Chapter 39: Negotiations

After Thorn Horse and Yuexia arrived at the tribe group at the bottom of the mountain, they first found Yeshan to understand the situation, which was also agreed before; Only by understanding the situation can we increase the bargaining chips in the negotiations. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info And looking at the sad look on Yeshan's face, Yuexia knew that the situation was definitely not optimistic; It is true that as Yuexia thought, the three tribal chiefs did not agree with the Baiyun tribe coming to dry salt. First of all, they thought that although the tribes under the mountain were defeated, they did not suffer much losses after all, and they could still organize a war with the Baiyun tribe, and this time they were well prepared, and they would definitely be able to win; Secondly, they thought that even if they couldn't defeat the Baiyun tribe, they couldn't compromise and sacrifice the holy lake, because the holy lake was a blessing from the gods, how could they let the Baiyun tribe get their hands on it at will; As for the Baiyun tribe's proposal that the harvested salt could be divided into a part of the tribal groups under the mountain, the three tribal chiefs did not intend to move, they also knew how delicious the food sprinkled with salt was, but their ancestors had come over like this for generations, and it was the same without salt.

For the few tribal chiefs who are so inadequate, although they have been mentally prepared, they still inevitably feel very helpless. Now that they know this situation, Yuexia and Thorn Horse did not go to meet the three tribal leaders for the time being, they first arranged a place for Ye Shan to live, and Yuexia and Thorn Horse discussed the negotiation strategy according to the actual situation.

Because it was about the holy lake shared by the three tribes, and it happened that the three tribal chiefs had just finished discussing this matter in the lakeside tribe the day after the day, the moon and the goshawk team of the Thorn Horse went to meet the three tribal chiefs. The three tribal chiefs resolutely opposed the conditions put forward by the Baiyun tribe, and they already knew the victory or defeat of the battle between the Baiyun tribe and the tribe group under the mountain. But the three tribal chiefs believed that this could only show that they had underestimated the Baiyun tribe and were not fully prepared; The three tribal chiefs gave their answers: the tribe group under the mountain can ignore the previous invasion of the holy lake by the Baiyun tribe, and also promise not to wage war against the Baiyun tribe again, but if the Baiyun tribe still insists on getting involved in the holy lake, then the hunting team of the tribe under the mountain will wait for another battle with the Baiyun tribe.

Thorn Horse and Tsukixia repeatedly assured that the salt would not have any bad effect on the sacred lake, and also stated that the tribe under the mountain would be able to share a part of the benefits such as table salt, but several tribal leaders were still unmoved. It was One-Eyed, Maga, Yeshan, and a group of hunters who had participated in the battles of the tribes under the mountain and the Baiyun tribe; There was no objection to the Baiyun tribe going to the holy lake to dry salt, and there was even some welcome, but they did not clearly express their support. These hunters who participated in the war, although they lost to the Baiyun tribe, but they lost convincingly, under the influence of the idea that the strong are respected, they have no resistance to the Baiyun tribe, and they can really be conquered by the taste of salt during their stay in the Baiyun tribe for a few days; After all, the worship of the Holy Lake has always flowed in their blood, so they will not support the Baiyun Tribe to disturb the Holy Lake, which is a typical centrist.

The negotiations between the stabbing horse and the moon for a few days, the gift was also delivered, but it did not achieve any effect at all; They could see that the three tribal chiefs seemed to not want to have another war with the Baiyun tribe, but if they really wanted to go to the salt pan to dry salt, then the three tribal chiefs were determined to defend the holy lake from being disturbed. After the return of the Goshawks and the Moon, the results of this negotiation were reported in detail to all the people of the tribe. Seeing that the salt was quickly consumed, there was no salt before, and the tribe had been like this for generations; But the tribal people who have tasted the taste of salt are now unhappy without salt. Having just won a great battle, the people of the tribe had grown a lot of confidence, and many hunters advocated another war to take the salt lake.

Li Ming knew that the last war was better than fighting at home, and the victory was due to the opponent's lack of preparation, and now if he wants to win again, it will definitely not be so simple. Li Ming comforted everyone: "I know that everyone is now unhappy, but it is obviously unwise to go to the tribe group under the mountain now; You may have to live a hard life for a while, and I hope that everyone will work together to strive for the conditions to be ripe as soon as possible, so that the tribes under the mountain can obediently hand over the sacred lake. Everyone has seen the fighting power of the Tigers, and they have not been ignored by everyone before; I hope that everyone will learn more from the Tigers, when each of our hunting teams is the Tigers, and that is when we go to the Holy Lake to dry salt. ”

More than a dozen hunters tied up a wild bull in the pasture and pressed it to the ground, and punched a hole in the bison's nose according to the method taught by Li Ming; The screams of the bison echoed throughout the valley, and not only the animals in the pasture panicked, but the animals outside the ranch who heard these screams were frightened and fled without a head. This scream was made three times, because three wild bulls, all three of whom had grown up in pastures and had met the people of the tribe often, and whose wildness had been worn out a lot; But when hitting the bull's nose, the blood-red eyes made every hunter who held it down feel guilty. After being tied to the nose of the cow, the three cows were tied up with ropes, and they struggled desperately for two days before they gave up the struggle, and their nostrils kept bleeding. The three cows seemed to be hostile to every tribe, and no one was allowed to come near them, and the grass that fed them had to be thrown far away; If a cow is less hostile, it will give more grass, and if it is more hostile, it will give less grass, or even no grass, and in this way, after a few months, the hunter who feeds them grass can get close to the three cows.

Yega divided the hunters into three teams, each team of twenty people, namely the cheetah team, the black bear team, and the fierce wolf team; Jace was invited to come over for guidance, and Li Ming also became a consultant. The adult hunters have seen the combat power of the Tigers, and they have put down the shelves early, coupled with the worship of Li Ming and the yearning for power, all the training has been completed beyond the standard; For these adult hunters, the Tigers are their children, and they don't want to be compared to the Tigers anymore.

The Tigers did not fall behind themselves when other teams stepped up their training, and the Tigers had the honor of the Tigers, and they didn't want to be compared; The Tigers have joined four eleven or twelve-year-old squads, and these four squads also participate in some of the Tigers' daily training, but they also have a main content, which is to study medicine with Xiao Qi.

The women are not idle, they are responsible for the daily processing of meat; Since several hunting teams often practice the coordination of hunting teams through hunting, the women who cook do not have to worry about the source of the prey, and besides, the two ranches run by Yue Ran have enough prey. Li Ming asked Huanjie, Tianshui, Doudou, and Tuye to set fire to a forest; Then he taught a few young women how to transplant fruit trees, and the hunting team also brought back fruit trees suitable for transplanting when they went out hunting.

Everyone in the tribe is busy, they want to strive to reach the conditions for going to the salt lake as soon as possible, everyone is working hard, for Li Ming, for the smell of salt that can't be stopped, especially looking at all this, every day with a happy smile on his face, often unconsciously praying to the white clouds in the sky.