My Wife is a Counsel Chapter 115: The ignorant world
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The Chishui River meanders through the green grassland, like a silver snake. After heavy rain, a section of it in the Tru Valley will turn red, hence the name Chishui.
At this time, the herdsmen who had just migrated to the pastures on the southern **** of the Tru Valley according to tradition had not yet recovered from the busyness of changing to new pastures. They were already panicked by the sudden arrival of Montenegrin armed forces.
Tru Valley Pasture is located more than fifty kilometers east of Chishui City.
Now in October, we have entered the long dry season, and all nomadic settlements are replacing new pastures.
As usual, the settlements in the Tru Valley migrated to their traditional winter grazing land where water and grass were better and warmer during the dry season.
The Tru tribe has more than 500 households and a population of nearly 5,000, but it is divided into more than a dozen small and large settlements. They move together. During the rainy season, they will go north to the Maple Leaf Pasture 200 miles away, and return to the Tru Valley during the long dry season. , more than a dozen settlements, distributed within a radius of dozens of miles.
The grassland on the southern **** of the Tru Valley is the largest settlement, with more than a hundred households and a population of thousands. It is the chief clan and the "Katabu" family of the Tru tribe.
The so-called "Katabu" are the class in the tribe whose status is second to the nobles. Generally speaking, they undertake less production tasks and more combat tasks. According to the understanding of the Central Asians, they are traditional warrior families.
Nearly four-fifths of the population of the remaining ten settlements are "Kasaka", which are actually slave households. These herdsmen do not have any means of production of their own, and they only help the patriarch's family to graze and support the patriarch's family and the warrior family.
The Montenegrin armed forces who came to the Tru Valley are currently stationed in the Kasaka settlement on the edge, with dozens of households and a population of several hundred.
This Kasaka settlement is more than ten kilometers away from their main settlement on the south slope, but when the Montenegrin armed forces arrived, the entire Tru tribe's settlement got the message.
Two armored vehicles, a truck, a cavalry company from the Prairie Guards Regiment, and a cavalry squadron from the Chishui Public Security Inspection Brigade formed the force of the Montenegrin armed forces coming here to suppress the situation.
In fact, the Prairie Guard Regiment is the original Austrian-Vietnam Brigade. Now it has been transformed into two grassland retinue regiments. Each regiment has three to four thousand people. They are stationed in Chishui and Keri respectively. They have completely become the Prince of Black Mountain Castle. Private mercenaries help maintain law and order on the prairie.
The public security inspection brigade is composed of local young men recruited. From a certain perspective, if the Montenegrins are regarded as invaders, the public security army is the recruited local puppet army.
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The felt bags of the Kasaka slave households are all tattered. Of course, the felt bags are actually traditional buildings built thousands of years ago when there was still snow season here to resist the wind and cold. In fact, the current climate is winter, and wooden houses and thatched houses are enough to keep out the cold. However, the current winter is indeed getting colder.
Lu Ming sat in front of a felt bag with wind chimes hanging on it. Generally speaking, hanging wind chimes represented happy events for this herdsman family.
It is true that the girl in this family has been attracted by a "Katabu" and will be sent there tomorrow to be a "Jita" for the "Katabu". According to Central Asian culture, she is a slave. , and their status is lower than that of the concubines of the Middle-earth people. Even if they give birth to children, they are still "Kasaka" and are not considered to be the children of the Katab warriors at all. When the "Jita" people grow old, they will usually Being driven back to the Kasaka slave settlement with their children is a common practice in the grassland tradition, and they do not think that the children born to "Jita" have any blood relationship with the Katab family.
From the grassland social class structure, this can prevent the upper class population from expanding indefinitely and causing the collapse of its support system.
From a biological perspective, it maintains the underlying genetic diversity and avoids the phenomenon of pure inbreeding.
But from a civilized society, this custom would undoubtedly be considered absurd.
At this time, Lu Ming looked at the girl in front of him, who was only in her teens, and shook his head inwardly. Her miserable life was destined to be a tool for the upper class to release their sexual desires and a tool for human reproduction. Look at her. She looked anxious and uneasy, thinking that she was very scared and confused about the future.
The girl’s grandfather and father stood in front of Lu Ming with fear. The grandfather was probably in his fifties, but he was very old. The heavy and hard life left too many traces on him, and he was speechless. My back, face is covered with orange peels, and I cough from time to time.
Strictly speaking, the girl's fathers are three, three brothers, who married one daughter-in-law, which is very common for Kasaka slave families.
In today's civilized society, there is no DNA test. In polygamous families in grassland tribes, it is even more difficult to tell which father the children are. They can only look at the appearance. If the difference in appearance is not obvious, it is a mess. .
"Are you really willing to send such a young daughter out to suffer?" Lu Ming looked at the three fathers.
Three brothers, the eldest is thirty-five years old and the youngest is twenty-seven. They are all swarthy men.
"She, she went to enjoy the food, which is better than what she eats at home!" The eldest brother was very surprised by what this high-ranking official from Central China said.
The three brothers who survived had four children, and his wife was pregnant again. Giving one away would also reduce the family's food burden.
Lu Ming looked at his second and third brothers. He could see that the youngest third brother's face was gloomy, and he looked at his daughter from time to time with some unbearable eyes.
Looking at the face, the girl seems to be more similar to the third child, especially the thin lips and cheekbones, which are almost carved from the same mold.
Lu Ming shook his head and stood up, took two steps to the side, and looked at Tuoba Khan standing in the shadows. Her face was covered with a thin white gauze, only revealing her deep black eyes.
"Do you think it's normal for this to continue forever? Madam Tuoba?"
Tuoba Lan didn’t speak.
At this time, there was the sound of horse hooves, and a horse came running quickly. A man jumped off his horse a dozen steps away, walked up a few steps quickly and announced: "Sir, Matruh is here!"
Matru is the patriarch of the Tru tribe. No matter what his real name is, when he succeeds as the patriarch, he will be the Matru of this generation.
Lu Ming nodded: "Bring him here!" Looking at the Casaka slave settlement, his eyes gradually became firm.
In fact, during this period, as an "invader", I was gradually confused about my actions here, and I had some doubts about whether I was in the right place. Perhaps when I first entered the grassland, I should have surrendered all the tribes and put the grassland under control. Is it right for the traditional structure to continue to operate in such a stable and orderly manner without wasting one's energy, let alone bleeding?
But now, everything is relieved.
A few minutes later, Matruh hurriedly came to Lu Ming. He was a middle-aged man in his forties. His father died suddenly of illness last year. He inherited the family business and was a fat man in vain.
"You summon people from all settlements, and each household must have a representative, and go to Nanpo for a meeting in front of your settlement. I have something to say!" Lu Ming stared at him, "Before that, your Katabu household, Surrender all weapons, including bows, arrows and spears!"
"Yes, yes..." Matruh smiled apologetically.
Lu Ming looked at him deeply: "I know that your department sometimes has to defend against wolves and ferocious beasts, so this is only a temporary measure."
"Don't worry, adults, I understand!" Matru said with a smile on his fat face.
Lu Ming nodded, looking at this guy who seemed harmless to humans and animals, and then caught a glimpse of his grandfather, eldest brother, and second brother, who were silent and fearful in front of Matruh, thoughtfully.