Villager of Daming

Chapter 1209: Questioning Leads to the Man Behind the Scenes

The weather was clear, and the banks of a tributary of the Hunhe River were covered with grids in which rice was growing.

Dragonflies were flying around, grasshoppers were jumping in the grass, and slaves, wearing only linen trousers, rolled up their trouser legs and searched for weeds in the paddy fields with their bare arms and feet.

These weeds are all weed seeds that were originally in the soil. Some were blown by the wind, but most of them were washed by water.

The water in the paddy field is sealed off from flowing at regular intervals, and then opened when it becomes less clear.

There are fewer tadpoles in the water, and most of them have turned into small frogs and toads. Only those that mate late and give birth late are still swimming there, and they usually have grown hind legs.

There are also insects with shells and tails that also swim around in the water. They are called horseshoe crabs.

There were ducks looking for food in the irrigation ditch nearby, and the person releasing the ducks was holding a long pole to prevent the ducks from entering the paddy field.

In such a peaceful atmosphere, some people cannot be happy.

Tu Yajie was sitting under a big tree at the gate of a large courtyard. There were also a dozen people sitting around him. In front of everyone was a stone coffee table with porcelain tea sets on it.

Each person has his own teapot, and no one else is serving him.

All of them looked unhappy, including Tu Yajie, and everyone was silent.

A gust of wind blew, the leaves rustled, bringing a hint of coolness and also blowing away the dust.

Tu Yajie closed the lid of the tea bowl, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "Everything can still be salvaged. I don't know what kind of agreement some of you have reached with the Northern Yuan.

But I want to tell you that the Ming army is more powerful. I have personally been to the trade area to see it, and you have been there as well.

The main force of the Northern Yuan Dynasty had been driven out of Khotan, and their whereabouts are still unknown.

The Ming Dynasty is right before our eyes. The hundreds of thousands of Northern Yuan people who are left here hoping to govern themselves independently and not be subordinate to each other will eventually kill us."

After saying that, he stared at a few people's faces for a while, indicating that he knew who they were, the troops were mobilized, and whose soldiers went out. It was obvious that there was a problem.

But he didn't know where those people went. He asked someone once, and the other person said that they went hunting. He then realized that there was no more information.

In addition, there are people from the Northern Yuan Dynasty who come here to exchange things. The Northern Yuan Dynasty uses their previous copper coins to buy things here, and then they use the Northern Yuan Dynasty's copper coins to buy things in places where they trade with the Ming Dynasty.

The people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty did not dare to go directly there for fear of being caught.

It's okay if the number of copper coins is small, as there have always been spies from the Northern Yuan Dynasty who disguise themselves as people from other tribes to exchange some things.

One is that they really need those Ming Dynasty products, and the other is that they can inquire about information. In the department store, Ming Dynasty soldiers will chat with people.

These included books that taught the common people knowledge about daily life, and were also bought by spies from the Northern Yuan Dynasty to read.

Soap is the best thing, mainly used to treat wounds. Ordinary people are reluctant to take a bath, and some even don’t have soap at home. When they are injured, they ask the leader to borrow some.

Slaves could naturally benefit as well, as they would be protected from injury and death. Slaves were property, although not as valuable as cattle.

People who own slaves do not consider themselves incompetent and unable to use people.

In Xiaqiu Village, which one is more valuable, a person or a cow? Of course, it is the person, because people can do many things, but cows can only pull carts and plow the land, and they can only eat meat when they die.

There are many people from the Northern Yuan Dynasty here, some of them live here permanently, and some come here occasionally.

Before, someone from the Northern Yuan Dynasty had approached Tu Yajie and told him that there was a powerful master in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and asked him to obey his orders and work together to resist the bullying of the Ming Dynasty.

But Daming didn't bully anyone. He clearly had good weapons and came to help kill the beasts. In fact, he was telling himself and others that the gun could be used to kill beasts or people. "Tu Yajie, your grandson has been missing for many days. Why don't you go and see other people's? Your eldest son has only a daughter now."

A man with a moustache for some reason poured out the tea in the bowl, refilled it, and looked up to talk to Tu Yajie.

Tu Yajie raised his eyebrows, took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and endured it.

He highly suspected that the missing son of his eldest son was caused by the involvement of this Raqiya Khan across from him, and that the child was indeed not in good condition.

The other sons were not good either, only the eldest son was good in all aspects. The only pity was that they always gave birth to daughters, and the only son had rickets.

As a result, the grandson was lost, stolen by a slave. It was obviously meaningless for a slave to steal the leader's grandson.

There must be someone behind this. The slave is probably dead, and the grandson is in even greater danger.

"Rakiya Khan, tell me the truth, where are your three hundred people? Including the few of you, more than eight hundred people have left."

Tu Yajie did not mention the matter of his grandson. Anger and irritability would not solve the problem. He needed to be responsible for his tribe. The worst that could happen was to ask his son to work harder and find more women. Since he could have a boy, he could have more.

He pointed out that now most of the fighting forces of the other alliance tribes have gone out, so...

"Tu Yajie, what are you going to do?" Laqiya Khan suddenly realized that this usually easy-going person had a bad expression on his face.

He suddenly remembered that the fighting men from his tribe had gone out and had not returned yet. His tribe was the second largest force in this tribal alliance.

He sent 300 people, and the other two tribes each sent 100 people, making up a total of 500 people to attack Ajiahan's small tribe.

The battle should be over, right? And the Northern Yuan Dynasty promised that a large army would arrive in the next two days. Where is the Northern Yuan Dynasty's army?

Now, those who share the same trough with me have sent out 800 warriors. If Tu Yajie wants to kill me and others...

After saying that, he pretended to be calm and went to pick up the teacup to drink tea, but...

"Aiya!" 'Splash!' He had just filled the bowl with tea, and the hot tea flowed onto his hand. It was hot! Very hot! He cried out and let go of the bowl, and it fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

So when pouring tea to guests, do not fill the cup full. It will make the guests feel humiliated and unable to hold the cup.

As soon as he shouted, the other people who sent troops were frightened. The entire tribal alliance had more than 3,000 people, who were normal people, and the rest were slaves.

Each army was composed of normal people and slaves, and the rest were old people, women, and children.

If I withdraw my troops, will Tu Yajie take this opportunity to wipe out my tribe?

"Speak!" A man next to him spoke, he supported Tu Yajie. If Tu Yajie did not have anyone's support, he would not be able to become the leader of the tribal alliance.

The words "Speak" came out lightly, but they sounded like thunder in the ears of those people. What? Are you going to take action?
"Speak!" 'Bang!' Another person couldn't help it and slammed the table.

Those people were shocked, including Raqiya Khan.

"Actually... we were also... that... forced to do so. Yes, forced to do so. We are from the Northern Yuan Dynasty..."

A person is afraid. What Bei Yuan promised is beautiful and desirable, but one must live. Now...

"Beep~~Beep~~" A whistle suddenly sounded. After a few whistles, a group of people came out from the yards on both sides of the courtyard. They were all people from the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

A man came out from behind the tree. He clapped his hands and smiled, "Good! Decisive! Unfortunately, your opinion doesn't count now."

(End of this chapter)