Chapter 8: The Twilight Years

The same race, led by a sheep, and led by a wolf, reveals a very different appearance.

As the new leader, Cuong's aggressive personality gradually influenced his people. In the second year, he began to attack the neighboring marriage groups, and after subduing these slaves, he learned the location of other tribes from them, and continued to attack these strange groups that he had never interacted with before. When the lakeside village could not support such a large population, a group of clansmen were selected to lead the slaves to establish a subsidiary village in a suitable location, and the new village needed to pay regular tribute to the lakeside village.

From the code name, it can be seen that Ah Qiang is just a 'strong' who fights well, not a very capable leader, otherwise his code name should be 'Ah Wang'. He saw the benefits of exploiting slaves, and he didn't think much about it at all, and thought very simply that the more slaves the better, the larger the territory, the better, and the more dependent villages to pay tribute, the better.

Although he had no interest in developing the power of the clan, Lyle never spared no effort in the question of the survival of the clan, proposing policies such as "turning prisoners who were related to the clan into ordinary clansmen", "slaves who worked hard to become ordinary clansmen", and "slaves who were sent to build villages were rotated every three years".

As a proponent of slavery, Lyle had no mercy for slaves, and these seemingly hopeful policies were in fact intended to erase potential threats and perpetuate this evil system.

Of course, no matter how many tinkering policies come, the essence of this social system in which class conflict is extremely acute will not change, and one day it will be replaced by a more advanced social system, and decades will pass by in a long way. But before the slaves rise up, there will be all kinds of trouble, and it is unknown how far this group can go.

This does not refer to external troubles. Some races may already be using grinding stone tools, some may have figured out the art of drilling wood for fire, and some races may also be engaged in slavery, but there is no doubt that Lyle's race has developed into the largest, most technologically advanced, and largest race on the planet, and no race can compete with it head-on.

This trouble stems from itself. It is not only public ownership that has been abandoned because of affluent life, but also the spirit of solidarity; As a result of a life of affluence, there is not only private ownership, but also decadent desires.

Cuong's ambitions are not unlimited, and when the territory expands to a certain extent, the supplies and women from various villages have satisfied his appetite, and the expansion operation ends here, and his eyes turn to the interior of the clan. Not only did he love the position of the leader of the stack, but he was also unwilling to give up the position of leader to anyone other than his children and grandchildren.

While hesitating between 'Xiao Wang', 'Xiao Qiang', 'Xiao Rebellion', and 'Xiao Rebellion', they used low-level means to suppress capable and prestigious young people in the ethnic group, all of which turned the affiliated villages into potential rebel strongholds, and I don't know who would become a big slave owner.

- However, these bad futures did not happen in Lyle's lifetime, so it is good to look at them as 'talk after tomorrow'.

As for things related to Lyle?

Aside from being a part-time kobold military advisor, he continues to invent as always, and even as he gets older, his spirituality fades, and he is still the most indispensable person in the group.

The only thing worth mentioning is that more than 20 years after Cuong began to expand his territory, there was a conquered ethnic group with a tradition of using hematite as a pigment, which was researched by Lyle Yitong and made out 'iron tools', but due to various practical factors, it could not be officially produced.

In terms of life, in addition to Ami, he also followed the trend of several young slave women, and the three women gave him a total of four sons and two daughters, but half of them died.

It's a pity that from the three code names of 'Xiaoping', 'Xiaofan', and 'Xiaoyong', I know what Lyle's children are, and they can't pass on the 'IQ' along the bloodline as the old leader wishes, and can only live their lives by relying on the glory left by their father.

β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” decades laterβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”

"Lyle, what are you doing old fellow! Get back to shore! Cuong, who was in his twilight years, rushed to the shore and yelled at Lyle, who was already standing on the shore of the boat.

He will be suspicious of young people with some small abilities and some prestige, but he will not be suspicious of Lyle, whose ability and prestige are far above his own, because no matter how corrupt he is, he will never forget how the position of leader came about.

Now he is 100% concerned and has come to stop his old friend from dying!

"Ah Qiang, this is my last invention 'boat', which is safer than a raft, can carry more food and tools, and can definitely go further." Lyle, who has also gone through the glorious period of his life, introduced loudly.

"Further? Wherever you want to go, I'll send someone to escort you! Cuong, who had a premonition of something, suggested.

"No one will escort me, because I don't know where I'm going, I just keep drifting down the river, and if the boat can't move, I get out of the boat and go on my own feet." Lyle paused for a few seconds and laughed out loud as if relieved, "I didn't plan to come back alive when I went out this time!" ”

"What!?" The people on the shore were shocked.

But Ami, Xiaoping, Xiaofan, and Xiaoyong, Lyle's closest relatives, just wept silently, obviously knowing about this matter for a long time, and they also knew the ins and outs.

When he was a child, Lyle would be stopped by his mother from doing anything, and the only area of activity was a small area inside the cave and outside the cave. At that time, Lyle's dream was to run out of the cave without being constrained by anyone and explore the outside world freely.

After Lyle realizes that he is digging wood for fire, his status in the clan is elevated, and his mother no longer restricts his range of activities, but he is soon tied to reality near the cave...... The primeval forest is not so safe, and any beast can easily kill him.

As Lyle leads the clan to climb the Tech Tree and establish a lakeside village, he has been tied to the village for the rest of his life, and only goes out to look at him when Cuong starts a war.

It's a very reasonable result, and with such a safe home, there is no reason to leave and explore a dangerous unexplored world, isn't it? In fact, even if Lyle wanted to go on an expedition, he would not be able to convince the others to go out with him, and would instead be held back by the entire group.

Is it really good to spend this life like this?

No, Lyle refused.

Lyle made this decision after realizing that his physical abilities had dropped drastically, and that if he didn't go out, he might never be able to go out again.

[Everyone! I can't come back and tell you the results, but - the outside world, I'll take a look first!! 】