Yan Mo didn't care how they communicated, he looked at the mermaid girl who was caught by Yuan Zhan and let go.
"Beautiful and kind girl, I'm sorry for Ah Zhan's rudeness, but he definitely didn't mean to hurt you, but that guy is a barbarian, well, I'm often so angry by him that I want to dig a hole to bury him, but He always finds a way to climb up."
The faces of the mermaids were strange. Yuan Zhan was back, and now he was behind his priest, glaring at the priest who spoke ill of him behind his back.
The mermaid girl bit her lip, wanted to laugh but held back.
"I'm Yan Mo, a priest of the Nine Plains Tribe, how about you?" Yan Mo didn't notice it at all, but felt a little cold without the animal skin coat.
The girl hesitated for a while, looked at her smiling companions, and answered: "My name is Norma."
"Norma, hello," Yan Mo took out something from his bosom, and presented it to the mermaids with both hands, "This is the sacred feather bestowed on me by Jiufeng, the mountain god with a human face. With it, Jiufeng will not attack again. You, I hope you can forgive that rude fellow Ah Zhan."
Norma and the mermaids were startled.
Ramon immediately refused: "No, this is too precious. Norma is fine, she was just scared, as long as you are willing to cook a grilled fish for us, I don't think Norma will take this matter to heart .Norma, do you think so?"
Norma nodded quickly. Although she was angry, she also knew that Yuan Zhan didn't really want to hurt her, but just trapped her, and even stopped him when other humans wanted to touch her. She just felt that her self-esteem was hurt. Humiliated in front of him.
But the human priest specially came to apologize to her, and the human priest is equivalent to their clan witch, she couldn't imagine the scene of being apologized by the clan witch, her face was saved, her self-esteem was restored, she was not so angry anymore, the human priest still took How dare she accept such a precious thing as Kunpeng's Yu Yu
Yan Mo never thought that Jiufeng's feathers were very precious, he had a bunch of them.
As for the fact that possessing Jiufeng's feathers would prevent him from being attacked by Jiufeng, that was decided through discussion between him and Jiufeng.
Jiufeng promised him that as long as the person who owns its feathers will not take the initiative to attack it or hurt him, it will not attack the person who holds its feathers.
At that time, Yan Mo was only in a preventive mentality, and even the discussion with Jiu Feng was mostly for fun. If he really wanted to apologize, he would send medicine, food, and definitely not just a feather, but He didn't expect the mermaid tribe to value this feather so much.
But Yan Mo didn't know at this time that the mermaid tribe was actually on Jiufeng's recipe, so there was nothing he could not eat. In Jiufeng's eyes, the mermaid who lived in the water with a tail and couldn't play with it was It's just a big fish that looks more like a human. In addition to not attacking baby mermaids that are too young—they pay attention to letting their prey rest and rejuvenate, they never capture young animals, and they usually attack adult fish when they pass by the lake.
However, the mermaid will escape to the depths of the lake. So far, Jiufeng has not successfully preyed on a mermaid. But it likes to scare the mermaid, because the mermaid will spray it with water arrows for fun, and it uses this to exercise its ability to dodge in the air.
To Jiufeng, these were just games, but to the mermaids, Jiufeng, who could attack from the air, had sharp claws and could blow wind blades, was one of the most terrifying natural enemies.
Therefore, in the eyes of the mermaids, it is self-evident how precious the feathers that can avoid being attacked by the nine winds are. Who wouldn't want to play in total relaxation on the water or on the shore without fear of surprise attacks from the sky? Moreover, Jiufeng is still just a young bird. When it grows up to fan the wind with its wings, it can make the huge waves of Qingyuan Lake soar, and when it can directly rush into the deep water, how important will this feather be
Norma wanted that feather very much, but she couldn't, because they used their own values to measure the weight of that feather, and they would naturally feel that it was too valuable.
But Yan Mo had already taken out the feather, so naturally he would not take it back. In the middle of a tug-of-war with the mermaids, an impatient voice came from behind: "I'll take it for you, it's just a broken feather. Do you think I'm sorry, but I'll just take Mo to those islands in your lake, he's wanted to go for a long time."
Who said I was going to play? But this kind of statement can dispel the vigilance of the mermaid, so Yan Mo didn't refute it and accepted it. By the way, when did this guy come back
Ramon discussed with the mermaids and agreed to Yuan Zhan's proposal.
Norma took the jet-black young feather seriously and solemnly, and she would braid it into her hair and carry it with her. The other mermaids are inevitably a little envious of her, so this is a blessing in disguise, right
The mermaids and Ramon murmured, Yan Mo thought they still wanted a few Jiufeng feathers, and was considering whether to hang them up so that the other party would pay more, or give them a little sweetness so that he could ask for it later .
But the last thing Ramon asked was: "When will this river pass?"
Yan Mo paused for a moment, and replied: "It's only half dug now. Azhan started digging from the middle to the south, and the north side has not been moved at all. Including the time for reinforcement, it will take at least three months or even more."
Yuan Zhan wanted to say that it would not take that long, but he swallowed the words again.
Ramon, Devon and the other mermaids looked at each other, "Maybe we can help you."
"Yes, anyway, our leader agreed."
"When we dig, the water will flow together. At that time, we only need to ask the former war leader to help block one end, and then we can get the water back into the lake. Wouldn't it be much faster to dig both ends together?"
Yan Mo didn't reply immediately, but looked at Yuan Zhan.
Yuan Zhan was happy to have labor to help, and he directly made demands on them, such as digging the river to a depth of ten meters, the river walls on both sides should be as vertical as possible, and the width of the river should be 60 meters, etc.
The mermaids didn't understand these technical terms and units of measurement, so Yuan Zhan spread the knowledge to them with a face of kindness, and asked the mermaids to convert them into a way they could understand.
"Is it better to dig deeper and wider?"
"Yes." Yuan Zhan said carelessly: "The river is dug deep and wide, and you can stay in it comfortably. If you want to play in the tribe in the future, as long as Mo and I allow you, you can also join us." dig rivers in tribal territory.”
"Really?" Ramon's eyes lit up. If this is the case, they can also communicate more easily with the Jiuyuan tribe, and more waterways in the Jiuyuan tribe will only benefit and not harm the mermaid tribe.
"Yeah. But you can't dig randomly, you have to agree with Mo Mo."
"That's natural." Ramon and the mermaids muttered again, "Let's go back and report this matter to the patriarch. If the patriarch agrees, I think our long-tailed mermaids will be happy to help you dig the river together. "
All the people present and the mermaids were very happy. Not only did the matter not deteriorate, but it was perfectly resolved. Moreover, after this fight, everyone became more familiar with it, and lost some of the strangeness and politeness before.
Not to mention the various benefits that turning hostility into treasure today brought to the Jiuyuan tribe and the mermaid tribe in the later stage, let's say that Yan Mo told Yuan Zhan one thing after returning that night.
"There is no rule without rules. Institutions and regulations. If a tribe wants to be strong, it must have various clear rules for everyone to abide by. Things like today are likely to happen again in the future."
Yuan Zhan knew what Yan Mo was talking about, he thought it was nothing at all, "Didn't you just touch that mermaid?"
Yan Mo blocked him immediately: "Are you willing to be touched?"
Yuan Zhan looked at Yan Mo, it turned out that his priest didn't want him to be touched by others? Well, he is the same, how can his lord priest be touched by others casually? Do not touch casually!
Yuan Zhan immediately changed his expression and said seriously: "You are right, this kind of thing must be prohibited!"
But writing and promulgating legal provisions is not a simple matter, and Yan Mo does not plan to come up with a code that surpasses the current stage of development, but some things do need to be clearly stipulated.
In the end, according to the reward and punishment regulations of the Yuanji Tribe, combined with Yan Mo's ideas, after six days of sorting and production, the two gathered all the tribe at noon on the seventh day, and promulgated the original nine rules of the Jiuyuan Tribe on the spot.
First, establish an adjudicative group headed by the tribal leader, with the participation of priests and elders. The Council of Elders can be directly nominated by the leaders and priests, or can be recommended by the tribe, with at least two people and no more than ten people at most.
In the future, if there are unresolved or illegal matters in the tribe, they will be handed over to the adjudication group for decision. The leader has the final decision, and the priest has the power to judge. That is to say, Yuan Zhan can finally determine the criminal's charges and whether he is guilty, while Yan Mo decides what punishment to give to the criminal. The rewards are the same.
Second, announce the marriage system, stipulating that close relatives are not allowed to intermarry, only those who are 16 years old and above can marry, and monogamy.
Third, the concept of family is put forward, which requires that parents must raise children, and children must support their parents. Adopting parents is the same as adopting children.
Fourth, it proposes to allow the ownership of private property and the system of labor in exchange for remuneration.
Fifth, put forward a fair trade system based on barter.
Sixth, clarify the guilt of betrayal, murder, wounding, theft, robbery, rape, insult, fraud, false accusation, slander, etc., and prohibit cannibalism.
Seventh, put forward an education system, clearly stipulating that children over the age of six must receive education, and children over the age of twelve must receive warrior training.
Eighth, the support system is proposed, which clearly stipulates that soldiers who have lost their living ability, children without parents, and elderly people without care will be jointly supported by the tribe, and abandonment is prohibited.
Ninth, a reward system is proposed to encourage the tribesmen to invent, create and discover, and to reward those who work, study well, and contribute to the tribe.
Nine rules, subdivision and many more.
It was written by Yan Mo himself, carved into a stele by Yuan Zhan, and after the engraving was completed, this huge stele was erected in the center of the tribe.
The front of the stele is the general rules, and the back is the detailed rules.
Later, the tribe developed more complete laws and regulations, but this original stele has been standing on this land. Although it changed its location several times due to the scale of the tribe's residence and the fire of war, it has not disappeared. People call it the ancestor of Jiuyuan Dharma Stone.
Not much to say later, let's say that as soon as these rules came out, there was an uproar within the tribe.
Although the Awu people don't quite understand many of them, what they can understand is enough to shock them.
But the shock was more of joy than repulsion and revulsion.
Especially in the eighth rule, the elderly, children and those who have lost the ability to live will not be abandoned or eaten, and the tribe can also be responsible for supporting them, which makes every Awu quickly have a deep sense of belonging to the tribe feel.
Still others are in disbelief, "Is this true?"
"What the priest said is true!" This is Yan Mo's staunch supporter.
"It's not fake, the leader is engraved on the stone!" This is a die-hard fan of Yuan Zhan.
"What does that work in exchange for... remuneration mean?"
"Huh? I have to ask Wu Chen and the others about this, Wu Chen!"
It will take some time for the Awu people to understand and accept these rules, and Yan Mo is not in a hurry, as long as the eyes are not blind and the brains are not broken, they will know that these nine rules are only good for all people in the tribe who want to live a good life.
What's more interesting is that during this period of time, the most heated discussion among the Awu people was actually the matter of giving themselves a surname and a given name.
Yan Mo asked Wu Chen, Ye Xing, and Sa Yu to be responsible for counting the tribe's population and the names, gender, age, specialties, and relationships of all people, while the Awu people racked their brains to get their names engraved on stone slabs. Think of a name.
Ye Xing has big eyes, and Sa Yu is a brat. Ever since the two discovered that Wu Chen had a name, they have been peeking at Yan Mo with resentful eyes, and they have become much more diligent in normal times. When Yan Mo was amused, when he praised the two of them, he named them as a reward.
Because of the presence of these three people, Yan Mo simply named all the children in the three classes he taught.
It's funny to say that the parents or relatives of these children were worried about what surname they should give themselves. Seeing that the children were named by the priest himself, they simply took the child's surname as their own.
Yan Mo didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, he didn't let all the Awu people have the surname Wu, he made up twelve different surnames for those children, plus some people added all kinds of weird surnames to themselves randomly or seriously , a small Awu tribe, there are no more than sixty-one people, but they have nineteen surnames.
The old clan witch and his disciples and the head of the Awu clan also asked Yan Mo to help them choose a name. Yan Mo readily agreed.
Yan Mo counts the time every day.
From the first snowfall, he regarded it as the first day of winter. Up to now, he has drawn 30 orthographic characters, that is, a full 150 days. Calculated according to the calculation of 30 days here as a month, it has already been completed. past five months.
Half a month ago, Yuan Zhan told him that he could smell spring. Then yesterday, outside the tent, he found tender grass tips protruding from the ground. Although the weather was still bitingly cold, spring had really arrived.
Now, with the help of the Mermaid Clan, Yuan Zhan has not only completed the huge project of the outer moat, but also the inner moat.
And because of the strong support of the mermaid clan—the mermaid leader sent 800 warriors to help, the outer moat that was originally set to be 10 meters deep and 60 meters wide suddenly became 30 meters deep and nearly 150 meters wide. big river.
Even the inner moat is fifteen meters deep and fifty meters wide.
On the day when the inner and outer moats were confirmed to be connected to Qingyuan Lake, all members of the Jiuyuan tribe and a large number of mermaids came out to watch.
Yan Mo thought that Hai Sen, the leader of the mermaid clan, or at least one of their clan witches would come that day, but neither of the two big men came.
Yan Mo knew that the Jiuyuan tribe was not strong enough to allow those two people to come out to meet them in person, and the Haisen patriarch was willing to send mermaid warriors to help dig the river channels, but it was only for the benefit of the mermaids to have more channels.
It doesn't matter, sooner or later he will make the leaders and witches of the mermaid tribe face up to their existence, and treat the Jiuyuan tribe as allies with equal status.
During the period when the inner and outer moats were completed, a lot of miscellaneous things happened. For example, Duofei came to Yan Mo and asked for an independent tent and two young women as helpers.
Yan Mo's answer was simple: "Yes. The tent will be the price of your fur coat, and you will live in it for free until next spring. You are responsible for the helper's wages, board and lodging, including your own food and water. Wait."
"What did you say?" Duofei doubted her ears.
"I'm talking about fair trade. You don't want to be a slave. That's fine. Then our leader's kindness for saving you will have to be calculated separately. As for your board and lodging during this period, because you have provided some services to the soldiers, you don't need to pay for it." You pay it back."
Duofei's expression at this time was like an innocent girl meeting a professional liar who cheated her feelings.
Yan Mo smiled honestly, "Your reward has been calculated since the last time you rescued the mermaid, but you have been eating and living for free these days, and that reward is almost exhausted. I am looking for someone to inform you, and I want to To continue living in the tribe, you have to start working."
Duo Fei clenched her fists, desperately restraining herself from doing any irrational actions.
"Now let's talk about how you want to repay our leader's kindness for saving you, huh?"
Duofei deeply felt that she was blind, why did she think that the priest looked young and simple, so she could be fooled? She thought that she had the upper hand because of her healing power, but in the end, they simply played with her!
"If you are not willing to repay the kindness of our leader, and you are not willing to work to earn food and water, then we can only drive you out of the tribe or sell you to other human races. Of course, in order to reduce our losses, we will Before leaving, we will take off all the pitiful decorations and clothes on your body." Yan Mo said with a look of suffering.
Duofei deeply hated her lack of abilities, except for healing, she couldn't designate targets to steal their vitality like priests of her clan.
"You can't do this, I know you are different from those barbarians, then you should understand how valuable my healing ability is! This ability is unique, except for the priests and individual saints of my family, no one else can do!"
"That's not unique." Yan Mo lazily said: "Well, I don't think you have anywhere to go, and there is absolutely no one in the vicinity of 800 miles. The weather is so cold, you will only be frozen to death if you go out. .God has the virtue of good life, I can let you stay, but you have to work honestly to repay the kindness of our leader, and pay for food and water."
The Duofei people had to bow their heads under the eaves, and she knew very well that she would die if she left the Jiuyuan tribe now, no matter how harsh the conditions proposed by Yan Mo, she had to accept, "Say, how can I repay your leader's money?" Grace?" Duo Fei gritted his teeth for the last two words.
"As you said, as a healer, your life is very, very precious," Yan Mo affirmed.
Duofei, who was praised and recognized for her value, was not happy at all, this person definitely has something to do.
Yan Mo did not disappoint her, "I think your life alone is worth thousands of lives, so you can repay our leader's kindness by saving a thousand lives."
"A thousand people! Do you have so many people in your tribe?" Duofei couldn't help screaming anymore, a thousand people, when will she pay back!
"Not now, but there will always be in the future. Do you also think that 1,000 people is less? How about 3,000?" Yan Mo spread his hands, "Everyone knows that I am easy to talk, if you think 3,000 lives are not enough to reflect your Value, just mention it, I will definitely satisfy you!"
"one thousand… "
"what?"
Duofei said with trembling lips: "I think a thousand lives is enough to reflect my value."
"Really, don't underestimate yourself, in fact, I think ten thousand..."
"One thousand! I beg you!" Duofei cried.
Yan Mo rolled the golden needle between his fingers, and said kindly: "Why are you crying? Do you feel wronged? Then take an intermediate value, and you save five thousand lives..."
"I'm not wronged!" Duo Fei almost screamed, "One thousand and one thousand! Don't force me!"
"I forced you?" Yan Mo's face changed, "If you don't want to, you can leave, and I will definitely not stop you."
Yes, you will only wait for the moment when my ability is exhausted, strip me naked, and take away all my crystals! How dare Duo Fei give the spar to others, this is her biggest reliance and secret for self-protection and treatment.
"I... want to stay, please let me stay, I am willing... to treat a thousand people to repay the kindness of the leader, and I am also willing to use the treatment to pay for my own board and lodging." Duo Fei spit out this aggrieved words.
"Don't play tricks, a cure is a cure. I am good at medicine. I can tell whether people are cured or whether you have tampered with it. There are not so many people in the tribe for the time being, and I don't ask you to save lives. It can regenerate broken limbs or injure and heal diseases, as long as it is cured, it will count as you saving one person's life, and every time you heal a person, let him come to my student Ye Xing and tell him once."
"… knew."
Two days after finishing Duofei temporarily, Meng also came to him.
Yan Mo looked at the other party's expression of desire and dissatisfaction and knew why he came to him.
"Did the woman accept the water from others when she was treating others?"
I was taken aback for a moment, "Yes."
"Go and tell her that asking for compensation from the tribesmen will not be included in the repayment. I will ask Ye Xing to ask for clarification before recording, and she must treat at least five people for free a month."
"What do you mean?" Meng didn't understand.
"You don't have to worry about what it means, just convey my exact words to her."
He scratched his head and left, conveying Yan Mo's words to Duofei.
Duo Fei was very happy when she first heard that she only needed to treat five people for free in a month, but when she thought about it carefully, she was in pain.
For such a small tribe, five wounded and sick people a month is considered a lot. And most of those people would go to the priest instead of her!
Without more than five wounded and sick, she has no way of getting paid, and without pay, what does she eat and drink? And where does the firewood come from? These things, the sinister and vicious little priest will only give her a reward!
Helpless, Duofei could only continue to win over fiercely.
Although Meng didn't understand what happened and why, Duo Fei was willing to sleep with him, as long as he paid a little water and firewood, he was satisfied.