On the issue of population increase, a great man once said that there is great power in numbers, and there is a lot of firewood and high flames!

The same is true here, population is one of the important criteria for judging whether a tribe is strong or not, but any tribe that is strong must have a large population.

But if a tribe wants to increase its population, it doesn't mean that there are many women in the tribe, and all of them can give birth.

There are many other factors that limit the size of the population, the most important of which is food.

Adequate food is needed to ensure adequate population growth.

The truth is simple, but few tribes can do it. The level of productivity in the era of fishing and hunting was very limited, relying on gathering, hunting, fishing, and primitive manual production, it was difficult to ensure the needs of large-scale human settlements.

So, there are theories about how much food a tribe can get, and how much food can feed a population.

For example, the Scoop tribe, as a small tribe, has a limited range of hunting, and the food hunted every month has to deduct the part of the Shanggong Leech tribe.

The remaining ones are barely enough for their more than 300 tribes to survive, and no matter how large the population is, some people will starve to death.

Until Li Hao took over, there were many clansmen who had never eaten a full meal since they were born.

This is also the main reason why everyone is willing to listen to Li Hao's orders now, not only because he is the patriarch, but also because he can feed everyone, so that the clansmen who have been poor and weak for a long time and have been oppressed by the big tribe can see a glimmer of change.

However, if this group of Beidi captives is left, plus dozens of huge wolf riders, the population and combat power of the tribe will be improved, but can it be eaten just by relying on the food supply of the old people fishing every day?

And add Hulie Mountain, a group of foodies......

It doesn't seem like enough!

Li Hao looked at Hulie Mountain, who was paying attention to his face, and those wolf riders the size of calves, after a little calculation, his face was a little gloomy, his eyes stared at the Beidi giant man and said:

"You want to follow me? But I have just killed your prince, and do you not hate me? ”

"Don't hate, we Beidi people have always only feared the strong, and we were not originally from the same tribe as the leader.

But they came from the Beidi tribe, and their strength was stronger than ours, and they killed our original patriarch, and we all followed him.

Now that the leader is dead, all of us are willing to follow the Great Patriarch! The female warriors of our tribe can also give them all! ”

Li Hao looked at the dozen or so stout women behind the giant man who were also tied with their hands tied and their chests were round, frowned, and did not say anything.

However, the giant man's words still shocked him a little, and also let him understand some of the living habits of the Beidi people.

Some of them are similar to the Xiongnu in later generations, they all belong to the same northern barbarians, everything is for survival, they have the most primitive blind worship of strength, and they also have no ethics and morality.

To be strong, or to follow the strong, is the only truth they believe in.

As long as you are stronger than them, you will definitely be willing to be obedient if you give them another bite of food, even if you kill their patriarch relatives, as long as you are strong enough, then you will not hold grudges.

There is no hatred, and he is willing to give the woman both hands.

In this way, it is really not too difficult for Li Hao to control these captives in the future.

At least with the help of the [Steam Witchcraft Blindfold], he is definitely a strong man in their eyes.

It's just the food, Li Hao took a deep look at this group of Beidi barbarians whose bodies are generally taller than them, and the group of wolf riders with blue eyes, brave the cold and dark light, and were tied to a huge wolf's mouth, and shook their heads secretly!

He really wanted to take prisoners, it was the only shortcut to the tribe's rapidly growing population and increasing the labor force at present, but he didn't want to risk it if there was a hidden danger.

"We don't have enough food to support you captives, so I think it's better to sacrifice to our totem gods as human animals!"

Human and animal sacrifices are inherited in major tribes, and the major tribes of Beidi often catch human and animal sacrifices, and it is said that this kind of sacrifice is easier to communicate with totem gods, and can get more divine power than other sacrifices.

The giant man and other Beidi captives who were originally full of admiration and hope suddenly heard Li Hao say this, and immediately knelt down and begged loudly.

"We don't eat much, please the patriarch must believe us.

Moreover, we can hunt and work, and our wolf riders can also be roasted and eaten, if the patriarch is willing, I can roast the wolf riding meat for you now, it is fragrant! ”

The witches on the side, Ah Man, Da Niu and the others couldn't help but be a little happy and happy to see that so many captives had been captured at one time. They have always been bullied and enslaved by others, and today they have finally turned into landlords by serfs.

In particular, Da Niu and others have been engaged in heavy work of clearing wasteland and building cities in the past few days, doing the work of two or three people in one person, day and night, and serving as cattle.

They were all overjoyed to see that so many able-bodied captives could stay and work for them.

But Li Hao's sentence was all a sacrifice totem, which made their expectations fall short in an instant, and most of the joy in their hearts was gone.

However, this is the order of the great patriarch, and if it is really sacrificed as a human animal, then it is better to sacrifice it, and they have nothing to say.

"Ah Hao, don't mess around!

My Scoop clan has never used people as sacrifices, this is the rule set by the Great Witch back then, and no one can change it. ”

The shrine maiden grimaced softly with a cold face. It seems that Li Hao's sentence poked at her pain point and made her very disgusted.

It would not be a pity for these Beidi captives to attack their tribe, and if they were killed on the battlefield, they would be killed, and she would never say the same. But at this moment, these begging and begging living people are all sacrificed as human animals, and they really haven't done it in the Scoop tribe.

What's more, the matter of sacrificial communication totem is not within the scope of the patriarch's responsibility, and whether to use human sacrifice or not can only be decided by Wu.

"Shut up! The old man is talking here, you don't interject! The patriarch said that if you want human sacrifice, you want to sacrifice human and animal, and the totem will listen to me! ”

Li Hao originally just wanted to scare and scare this group of Beidi captives, give them a dismount, and let them be honest and obedient in the future, eat less and work more!

Unexpectedly, he accidentally injured his allies, and the witch followed him into the play, taking his joke seriously.

Even Xiao Aman's eyes widened, and he raised the big stick in his hand again. As long as the shrine maiden gives an order, she can be the first to rush over to him.

"You...... Absolutely not! ”

The witch was scolded by Li Hao in front of her, her face turned pale with anger, and her hands trembled lightly, but her attitude was still resolute and she did not let it go at all.

She is a witch, the only descendant of the Great Witch, and a messenger of communication with totem gods. Except for powerful foreign enemies, who usually dares to give her anger in the tribe, the patriarch can't do it.

But today she met one!

The female warriors behind also puffed up their chests, the waves were turbulent, and they stood with her with a clear attitude, glaring at Li Hao's bad patriarch!

When the giant man and other Beidi captives saw the witch come out to stop them, they hurriedly bowed down to the witch, tears flowed, "Mother is merciful, please save us, we don't want to be human animals, we don't want our souls to fall, please be merciful Mother must save us......"

Mother?

How old are the shrine maidens, how did they become their mothers?

Li Hao was amused in his heart, knowing that they must have misunderstood that the witch was his daughter-in-law, so he knelt down and begged the witch and called for his mother to help.

And this group of Beidi barbarians behaved like this, which made Patriarch Li a little disappointed.

He originally thought that this was a group of bloody, courageous, and iron-clad barbarian warriors?

And that's the result?

The worship of the strong of fart!

It doesn't matter if the tribe is wiped out, it's okay to sacrifice women, it's not particularly cowardly and afraid of death, so find a psychological comfort and excuse for surviving.

"A bunch of rubbish! In the future, if anyone who does not obey the food after eating is disobedient, I will kill him as a human animal! Do you understand everything? ”

“…… Bright...... White! ”

"Whoever eats too much will kill him as a human animal, understand?"

"Ming...... Got it! ”

Beidi Juhan's brain was a little good, and he reacted first, as if he had grasped the key point in Li Hao's words, and hurriedly stammered and nodded in agreement.