The faces of Tuoba Yuanju and others were ugly. Since Liu Ziqiu appeared here, this piece of fat had nothing to do with him. But Liu Ziqiu still wanted them to help. What help could they do? It was just to help Liu Ziqiu transport the loot.
It's just back to Weiding City. You can't eat meat and still work hard. You can imagine how depressed everyone is.
Together they have more than 15,000 people, while Liu Ziqiu has only a few thousand men, so there is a huge disparity in strength. Although Liu Ziqiu took control of the Xianbei camp first, if they suddenly attack, they still have a greater chance of winning. It's just that each of these people has a better chance of winning.
He had his own little idea and had no collusion beforehand. Now, intimidated by Liu Ziqiu's reputation, no one dared to take action first.
Liu Ziqiu had already seen everyone's thoughts and said with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone, Liu will not make it difficult for everyone, and will consider everyone's ability to bear it."
Everyone still didn't quite understand what Liu Ziqiu's words meant, but Liu Ziqiu's face darkened, he pointed behind him and said: "There are more than 67,000 people in this camp, including old people, children, and women. Murong
Although Fu Yun is dead, these women and children are innocent, and we must leave them a way to survive. However, the Xihai family alone cannot support so many people, so Liu also asks everyone to share some of the burden."
Xifeng Yelilan reacted the fastest and said repeatedly: "Since Mr. Liu has spoken, I, Xifeng Yelilan, will do my best!"
Their original intention of coming here was to get some benefits. They originally thought that Liu Ziqiu wanted to monopolize this large piece of fat. Now Liu Ziqiu is willing to share it with them. The other leaders also have smiles on their faces, but there is still a little bit in the smile.
Nervous and worried, I don’t know how much of the profit Liu Ziqiu will share with them.
Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said: "However, Liu also has a condition. When these women and children come to your tribe, you must treat them like your own tribe, not as slaves. If you agree to this condition, you will
You can take people back. Of course, you can do it according to your ability as to how many people you can take. Liu doesn't dare to force it."
The leaders came here just to take advantage of the situation. Although these people cannot be used as slaves, if they can increase the population and cattle and sheep, it would be a good result. Tuoba Yuanju was not satisfied. Relying on the relationship between Tuoba Qianyu and Liu Ziqiu,
He said with a smile on his face: "We can treat these women and children as tribesmen, but Mr. Liu, can you give some of the slaves in the Xianbei tribe to our Tuoba tribe?"
The status of slaves is extremely low, not even as good as cattle and horses, and they have no right to have their own offspring. They eat less and work much more. The more slaves there are in the tribe, the better the life of ordinary tribesmen. Although some tribesmen will be added
It can also increase the strength of the tribe, but Tuoba Yuanju still hopes to have more slaves.
Liu Ziqiu laughed and said: "Second Prince, there are no more slaves in the camp."
All the leaders were shocked: "How is this possible?"
Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said: "Because under Liu's auspices, these slaves have become masters!"
In tribal wars and conflicts, the winning side often kills the adult men in the other camp who are taller than a wheel, and uses the women and children as slaves. There are about 12,000 slaves in the Xianbei camp, all of whom are
Many of the young people plundered from successive wars have grown up.
Liu Ziqiu took advantage of the Xianbei people's unpreparedness last night and led his army into the camp. However, it was not easy to completely control these women and children. After all, he only brought 3,000 people with him, and there were 67,000 people in the camp.
, and these women and children in the camp, like the women and children of the Xihai tribe, all have considerable fighting power. Although these women and children have been temporarily gathered, no one can guarantee what will happen if they learn that they will be used as slaves.
In order to appease these women and children, Liu Ziqiu promised them that they would not become slaves. Even so, Liu Ziqiu did not dare to take it lightly and took further measures, that is, to liberate the slaves.
The young men in the Xianbei tribe were either killed in battle or became prisoners. These slaves who gradually grew up became an important force. Liu Ziqiu liberated these slaves and made them the male masters of their respective families. The original female slaves
The masters became their women. These slaves were able to regain their freedom and became the head of the family. Naturally, they were grateful to Liu Ziqiu and had no objection to joining the Xihai tribe. With their help, Liu Ziqiu's control of the entire Xianbei camp became much smoother.
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But Liu Ziqiu also understood that he couldn't swallow this big piece of fat alone. The Xihai tribe only had 20,000 people, and if it suddenly increased to 67,000, the entire Xihai tribe would become mainly Xianbei people, and they would have to feed them.
Having so many people is not a small burden. Therefore, although it seems that the strength has increased on the surface, it is not actually a good thing.
Liu Ziqiu adopted a compromise approach and brought only about 20,000 new families of 5,000 turned slaves back to Weiding City, while the other women and children were dispersed to various tribes. In this way, the strength of all tribes increased, but
Liu Ziqiu's Xihai tribe is definitely the biggest winner. Five thousand new families brought him five thousand new warriors, and the gap with other tribes widened further. Now, his strength even surpasses the original Xianbei
People, because after all, the Xianbei people are divided into more than a dozen tribes, large and small, and each tribe has its own interests and demands, but the Xihai tribe is a whole.
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When the sun set over the Western Mountains, Liu Ziqiu finally led a thousand-man cavalry team back to Weiding City. The more than 20,000 new members of the Xihai Tribe did not come back with him. So many people were already the size of a large tribe.
There are still many things to do when moving to Weiding City.
As soon as they arrived outside the city, Tuoba Mumi came forward and saluted, "Master Liu, I have sent Murong Fuyun here."
Some warriors from the Tuoba tribe had already pushed Murong Fuyun forward.
"Oh, Murong Fuyun caught it!" Liu Ziqiu hurried back because he wanted to know the news about Murong Fuyun. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. He was about to say some words of thanks when he saw Tumulu and Jiaoli standing behind him.
Yan immediately understood what was going on. However, Tuoba Mumi was also his future father-in-law, so Liu Ziqiu thanked him repeatedly and said: "My lord, with your support, Liu believes that he will be able to bring peace to the people of Xihai County."
Have a good life!"
"Where, where, I am the Dangxiang King personally appointed by the emperor, so naturally I have to serve for the Sui Dynasty." Tuoba Mumi smiled and suddenly asked, "I don't know what Mr. Liu is going to do with Murong Fuyun. Is he sending him to the capital?"
still……"
After Tuoba Mumi came to Weiding City, he knew that Murong Fuyun had no chance to turn around, and Liu Ziqiu had become the most powerful force in the West Sea. Tuoba Mumi wanted to unify the eight parties, but Liu Ziqiu couldn't get around him.
This was a hurdle, so he wanted to emphasize his identity as Party King in front of Liu Ziqiu.
Liu Ziqiu, however, waved his hand before he could finish speaking, and said in a deep voice: "The nights are long and there are many dreams, I cannot keep this person! Someone is coming, drag Murong Fuyun out, behead him, and hang his head in public!"
Although Tuoba Mumi had dealt with Liu Ziqiu and was aware of Liu Ziqiu's skills, he did not expect him to act equally decisively. He was shocked and finally looked at Liu Ziqiu seriously and began to seriously consider whether to improve his relationship with Liu Ziqiu.
After Ji Rentai and several warriors dragged Murong Fuyun away, Liu Ziqiu laughed and said: "My lord, you are a rare visitor to Weiding City. You must drink a few more drinks today!"
Since Tuoba Mumi had already intended to establish a good relationship with Liu Ziqiu, he naturally did not refuse. He imitated Han Chinese etiquette and clasped his fists and said, "Then I would rather be respectful than obey your orders."
When Yu Wenjing was in Weiding City, he collected a lot of good wine and hid it in the government office. Liu Ziqiu usually didn't drink much, so today in order to entertain Tuoba Mumi, he simply asked Lin Qiaoer to bring out all the good wine and Zhao Ling
, He Chou, Liu Yu, Jiang Yu and several thousand captains who stayed in the city were invited over. In half a month it will be the grazing season, and all the tribes will start to be busy. If there is no foreign invasion, Xihai County
There would be at least half a year of stability, so everyone was more relaxed about the wine and drank to their heart's content. Tuoba Mumi got very drunk. The five hundred Tuoba tribe warriors who came with Tuoba Mumi camped in the city.
In the end, Tuoba Mumi was taken back to the camp. Zhao Ling, He Chou and others were also drunk. Ji Rentai arranged for soldiers to send them back to their homes, leaving only a mess in the front hall of the government office.
Since the death of Yang Guang, Liu Ziqiu has tried his best. He has been in danger twice and spent a lot of effort. Now he has finally stabilized the situation in Xihai. He is naturally in a good mood. Tonight's banquet is open to all comers.
The cup bottomed out, and I didn’t use my internal strength to suppress the alcohol, so the drunkenness gradually came back.
There are no maids in the government office, and Lin Qiaoer has to take care of Yang Tan and Jin Xiaohu. She has to wait for the two children to go to bed before she has time to go to the front hall to clean up. And she has seen Liu Ziqiu's drinking capacity, and she doesn't believe that Liu Ziqiu can get drunk.
Didn't come to the front.
Liu Ziqiu sat alone in the front hall for a while, feeling better, then stood up unsteadily and walked towards the back office. Because Lin Qiaoer and his son lived in the back office, Ji Rentai and his thirteen warriors wanted to avoid suspicion.
I never go to the Houya. Today I am sending Zhao Ling and others back, and there are no guards at the gate of the Houya.
The so-called Houya is actually the back garden where Liu Ziqiu climbed over the courtyard wall and captured Yu Wenjing. The forest path in the Houya was clean and tidy, but when the cold wind blew, Liu Ziqiu's drunkenness came back.
, stumbling under his feet, the path seemed a bit narrow. As he walked, Liu Ziqiu strayed outside the curb.
There was snow on both sides of the trail. The temperature had risen during the day these days, and the snow had begun to melt. At night, as the temperature dropped sharply, it quickly turned into ice. Liu Ziqiu slipped under his feet and fell down in the snow with a "plop"
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Lin Qiaoer had just put the two children to sleep. When she heard the noise outside, she came out and saw Liu Ziqiu getting up from the ground. She hurriedly stepped forward to support him and said, "Your Majesty, why did you drink so much?"
Liu Ziqiu glanced at Lin Qiao'er with drunken eyes, then stretched out his hand to caress her smooth and pretty face. Suddenly, he felt his stomach churn. He subconsciously held on to the small tree on the side of the road, and with a "wow" sound, he vomited out a large puddle of yellow and white.
Something. When the spring comes and the flowers bloom, this tree will surely grow exceptionally well.