Volume 5: If you are poor, you should be alone Chapter 150 Newborn
In the eastern part of the grassland, the closer to the York Mountains, the higher the terrain, the less swamps and water, and the denser the jungle and grassland.
It is the hottest time of the year, and the flying mosquitoes are very noisy. Large groups of mosquitoes are circling in the grass. If a human dares to expose his skin unprotected in such a place, he will be stared at and have lumps in just a few minutes.
The Snow Wolves were not afraid of mosquitoes, but were annoyed by the noise. Xiaohua, Atian and others blocked their ears with their own fur to endure the strange buzzing sound and lay motionless in the grass.
About four or five hundred meters to the east of where the warriors were hiding, at least two groups of tiger warriors (each group had thirteen people) were escorting a long convoy, heading from west to east along a path trampled out of the jungle.
The cargo loaded on this convoy was not particularly large compared to the convoys seen before, but the flatbed trucks were carefully covered with thick felt to protect against wind and rain. Obviously, this cargo was more likely to be food than fodder , which was why the Tiger Tribe was so cautious in escorting it.
The soldiers lay quietly for more than an hour until the convoy was out of sight, then they stood up and crouched to retreat.
"The marks left by the wheels are very deep. The things on the car must be very heavy. There are so many more Tiger warriors than in other convoys. It must be sent to a very important place."
Deep in the dense forest, in the temporary camp of the Snow Wolf Tribe, Xiaohua carefully told Yu the details she had observed and said, "Maomao, do you think the direction this convoy is heading to is where the Guan'a tribe is?"
Yu frowned and thought for a long time... He patted his thigh and said, "Let's go and take a look first!"
Yu's personality is not the flexible type. He values stability in everything and he doesn't like taking risks or challenging the unknown. He prefers to do things within the scope of which he has sufficient understanding.
This time, Xiao Yun's requirement for him was to try his best to understand the road conditions on the grassland, find out where the tiger tribe's grasslands were connected, and try to contact the central Snow Wolf tribe; other than that, whether to go deep into the east, borrow tiger tribe patrol soldiers for training, and other more risky behaviors all depended on whether there was an opportunity... If there was an opportunity and no risk, he would go for it; if there was a risk, he would stop immediately.
Such a clear priority and relatively relaxed requirement is very suitable for Yu... If he is forced to enter the east and let the warriors have more contact and understanding with the tiger tribe, he might be at a loss.
Compared to someone like Yu who needs someone to give clear orders and define a "safe range" before he can exert his abilities, the grassroots clan leader, although older, has a much stronger "spirit of challenge".
On the west coast of the southwest border of the grassland, about two hours away from the Elf Port and near the coastline of the Jinjiang Canal estuary, Xiao Yun pointed at the empty wilderness and turned to the Grassroots Chief and smiled, "This place is relatively high and flat, and it is convenient to transport building materials from the tribe. Let's build this land into a MSG factory in cooperation with the Sea Clan. You, Grassroots Chief, and Chief Li will work together to turn this desolate land into a bustling factory area. Do you have the confidence?"
Chief Li swallowed his saliva, looking a little confused, but Chief Caogen smiled calmly: "Of course we have confidence. What do we have to be afraid of? Don't we have the support of everyone in the tribe, including Ayun?"
"...Yes!" Chief Li reacted and nodded in agreement.
"Okay!" Xiao Yun really liked the grassroots chief's generosity. He smiled and took out the preliminary planning map. He walked into the wilderness with the two chiefs, pointing to various places and explaining how to build the factory area... More than 600 male workers are now eating the white rice of the Snow Wolf Tribe. Xiao Yun must not let these people idle all the time. They must be pulled out as laborers. The task of supervising the construction is placed on the two chiefs. Considering the future development and expansion, the factory building cannot be built randomly, but must be planned and planned.
After walking around the wilderness of about 60 acres, I took out a tape measure and used lime powder and stones to mark the construction locations of different functional areas. The workers' living area, factory area, workshop, warehouse, and the waterside residential area for Haizu employees were all classified and marked. It was almost dark.
After returning to the Elf Port, Xiao Yun didn't even have time to finish his meal and convened a meeting with his tribesmen and worker representatives.
"I will take Ashu's boat back tonight. The building materials will be shipped down in batches the day after tomorrow morning at the latest. A Yue's team will come down to cooperate with you in the construction." Xiao Yun said seriously, "I want to emphasize this point. We have experience in building houses and large workshops, but our Snow Wolf tribe's construction is different from that of humans. We are not easily injured whether we fall from the roof or are hit by rocks. But humans are different. Safety work must be in place during construction to avoid injuries during the construction of the factory."
Worried that his tribesmen might not understand, Xiao Yun pointed to the worker representative, Thrall, and said, "The physical strength of ordinary humans is basically the same as our Thrall. Do you understand what I mean?"
The Snow Wolf tribe began to get nervous...
Sal: “…”
Other workers’ representatives: “…”
The "policy" of governing humans by humans was implemented after the workers boarded the ship. These workers were all residents of the lower city of Valentine and had a certain understanding of each other. Xiao Yun asked them to elect their own worker representatives and also stuffed his own man, Sal, into the group - yes, Sal was now also a member of the worker group. He was originally a resident of Tal City in Bolton Territory, and he "returned home in glory" and brought back more than 40 strong laborers who were originally neighbors and relatives. (Xiao Yun: This is not considered recruitment! We didn't even snatch the people of the young disciples!)
The houses to be built are all single-story buildings, so there is no need to worry about falling objects from high altitudes, and Xiao Yun doesn't have to worry about where to get a safety helmet. The only thing left to pay attention to is the problem of workers falling and getting injured, or getting their feet hit by stones and bricks... This aspect is not a big problem, as more than 80% of these workers have worked as laborers at the docks, and they are not useless people who have never worked.
We talked about safety issues and then worker management issues. This aspect has been discussed countless times on the ship. To sum up, there are five points: fighting is strictly prohibited, gambling is strictly prohibited, rape and sodomy are strictly prohibited, theft and robbery are strictly prohibited, and it is strictly prohibited to infringe on the interests of others in any way.
Xiao Yun did not expect the residents from the Lower City to be very particular about mutual assistance, friendship, and morals. All the things that cannot be done were clearly formulated into systems, and they were repeatedly stated so that everyone knew about them. At this time, he reiterated these five basic systems to the six worker representatives: "If any of these five regulations are violated, a major offense will be recorded. If three regulations are violated, or the same regulation is violated three times, the three major offenses will be accumulated and the person will be fired. The wages will be settled and sent back to Valentine, and they will never be hired again. This applies to ordinary workers, worker representatives, and all those who will be promoted from workers to management positions in the future. No one has special privileges. Please remember this."
Sal was very calm. He knew the habits of the devil Ayun very well. He knew that violating the rules would not end well. The other five worker representatives had different expressions, but no one dared to openly get angry. They all nodded.
"I know that your previous working environment was not very good. The small leaders and foremen of the union dared to do whatever they wanted and take bribes with the power they had. But the rules of our Snow Wolf tribe are different from those of any union or organization. This kind of thing is absolutely not allowed here." Xiao Yun emphasized, "Everyone in our Snow Wolf tribe must participate in work. No one has the privilege of lying down, eating, sleeping, and taking advantage of others. Since you are now working for our Snow Wolf tribe, please abide by the customs and habits of our Snow Wolf tribe."
"Yes, Mr. Ayun." Sam, one of the workers' representatives, was very happy to hear this and answered loudly. When he was a coolie at the dock, his tight salary was repeatedly exploited by the foreman. Now the Snow Wolf tribe has frankly stated that they will never allow such a thing to happen, which means that his income will belong to him in the future. Of course, he is very happy.
Two of the other worker representatives looked reluctant... They thought that becoming worker representatives would give them privileges among the workers. When Xiao Yun asked the workers to elect themselves, these two campaigned a lot and promised them a lot of benefits. Now, before they even start making money, Xiao Yun has dug up the roadbed for them. It would be strange if they feel comfortable.
Xiao Yun didn't care what their mood was. After he finished saying what needed to be said, he adjourned the meeting and let these worker representatives go to notify other workers.
At least one person out of three is selfish, and this is normal... If you really want the water to be pure, it's not a question of whether there are fish or not, but that there won't even be water. If the rules and regulations are in place and the reward and punishment mechanism is firmly implemented, and if you try not to give selfish people the opportunity to get their hands on something, then no matter what ideas you have in mind, it won't be considered a mistake if you can't implement them.
After taking care of the male workers, next is the female workers.
Xiao Yun himself was a human before, so he knew that human males were in estrus all year round and had no self-control... He did not let the female workers and male workers interact with each other, and they were on separate boats. After entering the elf port, he arranged all the female workers into the living area of the elves' vassal race without waiting for the male workers to get off the boat.
There were also more than 600 female workers, and six worker representatives were elected. What Xiao Yun told them was completely different from what he told the male workers. He mentioned the arrangement of going to the tribe in batches with the Snow Wolf fleet.
Xiao Yun would never dare to place such a large number of female workers on the West Coast. Not to mention the large number of male workers who were eyeing them covetously, how many energetic adventurers were there in the Elf Port? Not to mention that the average beauty of these female workers was less than the passing score and their appearance was relatively safe. A man with an erection was not much more rational than a hungry beast.
After taking care of the female workers, he hurried to find Isaac, Hannah, Sean, Primo...
After finishing all the things that needed to be arranged, the moon had already risen high. Hungry Xiao Yun went to Ashu's food store, ate some wheat bread, and followed the people in the food store to take the boat back to the tribe...
The crude raft was propped up by poles and floated upstream in the night. Xiao Yun, who was sitting on the bow, finished eating the bread and looked back at the cages of chickens, ducks and geese on the boat with a puzzled look.
"Strange... I brought everything I should bring, but why do I always have the illusion that I forgot something important?" Xiao Yun scratched his scalp and tilted his head to think for a long time, but he couldn't remember it.
Evelin got up at dawn, washed up in a hurry, put on her regular clothes and ran to find Xiao Yun.
"Teacher Ayun is back?!" Evelin almost vomited blood when she saw the grassroots chief with a bewildered look on his face.
The raft returned to the tribe. Xiao Yun stepped on the ground of his hometown. He slapped his head and remembered what he had forgotten: "... Damn, I lost Evelyn."
"Huh?" Sean, who came back by boat with him, looked at me with sharp eyes.
"It's okay, it's okay." Xiao Yun immediately called out to the handsome old man, "Come on, Sean, let's go see the Green Dragon Laboratory I mentioned to you."
"I can't wait." Sean said excitedly.
Before returning, Xiao Yun had never mentioned to Sean that he, a magic-abiding werewolf, had also studied magic theory. It was not that he was unwilling to show off, but that his theory had not yet reached a perfect logical closure and some parts had not been figured out. If you show off without strong examples, it is easy to look stupid, especially when the other party is a legendary magician who has been famous for a long time...
Now that you are ready to come back, you can pretend to be cool - it is still a bit difficult to convince people with just theory (empty talk). If there are examples of putting theories into practice, then the credibility will undoubtedly be much more reliable.
So Sean, who was still hesitant about whether to stay in Kronin Kingdom to assist Laura for a while, was more eager to return to the grassland than Xiao Yun...
"Ahahaha, do you want to ask Uncle Balk for advice on new magic theories and practices? No problem!"
The green dragon was just as... easy to coax. At first, he was hostile when he saw the human legendary magician, but after Xiao Yun said a few flattering words to him, his tail immediately went up to the sky.
Balk ran out excitedly, and soon he pulled back a silly and cute snow werewolf. He exchanged his snacks for the snow werewolf to turn into a giant wolf, and then used the snow werewolf as a test subject to perform a new type of magic he developed himself: instant freezing.
Xiao Yun watched with a dead fish eye as the tribesmen who were tricked into coming here with snacks were instantly frozen into big ice blocks...
"This?! Can freezing magic actually work on the Snow Wolf Tribe?!" Sean ran to the crackling ice block in amazement. A man over 200 years old was no different from a little boy who had discovered a new toy. "No, I don't feel any magical fluctuations at all. Isn't this magic?"
"Of course it's magic!" Balk said proudly, "Filter and purify the air, pressurize and cool it into liquid, and then create a vacuum environment to store the liquid. Release the liquid when needed, and it will expand 700 times into gas in two seconds! Two cubic centimeters of liquefied air can freeze an entire snow werewolf. To freeze my father, Austin, ten cubic centimeters will do. Oh ha ha ha ha -!"
"..." Sean didn't understand at all, he just felt it was incredible...
Seeing that the legendary magician was speechless with shock, Balk was even more proud, and he made a gesture that he thought was particularly handsome and cool, "The most important thing is that the instant freezing technique developed by me, Balk, has no magic fluctuations during both casting and taking effect, and is difficult to defend against! The Snow Wolf Tribe who forbids magic will fall into the trap, the great magician with the spirit field will fall into the trap, and old man Austin who is wearing a suit of magic accessories will definitely fall into the trap! Oh hahahaha——"
"How many times have you experimented on my people, you bastard? How dare you claim that this is magic you created?!" Xiao Yun kicked him...
"I didn't ask for their cooperation for nothing. I gave them all my snacks!"
"That's not okay you idiot!!"
The silly tribesmen broke free from the ice, shook their heads to shake off the ice chips on their bodies, and happily stuffed Balk's snacks into their mouths...
Sean: “…”
Wait a moment.
"This is the magic that I, Uncle Balk, created... uh... together with Ayun: the high-magnetic lightning whip." Balk rubbed his nose angrily, walked to a more open place, rubbed his hands together, and released a bolt of electricity from each hand, which intersected in mid-air and formed a whip-shaped lightning chain.
Sean's eyes widened. The worst thing about electric magic is that it is difficult to control, and whether it hits the target after it is released depends entirely on luck. It also disappears very quickly after it is used. But the electric current released by Balk's hands has no intention of disappearing at all. Instead, it continues to flash and emits lightning? !
Balk was proud : "The reason why electrical magic will dissipate instantly is that there is no conductive material to retain electricity. Before performing this move of high magnetic lightning, I first use magic power to create a resonant medium between my hands, imitating the non-material form of a magic amplifier, and directing high-intensity electricity between my hands. I can move and extend it at will, and it can last as long as I want~!"
"..." Sean was speechless. He still didn't understand and his face was full of confusion.
"That's right, this magic is most suitable for electrolyzing disinfectant water." Xiao Yun was much more satisfied with this magic than the previous instant freezing spell, and nodded.
Balk: “…”
"Electric...solution?" Sean tried hard to be friends with them... After all, he was a legendary magician, it would be too embarrassing if he didn't understand the whole thing.
"It uses useless electrical magic to reduce the components in the solution to generate new substances. The large amount of disinfectant water needed for large-scale animal husbandry and captive livestock in our tribe is obtained by electrolyzing salt water." Xiao Yun explained.
Sean: “…”
The end of the illusion could not help but have deep doubts. He began to question whether he himself was a fake magician. Why could he not even understand the description of the effect of electric magic by the Snow Wolf tribe...
Xiao Yun was very satisfied with Sean's reaction to his shattered worldview. This guy was too famous and had too much knowledge before, so it would be difficult to be friends with him without shattering his original ideas. After kicking Balk out to work, Xiao Yun kindly took Sean into Balk's laboratory and started tutoring this legendary magician from middle school mathematics...
Five years later, Xiao Yun no longer needed to be involved in many matters in the tribe. After being strongly whipped by him, many of the silly tribesmen finally emerged as capable people. For example, during Xiao Yun's time at sea, several tribes that came from the central part of China were well arranged by the tribesmen - adults participated in road construction, and the cubs participated in the daily labor of the tribe, raising pigs and sheep, and then they were transferred to more suitable positions after adapting to the new environment. Xiao Yun had demonstrated this process so many times that even a cow horn knew how to do it.
A Yue led the second engineering team, which was twice as large, to the west coast to participate in the construction of a MSG factory. Before leaving, he went home to take a look at his partner and newborn cub. He held his first child and stroked his fur for a long time and refused to let go. But Qingcao, who was eager to get things done, kicked him out impatiently. Only then did this stupid father leave reluctantly, looking back every few steps.
Qingcao was still in charge of the work team. He carried his child around the tribe and searched for a while. When he found that there was some wool available, he stuffed his three-month-old cub into the field and left in a hurry, carrying a hoe.
Holding the wool of the youngest cub in the tribe: "..."
Xiao Yun assigned a bunch of first-grade math problems to Sean, then went out to the cafeteria to find something to eat. When he passed the activity room, he suddenly heard a very childish humming sound.
After walking forward a few meters without looking around, Xiao Yun fell back.
With a more spacious meeting room, the cubs no longer like to come to the relatively cramped mobile home. Now, only Wool and two little girls from the Snow Wolf tribe are sitting in the room, chatting and laughing while mending their torn clothes.
Crawling on Wool's thighs was a soft little white dog, probably only as big as two adult palms... the little white wolf.
“Mao Yang, what is this…?” Xiao Yun couldn’t believe his eyes and asked in a trembling voice while holding onto the door frame.
"Ayun is back?" Yangmao stood up happily and picked up the poor little thing's skin by the back of its neck with one hand. "This? This is Qingcao and Ayue's cub. It hasn't been named yet."
Xiao Yun stared at the humming little white wolf cub, his jaw dropping...
When he first came here, the memories of the original owner's mother and family when he was very young, which he received from the original owner's broken memories, reappeared in Xiao Yun's mind again. In the original owner's earliest memory, his mother put him on a very rough cloth with a texture similar to a coarse linen bag. According to Xiao Yun's later life experience in the tribe, it should be the rough animal skin processed by the Snow Wolf Tribe. The original owner's tender skin, which should still be a baby, was not scratched by the bad rough animal skin, but he felt that the contact surface was not very comfortable...
Combined with what we see now, the only possibility is... the Snow Wolf tribe’s infants were not in human form.
Because in the next scene in the original owner's memory, the original owner, who was running and jumping in human form, was at least three or four years old.
Xiao Yun: “…(o言o)” This is unscientific!!
"Ayun, do you want to hug him?" Yangmao was busy sewing clothes and handed Qingcao's baby to him.
Xiao Yun subconsciously stretched out his hands... and the little fellow, who looked like a puppy, er, a wolf cub, sat down softly on his open palms.
Maybe it was because they were of the same blood, but Xiao Yun felt uncomfortable looking at this newborn. Suddenly, he felt a soft spot in his heart being touched, and he naturally held this little thing in his arms.
The little fellow, who didn't look like an intelligent toddler at all, raised his head, sniffed, blinked his green eyes, stretched out his claws to resist Xiao Yun's chest, and snorted softly, as if he didn't want to be hugged by Xiao Yun.
"You've been gone for too long, Ayun. The young grass cub doesn't recognize your smell and he doesn't like you~" Yangmao said heartlessly.
"Hmph." Xiao Yun ignored the gloating kid and raised his hand to gently stroke the newborn's head. His mood miraculously calmed down.
The birth of a new baby in the tribe means that the tribe's sustainable development can continue. Last winter, he tried hard to persuade the tribesmen to have cubs. Although it is a little difficult for him to accept that the infancy of the Snow Wolf Tribe is no different from that of animals... he is still happy in his heart.
Touching the little guy's round belly with his fingers, Xiao Yun's originally vague awareness began to become clear. His efforts were not in vain. He really influenced and changed the lives of the Snow Wolf Tribe. The newly born children in the tribe do not have to and will no longer experience hunger, displacement, and precarious days. They can live in a prosperous and stable environment, have a carefree childhood, and grow up healthy and strong.
"...Yes!" Xiao Yun nodded secretly, and his whole body was instantly full of fighting spirit. He held the newborn high in his hands and said firmly, "Each generation is stronger than the previous one, and each generation is better than the previous one. You must pay more attention to the education of your generation of children, and strive to make them all smart in the future, so that no one will be deceived by a stupid dragon for a snack!"
Cute toddler: “Boo?”
