Yi Cong's funeral was handled by Yi Si, and Yan Jiao did not interfere. Yi Si chose the place to bury Yi Cong somewhere in the forest, not in the hunting area of Yan Jiao. Not many beasts live.
After Yi Cong left, the two slaves that Yi Qi left behind, the four slaves who followed Yi Cong to Yingshan, and the two people who brought Yi Ce back, Hui Lu and Ji, together, there were eight slaves. After the previous master left, these eight slaves were given to the next master, Yi Ce, who had not yet been weaned.
When Yi Ce was still unable to be independent, it was naturally managed by Yi Si, so as long as Yi Ce was not harmed, the eight slaves would also be managed by Yi Si.
With eight more people and a child under his command, Yi Si's life is a bit hectic, but it's still easy. Among the eight slaves, there are six strong slaves who were sent by Yi Si to the construction site to participate in the expansion and construction of the trading area in Yanjiao. As a coolie, they can not only manage the food, but also bring back some more food to reduce the burden. What's more, Yi Ce needs to drink milk. Like many children in the tribe, Yi Ce drinks animal milk.
"He is probably the only child among the descendants of the main branch of the Yi family who grew up drinking animal milk." Yi Si sighed with emotion.
With emotion, Yi Si saw Hui Lu and the other six returning from the construction site.
"Why did you come back so early today?" Yi Si asked.
In the face of Yi Si, the others were still very respectful. Leaving aside Yi Si's identity as Yi's family, now they and their little masters depend on Yi Si for their lives, and it's okay to have a bad attitude.
"The people in Yanjiao seem to be in a hurry, so they have to stop work early today." Hui Zou explained.
"Is there an emergency?" Yi Si looked outside, lowered his eyelids and wondered what he was thinking. After a while, he smiled, "It should be a good thing. Don't worry, you just need to do your part."
At this time, in Yanhe Fort.
Shao Xuan looked at the animal skin roll in his hand and turned to look at Su Li who was sitting beside him with a tangled face.
At the beginning, because of the unharmonious incident, Su Li, the leader of the "Changle" organization, acted as a cross-ocean messenger. At that time, when the leader left, he assumed the attitude that he would not deliver the letter a second time if he was killed. . But now, the leader of Changle has sent another letter across the ocean.
It's just that, unlike the last time, the letter this time came from Wangcheng.
"What do you think I'm doing? Look at the letter! Hurry back after reading it." Su Li was taken aback by Shao Xuan, and since the Wuhe matter was resolved, he really didn't plan to do this kind of thing again. Unexpectedly, the reality hit his face. . He owes Jifang a favor, so he has to be a trans-ocean courier again.
The letter is the current king of Wangcheng, written by Ji Fang, whom Shao Xuan once met at Gongjiaheng.
Shao Xuan, Gui He and others ignored Su Li's complaints, but were thinking about the content of the letter. Jifang means that he hopes to maintain a peaceful relationship with Yanjiao for the time being, without interfering with each other. The Flaming Corner is now being expanded, and the Wangcheng is also in chaos. The desert rock mausoleum is not so crazy for the time being, but because of the Yi family accident, the balance has been broken in the Wangcheng, which is enough to keep busy. Therefore, Ji Fang meant that he hoped that Yan Jiao would not do anything bad to Wang Cheng for the time being.
In order to prevent Yanjiao from going there for the time being, Jifang will let people buy some of the slaves caught by "Fan" and send them back. Jifang asked Shao Xuan to list the names of several tribes that belonged to the Yanhe River Basin when he replied to the letter, so that he could buy people. Waste of money buying people.
As the largest slave trade organization, the high-quality slaves in the hands of "Fang" are not cheap.
"I have listed the tribes that have lost people, and I will write them down when I reply." Gui He, who rushed over, said, "But..."
Guihe has other ideas, but there are still outsiders here, so it's hard to say more.
The flame horns in the room all looked at Su Li who was sitting there impatiently.
Being stared at by so many eyes, Su Li couldn't even ignore it, "What are you doing? You still have to discuss? Okay, I'll leave first. After you've discussed it, let someone inform me, is there a place to rest? I want to sleep."
People in Changle will not treat themselves badly no matter where they are, so even if Su Li is waiting, he has to lie down in a comfortable place and wait. He is not afraid that the flaming horns are not good for him.
"Hurry up!" Su Li urged back when he was kicked out.
Without outsiders, there are only four people left in the house: Shao Xuan, Gui He, Zheng Luo, and Ao.
"You, believe what the people over there say?" Zheng Luo asked. He doesn't believe it anyway. Let you speak in a high-sounding manner. Zheng Luo has never had a good impression of the people over there. The people in Wangcheng chased and killed them back then. However, from the overall point of view, what Jifang said also makes sense.
"I don't know the people over there, so I can't say whether I believe it or not." Ao Dao, "However, the one who ordered the pursuit of Yan Jiao was not the current king, and the new king has no intention of becoming an enemy of Yan Jiao. , at least temporarily."
"They said that they would send back the people who were taken by the king." Gui He said, "If they wait for them to buy people from the king and send them back, I don't know how long it will take. Jifang only said that he would do it, but I didn't say how long it would take to complete it. Most of the people who were taken away were children who had not yet awakened."
Shao Xuan understood the meaning of Gui Heng. After all, Yanjiao and Wangcheng were so far apart that no one was watching. There was no pressure on Jifang, and the people under him might execute it slowly. At that time, the children who were sent back would not know. What will happen, I don't know how many people will be sent back alive.
"When the Yan River Basin Alliance was established, the Leishan tribe and the Yong tribe all said that they hoped that one day Yanjiao would take them there and bring back the kidnapped children."
After the establishment of the big alliance, in order to improve the strength of each tribe, Yanjiao took them into the mountains and forests to hunt. Now, the knife has been polished. During the more than half a year that Shao Xuan disappeared, every time the people of the Leishan tribe came to Yanjiao, They will go to Guihe to ask when they can go to another continent to find people.
Although only the Leishan tribe came to inquire, the Leishan tribe asked on behalf of their tribes. It may not be that they really wanted to go there to find people immediately. Their tribes lost their population and wanted to find them back. Go, but from the perspective of the entire tribe, they still do not have the strength to find people in the past, and they go there rashly, which is not beneficial to the tribe, and even prepared that those who have left will not be able to find them back. And the purpose of asking Yanjiao again and again is actually a test of Yanjiao and understanding of the plan behind Yanjiao.
Speaking of which, although those tribes joined the big alliance and recognized the leading position of Yanjiao, they were still skeptical and did not fully trust them.
"When it comes to people who have disappeared, it's not necessarily only children who have been taken away as slaves," Ao said.
During the time when Shao Xuan disappeared, there was an incident in the trading area. Several tribes headed by the Yi tribe attacked the trading area. That is why Ao had brought people into the forest to find Shao Xuan, but he returned. s reason.
According to normal people's thinking, Yanjiao is not easy to mess with now, plus the establishment of the Yanhe River Basin Alliance, most people will not take risks to pull the tiger's beard, but the people of the Yi tribe are very crazy, and they can not even die to achieve their goals. Totally a bunch of lunatics. For a group of lunatics, it cannot be handled with common sense.
After Shao Xuan came back, he asked Ao about the Yi tribe, and Ao only replied, "The Yi tribe is gone."
The Yi tribe has not yet merged with the fire, and it was Ao who brought people to the Yi tribe in the past. The fire of the Yi tribe was destroyed by Guize. The people who participated in the war included the Mo tribe, the old rival of the Yi tribe, as well as several other tribes based on force in the Yanhe River Basin.
However, after that incident, some people disappeared, not when they were killed in the war, but disappeared. Even if a witch came over, they couldn't feel the breath of those who disappeared. They just felt that those people were still alive, but they were very far away.
People who had traveled far away said that they had seen some suspicious figures, and Gui He guessed that they might be people from the "Fan" organization.
It's not just children who have been stolen. Now, someone may have already started targeting adults.
This is also something to be wary of.
Children still need time to grow, but if they are mature men, they can be used directly as coolies. This is just a conjecture.
"My idea is, let's pick up the people ourselves!" Gui He said solemnly, "Just right, I also want to see what the legendary Wangcheng looks like."
Zheng Luo and Ao did not speak, but looked at Shao Xuan.
According to the rules of many tribes, with the exception of witches, the leader has absolute right to speak, unless the elders unite against it. But in Yanjiao, Shao Xuan is a special case. His decision alone has a great impact, and can even directly overturn Guihe's decision.
After thinking about it, Shao Xuan raised his eyes and looked over, "Alright."
Since Shao Xuan also agreed, Zheng Luo and Ao also had no objection.
The four discussed for a while, and Shao Xuan wrote a reply letter on the animal skin scroll. When writing the reply, Shao Xuan said, "This new king is very clear about the movements of our flaming horns."
"Indeed, it seems that the people in Wangcheng have been staring at our flaming horns, and even guessed what our flaming horns are thinking." Gui Heng had been alert when he saw the letter from Jifang. Although many things are not secret, he intuition Ji put eyeliner here.
Zheng Luo also decided to call the captains who patrol the trading area to give a few words to see if there are any suspicious people nearby, and people in the trading area should also check it out. Team, you have to check more carefully.
After the discussion was over, Shao Xuan asked Su Li to come over, and handed over the written reply, "Bring it to Jifang and tell him that our people will be picked up in person. I hope that when we arrive, we can already see the stolen The people of the past are safe and sound."
Shao Xuan emphasized the second half of the sentence, especially the word "steal" and "safe and sound".
Su Li was still drowsy at first, and there was anger on his face when he was interrupted, but when he heard Shao Xuan's words, he suddenly became more energetic. Oh, there is a good show to watch, he has to go back and tell the others in Changle to go to Wangcheng to watch.
When Su Li left, Gui He also ordered to go on, "Notify all the tributaries and tribes that there is action."
Since Shao Xuan added the Yan River Basin to the various tribes of the Great Alliance, and divided the areas according to the Yan River tributaries, the notification has become more efficient. Each branch area has a tribe headed. As long as the news is notified there, it will naturally be there. Use the fastest way to notify other tribes in the tributary basin. There is no need for the Yanjiao tribe to send people over to notify them one by one.