Zhou Xu slowly stood up from the bed, it wasn't that he didn't want to go fast, it was that he couldn't go fast at all, the pain in his back was going to kill him, he thought it was good to be able to get up at this moment, but on the second day when he was about to be killed, and then It's just so inhuman to have to get up and go lead the tribe into battle again.
In fact, Yan He had already woken up when someone came to report the invasion of the Hexi tribe.
Speaking of which, everyone in the clan already knew the relationship between the patriarch and Yan He, and no one objected. Anyway, the choice of the patriarch was never hereditary, so the patriarch can do whatever he wants, and just choose a new patriarch when the time comes.
Yan He gently supported Zhou Xu's waist, giving him a point to support, but Zhou Xu still turned his head and glared at him, Yan He immediately lowered his head and withdrew his hand.
Zhou Xu was speechless, took his hand and put it on his waist, then turned to ask the clansman who came to report: "Approximately how many people are there, and where are they now?"
"There are 1,300 people, and they will reach our territory in an hour and a half. They are very imposing, because their patriarch came with all the warriors. It is their patriarch who led the attack."
Yan He was stunned for a moment, and then the corner of his mouth finally hooked upwards. While gently pressing Zhou Xu, he listened to Zhou Xu's deployment of troops.
"Very well, they all took the east road, right?"
"Yes, patriarch, can we still use the last method this time?"
Zhou Xu shook his head, "They're not stupid, and they won't be tricked twice by the same method. However, we also have our own methods."
"Patriarch, what method, hurry up, they will be here in an hour and a half."
Zhou Xu looked at the brave man who came to report, and was speechless. He was 1.9 meters tall and as strong as a cow, but he still spoke like a child.
In fact, most of the warriors in this world are like this, because their lives are relatively simple, and they are not as intriguing as in modern times. Even if they really have a conflict with someone, they can solve it by directly dating someone.
"What's the hurry, go and call me Zhou Yang and several other doctors."
"Huh? Okay."
The warrior ran and left. Zhou Xu leaned back and leaned into Yan He's arms. Looking up at Yan He, he found that he was still handsome.
Touching his face, Zhou Xu said, "Take it lightly next time, and reduce the number of times."
"good."
Soon, the doctors were all called. In fact, Zhou Xu should go to the clinic by himself at this time, but he really has no strength, but because he already has a plan in his heart, he doesn't care about these few minutes. .
"Gentlemen, people from the Hexi tribe have come to grab food, and there are more than 1,300 people here."
"That's right, so patriarch, let the warriors go to meet the enemy." The doctors were also anxious. Although the previous patriarch was also unhurried, the current patriarch was even more calm, and they were really anxious to death.
"Don't worry, I'll give you a formula, you go and make it for me."
"What's the use of dispensing medicine at this time? Even if it's poison, it's impossible to poison more than a thousand people at once, patriarch."
"Then don't poison him to death, but poison him half to death." Zhou Xu smiled slightly, not impatient at all.
The doctors had no choice but to look at their calm patriarch sadly. After he wrote the formula, he took the formula and went to dispense the medicine.
The process of dispensing the medicine was not fast, and it took nearly 20 minutes to get it ready. The key is that there are several medicines, and they are freshly ground, so a lot of time was wasted.
After that, Zhou Xu called a few warriors and told them the locations respectively. After that, Zhou Xu lay leisurely in Yan He's arms, because he knew that the Hexi warriors would arrive at them in an hour. turf, and when they arrive they will fall together.
In fact, the trick Zhou Xu used was very poisonous, that is, to inject medicine into their water. This medicine would still not cause death, but it would cause people to have constant diarrhea. If there was no antidote, they would be dehydrated and die.
This kind of medicine didn't take effect at that time, but it took about forty or fifty minutes to take effect. That is to say, even if the people of the Hexi nationality drank water, they would not immediately find out that they were poisoned.
Sure enough, an hour later, Zhou Xu and the others did not wait for the news of the Hexi tribe's invasion, but the news of the Hexi tribe's distress.
Zhou Xu, who had almost rested, got up from Yan He's arms, rubbed his waist, and decided to meet the patriarch and warriors of the Hexi tribe.
After meeting the patriarch of the Hexi tribe, Zhou Xu realized that he, the patriarch, was absolutely responsible for half of the reason why the Hexi tribe was so poor.
First, partial listening and partial belief. Most of the time, he doesn't know the situation at all, and if anyone gives him a suggestion, he thinks it's good, and he will act immediately, and he doesn't even know how to make the most basic preparations.
Second, be courageous but impulsive.
The combination of this point and the first point has directly transformed the Hexi people from a powerful tribe to a tribe that can't even eat enough.
Looking at the chubby Hexi tribe chief, Zhou Xu also understood one thing, that is, the patriarch probably ate all the meat of the Hexi tribe.
The patriarch of the Hexi clan held his stomach and negotiated with Zhou Xu, but Zhou Xu had only one sentence: "The Hedong clan merged with the Hexi clan, you and all the elders of your clan committed suicide, otherwise the lives of these thousand warriors would be gone."
At the same time, there were about a dozen Hexi warriors who came to negotiate. When they heard Zhou Xu's words, they were about to go crazy on the spot, but Zhou Xu smiled slightly and gave them a sentence: "Either die a dozen or die." More than a thousand, you choose."
The dozen or so Hexi warriors were taken aback for a moment, because they realized that they were not angry that their patriarch was about to die, but that they felt insulted.
But in this case, Zhou Xu certainly has the right to insult them, he even has the right to kill them all on the spot.
In the end, more than a dozen warriors retreated, and the patriarch of the Hexi tribe pondered for a while and said, "I can't die."
Zhou Xu leaned back in his chair, with one hand resting on the armrest of the chair, looking a little careless, but with a domineering aura, he looked at the dozen or so warriors behind the patriarch, and smiled coldly : "You heard it."
Of course the warriors behind heard it, and the reason why they didn't say anything was because they couldn't believe it. If the thousand warriors were gone, their Hexi tribe would be completely finished, and if the patriarch was gone, they could still choose another one.
With disappointment in his eyes, Zhou Xu guessed that these warriors did not seem to support their patriarch very much, or that they had been dissatisfied with this patriarch for a long time.
Just sitting on the chair so casually, Zhou Xu didn't say anything, anyway, he always likes to watch theaters.
"Patriarch! That's our more than a thousand brothers!" A warrior growled, but after he finished, Zhou Xu found that the warrior's eyes were already red.
"But I am the patriarch, and I must not die."
"Then our more than one thousand brothers deserve to die?" Another warrior looked at the patriarch angrily.
"So what, I am your patriarch, you all have to listen to me."
"If there are no thousand warriors, our tribe will be gone, and there will be no patriarch. For our tribe, the patriarch asks you to commit suicide!" This is what the tallest warrior around the patriarch said, and he is also the leader of the Hexi tribe warrior. The leader, basically has the same prestige as Yan He in the Hedong clan.
After he finished speaking, the other warriors were stunned for a moment, but then, the other warriors followed suit.
"Patriarch, if you don't commit suicide, then for the sake of those thousand brothers, I will do it, even if it means being burned to death, I am willing."
"Are you trying to rebel?"
"We didn't want to rebel, but you forced us."
"Hmph, you must want me to die, and then become the patriarch yourself, hahaha, don't be stupid, I will let Ruan Shijin take care of the rest of the warriors, even if you go back, you won't be able to be the patriarch."
What the fat Hexi patriarch said finally made his warriors angry. He handed over the warriors of his tribe to a monster without feet
"In that case, don't blame me for being rude."
The strongest warrior next to the patriarch of the Hexi tribe finally drew his knife and pointed it at his patriarch.
Blood spattered out, Zhou Xu was sitting opposite the table, and part of the spurted blood happened to land on Zhou Xu's face.
Zhou Xu pulled Yan He's sleeve and wiped it directly. Yan He looked at Zhou Xu, and then wiped Zhou Xu again with the other sleeve.
After the blood was gone on his face, Zhou Xu stood up and suddenly bowed to those warriors.
The warriors took a step back in surprise, only to hear Zhou Xu say in a very sincere and serious tone: "I am not joking about wanting to merge with you. Your tribe has many and brave warriors, and our tribe is more advanced than yours. In this world There are still many tribes, and we may also encounter natural disasters. If that is the case, the stronger the tribe, the better. Your patriarch is dead now, so I will not pursue the matter of those elders, and of course I will let you go Brothers, but please consider the matter of merger seriously."
The warrior who killed the patriarch remained silent, and suddenly he knelt down with a plop, and put his hands on the ground, which was the gesture of the Hexi tribe when they expressed their submission.
"I agree to the merger, regardless of other people's opinions, I am willing to stay for you."
After he finished speaking, the other warriors knelt down. None of them felt that they were at a disadvantage from the merger. On the contrary, those who had been prisoners of the Hedong tribe might still feel that they were taking advantage of it.
"In that case, I will give you the antidote."
Zhou Xu is very generous, not because he doesn't doubt the loyalty of these people, but because he understands that if he wants to gain the loyalty of some people, he must give his own trust first.
In fact, Zhou Xu did nothing wrong. He gave the antidote to these dozen warriors, and these dozen warriors subdued the hearts of those more than a thousand warriors.
Occasionally, one or two people who firmly supported the original patriarch were killed by them on the spot. This was not what they wanted to kill, just like Zhou Xu treated them, they also had to show their performance to Zhou Xu.
That night, Zhou Xu held a grand welcome banquet, and the Hexi warriors who hadn't eaten for a long time finally knew what it meant to have "ample food and clothing".
And Zhou Xu also announced on the spot that all Hexi warriors are like their brothers and should be treated equally.
That night, Zhou Xu was wondering why Ruan Shijin was still alive, and then he received news that Ruan Shijin led the remaining Hexi warriors, women, old people, and children to the Hedong territory.
Ruan Shijin was going to laugh Zhou Xu to death, leading the women and old people to fight, is he stupid
In fact, Ruan Shijin didn't die because Gao Zhuang dragged his body and sent Ruan Shijin into a trap designed by them. The trap was not far away, and the wild beasts probably wouldn't touch it, but the trap was too small to hold it. Two people.
In the end, the exhausted Gao Zhuang rescued Ruan Shijin, but he himself became the prey of the beasts.
Ruan Shijin was rescued a few days later, but at that time Ruan Shijin was already crazy in his heart.
He wanted to seek revenge from Zhou Xu, he had to.
He let himself bear it, and wanted to gain the trust of the patriarch again. For this reason, he told the patriarch about his time traveler, and at the same time, he also said a lot about the modern world. God call.
For this, Ruan Shijin felt better, it would be easier to command the patriarch.
Finally, he found an opportunity to talk about the things of the Hedong people, as well as the food and houses of the Hedong people, so the head of the Hexi tribe was tempted.
After that, the patriarch led more than a thousand warriors to invade the Hedong clan. Of course, the result was a failure.
Ruan Shijin, who had gone mad, vowed to avenge Zhou Xu even if he died. Instead of the patriarch, he mobilized the entire tribe to attack the Hedong clan.
However, the reality is that Zhou Xu directly invited over a thousand Hexi warriors to pick up their families.
So Ruan Shijin's so-called attack became a farce.
That night, Ruan Shijin, who was tied up, met Zhou Xu again, but he was already able to speak.
Zhou Xu smiled slightly and said, "It seems that you have found the antidote."
"I ate all the grass I could catch, so I didn't die. Zhou Xu, I can't kill you in this life. In the next life, the next life, I will become a ghost, and I will chase you."
"Then I'm sorry, in my next life, I won't be in this world anymore."
After speaking, Zhou Xu lit the firewood under Ruan Shijin's feet.
Burning is the most serious punishment of the Hedong people.
Ruan Shijin died, and the Hedong and Hexi tribes were completely merged.
When Zhou Xu was twenty-three years old, he invented the steam-powered flour mill, and He Xiao invented many agricultural tools.
When Zhou Xu was twenty-four years old, the houses of the entire Hedong clan had turned into stone houses.
When Zhou Xu was 30 years old, the death rate of warriors of the Hedong tribe was zero for that year.
When Zhou Xu was forty years old, the Hedong tribe had merged more than a dozen tribes, large and small, and became the most powerful tribe at that time.
When Zhou Xu was fifty years old, he traveled with Yan He.
Zhou Xu died at the age of seventy-eight.
As for Yan He, his appearance has remained the same as the year Zhou Xu met him, and has never changed.
Yan He finally admitted that he is really a different existence in this world, he can't die unless he commits suicide. After Zhou Xu died, Yan He himself stuck the knife in the sole of his foot.
Yan He died, but after his death, he found that he seemed to be ascending into the sky a little bit. He thought it was his soul, but in the end he found that he saw Zhou Xu again in a space, and his memory was also gone. All returned in an instant.
In the vast space, Yan He said to Zhou Xu: "Xiao Xu, wait for me."