In the evening, the camp, which had been quiet, suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers. Bai Lijian walked out of the tent and saw that the distant hillside was densely covered with cattle and sheep at this time, and there were at least a thousand heads after a rough count.

On the grassland, the number of cattle and sheep determines the number of people, and only enough cattle and sheep can feed enough people. Originally, the tribe was very poor, and all the cattle and sheep together were only a few hundred, but now there are thousands of cattle and sheep at once, how can people not be happy.

In the past, everyone lived a tight life, and they could only rely on hunting and cow and goat milk every day to live, and the quality of life depended on the amount of hunting. Now that there are so many cattle and sheep all at once, the future will definitely be much better. No one on the grassland will dislike too many cattle and sheep.

But Bai Lijian didn't think so. Too many cattle and sheep is really an original sin for this precarious tribe in front of us. Once you are targeted by other powerful tribes, you will definitely not end well. Until there is enough strength to protect oneself, all wealth is a floating cloud.

But now the tribe is full of women and children, who only see the wealth in front of them, but forget about the potential dangers.

Along with the cattle and sheep were brought back three carts of iron and more than forty slaves. Most of these slaves were Han Chinese, with a few other tribes in between. Watching a group of ragged and skinny Han slaves walking towards him, Bai Lijian's heart throbbed. No matter how the times change, Bai Lijian knows that he has always been a Han person, and how can he not feel pain when he sees his compatriots suffering and he is powerless.

These slaves were not very old, most of them were only children, and when they found that there was a child who looked like a Han man standing in the tribe, a glimmer of hope flashed in their eyes, and they all cast a look at Bailijian for help.

Bai Lijian didn't dare to look at the faces of these people, he himself was under the fence, but his status was a little higher. Bailijian has no ability to save them, nor does he have the ability to feed them.

Bai Li Xuan and Bai Li Jian have no cattle and sheep of their own in the tribe, and their daily food is only dependent on the supplies of the patriarch's family, except for the prey they hunt. What's more, there are no women in Bailijian's family, and no one does a lot of work. Really calculated, Bai Lijian and Bai Li Xuan can only be regarded as living in the patriarch's house.

When night falls, a huge bonfire is lit in the camp, and the enthusiastic prairie men and women begin to sing and dance passionately to celebrate the harvest. At the same time, as is customary, all seizures will be distributed.

Uncle Zhuo Gang is the eldest in the tribe, and at the same time the most prestigious, the patriarch is not there, and only he can do the task of distributing the spoils of war.

In this battle, the greatest credit was naturally given to Uncle Zhuo Gang and Uncle Tumu, the two of them commanded the battle one by one, and the other captured thousands of cattle and sheep. But when it came time to reward meritorious deeds, they pushed Bailijian out at the same time.

"Everyone, this victory, in addition to all of us working together, the biggest credit should be Xiao Jian!" Uncle Zhuo Gang stood in the middle of the camp on crutches and said loudly: "At the beginning, when I learned that the horse bandits were coming, it was Xiao Jian who persuaded everyone to stay and fight the enemy together, and it was also Xiao Jian who arranged the trap and arranged the defense of the camp, and he insisted on going out to find out the news for us. If it weren't for Xiao Jian, we would probably have been killed by horse bandits. You say, should this head work be given to Xiao Jian? ”

"Should!"

"Yes, Xiao Jian is good!"

"Woo! Woo! ”

There was a burst of cheers from the crowd, and everyone's enthusiasm touched Bai Lijian very much.

"Okay, since everyone has no objections, then I'll announce the distribution to Xiao Jian now!" Uncle Zhuo Gang cleared his throat and said, "Now give Xiaojian's family a war horse, a cow, fifty sheep, plus five slaves, an iron pot, and an iron kettle." ”

Regarding the distribution of Uncle Zhuo Gang, no one present objected. According to the rules of the grassland, only those in high positions are qualified to own slaves, and now everyone recognizes Bailijian's qualification to own slaves, which means that everyone also recognizes Bailijian's identity and status.

At this moment, Bai Lijian couldn't help but feel a little fluttering, and a thought flashed through his mind, if he could have more slaves, he would have a higher power status, and at that time, his words would have more weight.

Ambition is like a seed, once it has the soil of power, it will thrive under the watering of desire. And owning a slave is the best nutrient at this moment, so that the seed in Bailijian's heart broke through the ground.

Bai Lijian didn't have the heart to listen to Uncle Zhuo Gang's assignment to the others, so he went straight to the place where the prisoners were held and began to choose the prisoners he liked.

There was a horse, a cow and fifty sheep in the family, and there needed enough people to raise them, and at the same time, there was also a need for someone in the family who could take care of the housework, make a fire and cook, and so on, and never planned to do it himself. Therefore, when choosing slaves, Bailijian is also biased.

Han slaves have the advantage of Han slaves, that is, they have a milder temperament, and at the same time, they are compatriots with Bailijian, and it is easier to get along. But Han slaves also have their own shortcomings, that is, they are not good at raising horses. The work of herding sheep is not difficult for Han slaves, but the work of raising horses is really not something that Han slaves can do, so when Bailijian selected slaves, he deliberately selected four Han slaves, and a quota was given to a tribal slave who could raise horses.

The four Han slaves were not very old, basically around fourteen or fifteen years old. After careful inquiry, Bai Lijian learned that they were all captured by other tribes when they fled because of the war, and their families had been separated or died, so they had survived until now in order to survive. This time, follow the horse bandits out to rob, and their task is only to take care of the sheep.

The origin of another slave who can raise horses is more rare, and after asking, Bai Lijian knew that this person's name is Liu Jing, who used to be a nobleman in the Tiefu Xiongnu tribe, and even read the books of the Han family when he was a child, and admired the culture of the Han family, so when Bai Lijian asked the slaves in Chinese who would raise horses, he took the initiative to stand up.

It is really rare to find a Hu person who is literate and admires the Han culture among the many slaves, Bai Lijian was very excited about this, and immediately pulled Liu Jing into his tent, showed all the books in Bai Lixuan's collection to Liu Jing, and kept asking Liu Jing all kinds of questions, his attitude was very sincere, and he did not treat Liu Jing as a slave at all. This made Liu Jing very moved.