Tribal periphery. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is a wicker chair on the slope, where the old man lies with his eyes falling to the north.

From here, you can see the end of the horizon at a glance.

"It's going to be winter. ”

Kiyohara came up behind him and said, "It's time for the tribe to make some preparations. ”

"It's winter again. ”

The old man smiled, not too worried.

Kiyohara took two steps forward and turned his head to look at the old man.

This old man is like an ancient man, but he is actually in his seventies, which is considered an extremely rare longevity among the major tribes in the north. He wasn't a cultivator of any kind, he wasn't a person of great authority, and he wasn't even very inscrutable.

It's just an ordinary old man.

But in this tribe, the elders are the wise.

So he is a wise man.

So he has a very high status in the tribe.

In fact, this kind of respect, in Qingyuan's eyes, is not unreasonable.

If you live a long time and see more, you will know widely.

And this tribal patriarch is indeed the same.

In him, there is a lot of news that Qingyuan needs to know.

"In fact, at this time of year, the old man is ready to prepare the tribesmen. ”

The old man suddenly said: "When winter comes, the frost and snow are falling, and half of the tribe will die, either from disease or from freezing, and a few will be difficult to hunt in winter, and with bad luck, and unable to save food, and finally starve to death." Among them, the elderly and children are the most, and their body bones are not as good as those of young and strong men. ”

In this northern tribe, there are too many reasons for human life in this winter, and the food in winter alone is a big problem...... First of all, hunting is not easy, food is rare, and even if you store food, you will often get sick because the food is stored for too long, and after eating.

Young men are in good health, but old people and children often die in such seasons.

Children, in particular, are the future seedlings of a tribe.

Almost every tribe in a barren area is plagued by this.

"It's rare that I can live for so many years...... In fact, the Middle-earth side values the elderly and pursues filial piety, while in the north it is a little different. ”

The old man said: "In the past, many times the elderly could not survive the winter, and the occasional illness could be fatal, and most importantly, most of them were too old to walk, unable to hunt, unable to farm, only able to eat but not to do things, which was considered useless. It wasn't until later that we were included in the territory of Yuanmeng, and what we learned was to emulate the filial piety of Middle-earth, and there was an old man in the family who was like me, like me, but became a wise man in the tribe. ”

Kiyohara was silent.

"Actually, before the steppe tribe in the north was founded, we were all threatened by winter, and when I was young, we ......."

The old man saw the original dress of Middle-earth, suddenly smiled, and said, "Every time this time, we will go south. ”

There is only one way to say that the people of the northern tribes went south.

Slaughter!

Plunder!

"There will be a lot of things taken from Middle-earth, such as food, such as medicinal herbs, such as bedding, and even women's ......," said the old man, "These are precious things, which can reduce the number of people of a tribe in winter by more than half." ”

For the survival of his tribe, he invaded Middle-earth.

Go and kill others to feed your tribe.

If you don't plunder, many will die in the winter.

Qing Yuan's eyes froze, and his heart suddenly became a little heavier, but he didn't answer, he had a little guess about this tribe and the old man in front of him, and today's matter, the old man spoke for the first time.

"In the past, Middle-earth was only prey in our eyes, like you...... If someone from Middle-earth had come here decades ago, they would have been alive a long time ago. ”

The old man exhaled and said, "But later, the tribe of the steppe was influenced by Middle-earth, and after the establishment of the Yuanmeng Kingdom, they passed through us to trade and trade with Middle-earth, which also changed a lot of things. Until later, your Ge Xiang ...... The walls that stretched away were built to separate the north from Middle-earth, so that we became the far corner of the north, but we could not pass through Middle-earth, and it was only a barren place on the edge. ”

"However, even if it becomes a marginal place, the empire of the steppe still treats us as human beings. ”

The old man looked to the north, exhaled, and said, "It's winter, and Yuanmeng should send something over to ensure that we can survive the winter...... Well, there are more of these things than I did when I was young and I went to Middle-earth to get them, and they don't have to bleed......"

Plunder, in the first place, is bloodshed.

Those who are plundered, and those who go to plunder, will shed their blood and die.

"Actually, in my eyes, Yuanmeng is still very good. ”

The old man said in a low voice: "At least, there is no need to bother to survive, Yuanmeng has rules, so that we don't have to worry about being swallowed up by other tribes, and we don't have to worry about many people dying in winter." ”

"It's just that after all, some people are not satisfied. ”

The old man said in a low voice: "In the past, it was normal for a weak tribe to be attached to a strong tribe. But now, we have been included in Yuanmeng and have become the people of Yuanmeng, and in fact, it is no different from the previous dependence...... It's just that these young people are always thinking about rebelling......"

Regarding this, Qingyuan is also very clear, after all, with his Taoism, many things in this tribe cannot be hidden from him.

"At the end of the day...... Yuanmeng followed the rules of Middle-earth and taught these young people the same idea, so they were different from our generation. ”

The old man said slowly: "Our generation wants to survive, so we want to kill. And these young people, now under Yuanmeng, as long as they are willing to do things, they can live a good life, but they may be affected by the rules of Middle-earth, and they don't know how to be content after all, not long ago...... I heard many of their rebellious thoughts. ”

"It's so idle...... If it's like us, where can I have time to think about all this nonsense?"

The old man exhaled and said, "Such days are actually very good for our generation. But they are not satisfied...... But young people are the foundation of the tribe, and it is not easy to clean them off. ”

Kiyohara probably understood what the old man meant.

The young people in the tribe did not accept Yuanmeng and wanted to break away from Yuanmeng.

But the old man who has gone through hardship wants to live in peace under Yuanmeng.

"A small tribe that vainly tries to break away from Yuanmeng will inevitably invite the tragedy of slaughter. ”

The old man said: "We fought to survive in those days, and these young people were just for that so-called dignity...... Not even to say anything good, just for a little rebellious mind. ”

Qingyuan frowned slightly, and said, "You seem to have some ideas with me talking to me?"

"It can't go on like this. ”

The old man said this, pressed on the wicker chair, and slowly got up. (To be continued.) )