I'm involved in poverty alleviation in a primitive tribe.

The Iron-Eating Beast Shaman replied, "We've almost finished packing up, but we only have a little over 150 Iron-Eating Beasts left. The tribe still has over 300 people. With so many people and so much stuff, it's not very convenient to travel. I'm afraid we'll have to trouble that Lotus Heart Warrior to help us make some more of those wagons."

Jiang Ning nodded: "That's easy, I'll have Lianxin take people to do it right away."

The bumblebee witch hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Then...those two witches and their warriors...are we taking them with us too?"

Jiang Ning looked at her in surprise: "Why take them away? I don't have enough food to feed them."

Lianxin brought back a lot of good things from the cave of the Flame Bird Tribe, which they probably robbed from other tribes. They'll use them to support these newcomers.

Bumblebee Witch felt slightly relieved: "Then... what should we do with them?"

Jiang Ning suddenly realized: "You think I'll take them all back with me, and make them my people after they've been tested by the various shamans, just like the people below?"

The bumblebee witch lowered her head in embarrassment: "You just said that the people of the Flame Bird Tribe and the Stone Python Tribe would be taken back and treated like slaves..."

Jiang Ning said seriously, "That's right, I did say that."

Both the Iron-Eating Beast Witch and the Bumblebee Witch looked at her sadly.

Jiang Ning chuckled, "But as I said, anyone who participated in the attack and who identifies with the Flame Bird Witch will be executed. These warriors and the two witches all participated in the attack, and they and their battle pets will all be executed."

The Iron-Eating Beast Shaman and the Bumblebee Shaman bowed respectfully: "Yes!"

Jiang Ning personally helped them up: "Alright, I'm going to find Lianxin. You guys hurry up and deal with them. I'm in a hurry to get back."

Everyone was busy with their own affairs. Lianxin led people to rush to make carts, while the Iron-Eating Beast Witch led the warriors to deal with the warriors and war pets of the Flame Bird Tribe and the Stone Python Tribe one by one.

The Flame Bird Witch and the Stone Python Witch were personally executed by the Iron-Eating Beast Witch and the Bumblebee Witch. They were only relieved after confirming that the two were dead.

Hongyue left Hongfeng to watch over the slaves while she busied herself gathering the stone python and firebird corpses together, skinning and cutting them into pieces, discarding the useless parts to avoid taking up space, and then neatly stacking them on the cart to take back together. These were all food, and they couldn't be wasted.

Early the next morning, Jiang Ning led his men to set off. The caves of the Iron-Eating Beast Tribe were really too smelly. So many people and beasts living together, I don’t know how they could stand it.

Those slaves who were in better physical condition couldn't even squeeze into the cave, so they slept huddled together in the wagon bed. Jiang Ning had the guards light a fire around the area and threw a lot of animal hides brought back from the Flame Bird Tribe into the wagon bed, which was enough to keep them warm.

Lianxin has been leading them this way for the past few days, so their physical condition must be good enough to get through it.

After traveling for several days, Hongban followed the people of the Bumblebee Tribe to Bumblebee Valley to collect flower seeds, while Jiang Ning led his people to continue towards the Jiang Tribe.

With so many people, their pace was slow. The next day, Red Spot led the bumblebee tribe to catch up with the main group. They not only brought large bags of flower seeds, but also carried many flower seedlings.

The bumblebee witch seemed to have emerged from the shadows of the Flame Bird tribe. She enthusiastically introduced to Jiang Ning, "We have many flowers, some of which are edible, and our honey tastes quite different. Please come and try them sometime when you have time."

She looked like a child, no longer the bumblebee witch who carried so much burden at such a young age.

Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Great! Our Jiang tribe also has a Lotus tribe. Their lotus flowers are edible, so you can try them too."

Bumblebee Witch nodded vigorously and said happily, "Yes."

As they went back and forth, the snow began to melt, and melted snow dripped from the treetops from time to time. Jiang Ning looked at the sky and realized that spring was just around the corner.

When they returned to Jiang's territory, the bumblebee cubs were all waiting outside.

Lianwu stepped forward to apologize: "Witch, I'm worried about these cubs. They wait for me outside every day. Since they're not from the Lian tribe, I can't just knock them out and take them back..."

Jiang Ning didn't want to blame her, so she just said, "Alright, as long as they're not cold."

She pointed to the large group behind her: "Prepare some food for them first, then light some torches to warm them up. Now summon everyone to the council hall for a meeting."

"Yes!"

Inside the meeting hall.

Following Jiang Ning's instructions, the Iron-Eating Beast Shaman and the Bumblebee Shaman led their people to sit below the other shamans, looking around at everything with some unfamiliarity.

Jiang Ning sat at the front, leaning back contentedly in a chair covered with soft animal hides. Several braziers burned in the room; it was the most comfortable place.

"This is the Bumblebee Shaman, whom you have already met. The other shaman is the Iron-Eating Beast Shaman, a spirit shaman whose tribe has more than three hundred members and will also be part of our Jiang tribe in the future."

Following Jiang Ning's words, the shamans looked at the new members and nodded in greeting.

"With them came nearly nine hundred people, all of whom are unclaimed. How well have you all learned to read and write? I will number these people, and you will check their character one by one, write down their numbers, and record them. Check off those who pass, and write down the reasons for those who fail. Once a person is approved by more than six shamans, he or she can become one of our people."

Everyone saw that Jiang Ning brought so many people back, so it wasn't surprising to hear this.

Before building the stone houses, they reserved a lot of open space for their settlement, waiting for the day when the population could increase.

Only the few shamans who hadn't finished learning the characters were a little panicked. They even had to record the reasons, otherwise, wouldn't the shamans know they hadn't learned it? Could they find someone to write it for them? What has Bluegrass been up to lately...?

The Iron-Eating Beast Witch and the Bumblebee Witch were completely baffled. What were these writings?

"After everyone has been inspected, we will distribute people to the various tribes according to their rankings. Those who fail the inspection will be dealt with according to the circumstances: those with more serious problems will be executed, and those with minor offenses will be made public slaves of the alliance."

"In addition, when we planned the settlement, we didn't expect new people to join so soon. Fortunately, the plain is very large and there is still a lot of open space. When spring comes, we will build another settlement outside the moat. We will also dig a moat outside to facilitate water supply for everyone, so that everyone can get to the rock lake in time if there is any danger. That will be the second ring. We need to leave a large area this time, because there may be other tribes in the future."

"Let's just move the planting area to the other side of the plain and let those unclaimed landowners do it together. You can also take a good look and see who's slacking off and who's working hard, and write it all down. The empty space we left for the medicinal herbs doesn't need to be moved; just leave it there."

"Yes!"