As soon as the heads of each tribe spoke, the scene became lively. Everyone had not dared to speak just now, but now their voices were loud and their faces were red. The actions of the Youyu clan today also shocked all the tribes. They felt not only angry, but
There is also deep fear. Of course they all want to punish Youyu Village severely. What they are arguing about is different ways of handling it - whether or not how many people should be killed?
Several small tribes suffered heavy losses from Youyu in the battle over the salt well a few years ago, and several tribesmen died in the fight. If Shan Ye hadn't convened various tribes to negotiate, they would have been forced out of the Central Committee by Youyu Village.
We are in the valley, so we should do as the Lord Envoy said at this moment and wipe out the Youyu clan.
Although this is too cruel, wasn't Youyu Village even more cruel before? It actually wanted to destroy Lu Village and Huahai Village. In this case, don't blame others for using the same method to deal with them. In the wild primitive tribe, everyone lives together.
Work and property are also collected and distributed in a unified manner, so in their concept, anything done in the name of the entire tribe must have its consequences borne by the entire tribe.
However, many tribesmen expressed disapproval, because Master Shan had already said that killing so many people on the day of the alliance, wiping out the most populous and richest tribe in the wilderness, would be an ominous sign and a loss for the alliance.
There are people in the fish village who can still fish. If they are gone, everyone will not be able to eat as delicious fish as today. But Yu DaKe and several people in charge will definitely die, even if they are given
No matter whether the clan members killed or injured in Lu Village and Huahai Village pay with their lives, they must not be let go anyway.
Everyone argued for a long time, but still could not reach a consensus. In the end, we still had to ask Mr. Shan to make the decision.
Ruoshan looked at the Youyu Village tribesmen who were kneeling in front of him and begging. In addition to the hundred soldiers in the military formation, there were more than two hundred tribesmen in the Central Valley today. Their eyes were full of sadness and despair, looking forward to what Master Shan could give him.
A glimmer of hope. Ruoshan said in a deep voice: "I heard what all the clan leaders said just now. The most important issue now is the plan to attack Lu Village and Huahai Village. Do most of the clan members in Youyu Village know about it?
Everyone is right. Welcoming the envoy and inviting the various tribes to discuss and form an alliance, including the previous three years of practicing military formations, and today's military formations and threats, is a matter for the whole clan of Yu Village. All tribesmen have participated and should be responsible.
He will be punished, and the person responsible shall be punished even more severely. However, not everyone may know about colluding with the Yu people. It needs to be verified."
At this time, Xiling said again: "If Lord Ruoshan can't bear to kill all the people in Youyu Village, there is another way. Find out and kill the person in charge, and the rest of the ordinary tribesmen are worthy of being slaves to these warriors today."
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Slave? What is this? Most of the tribe leaders have never heard of it, and they all asked curiously. Master Xiling simply explained that the so-called slaves are those who work for others. Everyone was even more surprised. Everyone in the deep mountain tribe has
Work. If you don't work, you will freeze to death and starve to death. What kind of punishment is this? What's the difference between not being punished? How can it be so cheap!
Mr. Xiling had no choice but to further explain that slaves work for their masters, and they have to do whatever their masters ask them to do. Moreover, the harvested products do not belong to them, and it is up to the masters to decide how to distribute them and what kind of food and clothing to give them. Even
They themselves do not belong to themselves. Instead, they are equivalent to the owner's personal property, which can be exchanged with others for example.
The clan leaders understood everything now, and they all felt that Master Xiling was so smart that he could come up with such a wonderful way to punish the fish tribe people, and they all praised him. Master Xiling only felt angry and funny.
What a clever idea. Slavery has long existed in the Five Kingdoms of Bayuan, but these wild people in the mountains have never seen it.
In fact, the ancestors of the Youyu clan were slaves of Ling Qingshui back then. However, after they followed Ling Qingshui to the wilderness and settled in another place, their descendants no longer had this status.
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Li Qingshui on the tree hill in the distance secretly let out a long sigh. As a mountain god, he has been guarding this place for more than a hundred years, and now he can only watch helplessly as the tribes have finally reached this point. After the Qingshui clan was exterminated, this area was wild and barren.
The turbulence and changes in China are unprecedented in hundreds of years.
It may be because the sudden destruction of the Qingshui clan left a vacuum of interests and authority, broke the balance and tranquility that the tribes had maintained for a long time, and caused various conflicts and struggles. The reason why people learn to fight is because there are
Something up for grabs.
The emergence of slaves originated from the losers in the competition, and it also meant that people could create richer products for others to enjoy. The development of production and the prosperity of life are of course a kind of progress, but desires will also be accompanied by
The growth of interests is a test or process that people must go through as they gradually emerge from the barbaric era. It is ultimately inevitable.
This is just like when a person enters the first stage of cultivation, whether it is the physical reaction or the state of mind, he must pass a certain threshold.
Li Qingshui recalled the "problem of the First Realm" that he had thought about for many years. Why do people who live in an innocent and simple state have a greater chance of entering the First Realm and cultivating under the same guidance?
Among the prosperous and prosperous cities in Ba Yuan, among the same number of people, there are fewer people who can enter the first realm? The answer may be related to this.
The emergence of slaves, on the surface, means that some people become slaves of other people, but for Li Qingshui, who was sitting on the tree hill, what he saw were all the tribesmen in the mountains, which also meant that people became slaves.
A slave to oneself, because of desires caused by interests.
In any case, desire cannot disappear, and it is also the basis for people's survival and reproduction. However, due to the emergence of wisdom, there has been an irreversible form of evolution. Each tribe will become richer and more prosperous, which is also a
Trends and progress, but it will be accompanied by many other things, which may not be what everyone wants to see. This is not the fault of prosperity and abundance itself, but comes from the growth of more desires and scheming, which leads to changes in people's mood
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The proportion of those who can reach the first level of cultivation will become smaller and smaller, but there will always be people who will succeed. It is a kind of personal enlightenment and practice. Another thing to consider is that prosperity and abundance will allow each tribe to reproduce more.
With a larger population, the proportion of people who can enter the first stage will become smaller and smaller, but in a larger population, the total number may not be much smaller.
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Regardless of Li Qingshui's feelings or insights, Xiling asked again: "Lord Ruoshan City Lord, what do you think?"
Ruoshan pondered: "Isn't this too much..."
Xiling quickly interrupted him and said: "Is it too cheap for them? Then kill them all, why bother to discuss it for so long!... In fact, I think that these Yuyu people may not be so sinister and vicious, and it may be useful to keep them.
." The gentleman's expression deliberately looked a little displeased, as if to say - you are the one who doesn't want to kill them, and now I have given another suggestion, why is it you who is hesitant again?
Now that it was time for Master Shan to make a final decision, some fish tribe members couldn't help shouting: "Your Majesty Jun is right, we are still useful! ... I can fish! I can build boats! ... I can weave nets.
!I can farm! I can make agricultural tools!...I can also fish out the fry and put them in the sea of flowers. In the future, there will be fish in the sea of flowers, and I will fish for the Huahai Village!...I can do it very well.
The fish we eat will make fish for everyone from now on!... We will dig salt wells and boil the salt to make salt!"
The guard next to Master Xiling shouted loudly: "You all stop talking, let's listen to what the Lord of Ruoshan City decides!"
There were more than 300 people from the Youyu clan present, all looking at Master Shan eagerly, and there were nearly 600 men, women, and children in Youyu Village who were also waiting for Master Shan to decide their fate. Master Shan had an expressionless face.
Chao Xiling nodded and said, "I haven't finished what I just said. Slavery has never happened in this area of the mountains. Would it be too harsh to punish them as slaves forever?"
Being a slave forever? What does this mean? The clan leaders asked Master Xiling one after another, and they got more explanations. It turns out that "slave" is equivalent to the owner's private property. If they are a slave forever, then the children they give birth to will still be the slaves of the owner.
Slaves will be like this for generations to come; as for me, of course, there will never be any hope of escaping, and I will remain a slave to my master until the day I die.
Master Xiling thought to himself - I didn't say I would be a slave forever! On the surface, he deliberately frowned and said: "This is already the lightest punishment. Didn't Master Ruoshan hear what the clan leaders just said?" At the same time, he murmured in his heart.
, this mountain master asked him to be the villain, but he went too far to be a good person himself, he knew how to use both kindness and power.
Upon hearing this, the heads of the tribes also shouted: "Master Shan, you are so kind! Saving their lives is already a great gift, and of course they should be slaves forever."
Master Shan coughed, and everyone fell silent. The "Lord of the City" muttered: "I have made a decision! The Youyu clan will be severely punished. The person in charge will be killed, and the rest of the clan will be made slaves. But
The warriors from Lu Village and Huahai Village are not given to me as private slaves. Now that the tribes have formed an alliance, they will be slaves of the entire tribe.
Youyu Village summoned various tribes to discuss alliances today. The purpose is to build a city in the Central Valley and dig and expand the road to Ba. This should be discussed in advance by all the tribesmen in Youyu Village, so it will be your responsibility.
This matter. When the city is built and the mountain roads are excavated, the Lord of this city will grant the Youyu clan freedom from slavery."
As soon as Master Shan's words came out, it was equivalent to making the final decision. The whole family of Youyu Village will be slaves, not the private slaves of some people but the slaves of Shanshui City. If the Lord of Shanshui City gave these people a glimmer of hope,
Even after the city is built and the mountain roads are dug and expanded, they can no longer be slaves, and future generations will not have to be slaves forever and will still be people of the alliance.