and then immediately couldn't wait to put a bite in his mouth.
In fact, this was just ordinary braised pork. These workers had eaten pork before, but they had never eaten braised pork. After all, braised pork needed to be fried with sugar color. It was good enough for the Han tribe to let them eat meat, and they could also use sugar to fry sugar color for them? !
This was because Luo Chong specifically ordered it, so he made it for them once.
The person serving food today was Zhan Ying. Although she was wearing an apron, her attire still made people dare not look down on her. The people of the Baiwu tribe were also very cautious when facing Zhan Ying. They didn't even dare to look at her. When queuing, they were much more disciplined than usual.
On the other side of the food area, Luo Chong and Xiaodie were also distributing towels, ceramic water cups and other small gifts to them. Both adults and children would be given a lollipop.
The lollipops of the Han tribe were also promoted by Luo Chong. The Han tribe can only make hard candies now. If the hard candies were made directly into candy blocks, who knows how many children would be choked to death.
So Luo Chong asked people to make small sticks with bamboo sticks, wrap the candy on them, and wrap them with paper. The simple lollipops were ready.
Although such lollipops were still very simple, they were at least safe enough to avoid unnecessary troubles of being choked to death by eating candy.
The Baiwu children who got the candy quickly tore open the candy wrappers and stuffed them into their mouths under the introduction of Xiao Luocheng. Their eyes immediately narrowed with joy.
This is candy, the most scarce substance in nature. Some people in the Baiwu tribe have never eaten such sweet things in their lives.
Although it was only a small one, it was very precious in their eyes. They didn't expect that the Han tribe could make such food. It really opened their eyes.
When the workers finished distributing the food, Luo Chong asked You Fu to get more than 100 boxes of beer and distribute them to the Baiwu people. In September, when the weather was still relatively hot, even the beer at room temperature made everyone drink it happily.
Everyone sighed again, is this the life of the people in the Han tribe?
Meat can be cooked so fragrant and delicious, and you can eat such sweet snacks, and even beer is so delicious. In that moment, the people of the Baiwu tribe were more excited about the idea of joining the Han tribe.
The more they did this, the more uneasy Gu Ji and Tian Hong felt. At noon, Luo Chong's family also ate with the workers of the Baiwu tribe. During the meal, Gu Ji and Tian Hong looked at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes.
They suddenly couldn't figure out why the leader of the Han tribe suddenly wanted to win them over. Before, he only wanted to win over the two chiefs of their tribe, but now he is directly trying to win over their tribesmen. What does this Han leader want to do?
Thinking of this, Tian Hong, as the older one, finally couldn't help asking Luo Chong.
"Han leader, why are you so determined to let our Baiwu tribe join the Han tribe?"
Luo Chong smiled when he heard his words, but didn't answer directly. Instead, he drank a sip of beer and was silent for a while before speaking.
"I want to ask the two clan leaders, isn't it good to join our Han tribe? As long as you agree to let the whole clan belong to our Han tribe, I promise to let you live a good life, isn't this the best result?"
Tian Hong was still so worried after hearing this. To be honest, he really thought about joining the Han tribe, and
he didn't particularly oppose it, but the more Luo Chong was so proactive about this matter, the more uneasy he felt, so after hesitating for a while, he decided to ask directly. "Han leader, we are not completely opposed to joining the Han tribe, but I still want to know why you insist on us joining?"
Luo Chong heard him ask that, and simply laid his cards on the table.
"Let me tell you this, because I have my eyes on the land here. The land here is rich in minerals. There are molybdenum mines and coal mines in the west, and in the east, right next to your tribe, there is an iron mine. Although the grade is not very high, it is enough to be mined and used to smelt more steel.
"Since our Han tribe has come here, we will definitely not give up easily. And since we have decided to develop here on a large scale, our Han tribe will naturally not allow other tribes to stay near us. Either join us or become slaves. There is no third option, and even escape is impossible. I think you should believe that the Han tribe has this ability."
When Gu Ji and Tian Hong heard this, their faces suddenly became serious and looked very ugly, but they could not refute it because they knew that what Luo Chong said was right, and he did not mean to brag at all. The Han tribe really had this ability.
But at this moment, Luo Chong suddenly raised his glass to the two of them.
"Come, have a drink. "
The two of them were stunned for a moment, not understanding what Luo Chong meant, but due to Luo Chong's identity, they still drank a cup with Luo Chong obediently, and then they heard Luo Chong say.
"You may think that I am domineering, and the Han tribe is also domineering, but I have no hostility towards you from the beginning. You don't object to this, right?" Without waiting for the two to answer, Luo Chong continued.
"From the beginning, I planned to let you join the Han tribe, and I was not prepared to use force against you, because it was unnecessary, and the Han tribe needed more people. Letting you join voluntarily is the best result for both the Han tribe and you.
"Our Han tribe has enriched the population, and you Baiwu tribe have a better life. Isn't this the best of both worlds?
"And from the beginning to now, although I have invited you and your people, have I forced you? No, right? Including now, I have always wanted to persuade you to join willingly, rather than bowing your heads under the coercion of the Han tribe.
"I still say the same thing. I hope you can join. The Han tribe can make all the people of the Baiwu tribe live a good life. You will not suffer any loss, but will only gain a lot of benefits. Our Han tribe can monopolize all the resources on this entire land and expand the population by 2,000. This is good for you and the Han tribe. This is the best solution.
"But I still won't force you. I will continue to give you time to consider it."
Luo Chong took a sip of beer and said again, "By the way, I have something else to tell you. I didn't come here on purpose this time. I'm just passing by. In a day or two, I will go to the south of the Han tribe. There are larger cities and counties in our Han tribe. If you want to know more about the Han tribe, you can come with me this time. I can take you to see part of the territory of the Han tribe."
The two listened to Luo Chong's words and felt that they made sense. Luo Chong spoke directly, and they were relieved. Now they heard Luo Chong invite them to visit other territories of the Han tribe and get to know the Han tribe more deeply. The two immediately became interested.
Gu Ji said bluntly, "Just a part of the territory? "
Of course, I don't have time to accompany you to visit the entire Han tribe. The Han tribe is too big, beyond your imagination. Maybe you think that Qi'an County is very big, but I can tell you that in the south, we have at least dozens of places as big as Qi'an County, and the population is hundreds of thousands. However, you probably don't know how many hundreds of thousands of people there are." Luo Chong spread his hands helplessly.
"Okay, we want to go with Chief Han to have a look, and when we come back this time, we will definitely give Chief Han an answer." Tian Hong made a decision immediately after hearing this.
"Hahahaha, okay, come on, let's have another drink." Luo Chong raised his glass to them again.
(End of this chapter)
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