SFS Chapter 173 Let's all come and work!
Chapter 173 Let's all come and work!
Seeing that they were still motionless, Lang Cang said with a cold face, "Kill all those who don't raise their heads."
Suddenly, the short, thin men who had been keeping their heads down all raised them at once, though their eyes remained fixed on the ground.
Lin Baiyan: "..."
Ai Hong: "..."
Why bother with a threat?
In an attempt to salvage Lang Cang's image, Lin Baiyan said in a gentle tone, "We don't really intend to kill you. Our tribe never kills beasts indiscriminately."
He winked at Ai Hong, who stepped forward and carefully scanned each face. After a short while, he looked excitedly at the dwarf beast with a scar on its face, "Dwarf Sparrow, is that you?"
The orc, whose eyes were lowered and who had been looking away, paused for a moment when he heard his name called.
Did you hear that right? How many years has it been since anyone called that name?
“Sparrow, it’s me! I’m Uncle Hong, Ai Hong!” Ai Hong quickly said a few more words.
The dwarf sparrow suddenly looked up and saw that familiar face. He stared wide-eyed in disbelief, “Uncle Hong?!!”
"Hey, it's me, it's me!" Dwarf Red was very excited to find his clansmen. He gave Dwarf Sparrow a reassuring look and then quickly continued to identify people.
Along the way, Ai Hong pointed out more than a dozen dwarf beasts that he recognized, but what was even more amazing was that these dwarf beasts were not familiar with each other, but only knew each other in twos and threes.
Hearing Lin Baiyan's question, Ai Hong was a little embarrassed, "I'm old and have traveled to many tribes before, so I recognize more dwarf beasts."
That's true; Dwarf Red is considered one of the oldest orcs among the dwarf beastmen.
Lin Baiyan nodded, and the group left the cave where the dwarf beasts were imprisoned. Lin Baiyan turned to look at Ai Hong, "I suppose you know why I called you here?"
Ai Hong had just seen her people, and her joy was impossible to hide. Hearing Lin Baiyan's words, Ai Hong suppressed her excitement, wondering, "What does the priest mean..."
Lin Baiyan liked talking to the intelligent beasts. "That's right, as you can see, our tribe is currently short of people. If they are willing, they can stay, but under the same conditions as you were back then."
"First, you work and are provided with meals for three months. Then you can accumulate work points. Once you have 100 work points, you can join the Azure Flame Tribe."
Ai Hong was incredibly excited. The best decision he had ever made in his life was probably bringing his people to the north.
"They would definitely be willing!" With food and lodging provided and no beatings, only a fool would refuse such a good deal!
Lin Baiyan first gave Ai Hong a heads-up, "Let me make this clear beforehand: the tribe will not accept an orc who is of bad character and lazy."
"If they want to stay in the tribe, they'd better work honestly and stop messing around and pissing my eyes with their nonsense."
The short, red chick nodded repeatedly, like pecking at rice. "Of course, of course, I will explain all of this to them!"
"Aren't you worried that some people won't want to stay?" Lin Baiyan asked, somewhat amused.
"How could that be? Our kind and generous tribe, unless it's a stupid beast, would definitely stick close to the Azure Flame Tribe!"
Lin Baiyan smiled enigmatically, "Why do you make us sound like suckers?"
The old man with the short, red face stiffened, and gave Lin Baiyan an awkward smile.
"Then you go and make contact with these dwarf beasts; we won't go in."
As soon as he and Lang Cang entered, the group of dwarf beasts remained silent, like long-necked beasts whose necks had been grabbed.
Lin Baiyan simply handed the whole matter over to Ai Hong, saying, "I'll give you one day. Tomorrow, count the number of people who don't want to stay, and we'll expel them."
Ai Hong nodded quickly, and Lin Baiyan waved his hand, "Go ahead, the clan leader and I will be leaving first."
The next morning, Ai Hong reported the total number of people to Lin Baiyan. No one knew how they talked to the group of dwarf beasts, but just as Ai Hong had said, not a single dwarf beast wanted to leave.
The most amazing thing is that, even though only one day had passed, the way those dwarf beasts looked at him was no longer as timid and fearful as it had been the day before. Instead, they all had teary eyes, looking at him as if they were about to cry at any moment.
Since they were all willing, Lin Baiyan didn't argue. The weather wasn't too hot, so he simply had Xi Yang and Tu Lin take them to the waterfall to wash themselves clean and get their hair cut.
The last of the cleaned dwarf beasts huddled together, somewhat nervously awaiting their work.
Speaking of Ai Hong, he's quite the smooth talker. Don't be fooled by his cautious demeanor in front of Lin Baiyan. If he were truly so timid, how could he have survived so many tribes and still be alive and well?
Yesterday, he passionately gave these fleeing dwarfs a thorough education on the Azure Flame Tribe, emphasizing the current treatment of the dwarfs.
"The priests and chieftains of the Cangyan tribe are all very good people. Look at what we're wearing now, it's all made of cowhide!" Ai Hong patted his animal skin coat, which he had bought for eight work points.
"Working here, every dwarf can eat their fill and won't get beaten up!"
The dwarf beasts who had fled famine couldn't believe their eyes when they heard Dwarf Red's account; where could there be such a kind and generous tribe?
Ai Hong was not surprised at all. To be honest, if he had heard someone say this to them before, his first reaction would have been to trick them into killing him and eating him. But he had lived in the Cangyan tribe for so long and had come to understand the tribe’s benevolence more clearly.
The chieftain and priests never treated them as outsiders, but as equals and benevolent beings in the tribe.
Although Lang Cang always had a cold face, was taciturn, and seemed very unapproachable, he would practice hunting skills with the cubs in his spare time and gently pat Little Lynx's head.
"You'll see after a couple of days. At least we'll have enough to eat every day!"
Looking at Dwarf Red's rosy and plump face, the dwarfs couldn't help but believe that Dwarf Red did indeed look much healthier than them.
Dwarf Sparrow was the first to respond to Dwarf Red, "Uncle Red, I'll stay here with you."
He no longer wanted to travel around.
Although the dwarfs were skeptical, they also longed for a stable home, so all the dwarfs stayed.
“Divide these dwarf beasts into two groups: one group of beastmen to join the construction team, and the other group to join the kiln team.”
With a flick of his charcoal pencil, Lin Baiyan scribbled the person across.
These two jobs are also the areas where the Cangyan tribe is currently most short of manpower. The construction team is constantly digging foundations and building walls, while the kiln team is constantly digging soil and firing bricks.
Reassigning these newly arrived dwarfs to the new location alleviated the labor shortage somewhat.