Chapter 216: Return of the Parties (Please vote and subscribe)
The next morning, Luo Chong and his men returned with several animal skin bags of saltpeter. The saltpeter was placed on Rou Rou's back. Luo Chong and Eagle Leader Rui rode Huishan together, and the others rode horned deer.
They did not take the original route back, but headed west, but did not cross the river, and just walked south along the river. Luo Chong wanted to confirm whether this river was connected to the one in the Han tribe. If it was connected, then they could go directly along the river next time, without having to take a long detour, and the mined ore could also be transported back by boat.
At the same time, the cavalry that Luo Chong had sent back to deliver the lacquer grass seeds had also caught up with the returning army. They met before returning to the tribe. The cavalry brought the news that Luo Chong was going to explore the new mining area, and also brought a new order. After they returned, they had to plant the lacquer grass seeds as soon as possible.
At this time, they were still half a day away from the Han tribe and had reached the mountainous area behind the Han tribe.
On the other side of the small river east of the Han tribe, the Li tribe sent another ten people to the Han tribe. They wanted to find the tribe members who had lost contact for several days.
Because every time Mao Li took people to the Han tribe to trade, he would come back within four days. However, this time, an accident occurred. The more than 20 tribe members who went out never came back, just because Mao Li threatened the Han tribe at an inappropriate time, and the Han tribe would not tolerate threats.
The next thing can be imagined. The ten warriors from the Li tribe who came to find their fellow tribesmen were detained by Dashu again. Dashu is now full of self-confidence and has full confidence in doing things, because just last night, two of the five cavalrymen who came back with the large army had already returned in advance to report the victory.
In this western expedition, the Han tribe army, led by the leader, won a great victory. No one was seriously injured, only a dozen were slightly injured, 17 giant apes were killed, more than 200 slaves were captured, and a new crop was brought back. A small tribe joined, and the team of more than 700 people on the return journey was less than half a day away from the tribe and would return soon.
The good news spread on the night of the arrival of the tribe. The women were very happy because the messenger said that there were no serious injuries, which meant that their men had all returned, and this time they had defeated the enemy. Even if the Han tribe had defended their territory, they could continue to live here with peace of mind.
Dashu was also very happy, and at the same time, he felt relieved. He had personally participated in the first encounter with the giant ape. In that battle, although Dashu did not play any key role, he saw the strength of the giant ape up close. This time, according to the news, there were more than a dozen of them, and he was really unsure.
But now he is not worried. The team returned triumphantly. If the Li tribe threatened the Han tribe again, he dared to lead people to destroy the Li tribe.
The more than 30 people detained by the Li tribe were temporarily tied up, fasted, and only given a bowl of water every day. In this way, they could not resist on an empty stomach. This was all learned by Dashu from Luo Chong.
But at this time, Li Wu, who was still anxiously waiting for the return of his tribe, could not eat. He was a senior member of the Li tribe, the highest one besides the leader. Li Wu naturally knew Mao Li's little thoughts, and he also agreed with the strategic plan of using the Han tribe to develop itself.
But he was not as radical as Mao Li, and never thought that one day he would be an enemy of the Han tribe. Just imagine, a tribe that grew up with the help of the Han tribe would surpass the strength of the Han tribe. Don't forget that since the Han tribe can give you these things, it means that they have more.
This is where the two people have different ideas. Mao Li's development strategy is fine, but his behavior is more radical. For the development of his own tribe, he actually ran to the Han tribe to extort copperware by any means, which is simply ignorant of life and death;
and Li Wu is old after all, so he is more mature and stable. He just wants to see the Li tribe better than before in his lifetime. He doesn't ask for much.
It is this dying old man who is still worried about the tribe, the leader who is not mature and stable enough, and the tribesmen who have not returned yet.
What happened to them? These are things that cannot be known now. Only two days later, when the ten tribesmen who went out to look for people come back, he will be able to know.
However, two days passed, and Li Wu did not wait for the tribesmen who returned from the north, but waited for a team from the south.
It was a team of more than 60 people, but this team was very strange. They had a house pulled by two old cows, which seemed to be the car mentioned by the Han tribe, and a young leader rode a horned deer that only the Han tribe had.
What attracted people's attention the most was that there was a group of animals in the team that was not much smaller than the people. There were ten young girls holding branches and other things, driving dozens of black and white piglets that were humming.
They seemed to be just passing by here and had no intention of staying in the Li tribe. The whole cart of cabbages had been eaten by the pigs. Youfu had to slow down the return journey and spend a lot of time every day looking for food with the piglets.
Youfu didn't want to stop, but he was stopped by the old man Liwu.
"Hey, leader, are you from the Han tribe? Are you, are you going hunting? Have you seen the tribesmen from our tribe who went to the Han tribe to trade? They haven't come back for several days."
Liwu stopped Youfu's horned deer and asked him; he saw the man in front of him riding a horned deer with a bull cart behind him, so he thought Youfu was from the Han tribe.
There was just one thing that didn't match the tribesmen's description, because the people in front of him didn't have their hair tied up, but Li Wu had never been to the Han Tribe in person, and his impression of the Han Tribe was all from the tribesmen who had been there.
"Ah? Han Tribe? I'm not from the Han Tribe?" You Fu replied puzzled.
"Then what about your horned deer and the ox cart?"
"Oh, you mean this, we are friends with the Han Tribe, and we traded with the Han Tribe." You Fu pointed at those things and said with understanding.
"Traded? Didn't the Han Tribe exchange these things?" Li Wu was very confused by You Fu's explanation.
"Haha, I've already said that we are friends with the Han Tribe, and if we can help the Han Tribe, the Han Tribe will naturally be willing to exchange things with us. By the way, does your tribe also trade with the Han Tribe? What do you trade?"
Speaking of the ox carts traded with the Han Tribe, You Fu was always very proud, after all, so far, he was the only one who exchanged ox carts from the Han Tribe.
"We exchanged a poisonous tree with the Han tribe for their pottery and white salt, but this time our leader never came back after going to the Han tribe to trade.
This leader, judging from the direction you are going, you should also be going to the Han tribe, so can you go to the Han tribe to ask for us and see why our people haven't come back yet?"
After learning that Youfu's team was not from the Han tribe, Li Wu immediately asked Youfu for help to see if he could bring back news of the missing people.
"Oh, so that's fine, we are going to the Han tribe this time, but we won't be back so soon. If you want us to send a message, you have to exchange something, and then I can send someone to tell you."
Youfu started his old tricks again, selling news.
(End of this chapter)
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