Hearing the words of the people in the city, Jian Chen was slightly surprised, and asked, "How old is your brother?" ”

"I was born two years before me. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The person below is about the same age as Jian Chen, his brother is only two years older than him, and it seems that he is less than twenty, and he can say the above words, and it is more than enough to be a qualified leader.

The man in the city also felt strange, before he left the city, he had also asked his brother, who had just become the chief, if those people fled to other cities, it would not be worth exchanging fifty sheep, his brother's answer at that time he understood, but now he heard the question he had asked in the mouths of others, and he could not help but be surprised.

Chen Jian in the city thought for a moment and said: "Since we are both of Chinese and Miao descent, our tribe will definitely entertain us, and please enter the city to drink sweet liquor together." ”

"Did your clan stay in Hwaseong too? What's your last name? ”

As soon as he asked this, Jian Chen blushed a little, he was tantamount to tearing a skin and hanging it on his face, in fact, when Huacheng was established, his own tribe was still drinking blood.

The surname is a kind of origin and glory in this era, symbolizing the merits or fiefdoms of the ancestors, but now the surname Ji is not even an orthodox Chinese and Miao descendant, but only the edge of the cultural circle, and this surname is even more unknown among the tribes on both sides of the river.

Sure enough, after Jian Chen said the surname of his clan, the person below said strangely: "Ji? I've never heard of this last name. My name is Wei Xi, our tribe was meritorious in the Chinese conquest of Xirong back then, guarding the big river, and was surnamed Wei, have you heard? ”

When Wei Xi talked about the clan surname, his voice was very loud, it seemed that he was a very famous clan, and Chen Jian couldn't say that he hadn't heard of it, so he had to nod.

Although he had never heard of the surname Ji, Wei Xi was not too strange, when he was in Hwaseong, the surnames of various tribes were divided into two types.

One is the surname of the clan itself, and the other is the surname of the meritorious, the former is mostly the tribe that is subject to the Huasu League, and the latter is the basic plate of the alliance.

Although the tribal alliance has fallen apart, there is still a legacy in some remote places, and the cultural influence is even more profound, especially after Wei Xi saw the beans planted in the fields near Heyin City, and he stopped thinking about it.

Chen Jian asked someone to put down the drawbridge, and Wei Xi also asked the clansmen who followed him to string their bows and arrows, after all, the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and the people in the city did not show any malice, they looked like they were tied with their hair, and they were not worried, on the contrary, they felt that if they did not dare to enter the city, they would make the people in the city underestimate themselves, and underestimated the bravery of the surname Wei.

Moreover, he has a solid backing from his tribe, and his own tribe is not something that other tribes dare to provoke casually, this is the self-confidence of the strong.

He took the lead on the drawbridge, looking at this small city less than a hundred paces wide, with some disdain in his heart, this tribe looked weak, and the population was only a few hundred.

"If the slaves are here, the sheep will be given, but after they have been given, you might as well tell your brother to come and make them submit to the tribute."

Distinguish between what you promise and what to do after the promise, and secretly observe everything you see.

After Jian Chen met with Wei Xi, he asked Wolf Skin to send Wei Xi to Xia City, let them rest first, and then go back later, and let the people prepare food and wine.

After sending Wei Xi away, Chen Jian went to the hut where the seven people were being held, and after closing the door, only Song was left alone to follow him.

The man in the silk robe couldn't help but look at Jian Chen, as if he wanted to ask something but stopped talking.

Jian Chen asked directly: "The people of your tribe came to you, in exchange for fifty sheep, are you a mining slave?" If so, I'll have no choice but to return you. Taking in someone else's slave is no different from stealing from someone else. ”

The man hurriedly shook his head and said, "I'm not a mine slave, you also saw my Yujue, where can a mine slave have these things?" ”

Chen Jian thought of Wei Xi's words before him and asked, "Your leader is dead?" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, thinking that someone outside had said something to Jian Chen, and hurriedly said: "Yes, my brother is dead, the leader should have been me, he is not yet twenty, how can he lead thousands of people?" I intended to assist, but he changed the law when my brother was the leader, and the old people in the clan were dissatisfied, and if this continues, the clan will be destroyed sooner or later. ”

"Fifty sheep...... Not much. If you help me to regain my place as leader, I can give you 500 sheep, even 500. They can even give you food and slaves, which can be discussed. ”

Jian Chen smiled: "Won't your clansmen object? ”

"If I become a leader, who will dare to oppose it? Now there is a lot of dissatisfaction among the clan, you send troops to send me back, and when the soldiers go to the city, naturally someone will put down the drawbridge and cut off the head of that person, and there is no need to fight. ”

When he said this, he seemed to think of the scene after he returned from borrowing troops, and said excitedly: "I can give some gifts to your tribe every year, corn, sheep, copper, anything!" Five hundred sheep is really nothing. ”

Jian Chen feigned surprise and asked, "So many?" Can your tribe really take it? ”

"Of course, if you can take it, conquer Xirong and plunder back thousands of slaves, cattle and sheep, you will not requisition the clansmen, but only use the public property of the tribe."

Jian Chen smiled and didn't ask any more, turned around, frowned and thought.

The person in front of him belongs to the kind of person who can call you dad as long as he has the right, this is human nature, and most people will choose this way.

It's just that the losers of the power struggle always have the illusion that their defeat is accidental, that they have many supporters, and that with a little more luck, they can win.

But an illusion is an illusion, the world changes, and after becoming a lost dog, those who once supported it will also become opponents, and it is not just a matter of luck.

The succession of the old and the new, the transfer of power, and perhaps even the breaking of the tribal election has been the succession of the father and the son, and it is impossible to do so without dissatisfaction and opposition.

Chen Jian originally wanted to pick up the bargain last night, if the two sides fought inwardly and both sides were defeated, he could seize the time to send troops to loot and strengthen the clan.

But now, this is not the case at all, the leader of that tribe sent his own brother out to chase after him, and he also brought dozens of people, and he was not too anxious, obviously the situation in the city has stabilized.

There may still be some dissatisfaction and rifts, but at this time, if you send troops yourself, it is estimated that the leader on the other side will be able to wake up with a smile, and he is worried that there is no external force to divert the contradiction.

Sending troops now is equivalent to being a strong glue, mending the rift against the face clan, and transferring internal contradictions to foreign wars.

Judging from the fact that this man opened his mouth to five hundred sheep, the tribe was very wealthy, and accustomed to war, and had many slaves.

Vesey's offer of fifty sheep in exchange proves that the leader of the other party did not take his uncle seriously at all—fifty sheep seemed like a lot, and that was for the exchange of slaves; Fifty sheep is simply an insult to the rights of the entire tribe, this person no longer poses a threat to the transfer of power, and he is captured to make an example of the chickens.

Chen Jian will not be stupid to really believe anything, as long as he arrives with his troops, the other party will open the city gate and eat pot pulp.

Before, this person wanted Chen Jia to send him to find Eyue, and it seemed that he also felt that he and Eyue knew each other, and the other party might be able to send troops to help.

Thinking of this, he asked Song, "Does Eyue have a son?" ”

"Yes, number nine bore him three, and the other two wives also had sons."

"His son has jurisdiction over the affairs of the tribe?"

"Manage, and the status is not low, the army, food, sacrifices, these are all in charge of his son."

"Does Eyue have a brother?"

"Yes, but only about construction and the like, not about the army, food, or goods."

Chen Jian nodded, made a decision in his heart, pushed open the door and went out with Song, not caring about the shouts of the person behind him.

Now the relationship between Xia Cheng and E Cheng is delicate: any large-scale military transfer needs to be negotiated between the two clans, and they are worried that when they hit others, the other party will stab them in the back.

And now it seems that if he is afraid that if he sends this person to Eyue, the other party will definitely not be able to send troops, and he should not want to set an example for his brothers, and when his son takes over in the future, the brothers will learn from each other.

Now you might as well kick the ball back to Eyue, and by the way, take this opportunity to ask Eyue what she thinks of this tribe, if Eyue wants to take advantage of the chaos, she will naturally discuss it with herself.

Summoned a few clansmen and asked them to tie up the six who did not wear silk clothes, and let Song return the jade Jue to the one who wore silk clothes, and by the way found a set of silk clothes exchanged from the Eyue tribe for that person to change, and called a slave girl to comb the man's hair, and sent soap and water for him to freshen up.

The man didn't know why, thinking that Jian Chen had agreed, he was ecstatic, and after changing his clothes and combing his hair, his demeanor was very different from last night, and he had changed from pleading and snotty to talking and laughing.

"Prepare the ship and return to Summer City."

ps: Sun Yang's piapia slap in the face is very cool, the essence of deep gain, first suppress the insult and then break out to slap the face.