Because of the special situation of the Dona people, they seldom marry outsiders, which is actually not a good thing.
One of the main reasons why Patriarch Dona was so determined to bring all his clansmen to Jiuyuan was to seek a partner for his son, besides wanting a better living environment, more abundant food, and high-level training skills.
People are afraid because they don't understand. Generally, girls from other tribes or slave girls who have been traded will subconsciously feel scared when they hear that important people are with the two Xiong brothers. Some of them are dying before they get married. Over time, due to a strange "inferiority and pride" mentality, the Dona people also became unwilling to combine with women from other tribes. Many males of the Dona tribe make do with each other because they can't find wives.
But that obviously doesn't work.
Dona patriarch Narong hopes that after joining Jiuyuan, other tribes can understand that the bear beasts of the Dona tribe are actually very cute. They look cruel, but they are very kind to their partners, and because of Dona The women of the Dona tribe work harder, and the women of the Dona tribe naturally have a higher status. Generally, the hostess is the hostess of the family, and the males of the Dona tribe always only have one partner.
Narong believes that as long as a woman who really understands the relationship between husband and wife of the Dona tribe will not be afraid of such a relationship. But before we get to know each other better, it would be good if we can take this opportunity to find some bold women to marry those bachelors who have never been able to marry wives.
Narong worked hard for the continuation of the tribe. He originally wanted to tell those women that as long as they were willing to marry, the Dona tribe would each give them two furs and a bag of red salt.
Hearing this, Yuan Zhan stopped him, and said to Na Rong in a joking tone: "If you really want to give it away, keep it for our girls in Jiuyuan. Those on the table are just trophies sent over, not guests, and more Not from Jiuyuan, at least not before they got married."
Na Rong came to his senses and took a deep look at Yuan Zhan. At this moment, he thought a lot.
Yan Mo didn't say anything. Yuan Zhan has a strong sense of territory, clearly distinguishing between inside and outside, and the tendency to protect weaknesses is becoming more and more obvious. When he proposed to him last time, he separated the sent female slaves from the Jiuyuan girls. If you use a simple sentence to describe Yuan Zhan's psychology, it is that in his eyes, girls in Jiuyuan are treasures, and women other than Jiuyuan are grass.
On the other side, Wu Chen was reminded, and raised the small speaker to introduce the situation of the Dona tribe, focusing on explaining the special situation of the Dona tribe to those women, expressing that he is willing to accept the best, and those who are not willing to accept it can be as straightforward as before Refusal—Although Yuan Zhan said at the beginning that only people under the age of 16 have the right to refuse, but considering that the twisted melon is not sweet, Jiuyuan Warrior is not really short of a wife so much that he has to find a unwilling one, so before As long as they really don't want to, no matter what age and status, no one will force them.
But there are not many people who really refuse, so far only four or five.
Ye Xing also reiterated again: "You only have this chance. If you refuse, you can only work as coolies. Because you are all female slaves sent by your tribe as compensation, you must work as coolies for ten years. Marriage with Jiuyuan people also cannot change the coolie status."
Ye Xing also explained: "Coolers are not equal to slaves, because slaves are not free in life and death. If there are no special circumstances, it is impossible to escape from the status of slaves for a lifetime, but coolies are different. As long as you have reached the number of years, you can become a real Nine Atoms Min, during this period, no matter whether the parents are coolies or not, the children you give birth to do not have to bear the status of coolies, that is, your children are born as Jiuyuan people. In addition, coolies are the same as Jiuyuan people except that they are not paid. You have been bullied, but you can also seek justice. In short, think about it carefully, it is up to you to choose."
The women who were sent to be slaves didn't really believe what the two boys said. They were afraid that if they refused to marry, they would only be miserable slaves in the future, and their children would only be slaves.
There are also some women who are dubious, but they are afraid of suffering, and they heard from Ye Xing that during the ten years of working as coolies, even if they find Jiuyuan to marry, they will still have to work for ten years. Thinking about it this way, they would rather marry now, at least Now that they are married, they can become Jiuyuan people immediately, and they don't have to do coolies anymore.
Of course, there are also those who are not afraid of hardship and would rather be a coolie than marry. Those few either already have husbands and don't want to look for them again, or they hate Jiuyuan people, or they have other ideas.
Encouraged by several Dona fighters, they walked up to the selection stage together, and the fighters with companion bear beasts also brought their own bear beasts with them when they came up.
When the girls on the stage saw a few big bears appearing, they screamed in fright, and some even jumped off the stage in panic.
Fortunately, Wu Chen was reminded by Yuan Zhan that he had already arranged someone to guard the selection platform to prevent these girls from hurting themselves because they were too panicked.
Na Alan, the leader of the Dona warriors who fought with Yuan Zhan in Heitu City, also went up, and he took a fancy to the most beautiful Huang He.
Naalan patted his big bear brother, walked up to Huang He, who was pale with fright, and said as gently as possible: "Would you like to be with me and my brother? We will treat you very well."
Huang He almost fainted from the sight of the big bear, she didn't hear what Naalan was saying at all. She just kept waving and screaming: "Go away! You go away! Help!"
Naalan stepped back in disappointment, taking Big Bear with him.
Big Bear let out a low growl. He felt that the girl was too delicate and not suitable for them.
Huang He was even more frightened when she heard the roar of the big bear, she tried her best to hide back, tears streaming down her face.
Naalan wanted to comfort her and tell her not to be afraid, but as soon as he lifted his leg, the girl screamed loudly. Before he could speak, the girl was crying out of breath.
Huang He crossed her arms and yelled, "What are you doing? Don't come here! Let me be a woman for you, I would rather die! You barbarians, let us sleep with wild beasts! You... you might as well kill Us! Woohoo!"
Huang He cried, and the other girls also cried. There were two girls who didn't know if they were too scared, but they really wanted to jump off the platform to die. Unfortunately, the platform was not high, and falling down was nothing more than twisting their feet.
The women on the stage cried, and the women who were waiting to be elected were also afraid. In the end, there was a lot of crying in the square.
On the high platform, Yuan Zhan slowly clenched his fists.
At this moment, with a "bang", Naalan's big bear suddenly jumped off the stage.
Naalan turned back to look at him, Big Bear waved his paw foolishly at him, he couldn't speak human words, but he knew very well in his heart that those girls were afraid of him.
Not just girls, but anyone but the Donas rarely saw them without fear. But Jiuyuan people are very strange, they are rarely afraid when they see them. His brother told him that maybe because Jiuyuan people often come into contact with mermaid tribe, they are not afraid of strange beasts. But he felt that the Jiuyuan people were not afraid of them not because of the mermaids, but because they already had the more ferocious Iron-backed Dragon family and the human-faced Kunpeng Jiufeng around them.
Huang He saw the big bear disappear, and someone beside her comforted her, so she finally got better.
Naalan glanced at Huang He again, scratched her head and jumped off the platform. If you don't want it, then you don't want it, the other party can't accept his brother, no matter how much he likes him, he will give up.
The situation like Naalan is not an example. Almost all Dona fighters who came to power were rejected.
Patriarch Dona sighed, at this moment he would rather Yuan Zhan force those girls to marry Dona warriors.
Yan Mo has been in a depressed mood ever since he skipped the comfort dance. Seeing that Patriarch Donna seemed a little sad, he suddenly felt a little unspeakable anger in his heart.
This anger was not at Patriarch Donna, nor at those women, but at himself.
If it weren't for his stubbornness, they wouldn't need to hold a mate selection conference at all, and just order these women to be distributed to each clan and regiment according to their merits, or they wouldn't be given the right to refuse at all.
Is he doing something wrong? Yan Mo thought. Maybe he should, like Yuan Zhan, separate Jiuyuan people from non-Jiuyuan people
He thought that what they did would be of great benefit to those women, and he thought it would be better than trading them with other tribes, making them slaves from now on, or letting them work as coolies for a long time. But maybe from the eyes of those women, this mate selection meeting is just another kind of humiliation, even if they have the right to refuse.
From another perspective, if Jiuyuan was defeated and he was forced to be sent to the enemy as a slave, the enemy would not want him to be a slave just like Jiuyuan, but they wanted him to come to power for people to choose. If he was chosen, he would have to be a wife. Hard work. I am afraid that he will not be grateful to the other party, but will only hate the other party.
"It's really unnecessary. It's better to tell them clearly that you are slaves, and you have no right to refuse, whether you like it or not." Yan Mo sneered at himself.
He insisted on giving the enemy the right to refuse, but instead made his soldiers feel uncomfortable, and also violated Yuan Zhan's intention to use these women to reward meritorious fighters.
What is the reward now? The punishment is not as harsh as this!
Yan Mo then decided that he would never intervene in Yuan Zhan's opinions on the issue of enemies, prisoners of war and compensation for slaves, as long as he did not violate the principles of the guidelines.
He should be his priest who plays tricks, Yan Mo thought a little disheartened. He worked hard to achieve equality between men and women, abolish slavery, enact laws that are good for everyone, and try not to engage in privileges, and even deliberately prevent the emergence of too obvious class stratification in the tribe, but in the end he found that slavery may be more suitable. Now Jiuyuan, this makes everything he insists on look like a joke.
Yuan Zhan suddenly shook his hand firmly.
Yan Mo was too lazy to shake him off.
Seeing that the priest was not happy, Yuan Zhan immediately became angry, and waved his hand, "Eat! Continue after lunch!"
As a result, all the women on the selection stage were pulled down.
Huang He was still watching Yuan Zhan before going down, she couldn't figure it out, if the leader of Jiuyuan really liked her, how could those barbarians and wild beasts threaten her, she almost died of fright just now.
Two yellow crystal girls approached her, supported her, and whispered in her ear: "Lord, what should we do?"
Huang He didn't know either, it was impossible for her to connect to a near-field battle, even if she had all kinds of means, she couldn't use it.
"Lord He?" The girl on the left was anxious. They were unwilling to marry those savages, let alone be with wild beasts. They were not slaves in the first place, they were chosen to win over the most powerful person in the tribe.
The girls automatically ignored the gray-haired old priest, and only focused on the leader of Jiuyuan.
"My lord, we have to find a way to meet the leader here." Another girl bit her lip and said.
Huang He wiped away her tears, "What can you do? If I can get close to that person, I will never forget you."
"My lord, as long as you are good, we can do whatever you want." The girl who bit her lip rolled her eyes and said, "I have an idea, you just say that you have something important to hand over to the leader here, and then wait for him to come When I see you, or ask you to see him, you just like this... "
After hearing this, Huang He regained her composure. She thanked and praised the girl for her intelligence, but she thought in her heart that this girl must not stay, otherwise she would definitely become her enemy.
The people watching the fun also temporarily dispersed.
The Dona fighters gathered together and laughed at each other, and soon there was a riot of laughter.
"Hey! Do you want a woman? What do you think of us?" A delicate hand poked Naalan's back.
Dona warriors turned their heads together.
The flamboyant Ranma led several Granma girls to smile at the Dona warriors.
A girl from the Granma tribe stepped forward, pinched Na Alan's arm casually, and praised: "You are so strong, I like you like this. Do you want me?"
Naalan was stunned, he had never seen such... that kind of girl. Dona women are also strong, but talking to males won't be like that either.
"Hey, why don't you talk? Do you just like the slave sent by the enemy? If so, then I don't want you." The girl pouted, and turned around to change.
Appreciating A Lanfu's heart, he quickly whispered: "No, no, no! Don't go, you, you, you... I still have a big bear brother, we are together, you..."
The girl turned her head to look at the silly big bear, and reached out on tiptoe to touch his head.
Big Bear understood it, and even lowered his head to let her touch it, "Woo."
The girl smiled happily, "I know, Xiao Wuchen said just now that it's better to be with you Dona warriors and your brother Big Bear. The two of you can hunt more prey, and you can also fight together." Better protect me, right?"
Na Alan nodded desperately, this girl is very good-looking, even more beautiful than the daughter of Chief Huang Jing, although her skin is a bit darker, but, but he seems to like this! No, he liked the color of the ripe corn ears of skin from today, from now.
He really didn't expect that besides the women and slave girls of his own clan, there would be such a young and beautiful girl who offered to talk to him.
"Woohoo!" Big Bear said that he also liked this girl very much.
"Then you are willing to be with me?" the girl asked.
Naalan and Big Bear nodded wildly together.
The girl patted Naalan's arm proudly, "Okay, come with me, go to my house! I just changed a house in the outer city, and you will be my people and bears from now on."
Naalan smirked, leaving the other brothers behind, and left with the big bear and the girl who were equally happy.
The other Dona warriors were extremely jealous, but before they got angry, several other Granma girls also started talking to them. Showed a lot of interest.
Dona warriors looked at these young and lovely girls, bursting into tears with excitement, you are too great, Lord Patriarch, it is indeed the right time for us to come to Jiuyuan!
Yuan Zhan, who said he was going to eat, came down from the high platform side by side with his priest, and comforted him clumsily as he walked: "The rules you proposed are not wrong. You can see that from the reactions of most people. Before Jiuyuan , Now, and in the future, I will always abide by the rules you made. I did something wrong, and I shouldn’t use those female slaves as rewards. I should let them do ten years of coolies honestly.”
Yan Mo whispered: "No, it's my fault. If I didn't insist that there should be no slaves in the tribe, you wouldn't need to be so troublesome. Now the population is the biggest asset. If slaves are allowed in the tribe, the soldiers are attacking The enemies will fight harder, and the tribe will expand faster."
Yuan Zhan raised his hand, as if he really wanted to rub the priest's head, but maybe considering the occasion, he put his hand down again, "I said, you are not wrong, you are a priest, even if you are wrong, you are still right. "
Yan Mo couldn't help but laugh, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up a little.
Yuan Zhan saw a shallow dimple under the corner of his mouth, and wanted to poke it, "Actually, we have lost our minds before, and we can completely realize your idea in another way."
"Oh? How do I change it?" Yan Mo turned his head to look at him.
Yuan Zhan held his hand, "In your words, slaves are for life, but coolies are not. We can also use these captives from hostile tribes or traded slaves as slaves, but add a number of years to them We can treat them as property and reward meritorious persons. Their owners only need to be responsible for their food, drink, clothing and housing, and they don't need to pay them. Of course, we don't care what they do in private.
Then these coolies cannot leave the master before the specified number of years expires, and the master has the right to transfer them, but must go through some procedures to obtain the consent of the relevant stewards. Coolies are the same as Jiuyuan people except that their pay and benefits are worse than those of Jiuyuan people. After the specified period expires, they can choose whether to become Jiuyuan people or leave Jiuyuan according to their own wishes. How do you feel about this? "
Yan Mo didn't express his opinion immediately, he actually substituted it in his mind first, and then quickly analyzed its pros and cons.
According to Yuan Zhan's approach, the female slaves this time can be distributed to each clan and each regiment according to their merits, and then the heads of each clan and each regiment will subdivide them to individuals.
Some people may be able to get five, while others may only get one.
This is actually equivalent to allowing meritorious persons to take back a group of long-term workers who do not need to be paid. As for what to do after taking them back, it is up to the master's wishes, such as farming, working, and serving yourself, even if you want to marry one of them as a wife or It’s okay to find a lover in there, as long as the long-term worker is willing.
If anyone does not want these coolies, he can transfer the coolies, and he can receive a transfer of property, or not.
This kind of reward method, I think the soldiers will be very happy.
As for the coolies, they have food, drink, shelter, and clothes to wear. If they are abused by their masters, they can sue them, and they can be free as long as they have worked for a full number of years. These are not against the principles of the guidelines.
The same goes for the remaining coolies managed by the tribe. If they do well, they can be paid appropriately.
Now there is only one problem left, how to manage these coolies? Especially mid-level and high-level fighters with the ability of divine blood, how can they control these people from fleeing and harming the people of Jiuyuan
"Stupid! If there is no way, how will the powers of the cities control their private slaves and war slaves?"
Yan Mo didn't know that he had asked this question, and when he heard the voice of the curse witch, he immediately stopped and turned around in surprise.
Seeing his apprentice's stupidity, the curse witch curled his lips, "Didn't you see it in Yincheng? Their slaves should have a slave mark on their foreheads. This mark is not only a mark, but also a kind of soul power control. However, this kind of soul power control is relatively simple, it will not turn the slaves into wooden puppets, it will only prevent them from sneaking away, committing suicide and doing things that are not good for their masters."
Yan Mo immediately asked: "Master, would you make this kind of slave mark?"
The curse witch rolled his eyes, "This kind of imprint was originally figured out by the twelve high priests of Wu City, do you think I will?"
Yan Mo was overjoyed, he put aside Yuan Zhan and went to coax the old man, "Master, you are too powerful, our Jiuyuan depends on you!"