Chapter 1480: Captive Slaves

Everything on the Shennong Clan Battlefield had just ended, but the war for the Western Development Group had only just begun.

Zhang led the Soldiers to station themselves at the Western Development Group; for the past few days, he had been interrogating those savages, and then, from their mouths, he had been trying to understand what the Wulengge Tribe was like now.

What one person said always had loopholes or unclear parts, but now with thousands of people here, grabbing them at random and then interrogating them, their words complemented each other; added to the Tribal Chief's confession and the previous confession from Bosa, everyone already had a clear understanding of the Wulengge Tribe.

Ce wrote down all this information and summarized it into a document; when it was time to return, he would hand it to the King, letting all of Huaxia know that there was such a tribe.

Those savages had become much more obedient; having not been given food for a few days, they had all started to lie motionless. They didn't have much fat to begin with, and now, after starving for a few days, they were almost at the point of eating dirt.

And those savages who had already been disciplined were now starting to work for Huaxia. They were choosing good spots to start digging cave dwellings again, and it was explicitly stated that those cave dwellings were for them to live in, so they worked even harder; they had to dig out the cave dwellings before Winter arrived, otherwise, they were afraid they would freeze to death in Winter.

They also successfully managed to get two meals a day in Huaxia. Seeing them working hard, Huaxia even added a bit of bean dregs to their food, making the watery soup a bit thicker, so those savages didn't worry at all about starving to death.

The tools they held were all made of wood, including tools like hoes, which were also polished from hardwood, or they were made of bone. The Western Development Group itself lacked Iron tools, so every one had to be cherished.

Those tools could also be Weapons; if they fell into the hands of the savages, they might even become tools for rebellion, so naturally, they could not be given to them, and they could only be allowed to use simple tools to dig and excavate slowly.

The rest of the savages had also become much more obedient after being starved, or perhaps they just didn't have the strength to move anymore. Anyway, this situation was the most suitable for interrogation; after asking, give them a little food, and they would say everything they knew and didn't know.

Feeling that it was about enough, they were also taken out in batches to have their hair shaved, clothes removed, and to bathe; after being washed clean, they were kept separately from the remaining savages.

It was mainly that they had to be washed; at the time, because the situation was urgent, signal fires had been lit, and those herdsmen had also driven a portion of the cattle and sheep back. They had already returned now, but it was unexpected that the trouble had been successfully resolved; this was the best situation.

Ce also felt that this method of transmitting messages still had certain problems; for example, what if a fire started somewhere and was misunderstood by people far away, or like this situation, the trouble had already been resolved, so how could one find a way to tell them not to come back? Anyway, this method still needed to be improved.

Fortunately, the herdsmen knew it was because there was a war and an enemy, so they only drove back a portion of the sheep, while the rest were still gathered together for grazing, leaving a small number of herdsmen to look after them, while the men with combat capability returned.

Those sheep also had sheep pens to be kept in; otherwise, if they were kept together with those savages who were starving like madmen, the sheep might suffer, and those savages were also too dirty, feeling even dirtier than sheep that had rolled in a dung heap.

The bare-skinned savages, seeing the fluffy flock of sheep, had the first reaction of disbelief, because so many sheep could still obey the commands of the Huaxia people, which meant they were domesticating sheep.

Before, they had only seen them domesticating cattle, and they also felt the number of cattle was not high; after all, it was impossible to compare with the Wulengge Tribe, which specialized in grazing. However, this flock of sheep alone already made them suspicious; how did this Huaxia look just like their Wulengge Tribe, both knowing how to graze?

The Huaxia people all knew that these savages knew how to graze, so they were all thinking about letting these savages graze in the future, liberating their own labor force and enjoying themselves, but these savages had not been completely subdued yet, so they could not be trusted.

But when it came to the matter of subduing Slaves, Huaxia had an incomparable ability, which was good welfare and good treatment. If the Slaves of other tribes had the chance, they would definitely think about escaping; after all, staying there, life and death were not up to themselves, they couldn't get enough to eat, might starve to death, might be killed at will, and were even more likely to be taken for sacrifices.

But after escaping, at least they were free, even if it was said that before long, they would be bitten and eaten by wild beasts, but there was also a greater chance, which was much better than waiting for death.

But it was different in Huaxia; once they discovered that Huaxia would not kill Slaves at will and could also let Slaves eat their fill and dress warmly, they would stay in Huaxia wholeheartedly. After all, life was more comfortable than being a Free Person in their own tribe, so what did it matter to be a Slave?

Right now, these savages still knew too little about Huaxia, and even those Slaves who were already working might just be enduring it temporarily, relying on work to obtain food, conserving their strength, and waiting for an opportunity to escape. Therefore, Huaxia could not be too relaxed with them; when they were working, someone had to be watching them.

The process of domesticating Slaves was very long, not to mention these savages who could not understand a word and could not comprehend anything.

Zhang also brought Baifeng's opinion on how to handle the Wulengge Tribe savages, and this solved a big problem for Ce and the others. After all, the process of Huaxia handling Slaves was still relatively complicated, but now knowing that for the Wulengge Tribe, Huaxia wanted to be strict and wanted to be ruthless, making their status even lower than that of Slaves, making them Lowly Slaves, this solved the concerns of Ce and the others.

As for the matter of leaving some Slaves at the Western Development Group to work as grazing Slaves, although Zhang could not make the decision directly, according to Huaxia's attitude, acting first and reporting later was still no problem.

After all, they were about to head to the nearest territory of the Wulengge Tribe, and then go to conquer them, seize their wealth, and capture more Slaves to bring back.

Now, the main Soldiers of that entire tribal alliance had already been penned up at the Western Development Group, and even the Tribal Chief and Bosa had already been captured. The people they had left had no strong leadership and did not have enough combat capability.

With the scattered Soldiers, plus a large number of women and children, as far as the Soldiers Zhang led were concerned, going over would be no different from a trip; it could be said there was zero pressure. At that time, they would bring back a large number of Slaves again, and not leaving a portion for the Western Development Group here, but taking them all back, would also be a troublesome matter.