Chapter 1468: Let Them Do the Work

"They are not a cannibal tribe, they don't eat people. They are from Huaxia, and they even gave us food, they gave us a lot of food."

It was a very unusual situation; these savages were actually speaking up for Huaxia. Perhaps it was because Huaxia gave them food every day, although it was only one meal a day and the portions were not much now. However, they all still remembered that at the beginning, Huaxia gave them two meals every day; that must have been the best time of their lives, no matter what, they remembered it.

Although they had become Slaves and wanted to escape—after all, without their freedom, they didn't know what the future would hold—they didn't feel that much hatred for Huaxia from the bottom of their hearts. After all, Huaxia hadn't done much to them; it was they who had attacked Huaxia first.

"Then why is there not a single hair left on your bodies, and why are there so few of you left? Where did the rest of the people go? Bosa, where is Bosa?"

The newly arrived savages were still very panicked, feeling terrified about their own future. They were truly afraid of being eaten. The ones next door were different from them; they had been in Huaxia for a long time and had followed the Huaxia Regiment for so long, so they knew a bit about Huaxia. At the very least, they had never seen them eat a single person.

"They thought we were too dirty! So they washed us clean and even cut off our hair!"

"So many of us were beaten to death by them, not eaten. How come there are only so few of you left?"

"Bosa told them everything about our Wulenge Tribe, and then they took Bosa away. Bosa is a traitor!"

The bare-skinned savages were talking through the wooden fence to the newly arrived savages about their experiences over these past days, as well as their doubts. As for Bosa, they now had absolutely no good feelings left. Not only did he incite everyone to escape, which led to everyone being scolded, but they were also told that their one meal a day would be reduced to one meal every two days.

Added to what their clansmen said before they died—that Bosa had already become a traitor and revealed everything—everyone felt even more anger toward Bosa. He had gained benefits by betraying the tribe. Since Bosa hadn't been brought before them to be killed, it meant he wasn't dead.

Huaxia surely had a way to deal with those wounds, because they themselves had been treated by Huaxia. Those wounds that looked like they would definitely be fatal had been handled by Huaxia for a few moments, and now they were almost healed. Therefore, they didn't think that Bosa, who hadn't died after lying there for a night, would die in Huaxia's hands.

"So it was Bosa, it was Bosa who betrayed our tribe!"

Instantly, the crowd was incensed. Everyone was frantically cursing and casting a Spell of hatred upon Bosa. They felt that if it weren't for Bosa, they definitely wouldn't have ended up like this today. They would surely be fine, and would have been able to successfully take Huaxia, enjoy everything here, and obtain all the wealth, instead of being locked up here.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

A whip cracked outside the fence and also struck the people inside, because the gaps in the fence were still quite large.

"What are you arguing about! What are you all arguing about! All of you, go back and sit down obediently!

Let me tell you! This is Huaxia, you are prisoners now. Don't think about escaping. In Huaxia, you cannot escape. As long as you can stay here obediently, then we will not kill you, nor will we beat you, and we will give you food, we won't let you starve to death.

When the time comes for you to work, you will have food to eat every day!

Now, since you are so noisy, we will starve you for two days first. Don't even think about eating anything for these two days."

The herdsmen outside who could speak the Wulenge language expressed great disgust toward these newly arrived savages. A large part of the reason was that they had actually dared to be so arrogant as to come and attack Huaxia. Another point was that they were dirty and smelly; they were put into the sheep pen, so what would happen to this sheep pen in the future?

Once those sheep came back later, this sheep pen would probably have to be burned thoroughly with a big fire twice before it could be used again. These hateful savages were just creating unnecessary work for them.

In the past, they had hated these people of the Wulenge Tribe. Why could they speak the Wulenge language? It was only because they lived close by and often had to deal with them. And when trading, these Wulenge people didn't keep their word; robbing and cheating were their common tricks.

If it weren't for the Wulenge Tribe, would their original tribes have been reduced to following Huaxia to a distant place? Could they not have become a large tribe themselves? If it weren't for the fact that they had some utility to the Wulenge Tribe—being able to trade for things they didn't have every year—they would have been annexed by them long ago. Of course, there was also the restriction of the Jiangshui Tribe; the Jiangshui Tribe would never allow the Wulenge Tribe to expand too much.

A completely different race, and a race that was the same as their own and shared the same language—the Jiangshui Tribe naturally knew who they should help.

However, these herdsmen now also felt lucky. If they hadn't made up their minds to follow Huaxia back then, could they have such a good life now? Could they be full every day? Not to mention having so many cattle and sheep livestock. Even their own children had the possibility of becoming people like Wuzhong or the Regimental Commander through learning. Not only could they become officials, but they might even be able to leave this place and go live in Huaxia City, which was like the place where the gods lived. Everyone's future was full of hope and very bright.

Although the Soldier responsible for driving them over couldn't understand what the herdsmen were saying, he could roughly guess that they were definitely threatening these savages, telling them not to act recklessly.

Those bare-skinned savages were very sad. One who was a bit bolder knelt directly on the ground and begged: "We won't escape, we won't make noise anymore. Can you not starve us? We can work too."

Seeing this, the other bare-skinned savages also knelt down and began to beg. This behavior left everyone stunned.

The Soldier asked the herdsman in confusion: "What are they doing? Why did they kneel down? Are they pleading for those savages?"

The herdsman looked at the obedient savages and was much more satisfied. He explained to the Soldier: "They want us not to starve them, because I just said that these newly arrived savages were too noisy and too disobedient, so I would starve them for two days first. They are scared."

The Soldier looked at those bare-skinned savages and didn't have any good feelings either: "What's the use of them kneeling? It's just a waste of food. In my opinion, we should just starve them all together."

The herdsman stroked his beard: "They said they could work; they just want to be able to eat. I think they are relatively obedient now. These newly arrived savages occupying the sheep pen won't do. Not to mention that they've dirtied the sheep pen, when our sheep come back, where are we supposed to drive them?

If you ask me, it's better to let them go dig cave dwellings themselves. Let them make a cave dwelling to live in and give up the sheep pen. Also, it really is time to let them do some work. They just eat without working, and we still have to waste manpower watching them; it's not cost-effective.

If we can get them to start working and make use of them, then we won't be at a loss, right? Anyway, they aren't prepared to kill them; they were just caught to work. There will be plenty of work for them to do in the future; let's start training them now.

They work during the day, and when they are too tired to move, they won't have the energy to think about escaping at night, right?"

When the Soldier heard this, it seemed to make a lot of sense. Rather than wasting food, it was better to let them start working now; this would reflect the value they should have.

"Let's do this. I'll go back in a while and tell our Regimental Commander about this, to see how they plan to arrange it. If they can be obedient, that would be the best."