Volume 9: Home Chapter 276: Cat Tribe Transformation (Part 2)
"Use history as a mirror to understand the rise and fall of nations, and use people as a mirror to understand gains and losses" is an important course in the social sciences that must be learned during the management education of the Fire Tribe. Xiao Yun, who once "crossed the river by feeling the way among the tiger tribe", did not pretend to be mysterious at all. He tried his best to let the managers "know the reasons" for a series of strategic measures taken by the tribe.
The benefits are obvious. Not to mention the golden cat cub Ajiang, who is the future backbone of the tribe, even this lynx, who was originally engaged in the breeding industry, can clearly talk about the changes in the grassland pattern and the rise and fall of the tiger tribe with clear views and ideas...
The most important thing in learning history is to respect history and face it directly. Any beautification and modification in the style of the Spring and Autumn Period will not serve as a warning to future generations. This has been proven many times on Earth, and Xiao Yun will naturally not make a mistake here. The wrong measures taken by the ancestors of the Snow Wolf Clan and why the Snow Wolf Clan was trapped and unable to recover for two hundred years, Xiao Yun did not whitewash himself. When the Lynx teacher was in class, he also spoke frankly about these things that others were taboo about...
As the lynx teacher explained and analysed, the big cats and tiger-headed people in the classroom became more confused and trembling with fear than each other...
"...In the old empire, the Tiger Tribe, which only focused on mastering the highest military power in the empire, immediately lost its foothold after losing its Tiger King. The Snow Wolf Tribe was the same. They all thought they were strong enough and did not need to unite allies. After their own fighting power was temporarily weakened, they quickly became depressed and could not recover. Not only could they not protect their hometown, they could not even try to get the entire tribe to retreat. This shows that the Tiger Tribe and the Snow Wolf Tribe at that time did not attach importance to the basic base and the management of the base, which is a taboo in the development of the tribe."
"The Beast King of the Black Bear Clan has learned the lesson from the Tiger King in this regard. He has tried his best to unite the major tribes of the Bear Clan to form an alliance, in order to intimidate other Orc tribes and strengthen his rule over the empire. Although it is inevitable that the resources that the Black Bear Clan could have monopolized must be shared with the White Bear and Moon Bear, under the strategic layout of the Bear King, if the next Orc demigod wants to challenge the Bear King, then this new demigod will also face threats from the three major bear tribes and all the races that are dependent on the Bear King..."
"The ancestors who placed too much emphasis on their own martial arts and underestimated the fate of other tiger and snow wolf tribes must serve as a warning to us, their descendants."
"The tiger tribe's weakness of neglecting basic business and always pursuing isolationism did not improve after fleeing to the grassland. The weakening of the snow wolf tribe was the first time they cut off their own arms, and the exploitation of the cat tribe was the second time they cut off their own arms..."
"Of course, we also have to understand the situation of the Tiger Tribe at that time. The Bear King was eyeing them covetously, while the Elf King, Dwarf King, Elf Queen, Dark Elf Grandmother, these powerful tribes that have direct or indirect borders with the grassland, only regarded the sheltering of the Tiger Tribe as a blow to the Bear King and had no intention of supporting them. Moreover, if the Tiger Tribe really had the potential to revive, these forces that originally "protected" the Tiger Tribe would be the first to change their attitude..."
"When the Tiger Tribe first tested the bottom line of the major forces and tried to unify the grasslands to counterattack the Far East, the Tiger Tribe was suppressed by the major tribes of the North Continent and the West Continent..."
"After the tiger tribe changed its strategy and more cautiously tested the tolerance limits of the major tribes, it got a chance to breathe... At this time, there was a turning point that had a profound impact on the grassland structure and the tiger tribe. When the conflicts between the tribes in the Far East intensified to the point that the Bear King had to go to war with the Elf King to transfer the domestic crisis, the Tiger Tribe took the initiative to lend troops to the Bear King."
"This is the second time the Tiger Tribe weakened the Snow Wolf Tribe after their mass escape. This time, the Snow Wolf Tribe was disappointed with the Tiger Tribe. The various Snow Wolf tribes gradually moved away from the vicinity of the royal court and became alienated from the Tiger Tribe... And our Cat Tribe may not have been vigilant enough because we were not directly targeted by the Tiger Tribe..."
"When the Elf King launched a revenge expedition to the Far East, he paid no attention to the Tiger King who was closer..."
"After this incident, we can guess that the Tiger King may have discovered that the Tiger Tribe is no longer an important target for the other tribes to fear. Afterwards, the Tiger Tribe tentatively contacted the high-level officials in the Far East. With the instigation of the Snow Elves and the tacit approval of the Bear King, the Tiger Tribe contacted the Bear Tribe Marshal..."
"This is incredible. Based on the intelligence that the Fire Department has been able to collect, the high-ranking generals of the Far East Empire are definitely not easily accessible to the Tiger Tribe who live in the grasslands... Then judging from the subsequent developments, that is, the news we received after the marshal was hanged in the empire, it is possible that there are multiple parties involved. One speculation is that the Bear King noticed the espionage activities of the Snow Elves in the Far East and used the Snow Elves to eliminate dissidents. So we can speculate that the role played by the Tiger Tribe is to let the Bear King catch the evidence of the marshal's betrayal. Combined with the Tiger King's subsequent surrender to the Bear King, this speculation is very likely..."
"But unfortunately, although the Tiger Tribe showed a certain willingness to surrender, the Bear King did not need the Tiger Tribe, let alone the Far East. So at the last Frank Feast, the Bear King lent this sharp enough knife of the Tiger Tribe to the Dark Elf Mistress..."
The information Primo brought back from the Far East has been the focus of the Fire Department's social studies courses in the past two years. Xiao Yun treats the Beast King, the old bastard, as the ultimate villain and is on high alert - he can easily guess that as long as the Snow Wolf Clan shows the slightest sign of rising, this old bastard will definitely come knocking on his door.
Since we know that contact with the Beast King is inevitable, we naturally need to have a deep understanding of the other party before the contact begins... Know yourself and know your enemy~!
Anyway, the history that we need to learn on the grassland is only the two hundred years after the three tribes fled here. There is no place to learn the history before that. So, in addition to learning our own history, we naturally want to let everyone know what tricks these cheating bosses in the North Continent, West Continent, and Far East played during the same period...
Knowing where your own race has made historical mistakes, knowing why other races want to harm your own race and what means they use, and what role other races play in certain events that your own race is involved in, these are all must-learn contents~!
The Lynx teacher's impersonal lectures made the faces of the tiger-headed people, including Ted Zhongzhang, turn from red to white, and from white to blue.
What made the tiger-headed people ashamed was that the tiger tribe in the royal court era did not care about the snow wolf tribe and the cat tribe, who were once allies with them; what frightened them was that the tiger tribe, which seemed to be developing freely, was actually in such a terrifying vortex at that time; what made them heartbroken was that no matter whether the tiger tribe was preparing for the war in the East or going to the battlefield in the underground world later, it turned out that they were just being knives in the hands of others!
Teacher Lynx started explaining why the Dwarf King and the Bear King were fighting across the Northern Continent, and what impact their fight would have on the various tribes on the grassland. Ted Zhongzhang, whose mind was in a mess, could no longer listen - if the Tiger Tribe had not been completely defeated and no longer qualified to be a knife in the hands of others, Ted Zhongzhang would have doubted the purpose of the Fire Tribe telling them the truth!
Thinking of Yale who "defected" with thousands of people to the junction of the Western Continent and the Southern Continent, Ted Zhongzhang's eyes turned red in just a few breaths... Did the Yale Big Tent, who was loyal to the Tiger Tribe, really betray the Tiger King? Did the Tiger King know that he could not leave the underground world alive when he went to the battle?
"Why?" Ted Zhongzhang couldn't help but interrupt the Lynx teacher.
Teacher Lynx paused and gave him a questioning look.
"Everything we, the Tiger Tribe, have done is in vain and wrong?" Ted said in a trembling voice, unable to control his emotions.
Teacher Lynx looked at him for two seconds and nodded gently: "Yes. The Fire Tribe tried their best to understand the actions and situation of the Tiger Tribe, just to learn lessons from your experience and avoid the wrong path you have taken."
"..." Ted was stunned as if he was struck by lightning.
The other thirty tiger heads were all terrified, with distorted features and looks of confusion.
"Can you, the cat tribe and the snow wolf tribe, do better by following the path of the tiger tribe?!" Ted shouted in a panic in the tent.
"Of course... not. What I'm about to talk about next is the two hundred years that the cat and snow wolf tribes wasted." Teacher Lynx was very frank and began to lecture again. "The grassland we live in is called the Cursed Land in the outside world. It is full of magical beasts, dense forests, and swamps. For more than a hundred days every year, it is a forbidden zone for life ravaged by wind and snow. It is a desolate land where survival is difficult."
"But the grassland is not without advantages. The long sunshine in summer and autumn and the abundant water resources are the advantages of the grassland. Large plains left for growing grass and grazing can be turned into a beautiful home with abundant products after being watered with our sweat. Unfortunately, in the past two hundred years, we only know how to ask the Tauren for food when we can't make ends meet, but we don't know how to learn their farming techniques."
"Especially us cats. For a long time, we have been brooding over the separation between us and the tigers. We have been clinging to the past, unable to see the light and unable to move on. We have gradually lost ourselves in the pursuit of so-called power. We fight within the tribe for who is more correct and who is more powerful. We fight outside the tribe for pastures and cattle and sheep. The slightest friction, such as other people's cattle and sheep running to our pasture to nibble a few bites, may develop into a fierce conflict that could kill people—"
Speaking of the bad habits of cats, Teacher Lynx obviously brought up his personal emotions. Although he didn't target anyone, he still made the big cats in the classroom blush...
There was nothing that could be done about it. After all, the cat tribe really loved to fight among themselves. Why didn't the cat tribe in the central part fear the tiger tribe as much as the snow wolf tribe? Because the number of people who died in fights between cat tribes was not much less than the number of people who died when the tiger tribe tried to capture slaves from the cat tribe... (The experience of Qiu's group of caracals already showed that the cat tribe was somewhat cold-blooded towards their own people.)
Why did the Fire Tribe spend ten years migrating to the southwest? Because they were being taken advantage of by the cat tribe along the way... The cat tribe had learned the trick of taking advantage of the situation.
Otherwise, why would the woolen Qingcao remember Qingyan? Because he was one of the few cats who showed kindness to them~!
"The biggest problem of our cat tribe is that we are absolutely unwilling to talk about unity and cooperation with others unless it is absolutely necessary! We cats also have a problem similar to the tiger tribe's 'isolationism', and what's worse than the tiger tribe is that the tiger tribe is a whole race, while we cats are based on tribes and are hostile to our fellow tribesmen from different tribes!"
The Lynx teacher began to list him down in frustration: "There are countless minor faults. He is stubborn, overconfident, disobedient, self-righteous, arrogant, lazy, disorganized and undisciplined. He sticks to his own group and excludes and oppresses others. He is short-sighted, willful and selfish. He is very smart when it comes to small things, but stupid when it comes to big things..."
The big cats in the classroom looked uglier than the tigers—don’t be so harsh! You are a cat yourself!
Well...if this lynx teacher wasn't a cat herself, she wouldn't be so direct - if a snow werewolf were a teacher, she would have to give the big cats some face.
After spraying the big cats for five minutes, the lynx teacher finally let out a sigh of relief, straightened his attitude and continued teaching.
The following course content is all about mocking the Snow Wolf Tribe and the Cat Tribe... It’s not because of Teacher Lynx’s personal emotions, but the “problems of backward tribes” summarized by the Fire Department are too sharp and insightful - don’t think that the Snow Wolf Tribe, an old-fashioned tribe, has no problems. Not using their brains when encountering things is their biggest problem~!
Not to mention others, before Xiao Yun came here, the Fire Tribe made countless "decisions" that were so stupid that Xiao Yun would cry... Snow Wolf Tribe leaders like Grassroots Chief and A Li who can use their brains (wrong thoughts can also be considered brains) are completely rare creatures~!
After a class, there are only a few big cats who can walk out of the classroom with their heads held high...
Especially the tiger-headed ones, they were so distraught...
The next day, when it was time for class, these big cats and tiger-headed kids walked into the classroom, each one more terrified than the other...
Teacher Lynx did not disappoint them. He smiled as he came up to the podium and began to analyze and explain a series of problems in the operation of the cat farm and the growing conflicts between the powerful and ordinary people in the local cat tribe. Do you think it is because the local chiefs cannot control the tribe that the situation is so ugly? Wrong! No one can look good in the face of conflicts of interest!
Teacher Lynx took out the annual income report of the Sunny Sky Tribe (a negative example of the decision!) in the first year of coming to the farm, and explained to the students in detail how the money of the Sunny Sky Tribe was earned, how it was distributed internally, where the conflicts and contradictions caused by the distribution were, how many disputes and quarrels occurred internally , the performance, reaction, and focus of disputes between the tribe leader, middle management and ordinary tribesmen, and the final winner...
For the grassland people who only have a vague and abstract history of two hundred years, what happened in the past few years is history. As long as it does not cause major problems, it can be compiled into teaching materials to inspire future generations.
The big cats who have been baptized by the "historical lessons" education so recently are all confused...
"In the first struggle for financial distribution rights within the tribe, Chief Qingtian made good use of his position as chief and won over several warrior managers to stand on his side in advance. Although the process was a bit tortuous, he also achieved a phased victory. Under the premise of not destroying the tone of unity within the tribe, Chief Qingtian perfectly achieved his goal of obtaining greater resource allocation rights and more voice as much as possible." Teacher Lynx concluded in a tone that seemed neutral but was actually harsh.
The big cats in the classroom: "..."
"Would you agree with that? Well then, suppose you were the chief of the Sunny Sky tribe. Can you come up with a better way to ensure your own interests as much as possible without destroying the stability and unity of the tribe?" Teacher Lynx said leisurely.
Big cats, even more silent...
"Don't be embarrassed. The purpose of studying history is to learn from the experiences and lessons of our predecessors. It is very beneficial for everyone to learn and progress if we put ourselves in the shoes of the parties involved!" Teacher Lynx encouraged, "Ted Zhongzhang, you are the leader of the tiger tribe, why don't you try to answer this question?"
"..." Ted was silent for a full ten seconds.
"It's okay, just make a bold assumption." Teacher Lynx encouraged again.
Ted Zhongzhang was unwilling to clash with the majority of the cat tribe, but thinking about the Sunny Sky Tribe's "teaching lesson"... maybe the Fire Tribe was determined to target this tribe. Thinking about the cat tribe's internal fighting, Ted Zhongzhang could only reluctantly say: "I think... it's better not to do this. It's not a good thing in the long run to gain more benefits at the cost of opposing the tribe members... As the tribe leader, you should consider the tribe members more."
As soon as Ted finished speaking in the middle tent, the big cats in the classroom, who were clearly separated from the tiger-headed ones, looked at him with a more pleasing look.
If there was a cat tribe leader sitting here, he would definitely be unhappy to hear Ted Zhongzhang say such words as "the rain has nothing to do with me". Of course you don't care if the gold doesn't fall into your pocket!
But then again, as the clan leader, he naturally holds the power to allocate resources within the clan. There are not many people who are willing to study hard and enter the second-term course in the first batch...
The lynx teacher chuckled and looked at the other big cats with encouragement.
With Ted taking the lead, the big cats in the classroom no longer held back their disgust and frankly and bluntly expressed their dislike for this kind of excessive eating and taking…
Of course, there are big cats who tacitly accept the fact that their leader eats more and takes more. After hearing the accusations from others, one famous warrior couldn't help but fire at the Lynx teacher: "What about your Fire and Flame Tribe? Isn't your Fire and Flame Tribe's leader like this?"
Teacher Lynx had been waiting for someone to question this, so he immediately said with a smile: "We have many tribe leaders in the Fire Tribe, but when it comes to distributing collective profits, we use a work meeting budget allocation system. It is not up to one person to decide how to use the tribe's money. Instead, everyone discusses together how to plan and use the money earned by the tribe to benefit everyone in the tribe."
"Every year after winter, we start to prepare the annual general ledger. After each department has completed the reconciliation with the Finance Department, all surpluses are allocated to the budget. 20% is reserved as the tribe's reserve assets, and the remaining 80% is invested in water conservancy projects, such as the Grand Canal we are building, the expansion and repair of tribal infrastructure, and farmland water conservancy..."
Teacher Lynx proudly explained the Fire Department's collective wealth distribution and utilization model based on the previous winter annual budget meeting, and the students present were once again confused...
"What about your clan leader? Doesn't your clan leader have any benefits?" the cat warrior who asked the question kept asking.
"Our chiefs all have jobs." Teacher Lynx said proudly, "I am from the Arthur tribe, and Chief Arthur is my chief. Farm No. 1 was built from scratch by Chief Arthur and his people. Although there was no profit sharing due to the flood last year, in the past few years, Chief Arthur and her management staff have received profit sharing every year, and they have earned much more than the average person~!"
The big cats in the classroom: "..."
Teacher Lynx puffed out his chest and said, "The people with the highest annual salary in the Fire Department are Green Dragon and his sons from the vermicelli factory. They can produce tens of millions of kilograms of vermicelli every year, which is unmatched by most people. The second best at making money are Chief Arthur, Qingyan, Xia, Hongye, and Grassroots. Even though Chief Arthur doesn't usually live a simple life, she can put her money in a bag and throw it at people. She can definitely kill people with it!"
"Isn't it more respectable to earn a lot of money by working hard and relying on your own abilities than to pick the pockets of your tribesmen?" Finally, the lynx teacher asked sarcastically.
The big cats in the classroom: "..."
Taide Zhongzhang suddenly understood why the Fire Department encouraged everyone to enter the second phase of study. In the eyes of the Fire Department, the way that Chief Qingtian made money, which was a loss of face and not much benefit, was simply without any technical content...
