Chapter 551: Tricking the Raccoon Tribe onto the Boat (Please vote and subscribe)
Based on the strategic policy of friendly exchanges and peaceful development, after capturing enough crocodiles, Youfu directly and generously invited the Raccoon Tribe to have dinner together.
After all, occupying someone else's land, affecting their hunting, and causing their entire tribe to starve, that is really unreasonable.
The place for dinner is in the Raccoon Tribe's residence, which is not far from the river bank, about two kilometers away. This distance is not far or near. If you are fast, you can walk to the river in twenty minutes, and you will not be harassed by wild animals on the river bank. The terrain is hidden and well ventilated, which is also a relatively good location.
The residence is in an open space with a slightly higher terrain between a forest. There is a camp surrounded by wooden fences. There are only a dozen tents made of animal skins and thatch. The living environment is very simple, but it is still clean. It is just that it is extremely poor. There are not even a few decent stone basins.
Although the crew members of the Han tribe did not say that they disliked it, they also felt very uncomfortable. It is said that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Although the living standard of the Han tribe cannot be said to be luxurious, at least the living facilities are complete, and the word "convenient" can still be called it. Fortunately, the fleet brought enough daily necessities, so they did not feel too hard.
The big iron pot they brought was placed on a simple stove made of stones. They lit a fire with a flint, steamed two pots of rice, and then stewed soup with crocodile meat. Unfortunately, there were no vegetables, but fortunately, the raccoon tribe also produced some fruits.
It was a kind of melon slightly larger than a fist, with a green patterned skin on the outside, bright red flesh inside, black seeds, juicy and sweet. If Luo Chong was here, he would definitely recognize it as a watermelon, but the watermelon was very small, and each one was only about two or three pounds on average.
The people of the Han tribe had long been accustomed to growing food, melons and fruits, so whenever they encountered seeds of melons and fruits that they had never seen before, they would deliberately collect them. After all, in the title system promulgated by the leader, if one could contribute a new crop for the tribe to grow, there would be a title reward. Although the reconnaissance fleet
had many people, such things could not be credited to individuals, but as long as the seeds of the new melon were brought back, a collective credit would definitely be indispensable, so when everyone ate the melon, they would consciously collect the melon seeds without any arrangement. Everyone also had experience in this regard. After planting so many crops, they also knew that the seeds of melons were hidden in the flesh. After all, the Han tribe had long popularized the planting of loofahs. As one of the most common melons and fruits in the Han tribe, everyone had long known what the seeds of loofahs were.
You Fu thought more about it. This melon was very sweet and juicy. Maybe he could develop it in depth when he returned. It would be even better if he could make melon candy.
The people of the Raccoon Tribe could not understand the intentions of the people of the Han Tribe, so they found the behavior of the people of the Han Tribe very strange. Although they also planted melons unconsciously, such as spitting melon seeds everywhere or taking melon seeds out when defecating, there were no experienced elders to summarize this knowledge. The people of the entire tribe were thinking about how to hunt all day long, so they never learned to plant. This is why the Raccoon Tribe is so poor and weak.
The population of the Raccoon Tribe is very young. There is neither a witch who organizes sacrifices nor an elder who sits at home. The main reason is that the casualties of hunting are too high, and the average age is not high.
When eating, Youfu asked people to distribute porcelain bowls to the people of the Raccoon Tribe, filled with rice and crocodile meat, some stewed and some roasted. The most important thing is that salt is added. This special salty and fresh taste is something that the Raccoon Tribe has never eaten before, and the sweet fragrance of rice makes everyone eat it and can't stop, and they are reluctant to put down the chopsticks in their hands.
Youfu is still discussing the deal with the Raccoon leader. The two of them are not giving in, and the negotiations are somewhat deadlocked.
"I've said before, I can exchange some weapons for you, but you can only use those small animals." You Fu insisted. The Raccoon Tribe was very poor, and only the raccoon cats they raised were of interest to him.
Moreover, he had learned during the conversation that these furry little animals in the Raccoon Tribe, like the dogs in the Han Tribe, had special abilities. They could catch mice on the ground, birds on trees, and would fight snakes in the bushes. They were useful for guarding the house or the warehouse, and they didn't eat much. After all, they were very small, and they could only eat a little. Therefore, raising such small animals in the Han Tribe was definitely beneficial and harmless.
As for the theory of the raccoon god mentioned by the Raccoon Tribe and the theory that the children who died in infancy turned into raccoon cats, You Fu firmly didn't believe it.
In fact, the You tribe is different from other tribes. In Luo Chong's words, in this era of serious pantheism, the You tribe is a minority of atheists. The main reason is that their You tribe is a tribe that runs around and is restless. They have traveled all over the country and have seen many tribes. This tribe believes in horses, and that tribe believes in donkeys. If these things are gods, then how many gods must there be in the world? In addition, Luo Chong's scientific concept has influenced You Fu even more.
He does not rule out that there will be one or two special beings among animals who will be worshipped as gods, but that is a minority after all, just like he has relieved so many humans in his life, and he has only met one Luo Chong. But can you say that Luo Chong is a "human god"? That is definitely not the case. The leader's propaganda is that he is a natural leader, an emperor, a monarch who inherits the will of heaven to lead the people, which is different from a god.
"No, these raccoon gods are our dead children. We will not use our children to exchange things. Only with them can we protect our people and make our tribe more and more people." The raccoon leader also firmly opposed.
You Fu was speechless. Does your low population have anything to do with raising these little beasts? No matter how many little beasts you raise, if there is not enough food, how can you feed so many people? Why can the Han tribe be so powerful and gather so many people? It is because the Han tribe has enough food, grows its own food, and can obtain food stably. Otherwise, how can it achieve population growth? This has nothing to do with the little beasts you raise. You are such a stubborn young man.
Think about your own leaders. They are obviously teenagers, but why is there such a big gap between them?
"Leader Li, is this meal delicious?" You Fu suddenly asked in a different way.
"It's delicious, what's wrong?" Leader Li didn't understand what You Fu meant by asking this.
"In our Han tribe, all the tribesmen can eat this kind of rice, and they will not go hungry all year round. They can eat at least two meals of this kind of rice every day.
So there are many people in our Han tribe, as many as 70,000 or 80,000 people, and we rarely hunt, so few people die, and the population grows a lot every year. If you want to increase the population of your tribe, why not come to our Han tribe? In a few years, the population of your tribe can be multiplied several times." You Fu tempted.
"Everyone can eat this kind of rice? And you don't have to hunt to kill people? You can eat it twice a day? You won't go hungry all year round? By the way, what does 70,000 or 80,000 people mean? How much more than our tribe?"
The young leader of the Li tribe questioned You Fu in disbelief, and he said in his heart that this guy was shameless and boasted without thinking. The Han tribe was better than their Li tribe. Just looking at those weapons, the Li tribe admitted that they were not as good as the Han tribe.
But the raccoon leader didn't even dare to think about the idea of all the tribesmen having two good meals a day and never going hungry. Even some of the larger tribes he knew didn't dare to say that their tribesmen would not go hungry all year round. In the winter when they couldn't go out hunting and didn't have enough food, wouldn't they starve? No one would believe it, so he thought You Fu was bragging.
"Seventy or eighty thousand people." You Fu turned his head and looked around, then continued.
"According to the way your tribe lives, a tribe of seventy or eighty thousand people lined up in a row, you can't reach the end even if you walk for ten days."
Considering that this guy didn't know how to count, You Fu simply replaced this huge number with a more intuitive area and distance.
This time, the raccoon leader was shocked, but he still didn't believe it. If the Han tribe really had so many people, could they still have enough food every day? He felt that this was impossible. In fact, he had never seen it before, and there was no such concept in his mind at all, and he didn't dare to imagine it at all, so he refuted You Fu, hoping to expose You Fu's lies.
"You just said that people in your Han tribe don't need to hunt, so what do you eat every day with so many people?"
"We eat rice. Put a little rice in the morning and cook porridge. Steam rice at noon and in the evening. The kind you eat is plant seeds. Well, you can think of it as a plant fruit. It's almost the same. This thing is not prey, so there is no need to hunt at all." You Fu explained sincerely.
"Fruit? That's gathering? There are so many of you. If you go to gather edible seeds every day, how much would you need? You can eat up a piece of land in a few days. Do you think I don't know? I am the leader after all. We also gather sweet fruits. They are eaten quickly, but they grow slowly and cannot be stored. Don't lie to me again." The raccoon leader retorted in a self-righteous manner, thinking that he had exposed You Fu's lies.
"No, we rely on farming to eat. We grow all these grains ourselves. Do you know what farming means? It means planting fruits on the land you choose. You can plant as much as you want to eat. When you want to eat, you can just go and collect them. You don't have to run around to collect them." You Fu continued to explain.
The raccoon leader widened his eyes and pondered this sentence carefully. He felt it was incredible. Can food be obtained in this way? Not to gather, but to raise them yourself. The raccoon cats can be raised by themselves. The Han tribe can even raise the fruits they eat? ! !
"What about meat? There are so many of you, and you don't hunt. What should you do if you want to eat meat? Do you only eat rice in the Han tribe?" The raccoon leader continued to ask.
"In one word, raise them. Just like you raise those small animals, we also raise animals. However, your small animals eat meat, while we raise animals that eat grass. This way, they will not compete with people for food. Moreover, they grow very big, and they have a lot of meat. We raise many kinds of animals, such as chickens, ducks, and geese that lay eggs, sheep that can milk, cows, horses, and donkeys that can work, pigs with the most meat, and dogs that can guard the house and herd sheep."
You Fu counted on his fingers and listed them one by one, which made the country bumpkins of the Li tribe look confused. They didn't understand what he was saying at all.
Although the Li leader didn't understand what You Fu was saying, he also heard one meaning, that is, the Han tribe raised a lot of animals, not only in large numbers, but also in many kinds.
"How about coming to our Han tribe? As long as you come to our Han tribe, you don't have to worry about being hungry, you won't freeze to death in winter, and you don't have to go hunting. As long as you are willing to work, you will not lack food and supplies." You Fu continued to persuade.
"This, this, we..." Facing Youfu's relentless pressure, the raccoon leader was still a little immature and didn't know how to answer.
At this moment, Youfu suddenly took out a palm-length exquisite short knife from his waist, with a cowhide scabbard and a handle made of deer antlers.
Pulling out the shiny blade, Youfu picked up a piece of firewood next to him and started to cut it. Every time he cut, the branch would be easily cut off, which made the raccoon leader's eyes stare straight. This weapon is too sharp. If it were a stone knife or a bone knife, it would be impossible to cut the branch so cleanly. With such a weapon, it's no wonder that the people of the Han tribe can hunt and kill the "armored" water monster.
"Do you like it?" Youfu showed the short knife in front of the raccoon leader.
"Yeah."
The raccoon leader stared at the exquisite short knife and nodded subconsciously.
"As long as you join our Han tribe, this knife will be yours. Don't you like the steel forks and iron hooks we use? As long as you join our Han tribe, you can use them. How about it, do you want to come?"
"This, this, can you really give it to me?" The raccoon leader swallowed his saliva and asked in disbelief.
"Of course, as long as you are willing to come to our Han tribe." You Fu said affirmatively, but he did not mean to hand the short knife to the raccoon leader at all. The meaning was very clear, as long as you don't agree, I will never give it to you.
"This, this, I am willing to go with you, but my people, they..." The raccoon leader said hesitantly.
Hearing this, You Fu immediately signaled to his men, and those confidants also took out their own weapons and the tools they had used to kill crocodiles just now to show the raccoon tribe members, asking them if they were willing to take them, but if they wanted them, they had to join the Han tribe.
As a result, most of the men in the raccoon tribe stared at the steel weapons with shining eyes and agreed.
You Fu sucked his teeth and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. If he had known that he could use weapons and tools to lure these people away, why would he have explained so much before?
(End of this chapter)
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