Chapter 314 You can live in the new city (please vote and subscribe)
Among the more than 20 leaders, there are already seven who have expressed their intention to join the Han tribe, and they are all large tribes with at least 300 people.
Of course, this is still a small number. For example, the Sharp Horn Tribe, which makes a living by breeding antelopes, has a population of nearly 600. Although the average is relatively low, the seven tribes combined have about 2,500 to 2,600 people, which can definitely take the strength of the Han tribe to a new level.
Moreover, among the more than 20 leaders, there are only about 17 with a population of about 300, and the others are about 100 people. Among them, there are four small tribes with less than 100 people. They have expressed their intention to join the Han tribe before the war. With the addition of the seven who have just joined, the population growth has reached nearly 3,000.
Luo Chong was very excited. Hanyang City already has a population of more than 4,000. With the addition of these 3,000, the total population of the Han tribe has finally taken another step towards five digits.
After calming down, Luo Chong looked at the other leaders again. Now he had forced them into a dead end by stopping the market transactions. If they did not join the Han tribe, they would have no salt to eat in the future, and they would return to their previous living conditions, and they would have to face enemies that might appear at any time. Therefore, as long as they were not stupid, they would basically choose to join the Han tribe.
After all, who doesn't want to live a good life? Even if they disagree, I'm afraid that their tribesmen who are visiting the city will be reluctant to leave.
The remaining leaders who have not made a decision looked at the tribal leaders who had just joined the Han tribe, and then looked at the already full Hanyang City. They immediately felt bitter. Even if they wanted to join the Han tribe now, I'm afraid that Hanyang City would not be able to accommodate them.
"Leader Han, our Zhu tribe is also willing to join the Han tribe, but I see that Hanyang City is so small, and there are already many people living there. Now so many more people have joined. Will there not be enough space to live?"
The leader of the Zhu tribe looked regretful. Why didn't he say it first? Now maybe no one wants to join. The other leaders also looked at Luo Chong seriously. Obviously, this is also the question they want to know.
"I welcome you to join the Han tribe with your whole tribe. In addition, you are worried about the problem of having no place to live. I have thought about this a long time ago. Even without your joining, the Han tribe already has more than 4,000 people. If it takes another two years, Hanyang City may not be able to accommodate them. So I have thought about opening a new city a long time ago.
You still remember the words I asked the soldiers to convey before you came. In fact, as early as last winter, I had asked the tribesmen to choose a new place to live." Luo Chong said, raised his hand and pointed to the east bank of the stream, and continued to talk to them.
"Cross the bridge from here and walk east for seven days. That is the place suitable for living that I told you about before. There is a lot of flat land there, and it is close to a big river with plenty of water, which is very suitable for growing rice. There are also large areas of shrub grassland, which are also suitable for raising livestock."
Having said that, Luo Chong looked at the leader of the Sharp Horn Tribe and nodded at him. What he meant was that you should bring those thousands of antelopes here and raise them in the new city area in the future. There is no other way. The environment around Hanyang City is so small and the number of livestock that can be raised is limited.
Luo Chong turned his head and continued to speak to them.
"You may find it strange that when Hanyang City was besieged this time, I was outside the city with so many soldiers. In fact, we were in the new city at that time. The new city area began to prepare for construction as early as February this spring. We first sent soldiers to set up camp and clear the surrounding wild animals. Now, after a month or two, it has been almost cleared.
After that, we used supplies to recruit some working people from the surrounding tribes. Well, what this recruitment means is that we provide food and use goods in exchange for their labor for the Han tribe. For example, we help us build houses and give them a certain amount of white salt for one day's work. That's about it.
And it is precisely because the construction of the new city area requires a large amount of white salt as a reward, so I decided to stop the market here. After all, the output of white salt in our Han tribe is limited, and it can only be used in places where it is more needed.
At the end of last month, some tribes had agreed to help us build a new city, so I took the soldiers to deliver some supplies and tools, stayed there for a few days, and instructed them on how to build the new city. Now half a month has passed, and they should be building the city wall, which should be almost completed at this time.
There are no houses in the new city yet, only an unfinished city wall, but it will be built very quickly in the future. After all, we can mobilize more manpower now, so you don’t have to worry about the problem of insufficient living space.
In addition, I know you may not believe it, and you may not want to live so far away, and just want to stay in Hanyang City. That’s no problem. I will move a group of residents from Hanyang City to the new city, so that the vacated houses can also be used to accommodate you. "Luo Chong slowly told them his plan.
The leaders of the tribes were even more surprised. They were surprised that there was already a city, but they were already building a second one. At this time, several leaders of the tribes immediately made up their minds to join the Han tribe, but some people still raised new questions.
"Chief Han, since you said there is a big river there, our Cha tribe is also willing to join the Han tribe. Our people can all fish, and we can contribute to the tribe's food when we get there. However, the two settlements of the Han tribe are seven days' journey apart. Isn't this a bit far? It will be inconvenient for people on both sides to contact each other, right?" The chief of the Cha tribe, who made a living by fishing, also agreed to join the Han tribe.
"Haha, this is not a problem. You have been fighting with me these days, and some of you may have noticed that our Han tribe has domesticated giant eagles, that is, the big birds over there. These big birds can quickly transmit messages. They fly very fast. It only takes a meal time to transmit messages between two cities, so it is very convenient to transmit messages. I also used this method, so I knew that Hanyang City was surrounded on the same day.
In addition, I did say that the distance between the two sides is seven days, but this is the speed of walking by yourself. You also know that our Han tribe has horses that can be ridden. The speed of riding horses is very fast. If you ride from here at the fastest speed, you can arrive in one morning at most. If you change horses and don't rest in the middle, you can run back and forth before dark, so you don’t have to worry about the inconvenience of going back and forth."
(End of this chapter)
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