wild trail

Chapter 399
Zhao Tong was relieved to see that these natives were quite sensible, and when he was about to say a few words of praise, the old wizard's body tilted and he fell headfirst.

"Wizard!" The young man roared in grief.

Zhao Tong frowned, walked over, put his finger in front of the old wizard's nose, felt for his pulse, and knew that the old man was dead.

Looking at the young man, he shook his head and said, "He is dead. He made the right decision before he died. I hope you will not lead your people to the abyss of death."

The young man ignored Zhao Tong's words, and looked at the gradually cold corpse on the ground with red eyes. In his eyes, the old wizard was like his father. He used to be as tall as a mountain, but now he was just a stiff corpse on the ground.

The unwillingness, resentment, and anger in his heart almost made him lose his mind.

But the words of the old wizard before his death echoed in his ears like an alarm bell.

"Don't take revenge, lead the tribe to live, and continue the blood of the De'ang people."

The young Enthusiasm was bleeding. These outsiders had killed so many clansmen. How could he let go of this hatred easily, but the entrustment of the old wizard before his death reminded him all the time that the continuation of the clan was more important than his own hatred.

Zhao Tong looked at the young man kneeling next to the old man and didn't bother him. It was obvious that the two had an extraordinary relationship. He guessed that maybe the old man was the young man's father.

After a long time, the young man straightened up slowly, his eyes were very calm, and Zhao Tong could see a trace of sadness and anger in his eyes, as calm as if he had lost sight of life and death.

"It's a character!" Zhao Tong thought secretly.

"I will help you bury him, and no one will humiliate his body." Zhao Tong said slowly.

The young man didn't know if he understood, but he nodded slightly after Zhao Tong finished speaking.

"Come on!" Zhao Tong shouted.

The sailor on duty outside the camp heard the words, came in and said, "Mate, what orders do you have?"

"Take him down and ask some people to bury this old man! Try to be as decent as possible!" Zhao Tong ordered.

The sailor glanced at the motionless corpse on the ground, nodded, and went out to ask someone to clean up the place.

The young man was taken back to the captive camp. Seeing that the old wizard hadn't returned, the De'ang people hurriedly asked, "Where's the wizard?"

"He's dead!" The young man said in a flat tone, as if he was talking about a trivial matter that had nothing to do with him.

The news of the old wizard's death came quickly, and the people of De'ang were extremely saddened by the death of the old wizard. Anyone in the camp could see the sadness of these people.

But the sailors really didn't care about it. They were still reminiscing about those women at the moment. After drifting at sea for so long, the crazy venting made them feel happy to the bone.

Soon, the captives ushered in a new life. Under Zhao Tong's plea, they escaped the fate of extermination, but they will have a new identity in the future, that is, slaves.

Although the Xia Kingdom does not allow human slaves to exist, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and Wei Ming is the biggest officer. For him, not killing all these people is already a kindness. If he wants to become a free citizen, It's just a dream.

The women of the De'ang people were organized by the sailors and were responsible for everyone's food, while the men wore shackles and drove them with leather whips to cut down trees and carry stones.

After discussion, the expedition team decided to build a supply point here. They would have to leave sooner or later. No matter how big the island was, it was just an island. Their ultimate goal was the eastern continent.

After witnessing the strength of the outsiders and the tragic situation of the De'ang people, the people of Dadahar became extra hospitable to Xia Guo's challenge team.

The red fox confessed that the clansmen should try their best to participate in the things of these outsiders. It can be said that the sailors experienced a feeling from the Dadahar people that they could not experience in Xia Kingdom, the feeling of being a master and being served by others. Make them feel ecstatic.

The outsiders had subdued the two largest tribes on the island without any effort, and the news spread across the land at the fastest speed.

The surrounding small tribes didn't believe it at the beginning, but later they heard about their tribe and saw their tribe with their own eyes. This incident was gradually confirmed to be true.

After the initial panic, these small tribes immediately brought the best gifts in the tribe and prayed for the protection of the expedition team in order to protect themselves.

Over the course of a month, the leaders of tribes, large and small, received by Wei Ming no longer knew how many.

These small tribes have as many as 200 people, and as few as 20 or so, but they are numerous. He estimates in his heart that there are almost tens of thousands of humans living in this land, which is far beyond his expectations.

The population density of this small island can be said to be higher than that of the Xia Kingdom. It is hard to imagine how these people developed to the current scale on this isolated island.

Now it's late autumn, the weather is gradually getting colder, the leaves in the mountains and forests have become withered and yellow, and the fallen leaves have fallen on the ground, forming a thick layer.

With the arrival of autumn, most of the beasts in the forest have been hidden. The De'ang people, wearing thin animal skins, waved stone axes in the chilly autumn wind to chop down big trees with difficulty.

The Dadahar people won the trust of the Xia people because of their performance. Some of their tribe's warriors were selected and turned into slave overseers.

Although the supervisors who are Xia people can't be fed and clothed like the real Xia people, compared to these slaves, their life is like in heaven.

The young man stopped swinging the ax and looked at the overseers who were laughing and holding whips. The hatred in his eyes was fleeting. He lowered his head and breathed in his hands, quietly relieving his stiff hands from the cold. , Continue to swing the ax and chop towards the tree.

The slaves pushed the felled trees down the mountain, and the slaves below threw the trees into the river, letting them float downstream along the river.

At the estuary of the river, there was already a busy construction site, and a stronghold that had already taken shape rose from the blood and sweat of the slaves. This land, which had been barren for an unknown amount of time, had human civilization for the first time. footprint.

Looking at this magnificent building in his eyes, the red fox once again felt the power of these outsiders.

This kind of power is not only in terms of force, but also something she can't explain. Everything that is unknown deeply attracts her. In the process of contacting Xia Guo people, she worked hard to learn their language, but the time was too long. Short, she can only speak a few very simple words.

The expedition team is going to set off again. After this stronghold is built, Wei Ming intends to leave here, but he is very worried about these savages. After discussing with the leaders of the expedition team, he decided to Leave a team of more than 20 people stationed here.

It can be said that it is very dangerous to leave such a small number of people. Everyone knows this, but they are also worried that after they leave, these savages will have some unruly thoughts and destroy their hard work here.

A few days later, Wei Ming issued an order to the savages on this land, summoning all the big and small leaders.

At the meeting, Wei Ming explained his future plans. He warned the natives that if they found that a person from the Xia Kingdom had damaged a single hair when they came back, they would bear the thunder and wrath of the Xia Kingdom. There will be one more living person.

This warning frightened these natives. They are very clear about the strength of these outsiders, and they will not doubt the possibility of this matter at all.

Not to mention the mysterious country of Xia, even these outsiders in front of them can wipe out all the tribes in this land.

But Wei Ming didn't just threaten them, and he didn't forget to give some benefits at the same time. Wei Ming assured them that as long as they were loyal to Xia Guo, Xia Guo would bring them huge rewards in the future.

And in their eyes, this reward is food that can't be eaten in a lifetime, and even the beautiful clothes worn by these outsiders.

Under the strategy of both soft and hard, these natives became more and more cooperative. Wei Ming was very satisfied with this result, and couldn't help but feel relieved after he left.

As for the question of who stays, it is easy to solve. No one will agree to force others to stay on this desolate island. Living on the island for a long time is tantamount to exile for them who are used to the prosperity of the Xia Kingdom.

In order to solve this problem, Wei Ming planned to use the method of drawing lots and hand over this problem to the gods to solve it.

Called all the sailors back, and after announcing this matter, the sailors were silent, no one wanted to stay here, seeing that the voyage was over at the end of the last year, and as long as they returned to Xia Kingdom alive, the court rewarded them The money that came down was enough for them to spend the rest of their lives comfortably in Yancheng. No matter how good the savage women were, they couldn't compare to the cleaner little ladies in Xia Kingdom.

But this matter must be carried out. Wei Ming finally promised them that for those who stayed, he would ask the court for instructions and win more benefits for them.

Finally, under the reluctance of the sailors, the lottery began.

Those who got the short lottery were overjoyed, but those who were unlucky enough to get the long lottery suddenly felt mournful, as if the sky had fallen, and they sat on the ground paralyzed.

This includes He Tie's friend Monkey.

Seeing Monkey's pale face, He Tie was also very sad for him, walked over to comfort him and said, "Monkey, if you want to open it up, stay here for at most two or three years, and then return to Xia Kingdom and get the reward. You can eat whatever you want, and wear whatever you want."

The monkey glared angrily when he heard the words, and cursed: "He Heizi, you bastard, stop talking about such useless things, stay here and watch these every day, can you smoke the savages to death? Look, there is nothing here. Take a bite!" There is no wine, two or three years, how the hell can people live."

He Tie shook his head and said, "If I didn't have a wife and son, I would have stayed here, sorry brother."

The monkey lowered its head and said with a wry smile, "Hey, this shit is all about life, so don't worry about me."

Twenty unlucky ones were selected, and the sailors were very happy to see these twenty sad-faced companions.

No matter how much money is rewarded for this kind of thing, they have no interest. Who knows what changes will happen in the past two or three years. Xia Guojin said that it changes every year. Maybe they can't even recognize it, let alone being a savage for two or three years.

A month later, after the first light snow in winter, the expedition ship replenished its supplies, left the island, and headed further east.

The monkey stood by the sea and looked at the ships going away, feeling a sense of sadness in his heart. Although there are still many human beings here, he felt extremely lonely for some reason.

The western mountains of the Chinese mainland.

When Zhou Yu's team temporarily set up the camp here, a dozen people spent a month exploring within a radius of about ten miles.

But apart from some strange animals and some unknown plants, they didn't find any suspected metal ore, which made them feel very frustrated.

Those savages didn't come to disturb them during this period, but Zhou Yu felt that those savages must be secretly watching them nearby.

Although he didn't see those savages, Zhou Yu's feeling was very strong.

For these unknown savages, the expedition team did not dare to take it lightly. The captain asked the team members not to act alone, even if they went to shit, they had to go with two people.

After spending a month in such a peaceful way, after exploring here, the expedition team decided to go deeper into the mountains, maybe they could find something there.

The night before preparing to evacuate, those savages who hadn't been seen for a long time reappeared near the camp.

This accident immediately made everyone extremely nervous.

"Who?" the captain called out into the dark jungle.

But nothing could be heard except voices echoing in the valley.

Just when everyone thought that those savages had left as before.

There was a sound of Sasha's footsteps in the dark jungle.

Zhou Yu looked at the others, and when he saw them, he also had a nervous look on his face.

"Everyone be careful, we have all received some training, don't be afraid!" The captain worked hard to boost morale.

In the beating firelight, figures came out of the darkness one by one and surrounded the small camp of the expedition team. .

These people just looked at the expedition team members, didn't speak, and didn't attack, so everyone was a little confused and didn't know what the savages were planning.

"Who are you?"

As the captain, he must find out at this time. If he shows cowardice, it will cause a great blow to morale.

But these people still didn't speak, just looked at them, this weird atmosphere made Zhou Yu's hairs stand up, and his forehead was already covered with cold sweat.

(End of this chapter)