I am the chief of a primitive tribe

"Uncle Lihu, when the rain is over, take people to the nearby tribes to investigate and see if there is any tribe willing to let us marry them." Mufeng said with a smile, "Brother Qingya and Brother Chiya, they are old enough, it's time to find wives for them!"

Lihu was excited: "Find a wife?"

Mufeng nodded: "Yes, what else?"

Lihu was so excited that he couldn't speak.

Tribal men are considered adults at the age of 17 and women are considered adults at the age of 16, and they can marry and have children.

Qingya and Baiya are already adults. According to the previous situation of the tribe, if these two brothers want to survive, they can only "marry" to other tribes and do hard labor for others.

You know, it has always been difficult to be a son-in-law.

As for whether the young and strong stay in the tribe or go out for marriage, Lihu, as a parent, has no right to decide - the one who can decide is the chief, that is, Mufeng.

Because the Jiang clan had always been living in a tight spot, the old chief was busy trying to figure out how to feed the clan members, and the clan lacked young and strong labor, so this matter was delayed.

Unexpectedly, Mu Feng, as the chief, took the initiative to bring up this matter, confirming that the two brothers would not go on a marriage, but ask for marriage, how could he not be excited.

Mu Feng's next words made Li Hu even more excited: "From now on, men in the Jiang clan will not go out to marry, and all will seek marriage. As for women..."

He thought for a while and said: "Women will not marry outside, and all will stay in the tribe. Men who are willing to come to my Jiang clan for marriage and do not leave will be given two sheep by their original tribe!"

"What?" Li Hu exclaimed, "Great Chief, even if you want to marry a woman, four sheep are almost enough. If a man comes to our tribe, we will also give him sheep?"

"Yes!" Mu Feng nodded, "In this way, we can build a good relationship with the man's original tribe. Men and women from other tribes live well in our tribe, and we also treat their children well. In the long run, there will be fewer and fewer tribes that have disloyalty to us!"

This is a relatively "soft" annexation measure. Although it is a bit slow, it is safe and will not cause a big mess.

To put it another way, even if the other tribe is stronger and has this "Qin-Jin" relationship, it is not good to tear your face and become an enemy of the Jiang clan.

"But..." Li Hu hesitated and asked, "What if other tribes know that we can afford the 'bride price' and ask for more from us, or even come to rob us?"

Mu Feng frowned and thought about it, then nodded and said, "This is indeed a problem. If the request is not excessive, then give it. After all, it is a big happy event to marry a woman and add people to the tribe. But if someone always asks for a lot, or even has the intention of robbing, don't indulge him. Our Jiang family's sons are not made of clay!"

He didn't say a harsh word, but Li Hu was encouraged after hearing it.

In his feeling, it seemed as if Jiang had always been kneeling in such matters, and now it finally stood up straight!

Li Hu had no more objections and nodded solemnly to Mu Feng: "Yes, Great Chief, I will definitely pass your words to every tribe member!"

"Okay, go!" Mu Feng yawned again, "I want to rest for a while!"

"Yes!"

It must be said that Li Hu, who had something on his mind, was still very efficient.

Not long after Mu Feng woke up, Li Hu came back again.

He told Mu Feng that there were 22 pregnant women in the tribe, and five of them should give birth in one or two months.

There were 18 children under the age of ten.

There were 31 young men of childbearing age, and 23 women of childbearing age.

Mu Feng leaned on the bed and rubbed his head, and he had a rough idea in his heart.

The 22 children who were about to be born were the confirmed population. If they could all survive, these 22 children would be the net increase in population confirmed by the tribe.

However, the current medical and sanitary conditions were not met, and Mu Feng could not be sure that these 22 children would be safe.

The biggest problem affecting the survival rate of children at the moment was actually the environment and food.

Mu Feng had learned in his previous life that the mortality rate of newborns in primitive society was as high as 30%, mainly due to the lack of knowledge of childbirth.

In the next ten years of growth, they would face diseases, plagues, food shortages, infectious diseases, epidemics, natural disasters and other reasons, and some of them would die.

What Mu Feng can do now is to control the survival rate of children from the birth stage.

As for the future, except for natural disasters, he can find ways to prevent other things.

The low survival rate of births is due to sanitary conditions and childbirth knowledge. These are not a problem for him. He doesn't know it himself. At most, he can exchange this knowledge in the system to increase his proficiency.

When it comes to childbirth, for the sake of the tribe, he doesn't care about the distinction between men and women, and the distinction between high and low.

As for diseases, he has the wood-derived technique to rely on, so he has the confidence.

He has been actively looking for herbs that can treat common diseases, always preparing for emergencies.

Next is the number of people to marry.

There are fifty-four men and women of marriageable age. If nothing goes wrong, the tribe can attract at least fifty-four people through marriage and marriage.

But there is a problem here, that is, if fifty-four people marry and have children at the same time, it will be a great burden for the tribe, and the Jiang clan cannot afford it now.

According to what Li Hu said before, a man needs at least four sheep to marry a woman, and the men alone need 124 sheep, which almost sends away all the sheep in the Jiang clan sheepfold.

Counting what Mu Feng said himself, and sending two sheep to each tribe of men who come to the marriage, that is forty-six sheep.

Jiang's "savings" will soon be exhausted.

Of course, these are the "prices" since the last time the tribe asked for a woman to marry - Mu Feng asked Li Hu when the last time was, and Li Hu said it was two years ago.

Mu Feng was a little speechless, and he sighed in his heart that it was no wonder that marrying a wife in the previous life had such a big impact, almost draining an ordinary family.

In the previous life, if a man wanted to marry a wife, he would spend tens of millions of cars, houses, and betrothal gifts, which would put an ordinary or even a well-off family in trouble in a minute.

Marriage is a good thing for young men and women, but it is tantamount to "exploitation" for the man's parents.

"Two years ago, marrying a woman required food equivalent to four sheep. Now it's been two years, the market price should have gone up!" Mu Feng thought to himself, "Fuck, this is a tricky thing!"

"It seems that I still need to make my family more solid, otherwise if I say something crazy here, I will lose face if there are old bachelors in the tribe again!"

Thinking of this, Mu Feng nodded to Li Hu and said, "Okay, I know! Now there are so many men and women in the tribe who can marry and have children, and we won't let them leave the tribe, so we need all kinds of livestock, so we have to work harder recently to catch enough prey!"

"Yes, Chief!" Li Hu suddenly understood why Mu Feng still went hunting when there was enough food, "It turns out that the Chief has been thinking about marrying the young and strong in the tribe!"

Li Hu was moved, and he immediately felt that he had to do something, otherwise he would be sorry for the Chief who took so much trouble to think about Qingya and Chiya.