Chapter 8: Sir
After the initial excitement, Bai Lijian found that Liu Jing's expression seemed to be a little gloomy, and he did not have the joy he had just been rescued.
"Sir doesn't seem to be pleased, is there something on his mind?" Bai Lijian asked with concern.
Liu Jing looked at Baili Jian with soft eyes and said, "You are a good boy, and you will be a good master in the future." Originally, I chose you just to get rid of the status of a captive, gain a certain amount of freedom, and then choose an opportunity to escape. With the current defense of your camp, you can't stop me if I leave. ”
"Well, it can be seen from the calluses on Mr.'s legs and hands that Mr. is an expert in riding and archery, as long as you give you a horse, I believe that no one here can keep Mr.." Bai Lijian nodded and said, "It's just that I can't figure it out, why did Mr. choose to run away instead of being a slave before?" ”
"It's a long story, now is not the time to talk about it." Liu Jing shook her head and said, "Do you know that you are about to face a catastrophe?" ”
"Sir, do you mean the coming army?"
"Oh? You know? Liu Jing's eyes lit up, and her eyes re-examined Bai Lijian, and she was surprised in her heart.
"We caught Sha Qianli, and we learned about it from him." Bai Lijian said.
"I see!" Liu Jing said calmly, but she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. If the news was given by Sha Qianli on his own initiative, then there would be no surprise.
"And what are your plans?" Liu Jing asked cautiously. This is a matter of his own life and death, and he must not be careless.
"Not yet!" Bai Lijian shook his head and said, "After all, I am a Han Chinese, and I am young, so I don't have much weight to say in the tribe. ”
"Child, listen to my advice, hurry up and pack your things, prepare to run away, or find a hidden place to hide for a while, otherwise when the army arrives, there will be corpses all over the field."
"No, I can't run for my life alone, I promised others to protect the people here."
"Just you?" Liu Jing would never believe that a ten-year-old child can protect others, and it is already great if he is not protected by others.
"I know I can't protect them alone, but I can give them advice, tell them about the impending danger, and show them a way out."
"Alive? Which path are you going to show them down? In your current situation, the only way to survive is to head west, find a hidden place to hide, and come back here when this plague has passed. ”
"No, it's not the best way to go." Bai Lijian did not agree with Liu Jing's statement: "I am going to take them through the pastoral areas of the Helan Tribe, directly into the Helan Mountains, and settle there." ”
"Settling in Helan Mountain?" Liu Jing hesitated slightly, and then laughed: "You are really a Han Chinese, and the deepest idea in your bones is to settle down, unlike us grassland people, who are born to live without a fixed place." ”
"Sir is wrong, the steppe people are not born to like to live like this, but they are forced by life to do so. If the grassland people can find a piece of land that can be cultivated, and then learn the farming methods of the Han people, their lives will naturally be greatly improved, and they will naturally not have to live a life without a fixed place. ”
Liu Jing disagreed with Bai Lijian's bold idea: "Grassland people are born to ride horses and graze herd, if they can only farm in the fields like the Han people, then what kind of grassland people are they?" ”
Bai Li Jian did not argue, this is not the first time this situation has been encountered, Bai Li Jian has mentioned this matter in the tribe before, but no one supports it. The steppe people are simple-minded, do not know complicated farming, and their living habits have already been formed, and it is too difficult to change them for a while. Therefore, Bailijian never takes the initiative to change them, and it is better to speak with facts than all statements.
However, adults can't influence Bailijian, but they can start from the next generation. Because they all have the experience of reading, Bailijian often spreads his trendy ideas among the children of the tribe, often paints a blueprint for a better life in his mind, and constantly draws delicious pies for them to pull them into his camp. Among them, the two most affected were Karasuma Jin and Qifugu, who were the staunchest supporters of Bailijian.
"Sir, don't be angry, these are just thoughts. The most important thing at the moment is how to convince everyone to move to other places together in order to avoid this military disaster. Bai Lijian stood up and bowed to Liu Jing, and said sincerely: "I don't know what Mr. taught me?" ”
Although Liu Jing disagreed with the idea in Bai Lijian's mind, she was still very useful for Bai Lijian's respect, nodded and said: "Actually, the solution is very simple, you only need to pull Sha Qianli out and threaten them, and those women and children will naturally know to be afraid." ”
"It's as simple as that?" Bai Lijian's eyes widened.
"It's that simple!" Liu Jing said calmly: "You are smart and smart, but sometimes you are too smart and think about simple things too complicated." Don't underestimate the sense of crisis of the grassland people, but whenever there is any danger, they will be aware of it, otherwise they will not be able to survive in this cruel grassland. ”
"Taught!"
Leaving the tent, Bai Lijian hurriedly went to discuss with Uncle Zhuo Gang. It is not a simple matter to move the tribe, especially since the tribe has just harvested a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock, and it will definitely take no less time to take them all away. So we must give the matter of migration as soon as possible.
The hard work of several days in a row made Uncle Zhuo Gang look a little sluggish, and Bai Lijian didn't want to disturb Uncle Zhuo Gang's rest, but the situation was urgent, so he had to do it as a last resort.
Uncle Zhuo Gang knelt on the sheepskin blanket, and when he saw Bai Lijian coming in, he cheered up and said, "Xiao Jian, you are here!" Settled at home? ”
"Well, thank you Uncle Zhuo Gang and Uncle Tu Mu for taking care of you."
"Don't say that. If it hadn't been for your father's offer to go on my behalf, I'm afraid I'd be down the road by now. Besides, this time you really have the most credit, if it weren't for the fear that others would be too resistant, you should actually be given some loot. ”
"No, I'm alone in my family now, it's not good to have too many things, just be enough."
"Well, what's the matter with you coming here so late?"
"It's still about migration."
"I told them about it, but many people in the clan didn't believe it. Moreover, it is the time when the sheep are fat, and once there is a large-scale migration, the sheep will not grow enough fat, and it will be difficult for us to survive this winter. Uncle Zhuo Gang said lightly.
Looking at Uncle Zhuo Gang, who didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, Bai Lijian's heart tightened. A narrow victory seemed to make Uncle Zhuo Gang a little carried away, saying that others didn't believe it, but in fact, he himself didn't believe it either. No one thought that a large army would come to attack such a small tribe, and they preferred to believe that it was only a simple horse bandit that had come before, not an army.