Chapter 496 Stay
After arranging the affairs in the city, Song Liyun took time out to meet with the tribal chief in the main hall of the city lord's mansion.
There are now more than ten tribes of various sizes in the Mida Valley, with a total population of nearly 50,000.
Due to the special reason that herders cannot gather in groups on pastures, it is difficult to gather people together.
Although 50,000 people cannot be compared with the royal court of Xuyang Grassland, it is already an existence that cannot be ignored.
In the City Lord's Mansion, a group of old men, some burly and some skinny, with different expressions, sat quietly behind the desk, waiting for the City Lord's wife.
Accompanied by Lao Qian Fangzheng and others, Song Liyun slowly walked into the main hall.
The leaders all stood up and saluted, but their actions were not unified.
Song Liyun didn't take the main seat at the head. Instead, she walked directly to the leaders. Her eyes swept across each of their faces and she said, "Every leader has come here today with only one question: are you considering whether to leave or stay?"
Her voice was sharp, like a dagger, revealing everyone's true face.
Right in front of her at this moment was an old man with a wrinkled face and sharp eyes.
"My dear madam, I am the chief of the Muhan tribe. I came here from the Xuyang grassland two years ago because of your admiration for me."
Song Liyun nodded: "Headmaster Muhan, just speak frankly!"
"Ma'am, is it safe for us to stay here?"
Chief Muhan was not vague and directly expressed his concerns.
Two years ago, he brought his people to the Mida Valley and lived a peaceful life for two years.
It is convenient to buy and sell things here. The city lord has allocated grassland for the tribe to use for free, and there is no heavy tax of "four out of ten" from the royal court.
Without taxes, there are 40% more lambs in the pen every year. Now the children in the tribe can eat meat and drink milk.
He wanted to continue living like this.
Song Liyun smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Chief Muhan, as long as Mida City exists, you don't have to go back to Xuyang Grassland.
If Mida City were to be razed to the ground by thousands of horses, it would be a completely different matter."
Big words alone won't work on the cunning old men here. Only a life-and-death struggle together can move their hearts.
Chief Muhan did not get a specific answer, but he also understood that Mida City was determined to fight against the royal court.
The wrinkles on his face did not loosen, and he sat back down at the desk.
Since Mida City wants to fight, let’s fight!
If we had stayed in Xuyang Grassland, we would have been involved in the war.
Once the order from the big tribe arrives, not only will the cattle and sheep be confiscated, but all the young and strong men in the tribe will also be captured.
After two years of hiding in the Mida Valley, the children can grow two years older.
Even if the young and strong men of the tribe died in battle, the children could survive until winter.
The other dozen or so chiefs began to whisper to each other, and some of them sat down like Chief Muhan.
But there are more people standing.
A voice slowly spoke out from the crowd: "Madam, what you said is absolutely wrong!
Mida City is your Mida City.
If we stay and encounter the royal cavalry, who will be responsible for the casualties?
What can we gain by sending troops? You can't just use us as weapons just because Mida City is here!"
When someone stepped forward, the leaders who were whispering suddenly fell silent and moved aside to reveal that person.
Song Liyun looked up and saw that the person who was speaking was a burly man in his forties, with a face full of flesh and a beard. The most eye-catching thing was the earrings as big as a baby's fist on his ears.
When he saw Song Liyun looking at him, he was not afraid at all. He sat back on the low cushion, reached out and grabbed the fruit on the table and started eating.
Wow, this is a great place.
There are many merchants in Mida City, and they even have fruits that are only available in the Wu Dynasty.
Song Liyun knew this person, the leader of the Simon tribe.
I heard from Zhao Tingduo that the Simon tribe used to have close contacts with the four tribes of Xuyang Grassland.
But ever since the chaos in Xuyang Grassland, he immediately cut off contact and turned to Mida City.
Moreover, the first transaction sent to Mida City was to sell ten pure and beautiful girls from the Wu Dynasty.
There are rules in Mida City. Besides not having any gambling houses, there are also no brothels.
If the caravan brings its own escort girls, the Urban Management Bureau will naturally not care.
But now the Simon tribe is openly selling female slaves, and they are girls from the Wu Dynasty, which is obviously a violation of city regulations.
Therefore, when this group of girls entered the city, they were stopped by the city guards.
Chief Simon felt insulted, and not only whipped the soldiers, he also went to the city lord's mansion to ask Zhao Tingduo for an explanation.
He did this for a reason.
Before deciding to flee to Mida City, Simon sent a messenger.
It represents the friendly communication of Simon Chief and expresses the chief’s wish to marry into a family.
Chief Simon had a fifteen-year-old daughter who was willing to marry Zhao Tingduo as his second wife with a dowry of one hundred horses, one hundred cattle and fifty slaves. From then on, the Simon tribe and Mida City would be friends forever.
For Mida City, having a powerful tribe as a relative is a great help, and it is normal for a hero like Zhao Tingduo to marry several wives.
However, as soon as the messenger mentioned the marriage, he was rejected by Zhao Tingduo.
He had no objection to the Simon tribe wanting to make friends with Mida City.
Marriage with ordinary tribes does not work in Zhao Tingduo.
There are many merchants and tribes in Mida City. Everyone uses contracts as an agreement and does things according to the rules without involving others.
Zhao Tingduo already has the city lord's wife and has promised not to marry again, so he will not go against his original intention.
The reply brought back by the messenger made Chief Simon very angry.
He didn't believe that a Di man would only stay with one woman. This was the contempt that Mida City showed to the Simon tribe.
Chief Simon was proud of his status and did not mention marriage again after being rejected. He just said he came to the city to do business.
But the first business violated the regulations of Mida City.
However, the aggressive Chief Simon completely changed his expression after entering the City Lord's Mansion. Not only did he speak in a flattering and joyful manner, he also said that he would give ten female slaves to the City Lord's wife.
Don't hit someone who smiles at you, especially since they already had an unhappy relationship before and now others are taking the initiative to come to you and make peace.
Zhao Tingduo had no choice but to accept the slave girl and send her to the backyard for Song Liyun to deal with, while he shook hands with Chief Simon and chatted amiably.
Song Liyun found out that the ten female slaves were refugee women bought by the Wu Dynasty, and all of them were sold voluntarily by their families.
She did not keep him in the City Lord's Mansion to cause trouble, nor did she act like a saint and send him back to the Wu Dynasty. Instead, she rewarded him to the Di warriors with the best performance.
Everyone's home is in the outer city. Under Song Liyun's control, the safety of these women is basically guaranteed.
This method can not only win the hearts of the Di warriors, but also prevent suspicion between Song Liyun and his wife, killing two birds with one stone.
Sure enough, Nan Ka and others were so happy to get a woman from the Wu Dynasty as their wife that they kowtowed repeatedly and trained more fiercely.
However, when Simon learned that all those delicate female slaves had been given to his subordinates by the city lord's wife, his plan was dashed and he was very dissatisfied. He said to those around him more than once: "That Wu Chao lady is petty and unfit to be the mistress of Mida City."
Those women were so cheap to the lower class that he couldn't even enjoy them.
Now that Mida City is in trouble, it is time for Chief Simon to feel the resentment in his heart.
(End of this chapter)
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