PNB Chapter 287 She Has a Plan
Chapter 287 She Has a Plan
Lu Qixin is not a fool; on the contrary, he is very smart.
He immediately thought of many things. Ruan Xiyue could teach the lower-ranking orcs things like bamboo salt and pottery jars, which were closely guarded secrets of other families.
She must have more advanced technology.
Wool sweaters, wool spinning, linen spinning, and other such crafts—any one of these skills could support a cheetah-lion tribe!
So, what was it that Ruan Xiyue said she would teach her cubs?
Ruan Xiyue has already presented all the technologies that are easy to study and research. Does Ruan Xiyue have any technologies that are not so easy to study and imitate?
For example... ironware making?
After all, the Holy Mother Ruan Xiyue left behind a group of orcs skilled in iron smelting, who are still waiting in the tribe!
Besides these, do they have no other plans? Lu Qixin didn't believe it.
Just as Lu Qixin was pondering something, Ruan Xiyue opened the door again.
"These are all the guards Uncle Lu brought, right? They're the ones who will be responsible for protecting my cubs in the future?"
Lu Qixin nodded, perked up, and collected his thoughts, no longer so absent-minded.
Ruan Xiyue greeted the guard captains with a smile, "Hello."
"Did any of you bring your partners? If so, after you swear an oath to the Beast God, you can organize your partners and send them to me."
"I am very good to the guards who are loyal to me and to my cubs."
"Those who pledge allegiance to our guard partners and swear an oath before me will be granted access to healing water. Each guard partner receives one such water annually. They can choose to give it to their partner or to a close friend or family member."
The guard captains were practically green with envy. In other words, after they swore an oath to the Beast God, even if there were no cubs of suitable age to accompany the Holy Mother's cubs as they grew up.
That doesn’t matter!
Because Ruan Xiyue will give them healing water, and after their partners drink it, they can give birth to cubs!
The guard captains all knelt down on one knee to thank Ruan Xiyue.
Lu Qixin was sweating a little.
If things continue like this, how many of the guards brought by the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe will still be truly loyal to the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe?
Ruan Xiyue smiled and looked at Lu Qixin: "We agreed that once the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe's guard team arrived, they would immediately swear an oath to me."
"At first, I didn't believe it! But judging from Uncle Lu's attitude today, I guess I was just being cynical!"
"Then let's go straight to the sacrificial plaza this afternoon! Jiu Chen's master is more capable than Jiu Chen! He can get more than twenty orcs to swear the Beast God's oath each time!"
Lu Qixin could only awkwardly laugh and nod throughout.
After all, what Ruan Xiyue said were things they had promised.
The Cheetah Lion Tribe also has orcs from other tribes, and importantly, the Spirit Fox Tribe's orcs are also there!
If Lu Qixin and his group show even the slightest reluctance, or make excuses to postpone, their Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe will easily gain a reputation for being fickle.
Their Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe already didn't have a very good reputation!
So they quickly assembled a guard of more than two hundred men.
The guards had completed their oaths in three separate sessions.
Ruan Xiyue looked at them with a smile. Although two groups of people were loyal to Ruan Xiyue's treasure-hunting rat cubs, she didn't mind at all. On the contrary, she was very happy.
Before long, the partners of the guards also arrived at the sacrificial square.
They looked at Ruan Xiyue expectantly, and Ruan Xiyue, without hesitation, waved her hand and told them:
"If you all swear an oath to the Beast God, promising absolute loyalty and refraining from spreading anything detrimental to me, and also refraining from passing on the survival skills I or the Cheetah Lion Tribe have taught you, you can receive a healing potion this afternoon!"
Lu Qixin felt that something was amiss.
He always had a feeling that the initiative was no longer in his hands.
Ruan Xiyue didn't give Lu Qixin any time to think it over. She said to Lu Qixin, "After my cubs are born, I will adjust my body and prepare to give birth to another litter of cubs from the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe."
“I have seen the sincerity of the Treasure-Hunting Rat Tribe. I am very satisfied! I will naturally reciprocate with my own sincerity.”
"You should know me. I never let my allies who cooperate with our Cheetah Lion Tribe suffer losses!"
Ruan Xiyue smiled and Lu Qixin didn't delve any further into the combination of moves she had made.
Lu Qixin's mind is now completely focused on the possibility of having another baby born from the Holy Mother after this one!
He carefully recalled the appearance of the Holy Mother Ruan Xiyue with her cubs, and it seemed that he had heard that out of the Holy Mother Ruan Xiyue's more than fifty cubs, everyone had only seen about thirty of them.
Apart from the three cubs who "died young," no beastman had ever seen the other dozen or so cubs.
Moreover, when they went to check on the cubs, the number of cubs in the Spirit Fox Tribe was incorrect!
However, given the arrogant and profit-driven nature of the Spirit Fox Tribe, they were able to send over 17,000 orcs.
The fact that ten thousand orcs were directly left to the Holy Mother Ruan Xiyue illustrates one point!
The missing cub in the cub house might also have atavistic blood!
Lu Qixin instantly stopped caring that Xi Yue, the Holy Female, had dominated the conversation all day!
After thinking about it, he concluded that the Treasure-Seeking Rat Tribe must be closer to the Holy Mother Ruan Xiyue than the Spirit Fox Tribe!
He needs to go back and carefully formulate the following direction!
Ruan Xiyue laughed. She had previously disdained to use the methods employed by capable ministers like Guan Zhong and Jia Xu from her previous life to deal with the orcs of the Beast God Continent!
If we really use the methods of Guan Zhong and Jia Xu to deal with these beastmen...
Within ten years, when Ruan Xiyue told them to go east, they dared not go west.
After all, Guan Zhong's method of using silkworms to conquer other countries is a famous example of subduing the enemy without fighting.
Jia Xu, on the other hand, is historically known for his strategy of "harming the natural order but not the moral order." While Jia Xu's schemes were ruthless, they did not compromise morality.
However, that was in the past.
To create a safe environment for the cubs, Ruan Xiyue has adopted the approach of Guan Zhong by having Congwen and Luo Qizhao sign cooperation agreements with the surrounding tribes.
As for Jia Xu's strategy... it remains to be seen whether the Red Fox Tribe will dare to continue causing trouble.
If so, let them witness Jia Xu's plan!
After Ruan Xiyue saw Lu Qixin and the others off, Li Miao finally took the initiative to find Ruan Xiyue.
"Yue'er, are you free now? I'd like to talk to you."
Ruan Xiyue gave him a deep look, walked to the other side of the table, pinched Qi Heng's chin, and kissed him on the lips: "Remember to put the cubs to sleep. I'm going upstairs now."
Qi Heng's cheeks flushed, and he nodded obediently.
Ruan Xiyue followed Li Miao upstairs. She lazily walked into Li Miao's room, sprawled on the animal skin cushion on the bed, and said, "So, what do you want to talk about?"