The sharp pain tormented the nerves, and all kinds of jumbled images appeared in my mind. Wu Yuan didn't know how to describe it, he could only let out a terrible and painful scream. At this moment, his hatred for everyone disappeared, and only Tianhao's face was so clear.

Why are you crushing my teeth?

I just want to die soon, but you're depriving me of one last chance.

The blood does not flow much, and every time the executioner cuts it, the stopper next to him will sprinkle hemostatic powder on the surface of the wound.

The Great Master ordered ———— entire execution process to last five days, until the evening of the last day, when it could be concluded under his personal supervision.

It is not easy to want a half-dead person under strict control to survive.

Sorcerers have many drugs with strange effects, and there are many ways to snatch the souls of the living from the hands of death without considering the health of the recipient.

Of course, this is temporary, and can be understood as taking the soul from the hands of death and holding it for a few days.

When the broth with a strong medicinal flavor was poured into Wu Yuan's mouth, his whole body suddenly became excited, and he struggled desperately to twist his body, desperately pushing his tongue out, trying to spit out those viscous liquids.

He was a sorcerer, and he had used similar potions on disobedient subordinates. To put it simply, it hangs on your life and doesn't let you die early at the specified time.

The executioner hooked Wu Yuan's tongue with an iron hook to straighten it, and the other carefully poured the soup into his forced open mouth. This process must be slow, otherwise the liquid flows into the trachea, which will lead to suffocation on the spot. If there is an accident as a result, all the executioners will die.

No one dared to offend the majesty of the great power division.

In the afternoon, the executioner cut off the male symbol of Wu Yuan. He threw the meat so hard that the crowd of onlookers under the torture table immediately sparked a fierce scramble. Almost all of the women present stretched out their hands and chased wildly, and the strips of meat were quickly torn into a dozen pieces.

Shamans are the spokesmen of the gods, and their male symbols are invaluable and can be boiled in soup, dried in the sun to make powder, or salted and cut into slices so that they can be preserved for a long time...... As for the effect, of course, it is for the sake of children. I don't know when this magical and ridiculous practice was handed down, and the women believed in it.

"Ah...... Howling ......"

“…… Hao ......"

"No...... Good...... Hao ......"

Wu Yuan kept letting out a muffled moan, and he had long since lost the strength to scream. The slurred pronunciation was hard to discern, and he would never have known that Tianhao was not there.

It was getting dark, and the people were gradually dispersed.

The executioners set up tents in the square, and a group of soldiers marched slowly from the direction of the palace in the direction of the great master. They held torches and illuminated their surroundings as bright as day.

Wu Peng raised his head and stared at Wu Yuan with cold and fierce eyes. He was tortured to the point that he was not in shape, and he shivered in pain.

"Look at him." Wu Peng bowed his head and ordered the leader of the executioners who knelt in front of him respectfully, and made a majestic voice: "Five days, not one less day, you must cut enough knives, otherwise, ...... I'll use you as a substitute. ”

Everyone present couldn't help but shudder.

It was the first time they had seen the Great Master so cruel.

Wu Peng turned and left.

He walked slowly, listening to the painful moans coming from behind him, and the hatred in his heart eased.

"Son, I have avenged you."

……

Cattle Clan's territory, Thunderhorn City.

The long journey was exhausting, and looking at the extremely tired guards behind him, Tianhao turned over and dismounted, and ordered the captain of the guard, who helped him hold the horse's head, Red Nose: "You take them down, have a good rest, and come over to change shifts at this time tomorrow." ”

The tall and mighty figure of the red nose is much taller than Tianhao, but he behaves bowingly: "My lord, you have worked hard all the way from Black Horn City, or ......"

"I still have a lot of things to deal with." Tianhao smiled gently: "You are the same, take them down, eat something, and sleep well." ”

With that, he turned around and climbed the steps and walked towards the open gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

The hall is very spacious, this was originally the hall where Niu Weibang convened the ministers to discuss the meeting, and now it has become Tianhao's temporary office location.

There's so much to sort out.

Thunderhorn City has a huge Ethnic Library, which also stores a staggering number of mud templates. Tianhao dispatched hundreds of relevant personnel from Rock City and demanded that the materials recorded on the clay tablets be transcribed as soon as possible.

On top of that, there are the hides and skins, which are just as large in number, filling more than a dozen rooms. Many of the materials are said to have been preserved from hundreds of years ago, and they contain a large number of names of people and places, as well as the actual situation of the villages under their jurisdiction.

In the age of civilization, all this information was needed for a computer.

Wu He held a thick stack of texts and sent them to Tianhao. He had been ordered to come to Thunderhorn City two weeks ago to serve as the civil affairs officer here, and he had not been able to rest well since he started his work, his eyes were bloodshot, and his swollen eyelids were full of black halos.

"The preliminary finishing work has been completed, and the current population of Thunder Point City is 180,322. Of these, seventy-four thousand and six were ox people, and the rest were pig people. In addition, there are more than 78,000 people scattered in various villages in the entire Lei Niu Division, of which the largest is more than 6,000 people, and the smallest is less than 200 people. ”

Speaking of this, Wu He smiled and looked a little emotional: "This is the same as the previous Rock Village." Sometimes it feels like a dream to think about it, it's unimaginable that we have grown from a village to the scale we are now! ”

Tianhao smiled faintly: "People live for a better life." Everything will change, and even without me, there will be other people who will change the world. ”

Wu nodded in agreement. He had heard similar things from his father before, and he was too young to understand them, but now that he was in them, he really understood.

Tianhao flipped through the bound materials on the table, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a young woman standing behind him who followed Wu Er, and couldn't help asking, "Who is she?" ”

Wu He hurriedly took a step to the side and introduced sideways: "Her name is Ah Rong, she is fourteen years old this year, and she is a disciple accepted by my father a few years ago. ”

Tianhao has always attached great importance to education, and the old priest has been highly respected and respected since the time of Panshizhai, and it is natural that he has become the highest status of the Rock Leader. He has always refused to be promoted to wizard, saying that he wants to give up this position to young people. As for the old man's thoughts, Tianhao could guess some ———— reason why he did this was to make way for Wu Ji. When people are old, they think more about future generations. Anyway, the old priest is at the top of the Rock Collar in terms of popularity and identity, and there is no doubt that it is better to leave it to future generations than to get too much for waste.

The old priest received many apprentices, and he had always been in favor of Tianhao's educational philosophy, in addition to basic sacrifices, the knowledge he imparted was mainly medicine and medical skills, which also included superficial mathematical and geometric concepts, and later Tianhao asked to add "natural subjects", which were actually comprehensive knowledge of hunting, animals, plants, and other experiences.

Ah Rong has a round face, fair skin, and a plump figure like most barbarian women. She saluted Tianhao respectfully, because it was the first time she had met a big person, and she looked a little shy.

Fourteen years old is not too young, according to the concept of the northern barbarians, ten years old is an adult. In particular, the disciples selected by the old priests should follow and learn all year round, and their abilities should surpass their peers in all aspects.

"Ah Rong......" Tianhao repeated the name and asked, "Are you a witcher?" ”

"Yes." Her voice was crisp and pleasant.

"Can't you call it Wu Rong now?" Tianhao suddenly became interested. "Wu" was not originally a formal surname, but a pronoun for witch practitioners, and later gradually evolved into a special surname. Moreover, not all witch practitioners can use it, only if they are recognized by the elders of the clan, have the same origin, and have at least the status of priest or above, they can use the surname "witch".

Wu Ji smiled beside him: "Ah Rong is now a preparatory priest, she has a good understanding and learns quickly. ”

Tianhao couldn't help but laugh.

He could see through the other party's careful thinking at a glance...... Although Wu He married a wife and had children, he gave special care to this woman named Ah Rong. You must know that not just anyone can get this kind of introduction, of course, it may also be because Ah Rong is a witch practitioner and assists him in managing the city during this time, and Wu takes this introduction as a reward for her...... In short, this woman should have outstanding abilities in administrative management, as for the rest, she can only report "hehe".

"How's the food stock in the city?" Tianhao wants to test her.

"It can last until next fall." Ah Rong stepped forward, picked up a booklet from the table, opened it, and talked eloquently: "Last month, this year's tax grain has been sent to Black Corner City, and the current food supply in the city is good, and it can be distributed regularly according to the basic proportion. However, the situation in other villages is not optimistic, and according to current statistics, there are a total of 34 small villages that are short of food, affecting a total population of more than 20,000. ”

"So much?" Tianhao was a little surprised, stretched out his hand and motioned for Ah Rong to hand over the booklet, and while flipping through it, he asked casually: "What is the reason for the lack of food in these villages?" ”

"They're paying too much in taxes over the quota." Ah Rong said in a low voice: "Great King...... I am referring to the previous king, who only set a tax of 30 percent of the harvest of the year, but these villages paid more than 50 percent, and some even reached 70 percent. ”

Tianhao didn't ask again, he fell silent.

After a long time, raising his head, Tianhao looked at Wu Ji who was standing opposite, and a wry smile appeared on his face: "...... Remember Fusong? ”

Wu Ji nodded slowly: "I knew you would say that." What they are doing now is the same as what Fu Song did at the beginning, no different. ”

After a pause, Wu He cautiously voiced: "Actually, they are not bad people, and they have no malicious intentions. ”

Tianhao nodded in a dull voice, "Hmm", and asked, "So you left this matter until now and let me deal with it?" ”

Wu Ji lowered his hand and stood in place: "You are the lord, and you are the new king of the entire Thunder Cow Tribe, no matter what order, we will resolutely carry out your will without discount." ”

Tianhao shook his head: "I have too many things, so you should be responsible!" Gather the leaders of these villages and go to Rock City for training. Those who are qualified will be retained and reappointed, and those who are not qualified will be directly replaced. Let them understand that wanting a surname can only be exchanged for merit, and not digging grain from the mouths of those below...... yards, Lao Tzu can't eat so much. ”

The last sentence was scolded, only in this way could the anger in Tianhao's heart be relieved.

He then added: "If anyone dares to disobey the order, then kill them to make an example." ”

Wu He saluted respectfully: "I'll go down and assign people to deliver orders." ”

Tianhao nodded slightly: "Go ahead, call me the broken tooth by the way." ”

……

A few minutes later, Broken Tooth walked into the main hall with three young guards and stood two meters in front of Tianhao's desk.

Tianhao, who was reviewing the official documents, raised his head, looked past the broken teeth who were clasping his fists and saluting him, and fell to the three young pigs standing behind him, and asked with interest, "Who are they?" ”

He knew that Broken Tooth was loyal to him, and that the spore implant would never disobey orders from the subject. Broken Tooth brought these people over, it should have another meaning.

"Master, they're my newly picked guards, and they're all very nice lads." Broken Tooth smiled and stepped aside, introducing them one by one: "This is Flame Tooth, this is Fierce Tooth, and this kid, the biggest and the best, he is called Violent Tooth." ”

Tianhao got up from his chair and walked slowly to Stormtooth.

This is a young pig man of about fourteen years old. Very strong, hideous-looking, and extremely vicious in appearance. These adjectives do not have a derogatory meaning in the dictionary of the pigs, but are correct descriptions of physiognomy. The three young men recommended by Broken Tooth were all dressed in sleeveless shoulders, and the bruised teeth were more burly than the Flame Teeth and the Fierce Teeth. His fangs are thick and long, and they are specially sharpened into a weapon, which gives him a slight advantage over his opponents in hand-to-hand combat, using this as a dagger.

Vicious Tooth was the shortest of the three, but his muscles were unusually developed, and his broad shoulders were connected to his back muscles, as if he had bent over due to excessive weight, and had to hunch his back slightly. No one could ignore the explosive power of his muscles, which were wrapped in brownish-black oily skin and taut. Flame Tooth walks with his arms drooping, looking a bit of an orangutan, and his ferocity and unrelenting strength are terrifying.

Flametooth was tall, slightly shorter than Stormtooth, and he had long, iron-red hair that was tied tightly with a headband and fluffed out at the back of his head. After the young man saluted Tianhao, he kept his head high, which was not arrogant, but a standing habit formed for a long time.

Tianhao smiled and shook hands with them one by one.

Selecting young people with potential and nurturing them is his order to Broken Teeth. The premise is that one must have more knowledge than the average person, at least at the level of a preparatory priest.

The war with the white southerners has long proved that brute force alone cannot rule the world, and science and technology are still an extremely important part of human society.