Haibing Village is a village with a large population of 20,000 people. The location is not bad. Not far from the south is the seaside. It is located in a grassy area. There are only a few human tribes around, and the relationship is good.
Basically, except for the basic battles, the usual small life is very sufficient, and there is even a vegetable field on the ground in the distance, which is really amazing.
It is not impossible to plant here, mainly because the power of incense is too lush, causing most of them to not bear fruit, and they are no exception here, they just can see it.
Normally speaking, if the development continues according to this trajectory, then a few thousand years is enough to rise to the middle level, but now the village is full of sorrow, no matter who it is, their faces are all wrinkled together, as if something important happened.
At this time, more than 20 people were already sitting in a hall. Although everyone was above the Celestial Stage, everyone had a look of sadness. Among them, the village head of Haibing Village looked at the people below. When they were all here, he opened his mouth to speak.
"This time I gathered to beat everyone. I'm afraid everyone knows that since yesterday, we have indeed started to run out of food!"
"Hey, if it weren't for the fact that the ancestor god was injured during a mid-level mission and hasn't recovered yet, we wouldn't be in such a predicament. The last time the ancestor god said he would exchange a batch of supplies and food for us, as a result, we usually have a little extravagance. It's our fault." A middle-aged woman below sighed.
"We can't completely blame Patriarch Xin. Our population has grown a bit fast in the past few years. Half-grown children are the time when they can eat the most, so it is estimated that they will consume a lot." A younger man next to him also said.
Everyone knows this situation, and they have thought about it some time ago, but there is no good way.
"Stop arguing. Fortunately, we still have some emergency food. After that, each of us will be less active, lie at home, and eat one meal a day. As long as we last two months, we will be able to receive a new one next time." It will be much better then." The eldest son of the Xin clan said with difficulty.
"But if you want to last for two months, you have to lie down halfway. Otherwise, you will starve to death if you move around a little bit. Otherwise, let's go to Kipu Village in the east to borrow some." Someone below suggested.
"I've tried it, and there are not many of them. There was a fire a while ago, which was worse than ours. Fortunately, the other party's population is a little smaller than ours, but the current situation is the same as ours, and we are going to lie down and wait. What about supplies?" Patriarch Xin said with a sigh.
I don’t know the other villages very well, and I know what’s going on around here, so I don’t necessarily lend it to you, so why bother to pull that old face.
"Then this time, I'll go to Nanshui City earlier, so that I can come back as soon as possible." The middle-aged woman stood up and said.
"It has to be like this."
Everyone has no other way, and it is impossible for them to conjure things out of thin air.
"Report to the patriarch, there is a person outside who wants to see the patriarch." At this time, a soldier walked in from the outside and said to the patriarch.
"Let him wait outside! Let's talk about the matter after discussing the matter. If he doesn't want to, let him go." Patriarch Xin waved his hand and said with some annoyance.
"Wait, Lord Patriarch, you'd better go meet him, maybe it's the ancestor gods of other villages, we can't lose our etiquette, anyway, we have nothing to do now." One of them stood up and blocked the way to go back. Warrior, said to the patriarch.
"Okay, a few of you will accompany me, and others will pass on the final order, so that everyone will be mentally prepared to go through our most difficult thing." Patriarch Xin stood up and said to everyone.
He also knew that being able to move outside alone was almost always due to the existence of the ancestor gods, and most people had nothing to do when they came out, and they even went to visit other villages on purpose.
Even if he doesn't stop himself, he has to stop the warrior himself.
"yes!"
Patriarch Xin took a few elders and walked out of the village. He wanted to see who was looking for him at this time.
You must know that they will not communicate at all under normal circumstances, but it is a person.
When Patriarch Xin came to the gate of the village, an abnormal young man was looking at the nearby scenery with his hands behind his back, looking very limited.
"Young Master, I am Chief Xin here. I don't know why you came to our Haibing Village!" Chief Xin came to the entrance of the village and said to the young master in front of him.
"It's such a poetic name. I am Gu Zheng, the ancestor god of Xifeng Village, Gu Zheng, and I'm here to visit your village." Gu Zheng smiled and returned to Patriarch Xin.
"Ancient Ancestor God, our Ancestor God is not in the clan, so I'm afraid we won't be able to receive them well, or else when our patriarch returns, I'll make an announcement?" Patriarch Xin said neither humble nor overbearing.
"Don't bother, I have something I want to discuss with you, and you can discuss it even if your ancestors are not here." Gu Zheng heard the meaning of rejecting customers, and still said with a smile.
"I don't know what's going on with the Ancient Ancestor God, please let me know!" Patriarch Xin was also a little confused here, and didn't know what to discuss with himself.
"Hehe, are we just talking here?" Gu Zheng avoided talking about the matter, but said to him instead.
"I was the one to be rude, Gu Zushen, please go inside and tell me!" Seeing this, Patriarch Xin bent down and made a gesture of inviting him in, and could only invite Gu Zheng to come in.
Immediately, Gu Zheng followed Patriarch Xin into the room.
"Did something happen in your village? Why does the atmosphere look a bit wrong?" Gu Zheng saw along the way, many people walked over with gloomy expressions, and the huge village obviously lacked the sound of children playing and talking with adults.
"There's nothing to do. We'll be here. It's just that our place is small and we don't have anything to entertain. I'm really sorry." Patriarch Xin didn't answer Gu Zheng's question, but quietly printed out another topic.
"It's okay, I don't care." While talking, they came to the large room.
At first glance, the layout of Gu Zheng is almost the same as that of Xifeng Village, and it is also very simple.
The two of them sat down, and the person next to them quickly brought a glass of water, which was very clear, just a glass of water.
"I don't know what the ancient ancestor god needs to discuss with me. We have nothing here, and there are many things that I can't decide." Patriarch Xin said straight to the point.
"Well, this time, there is one thing that really bothers you, and you can definitely make the decision." Gu Zheng took a sip from the teacup, which had no taste at all, and then put it down calmly.
"What's the matter? Please tell me first before I can decide." Patriarch Xin looked at Gu Zheng with doubts in his eyes, not knowing what he wanted to do. An ancestor asking himself for help is indeed unpredictable.
"Let me explain first. After listening, please don't be surprised. I didn't mean to target you. Don't get me wrong." Gu Zheng first gave him a vaccination.
"But it's okay to say." Patriarch Xin became even more puzzled, and kept guessing what the other party was going to dare, but he couldn't think of it anyway.
"I want your tribe to come with me for an offensive and defensive drill, and I won't let you help for nothing." Gu Zheng said sincerely.
"What! You want to attack us?" Patriarch Xin stood up suddenly, and said in a slightly out-of-tune voice.
"Don't get excited, don't get excited, I don't really want to attack your tribe, just like I said before, but to practice, don't get me wrong." Gu Zheng watched the other party react fiercely, and the one next to him even waved Putting on a defensive look made him a little dumbfounded.
I have already told him in advance, it seems that they didn't seem to listen to what I said just now.
"Anyone will be excited when they hear it." Only then did Chief Xin understand why he had to tell himself in advance to prepare himself and let his people relax a little. After all, who would attack other tribes so kindly.
"No, absolutely not. If you want to come over, we will have to suspend the exemption." Patriarch Xin shook his head and directly refused.
"Don't rush to say that you are so dead, ours has no blessings, and it will not hurt any of you. I guarantee this. I am just practicing our fighters. Of course, I will not formally start a war like you." Gu Zheng Looking at the other party's serious expression, he said quickly, after all, the cooperation of the other party is still needed.
"I understand what you mean, but I really can't do it now. Please forgive us for being helpless, and ask the ancient ancestor god to leave here and find the next village." Patriarch Xin shook his head, even a little rude, wanting to let Gu Zheng leave here .
"I see some difficulties in your village. If you can, tell me if you have any problems. As long as I can do it, I will definitely help you." Gu Zheng said suddenly.
"We have no difficulties, please leave!" Patriarch Xin said immediately after hearing this.
"Okay, I'm going to disturb everyone, I'm leaving now!" Gu Zheng sighed regretfully, had to stand up and say goodbye.
His village is the closest to him, and the terrain is still open, so it happens to be used as the first touchstone, which is really the best.
But the other party is unwilling, and I don't want to force the other party, because my side is basically the middle class, and I can't attack them, and I can't attack them by force. I can only be friendly guests with the other party's consent.
But Gu Zheng had just taken two steps when other people's voices came from behind him, causing him to pause, but he still walked towards the committee. Their patriarch didn't speak, and these elders didn't have the right to make decisions at all.
"Patriarch!"
Hearing this, the eyes of the elder on him lit up, and he motioned to Patriarch Xin.
This is the time when they are in difficulty. If there is help from the outside, then at least all of them will not be so difficult. You must know that under such conditions, the probability of those newborns dying is too high.
Adults can starve to death, let alone those, there is really no way.
Looking at the longing looks in the eyes of the elders around him, how could Patriarch Xin not know what they were thinking.
Thinking of those children waiting to be fed, and the villagers with disheveled faces, when Gu Zheng was about to go out, he finally spoke.
"Ancient Ancestor God, please wait a moment. If you can help us solve this problem, I will agree to your terms, otherwise there is no room for negotiation."
On the one hand, the group of children, and on the other hand, the warriors of their own tribe, they finally compromised. After all, if dozens of tribesmen were killed or injured in exchange for the crisis of the entire tribe, it was still a good deal on the whole.
After all, what the other party said is good, but on the battlefield, the sword is ruthless, who can follow the other party's imagination.
"Okay, tell me about your difficulties. If possible, I will definitely help you get over it." Gu Zheng stood still, turned around and promised to Patriarch Xin.
"I need a large amount of food, the more the better, now our tribe is running out of food, if you don't find it for us, I'm afraid the soldiers won't even be able to hold their weapons, and you'll have to provide all the food and grass for the soldiers' trumpets."
Now that Patriarch Xin had made his decision, he told the real situation in the clan.
If there is no war in hand, he will not let the other party help anyway. If the other party shows malicious intentions, then they are really powerless.
"How much do you want?" Gu Zheng asked them with a strange smile on his face.
Patriarch Xin looked a little strange, he didn't know what Gu Zheng meant.
"At least let the whole tribe eat half a year's worth of food. It can't be lower!" Originally, patriarch Xin wanted another year, but he was worried that he would startle the other party. After thinking about it, he directly stated his bottom line. Then he looked at Gu Zheng with some apprehension.
After all, for any tribe, even half a year is not a trivial matter, but since the other party dares to pull it out for training, at least there is no shortage of food.
"No problem, here is the deposit I gave you. I will send someone to contact you in two days." Gu Zheng took out two bracelets from his pocket and flew them lightly on the table.
The next moment, Gu Zheng's figure disappeared from the room.
"Patriarch, let's see how much the other party has given us, since the other party has agreed to us. No matter what, all of us will not go hungry this time." The elder next to him said with some excitement.
Don't need it to remind you, at this time Patriarch Xin has already picked up the bracelet on the table and looked inside.
"What? Could it be that the other party's deposit is a little low?" The person next to him looked at Patriarch Xin's changing expression and said anxiously.
"It shouldn't be, since the other party gave two, it's better to have some." Another person said puzzled.
"No, it seems that we don't have to worry at all this time. There are at least enough supplies in this bracelet for us to open for a year." Patriarch Xin said happily.
"Great, I didn't expect the other party to be so generous." The person next to him said happily.
"I'm talking about just one bracelet, and the other one is filled with more precious supplies." Patriarch Xin Youyou's words sounded from the side, and he couldn't believe that the other party was so extravagant.
But he knew that they really didn't have to worry about food.
"Inform everyone that we are going to have a sumptuous meal." Patriarch Xin also said proudly here.
These days, it also made everyone suffer.
A week passed in a blink of an eye, and just when Patriarch Xin felt that the other party was just sending them something specially, the sentry who had been watching outside finally found out.
Only a dozen people came towards them from the outside, came to their door and shouted loudly.
"I am the subordinate of the ancient ancestor god, so I am here to tell you."
Patriarch Xin, who had long been eager to see through, hastily led his people to greet him.
I only asked for a piece of black bread, but the other party had already given me a few as a deposit, and also gave me more advanced food, so if the other party paid the balance, wouldn't it be more.
"Welcome, welcome, our soldiers have been waiting for you to come." As soon as they came up, Patriarch Xin greeted them with a smile.
"The main reason is that we delayed some time on the way, otherwise we would have come here long ago, making the soldiers wait for a long time." Xia Qi also laughed and explained why he came so late.
"It's okay, I don't know how many of you will come, we can come here anytime." Patriarch Xin said after a few pleasantries.
At this time, the whole village has returned to normal, and those soldiers are well fed and ready to work.
"How many fighters can you have here at most?"
Patriarch Xin looked at a young man behind and spoke, and found that Xia Qi had no objection, so he said.
"We can draw up to four thousand qualified fighters now."
Xia Qi nodded slightly. This is similar to the result of their previous discussion. After all, in this place where everyone is a soldier, as long as you have the potential to become a soldier, regardless of gender, you will be on call at any time.
"Well, it's just a hard work for you." Xia Qi said, passing a bracelet in his hand, and finally continued.
"These things are not included in the remuneration we promised, they are considered as subsidies to soldiers."
"It's easy to say, easy to say, anyway, there's nothing to do now." Patriarch Xin felt the bracelet, and couldn't help smiling.
"How many of you are there, we are not far from the entrance of the village, anyway, our village has no natural dangers, it is all plains, there is no difference between here and here."
"Yes, we have a total of 60,000 people, but of course we won't come together. We will arrange the number of people. Please treat us as intruders and don't show mercy. We will always pay attention to this side, and we will pull out in time if there is any danger." Xia Qi said sincerely.
"What? 60,000 people? Are you the whole clan together?" Patriarch Xin immediately froze, turned his head a little stiffly, and said incredulously.
"Of course not, it's just our fighters. I forgot to tell you that we are going to the tribe in the middle. This time, the ancestor god pulled all our fighters out to train and rush to our station." Xia Qi With a slap on the head, tell the other party quickly.
"Just a quick question, how many people are there in your tribe?" An elder accompanying Haibing Village asked curiously.
"We have a total of more than 300,000 people, and most of them have only joined in the past few years. Of course, everything is due to the ancestors." Xia Qi said with admiration in his eyes.
"Of course, my master is the best." Patriarch Xin looked at the young boy who interrupted before, and said proudly again, no wonder the other party acted so boldly.
"Don't worry, we will never hurt your people, we are just training soldiers." Xia Qi continued here, as a guarantee to the other party.
"Then I will release the blessing and lead the people over." To be honest, he was worried that he would hurt the other party.
After all, even if the opponent is strong, he is still a little weak in front of the fighters he is blessing with him, so it is no wonder that the opponent wants to watch from above.
However, he was short-handed and soft-hearted, so he said goodbye to them and began to prepare.