Chapter 444: Sharpening the Knife (Please vote and subscribe)
Not only the unusually tall city wall, but also the scenery around him also surprised him.
Standing on the ox cart, he had a high view and could easily see the farmland on both sides of the main road. The "weeds" with golden ears were very lush, but not "wild" at all. They were neatly arranged in rows and rows, and divided into square plots by dozens of ditches. If anyone told him that they grew naturally, he would definitely pull off the other person's head and kick it like a ball. Well
, don't ask me what a ball is. It's probably the same thing that those children kick in the distance.
The closer the team got to the city wall, the more the taro soil couldn't help but tremble. Such a tall building could never be natural. The rows of straight brick seams proved to him that it was a man-made product, and its function was also very obvious. It should be the same as the fence of the taro tribe, both used to resist the attacks of wild beasts and enemies, but the two were not comparable at all.
No wonder the old woman Sancho told him that the power of the Han tribe was beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Who could have imagined that people could build such a thing? No, it was not that it could be built, but that he did not dare to think about it at all.
"We are here. This is one of the settlements of our Han tribe. It is called a city. We have two more such cities on the east side of the river. It is the other settlement I told you about."
Sancho seemed very proud when he said this to Yu Tu, especially the phrase "our Han tribe". The pronunciation was very strong, as if he was deliberately emphasizing that this was the reason why they joined the Han tribe.
Yu Tu did not respond. He just felt that his eyes were not enough. His strong curiosity drove him to keep turning his neck and madly looking at this settlement that was not something that ordinary people could own.
The city gate was open, and the drawbridge was firmly built on the other end of the moat. The wild beasts around Hanyang City had long been cleared, so there was no need to worry about wild beasts breaking in.
If a beast is not extremely stupid or extremely self-inflated, it will not dare to wander around here easily, because that means that they will be digested by a large group of two-legged humans and turned into compost in the manure pit. There is absolutely no other possibility.
Yu Tu was a little nervous and a little cramped. He jumped off the car before entering the city and insisted on walking into the city. It felt like a devout believer going on a pilgrimage. Although he did not have to crawl all the way to the leader of the Han tribe, his trembling legs also showed his uneasiness.
His feet, covered with simple sandals made of tree bark, stepped on such a flat, solid, and clean blue brick road for the first time. Yu Tu didn't know which leg to step first, because he really couldn't imagine that if it was just the high and solid construction of the wall, it would be understandable, after all, it was for defense, but even the road in the residential area was so flat and paved with bricks and stones. He really didn't know what to say.
The other ten warriors who followed him were not much better. They looked at their leader in a state of confusion, not knowing whether the decision was right or wrong.
The blue brick houses on both sides of the street were neatly arranged. Some half-grown children were running around playing, and the adults were busy with their own work. Many tribesmen gathered in twos and threes by the well at the entrance of the alley, drawing a bucket of clean water and squatting beside it to sharpen sickles and plowshares. In the morning, the leader had already given orders to prepare for the harvest of grain. The whole city would be mobilized tomorrow to start the busy farming season.
There were still many people coming and going on the street. Some were preparing sacks and carts, and others were following the rat witch and the elders to clean up the warehouse. The two old men paid special attention to the annual autumn storage. Without Luo Chong's arrangement, they took the task of supervision and command on their own initiative.
In the afternoon, the logging team on the mountain outside the city also used ox carts to bring back logs and truckloads of firewood for daily use and winter fuel reserves.
There were also vehicles from the carpentry workshop transporting processed building materials to the construction site in the center of the city. The most direct manifestation of the prosperity was the population of this settlement, which surprised Yu Tu.
Apart from anything else, at this moment, the children he saw on the street added up to more than the entire population of the Yu tribe, not to mention the adults who were working. The huge population gap made him unable to complain. At
this time, he recalled what Sancho had said just now, "This is just a settlement of the Han tribe. There are two more such cities to the east." "You should know that there are too many people to support one place, so other settlements need to be opened up. '
These words seemed to still linger in his ears, making Yu Tu sigh and smile bitterly. This is really because there are too many people.
Shu Da, who had left the city as soon as he entered, came to them again. He didn't know where the horses had been sent, but he thought that such important supplies must have been placed in a special place. Shu Da first sent away the Sang clan and asked them to rest after unloading the car and prepare to participate in the autumn harvest together tomorrow. Then he looked at the remaining eleven people from the Yu tribe and the two baskets of gifts they brought.
"Let's go. I just went to see the leader and told him that your tribe wants to exchange white salt and some other supplies. The quantity is not small. Our leader is willing to talk to you. You can go with me to see the leader now." Shu Da said to Yu Tu directly.
"Ah? Oh, I see, okay, that's no problem." Yu Tu came back to his senses from all kinds of surprises and remembered the purpose of coming here this time. He came to negotiate business on behalf of all the tribesmen of the Yu tribe. This is related to the key issue of whether they can stand firm in the future.
"Well, where is your leader? Is it far from here?" Yu Tu asked as he followed Shu Da. Because the city was really big, he was not sure where the leader of the Han tribe would be.
"Not far, you can see it after turning around this row of houses."
Shu Da smiled and looked at Yu Tu with shining eyes. This guy is not just a person, but a real merit, because when he reported the situation to Luo Chong just now, Luo Chong had already praised him happily and promised to give him a credit.
Although the matter has not been finalized, Luo Chong is not worried about this problem at all. After seeing Hanyang City this time, even if the other party will not bow down, as long as the model of labor in exchange for materials can be formed, the other party will surrender in less than half a year.
"We're here, it's here, but you can only bring two soldiers carrying gifts, and you can't carry any weapons. Don't worry, we will protect your safety." Shu Da said politely, but Yu Tu's expression was as if he had seen a ghost.
We're here? This three-story building in front of us, which is taller than the city wall, is where the leader of the Han tribe stays? !
Well, that seems to make sense.
(End of this chapter)
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