Prehistoric Calendar

Chapter 1419

Li Er was sharpening his stone-tipped spear, which was his only weapon.

In Li Er's memory, when he was still very young, Li San and Li Si were not even born at that time. He heard from his grandfather that when his grandfather was still very young, there were metal weapons in their tribe.

At that time, their tribe was not here, but in a place rich in water and grass. There was a small hill not far from the tribe. tools or weapons.

Li Er heard from his grandfather that there were tens of thousands of people in the tribe at that time, and there was an army dedicated to hunting large monsters. At that time, the tribe not only cultivated the land, but also planted whatever they wanted. There will not be thousands of races casually coming to kill individuals for fun. That was the golden age of human tribes.

Li Er didn't believe this. He felt that his grandfather was bragging, or because he lived too cruelly, he had to make such fantasies, otherwise he would not be able to live.

As far as Li Er knew, his grandfather had a total of eight children, but in the end, his father's son survived, and the rest of the children either died of illness or starved to death, and most of them were used as taxes to make food. It also includes his mother and elder brother Li Da.

Li Er didn't even dare to think about that kind of dream-like life. The only thing he could think about was that he could catch a big prey in this hunting, and after handing it over as tax, he could leave some bones for the two. Brother, they have been hungry for two days, and the last piece of sweet grass root is in his stomach now.

After Li Er finished sharpening the spear, he saw two figures standing at the door, blocking the thatched bag tightly.

"You... what are you doing?" Li Er looked at it carefully, and immediately asked loudly.

Li San and Li Si stood at the door, and they also each took a long wooden spear. Although it was not a sharp stone spear like Li Er, it could still be used for stabbing anyway. Obviously, they were also picked up for hunting. weapons.

Li San and Li Si looked at each other and each laughed, Li San said in a deep voice: "Boss, this is what we have to face anyway, if we can't pay the tax this time, I'm afraid we will all be treated as meat!" It's time to pay taxes, so why don't we go together, there are more people and more strength, maybe we can hunt the prey?"

Li Si smiled happily and nodded beside him, Li Er fell silent, and after a long time he said in a hoarse voice: "I am the second child, not the boss, don't make a mistake."

After speaking, Li Er got up and left the thatched bag, and his two younger brothers followed behind him. Li Si said, "We really don't have any impression of the boss, you are our elder brother."

Li Er shook his head and said, "I didn't pay all the taxes at the time. I would have chosen from children and women. The boss himself punctured his throat that night. He died for you, so we can't forget it."

Both Li San and Li Si's expressions became serious, they didn't speak any more, and followed Li Er to the tribal entrance, where there were already more than ten men waiting, and then seven or eight people came one after another, a total of twenty A team of several people, this is already one-third of the adult males in the tribe.

Without any shouts or words, all the old and young women and children in the tribe looked at them with numb, gray eyes, watching the hunters in the tribe walk away in silence.

Li Er, Li San, and Li Si, they are the three rare brothers in the team, and the others basically have no brothers. This is also because the father of the three of them is the best hunter in the tribe, so they have enough The prey came to pay the tax, and the three brothers survived.

But as time went on, the prey around the tribe became less and less, and the owners of the Wanzu demanded more and more taxes, which led to more and more people in the tribe becoming meat, and some people had secretly I have escaped from the tribe, but this is against the law. Anyone who escapes from the entire tribe will be killed, and they will be tortured by insects or magic in an extremely cruel way. So when encountering this situation of fleeing from the tribe, the tribe leader They can only be hunted down and then offered as meat tax.

This further led to the decline of the number of tribes. At the same time, people in the tribe began to be indifferent to each other. It was heard that there were also things that stole other people's crops and food. This also led to fewer and fewer prey to hunt. Taxes paid less and less.

It's a vicious circle, and there's no way around it.

The three brothers Li Er, Li San, and Li Si couldn't do it either.

Luckily, they are three brothers, so theft is unlikely to happen to them, and they have inherited some of their father's unique hunting skills, so they are the most likely to survive this tax period .

But even the three of them knew that after the tax payment period, half of the tribe might not survive.

At this time, everyone walked in silence for a long time, and some people started to whisper. Li Er was silent, Li San was serious, and the youngest Li Si was still a boy. He walked back and forth in the line several times, and came to two Next to his brother, talking about the conversation he had just heard.

"...They said that because there were too few people left in another tribe after paying taxes, the remaining people had all been killed and made into meat." Li Si whispered with fear in his eyes.

Li San looked at Li Er, Li Er was silent for a while, then shook his head and said: "It is unlikely, even if the number of people is small, but the land is here, it is impossible for the masters of all races to come and cultivate it, if they kill all the people Now, who will plow the fields for them?"

Li San also nodded silently, and Li Si hurriedly said: "They also said that after all the people from those tribes were killed, Lord Wanzu captured many humans from somewhere and forced them to farm. They were born by hand and could not farm at all, so they attracted the gentlemen to kill them all again."

This time, Li San directly retorted: "Then there are so many people, there are only so many surrounding tribes, and there are not many of them. There are not so many people. The patriarch is right, our people are getting fewer and fewer. , the lords will be merciful and let us cultivate for more than ten years, and then we will continue to collect taxes until more clansmen are born. This has happened before, so we only need to survive this tax."

Li Si nodded ignorantly, but Li Er was still silent, and after a while, Li Si said in a voice so small that only the three of them could hear: "They also mentioned the guerrillas..."

"Shut up!" Li Er and Li San roared at the same time, they looked at each other, Li Er said seriously: "Forget what you just heard, and never say these three words again... Remember, that is a scourge!"

However, Li Si whispered unconvinced: "Why? I heard them say... The guerrillas help us and fight against the masters of all races. Why are you so afraid of the guerrillas?"

Li San said patiently: "Li Si, you are still young and don't understand these things. The guerrillas are not here to help us, but to pull us into the water."

Li Er also nodded and said: "I heard that the guerrillas are all entangled with traitors who fled the tribe. They have no land, no way to farm, and they don't have the protection of the masters of all races, so they are not qualified to hunt prey. Their lives are very miserable, so they are not reconciled, hoping to drag us good people into the water, this is what the gentlemen hate the most."

Li Si was bewildered, and Li San took advantage of the situation and said, "Ah Hua said before that there was an incident in a tribe further away from her tribe, that is, a guerrilla estimated that a million tax collector If the tribe dared to be negligent, it could only enshrine the master of the ten thousand clan, and when the large army of the masters of the ten thousand clan came, they would send him back properly, but because the tribe and the Once the guerrillas got in touch, the masters of the Wanzu killed all the people in that tribe and made meat, do you think the guerrillas are harming people or not?"

There was struggle in Li Si's eyes, and after a long time, he growled, "You...do you really think so?"

Li Er and Li San were silent, Li San also had struggles in his eyes, but Li Er sighed, looked up at the hot sun in the sky, and then said: "If you don't think so, what should you think? Li Si, Remember a sentence, this is what my father told me after I became sensible, when you were young, I will tell you now..."

"Only by living, only by living can you do other things. If you die, you will have nothing. Therefore, Li Si, no matter what you think in your heart, you must express the thoughts of Li San and me. , understand?"

"You have to think like this, you can only think like this, because we all have to live!"

Li Si gritted his teeth so hard that he couldn't say a word.

In fact, he really wanted to say, if he thinks this way, if he does this, then they...are they really alive?
The team moved forward all the way, and finally, when dusk came, a boundless forest appeared in front of them.

This is also their destination, a forest rich in prey.

It's just that this forest is very dangerous. Seven or eight out of ten people who have gone hunting have never returned, but every one of them will bring back a lot of prey.

The most frightening thing is that this is a forest that even the masters of the ten thousand races dare not enter easily. Although the masters of the ten thousand races do not prohibit them from entering, and are even happy to see them go hunting, they are not fools. How could they dare to enter a place where the gentlemen of all races dare not enter easily?

But now they are forced to do nothing, they can only venture into this forest, because if they do not enter, they will die, and if they enter, they may bring back a large amount of prey. At that time, they will be able to survive. During the recuperation period, they only need to pay a small amount of tax, only need to pay two-thirds of the tax on their land, and they can live with their families happily.

After everyone saw the forest, they walked towards the interior of the forest happier.

At the same time, in the forest, dozens of Ten Thousand Races were fleeing towards the outside of the forest, and arrows shot from behind them from time to time, and from time to time, Ten Thousand Races were pierced to the end.

And behind this group of thousands of races, on the treetops, in the leaves, and in the darkness, there are a group of human beings with pointed ears, either petite and dark-skinned, or hot-skinned and fair-skinned. The creatures danced nimbly in the woods, and the bows and arrows in their hands were like the kiss of death, constantly attacking the ten thousand races in front of them.

these are……

Elf tribe.

(End of this chapter)