The old priest was in high spirits, he smiled from ear to ear, and the wrinkles on his face were squeezed more and more tightly: "Great, we have so many people in the village at once, and next spring, the wasteland in the north can be planted with wheat, and it will not be idle anymore." ”

Yonggang is also in high spirits: "This year's snow is particularly heavy, which is also a rare opportunity. We have so much grain in our hands that we can't eat it all. Otherwise, I will take people to the nearby village tomorrow, they will definitely be short of food, and we can take the opportunity to change more women. At that time, the scale of our Panshi Village may exceed that of Qinglong Village. ”

Fu Song agreed: "Good idea, just do it!" ”

Tianhao, who was a little far away from the conversation circle of the three of them, interjected: "If you really do this, the rock village will be over." ”

He had already shown wisdom far beyond ordinary people one after another, and the three leaders of the village naturally did not think that he was making a big statement. Suddenly, there was a dead silence in the wooden house, and three pairs of puzzled eyes invariably projected their gaze on Tianhao.

"We don't have enough houses to house too many people." Tianhao explained unhurriedly: "On such a cold day, if there is no fire in the house, staying outside for one night will freeze people to death." Winter is not the season for logging and building houses, and the other is firewood, and although we have enough fuel before winter, it is based on the number of people in the village at that time. Of course, there is nothing wrong with a small amount of more than a part, but if the number of new people is too large, it will cause us problems. ”

The old priest did not speak. There was a hint of clarity in his slightly cloudy and experienced eyes, which quickly turned into silent approval.

Yonggang is a stubborn character and will not easily change his mind. He frowned and asked, "Ah Hao, the problem shouldn't be as serious as you said, right?" It's always good to have more people come back, and even if there aren't enough houses, why don't you send these people to each house to be crowded for a while, and stay up until next spring? ”

Tianhao didn't have any emotions, and asked plainly: "How many people do you plan to change back?" ”

Yonggang has no idea about this. He scratched his head and replied uncertainly, "Five hundred...... Thousand...... Or maybe it's a thousand and five! We have so much venison, enough to eat. ”

Tianhao unceremoniously pointed out the loopholes in his thinking: "If you just say that you assign people to each household, and even use the warehouses in the village, you can only squeeze in seven hundred people at most." Their eating, drinking, and Lazar are all big problems. Aside from the food, there is not much snow around the stockade, and in spring you can only rely on the springs in the mountains and the river to the south. The biggest problem is the house, and there will be a strong demand for more houses, including the existing people in the village. Who will be in charge of spring ploughing? Is it true that everyone is going up to the mountains and cutting down trees? ”

"The wall has been erected, and the open space inside the wall is so big, even if we have enough people to cut down trees and build houses, who would want to live outside the wall? This meant that we had to build a new second wall, which was another big project that would take a lot of manpower and time. ”

"In addition, the situation in the village is obvious to all. We don't have public toilets, everyone defecates on the floor. It's winter now, and there are few people in the village, so it's okay to endure it. When the weather gets hot in the spring, the situation will become very serious. Some people will get sick from it, and maybe even a plague. ”

The old priest Wu Xing interjected: "Ah Hao is right. I have mentioned the issue of public toilets more than once before. But Fusong, you never paid attention to it, and Yonggang, you didn't take it to heart. You should go out and see more. The reason why the big cities of Liuyun City, Black Corner City, and Red Phoenix City are clean is because of the focus on public health. ”

Fu Song completely put away the smile on his face, and his facial muscles became cold and hard: "Then what do you say to do?" Are we going to do nothing this winter and just wait? ”

Tianhao answered extremely quickly: "We can only exchange three hundred people at most, which is the limit we can afford at the moment." ”

He was not afraid of angering Fu Song because of this.

The current Tianhao is no longer the lonely and silent teenager of the past. He had a high prestige in the village, and was respected by everyone with his facts, and even won the public allegiance of eleven villagers.

If it was eleven women, it would have been fine, but it would have been eleven sturdy adult men, including all the family members behind them.

Panshi Village is so big. It is no exaggeration to say that when they saw the giant monster fish frozen into ice cubes on the beach, many people subconsciously regarded it as the fourth leader of the stockade.

His "head of a hundred" is already a certainty, there is no doubt about it.

Fu Song was a little disappointed. Three hundred people is too little, and he is actually more inclined to Yonggang's opinion. But this kind of thing is not good for Yonggang alone, the old priest is highly respected, but he is on Tianhao's side.

The room became a little cold, and Yonggang was also thinking carefully about what Tianhao had said before, and felt that it was not unreasonable.

"We can wait until next year to bring back more people." Tianhao maintained a calm and calm tone as much as possible: "Three hundred new women can help us solve a lot of problems. The area of land cultivated can be expanded, and when wheat is planted, a large number of people can go up the mountain to cut down trees and build more houses. The exterior wall of the stockade can be partially built first, and it will take about three years to complete it in stages, depending on the specific situation. When the time comes, don't say it's just a thousand people, even if it's two thousand, or even three thousand. ”

This description had a huge stimulus for Yonggang. He swallowed hard in his throat and felt a little incredulous: "A stockade of three thousand people? This...... Can we really? ”

"As long as you plan well in advance and follow the steps, with our current foundation, nothing is impossible." Although the old priest was also a little skeptical of Tianhao's words, he had to give him enough support at this time.

The leader, Fu Song, was silent for a long time. He fell into intense thinking, chaotic thoughts collided with reality, which no one knew, and it was his own inner secret.

After half a minute, he raised his unkempt head, and the gaze projected on Tianhao was a little complicated: "That's it! Ah Hao, you will take a trip to the clan city tomorrow to apply for your own "hundred heads" certificate permit. ”

The new head of the hundred must be approved by the head of his clan. All the leaders of the candidate's village must sign the application form on leather paper, and the documents will be sent to the clan city for review. This is a standard procedure that has lasted for thousands of years, whether it is the Ox or the Tiger, or the Eagle, the Lion, or the Deer...... This rule will be strictly adhered to without discounts.

Tianhao nodded silently, propped his hands on the knees on both sides of the cross-legged sitting, and bowed slightly towards Fu Song.

"Also, by the way, you can bring over the number of the share of grain handed over by the village next year." Fu Song's voice had a strange and unquestionable resoluteness: "Eighty percent, this is what we will hand over next year." ”

The Ox Clan is a large clan, and the Thunder Cow Tribe is just one of the things that make up the Ox Clan. Both Panshi Village and Qinglong Village belong to it, and the patriarch usually does not interfere in the administration of each city and village, and the villages must report to the head of the tribe at the end of the year the proportion of the grain to be cultivated in the next year.

The old priest Wu Xing's eyes widened suddenly, and his wrinkled face rose with anger and urgency: "Eighty percent? Ah Song, are you crazy? ”

Yonggang was also frightened by this number. He turned his head abruptly at the first moment and looked at Fu Song with an incredulous gaze: "So many? We only paid 70 percent this year, and the people in the village almost didn't starve to death, so why do you have to do this next year, and pay more than this year? ”

Hunger in Panshizhai is not without reason. On the one hand, it was because of the sudden heavy snowfall, and on the other hand, because the leader Fu Song handed over most of the harvest to the tribe in the autumn, so that the families in the village had little grain left.

Tianhao did not speak. He looked at Fu Song with a puzzled gaze, trying to see through his heart.

Fu Song had already expected that this decision would be fiercely opposed by Yonggang and the old priest. He sneered unmoved: "We got a lot of prey this year. There are still a lot of Bighorn deer in the mountains, so it's a big deal to give them another one next winter according to the method of this year. Hao's method worked, and the monster in the sea was killed. We can now go to the beach to fish, and we can also boil salt...... Rest assured! No one will starve to death next winter. ”

He continued to give orders in a strong tone: "And the prey we got this year, I plan to pay tribute to the patriarch three thousand deer. I will write this matter into the paperwork, and let Ah Hao take it to the clan city with me tomorrow. ”

The old priest was already on the verge of rage, and he pointed his trembling finger at Fu Song, furious: "How can you do this? That's the food for everyone in the stockade for the winter. ”

"There is so much meat that you can't eat it all in one winter." Fu Song's attitude was extremely resolute: "This tribute is imperative. In fact, the tribute of 3,000 deer is quite small, and if I don't care about leaving winter rations for the stockade, I will add at least another 1,000 to this number. ”

Yonggang suddenly stood up and glared at Fu Song angrily: "No, I don't agree to do this." ”

The old priest suppressed his anger, he took a deep breath, puffed out his chest, and spewed out two turbid streams from his nostrils with incomparable anger: "Ah Song, you will destroy the rock village like this. ”

"Your objections are useless." Fu Song's face floated with a touch of fanaticism, as well as an obvious fierce toughness: "I am the leader of Panshi Village, I have the final say in this matter!" ”

Tianhao, who had been watching for a long time, did not interject.

He was shocked, and his mind was full of unexplainable doubts.

Why?

Could it be that Fu Song wants to destroy this stockade?