Chapter 401 Old Friends Want to Help Your Tribe Become a Dominion!
"Mr. Ma, you finally came to our tribe in person again. We haven't seen you for more than half a year, and the people in our tribe have become hungry and thin when they think about you." The leader of the Aihui tribe saw Ma Tianming again, as if meeting him.
He was like a long-lost relative, so enthusiastic and exaggerated.
Is it not an exaggeration? Ma Tianming is now the rich man of his tribe. From last year to this year, their tribe has grown and prospered a lot due to the influence of the flint trade. There are about a thousand more sheep and more than 80 more horses.
It also accepted more than a hundred strong men from the ruined tribes, and the population increased by more than 400. From a tribe that was about to be ruined and dispersed, it became a tribe with a population of nearly a thousand people, and it was completely out of the crisis of imminent ruin.
Of course, getting out of the bankruptcy crisis does not mean that they have nothing to worry about. New crises have also arisen as the times require! The first is that a new tribe has moved next to their tribe, and the situation of this tribe is almost the same as theirs! Then there is the flint business.
It is no longer their exclusive business, the people of that tribe are also picking up flint and steel, and they can successfully sell it to the Majia merchant gang.
The reason why Ma Tianming has not come to the grassland since the second half of last year is actually to avoid this matter. He is afraid that the leader of the Aihui tribe will ask for the exclusive right to sell flint in the name of old relationships.
"Chief Ao Ge, you are too polite. Something happened to my business in the middle of last year, so I no longer bothered to come to the grassland. I didn't expect that my old friend would miss me so much. It's really inappropriate." He had a clue.
The oral business is, at most, a small new store in Gubei.
"Dong Ma's family is a big businessman, so they should be busy with business. It's not easy to still miss our friendship on the grassland. Come on, I'll let the tribe kill five sheep today, and let's have a good time drinking and eating meat!"
The leader of Aoga took Ma Tianming's hand to the place where the tribe was roasting whole sheep, and started a bonfire party. After drinking, eating meat, dancing, and having fun, the leader said: "Old friend, our tribe has encountered difficulties. You
You have to help us."
"It's difficult? Chief, just say it, if you can help, Ma will be obliged to do so. When Ma was at his lowest, you helped Ma. Ma will definitely repay this kindness."
"Old friends are really good people. It's like this. In the middle of last year, a run-down tribe came near our tribe. We didn't pay attention to it at first, but in the end, they turned around and bit people.
Not only are they robbing us of our pastures, but they are also robbing us of our people. Our tribe is now being forced by them to the point where it is almost impossible to stay on this grassland!"
"Is there such a thing? Old friend, do you need some weapons to defend your tribe? As long as the Ming Dynasty allows the export of weapons, I will definitely bring them to you next time I come! Friend, just tell me what you need.
"You can't stand being bullied anymore! After hearing what the leader said, Ma Tianming just wanted to laugh in his heart. But his words were full of righteousness.
"Weapons? This is not the most important thing. As an old friend, I just want to ask you to promise one thing. From now on, your caravan will only collect flint from our tribe." Relying on force to solve the problem, Ao Ga still can't do it now.
Without that ability, his tribe can only fight with three to four hundred people. Now he can't afford to lose when he goes shopping with others.
"Only collect flints from your tribe? Old friend, I can agree to this completely. But the problem is that my brother, who is not living up to expectations, said that he also received kindness from a tribal leader on the grassland, so I have no choice but to collect flint from him.
Collect some flint and steel. By the way, the enemies of old friends are not the same tribe as my brother mentioned, right? If so, things will be difficult to handle."
"Old friend, maybe your brother's benefactor and our tribe's enemy are really the same thing. I hope my old friend can help our tribe for the sake of our friendship, which is like a green mountain."
"Chief, this matter is a bit difficult to handle. After all, the person who promised them is my brother, and I can't let him not be able to do business on the grassland. However, the reason why Ma came to see his old friend in person this time is because
I heard something important and good, and I came here to tell it to my old friend. Why don’t you, old friend, listen to the good thing I said first, and then talk about other things?"
"What a great thing? What good news did Master Ma bring?"
"The leaders of the Ming Dynasty should know that the Ming Dynasty re-entered Guihua City. This year, the court will resettle the area east of Guihua City. The method of resettlement is to establish alliances in large tribal settlements and autonomous territories for larger tribes.
The alliance is the co-governance of all the ministries in the region, and the leader is tribal autonomy. Ma thinks that the leader should strive for the qualification of a leader for his tribe. As long as he wins the qualification of leader, the leader will not only get some salary subsidies from the court, but also your tribe
It is also officially protected by the Ming court, and will no longer suffer random bullying from other tribes. Another advantage is that the leader can seek the qualifications of a talker within the alliance. Ma has some friendship with the court, so he can help in this matter.
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"The Ming court wants to resettle the grasslands east of Guihua? Will our tribe really be protected by the Ming after it becomes an autonomous territory?" In the past, Ao Galli would have ignored these words. But last winter, the Ming army was in Guihua City.
Several battles fought nearby really shocked the Mongols, letting them know that in front of the powerful Ming army, the Mongols were not an enemy at all. Being able to be protected by the powerful Ming army, Ai Hui was like this
For this small tribe, the temptation is too great.
"This is natural! If you become a leader, let alone the run-down tribe next to you. Even the nearby tribes with a population of over 10,000 will not have the guts to bully you. If they bully you, they will have to endure the thunder of the Great Tomorrow Soldiers.
Angry. Because of this, after receiving the news, I hurriedly came to the leader. Our two families share weal and woe, so helping the leader means helping Ma."
"Can the boss really talk to the officials of the Ming Dynasty and win the qualification for our tribe to be a leader?"
"How can this be false? Otherwise, why would I come out to the grassland? As long as the people under the leader's rule meet the hard conditions of the smallest autonomous territory of 1,500 people, Ma will take care of the rest. Ma
Not only does a certain person make your tribe a leader, but he also gives you the qualification to be a talker in the alliance. You know, it takes almost 100,000 people to build an alliance, but there are only five talkers in this alliance. You become the talker in the alliance.
People, the leader's tribe will no longer be what it is today, I'm afraid the entire grassland will have a place for the leader."
"The smallest autonomous territory has a population of 1,500? Is this matter no longer negotiable?"
"The minimum requirement is 1,500, which is a hard requirement. Generally speaking, only tribes with a population of three to four thousand or more can become leaders. The requirement is lowered to 1,500 to take care of some special tribes. By the way, the leader of your tribe
Isn’t it possible that the number of people is not even 1,500? This is a red line, and even though Ma has great connections, he can’t make a fuss about this red line.”