in small tribes.

The corpses on the ground have been packed up and buried, and in such weather, the corpses will soon stiffen and freeze, and then be thrown out again.

In the leader's yurt, the man who had spoken to Zhang Qi before was sorting out the food that had been exchanged.

With nearly 100 catties of grain, plus the output of cattle and sheep, saving a little food can almost make their tribe, which has only about 40 people, last until the beginning of spring.

Oh, now there are only more than twenty of them, Zhang Qi has eliminated the six of them, plus the dozen or so that have been replaced, the pressure in the tribe is already very small.

With a bang, the wooden box in the yurt was slapped down.

The man with a stubble on his face glared at the man and said fiercely: "Amutu! You are too cowardly, if you cooperated with me to rob them before, our tribe will not only be able to live well until the beginning of spring, but also go out to trade the population and replenish the strength of the tribe! ”

"You really don't deserve to be this leader!"

The stubble man glared at Amutu, his face full of anger and dissatisfaction.

Amutu smiled and beckoned to the stubble man: "Come here, I'll tell you why you can't do it." ”

The stubble man leaned over when he heard this, and just as he was about to ask, a dagger pierced his chest.

"Because what that noble man said is that there can only be one voice in a tribe, I really can't understand why those people of yours dare to come to see me alone when they are dead!"

"You...."

The stubble man vomited blood and fell to the ground unwillingly.

"Idiot, I can't see the situation clearly, and I don't know how powerful the heavy armored cavalry is, I only know whining and yelling all day long, if it weren't for your people who were still useful before, I would have wanted to kill you a long time ago!"

Amutu wiped the dagger clean on the stubble man's body, and couldn't help but laugh on his face.

"I don't know if I will have the opportunity to go to Handi with that noble man in the future, if I can mix a piece of equipment from the cavalry next to him, it will be worth it for a lifetime."

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The yurt was re-tied on the snowfield, and the first feeling of the yurt surrounded by layers of leather was warmth.

Nine children had been placed in the yurt, and Beth, who was getting them food.

On the other side, Zhang Qi and the eagle were feeding the horses, and Hui came over with the craftsman slave and the manu, and whispered a few words to Zhang Qi.

Zhang Qi nodded, signaling that he knew, and then beckoned, and the two slaves knelt down in front of Zhang Qi.

"You're all Han Chinese?"

The two slaves kneeling on the ground kept nodding: "Yes Lang Jun, we are all Han Chinese, the little old man knows some handicrafts, and his family is a horseman who has raised horses for generations." ”

Among the two slaves, the middle-aged man, who was obviously much older, said to Zhang Qi.

Zhang Qi didn't look back, and continued to feed the horses, and the horse's tongue licked the oats in his palms wetly, making Zhang Qi itch.

"How long has it been since it was plundered to the Huns? Where do you live? ”

"Hui Langjun's words, Xiao Lao'er is from Daijun, and his home may be gone now, when the Huns were in Koubian that day, Xiao Lao'er only lived a dozen people in a village, and in the vast grassland, Xiao Lao'er didn't think that he could still find them."

"As for him, Xiao Lao'er only knows that he is from Shangjun, and the other little Lao'er doesn't know."

Zhang Qi snorted, turned around, patted the bran on his hand, looked at the manu who didn't talk much, and asked, "Are you dumb?" ”

Manu's eyes clearly revealed fear, and his body trembled and shook his head: "Little.. The little one, I don't know what to say, and I ask Lang Jun for forgiveness. ”

Zhang Qi bowed slightly, looked at Manu and continued to ask, "Shangjun... If I remember correctly, the horse garden that Emperor Wen ordered to build is in Shangjun. ”

"Tell me, Mado of Upper County?"

"Many.. There are many, the two Majesties originally gave the horse breeders a very preferential treatment, not only the horse breeding can reduce taxes, but also can be exempted from forced labor, so the upper county is mostly horse gardens, large and small there are thirty or forty.

I don't know how many small horses there are now, but before I was plundered to the grasslands, there were more than 200,000 horses in Shangjun. ”

Zhang Qi nodded, more than 200,000 horses, it seems that the time has passed when Emperor Wu first ascended the throne, the number of horses is an obvious cause of events, Emperor Wu is waiting for enough war horses, so as to train the new army to deal with the Xiongnu, so Zhang Qi asked.

"By the way, your names?"

When the middle-aged man heard Zhang Qi's question, he still asked for his name, and he looked forward to it a little, he didn't care about the slave owner's name, and only when he was asking someone, he would ask for his name.

"The little old man's surname is Lu, and the word is wood."

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, Manu also followed closely and said: "The little one is called Ma San, and he is the third in the family." ”

Zhang Qi groaned for a while and made them stand up.

"Well, I know, you two will follow me in the future, Ma San will continue to be responsible for raising horses, Lu Mu, you will tell me later what kind of handiwork you will do, I will arrange it for you, do it well, and you won't be hungry."

"Yes! Thank you Lang Jun for saving him, and the little old man will definitely die for Lang Jun in the future. ”

"It's the same with the small ones!"

Zhang Qigang asked them to stand up, but as soon as they finished speaking, these two people knelt down again, not because their knees were weak, but because their slave life had drained their last bit of hard energy.

"Okay, let's all go down, Ma San, you come to teach eagles to raise horses, Lu Mu, Hui, you come with me."

Clapping his hands, Zhang Qi walked in the direction of the yurt, Ma San stayed where he was, complimenting the eagle on the side and began to take care of the horses, while Hui and the middle-aged Lu Mu followed behind him.

Walking all the way to the yurt, before he could go in, he already smelled a strong aroma, Lu Mu followed behind Zhang Qi and swallowed his saliva desperately, he hadn't eaten human food for several years.

Walking into the yurt, the children who were exchanged were gobbling up food in their hands, because they were exchanged in the tribe, so the ratio of men and women was about the same, nine people had five boys and four girls.

Zhang Qi entered the yurt, and Bo saw that he just wanted to ask these children to salute but was stopped by Zhang Qi reaching out his hand.

After these children finished eating, Zhang Qi said: "Your parents handed you over to me, and you will be my property from now on, I will let you be fed, clothed, and no longer hungry, and you need to listen to me, understand?" ”

All the children nodded and knelt on the ground to kowtow to Zhang Qi.

Taking advantage of the situation, Zhang Qi planted spiritual points for these children, and then sent them into the world of riding and chopping.

Of the nine children, eight were sent in, and looking at the only boy left in the yurt, Zhang Qi had a hideous smile on his face.

"What an immature wolf cub!"