Lin Qiu's movement of waking up immediately woke Ling Yun up, but Ling Yun deliberately closed his eyes to tease her.
Ling Yun felt Lin Qiu kiss him lightly on the corner of his mouth. He couldn't help but smile, but was immediately noticed by Lin Qiu: "You're awake!"
Ling Yun had no choice but to open his eyes. His clear blue eyes were still misty because he had just woken up. Lin Qiu smiled and held his face, then kissed Ling Yun's chin again: "Why are you still at home today? Ha... Did I wake up too early?"
Lin Qiu felt that although the cold season solved the temperature problem, the windows would be tightly sealed with animal skins to keep warm. Although there was no ventilation, there was no light at all, causing Lin Qiu to be unable to tell what time it was.
She roughly knew that glass was made by melting gravel at high temperature, but she still needed to explore how to make it specifically.
Ling Yun smoothed Lin Qiu's hair and said, "I asked Song Mu to deliver a letter to them, so I won't be going over today. I also want to rest at home for a day." Ling Yun pinched Lin Qiu's hand and kissed her knuckles, "I want to spend some time with Xiao Qiu."
Ling Yun went out early and came back late these days. When he came back, Lin Qiu was already asleep. When he was about to leave, Lin Qiu was still asleep. He didn't have a chance to talk to Lin Qiu.
Lin Qiu snuggled into Ling Yun's arms: "I haven't seen you for several days."
"Do you miss me, Xiaoqiu?"
"I want to..." Lin Qiu's face was pressed against Ling Yun's chest, and his voice was lazy. "By the way, did Song Mu tell you? Yesterday, some foxes came to us for refuge, and Teng Ning seems to have taken them in."
Ling Yun nodded in understanding. "This isn't going to work. If everyone from last year's Rabbit Tribe to this year's Fox Tribe came to seek refuge during the winter, our tribe wouldn't be able to provide them with relief. Does Xiaoqiu have any ideas?"
Lin Qiu said: "In fact, as long as it is not a natural disaster, we may be able to protect them in times of crisis."
"This... is a bit difficult, right?"
"It's a two-way street. If you want us to provide you with shelter, you have to put in the work. Now have Pu Su assign some crafting tasks to those fox males. Since they're here to make a living, let them make as many things as possible: feather arrows, tools, and nitrated hides. The more the better. Don't worry about others learning from you. Just let them make whatever you want."
"Xiaoqiu, if this continues, more and more weak tribes will come and join us."
"After the winter, we'll let the Fox Tribe leave, but we can make them vassals of our tribe, working for us and obeying our orders. Wouldn't that solve your labor problem?"
"This is too risky." Ling Yun didn't want the tiger tribe to repeat the same mistakes as the lion tribe.
"What are you afraid of? Don't we have explosives?"
Lin Qiu looked at Ling Yun, a hint of ruthlessness on her delicate face. "If they dare to do what they did to the Lion Tribe, we will drive all the male Fox Tribe members together and blow them up. Even if there are any Fox Tribe males that have mate with females from our tribe, or any Fox cubs born to females from our tribe, we must kill every one. Once the male Fox Tribe members die, the females will have to rely on us for survival. Even if a Tiger Tribe male mates with them, they won't dare to do anything. As long as we are ruthless enough, they won't have the chance to threaten us."
Ling Yun paused. This sounded cruel, but it was a good idea.
Lin Qiu smiled again: "These words are said in advance. I think the tribes that hear them will be much more obedient. Of course, if we can quickly develop explosives and give them a live demonstration to scare them, the effect will be even better."
Ling Yun said, "We've conducted some test explosions in the past few days, but the risks are quite high. We haven't been able to control the intensity and range of the explosions yet."
He didn't dare tell Lin Qiu that if he hadn't run fast, he might have been caught in the explosion several times.
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