Chapter 12: A Trip to the City of Frustration

A third of the cold winter has passed, and since the Li people have the method of making salt, they are no longer as poor as before, and they often report that the celebrations have caused a lot of consumption of daily necessities, so the patriarch has to lead several clansmen to the Fucheng City of the Ghost Fang to buy supplies. When Lin Tian learned that he went to ask the patriarch to follow, the patriarch refused on the grounds of danger from abroad, and finally couldn't stand the annoyance of Lin Tian's dead skin, and the patriarch reluctantly agreed.

Lin Tian was lucky, he got the consent of the patriarch and was able to follow the procurement team, but Lin Tian's other 2 friends pleaded hard to no avail, and Lin Tian was helpless, he was already reluctant, and he had no time to take care of others at this time.

In the eyes of the patriarch, taking care of a Lin Tian was already a trouble. It is not safe in the field, and in this land where there is no order in the respect of strength, it is common to rob homes and houses. Although there are large tribes to protect their subordinate small clans and uphold superficial justice, they also need to show real evidence, but it is not easy to find a strongman to come up with evidence.

Lin Tian followed the instructions of the patriarch along the way and honestly followed the team, set off at sunrise, and arrived at Fucheng at sunset. This time Lin Tian came to this world to see the town of this world for the first time, although the scale is not too large, but it is also a lively market, because of its proximity to the water, this town is named Fucheng.

The city is made of wood and stone, and there are four gates, south, east, west, and northwest, and soldiers stand with spears at each gate to check those entering and exiting, and those entering and exiting must identify themselves before entering. The general way to show the identity is the ghost leader to the subordinate clan emblem iron plate, but the iron plate of the family emblem is generally kept by the patriarch of each clan only this one, if the clan does not get the iron plate, you need to take out something to prove the identity of their clan, the most common is the clan emblem tattooed on the body of the clan, such as the Li clan has a snow wolf emblem on the wrist to represent their identity.

"If you don't identify yourself, you will be taken away and tortured by the guards, and few people can come out alive, so Xiaotian, you must follow me closely and don't run around."

The patriarch took out the iron plate clan emblem and took Lin Tian into the city and carefully instructed Lin Tian.

"I know", Lin Tian thought to himself, no wonder the patriarch said that it was dangerous outside, the people here were too territorial, and there were only two kinds of people, one was his own people, and the other was an enemy. Can't you live your own life and follow the wishes of others?

Lin Tian looked at the pedestrians and buildings on the street, the clothing style and architectural style of the pedestrians were all unified elements, and he couldn't see the tones of other foreign races. Lin Tian had the answer in his heart: obviously not. This is simply the epitome of dictatorship, those who follow me live, and those who oppose me die. Those who cannot accept the rule and management of the great chief are enemies, and the attitude towards the enemy is obviously to kill them all.

For Lin Tian, who has enjoyed the atmosphere of freedom and democracy, Lin Tian is very unhappy with this kind of domineering authoritarian and dictatorial atmosphere. After entering the city, the patriarch instructed several other people to buy other goods, and led Lin Tian to the blacksmith shop in the city. Almost all the blacksmiths in the city were asked, and the prices of iron were now a little higher than in the past, and the reason for the inquiry was unsuccessful, so I finally had to go to a relatively low-cost blacksmith shop to replace the iron. After a circle, Lin Tian found that all the blacksmith shops were building weapons, and few were making agricultural tools, coupled with the rise in iron prices, Lin Tian analyzed that the Ghost Fang tribe wanted to start a war.

"With the protection of the great chief, there are such happy days, don't you say? It's like there used to be a lot of war, we haven't had a war for more than ten years, right? But you blacksmiths will always have a bite to eat, whether in peace or wartime, you are all better, and I will be a blacksmith when I grow up. ”

Lin Tian joked to the blacksmith shop with a smile.

The ironsmith heard Lin Tian's joke, and replied while hammering the red iron: "Yes, all this beautiful life is thanks to the big chief, but although the blacksmith is not hungry, it is extremely tiring, and it used to be easy to only need a few farm tools on weekdays." It's not like fighting, building weapons day and night, and exhausting individuals. ”

"Hey, did you go to war, haven't you heard of it?" Seeing the guy's questioning eyes, he had to explain: "I'm from the remote mirror lake. ”

"Then it's no wonder, I've heard of Jinghu, it's quite biased, and it's normal not to hear the news. I heard that we found an iron ore area at the junction with the Wuheng tribe, so we fought in order to grab the mining area, and the mining area is currently controlled by Wuheng. ”

Hearing the man's answer, Lin Tian thought in his heart: The ghost party will definitely not give up the mining area, so he built a large number of weapons and concealed the news, and gathered momentum, it seems that the big leader of the ghost side has a lot of plans this time.

When the patriarch followed the shopkeeper out with the goods, he was still arguing with the shopkeeper about something. When he walked out of the store, he faced Lin Tian and asked the reason, and the patriarch told Lin Tian that the iron harvest was not good this time, not only because the price was high, but also because the quality of the iron was also very low, so the patriarch argued with the shopkeeper.

After leaving the city, Lin Tian gave the patriarch the results of his analysis. After hearing that the ghost party wanted to start a war, the patriarch shook his body and was stunned. After exhaling a sigh of relief, Liang Jiufang said, "Let's hurry back to the village and get ready." ”

Lin Tian didn't know why, and asked, "Get ready?" What do you need to prepare? ”

"You don't know, every war we raze, all the clans under the big tribe have to participate, because the size of the war is different, but every war is a nightmare for each clan, some clans are greatly damaged by the losses of the clansmen who participated in the war, and even swallowed up or exterminated by other clans or captured and sold. No one wants a war, but once it starts, no one can avoid it. Ten years ago, our clan has not yet recovered, and the young generation has just reached adulthood and has not yet married a wife and had children. “

In the end, the patriarch's tone was a little crying, Lin Tian knew that there were many people who had lost their fathers in the Li clan, and they didn't expect that it was a legacy of the war. This can be seen from the situation among the Li people, the war has destroyed countless families, and the lack of young adults has also weakened many clans. Today's Li people can no longer withstand such disasters, the younger generation has just grown up, if they participate in this war, then the Li people will not be far from the day of extinction.

That's why the patriarch is so out of shape, and he is so nervous at the moment that he just wants to hurry back to the clan and discuss a way out with the clan elders and the clansmen.

Lin Tian also knew that this matter was very serious, and he figured out countermeasures in his heart. Nowadays, the Li people are weak and need to unite with the weak to resist the strong enemy, and there is a serious lack of weapons, and there is not enough weapons if there is not enough iron. There are many clans in the territory of the Ghost Fang that are similar to the situation of the Li people, and if they are united, they are also a not weak force, and they are weapons for today's worries.

Lin Tian thought about the solution in his heart, but he couldn't, after all, the iron ore was in the hands of the big tribe, and if he went to other tribes in exchange for it, not to mention that his identity was different, he would not give it in exchange, even if he exchanged it, the danger on the road was not unknown.

Dada......