Chapter 456 (1/2)

Salt Mines

After Zheng Luo hurriedly led his men back to the tribe, he summoned all important figures of the tribe for a meeting. He listened to everyone’s opinions then started delegating jobs. They did what they could- arrows, weapons, herbs, food, ropes, leather pouches, clothing etc were all needed. Some of the winter clothing they had were not suitable for fighting in the forest.

“Also, we have to distribute the weapons I brought back,” said Shao Xuan.

Everyone in the room was initially deep in thought, thinking about how they would distribute tasks to their subordinates. When they heard Shao Xuan, everyone looked up with anticipation.

Since these were brought back by Shao Xuan, he had the most say in this decision. After the meeting with Mountain Wind, Shao Xuan had already talked to Zheng Luo about it.

“As usual, we will distribute them according to capability,” said Shao Xuan.

The ones in higher positions were, naturally, mostly the ones with better capabilities too. This was undeniable. Everyone was fine with distributing better-quality weapons to them- a weaker fighter might just get his weapon snatched away by his opponent.

Chief Zheng Luo and Duo Lang, head of the hunting party, were excluded since they had already taken the weapons Gongjia HEng left behind the last time. There were about ten weapons, adding together what was left from last time and this batch. There were limited weapons and not everyone would get one.

Ever since Gongjia Heng visited last time, the tribe’s warriors had been secretly anticipating this and working extra hard. Zheng Luo knew of this too, he remembered everything that happened during hunts, trades, guarding the salt mines etc. He already had a mental list of who he’d give these weapons to.

Zheng Luo listed the people on his mental list, everyone was there to witness that this was not a corrupted decision.

The people he mentioned were the ones who had done the most and were capable. The younger ones included Wu Zhe, Tao Zheng, Zhui and the bunch. The older ones included Zheng Luo’s younger brother, Zheng Cheng-- while some people had opinions on this decision, it was undeniable that he was a powerful fighter. Years ago, when he was up against Zheng Luo for the chief position, he lost because of his temperament.

Honestly, it was a very fair decision. The shamaness was watching too. Even if Duo Kang wanted to fight for his son, it was useless. Compared to everyone else, Duo Li wasn’t as good.

That was why Duo Kang privately thought to train Duo Li more in the future. If he didn’t work harder, he wouldn’t get any weapons!

After the weapon distribution, the meeting adjourned. This was not their first battle so everyone had an idea of what to do. They hurried out of Zheng Luo’s house to their tasks.

Shao Xuan went to visit the leader of the salt mine guards, Wacha.

“Wacha? He went down the hill for a walk.” Susha turned the axe in her hand at an angle, then swiftly chopped the wooden blocks into smaller pieces. “He wanted to chop wood this morning but I chased him out to take a walk instead. He hasn’t fully recovered, how could he be chopping wood now? I suggested that he go down the hill and feed ducks... Those birds are called ducks, right? At least he gets to see where the duck eggs he ate came from. It’d be great if we can rear more of these in the future.”

Banned from chopping wood, then chased out of the house to watch the ducks? Shao Xuan could imagine how frustrated Wacha must be. He grinned and thanked Susha, walking down the hill to the duck house.