On the plain covered with lush grass, a figure was swaying, passing forward from time to time, constantly encountering wild beasts on the way, but was skillfully avoided. Suddenly, the figure stopped, stood on a hillside, lay down, and looked down, his face full of seriousness.
Er Gouzi is a shrewd subordinate under Wang Daniu. He usually has a very flexible mind and is very popular with his boss. Moreover, since he was a child, he often climbed trees, touched birds, fished in rivers, and traveled through mountains, so he was very familiar with the mountains. He is very good at gathering information. Wang Daniu just introduced that after Zhong Yu's order, ten people jumped out from under him, and Er Gouzi was one of them.
Ergouzi looked down at the place where the smoke was rising. There were more than 20 people cooking there. From the looks of them, they were still in the primitive way of making fire by drilling wood.
They rubbed the wood vigorously with their palms, and it took a long time for some sparks to appear. Then they hit the prey, stuck it up with wooden branches, and roasted it on the fire.
Then a group of people gathered around the fire camp, sang unknown songs together, and danced primitive tribal dances, looking harmonious and happy!
It looks like they are living a very comfortable life. Damn it, I think about when I was in the Yellow Turban Army, I was hungry and full every meal, and I didn't know when I would be killed by the army or starve to death!
It was hateful to think that people like them could actually eat meat and live so comfortably. Ergouzi looked on, his eyes filled with the flames of jealousy.
Ergouzi looked at the tribal revelry of the group of savages below, and his heart was filled with the desire for destruction. He wished he could go back immediately and report the information here to his lord, so that he could destroy them.
But when I thought about my mission, I suppressed the jealousy in my heart. After carefully observing the tribe's combat effectiveness, I found that it was not very strong. There were only eleven adult men, twelve adult women, and six children. There were no elderly people.
It seems that the old people should be given up by them. Just like in our village, during those times when the times were not good, those old people who could not take care of themselves and bring certain benefits to the family, in order not to To bring a burden to my family, I would choose to climb up the mountain alone and starve to death alone or be eaten by wild beasts.
It seems that those people are similar to us in this regard. They do not have enough food to raise the old and the weak, so they can only give up on them and raise some children to continue the hope of the village.
These thoughts flashed through his mind, but Ergouzi quickly climbed down the hillside, and walked down slowly and very carefully, so that they could not be discovered. If they found out that they were vigilant, then they would be guilty of a big sin. .
On the way, they encountered several ferocious beasts and almost spotted Er Gouzi, but Er Gouzi cleverly avoided them and ran back to Luoyang without any danger along the way.
After coming back, I found that three or four of my companions who had just gone out had already returned. I couldn't help but be a little disappointed. I thought I was the first, but I didn't expect that there were others earlier than me.
Er Gouzi reported the situation he had detected to Wang Daniu, and was questioned carefully by Wang Daniu. Er Gouzi almost became impatient with Wang Daniu's questions, and finally Wang Daniu gave up.
The collected information was sorted out by Wang Daniu, and he took Er Gouzi with him to report to Zhong Yu. On the way to the hall, Er Gouzi was reminded several times by Wang Daniu, what etiquette should be paid attention to when meeting the lord? What words should be said and what words should not be said? You must remain respectful and do not make the lord angry.
Wang Ergou was named by Wang Danniu Erti, and he felt a little disapproving of it, but he still felt the seriousness of his immediate boss, and secretly remembered it in his heart.
Along the way, he walked through several corridors and came to the hall where official business was handled. When he looked directly, he saw a man with an ordinary face and not too fancy clothes, but sitting there, he looked at him with infinite majesty.
Ergouzi couldn't help but feel guilty, put away his little thoughts, carefully recalled the details explained by Wang Daniu, showed some courtesy, and reported his investigation situation to Zhong Yu solemnly.
In the lobby, Zhong Yuzheng was sitting in his office seat. The seat was located in the center of the lobby, upright and supreme. Zhong Yu was sitting among them, with infinite majesty coming from his body, but he was not in the mood to think about this at this time.
Zhong Yu recalled in his mind the reports of the four scouts before. Among the four tribes, there were two small tribes with more than ten people. Their adult combat strength was only eight or nine of his men, which was not a problem. There were also two twenty-something tribes. A multi-person tribe has a fighting strength of more than a dozen people, but for me, it should be easy to win.
Well, thinking of this, Zhong Yu couldn't help but feel relieved. When he came back to his senses, Zhong Yu looked at Er Gouzi below, who was still leaning down to worship, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction in his heart.
"Well, you did a good job. Go down and go to the warehouse. I'll give you a pound of grain and a tael of meat as a reward for your hard work. Go down and work hard from now on. I won't treat you badly!"
Ergouzi was filled with excitement when he heard Zhong Yu's commendation. He was such a high-ranking lord! He is such a kind lord to treat me so kindly. I must die in the future to repay the lord for his kindness to me today!
And meat, how long has it been since you’ve eaten meat? With this thought in his mind, tears could not help but overflow from his eyes, and he replied with a choked voice.
"I have no way of repaying your kindness to your lord. I can only use my life to repay your kindness to my lord!"
Seeing Er Gouzi's expression, Zhong Yu's heart was filled with pride. Sure enough, the way of managing people, with clear rewards and punishments, can make subordinates die for their actions, but he couldn't help but say:
"You have worked hard for me, so of course I can't let you down. Okay, no need, go down, just remember to serve me seriously in the future."
Ergouzi calmed down his excitement, and held back the tears in his eyes without leaving them. Then he said in a trembling voice: "Yes, I am resigning."
Then he bowed his body, stepped backward, slowly retreated, and gradually left the hall.
After a while, maybe an hour, right? Wang Daniu then brought a few more people over, among whom Zhong Yu put on another show, which kept moving the scouts, wishing they could shed tears of gratitude and die in retribution.
The ten scouts slowly reported the investigation situation. Zhong Yu slowly thought about the situation in the surrounding twenty miles. There were eleven tribes in total. Three tribes had less than twenty people. There were three tribes with less than fifty people. There are four tribes, two tribes with less than 100 people, and two tribes with more than 100 people.
The two largest tribes have about two hundred people. The strength is too strong and cannot be matched by him now, but as long as he annexes two small tribes, his strength will be greatly increased. When that time comes? These two big tribes are not left to their own devices.
Zhong Yu thought so in his heart, but he was thinking about his attack plan in his mind. How can he not be discovered by the larger tribe? There are too many things to think about on how to minimize your losses.
Finally, after thinking for a long time, Zhong Yu determined the rough plan and waited for its implementation later.
So, now I want to unify those tribes of twenty or fifty people first? By then, he should be able to reach a territory of more than a hundred households and a pavilion level.
In this case, I have decided like this. I will gather the troops later and annex a few tribes with more than ten people first, and then the tribes with less than fifty people. Then we can draw a lottery.
I'm a newbie, please support me.
(End of chapter)