Woo~

The sound of the bull's horn spread far away, and friends from various tribes who supported the construction of the Ding tribe gradually disappeared from the sight of everyone on the city wall.

Friends have departed, with hope, encouragement, and even great anticipation.

The Ding tribe began to rest internally, and various activities continued every day, such as kicking ball, swinging, fishing, horseback riding and archery, gladiatorial fights, playing backgammon and so on.

In order to cultivate the martial spirit of the tribe, Ding Qi specially formulated a reward measure, especially for the three events of archery, gladiatorial fighting, and horse riding, he took out three longbows made of yew himself, three red deer, and three preliminarily made saddles and stirrups as competition rewards.

On the way back from the Li tribe, the two elders passed by the copper mine and brought back nearly 1,000 catties of copper plates, which provided raw materials for the tribe to build weapons and various bronze utensils. So Ding Qi arranged for the blacksmith team to build weapons and agricultural tools.

The weapons are mainly mountain knives and axes, of which axes are the most in demand. This is the independent platoon of Zhuang that requires all his weapons to use axes, and each person is equipped with three axes as standard, which was once promised by Ding Qi. Especially the pair of axes made by the platoon commander, Zhuang, can be called plate axes, like Hei Li Kui, but not so black.

As for the axes of the warriors, they are all carpentry axes, and now each person is equipped with only one, and the others are still being built. However, the image they currently appear in front of everyone reminds Ding Qi of the image of the "Axe Gang" in previous film and television dramas. Ding Qi teased, but he didn't expect to be favored by Zhuang, so he had to give his team the name of the Axe Gang.

During the rest period, although production is no longer carried out, the hunting activities do not stop, and it is still necessary to replenish the daily food. The soldiers will follow the plan they have made, and after the unified training is over, it is time to hunt and hunt, and it is time to patrol and patrol, and they are still busy.

However, there are still some idle, mainly children and limestone and tin miners.

In these two days, an activity has arisen to fight quails. Since Shi and Yu are responsible for feeding these animals, they can find quails that are more powerful and often win quail fights with others. Other people's quails are caught during gathering and hunting, and when they are brought back to the tribe, they will be raised by themselves or handed over to the tribe to raise. For this small animal, the Ding tribe, which has abundant food, has not yet seen it, and now more than 2,000 quails have been bred in the tribe alone.

At first, it was just Yu and Shi playing with a few friends, but it slowly spread to the small half of the tribe, which can be regarded as a concoction found by the people of the tribe for the boring tribal life.

Fighting quail has wins and losses, the winner is happy, and the loser will be frustrated and angry and even lose his temper and be ridiculed by others. The ridiculed people will get more angry, there will be fights, and some people who can't be provoked will take out their beloved items and gamble.

Gambling in the primitive society began.

Some people lost their treasured malachite necklaces, some lost animal tooth ornaments, and some people lost the copper coins they just got as a bet. There are also people who want to gamble with all the tools or weapons they have during work breaks, but they can't do so because they are the common property of the tribe. The more the loser wants to win, the more he will catch better quails, borrow other people's copper coins or something of value and continue to gamble, hoping to win back.

People who win see that they can get more valuable things and want to win more and get better quails.

The winners and losers began to form antagonisms, and then some people who were not afraid of things fanned the flames and mocked mercilessly, and the first fight took place in the quail fight. A clansman from the Blue Bird clan and another clansman from the Qiu clan fought because of a quarrel and a disagreement.

The people next to him coaxed and abused, but no one stepped forward to pull them apart, causing the two of them to have blue noses and swollen faces, and it was not enough to see the red, the crazy energy from the primitive people came out, and they did not put each other to death and swore not to give up.

Fortunately, a patrol of warriors found out about the incident, pulled the two apart, and sent them to the tribe to be disposed of by the elder and lord of the city, Buck.

The buck found out the reason, and he was angry, but he didn't know how to deal with it, he had never encountered this kind of thing before! There was no choice but to go to Ding Qi to solve it.

Tinch, who was hoeing grass in his field, listened to the stag and threw the grass on the ridge on the side. Recently, the grass has grown wildly, and it will change in two or three days, and the fields are everywhere, so that Ding Qi has to come over every few days to deal with it, otherwise he will drown out his hard work. Ding Qi hesitated, even if he brought in herbicides such as paraquat, he would not necessarily be able to destroy these grasses.

After hearing this, Ding Qi's expression was a little serious.

He is the most disgusted person to gamble, not to mention nine out of ten bets, and it is common for people to go bankrupt and their wives to be separated. A person, as long as he is addicted to gambling, will be abolished sooner or later. Moreover, as long as it is associated with gambling, all kinds of conspiracies and crimes will follow, and not only personal property but also life will be deprived.

He remembers that in the past, during the Chinese New Year in the countryside, people who came back from working outside for a year would get together to play cards, and the money lost by one person could be as little as thousands or tens of thousands, and the hard-earned money of working for a year would be smashed into this bottomless pit.

Ding Qi didn't expect that gambling, a game or entertainment, would begin to show its power in primitive societies so soon.

However, Tinch knew that these people who gambled with quail could not be blamed. If you hadn't raised the quails yourself, there would have been no quail fighting. Even if you ban quail fighting, there will be horse fights, fights, bullfights, and even beast fights and man fights in the future, and you will develop into gladiators.

The slave society, the gladiator industry, is real!

Ding Qi knew that if he wanted to solve this matter, he could only solve it from the root. Where are the roots? Person!

Ding Qi called the patriarch of the Blue Bird Clan, Goshawk, and the patriarch of the Qiu clan, Shang, and the Elder Buck told him about it, and then told the two patriarchs about his worries and plans.

Goshawk and Shang also understood the righteousness, and expressed their understanding of Ding Qi's worries and said that they would obey Ding Qi's arrangement.

After informing the two patriarchs of his decision, Ding Qi directly arranged for the buck to get to the bottom of it and find out the root cause of the fighting quail.

The bucks took the order.

A day later, the bucks quickly found out the source of the fighting quail.

Most primitive people don't have so many fancy intestines, and they tell what they know, pointing the finger at the two of them and the fish, and pulling out all the people involved in the quail fight. Nearly 150 people from the tribe participated in the recreational activity of fighting quails, and more than 50 of them gambled.

In the main square, nearly 150 people who participated in the quail fighting activities knelt on the square, their heads bowed and shivering. Ding Qi, as the leader of the Ding tribe and the common leader of various clans, stood on the high platform, looked at the black crowd in front of him, and said loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, those who kneel on the ground are a group of people who will be punished for breaking the rules of the tribe. What rules were broken? The sin of gambling! They use fighting quails to gamble, and God is not against everyone fighting quails, but they can't use fighting quails to gamble. ”

The people below were silent, and the kneeling ones lowered their heads when they heard the angry words of the tribal leader and Aragami.

"What is gambling? It's just luck, betting on luck! Just like before everyone joined the Ding tribe, they used to draw lots to decide the amount of food, good or bad. That's luck! If the food is more and better, it means that the person is lucky. If the food is small and bad, then the person is unlucky. Who gives luck? Given by God.

Therefore, these quail fighters put their luck on the quail fighter, adding something valuable as a bet, hoping to win the other party by fighting the quail, and get the other party's bet, such as the copper coins you have in hand. ”

"What is a copper coin? is valuable

Copper coins can be exchanged for pottery. Isn't it heartbreaking that the copper coins that belonged to you were taken away by others? That's gambling! Gambling can cost you what you love, and possibly even your family! ”

When Ding Qi said this, his tone sank, and he seemed to be a little sad.

The people who were watching around were talking, especially the upper echelons of the tribe and the heads of the clans. They have just heard of the word gambling, and they only treat quail fighting as a game, but there is an entanglement of interests between them, and even a fight, which is unacceptable to them.

Therefore, they have a heavy heart, and they don't know what to do with these people next after hearing the leader say that the consequences of gambling are so serious.

"Gambling, henceforth completely forbidden within the tribe. If there is a criminal, there will be no mercy! ”

Airplanes~

When I heard that the head would kill the gambler, the discussion below was louder. And those who participated in gambling trembled violently when they heard that they would kill themselves, and those who were not determined fainted directly.

Ding Qi ignored the reactions of the people below, and spoke again:

"Regarding gambling, this behavior comes from fighting quails, and quail is something that I advocate breeding, so I can't blame you, only that I didn't teach well. Since you are a first-time offender, and you have experienced it unintentionally, the following punishment is given: Anyone who participates in the quail fight, each of them shall be given a whip; Anyone who takes advantage of the opportunity to gamble is given three lashes as a warning. ”

As soon as Ding Qi said this, there was another commotion, but everyone was a little surprised that no one involved in gambling was executed. And the people who knelt there, full of surprise that the leader did not put himself to death, prostrated their heads to express their gratitude, but did not pay attention to the whipping, and what was the three lashes to live?

"Silence! After the meeting, Cang led the soldiers to carry out the punishment of flogging. And I, as the leader of the tribe, also received three lashes to set an example! ”

Ding Qi said that, and the following people spoke out one after another to stop him:

"Chief, no!"

"Chief, this has nothing to do with you, I can't punish you!"

"Please retract your decision!"

"Chief, I'll punish you!"

Everyone rushed forward to try to stop Tinch's decision, and could not let the leader accept the whipping.

Ding Qi immediately shouted:

"Stand down! I have made up my mind, can, carry out my orders! ”

Cang hesitated, and the soldiers under his command were already standing behind the punished person with thorns in their hands when Ding Qi said the punishment order, ready to carry out the order. But they didn't expect that the leader himself would also punish himself, and everyone was immediately stunned on the spot, not daring to speak out, and no one dared to step forward.

"Cang, don't you listen to my orders?"

Seeing that Cang was still hesitating there, Ding Qi was a little unhappy.

Cang saw that he couldn't help it, and when he saw Ben giving him a look, and signaling that he would obey the leader's arrangement but be lighter, he took out a thorn and walked up to the high platform to stand behind Ding Qi.

Brush!

Ding Qi directly took off his animal skin clothes and threw them on the ground, naked. The rest of the people who were punished did not wait for orders, and they also did the same naked.

"Cang, don't be soft! Begin! ”

Afraid that the warehouse would be light, Ding Qi hurriedly confessed again.

Seeing that there was no way out, Cang simply gritted his teeth, waved the thorn strip in his hand and pumped it towards Ding Qi's back, only to retract some strength when he was about to land on his back.

"Hmm!"

A muffled snort sounded, and Ding Qi gritted his teeth and held on.

The deer in the audience covered his mouth with both hands, did not dare to make a sound, his eyes were full of tears, and his heart was extremely distressed.

Seeing that the leader was drawn, the other warriors who were holding the thorn strip were angry in their hearts, and they dared to cause the leader to be drawn, so what was it? So they use their strength to suck and vent their anger on the people in front of them.