Chapter 59 Layout of Beliefs (II)

The Turkish chief had just swallowed a mouthful of hot broth and asked Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan smiled slightly, and in front of everyone, he replied:

"Fu Xi was praying just now, so I didn't interrupt him, in fact, there is nothing, this is his own will, and it is also the will of his father, the chief of the Shennong clan......"

"What?! That's impossible! ”

The chief of the Bai tribe stood up like a hemp pole and said anxiously:

"Ah Fu, I can't say, his kid is too cowardly, but the old chief of Shennong, I have known him for almost twenty years, and he will never let his son do anything...... Firewatchers? ”

Lin Yuan shook his head with a smile and said:

"Chief Chief, you were there that day, did you forget? Chief Shennong said that Avo would be the messenger of the miracle and bring the fire miracle back to the tribe......"

The Turkish chief nodded, and he also had an impression of this matter.

"So, in order to let Ah Fu get a miracle, I just instructed him on how to communicate with the fire god, as for staying as a fire watcher, I think, this is just his own will, if you don't believe it, you can go back and ask him yourself later, I won't stop it."

After speaking, Lin Yuan smiled at the chief of the Bai clan, then waved his hand, and on the other side of the fire, a man wearing a red animal skin slowly walked over, it was Fu Xi.

"As I said before, today you are the first batch of guests in Huadu, and I will give you a big gift, this gift is to let you see with your own eyes, the process of making pottery, the miracle of the god of fire!"

The crowd was in an uproar!

"Flame King!" Anna leaned next to Lin Yuan and asked in a low voice, "Let them see how the pottery is made?" Is that good? ”

Lin Yuan turned his head suddenly, and inadvertently touched Anna's hair with his lips, the other party's pretty face turned red, and he hurriedly stepped back, a feminine fragrance wafted by, Lin Yuan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then returned to normal, and said in a calm whisper:

"Trust me, Anna."

Anna's heart was buzzing with a deer, and she nodded hurriedly and sat down quietly.

At the other end of Fuxi, the pottery making ceremony has begun, dozens of Yan warriors gathered around both sides of the bonfire, shouting loudly the words of the fire god, and the sound of subdued frustration filled the entire starry sky, hitting everyone's hearts.

The process of the ritual is actually very simple, after a while, when the recitation of the words is over, Fu Xi stares at the raging fire, and there are words in his mouth, Shaoqing, cut off a small strand of his own hair with a bone blade, throws it into the fire, and then crosses his hands on his chest, and bows deeply to the bonfire.

Lin Yuan stood up and shouted:

"The ceremony is over! Mud altar into the pit! ”

Several slaves immediately carefully carried the pre-prepared mud jar to the fire, and when they passed by the four chieftains' guests, they also deliberately paused according to Lin Yuan's instructions, so that the four chiefs could clearly see that what they were carrying was indeed a mud jar.

The Turkish chief still stretched out his arm, and while no one was paying attention, he gently pressed his hand on one of the jars, and a finger print was left on it, and the Bai chief kicked him, and the fat chief of the Turkish tribe stuck out his tongue and made a grimace.

Lin Yuan saw all this, but he didn't say anything.

"Great Vulcan! Miracles come upon you! Temper these lifeless muds with fire and give them a new life! ”

Fu Xi began to recite the last verse, and then a few slaves carefully pushed the mud jar into the fire pit.

"That's how pottery ??? made" The Turkish chief looked at the raging fire and said.

The chief of the Bai clan looked at the Youchao clan and the Suzaku clan who were silent on the other side, shook his head, turned his head and whispered to the chief of the Tu clan:

"It's useless! I've thought about it for a long time, and I tried this method in the tribe a few days ago, burning the mud with a big fire, but the fart didn't work, and the mud lumps after burning broke when I touched it! ”

The Turkish chief turned his head in surprise, looked at the other party, and said:

"Huh? Did you do that? So to put it that way...... Well, no, if that's the case, why did these Yan people let us watch it again? Is it to fool ......? ”

The Bai chieftain frowned and stared at the fire without saying a word.

"I'm going to hammer it! How can you be like that Suzaku woman, with a dead fish face! Seeing that the Bai chief was silent, the Turkish chief couldn't help but become irritable, picked up a large bowl of wild boar soup, and drank it himself.

Lin Yuan saw all this, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, beckoned Ye and Anna to come over, and ordered the slaves to continue adding ingredients to make the banquet continue.

"Ladies and gentlemen! While waiting for the miracle of the god of fire, let's continue to enjoy the food and enjoy the blessings that the god of fire brings to everyone! ”

Lin Yuan proposed again, and then, more food was served, and the other primitives gathered on the side also joined the ranks of the large Shuoduo, and in an instant, the entire Huadu was overflowing with the aroma of meat.

"Yan Wang ......" Anna came up again at some point, this time, she was obviously careful to leave a little distance between Lin Yuan and herself, so as not to appear again like the "accident" last time.

Anna leaned into Lin Yuan's ear and whispered:

“…… I think, is Ah Fu acting a little too much? I made up a story about the god of fire to tell him as you asked, but he seems to be a little too involved......

Lin Yuan squinted his eyes and looked at Fu Xi who continued to pray by the fire, then turned his head to look at Anna, smiled slightly, and said:

"He's not acting, Anna, you look closely, he really believes in all this, in what he sees...... Belief in this kind of thing, you only need to mention one or two, and the rest will naturally come naturally......"

Anna nodded as if she didn't understand.

In the process of pushing the cup and changing the lamp, time flies, and most of the time in the middle of the night flies, and some primitive people have begun to fall asleep.

Lin Yuan looked up at the fire pit where the fire was getting smaller, stretched his waist, stood up and shouted:

"It's time! Come! It's time for you to witness the miracles of the god of fire! ”

As soon as the words fell, several chieftains who were originally sleepy immediately came to their senses and threw their eyes into the fire pit.

A few slaves lit dozens of torches around them as lighting, and then extinguished the flames in the fire pit with earth, while Fuxi held one of the largest torches and watched it all closely, as if he were looking at his own children.

After a while, a few slaves carefully picked out the red-hot pottery with wooden sticks and placed it in front of the chiefs.

Lin Yuan slowly got up, walked to the pottery that had just been fired, picked up a branch casually, and knocked the nearest clay pot.

"Oops! Don't smash! The Bai chieftain couldn't help but shout, in his impression, the mud that had been burned by the fire must have shattered at the slightest touch.

But the scene he imagined did not happen, only a crisp sound of "dang" came, and the clay pot was unharmed.

This was a standard clay pot, just like the one that Lin Yuan displayed in the valley that day, and the same that Lin Yuan had traded with the chiefs.

"This, this, this .................."

The Bai chieftain had a long mouth, but he couldn't speak.

"That's not right! How come your mud isn't burned?? The Turkish chieftain came up in time.

Lin Yuan smiled but said nothing.

At this time, the patriarch of Zhu Dan leaned over and said something to the chief of the Youchao clan, and then the chief of the Youchao clan suddenly stood up and said:

"I think I know what the problem is, chiefs, the problem must be on the fire they used......

Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and finally someone found what he wanted to express, and he said lightly:

"Hehe, it's true that as the chief of the Chao clan said, this is what I want to tell you, all pottery, including other miracles, is a gift from the fire god to our Yan people, only through the holy fire blessed by the fire watcher, the pottery can be burned, and the wildfire you light in the mountains will never burn pottery!"

The crowd was in an uproar......

"I see......"

"This ...... King Yan! The men we sent to learn the miracle of fire...... I don't know, can I learn your ...... The sacred flame blessed by the firewatcher? ”

The Bai Chieftain hurriedly stood up, he was clever and didn't want to miss the rare opportunity.

The Turkish chief then stood up and said, "And us! Yes, yes, we want to learn too. ”

Lin Yuan's heart blossomed, these primitive people finally took the bait!

But on the surface, he pretended to be very embarrassed and said:

"This ...... You know, not everyone can be a firewatcher, it takes talent...... And...... Absolute conviction...... I think the job of selecting people should be left to Fu Xi, but I hope you understand that it takes a lot of effort to train a fire watcher, however, we Yan still have a lot of urgent things to do......

The Turkish chief patted his chest and shouted:

"King Yan doesn't have to be polite, I understand it, let's say, how many wild boars do you want this time?!"

Lin Yuan smiled secretly in his heart, this Tu Clan chieftain doesn't look at his usual big grin, in fact, he knows everything in his heart, even if he pays ten times, a hundred times the price, as long as his own people can learn the skill of this holy fire blessing, he can change hands and trade pottery in the mountains, naturally he can easily recover the cost, this account, everyone actually understands it very clearly.

"Uh...... What's this...... I'll probably have to go back and do the math, it's a lot of wild boars......"

"And me!" The Bai chieftain also inserted a kick and said:

"Wild boars, we can't compare to the Tu tribe, they have more hunters, but there are many century-old trees in our territory, I heard that the Shennong tribe has cut down a lot of big trees for you, and we Bai tribe also have them, and they are guaranteed to be thicker and better than theirs!"

Lin Yuan smiled, and just when he was about to say something, suddenly, Patriarch Zhu Dan, who had not spoken, stood up, she stretched out her hands and slapped her hands violently.

The chief of the Youchao clan immediately took a step forward and shouted:

"We have the Chao Clan and the Zhu Dan Clan who want to trade with the Yan Clan, and we want the Yan Clan to help train 50 Sacred Flame Watchers!"

Lin Yuan's heart froze, you must know that he originally only planned to help the Bai clan and the Tu clan each train a fire watcher, and these two chiefs, who had been silent for a long time, had such a big appetite.

"This ...... Train 50 fire watchers...... Probably ......"

Lin Yuan's face was embarrassed.

Patriarch Zhu Dan leaned over and whispered a few anxiously in the ear of the chief of the Youchao clan, as if his tone was very excited, and after a while, the chief of the Youchao clan stepped on the stone with one foot, took a deep breath, and shouted:

"Suzaku Patriarch...... We have the Chao Clan...... Willing to exchange 10,000 Shannan prisoners of war! Alive! ”

10,000 captives?

Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, what was the situation? So many captives? Where did they get it?

Although there was a change in his heart, Lin Yuan was still silent on the surface, and he said lightly:

"This Zhu Dan patriarch, I'm afraid he is joking, 10,000 Shannan prisoners of war? I thought, are you talking about a thousand? ”

Lin Yuan is right, you must know that even with the addition of the Suiren clan, the current population of the Yan clan is only a few thousand, judging from the information Lin Yuan obtained, the tribe of the Bai Tu tribe is only a few thousand people, and this Zhu Dan chieftain, with one mouth, is 10,000 prisoners, and he is also a captive of the Shannan barbarians, to do this, unless she can mobilize an army of tens of thousands and defeat dozens of tribes, she can capture so many people.

And this is impossible.

Therefore, according to this reasoning, the only possibility is that the patriarch of Zhu Dan may have made a mistake, or perhaps the chief of the Youchao clan who passed the message heard it wrong.

But the strange thing was that the two chieftains of the Bai clan and the Tu clan who were standing beside Lin Yuan did not show a look of surprise, as if they thought what Patriarch Zhu Dan said was true.

But how is this possible?

Before the chief of the Zhu Dan clan could speak, the chief of the Youchao clan couldn't help it, touched his curly beard, and shouted:

"Miscellaneous family said it was 10,000! That's 10,000! The solemn patriarch Zhu Dan will not talk nonsense, her words, I dare to use the head of everyone in the Chao clan to vouch! ”

Lin Yuan laughed, hurriedly stretched out his hand, and said with a smile:

"Haha, good! Don't be excited if you have the chief of the Chao clan, let's talk about it...... It's not that I don't believe in this ...... The words of the solemn patriarch Zhu Dan are just that these 10,000 captives are indeed a bit exaggerated......"

The chief of the Bai clan, who had been silent, stretched out his emaciated arm at this time, gently knocked Tao Wan in his hand, and said slowly:

"Lord Yanwang, I have told all the lies in my life, but this time, I have to tell the truth, the Zhu Dan clan does have this strength......

Lin Yuan pretended to be surprised and replied:

"Oh? What does this say? ”

"King Yan doesn't know, the Zhu Dan clan is not like our mountain pass tribes, their Zhu Dan clan is located in the depths of the mountains, entrenched on both sides of the Danjiang estuary, the tribe has a large number of people, and there is little contact with our mountain pass clans, except for the Chao clan, other tribes rarely have the opportunity to trade with them......

The Bai clan chief leaned beside Lin Yuan and said in a low voice.

“…… It is said that their tribe has recently intercepted a large number of displaced people who have crossed the border, all of whom have come from the south of the mountain, if it is an ordinary tribe, it is good to let it go, but their tribe has to kill and sacrifice Zhu Danjiang God on the grounds of invasion, I think, perhaps, she has changed her mind, and plans to give the sacrifices to be sacrificed to King Yan......"

Patriarch Zhu Dan suddenly set his eyes on the Bai chieftain, although she was a short and swarthy woman, but at that moment, there seemed to be a lightning bolt shooting out of her eyes, which frightened the Bai chieftain and immediately closed his mouth and didn't dare to say anything again.

"Papa......" Patriarch Zhu Dan clapped his hands, and several close entourages immediately stepped forward and protected the patriarch, and the chief of the Youchao clan standing on the side bowed his head and whispered a few words to Patriarch Zhu Dan.

Lin Yuan frowned.

The words that the Bai clan chief said just now seemed to reveal some bad information, but it was not the deal itself that they were going to talk about, but ...... Some kind of potential threat.

"Flame King! What if not? 10,000 captives!? ”

The chief of the Youchao clan raised his head from the side of the Zhu Dan patriarch and asked.

"What's the use of me having so many captives?" Lin Yuan decided to scare the other party's prestige.

Hearing Lin Yuan say this, Patriarch Zhu Dan frowned, and wanted to greet the chief of the Youchao clan again, but Lin Yuan didn't give her this opportunity, and said:

"Patriarch Zhu Dan, what does this mean? I don't know why I have to let others pass the word? I'm honest and sincere, but since you disrespect the king so much, don't do this deal, please go! “

As soon as Lin Yuan's words fell, the warriors of the Yan clan, who had already been preparing on the side, immediately stepped forward under the leadership of the blade, lined up into a human wall, and looked at each other with bright eyes, the intention of sending off the guests was obvious.

Patriarch Zhu Dan suddenly set his eyes on Lin Yuan, and after a while, he seemed to sigh quietly, moved his mouth slightly, and a hoarse male voice came out of her mouth:

"Ten thousand, captives, to you, slaves! Zhu Dan people, 50 people, be a fire watcher! ”

The two chieftains of the Bai and Tu tribes were shocked, obviously, they had never heard or thought that the chief of the Zhu Dan tribe would actually speak in public, obviously, it was the first time they heard the voice of the Zhu Dan chief.

It was a man's voice!

Lin Yuan was also taken aback, but he didn't show it, he had already noticed the strangeness of this Zhu Dan patriarch, so he was mentally prepared.

However, the chief of the Youchao clan reflected extremely exaggeratedly, only to see him kneeling on one knee, holding the hands of the patriarch Zhu Dan, and kept saying something in his mouth, his voice was small and he couldn't hear clearly.

Patriarch Zhu Dan's eyes no longer looked at the chief of the Youchao clan, but stared at Lin Yuan deadly, as if waiting for Lin Yuan's answer.

Lin Yuan coughed dryly, in fact, this deal is of course extremely cost-effective for the Yan clan, if what the Zhu Dan clan said is true, 10,000 captives also means 10,000 laborers, with these people, it will naturally play a great role in supplementing the Yan clan's current shortage of productivity, the current food and timber problems have been solved, if the manpower problem is solved, the Yan clan can soon start to develop rapidly in the wilderness.

Lin Yuan deliberately refused just now, and the purpose of saying those words was also to use the radical method, because he knew that these primitive people had extremely strong self-esteem, and if they used the radical method, they might be able to get some of the information he needed...... It seems that he has obtained some information.

"Good! Since it is rare for Patriarch Zhu Dan to open Chrysostom, I believe you once, 10,000 captives! 50 Vulcan Firewatchers! ”

"Good ......"

Patriarch Zhu Dan replied in a hoarse male voice, and a smile reluctantly appeared on his expressionless face, looking a little embarrassed.