Chapter 176
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"Uncle Lihu, when the rainy day is over, take someone to investigate the nearby tribes to see if there are any tribes that are willing to let us marry." Mu Feng said with a smile, "Brother Qingya, Brother Chiya, their age It's all here, it's time to find a wife for them!"
Li Hu looked excited: "Ask for a marriage?"
Mu Feng nodded: "Yes, what else?"
Now Li Hu was too excited to speak.
Tribal men are seventeen and women are sixteen and they are considered adults, and they can marry wives and have children.
Qing Ya and Bai Ya have already grown up, according to the situation of the previous tribe, if the two brothers want to survive, they can only "walk away" to other tribes to work hard for them.
You know, it has always been difficult to be a door-to-door son-in-law.
As for whether the young and strong will stay in the clan or go out to marry, Li Hu, as a parent, has no right to decide - the one who can decide is the great chief, that is, Mu Feng.
Because the life of the Jiang clan had been very tight before, the old chief was busy trying to figure out how to feed the clan members every day, and the clan lacked young and strong labor force, so this matter was delayed.
Unexpectedly, Mu Feng, who is the great chief, would take the initiative to bring up this matter, confirming that the two brothers are not going to marry off, but asking for marriage, how could he not be excited.
What Mu Feng said next made Li Hu even more excited: "From now on, the men of the Jiang clan will not go out to get married, and they will all beg for marriage. As for the women..."
He thought for a while and said: "Women will not marry outside, and they will all stay in the tribe. Men who are willing to come to my Jiang family to marry and not leave, the tribe where the man originally belonged to will give two sheep as gifts!"
"What?" Li Hu exclaimed, "Great chief, even if you want to marry a woman, four sheep are almost enough. If men come to our tribe, give them sheep too?"
"Yeah!" Mu Feng nodded, "In this way, we can build a good relationship with the men's original tribe. The men and women of other tribes live well in our tribe, and we also treat their children well. If things go on like this, the tribes that have different opinions from us It's getting less and less!"
This can be regarded as a relatively "soft" merger measure. Although it is a bit slow, it is safe and there will be no major disturbances.
Taking a step back, even if the other party's tribe is stronger, with this "good relationship between Qin and Jin", it's not easy to be an enemy of the Jiang family.
"But..." Li Hu hesitated and asked, "What if other tribes know that we can afford the 'betrothal gift', demand more from us, and even come to rob us?"
Mu Feng frowned and thought for a while, then nodded and said: "This is indeed a problem. If you don't want too much, you can give it if you give it. After all, it is a happy event for begging for a woman and adding people to the tribe. Don't even get used to those who feel like robbing, our son of the Jiang family is not made of mud!"
He didn't say a single harsh word, but Bibiao was encouraged by what he heard.
It seemed to him that Mrs. Jiang had been kneeling on this kind of thing, and now she finally stood up straight!
Li Hu no longer objected, Chong Mufeng nodded solemnly: "Yes, great chief, I will definitely pass on your words to every member of the tribe!"
"Okay, you go!" Mu Feng yawned again, "I want to rest for a while!"
"yes!"
It has to be said that Li Hu, who has something in his heart, is still very efficient in handling affairs.
Not long after Mu Feng woke up, Li Hu came back again.
He told Mu Feng that there are twenty-two people in the tribe who are pregnant with children, and five of them should give birth within this month or two.
There are eighteen children under the age of ten.
There are thirty-one young and strong men of the right age, and twenty-three women of the right age.
Mu Feng leaned on the bed and rubbed his head, he probably knew something in his heart.
The 22 children who are about to be born are the determined population, and if they can all survive, these 22 children will be the net population increase determined by the tribe.
It's just that the current medical and sanitation conditions are not up to par, and Mu Feng can't be sure that the twenty-two children will be safe and sound.
The biggest problem affecting the survival rate of children at the moment is actually the environment and food.
Mu Feng learned in his previous life that the mortality rate of newborn children in primitive society was as high as 30%, mainly due to the lack of knowledge about midwifery.
In the next ten years of growth, they will face diseases, plagues, food shortages, infectious diseases, epidemics, natural disasters and other reasons, and some of them will die.
What Mu Feng can do now is to control the child's survival rate from the birth stage.
As for the latter, except for natural disasters, he has no choice but to find ways to prevent them.
The low survival rate of births is due to sanitary conditions and knowledge of midwifery. These are not problems for him. He doesn't know it himself. At worst, he can exchange this knowledge and proficiency in the system.
When it's time to deliver the baby, for the sake of the tribe, he doesn't care about the distinction between men and women, or superiority and inferiority.
As for the disease, he has the Wood Dao Derivation Technique by his side, so he has his own confidence.
All along, he has also been actively searching for herbal remedies that can treat common ailments, and is always on the lookout for emergencies.
Next is the number of marriages.
There are fifty-four men and women of the right age. If nothing else happens, the tribe can recruit at least fifty-four people through walking marriages and begging for marriage.
But there is a problem here, that is, if fifty-four people marry wives and have children at the same time, it will be a great burden for the tribe, and the Jiang tribe can't afford it now.
According to what Li Hu said earlier, a man needs at least four sheep to marry a woman, and a man alone needs 124 sheep, which will almost give away all the sheep in Jiang's sheep pen.
Counting Mu Feng's own words, and sending two sheep to each tribe of men who came to get married, this is forty-six sheep.
Jiang's "savings" will soon bottom out.
Of course, these are all "markets" since the last time the tribe asked for a woman to marry - Mu Feng asked Li Hu when was the last time, and Li Hu said it was two years ago.
Mu Feng was a little speechless, and sighed in his heart that no wonder marrying a daughter-in-law in the previous life had such a great influence, almost relying on an ordinary family.
In the previous life, if a man wanted to get a wife, he would spend tens of millions in cars, houses, and bride price, which put an ordinary or even well-off family in trouble every minute.
Marriage is a good thing for young men and women, but it is tantamount to "exploitation" for the man's parents.
"Two years ago, asking for a woman to marry required food equivalent to four sheep, and now it's been two years, and the market price should have risen no matter what!" Mu Feng thought to himself, "Damn it, this matter is very tricky! "
"It seems that we still have to build a solid family background, otherwise my crazy words will be released, and if there are old bachelors in the tribe, I will be ashamed!"
Thinking of this, Mu Feng Chonglihu nodded and said: "Okay, I understand! Now the tribe has so many men and women who can marry wives and have children, and we will not let them leave the tribe, so we need all kinds of livestock So, we have to work harder recently to catch enough prey!"
"Yes, Great Chief!" Li Hu suddenly understood why there was enough food, and Mu Feng wanted to go hunting. "It turns out that the Great Chief has been thinking of begging for a young and strong man in the tribe!"
Li Hu was moved, and he immediately felt that he had to do something, otherwise he would be sorry to the chief for taking so much trouble for Qingya and Chiya.
(end of this chapter)
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"Uncle Lihu, when the rainy day is over, take someone to investigate the nearby tribes to see if there are any tribes that are willing to let us marry." Mu Feng said with a smile, "Brother Qingya, Brother Chiya, their age It's all here, it's time to find a wife for them!"
Li Hu looked excited: "Ask for a marriage?"
Mu Feng nodded: "Yes, what else?"
Now Li Hu was too excited to speak.
Tribal men are seventeen and women are sixteen and they are considered adults, and they can marry wives and have children.
Qing Ya and Bai Ya have already grown up, according to the situation of the previous tribe, if the two brothers want to survive, they can only "walk away" to other tribes to work hard for them.
You know, it has always been difficult to be a door-to-door son-in-law.
As for whether the young and strong will stay in the clan or go out to marry, Li Hu, as a parent, has no right to decide - the one who can decide is the great chief, that is, Mu Feng.
Because the life of the Jiang clan had been very tight before, the old chief was busy trying to figure out how to feed the clan members every day, and the clan lacked young and strong labor force, so this matter was delayed.
Unexpectedly, Mu Feng, who is the great chief, would take the initiative to bring up this matter, confirming that the two brothers are not going to marry off, but asking for marriage, how could he not be excited.
What Mu Feng said next made Li Hu even more excited: "From now on, the men of the Jiang clan will not go out to get married, and they will all beg for marriage. As for the women..."
He thought for a while and said: "Women will not marry outside, and they will all stay in the tribe. Men who are willing to come to my Jiang family to marry and not leave, the tribe where the man originally belonged to will give two sheep as gifts!"
"What?" Li Hu exclaimed, "Great chief, even if you want to marry a woman, four sheep are almost enough. If men come to our tribe, give them sheep too?"
"Yeah!" Mu Feng nodded, "In this way, we can build a good relationship with the men's original tribe. The men and women of other tribes live well in our tribe, and we also treat their children well. If things go on like this, the tribes that have different opinions from us It's getting less and less!"
This can be regarded as a relatively "soft" merger measure. Although it is a bit slow, it is safe and there will be no major disturbances.
Taking a step back, even if the other party's tribe is stronger, with this "good relationship between Qin and Jin", it's not easy to be an enemy of the Jiang family.
"But..." Li Hu hesitated and asked, "What if other tribes know that we can afford the 'betrothal gift', demand more from us, and even come to rob us?"
Mu Feng frowned and thought for a while, then nodded and said: "This is indeed a problem. If you don't want too much, you can give it if you give it. After all, it is a happy event for begging for a woman and adding people to the tribe. Don't even get used to those who feel like robbing, our son of the Jiang family is not made of mud!"
He didn't say a single harsh word, but Bibiao was encouraged by what he heard.
It seemed to him that Mrs. Jiang had been kneeling on this kind of thing, and now she finally stood up straight!
Li Hu no longer objected, Chong Mufeng nodded solemnly: "Yes, great chief, I will definitely pass on your words to every member of the tribe!"
"Okay, you go!" Mu Feng yawned again, "I want to rest for a while!"
"yes!"
It has to be said that Li Hu, who has something in his heart, is still very efficient in handling affairs.
Not long after Mu Feng woke up, Li Hu came back again.
He told Mu Feng that there are twenty-two people in the tribe who are pregnant with children, and five of them should give birth within this month or two.
There are eighteen children under the age of ten.
There are thirty-one young and strong men of the right age, and twenty-three women of the right age.
Mu Feng leaned on the bed and rubbed his head, he probably knew something in his heart.
The 22 children who are about to be born are the determined population, and if they can all survive, these 22 children will be the net population increase determined by the tribe.
It's just that the current medical and sanitation conditions are not up to par, and Mu Feng can't be sure that the twenty-two children will be safe and sound.
The biggest problem affecting the survival rate of children at the moment is actually the environment and food.
Mu Feng learned in his previous life that the mortality rate of newborn children in primitive society was as high as 30%, mainly due to the lack of knowledge about midwifery.
In the next ten years of growth, they will face diseases, plagues, food shortages, infectious diseases, epidemics, natural disasters and other reasons, and some of them will die.
What Mu Feng can do now is to control the child's survival rate from the birth stage.
As for the latter, except for natural disasters, he has no choice but to find ways to prevent them.
The low survival rate of births is due to sanitary conditions and knowledge of midwifery. These are not problems for him. He doesn't know it himself. At worst, he can exchange this knowledge and proficiency in the system.
When it's time to deliver the baby, for the sake of the tribe, he doesn't care about the distinction between men and women, or superiority and inferiority.
As for the disease, he has the Wood Dao Derivation Technique by his side, so he has his own confidence.
All along, he has also been actively searching for herbal remedies that can treat common ailments, and is always on the lookout for emergencies.
Next is the number of marriages.
There are fifty-four men and women of the right age. If nothing else happens, the tribe can recruit at least fifty-four people through walking marriages and begging for marriage.
But there is a problem here, that is, if fifty-four people marry wives and have children at the same time, it will be a great burden for the tribe, and the Jiang tribe can't afford it now.
According to what Li Hu said earlier, a man needs at least four sheep to marry a woman, and a man alone needs 124 sheep, which will almost give away all the sheep in Jiang's sheep pen.
Counting Mu Feng's own words, and sending two sheep to each tribe of men who came to get married, this is forty-six sheep.
Jiang's "savings" will soon bottom out.
Of course, these are all "markets" since the last time the tribe asked for a woman to marry - Mu Feng asked Li Hu when was the last time, and Li Hu said it was two years ago.
Mu Feng was a little speechless, and sighed in his heart that no wonder marrying a daughter-in-law in the previous life had such a great influence, almost relying on an ordinary family.
In the previous life, if a man wanted to get a wife, he would spend tens of millions in cars, houses, and bride price, which put an ordinary or even well-off family in trouble every minute.
Marriage is a good thing for young men and women, but it is tantamount to "exploitation" for the man's parents.
"Two years ago, asking for a woman to marry required food equivalent to four sheep, and now it's been two years, and the market price should have risen no matter what!" Mu Feng thought to himself, "Damn it, this matter is very tricky! "
"It seems that we still have to build a solid family background, otherwise my crazy words will be released, and if there are old bachelors in the tribe, I will be ashamed!"
Thinking of this, Mu Feng Chonglihu nodded and said: "Okay, I understand! Now the tribe has so many men and women who can marry wives and have children, and we will not let them leave the tribe, so we need all kinds of livestock So, we have to work harder recently to catch enough prey!"
"Yes, Great Chief!" Li Hu suddenly understood why there was enough food, and Mu Feng wanted to go hunting. "It turns out that the Great Chief has been thinking of begging for a young and strong man in the tribe!"
Li Hu was moved, and he immediately felt that he had to do something, otherwise he would be sorry to the chief for taking so much trouble for Qingya and Chiya.
(end of this chapter)
"Uncle Lihu, when the rainy day is over, take someone to investigate the nearby tribes to see if there are any tribes that are willing to let us marry." Mu Feng said with a smile, "Brother Qingya, Brother Chiya, their age It's all here, it's time to find a wife for them!" Li Hu looked excited: "Ask for a marriage?" Mu Feng nodded: "Yes, what else?" Now Li Hu was too excited to speak. Tribal men are seventeen and women are sixteen and they are considered adults, and they can marry wives and have children. Qing Ya and Bai Ya have already grown up, according to the situation of the previous tribe, if the two brothers want to survive, they can only "walk away" to other tribes to work hard for them. You know, it has always been difficult to be a door-to-door son-in-law. As for whether the young and strong will stay in the clan or go out to marry, Li Hu, as a parent, has no right to decide - the one who can decide is the great chief, that is, Mu Feng. Because the life of the Jiang clan had been very tight before, the old chief was busy trying to figure out how to feed the clan members every day, and the clan lacked young and strong labor force, so this matter was delayed. Unexpectedly, Mu Feng, who is the great chief, would take the initiative to bring up this matter, confirming that the two brothers are not going to marry off, but asking for marriage, how could he not be excited. What Mu Feng said next made Li Hu even more excited: "From now on, the men of the Jiang clan will not go out to get married, and they will all beg for marriage. As for the women..." He thought for a while and said: "Women will not marry outside, and they will all stay in the tribe. Men who are willing to come to my Jiang family to marry and not leave, the tribe where the man originally belonged to will give two sheep as gifts!" "What?" Li Hu exclaimed, "Great chief, even if you want to marry a woman, four sheep are almost enough. If men come to our tribe, give them sheep too?" "Yeah!" Mu Feng nodded, "In this way, we can build a good relationship with the men's original tribe. The men and women of other tribes live well in our tribe, and we also treat their children well. If things go on like this, the tribes that have different opinions from us It's getting less and less!" This can be regarded as a relatively "soft" merger measure. Although it is a bit slow, it is safe and there will be no major disturbances. Taking a step back, even if the other party's tribe is stronger, with this "good relationship between Qin and Jin", it's not easy to be an enemy of the Jiang family. "But..." Li Hu hesitated and asked, "What if other tribes know that we can afford the 'betrothal gift', demand more from us, and even come to rob us?" Mu Feng frowned and thought for a while, then nodded and said: "This is indeed a problem. If you don't want too much, you can give it if you give it. After all, it is a happy event for begging for a woman and adding people to the tribe. Don't even get used to those who feel like robbing, our son of the Jiang family is not made of mud!" He didn't say a single harsh word, but Bibiao was encouraged by what he heard. It seemed to him that Mrs. Jiang had been kneeling on this kind of thing, and now she finally stood up straight! Li Hu no longer objected, Chong Mufeng nodded solemnly: "Yes, great chief, I will definitely pass on your words to every member of the tribe!" "Okay, you go!" Mu Feng yawned again, "I want to rest for a while!" "yes!" It has to be said that Li Hu, who has something in his heart, is still very efficient in handling affairs. Not long after Mu Feng woke up, Li Hu came back again. He told Mu Feng that there are twenty-two people in the tribe who are pregnant with children, and five of them should give birth within this month or two. There are eighteen children under the age of ten. There are thirty-one young and strong men of the right age, and twenty-three women of the right age. Mu Feng leaned on the bed and rubbed his head, he probably knew something in his heart. The 22 children who are about to be born are the determined population, and if they can all survive, these 22 children will be the net population increase determined by the tribe. It's just that the current medical and sanitation conditions are not up to par, and Mu Feng can't be sure that the twenty-two children will be safe and sound. The biggest problem affecting the survival rate of children at the moment is actually the environment and food. Mu Feng learned in his previous life that the mortality rate of newborn children in primitive society was as high as 30%, mainly due to the lack of knowledge about midwifery. In the next ten years of growth, they will face diseases, plagues, food shortages, infectious diseases, epidemics, natural disasters and other reasons, and some of them will die. What Mu Feng can do now is to control the child's survival rate from the birth stage. As for the latter, except for natural disasters, he has no choice but to find ways to prevent them. The low survival rate of births is due to sanitary conditions and knowledge of midwifery. These are not problems for him. He doesn't know it himself. At worst, he can exchange this knowledge and proficiency in the system. When it's time to deliver the baby, for the sake of the tribe, he doesn't care about the distinction between men and women, or superiority and inferiority. As for the disease, he has the Wood Dao Derivation Technique by his side, so he has his own confidence. All along, he has also been actively searching for herbal remedies that can treat common ailments, and is always on the lookout for emergencies. Next is the number of marriages. There are fifty-four men and women of the right age. If nothing else happens, the tribe can recruit at least fifty-four people through walking marriages and begging for marriage. But there is a problem here, that is, if fifty-four people marry wives and have children at the same time, it will be a great burden for the tribe, and the Jiang tribe can't afford it now. According to what Li Hu said earlier, a man needs at least four sheep to marry a woman, and a man alone needs 124 sheep, which will almost give away all the sheep in Jiang's sheep pen. Counting Mu Feng's own words, and sending two sheep to each tribe of men who came to get married, this is forty-six sheep. Jiang's "savings" will soon bottom out. Of course, these are all "markets" since the last time the tribe asked for a woman to marry - Mu Feng asked Li Hu when was the last time, and Li Hu said it was two years ago. Mu Feng was a little speechless, and sighed in his heart that no wonder marrying a daughter-in-law in the previous life had such a great influence, almost relying on an ordinary family. In the previous life, if a man wanted to get a wife, he would spend tens of millions in cars, houses, and bride price, which put an ordinary or even well-off family in trouble every minute. Marriage is a good thing for young men and women, but it is tantamount to "exploitation" for the man's parents. "Two years ago, asking for a woman to marry required food equivalent to four sheep, and now it's been two years, and the market price should have risen no matter what!" Mu Feng thought to himself, "Damn it, this matter is very tricky! " "It seems that we still have to build a solid family background, otherwise my crazy words will be released, and if there are old bachelors in the tribe, I will be ashamed!" Thinking of this, Mu Feng Chonglihu nodded and said: "Okay, I understand! Now the tribe has so many men and women who can marry wives and have children, and we will not let them leave the tribe, so we need all kinds of livestock So, we have to work harder recently to catch enough prey!" "Yes, Great Chief!" Li Hu suddenly understood why there was enough food, and Mu Feng wanted to go hunting. "It turns out that the Great Chief has been thinking of begging for a young and strong man in the tribe!" Li Hu was moved, and he immediately felt that he had to do something, otherwise he would be sorry to the chief for taking so much trouble for Qingya and Chiya. end of this chapter
