519 - Tasted the sweetness
When Patriarch Lin said that they had something to ask, Ji Thief felt that something was wrong in his heart.
Sure enough, these patriarchs came up and directly asked about the invasion of the White Bone Wasteland, and for a while, the thief's heart unconsciously sank again.
Ji Thief understood why Patriarch Lin knew about the invasion of the White Bone Wasteland, after all, he mobilized the clansmen they stayed behind in the Eastern Plains, this kind of thing, as long as they sent supplies to the clansmen, they could understand it.
However, what the thief doesn't know is that these patriarchs, what are they bringing up this matter for?
Are they trying to demand that they get rid of the bone refugees?
Or are they just just concerned?
The latter is okay, everyone is an ally, and it is normal to care about it.
But if it's the former, then the thief needs to be careful.
The Eastern Plains is their own territory, and the Lin Patriarch and their entry into the Eastern Plains are also through their own nods.
But this is not to say that the Eastern Plains are shared by himself and Patriarch Lin.
In the eastern plains, the thieves only share prey resources with them, not territory.
There was an invasion of the enemy, and the Lin patriarchs contributed their efforts, not for their own efforts, but for their own interests.
Perhaps it was his previous cooperation that made Patriarch Lin and them make mistakes, and they had the illusion that as long as they were out, they could get prisoners.
Ji Thief hadn't paid attention to this before, but now he suddenly realized that he was still too naΓ―ve.
After people taste the sweetness, they will keep thinking that this time is the proof.
If it had been placed before, the thief would have divided the white bone refugees equally with the people as prisoners, but now, I'm afraid it won't work.
The white bone refugees are not captives, they are all mercenaries in the thief's plan, mercenaries used to help them build their own tribe, if they are divided, then it is necessary for the thief to keep them, and they are divided and supported by their own forces?
No, never.
In the blink of an eye, Ji Thief had a lot of thoughts in his heart.
Patriarch Lin and the others all looked at the thief suspiciously, waiting for the thief's explanation.
For a long time, the thief slowly raised his head, looked at everyone, and hummed softly: "That's right, there is indeed an enemy invasion." β
Hearing this, all the patriarchs couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said in their hearts that if there is an enemy invasion, it is good that there is an enemy invasion, then it proves that there is a battle, and if there is a battle, it means that they have prisoners in the account.
At the thought of this, all the patriarchs couldn't help but smile with joy on their faces.
However, before they could be happy, they heard the thief say, "But these enemies say that they are invading, but in fact they are just migrating." β
The patriarchs couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this: "Migration? What do you mean?"
The thief lowered his head, thinking about how to remove the bone refugee from the image of the captive without destroying the relationship between the two parties.
You must know that on the one hand, they are the Lin patriarchs who have just introduced the currency, and on the other hand, they are their future mercenary group.
Which one is very important and inseparable for the thief.
If one is not handled properly, the loss is the thief himself.
After pondering for a long time, the thief raised his head and said: "That's the case, the last heavy snowfall caused a lack of food in the White Bone Wasteland, and all of them united to go south, wanting to find a place where they could live. Later, I led people to defeat them. β
All the patriarchs were very quiet, waiting for the next words of the thief.
"Although they were defeated in the White Bone Wasteland, where are the numbers, they do not surrender, they just cling, just like the Cloud Tribe, but their conditions do allow me to cut out a piece of land for them to survive. β
As soon as they heard this, all the patriarchs also understood what they meant, and their hearts were cold: "Then, warrior, you agreed?"
Ji Thief looked up at the awkward expressions of the patriarchs who were like eating flies, and nodded: "Hmm." β
"Oh warrior, you're confused. The impulsive beast blood patriarch was the first to stomp his feet.
He wasn't annoyed that the thief didn't take the people of the Bone Wasteland as prisoners, he was just angry that the thief had carved out a piece of land for the people of the Bone Wasteland.
There are so many tribes in the large mountain range, only the Beast Blood Tribe is close to the northern mountain range that divides the White Bone Wasteland into two large mountain ranges, and it is precisely because of this that the Beast Blood Tribe knows a little bit about the White Bone Wasteland.
This is a pack of wolves who don't know how to be satisfied, not just meat, but bones they want to chew and swallow.
Just this group of people, if they are attached, they will be attached, but why should they cut out a piece of land and leave them in the eastern plains?
The other patriarchs also made dissatisfied voices one by one, and between their words, they were all complaining about the thief.
In this regard, Ji Thief smiled slightly: "The patriarchs may wish to listen to the conditions attached to the land I allocated to them first. β
The patriarchs were stunned for a moment and looked at the thief.
Seeing this, the thief pinched his chin: "I promised them to stay in the Eastern Plains, and divided a piece of land for them, on the condition that they help us protect the Eastern Plains, if there is an invasion by outsiders, they must fight the enemy as soon as possible." β
After saying this, Ji Thief also looked at the patriarchs and said, "I don't think the patriarchs know much about the White Bone Wasteland, right?"
The Beast Blood Patriarch snorted, a little angry: "Know a little. β
The other patriarchs all looked at the thief with inquisitive eyes.
Taking a deep breath, the thief explained to the patriarchs: "What do the people here say about the Bone Wasteland? They have been in a state of food scarcity for a long time, and they have developed a character that values food more than life, and anyone who dares to fight for food from their mouths will be torn apart and swallowed alive by them. There is such a force to ensure that the eastern plains are firmly in our hands. β
As he spoke, seeing the puzzled expressions on the faces of the patriarchs, the thief followed and said, "That's why I kept them in the Eastern Plains. β
"If you take them as prisoners..."
The Blue Wolf tribesmen hesitated.
The thief directly grabbed the words and asked him: "As prisoners, how can they be prisoners, if it is under normal circumstances, if they are absorbed into the tribe as prisoners and strengthen our tribe's own strength, it is naturally no problem." But now it's snowy winter. Everything is withering, prey is scarce, and although there is still a surplus of prey left over from various tribes to sustain us through this winter, what about after the winter is over? Can we get prey right away? At this time, absorbing them is just a thousand more mouths to eat. β
The crowd was silent.
Ji Thief hit the railroad while it was hot: "A few old brothers have never seen how exaggerated the refugees in the White Bone Wasteland are, what they catch and eat, and they have never been polite and saved. If we hastily absorb them into the tribe, in the end, our tribe will be designated to be eaten poor, and even our own people will not be able to feed themselves. Placing them in the Eastern Plains and leaving them to fend for themselves is the best option. β
The patriarch of the Eagle Tribe thought for a moment and asked Ji Thief: "Warrior, didn't you say just now, there is no prey in winter, how can they feed themselves? If they starve too many people to death, they will have no effect on protecting the Eastern Plains." β
Ji Thief asked rhetorically, "Isn't this better? If there is a large-scale attrition in the White Bone Wasteland, we will take advantage of the situation to absorb them." β
"What if they make a fuss in the Eastern Plains?"
"It's the same to co-opt them, I gave them the opportunity once, but they don't cherish it, so you can't blame me. In any case, keeping them, no matter how things develop, it will only go in a direction that is beneficial to us, and this point, you brothers, just relax. β
Seeing that the thief said this, the patriarchs were a little relieved.
Looking at their expressions, Ji Thief was also relieved, he took care of a group of primitive people older than himself all day long like taking care of children, and he had to take care of their emotions.