Chapter 176 Spiritual Leader

"In theory, of course." I explained, "But don't look. We have guns. What happens when they defeat us? They will fight each other as usual. Someone's gonna ask us to work with them. We're right in the middle of it, and we're sure to break the horde."

Cui bin nodded approvingly. "That makes sense," he said. "When the slaves are free, more tribes will be born on the island."

"Yes, there will be tribes, and we will be the arbiters. Even though we didn't actually inform the island, it was already their destiny." I paused and told him, "Remember, don't tell Uncle Cheng about this, lest he worry about us killing people again."

They both nodded.

Dinner's ready in the kitchen after we finish talking.

After dinner, we went to Li Ding's house to play mahjong for a while.

It didn't rain much since the second day. Cui Bin several of them also began to take people began to train. I gave the slaves and prisoners a holiday, and improved their food.

Three days later, the weather cleared completely, and when the sun came out, the whole land was bathed in a pale vapor.

Seeing the prisoners gathered together and playing a game of wrestling, I went and watched for a moment among the crowd.

"Chief, why are you here?" A man next to me suddenly spotted me.

I pointed to the fight, and he said nothing more.

A strong guy, beat more than ten people in a row, until no one dared to challenge him.

I got up and went up. All the prisoners were stunned, probably thinking I was going to challenge him.

As I approached, he made a humble bow. "Chief, I can beat the others, but I will not be your match."

I smiled and said, "Who wants to fight with you? You're good, what's your name?"

"Look back, MY name is Nath, of the mahogany clan."

"You're good enough to be a chieftain."

"Oh?" He looked at me in astonishment.

I pointed at the crowd. "I want you to be their chief. What do you think?"

"But..."

"If you don't want me to, I can find someone else to do it."

"No, no, chief, I'm just surprised." He was flustered.

I took him and sat him down on the ground, and called the others to me. Tell them that the men I sent to the great horde have come back with word that the great horde is in great turmoil, that the kingdom is broken, and that I am going with my men to quell it. If they will follow me, I will make Nath chief after the war is settled, and if any of them behave well, I will assign some of them to form their own tribe. In the future, our tribe will give them protection.

I could tell a few people were attracted, but no one dared to answer.

"If neither of you want to, that's fine." I stood up, cold said: "after peace of mind to stay in our tribe to do slaves."

"I will follow you, chief." NAT fell to his knees.

A few sharp-eyed people quickly followed suit. Others are afraid to wait and see and kneel.

After I got them up, I asked them in public to honor Nath as chief, and I would give the position of chief to anyone who did good.

No one dared to neglect nath again, kneeling around him. Nate probably never dreamed he'd ever be chief again, with all the fun he had on his face.

When the first collapse was successful, I told them to meet in the council chamber this afternoon, and I would announce to the public that Nath had become the chief.

When the prisoners were done, I ran and gathered the slaves together, separated the dozen who wanted to join me, and selected a chief from among the others.

What I did with slaves and captives was the first attempt to break up the great horde, and it was a practice.

With them all settled, I sent for all the clansmen in the afternoon.

When all the men were present, I announced the creation of separate tribes of prisoners and slaves. And let them each pay homage to their own sheik.

When the ceremony was over, the two chiefs came up to me and knelt together to thank me.

I pulled them up and took out the two divine Right of Kings coins I had prepared and gave them to each of them.

"Chief, what is this?" Two people asked at the same time.

"This is my special copper coin," I explained. "Only your tribal leaders and those who have done good work can get it. With this coin, your position as chieftain is fully established. From now on, if you are in trouble, just take this copper coin and ask for help, and I will certainly help you."

They both smiled at each other and thanked each other again.

In this way, the system of suzerain-vassal tributes was established, and I would be the arbiter of the tribes. As long as I keep them in balance with each other, I shall have the de facto dominion of the great island for a long time.

After announcing the dissolution, Lao Cheng came over.

He said with a smile, "Lu Fei, you are using barbarian tactics to control barbarian."

"Our tribe's power is limited, so that's it." I said.

Cheng nodded. "Don't keep it from me. I already know your plan."

"Oh?" That's a pretty quick snitch.

Cheng then said, "I support your plan, but I have an idea and I hope you will all support me."

"We will try to persuade others with virtue." I responded.

Lao Cheng waved his hand. "That's not what happened. I want you to destroy most of the country and leave me on the island."

"Oh?" I was surprised: "Cheng Shu, how do you think? It's dangerous for you to be there alone."

"The decision is made in my heart." Cheng was adamant: "You have to subdue them completely and keep them peaceful. Force alone cannot last long. I want to use culture to tame them. I need to build a temple there."

"So that's what you mean." Now I knew that Old Cheng had gone further and further in his career as a religious leader. He went to the island to build a temple and promote religion, which, to a certain extent, was beneficial to our rule. But our tribesmen are small, and I cannot assign him enough men to keep him safe there.

"I have confidence." Old Cheng said again.

It was quite clear what he meant. He knew what I meant, understood my fear that he might threaten his position, and chose to launch his plan on another land, so that there would be no conflict between us.

"Uncle Cheng, there are extremists everywhere. If you do, it will be very difficult to guarantee your safety." If anything happened to Lao Cheng, it would be a great loss to us.

"Don't you try to persuade me. I know what I'm doing." "Let me go with the slaves to the big tribe," Cheng said.

"This is definitely not going to work." I strongly refused: "we do not know what is the situation of the big tribes, you directly go in with them, or life is lost."

"I'll go if you say yes, and I'll go if you don't." Lao Cheng turned and walked away.

Although we met Lao Cheng and the three of them halfway, as a few survivors, there was no estrangement between each other. But Old Cheng and Cui Bin Li Yunna are very different. He has more knowledge, which means he has more ideas.

The difference of opinions gradually made a layer of estrangement between us.

Then I went to find Cui Bin and Li Yunna, let them to persuade old Cheng. Both of them promised, but turned around and gave me an answer I couldn't help.

Having dismissed Cui Bin, I asked Li Yunna, "What are you going to do now that Uncle Cheng has left most of the country?"

"Me? Li Yunna shook her head. "I don't want to go with my uncle. I like to stay with our own people. But if I don't go there, there won't be anyone to take care of my uncle."

"Don't worry about that. I'll take care of it." I don't want her to go with Cheng either.

"Oba, please." Li yunna bowed.

After saying goodbye to her, I took several people around the highlands and the seaside. There were branches broken and blown down by the typhoon everywhere, and in some places there were even landslides. Especially on the coast, the trees have fallen over a large area, the offshore water is not the usual light blue.

Our boats moored in the river were not damaged at all. This mainly benefits from the high cliffs on both sides of the river, and the river is narrow, so the typhoon can not sweep in.