Chapter 56: The Problem of Slaves
After the flame is extinguished, a thick layer of grass and wood ash is left on the ground, the primitive slash-and burn agriculture does not turn the ground and does not fertilize, these ashes are very good fertilizer, the ground becomes a little soft after the fire, and the seeds are sown without care, it is completely dependent on the sky to eat.
Now the tribe has no metal to make agricultural tools, and even stone tools are very few, it is impossible to plough the ground, even if it is to use bone rakes to turn the soil, the workload is very huge, far less efficient than the indiscriminate sowing of seeds, not to mention that everything in the tribe is not on the right track, Wang Lang does not plan to send a large amount of manpower to farm.
The burned area is about seven or eight acres of land, and if these lands are planted with millet, if nothing else, the harvest obtained by Wang Lang is estimated to be enough for these twenty or thirty people in the tribe to eat the second harvest.
A day later, several black spots appeared on the surface of the river downstream, and as the black dots slowly looked closer, people knew that it was the people who gathered the ears of grain and returned, and they all walked out of the tribe to the river to wait for the raft to dock.
Wang Lang looked at the large bags and small packages full of ears of grain on the three rafts, and all the people who went out came back, and there were no accidents, he was very happy, standing on the shore and waving to them enthusiastically.
After the dark clouds brought their raft to the shore, the people on the raft handed the bags containing the ears of grain to the people on the shore, and after carrying all the bags, the people on the raft jumped on the shore and dragged the three rafts ashore with the others.
Wang Lang checked the raft, the straw rope used to bind the raft was a little loose, and if you want to go into the water again, you must replace it with a new rope. ”
But Wang Lang also knows that there is nothing in the tribe now, let alone a boat, it is very difficult to make such a shoddy raft, without metal tools, Wang Lang feels that it is really difficult to move an inch, but he himself has not learned the knowledge of prospecting before, and it is completely by luck to find metal.
Secretly sighed for a while, Wang Lang carefully checked the collected ears of grain, the bag was very dry, the ears of grain were not soaked in water, Wang Lang was relieved, praised the dark clouds, and led people to transport the ears of grain back to the tribe about 100 catties.
The two men were no longer tied with ropes, after this period of contact, they had basically adapted to the way of life of the tribe, as long as they worked hard, no one would come to hurt them, and there was delicious food, they were full of awe of this powerful and mysterious tribe, and the idea of running away had long been forgotten, and now they only wanted to be a member of the tribe, but the language barrier and people did not want to contact them, which made them feel very distressed.
During the break, Wang Lang called Wuyun and asked about the situation along the way, Wuyun roughly told the things of the past few days, and there was nothing particularly noteworthy, Wang Lang nodded after listening and said: "How are those two guys, are there any troubles?" ”
Referring to the two people, Wuyun smiled and said: "Those two guys, except for being frightened and unexpected when making a raft, there is nothing bad about them, and these two people seem to have suddenly changed people, and they have been collecting a lot of strength in the past few days, and they have not tried to escape." ”
Wang Lang smiled and said, "Why are they running, although our life is still very difficult now, but for people like them who would rather be chased and killed by that giant bird in order to have a full stomach, we are like a place where the gods live, as long as we don't abuse them, they won't run away." ”
Wuyun nodded as if he didn't understand, but then he frowned and said, "Lang, since we can let others work, can we send people out and arrest people from small tribes like them to work for us, so that we will be much easier." ”
Wang Lang looked at the dark clouds in surprise, he didn't expect the thoughts of slaves to appear in his tribe so soon, which made him very panicked, and subconsciously thought, could it really be that the power of one person could not change the laws of history?
"Dark Cloud, you tell me the truth, do the rest of the tribe think the same way?" Wang Lang said as he stared at the dark clouds.
Under Wang Lang's fierce gaze, the dark cloud unconsciously became nervous, and said: "I don't know what other people think, this is what I just thought, what's wrong, Lang!" What's wrong? ”
Hearing that it was his idea, Wang Lang was relieved, slavery is not good for the current tribe, want to be a slave owner, but there is no power in his hand to suppress the rebellion, this is a tribe without standing force, it can be described as whimsical, he is very afraid that people will be swayed by this idea, impulsively do something irrational, and destroy everything he has done.
Wang Lang took a breath of talk and said, "There is nothing wrong with your thoughts, but it is not beneficial to the current tribe at all. ”
"Why?" Solid Tooth asked.
"Our tribe has such a few people now, how many people are you going to capture, there are fewer arrests, there is no use, there are too many catches, how do we take care of them, even if we don't do anything every day, only take care of these people, you must know that people will resist, even if we force them to work with sticks and spears, and even kill them who are disobedient, but what good is this for us, we are busy dealing with resistance every day, how we hunt, how we grow corn, we need not to force others to work for us now, It's about getting more people to join us, as long as we have enough manpower, so that the tribe can be strong, not add a group of enemies for us. ”
Wuyun touched his chin and thought carefully about Wang Lang's words, he had never thought of such a complicated thing, and for a while his head felt extremely chaotic.
Wang Lang looked at his extremely tangled appearance, shook his head and said, "Do you remember those people who drove us out of the forest? ”
Wuyun was stunned for a moment, a little unable to keep up with Wang Lang's train of thought, and didn't know why Wang Lang suddenly mentioned this matter, nodded and said, "Of course I remember." ”
"If one day, a group of enemies even more terrible than those people come to attack us, how can we resist, do you think that the people who captured us are reliable, or our own people are reliable?"
Hearing Wang Lang's words, Wuyun's eyes lit up, and he understood what Wang Lang meant, and said, "Lang, I understand, we want to turn other people into our own clansmen, isn't that the case." ”
Wang Lang smiled and nodded and said: "That's right, only by becoming our own people, can we give our backs to them, and the warriors can stand up and face the enemy, with the kind of method you just said, when we have conflicts with other tribes, we must always be on guard against whether those people who have been captured will attack us." ”