The sun never sets in America

Chapter 18 Conditions for Departure
"I don't agree, I don't agree to take refuge in Liujiabao..."

Standing in front of the statue in the heavily guarded sacrificial temple, Lan Lan, the elder of the clan, rejected the plan proposed by leader Mote just now and surrendered to Liujiabao in exchange for the survival of the Monte tribe...

"Our Monte tribe has survived on this land for 300 years. Neither the entangled hostile tribes nor the white devils have conquered us..." Lan Lan, the elder of the tribe, recounted the past of the Monte tribe with excitement. The glory... there were even a few tears in his eyes caused by emotion.

"If we take refuge in those Chinese who claim to be from the East because of the threat of the white devil, then our ancestors, in heaven, will not agree with our actions..." Lan Lan, the leader of the clan, for the sake of the organization leader Mote He took refuge in the Liujiabao plan and even moved the ancestors of the Monte tribe out, causing the face of the leader Mote who was preparing to persuade him to change instantly.

It became extremely difficult to look at.

"If we do this, we will not only throw away the dignity and tradition of our Monte tribe, but we will also discredit our great ancestors..." Lantern, the elder of the tribe, continued unscrupulously without caring about the feelings of leader Mote, " What's more, if there is a problem with taking refuge in Liujiabao, who will be responsible, and who can be responsible for our 1 tribesmen?" Lantern, the elder of the tribe, repeatedly asked questions that went straight to the soul of everyone present.

"I'm in charge!"

Suddenly a strong and firm voice came out, and everyone turned to look in the direction of the voice... Chief Mote.

"Chief, you..." Seeing that Chief Mott was still firm in his suggestion, the clan elder Lant immediately changed his expression and said to Chief Mott in an ugly tone, "Chief, could it be because both of your daughters are married?" Gave it to the son of Liu Yan, the lord of Liujiabao, so you want to let the Monte tribe join Liujiabao without any scruples?" The clan elder Lant immediately put a label of fornication on Mott's head, There was an angry look on his face, as if he really cared about the Monte tribe.

In fact, there is a deep-seated conflict between the old leader Lant and the leader Mote. When the old leader was looking for a successor before his death, he was originally interested in him, Lant. But somehow, the leader's position fell to him. In Mott's hands...

In the past ten years or so, every time Lant thought about the experience of losing his position as leader, it felt like a lump in his throat.

As time went by, the hatred for Mott became deeper... Finally, today, I seized an opportunity to bring Mott down.

With Lant's personality and the many years of conflict with Mott, there was no way he could let it go.

"Lant, what nonsense are you talking about? Shut up!" Before leader Mott could speak, Warrior Wetter took the lead and scolded the clan elder Lant, "Is there anyone who talks to the leader like this? Why don't you retreat?" Get off!!" The Werther warrior scolded Lant severely.

"It's you who should shut up..." Lan Lan, the elder of the tribe, glared at Warrior Wit and retorted sternly, "When I was a warrior, you didn't know which mother's womb you were in, so get out of here, you have no right to speak. ..." Clan Lao Lant directly reduced the status of the Werther Warriors to worthless.

"You..." Warrior Wit was so angry that he couldn't speak. He even clenched his fists, preparing to rush forward and beat this old bastard to death.

Lantern, the elder of the tribe, just looked at the angry Werther warrior with cold eyes, his eyes full of contempt and provocation, and did not take him seriously at all.

"Witt, stand down." Leader Mott shouted to Warrior Witt, "Back off, didn't you hear what I said?" Seeing the hesitant expression on Warrior Witt's face, Chief Mott immediately knew what it meant. , sternly scolded Werther to step back.

Warrior Witte reluctantly retreated behind Leader Mott. Before leaving, he glanced at the old man of the clan, Lant, who was still there with hatred, but the other party did not take him seriously at all... just like him Just like an insignificant little person.

"Lant, we both grew up together. I know you are bitter about me taking away the position of leader, but there is no need for you to frame me, right?" When Leader Mott saw Lant, he labeled him a collaborator. When he hit him, he fought back without hesitation, seizing on Lant's loopholes and scolding him for a while.

"You, Mott, what do you mean? When did I have the idea of ​​​​being the leader? You don't want to spit on others..." Lant, who was poked at the center of things, replied angrily to Mott. His tone and expression were a little excited, and there was even a hint of excitement in his tone and expression. There is a madness in it that he himself is not even aware of.

"Everyone is thinking about the future of the Monte tribe. I have absolutely no selfish motives..." Afterwards, Lant deliberately explained it again. This time he said it very loudly, hoping that everyone present could hear it.

"Master Priest, what do you think?" Mott ignored the so-called explanation of clan elder Lanter, but turned to ask the respected priest of the Monte tribe for his opinion on the current situation... After all, for a tribe with a long history like the Monte tribe, It is said that in addition to the leader who symbolizes secular power and the warrior elders below, the sacrifice that symbolizes divine power is the largest.

Although on weekdays, the priests basically ignore the affairs of the tribe and mainly pray for the tribe and offer sacrifices to the gods to protect the Monte tribe's religious rituals... But in real major events, especially now that the Monte tribe is facing the crisis of extinction, God is to comfort everyone. The human soul, and the best guide to find the direction...

From the sudden surge in prayers among tribes today, it can be seen that in the face of an unstoppable disaster, the first thing the primitive Indians thought of was the gods they worshiped in daily life.

I hope to gain spiritual comfort and short-term peace through the blessing of the gods.

These are things that secular leaders cannot do, so Leader Mote must ask the priests for their opinions, because the opinions of the priests will determine the success or failure of this Monte tribe crisis...

If it succeeds, the Monte tribe will be able to continue to survive. If it fails, it will disappear, let alone the survival of the Monte tribe itself... Even the survival of these people cannot be guaranteed.

Not to mention the ordinary people in the tribe.

Facing the murderous and vicious white Mexican militia, they had only one option: destruction.

As for the chance of survival, it was almost slim.

"God said that all salvation lies in danger..." The first sentence of the priest's mouth was a divine prophecy, "The white devil is ferocious, while the Chinese are gentle, so taking refuge in Liujiabao is the only choice at the moment." The priest also expressed his gratitude to Mo. The special leader just proposed the plan to join Liujiabao and expressed his agreement.

After all, the situation is stronger than the people, so they can't help but be picky.

After picking and choosing, it doesn't matter if the Monte tribe is gone, and the 1 tribesmen are gone. That is what truly regrets the ancestors... The sacrifices are clearly divided into the priorities.

"Master Priest, you can't take refuge in Liujiabao..." Just when Leader Mote was secretly happy, Lant immediately shouted to the priest, "Who knows how Liujiabao plans to deal with us? If the time comes, we will be killed." If we have swallowed them all, who will be able to avenge us?" Lant shouted excitedly to the priest and everyone present.

"This..." The priest hesitated when he heard Lant's words. Although the answer he just received from the divination was that the direction of Liujiabao was safe, people's hearts are far apart, and gods may not be so accurate, not to mention that he can only do divination. Sacrifice...

As for the god he talks about every day, he has never seen it once.

"Master Priest, now that the matter is over, I will tell you clearly that people from Liujiabao came to see me last night..." Mott took a deep breath and said something that shocked everyone present. "They promised us that as long as we join Liujiabao, they will treat us Indians equally and will never discriminate or make things difficult for us Indians like those white people..." Chief Mote brought Liujiabao to him. The conditions for coming were fully disclosed to the priest and everyone present, without any reservation.

"Mort, I knew you had taken refuge in Liujiabao. Let's see if you have anything to say this time..." Lant seemed to have caught evidence of leader Mort's collaboration with the enemy, and he accused Mort with excitement, "Master Sacrifice, the evidence is conclusive that Mote had an affair with the Liu Family Fort. Please take down the leader of Mote, arrest him, and hand him over to the people of the clan for trial..." Lant said as he directly wanted to kill Mote, his mortal enemy. , with an expression of gnashing teeth on his face, which shows how much he hates Mott and will kill Mott whenever he gets the chance.

"That's enough, don't say any more..." But what Rant was waiting for was not the good news about capturing Leader Mote, but the priest's reprimand to him, "In this moment of crisis for the Monte tribe, Chief Mote did nothing wrong." The priest directly recognized what Chief Mote had done in public.

"Master Priest, you can't listen to this guy Mott's nonsense... What I said is true!!" Lant shouted to the priest in disbelief.

"Kill him, kill this bastard who betrayed the Monte tribe..." Seeing that the priest didn't respond at all, and didn't even look at himself, Lant immediately broke down and yelled.

"Kill him, kill this bastard who betrayed the Monte tribe..." Lant was still shouting this sentence crazily.

The expressions of everyone present changed instantly.

Leader Mote's eyes changed when he looked at Lant, and became extremely solemn, with a murderous aura lingering between his brows.

"Quickly, pull him down, he's crazy." Seeing that Lant was still shouting, the priest directly ordered people to drag Lant out of the temple. "This is the temple. It's not a big deal to disturb us. We can't disturb the gods..." The priest will All this was passed on to the gods, so as not to leave any room for criticism in the future.

"No, I won't leave... He is the one who wants to leave, this beast who betrayed the Monte tribe." Lant was grabbed by the arm by two warriors, trying to pull him out of the temple. Lant immediately pointed at Mott. The leader cursed, his words becoming more and more unpleasant.

"Go to hell..." Seeing that he was about to be dragged out of the temple, Lanxi broke free from the restraints of the two warriors, pulled out a dagger from his waist, and stabbed directly at the leader of Mote on the opposite side... Since he should If he is not the leader and has reached this situation, he might as well die together with Mott.

He cannot be the leader, and neither can anyone else.But what waited for him was a spear flying over, piercing Lant's body directly and nailing him directly to the temple's mural...

Blood flowed along the body to every corner of the mural, and the god-sacrifice pictures on the stone mural were directly dyed red by Lant's blood.

It wasn't until a few seconds before his death that he saw clearly the person who killed him. This person was none other than the warrior Witte who had been quarreling with him for a long time just to defend Leader Mot! !
In the blur, he seemed to see his whole life.

From being born into a family of warriors, to being spotted by the leader together with Mott, and then getting the opportunity to participate in the selection of the next leader...and then.

Lanxi lost to Mott, whom he had never looked down upon, and missed the position of leader.

Now, because of this, he lost his precious life... Before he could regret it, he had already lost his breath.

"Bury him, bury him like a warrior." Leader Mote looked at Lant, who was nailed to death with a spear on the mural, with a complicated expression. He generously told everyone, "His family should be demoted to ordinary people." Tribesmen are not allowed to become warriors or warriors within three generations..." Although Mott generously held a grand funeral for Lant, this does not mean that Mott is soft-hearted. The dead are for show, and the living are talented. It was used to scare the monkeys.

The word hypocrisy is vividly reflected in Leader Mott.

"The leader is wise..."

Everyone present praised Mott's actions just now with one voice.

It can be seen that what Mott did just now is very popular with them.

After all, what Chief Mote did was not insult him after his death, and his family only imprisoned him for three generations. In this barbaric era where people are often implicated, especially in the Americas where some people sacrificed their foundation, it was already a very civilized move... They couldn't help but be grateful and admired. .

They asked themselves, if it was them who were assassinated by Lant just now, I am afraid that they would have the intention to kill Lant's whole family...

"Master Sacrifice, the special envoy sent by Liujiabao promised that as long as our Monte tribe surrenders to them and agrees to their conditions, they will immediately send troops to rescue us..." Chief Mote told the priest about Liujiabao's rescue. The conditions of their Monte tribe.

The first of these is to pay tribute as a vassal.

The so-called surrender actually means literally, and paying tribute actually means paying taxes. Of course, the taxes are much lower than the excessive levies in the Republic of Mexico, and are at a level acceptable to the Monte tribe...

The second article is the law. The so-called law is actually the rules set by Liujiabao, which includes the scope of each tribe in the future, as well as some common punishment plans, such as murder, theft, and even rebellion... Among them, rebellion is the most severe , once discovered, there is no other way to go except death.

The third article is a very core one, that is, conscription. According to regulations, Liujiabao enjoys [-]% of the right to conscript soldiers. Weapons and ammunition are provided by Liujiabao. However, in time of war, Indian tribes should provide assistance, including Material and even human support...

These can be offset against previous years' taxes, and pensions for soldiers' families can also be included.

There is even a part of military pay, which is said to be military pay, but in fact most of it is not money, but industrial products produced within Liujiabao, as well as people's livelihood supplies... And because once the Indians are used to the relatively modern life in Liujiabao way, it can no longer be separated.

This is also a kind of invisible economic colonization.

The industrial development of this era requires a market, and the Indian tribes that have accumulated a large amount of gold, silver, and even jewelry are the best industrial and commercial markets in the Americas except for several major countries...

In the third article, there is another one: building bridges and roads on weekdays, the manpower recruited is actually the corvee in ancient China.

For Liu Peng, who aspires to North America, although the wave of construction has not yet arrived, Liu Peng has his own unique insights into how to use Indian power...that is, not to waste.

The fourth item is actually marriage, which is also a way for Liujiabao to quickly increase its population. After all, although Liujiabao has superiority in civilization and industry over these Indians who only know how to worship gods... the population is really not flattering.

If it weren’t for the desperate efforts to have children over the years, recruiting a group of Indians, and even white people, plus the assimilation of the second generation of Indians, there might not even be a population of 5000, let alone 3000...

As for the growth of the population, in addition to men and women, the main thing is women. Liujiapu is short of women, but the Indians are not. They complement each other. Given time, and Liu Peng is already planning, after the war is over, he will go to China tentatively. migrant.

The population of Liujiapu will definitely grow exponentially, which is the result calculated by Liu Peng and Liu Yan.

And this marriage requires the cooperation of those Indian tribes. These decisions related to the future development of Liujiabao must be reached from the beginning... and even some temporary concessions can be made to those Indian tribes.

Everything must be compromised for the population and the strength of Liujiabao! !

This is what Liu Peng said to Liu Yan.

"These conditions are not too excessive..." After listening to what Chief Mott said about the conditions Liujiabao proposed to them, the priest thought for a while, and then replied to Chief Mott, "In addition to us, there should be others Have other tribes received the conditions from Liujiabao?" The priest then asked leader Mote a question.

"That's right, according to the Liujiabao special envoy named Li Wen, they have recruited the Mulan tribe and the Tushan tribe, two tribes with thousands of people..." Chief Mote replied to the sacrifice, "Except for these two Several tribes, and several tribes around us, have been recruited by Liujiabao, but they have not agreed for a while..." Chief Mote continued to tell the priest about Liujiabao's recruitment of Indian tribes.

"The reason why they disagree is probably because they are waiting for the decision of our Monte tribe... these old foxes." The priest knows the thoughts of those tribes very well. If the Monte tribe, the largest local tribe, surrenders, they will also have an answer when they seek refuge in Liujiabao. The reasons and examples given by his own people can be said to be quite cunning.

"Tell that Chinese named Li Wen that we agree to their Liujiabao conditions!!" The priest said something about the future of the Monte tribe to the leader of Mote with a heavy look on his face, "Haha... these white ghosts are fighting so hard!" Fierce, in the end, I made a wedding dress for Liu Jiabao..." The priest said in a dumbfounded voice, with hatred for the white Mexicans and dissatisfaction with Liu Jiabao taking advantage of the situation.

"Master Sacrifice..." Leader Mote shouted to the priest with tears in his eyes, "I...I'm sorry for our Monte tribe." Leader Mote cried in front of the priest.

"Mort, you don't have to blame yourself, it's not your fault." The priest touched Leader Mort's shoulder to comfort him.

"Mote, your two daughters should be married off as soon as possible, do you understand?" The priest spoke solemnly to Chief Mote about his two daughters who were engaged to Liu Peng.

"I understand, Lord Sacrifice." Leader Mote immediately understood what the Sacrifice said. He wanted to take advantage of this moment to be useful to Liu Jiabao and marry his two daughters to Liu Peng as soon as possible...otherwise, as Liu Jiabao would later His power is getting bigger and bigger, and he has taken over more and more Indian tribes. By then, will his two daughters still have the status? ?

The two daughters of Chief Mote have become the guarantee for the future of the Monte tribe. They are no longer the unhurried scene when discussing with Liu Yan a month ago.

"Liujiabao, Liujiabao...where will you lead us?" The priest muttered to himself as he looked at the dark cloud-covered sky.

He seemed to see a war sweeping across California, hidden in these gray clouds.

And the manipulator of this war is right next to them, Liu Jiabao, who takes advantage of the fire and takes advantage of others' danger...

War is inevitable! !

Only face it bravely...

(End of this chapter)