Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 2148 Tribal Crisis
Smith wiped the sweat from his forehead, and explained with a smile: "According to Tina and I's speculation, this gold mine should be a derivative mine of the copper mine behind, and the gold mine resources should be spread out at the beginning. Later, after long-term sand washing by rainwater, the ore sand was gradually washed to a relatively low-lying place in this valley, forming the large-scale gold resource we see now."

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded slightly upon hearing this.Many gold deposits are associated resources of other mineral deposits.For example, silver mines, gold mines can be found near many silver mines.Or many silver ores themselves contain a certain proportion of gold.

Just as Smith finished speaking, a tall black youth walked over.

The man looked at Niu Xiaoqiang and Xie Jun vigilantly, and there was even an undisguised hostility in his eyes.He communicated with Smith in the local dialect. After Smith introduced Niu Xiaoqiang's identity, he put down his hostile attitude and nodded slightly to Niu Xiaoqiang.

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and nodded back, Smith introduced with a smile: "This is my uncle, his name is Attu."

Niu Xiaoqiang greeted Atu in English, but Atu didn't understand English, so he understood Niu Xiaoqiang's meaning after Smith's translation.

This Attu should rarely have contact with outsiders, and his expression and demeanor seemed a little stiff.Seeing Niu Xiaoqiang saying hello to him, Atu nodded slightly again, and said something in the native language with a rigid expression.

Niu Xiaoqiang looked at Smith in a daze, and Smith translated: "Atu is wishing you a long and healthy life. This is the highest respect this tribe can give to its guests."

Niu Xiaoqiang let out a groan, and thanked Atu again and again.

Smith translated Niu Xiaoqiang's meaning to Attu, this time after Atu figured it out, he just nodded slightly and did not speak again.

Smith felt a little embarrassed, so he took the initiative to change the topic: "Mr. Niu, let me take you to meet the chief."

Niu Xiaoqiang immediately nodded in agreement, and followed Smith to a wooden house not far ahead.

This wooden house is a bit big, covering an area of ​​about two hundred square meters.The roof of the wooden house is covered with dead grass, and there are many pots and jars on the steps at the door, and there is also a hanging pot built on a wooden shelf.

On the side of the wooden house, a nylon rope was pulled, and many clothes were dried on the rope.But what was strange was that all these clothes were outerwear, and Niu Xiaoqiang didn't see a single piece of underwear.

He thought to himself: Could it be that all the people living here are men?But even men should wear underpants.

Before he could settle down on this thought, he discovered that the worker digging for ore in the front left was actually a woman, but because she had short hair and was wearing coarse clothes, she looked like a man.

The reason why Niu Xiaoqiang was sure that the other party was a woman was mainly based on his figure.The worker's chest stands tall, and it keeps shaking with the action of digging.Niu Xiaoqiang has seen countless women. He just saw this detail and dared to conclude that the other party was a woman.

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help being a little surprised, and said to himself: Mining is physical work, why would the chief of this tribe invite women to mine?Could it be that this arrangement was made because there were too few men in this tribe and the labor force was not enough?
Niu Xiaoqiang thought of this and turned his head to look at the other workers, but he was stunned after reading it.

As far as he could see, Niu Xiaoqiang found that all the workers were women, not without men, but the men present were basically helping out, and the real hard work was done by women.

Niu Xiaoqiang secretly surprised: What is this situation?Does this tribe like to squeeze women?Is that why the hardest and most tiring work is handed over to women?By the way, this is too inhumane, right?
As soon as Niu Xiaoqiang thought of this, Smith said, "By the way, there is a situation that I almost forgot to tell you. The tribe I am allied with is a matriarchal tribe. In the tribe, women are really in charge, and women are also doing the work. Because of this, all the mines here are women, and men have a relatively low status in the tribe, and they can only do some insignificant things, such as helping out, helping with laundry and cooking.”

When Niu Xiaoqiang heard this, he suddenly realized: "Oh, it turned out to be a matriarchal tribe. No wonder I saw that all the miners were women."

Xie Jun couldn't help interjecting after hearing the words: "So, this tribe is really a man's paradise."

Smith smiled and shook his head: "This tribe is not as good as you think. Although men usually have a relaxed life, once they encounter a war, it is time for men to go out and fight. According to their own words, this is because women are An important basis for the continuation of the tribe, every woman is the precious property of the tribe, so until the last moment of life and death, the women in the tribe will never go to the battlefield."

Xie Jun was stunned when he heard this, and he muttered for a long time: "The men in this tribe may not be so happy. If there is a war, wouldn't the men suffer heavy casualties?"

Niu Xiaoqiang thought of another question: "So, your father-in-law is a woman?"

Smith nodded with a smile: "She is indeed a woman, and she is not very old. She is only 36 years old this year."

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile when he heard this: "According to her age, her daughter is at most seventeen or eighteen years old, and the younger one may be thirteen or fourteen. Smith, you are equivalent to marrying a minor. ah."

Smith chuckled: "My marriage with the chief's daughter is the result of mutual consent. In this tribe, there is no age limit for marriage."

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help laughing and said: "You just said that this is a matriarchal tribe, and the status of men is very low. Since you have become the son-in-law of this tribe, you must not have a high status?"

Smith laughed, and said quite proudly: "You are wrong, I am the number two person in this tribe after the chief."

Niu Xiaoqiang couldn't help being stunned, and then hesitated: "How can you be number two?"

Smith explained: "There is a rule in this tribe. Any man who is recognized by the chief and then marries the chief's daughter will have the status second only to the chief. Of course, people generally don't recruit sons-in-law. This is only done in times of crisis, and the reason why I was able to become the chief’s son-in-law is also related to this.”

Niu Xiaoqiang asked curiously: "What crisis did this tribe encounter before?"

(End of this chapter)