Grandmother, the leader of the East River tribe, came to the temple to give thanks.

She also tactfully expressed the wishes of the tribe: they are a branch of the Donghai clan, although they are in a difficult situation. But no matter what, it is not against the worship of the clan beliefs.

Winter came unusually early, and it was colder than ever. The vast East River was actually frozen up.

This has no effect on the garlic tribe.

Today, the tribe has an abundant and balanced diet, including wheat, potatoes, garlic, and salted fish and meat from this year's harvest.

In addition, because the houses have been gradually converted into wooden houses, the ability to protect from wind and rain has been greatly enhanced, and it is warmer than in the past.

The most important work of the garlic tribe in the winter is to cut wood, go to the forest to find wood, which is used for heating and storage.

Heavy snow for many days covered the entire tribe with a thick layer of white, and the ditches were frozen. Because it was so cold, even some birds and rabbits ran to the tribe to rummage through to find something to eat.

On this day, people from the Donghe tribe came from the ice with bags on their backs.

The cold winter forced them to break down their boats to keep them warm, and fishing became dangerous and difficult, with the ice preventing them from breaking through the ice to get to warmer waters.

The last of the krakens also died underwater, but they did not give birth to new ones.

Under the pressure of hunger and cold, more than a dozen people from the Donghe tribe have frozen to death and died, and they have to abandon their traditions and come to the land to find a way to survive.

Grandmother, with several female captains, knelt outside the temple and begged the gods to forgive them for their rudeness.

Lu Yao didn't embarrass them anymore, and asked Isabel to help them as she had promised before.

The situation is stronger than people, and you have to eat.

Besides, the enemy of your enemy is your friend.

Lu Yao needs the Donghe tribe, they can provide water routes, and contain the Yanchi tribe.

As the actual leader of the garlic tribe, the Prophet received the East River tribe very kindly. Since the days are too short in winter, it is too late to build houses, so the garlic tribe has allocated some houses for them to live in.

After relieving the Donghe tribe, something happened in the garlic tribe that Lu Yao didn't expect at all.

During this winter, the Donghe tribe suddenly gave birth to many babies.

Lu Yao patted his head.

Careless!

The Donghe tribe has taken a fancy to these sturdy men of the garlic tribe!

During the tribal period, there was no concept of marriage, let alone monogamy, and everyone was very open-minded. Today I will go to your house, tomorrow you will go to her house, and the children born will be raised together.

That's pretty much the case.

The new babies of the Donghe tribe are male and female, but none of them have become sea monsters, they are all normal babies.

[Grandmother] was acting very panicked.

"Pray God, great prayer God, you still refuse to forgive the tribe? We have never forgotten your gift and have been working hard to breed sea monsters and offer you leather. ”

"Why did you leave us...... Please, God, bless your people in another land! ”

Of course, these prayers were useless.

The women of the East River tribe still haven't given birth to a sea monster.

In this regard, Isabel made a detailed investigation and came to a conclusion: the so-called women of the Donghe tribe gave birth to sea monsters, not because of their abnormal physique, but because of the totem of praying to the gods.

The totem of praying to the gods has a special flame of faith that transforms a newborn baby boy. The flame of faith enters the bodies of these sea monster boys, fuels their lives and sanity, and then burns and condenses into the thick layer of leather on the surface of the sea monsters. Through special sacrifices, these leathers can be transformed into the power of faith again.

To put it simply, a sea monster is a living crop of faith.

The totem sows the flame of faith in the baby's body, turns into a sea monster, is raised by the East China Sea tribe, and finally sends the sea monster skin back to the East China Sea clan in exchange for the protection of the prayer totem.

Such a result, Lu Yao was not particularly surprised.

As he became more familiar with the simulator, he already knew that every god in this pixel world did all kinds of things to gain more faith.

The amount of faith is directly related to the strength of the gods.

Faith is the primary productive force of the gods.

Because it is a god, there are no taboos.

Any action done by the gods will be glorified and will be blindly followed and understood by the believers. At least at the stage of tribal civilization, no one will question the greatness and correctness of the gods.

The so-called demon is nothing more than the name of the gods for heresy.

……

After losing their totems, sea monsters, and ships, the East River tribe was a very weak group on land.

As the leader, both Grandmother and Captain Lady are very worried and panicked.

However, the vast majority of women of the Donghe tribe are immersed in a simple happiness of being well fed and clothed. After becoming neighbors with the garlic tribe, they put on wool winter clothes, ate wheat and potatoes, and no longer had to worry about running out of firewood for heating at night.

Especially after giving birth to a baby, they spend most of their time taking care of these small lives of the next generation.

Because these children belong to the two tribes, the garlic tribe has spared no effort to provide food and supplies, so that the women of the Donghe tribe can live without difficulty this winter.

Towards the end of winter, Grandmother left with the East River tribe and returned to the East River Boat Island.

They left behind the vast majority of the babies. Because the Garlic Tribe is undoubtedly a richer and more stable tribe, it is more suitable for raising young children than the Donghe Tribe.

So the garlic tribe ushered in its first baby boom.

Lu Yao counted them deliberately.

This winter, there were 34 more babies, accounting for nearly 1/10 of the total population of the garlic tribe.

He counted and smiled.

Don't forget to come back next winter.

Against this backdrop, the Yanchi tribe made a discordant voice.

The Yanchi tribe sent a group of people to negotiate solemnly with the prophet.

"The Garlic Tribe has always been our partner, and the salt we supply has always given the best trading price to the Garlic Tribe."

"But it would be unwise for the Garlic Tribe to bypass us and trade with the dangerous Donghe Tribe and seriously disrupt the trading market and affect the interests of the entire Salt Pond Tribe as a whole. So you must stop doing this and compensate us accordingly. ”

"The other thing is that the price of salt is rising in the outside world, and there is a shortage of salt in various tribes, so we need to raise the price."

"Of course, if the garlic tribe is willing to trade a lot of wool, we can also make some concessions as we see fit."

In the past, they would pretend to talk about the scene, but now they are exhausted.

The Yanchi tribe relied on the monopoly of salt and the passage to the outside world.

This time, the Prophet also replied stiffly: "These are all things that the garlic tribe cannot accept, and there is no room for negotiation. We welcome any friends who cooperate, but will never accept threats. ”

"Stupid barbarian!"

"You're going to regret it!"

"The Salt Pond Tribe no longer considers you friends!"

The popularity of the Yanchi tribe rushed away and burrowed into the mountains to the west.

Lu Yao pointed out the earthquake in the [Miracle] and selected the mountains bordering the garlic tribe to the west. As the miracle came, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and the boulders on the mountain kept rolling down.

【Earthquake】!

【Earthquake】!

【Earthquake】!

A total of 4 earthquakes have caused a large area of the mountain to collapse, and the edge of the mountain is covered with rubble, and the passage between the Garlic and Yanchi tribes has been completely cut off.

The villains of the Yanchi tribe who were in the mountains fell into a panic.

"It's over, the passage is cut off!"

"This trade route is broken, and goods can no longer be transported from here."

"The loss is too great!"

"My wool, my garlic!"

Lu Yao clenched his fists.

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