Chapter 246: The Great General King
After being taken to the county guard's mansion, Ali was very excited that he finally met the big man of the Han people.
The son of the patriarch of the 'Sacred Tree' tribe, Ali grew up listening to stories about the glorious past of the tribe told by the elders at a very young age, and of course he was given an almost impossible responsibility by the elders at that time: to magnify and restore the glory of the tribe.
When he grew up, of course, Ali knew that these were just casual words from the elders, just as a story that stimulated the children and teenagers of his tribe to strive for courage, just like the Han people said that they must work hard to glorify the lintel and not embarrass their ancestors (except for those who don't want ancestors, of course!). )。
For the glorious past of his tribe, in fact, Ali is also very envious and reverent, the ancestors at that time not only had a large tribe with tens of thousands of people, but also pilgrimage to the Han emperor of the Central Plains (in fact, the emperor of Eastern Wu), in the entire Yizhou Island is a famous big man.
However, when Ali's great-grandfather's father was a child, a sudden plague not only caused most of the Han people who came to the island, but also caused the thriving 'Divine Tree' tribe to lose a considerable amount of young people, and even killed and injured the top leaders of the tribe at that time.
As a result, a large number of ambitious careerists took the opportunity to break away from the tribe and set up their own doors, leaving only a small group of loyal warriors to escort Ali's ancestors back to the earliest birthplace of the tribe.
Relying on a batch of elite weapons exchanged by the tribe from the Han people at that time, this small tribe with a small number of people maintained a fairly strong combat effectiveness, and faced the threat of a large number of surrounding tribes, even if the small tribe of only more than a thousand people still struggled to survive.
With the passage of time, the weapons given by the Han Chinese preserved in the Alijin tribe have become very scarce, and the mountains and forests occupied by the tribe are in excellent locations, and there is a large flat valley where potatoes can be grown, so it is coveted by many tribes.
Like the 'Wild Wolf' tribe that is now fighting the attention of the 'Divine Tree' tribe is one of them, what makes Ali even more angry is that this tribe was even separated from the tribe of Ali's ancestors in the first place, fortunately, these big tribes don't know that the Ali tribe has a large gold mine, otherwise the Ali tribe would have been wiped out by other big tribes long ago.
Although gold was of little use to the mountain tribes, they could trade with the Han people by the sea through the tribes of the plains, of which they liked the abundance of iron goods and fine woolen wool spun the most, and the silk needed by the great men required a lot of money to buy.
This time, the 'Wild Wolf' tribe that was going to annex the Ali tribe was the most powerful alpine tribe within 200 miles of the vicinity, with a population of tens of thousands and thousands of warriors, even more than the total population of the Ali tribe.
It is the most powerful in terms of numbers and combat effectiveness, and the total population of Ali's tribe is now only more than 2,000 people.
Faced with the annexation requirements of the 'wild wolf' tribe, Ali's father, as the patriarch, was of course unwilling, so he asked the surrounding tribes for help, after all, his lips were cold, and he was not better off being annexed by other tribes, but he never expected that these tribes were short-sighted on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were afraid of the strong threat of the 'wild wolf' tribe, so they all rejected the help of the 'Divine Tree' tribe.
In desperation, Ali thought of Keelung City, which was nearly a hundred miles away from the location of the tribe, didn't his ancestors just make friends with the Han people?
In Ali's view, since the ancestors were able to make friends with the Han people, it showed that the Han people were still willing to accept themselves, and Ali's father did not agree at first, but in the face of the threat of the powerful 'wild wolf' tribe, he still agreed to Ali's request.
In addition, the old man is more experienced after all, he gave Ali a gold nugget before Ali set off, and didn't say anything else, but just told that if the Han people didn't want to save their tribe at that time, then take out this gold nugget, and the rest would not need to be taken care of by Ali.
In fact, Ali didn't know that his father took out this gold nugget with two meanings, one was to use this gold nugget to attract the Han people to rescue his tribe, and the other was that even if the Han people did not come to save their tribe, he would let the Han people know the news of the gold nugget.
It's just that he will also tell the news of the gold mine to the 'Wild Wolf' tribe, so that the two major forces will inevitably fight fiercely over this gold mine, so that the 'Divine Tree' tribe's great revenge can also be avenged.
When Ah Li came out, he didn't bring the guardian warriors of the tribe, but only brought out his two playmates from childhood, Ah Bu and Ah He, both of whom were in the same year as Ah Li, and they were only about seventeen years old this year, although they were not as experienced as the most powerful hunters in the tribe, but they also had their own good skills.
Among them, Abu's nose is very smart, and when he is two or three miles away from the enemy, he can smell the smell of the other party, while Ah He is very good at using blow darts and smearing the sap of the bloody marquis, basically hitting every shot.
It's just that Ali is very puzzled now, the big men of the Han people have seen it themselves, and the gold nuggets that his father let him bring also let them know, but they just brought themselves and Abu and Ah He to this big courtyard, and no one cares about them anymore.
During this period, a few servants brought a large table full of food, and the three of them were full of oil, but after eating, no one came to see them, what was going on? What went wrong? 516
Just when Ali and the three of them were puzzled, several well-dressed domestic servants appeared in front of the three of them again, one of them was the previous interpreter, who was about forty or fifty years old, and looked at the three of them with a smile: "Hurry up, take a bath, change your clothes to see Hou Ye!" ”
Although the accent of the Gaoshan tribe who was interpreting was very rusty, it still made the three people who did not understand the Han people feel very cordial, and when they heard that the Hou Ye of the Han people wanted to see the three of them, the three of them were even more excited.
The three of them were very fresh when they took a bath, and the smooth hot springs did not surprise the three of them, after all, there were many hot springs in the mountains, and they often took hot springs, but the huge baths formed by the hot springs were pasted with smooth marble slabs, which surprised the three of them a lot.
The soap used in the bath, the three of them have never seen it, and the fragrance on it almost made Ah He eat it as a pastry, and Ah Bu also took the bath towel to rub his body and watched it non-stop, and then several people were startled by several mirrors in the dressing room made of a foot of glass.
Although the three of them have also seen their general appearance in the reflection of water in the past, but it is the first time that they can see their figure so clearly, and Ali heard that the bronze mirror of the Han people is very clear, and I think this should be similar to the bronze mirror.
However, Abu and Ah He felt strange, and kept waving to themselves in the mirror, as if they were gorillas who saw the mirror for the first time, only to provoke a few servants next to them to snicker, completely forgetting what they looked like when they first saw these mirrors.
After washing, Ali suddenly felt much more relaxed, and a large bath that was originally clear suddenly became turbid, which made Ali, who had just been discovered, blush.
When it was time to change clothes, Ali found that his deerskin coat was missing, and the waiting interpreter told them that there was too much dirt on their clothes, and that they had sent them to be cleaned, and that if they needed to keep them, they would return them to them when they were done.
However, the new clothes are very much in line with Ali's taste, a thick fabric woven from an unknown material, made into the style of shorts, burning with messy green, Ali, who has been active in the jungle for a long time, found the concealment of this fabric in the jungle at a glance.
The top is also made of the same fabric, but it is much thinner than shorts, and it doesn't look hot when it is passed on, so that Ali, who can't wear deerskin clothes, feels that this dress is too suitable for him.
After putting on their clothes, Ali and the three of them cautiously followed behind the interpreter, the feeling brought by this Han official was too depressing, making the three young people who were originally full of confidence look like frightened fawns.
When the interpreter led the three of them to a gate, dozens of halberd-wielding guards were guarding the door, with horizontal knives on their waists, looking at the three of them majestically.
Wang Ze's Zhonghu army is basically a big Han from the land of Sanqi, who is originally relatively tall, and the natives of Yizhou are all short in front of the Han people of the Southern Dynasties, compared with several big men who are nearly eight feet tall, even Ah Li, who is relatively tall, looks much petite and exquisite.
This feeling made Ali feel a lot more depressed, and he quietly moved back away.
After the interpreter followed the soldiers in front of the door and said a few words, three soldiers immediately led a few people inside, and then three more soldiers took the place of the previous three people, and the number of guards standing guard in front of the door remained the same.
After the three guards went in with a few people, they walked to the gate of the second courtyard, and handed over a few people to the guards standing guard in front of the next gate by warrant, and it was not until the third courtyard that they saw a hall with a large number of soldiers guarding outside the door, and each soldier was a head and a half taller than Ali.
Looking at these tall soldiers, the majestic armor on their bodies, the sharp weapons that looked like they were covered in cold sweat at a glance, and the bursts of murderous aura escaping from these soldiers, made Ali, who was not deeply involved in the world, suddenly feel cold, how could these people look at people like the eyes of the tribe's hunters when they kill sambar deer?
The interpreter lowered his head and was careful, and under the leadership of the trembling interpreter, Ah Li, Ah Bu, and Ah He also bowed their heads and said nothing, and cautiously followed them into the hall.
There are quite a few people in the hall, but a few people don't dare to look up, only Ali took the opportunity to salute and sneak a glance, there is a general sitting at the head of the hall who can't see his face clearly, a civil official on both sides, and a Taoist priest on the other, what a strange combination.
Just when Ali was wondering, the general on the throne spoke: "I already know your intentions, but I don't know if you want to take refuge in me, or if you just want me to keep your tribe?" ”
Although I didn't understand what it meant, the voice above made Ali suddenly surprised, this voice is so young, it feels like the voice of a teenager in the voice change period, but this teenager's power is so powerful, when he was so old, it seems that he has just begun to learn to hunt.
However, Ali was only stunned for a moment before he heard the interpreter's relay, so he immediately said in ecstasy: "We are willing to take refuge in the great general His Majesty Wang!" ”