"How's the situation in Barehoof City, and how is the work going?" Tianhao turned his gaze to Broken Tooth and asked seriously.

"As you expected, everything went well." Broken Tooth put his right fist across his chest and replied respectfully: "All the witch practitioners in the city have been controlled, and the most heinous ones will be executed in public, and the reporting and screening work is now 95% complete, and all the reported people will be sent to the mines in the north of Rock City for labor reform." They ...... now"

"Wait!" Tianhao frowned and interrupted him: "What did you just say?" Reported? ”

"yes!" With a simple expression on his face, he reacted quickly and asked suspiciously, "Did I say something wrong?" ”

"You can write a document and send it back to Rock City later, and change the names of these people to the outside world." Tianhao pondered for a moment: "Don't call them the reported person, well...... "sinner", this is more appropriate." ”

Broken Tooth didn't know why Bai Hao did this, but the thought implantation from the spore had already changed the direction of his logic———— never question the words of the young lord, even if he let himself eat, it must contain an extremely profound philosophy of life.

"Get ready, come with the guards in a few days." Tianhao once again swept his gaze over the three young pigs standing in front of him, and his mood calmed down.

The situation in Redhoof City is improving, and control there will be solidified.

The next focus will be on Thunderhorn City and other villages.

……

The god of winter has descended on the earth, as always. It's always punctual, taking over the world with warmth and roughness, but it works. People have never suspected that this is a conspiracy that has been discussed between the autumn god and the winter god for a long time———— since we cannot hold power together, then we will simply separate, a few months will be yours and a few months will be mine.

It had already begun to snow when he was in Pointe-Noire, and the snow had stopped when he arrived in Pointe-Noire, and the thick snow would cover the surface for months to come, and only the power of the God of Spring could melt them.

This is a good thing, as it means that there will be enough meltwater to feed the crop seeds next spring, and the next year's harvest is worth looking forward to.

In all fairness, Tianhao doesn't like Thunderhorn City. However, reality forced him to change his habits and make this his permanent residence.

In terms of geography and domination, Thunderhorn City is more suitable than Rock City to be the main city of the clan.

At least for now.

One hundred eighty thousand three hundred and twenty-two, this is the latest population statistics of the city.

More than half of them are pigs, that is, the products of last year's war, which belong to Niu Weibang's trophies.

With Tianhao's order, the comprehensive transformation of Thunderhorn City began.

The work of maintaining stability and structural adjustment in the city of the red hooves was basically over, and the old woman Guihua rushed to Leijiao City with 80 percent of the propaganda team, and a large number of political commissars arrived at the same time. They are working hard, and as things stand, they are expected to be busy until next summer, or even longer. But they have no complaints, they are true fanatics around the young lord, and they have a strong desire to call and pass on this trust and obsession to more people.

At present, there are two tasks: to build roads and to extract peat.

Thunder Point City, Red Hoof City, Rock City, this is a coherent route.

There has always been a road connection between Thunderhorn and Red Hoof, but the road conditions are terrible. Mudslides, rain, rockfalls, and a sparse population have led to little travel between the two cities, and it looks more like a road than a road.

Tianhao demanded that the roads be widened, tamped and leveled in an all-round way, and the newly established technical department had strict requirements for this, but it was limited to the influence of the season, so it could only temporarily recruit 2,000 pigs to carry out rough maintenance of the roads between the two cities, and wait until the ice and snow melted next spring, and then carry out a comprehensive and meticulous project.

The importance of peat extraction is even more urgent than in Rock City. Although Niu Weibang is the patriarch, he has never realized the role of fuel in the development of a group. The trees around Thunderhorn City have long been cut down, and the "Lumberjack" industry exists in all ethnic groups, and Thunderhorn City is no exception. Despite the precedent of large-scale use of peat in Rock City, Niu Weibang's efforts to implement similar practices in Thunder Point have been repeatedly blocked. In fact, it is not difficult to understand that the circle of interests that has been formed will never give up the existing benefits.

Wu Yuan killed all the heirs to the throne of the Lei Niu Department except for Tianhao, which can be regarded as giving Tianhao a great benefit in disguise.

However, this is not enough.

The order to requisition 20,000 people was issued yesterday evening, and the team around Tianhao was very strong in execution, and mobilization and preparations began that night.

During the time that Tianhao escorted Wu Yuan to Blackhorn City, Tianfeng sent three thousand elite warriors from Rock City, and they brought a large amount of supplies, mainly salt and dried fish, as well as various pickled vegetables.

This was Tianhao's first large-scale operation in Thunderhorn City after taking over the position of acting patriarch. Thanks to the strong execution ability of the large and small administrative officials in Rock City, coupled with the practice of reforming the army in batches, one order after another was implemented.

The women were mobilized to make food from midnight. Mainly dough, flour and grains are seven to three, huge dough kneaded in a wooden basin, because it contains a lot of gluten, the color is a little black, and many particles can be touched by fingers. The women with large shoulders and round waists kneaded the dough into fist-sized pieces and flattened them on the cutting board with a rolling pin.

The meat filling is slightly more complex, made by chopping fish and mixing it with minced ginger and radish. Two weeks ago, up to several tons of frozen fish arrived from Rock City. These high-protein substances from the sea are processed on board and gutted. In winter, there is no need to worry about rotting, and the frozen fish transported to Thunderhorn City are chopped into large pieces with steel axes, and then crushed with stone mills, turning the bones and meat into piles of pink meat puree.

The turnips are made in a similar way to the meat puree, the mill has a stove to warm the meat, the vegetable and meat puree does not freeze, and with simple condiments, it is wrapped in dough, or roasted or baked, and soon enough food is prepared for 20,000 pigs to consume all day.

From the perspective of civilized times, this pie is very coarse, and the taste can only be regarded as average. But who has it can not be denied that it is very good food, with salt, full of oil and water. Served with a bowl of radish and fish head mixed with a thick soup, drink it while it is hot, and the whole body is warm and comfortable.

At six o'clock in the morning, all the pigs got up to the shrill whistle and went to the square in the pre-arranged order to receive food.

From the time they were captured and then came to Thunder Point City, the lives of these pigs were completely fixed. Niu Weibang is not a ruthless person, but after all, he is the king of the Lei Niu Tribe, and he must consider his own people first at all times. On the one hand, he hoped that these pigs could integrate into the group, but on the other hand, he couldn't get rid of his fixed thinking, and he always regarded the pigs as slaves.

It's not entirely his fault, the spoils of war mean gains, and the nobles of the Thunder Bull Department want to benefit from it. In their opinion, prisoners of war are prisoners of war, and there is no need to change their identities to make these pigs a new supplement to the Thunder Cow Ministry.

As long as it's not ours, you don't need to worry about morality and the like when you use it. Use it however you want, and try to extract the maximum benefit from them.

Fortunately, Niu Weibang did not lose heart and did not agree with the opinions of these nobles. He agrees with Tianhao on the issue of the Pig people———— he cannot give the Pig people a formal membership status in a short period of time, and must use time and labor to exchange them for a living position. It is a pity that Niu Weibang does not have the all-round vision of Tianhao in terms of "labor reform", and he also makes the pig people bear most of the manual labor, but the prisoners of war have no dignity at all, and can only struggle in half hunger and half full.

"The people below must not be allowed to be overfed", this was the common opinion of the barbarian aristocracy. When you are full, you will be cranky, either thinking about messy thoughts, or you feel that life is not flavorful enough, and you want more. Only those civilians who can barely eat, but can't eat enough, are the easiest to manage, a mere steamed bun can satisfy them, and they will even kneel down in front of you and cry in gratitude.

The people who received breakfast in order were stunned, and they had questions about the food they were holding in their hands.

“…… This...... Is this a meatloaf? ”

"It's so delicious, with oil and salt, I've never tasted anything so delicious."

"This is real fish soup, look what this is, what a big fish head."

"I said, it's not a New Year's holiday, why do you give us such a good food?"

"Could it be a severed head meal, kill us after eating this meal?"

Pigs squat on the ground to eat in groups of ten. The talk is getting louder, and people's doubts and concerns are growing. Although the political commissars and team captains had previously spoken about the new labor rules, they still had doubts.

Today's breakfast is forty minutes long, which is the result of Tianhao's consultation with Broken Tooth and others———— giving them some time to get used to and eliminate the confusion in their hearts.

People with the same appearance seemed to be close, and some of the more courageous people took the initiative to greet the guards, and the guards who had been allowed in advance nodded their heads in agreement, and the two sides quickly got closer and talked.

"The patriarch of the Thunder Bull Clan has changed, not the one before, the current patriarch is the Rock Lord Lord."

"Blessed are you, that the daily rations from now on will be of this standard. As long as you work hard, it won't take a few years to settle down in Thunder Point City and have a house of your own. ”

"You ask me how I can become a soldier of the Thunder Bull Clan? Hahahaha, I'm not like you. I used to be a copycat from the Steel Tooth Department. At that time, it was bitter, and I didn't have enough to eat for a few meals throughout the year, and I had to go out to help other tribes fight. Our leader felt that it would not be possible to go on like this, so he took us to the city of Rock, and from then on we had clothes to wear and meat to eat. ”

"It's no problem if you want to be a soldier! The premise is that you must obey our lordship...... No, he is now the patriarch and has to listen to his arrangement. Let me tell you, usually work steadfastly, don't follow other people to coax, as long as you are willing to work hard, the patriarch is indispensable for your benefits. ”

Presence is more effective than any propaganda.

The obedient words of the tongue lotus are no better than a good meal.

When the sky was bright, 20,000 pigs set out. Led by their respective captains, they travel to the northern mines, where they search for their own future and hope.

……

Half an hour later, two middle-aged men with annoyed expressions walked into the patriarch's mansion and asked to meet the acting patriarch.

The wooden throne was large, and Tianhao leaned back, resting his hands flat on the armrests of his chair. He looked at the two men who had entered the hall under the guidance of the guards, and smiled slightly.

They wore elaborate animal skin robes, and through the folded placket of their chests, they could see the cotton clothes worn inside. Whether it is the style or the material, it represents wealth and status.

The man on the left is about forty years old, with a sturdy physique, most of his hair has turned white, he strode forward, his expression was gloomy, he nodded slightly, and saluted: "In Xia Niu Yuntao, I have seen the patriarch." ”

The man on the right followed closely, his appearance looked between thirty and forty years old, his expression was very arrogant, he kept frowning, his face was full of displeasure, his tone was stiff, and he introduced himself very simply, without any etiquette: "I am Niu Zeyu." ”

Tianhao swept over the two people with a calm gaze and asked lightly, "What are you looking for me?" ”

He didn't know these two people, but he had heard their names———— Niu Weibang had three wives, the previous two died in childbirth, the current wife was killed by Wu Yuan, Niu Yuntao and Niu Zeyu were the fathers of the second and third wives respectively.

The northern barbarians reached adulthood at the age of ten, and in terms of children, tribal leaders like Niu Weibang usually married very early. It is not surprising that eleven and twelve-year-old brides abound in various tribes.

Niu Yuntao was an old man, he coughed lightly, and his gloomy expression showed that he was controlling his emotions: "My lord, how long are you going to requisition my slaves?" ”

"Requisition?"

"Your slave?"

Tianhao knew very well what was going on, but he deliberately didn't break it, and asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?" ”

Niu Zeyu was younger and his temper was not very good, he stared at Tianhao and said bluntly: "Of those pigs you requisitioned from the city, four thousand of them are my domestic slaves. ”

Niu Yuntao looked a little embarrassed, according to the original plan, he should find out the matter later. But he obviously didn't expect Niu Zeyu to say it in person, and now he couldn't ease up, and after thinking about it for a while, he could only echo: "My house slaves have also been requisitioned by you, but the number is not so much, a total of 1,000 people." ”

"House slaves?" Tianhao pondered the word carefully, and the smile on his face remained unchanged: "Listen to what you mean, among those pigs I sent out today, there are your slaves?" ”

"That's right." Niu Yuntao hurriedly replied.

Niu Zeyu nodded, "Hmm", and his arrogant expression eased slightly.

"I didn't expect there to be slaves in Thunderhorn City?" Tianhao's laughter became cold: "When Niu Weibang was alive, he never told me that there was such a thing. ”

With a very simple sentence, Niu Yuntao and Niu Zeyu's faces instantly changed color.