"certainly."

After Zhang Qi finished speaking, he patted the ice particles on his clothes and continued in a haughty tone.

"You don't have to change. I'll come and take you away when you can't stand it any longer. That way, I'll even have food left."

Zhang Qi's words made the people in the tribe very emotional, and some of them even had greedy looks in their eyes. This is a grassland, and there are no laws, or rather there are, but no one can control them in this winter.

Behind the leading man, a stubble-faced man winked at a few people around him. The latter understood and quietly retreated to the back of the crowd.

Bend the bow and nock the arrow.

Whoosh——

A crossbow arrow hit one person's throat, and the latter fell to the ground and clutched his throat.

The sound of the string did not come from the tribe. On the contrary, it was the crossbowman beside Zhang Qi who fired the crossbow.

"Your people are dishonest. Why do you want to take action?"

Zhang Qi casually raised his fingers, and Bo and the others picked up their bows and arrows.

"Noble man!"

The leader of the man had a gloomy look on his face. He glared at the bearded man behind him and loudly asked Zhang Qi what he wanted to explain.

Obviously they were the party with more people, but the whole scene seemed to be controlled by Zhang Qi.

"You can't even control people. It seems there are different voices in your tribe."

"I'll help you. It will be easier for you if there are fewer people."

Zhang Qi pressed his palm down.

In an instant, a whooshing sound shot through the air.

Five arrows hit five people. Among them, the bearded man hid behind the leading man and escaped. The others were killed with one arrow.

"Okay, let's stop the nonsense. This leader with no prestige, you should consider what I just said. In exchange for food, your tribe will be able to survive this winter."

Six corpses fell among the crowd, and their blood quickly seeped into the snow.

The man glanced at Zhang Qi who was standing on the horse, and then looked at the burly and outrageous Ma Gui from the corner of his eye. The luster coming out of the gaps made him tremble.

"What you are saying is true, but most of the slaves in my tribe have been exchanged long ago. Now there is only one craftsman slave and one horse slave available for exchange. It's just them."

"Each person needs twenty kilograms of grain!"

The man looked at Zhang Qi without any sign of giving in.

Zhang Qi nodded slightly and looked at the man with drooping eyelids. After a while, he burst out laughing: "Hahaha, okay, I'll just give you forty kilograms of grain."

With a wave of his hand, the eagle rode his horse to the man, cut a rope on the horse's back with a dagger, and dropped half a bag of oats in front of the man.

"Forty-four pounds, it's an advantage for you."

Ying glanced at the man condescendingly, then dashed back to Zhang Qi's side.

The man picked up the bag on the ground and opened it. He grabbed a handful of oats and rubbed them in his hands a few times. Then he picked up the bag and shouted a few words behind him. Several young Huns took the two rags and The slave pushed him in front of Zhang Qi.

Zhang Qi did not move. Hui beside him took the man behind the horse and continued to wait.

"Just these two?"

Zhang Qi glanced at the man. The man gritted his teeth and shouted to the nervous women not far away: "Bring the child out!"

No one refuted, they all knew that their leader's children were the first to be sent out of the tribe, so although they were reluctant to give up, they accepted their fate.

There were not many children in the tribe, so the women brought out eight or nine, all of whom were young children. Those who were half-grown had to stay in the tribe to become the hope of the tribe in the future.

"Your Majesty, I hope you can take these children away. We can no longer afford to support them."

The man handed the bag of oats to a woman, turned around and said to Zhang Qi.

"Okay, it's still five pounds of food for one child, Eagle, give it to them."

Zhang Qi waved his hand.

The eagle spat and reluctantly took out another bag of oats.

Nine children, fifty-four kilograms of grain, the eagle dropped a bag: "Fifty kilograms, plus the previous four kilograms is just right."

The man picked it up and found that it was new food just like the previous ones, so he asked someone to send the child over.

"Okay, that's it, let's go."

Zhang Qi turned the horse's head and rode the prairie horse towards the distance. Bo and the others picked up two children on the horse, and then left with Zhang Qi.

These children must have known that they and others had been exchanged. No one was crying and they all stayed quietly on the horse.

When everyone was gone, Ma Gui turned his horse and chased after him. He had been told by Zhang Qi to be ready to attack at any time, so he was always in an attacking posture.

It wasn't until Ma Gui left that the people in this tribe breathed a sigh of relief.

The person who put the most pressure on them just now was not Zhang Qi, but Ma Gui, who had been silent.

the other side.

Zhang Qi and the others rode out and galloped for more than ten miles before slowing down.

Ying Da Ma came to Zhang Qi and asked curiously: "Qi, how do you know that those people dare not take action?"

Zhang Qi glanced at him and smiled: "When I saw that there were less than half a hundred cattle and sheep in their pasture, I knew they didn't dare to take action."

"Eagle, you have to remember that when a person is not in desperate situation, he does not dare to risk his life. Even if we don't go there today, those people can survive until spring. So, there is still hope that they will survive. Grassland

There are countless things where the big fish eats the small fish, but this time we are the ones playing the big fish."

Ying looked vaguely understanding, and then asked: "What if they don't see that we have strength?"

"They will. On our way to that tribe, Qi asked Ma Gui to tear off his clothes. As long as he is not blind, he can see the equipment on Ma Gui."

Hui rode a horse and came to the two of them and took over the words.

He was nervous at first, but as Zhang used his thunderous power to suppress the situation, he understood what Zhang Qi was planning.

"And the food is real. As long as they are short of food, they will agree to exchange with Qi."

Zhang Qi nodded and gave Chao Hui a thumbs up.

Then he said to the eagle: "Look, let me just say that wisdom is more important than all of you put together. People rely on their brains to make a living."

After realizing it, Ying Hou suddenly realized and patted his thigh: "You can still play like this! I just can't think of it, but Qi, why do you always want a child?"

Zhang Qi didn't say anything, Hui patted Ying's head: "Go about your business, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, you won't know even if I ask, find a suitable place to camp, in this weather, heavy snow is probably coming

."

Eagle laughed a few times, then handed the two young children on his horse to Bo and Harrier, and ran out quickly with his arms under the horse's belly.

"Qi, these children also need to be sent there?"

Hui glanced at the well-behaved child on her horse and asked.

Zhang Qi nodded: "Yes, I will send them over, but we will not accept any more children in the future. The number is almost the same."

"Go and find out what those two slaves are capable of. After setting up camp, I want to ask questions."

"Um."
Chapter completed!