We made you the chief, and now you've become the world's chief?

Chapter 161 Clever Harvesting of the Herding Tribe

Hearing the noisy sound of deer hooves, the people who were lying dead in the pastoral village had no choice but to get up and see what was going on.

Due to long-term malnutrition, these people naturally have no strength to work and can only lie down every day.

Seeing that it was actually their own people and the Xia tribe chief who had come, everyone looked quite puzzled.

With a pull of the antlers, Xia Minghao dismounted the deer and then removed the two people who had been tied to the deer.

Unexpectedly, he started vomiting non-stop as soon as he got off; it seems he was quite shaken up.

"Chief of the Xia tribe, what brings you here?"

A man stepped out and asked somewhat warily.

"I came here to ask if there are any people from the Mu tribe who want to eat meat. If they join the Xia tribe, they can eat meat every day."

Xia Minghao looked at the man who seemed to be the father of some herding family and said calmly.

"Meat?!"

Upon hearing this word, the man's eyes widened immediately, and when he spoke again, his tone was already tinged with anger.

"Chief of the Xia tribe, our Mu tribe does not eat meat."

"Yes, no one in our herding tribe eats meat!"

At this moment, another middle-aged man also started shouting at Xia Minghao.

But that was all the response he got; it didn't elicit any agreement from the crowd.

Even Xia Minghao could see that some people's faces already showed a hint of guilt.

After bringing the meat back to the Mu tribe, it was discovered that the word had already spread to many people who had never been to the Xia tribe.

Otherwise, it's impossible that only one or two people would agree.

Of course, asking them won't yield any results, so in this situation, it's natural to use a lie detector.

“You herdsmen, you say you don’t eat meat. I have something here with totem power. If you can walk over to it, then you can say you don’t eat meat.”

"Walk over there?"

Xia Minghao then instructed the two "gatekeepers" who had recovered to prepare the two piles of grass as previously requested.

Upon seeing the loose grass forming a gate, the guilty-looking people in the pastoral tribe instantly relaxed.

They simply couldn't understand what was so insurmountable.

Suddenly, I felt like the memory of secretly eating the meat my sisters brought back was still like a boulder sunk in a deep lake.

Xia Minghao looked at everyone's expressions and saw that they had all relaxed. He also thought about what was going to happen and couldn't help but laugh.

"Can anyone from your pastoral tribe pass through this grass gate?"

“All of us from the pastoral tribe can walk across, and we have never eaten meat.”

At this moment, the middle-aged man spoke again.

But his face showed no other expression, nor did he underestimate the grass gate, because he had heard from the Xia tribe chief that the gate possessed totem power.

He had never eaten meat before, and he was not afraid of passing through the grass gate.

He then lifted his leg, preparing to walk towards the grass gate.

"Wait, don't go first."

Seeing that the middle-aged man, who was the most resistant, wanted to go through the grass gate first, Xia Minghao quickly stopped him.

If you leave first, how am I supposed to perform micro-management?

Then, looking at the crowd, Xia Minghao first picked a man he could definitely remember eating meat.

The goal is to get rid of those who deny it but have actually benefited from it. Once this happens a lot, it will create a kind of suggestion.

People who have never eaten meat have actually eaten meat before...

This will directly shake the beliefs of those who have never actually eaten meat; in that case, even if you've never eaten it, you'll be considered to have.

Have you ever eaten meat?

A man was summoned to the gate of the grass. Although he deliberately appeared relaxed, he could only fool the primitive man at best.

For Xia Minghao, it was as if his guilty conscience was written all over his face.

Upon hearing the question, the man hurriedly shook his head.

After confirming that everyone else had heard the response, Xia Minghao told the man to start walking.

Unsurprisingly, as soon as they moved, they were immediately blocked by the grass gate.

"what!"

Exclamations rang out, and the man suddenly collapsed to the ground.

He never doubted whether the herbal medicine was truly effective as Xia Minghao claimed, because he had indeed consumed it.

This was beyond Xia Minghao's expectations. He hadn't expected that someone would collapse to the ground, and that he had only brought two people with him.

Now he had no choice but to do it himself and pull the man away.

Then, Xia Minghao, like the King of Hell calling roll, summoned one herdsman after another to come over for a "lie detector test."

Before leaving each time, Xia Minghao would always ask the same question: Have you eaten meat?

This is what is meant by killing someone and also destroying their spirit.

It's like having your underwear pulled down in public, only to find out it's lace.

The brows of those middle-aged men who had never eaten meat before furrowed even more.

They didn't go through the grass gate, and after their questioning, they found that this was indeed the case.

They did eat meat!
The meat was brought back from the Xia tribe.

A middle-aged man can't control others, but he can't accept the fact that his own family members have also eaten meat.

Then I thought of my daughter.

A sudden sense of anxiety arose in the middle-aged man's heart. He looked at Xia Minghao and spoke.

"Chief of the Xia tribe, I hope my daughter will also walk through this grass gate."

"Your daughter?"

Upon hearing this, a young girl among the Mu tribe members who had returned from the Xia tribe cried out in fear.

"I don't want to, Father. I didn't eat meat. I won't go through the grass gate."

Seeing her father looking at her, the girl was at a loss. Suddenly, she thought of something, climbed onto the giant deer, and was about to run towards the Xia tribe.

The middle-aged man naturally realized that his guess had probably come true, but he was still unwilling to give up and immediately rode his great elk to give chase.

Instantly, a chase scene unfolded in the pastoral tribe.

In the end, the girl was naturally pulled back by the middle-aged man.

When they reached the grass gate, they pushed it hard.

Even without anyone interfering, it would be impossible to get past at that speed.

The girl was bounced back by the immense force.

"You eat the meat!"

Seemingly confirming his suspicions, the middle-aged man flew into a rage and started spanking the group of girls.

The screams made the hearts of the entire herding tribe tremble.

Especially young people who haven't been tested yet.

Novel things tend to spread easily among young people, especially meat, which aligns with basic human needs.

It was crocodile meat with salt added!
In fact, all the young people in the pastoral tribe have eaten meat, including some of their parents.

Now, as someone who has committed the same crime, witnessing a middle-aged man physically abusing a young girl instantly evoked a unique kind of anger within me.

Finally, a young man shouted out.

"What's wrong with eating meat! Meat tastes good, and it gives you energy!"

"what?"

The middle-aged man stood up upon hearing this and glared angrily. As adults, and even as parents, although the herding tribe had no chief, they were actually the ones who held the power.

Therefore, any challenge to the right to speak is not allowed.

Abandoning his daughter, who was crying in pain and whose face was streaked with tears after being beaten, the middle-aged man stood up and tried to rush towards the person who had spoken.

"Eating meat is good, I eat meat too, eating meat is the right thing to do!"

"That's right, eating meat is the right thing to do!"

Unexpectedly, this sound was like a spark falling into tinder, igniting a rebellion among the other young herders who were worried about being punished.

They have eaten meat, they know that eating meat is good, and they want to eat meat!
More and more people are no longer submitting to the unchanging rules and beliefs of the pastoral tribes, and as a result, the number of people is increasing and their voices are becoming more and more intense.

The middle-aged man lost his sense of direction for a moment and just walked aimlessly forward.

Suddenly I felt something blocking my body.

When the middle-aged man saw what was blocking his way, his expression changed drastically.

At the same time, the noisy pastoral village fell silent.

The girl, who had been lying on the ground because of a sore bottom, looked up and saw her father being blocked by the grass gate. A hint of joy appeared on her face, and she shouted with all her might.

"Dad eats meat too! Dad will get a spanking too!"

"I've eaten meat?"

This one sentence instantly brought back long-forgotten memories for the middle-aged man.

In a place even farther than the Great Lake, there lies an even larger lake.

The lake there has a salty taste, like red salt, but it's very bitter, especially when the wind blows, the saltiness will fill your nose.

When he fled there, he could barely remember anything. It seems that he only encountered the giant deer later, which led to the rule that he could not eat meat.

So, when you were by that largest lake, did you eat meat?

Now Caomen has given the answer: he has eaten it.

In an instant, the middle-aged man sat down on the ground with a thud.

I've eaten meat myself...

Seeing this scene of "filial piety and parental love," Xia Minghao originally intended to continue.

Unexpectedly, the effect was so good that this punishment of eating meat aroused the resistance of the herders who had already eaten meat.

As the issue of eating meat came to the forefront, the pastoral tribe was no longer a pastoral tribe.

The next step is simply to transform them into the Shepherd Clan.

That's even simpler, just one sentence.

"Join the Xia tribe and become a member of the Mu clan, and you'll have meat to eat, plus plenty of red salt!"

Those families who had eaten meat immediately chose to join. Without the previous religious ties, the pastoral tribe is now just a group of "family alliances".

Other families with children who had eaten meat gradually began to nod in agreement. Some of the older men and women were not quite ready to accept it at first, but with more salt and the prospect of eating the legendary meat, they were indeed somewhat tempted.

There were fewer than twenty people left. Xia Minghao didn't try to persuade them, and he didn't need those few people. Besides, he believed that they would come to him obediently before long.

The whole process took only a morning; the sound of deer hooves could be heard on the riverbank when the sun was high in the sky.

Xia Minghao began to assign positions to the group of people and deer.

Although it wasn't strictly necessary, Xia Minghao still planned to build a deer pen as soon as possible.

No matter how well the deer were domesticated by the Mu clan, they couldn't be immune to all diseases. These giant deer were all the "assets" of their Xia tribe, and they would feel heartbroken if even one of them died.

"The Pastoral Tribe!"

Just as I was about to make arrangements, I suddenly heard a shout from behind me.

"You are... the Shepherd Tribe?!"

Looking back, I saw that it was the men from the Great Lakes tribe who had woken up.

The members of the Mu tribe were shocked to see the people of the Great Lakes tribe; they never expected to see these "old acquaintances."

"Were all the people in your tribe killed?"

A young man from the Mu clan came up and said auspicious words.

The people of the Great Lakes tribe instantly showed expressions of anger.

“You were the ones who were killed by the hairy people! We came here because we were following the chief’s orders.”

"Where is Musi? He took my milk stone before, don't let him act like a Totes."

"Milk stone?"

Some members of the Mu clan who were familiar with Mu Si immediately remembered that they had indeed seen that milk stone when they heard this.

He even claimed that he had found it, which made them quite envious.

“Musi has already gone there. She’s afraid the hairy people will come, so she won’t be coming back.”

They had been looking angry, but upon hearing these words, the expressions of all the men from the Great Lake Tribe who had come to the Xia Tribe changed.

"There?"

Pointing to the upper reaches of the river, he exclaimed in surprise.

"The people there are even more terrifying than the hairy people! We came from there, and they can make hard stones fly up and pierce our throats!"

"What kind of hard stone?"

Xia Minghao was just watching the show when he unexpectedly gained something.

Are there other tribes further upstream on our side?

Are those hard stones flying up like arrows?

"Liba!"

Xia Minghao shouted, and Li Ba brought over a wolf sinew bow and a bronze feathered arrow.

Then it shot towards the distance.

"Like this?"

Seeing that the arrow was actually embedded in the tree from a distance, everyone's faces showed a hint of shock.

But in the end, he still shook his head.

"No, I heard it from the shaman. It's about suddenly making hard stones fly up."

So that's what the shaman said...

Xia Minghao frowned. It seemed he would have to ask about it in detail next time.

But if it wasn't an arrow, what could possibly make a stone fly up and pierce a throat?

Could it be another totem tribe?
Looking at the upper reaches of the river, Xia Minghao fell into deep thought.

……

……

……

"Musi, stop playing with that stone."

Lying on the deer's back, Mu Si held up a stone and heard someone beside her say something.

Now they have finally found a good place where there is plenty of fruit, enough to eat their fill.

There's no need to worry about running out of food, since with the giant deer, it's easy to go to farther places and find new things to eat.

Looking at the stone in her hand, Mu Si liked it more and more. The milky white stone felt incredibly smooth to the touch.

So engrossed in her conversation, Mu Si was completely unaware that the chatter of the Mu tribe members around her had abruptly stopped.

Only when he felt his vision being obscured by a shadow did he turn over and see the source of the shadow.

On the hillside, a large group of men, as imposing as stone pillars, looked down upon all the leisurely people of the pastoral tribe...

(End of this chapter)