Military-Civilian Conflict
After leaving Supply Station Number One, Victor did not rest at Supply Station Number Two. Instead, he sped up and, taking advantage of the good weather and high temperature, traveled for ten hours to reach Supply Station Number Three, which was the original territory of Tribe Number One.
Besides the garrison at Supply Station Number One, a portion of the Horseshoe Tribe now resides here.
After wiping out the Blazing Fire Tribe, Luda proposed to Victor that the Horseshoe Tribe be separated, but Victor refused.
Finally, under Victor's arrangement, Luda took nearly 3,000 people from the Horseshoe Tribe and settled them here, establishing a Barbarians settlement that combined herding and farming.
Although Luda's group of people did not officially secede from the Horseshoe Tribe, they had achieved a fait accompli.
Jell of the Horseshoe Tribe dared not complain about this, since Victor had not supported Luda's separation from the family.
Although the two tribes did not settle in the same place, they were nominally one tribe, and Luda referred to themselves as the Horseshoe Tribe.
Moreover, this matter was tacitly approved by Victor. After all, after the Horseshoe Tribe came under the jurisdiction of the Two Rivers Territory Horseshoe Tribe, it expanded rapidly after several rounds of expansion. In just two years, it grew from a small tribe of three or four thousand people to a medium-sized tribe of nearly ten thousand people before the split.
This size was too large for a vassal tribe, especially since Jell had his own ulterior motives. After wiping out the Blazing Fire Tribe, he used the excuse that the Horseshoe Tribe's territory was too small to move to the Blazing Fire Tribe's territory to settle and graze.
The territory of the Blazing Fire Tribe is too far from the Two Rivers Territory. Once the Horseshoe Tribe migrates here, a tribe with tens of thousands of people and capable of deploying two thousand Cavalry will rapidly develop on the ruins of the Blazing Fire Tribe.
Such a change could very well cause Victor to lose control of the Horseshoe Tribe.
However, the Horseshoe Tribe made significant contributions in the process of annihilating the Blazing Fire Tribe, especially Luda, who led the caravan to provide the army of the Two Rivers Territory with a great deal of first-hand intelligence.
While Victor was still pondering how to suppress the Horseshoe Tribe, the discord between Luda and Jell gave him a pretext.
After Luda proposed splitting the family, although he was refused, Victor went along with it and nominally gave the Horseshoe Tribe a new territory.
But in reality, it helped Luda and his people who were willing to follow him to move to a new territory. Jell and the Horseshoe Tribe had no control over this place.
This event ultimately led to the split of the Horseshoe Tribe and successfully weakened Horseshoe Tribe development.
After Victor arrived at Supply Station Number Three with his troops, Luda, who had already learned of Victor's arrival, led his men to greet Victor directly at Supply Station Number Three.
"Your Excellency, you must be tired from your journey!"
Upon seeing Victor enter the outpost, Luda had been waiting at the entrance, greeted Victor before the outpost garrison officer could.
"Luda, long time no see. How have you been? Are you settling into the new tribe location?"
"Thanks to you, everything is fine. The people here are very happy."
Especially since there's plenty of water here, we can use the land along the river for farming, and everyone is full of hope for the future.
"Oh, you've already started planting? Is there any problem?"
Will your people be able to adapt to this way of life?
"It's already started. Political Officer Powell contacted Supervisor Sam to help us, and Supervisor Sam sent a team of, well, I should call them agricultural experts, to guide us."
At first, everyone wasn't quite used to farming, but in order to be able to eat the food they grew themselves in the future, they quickly got the hang of it. The winter wheat planting is now complete; 2,000 mu (approximately 333 acres) have been cultivated and planted entirely with winter wheat.
Victor patted Luda on the shoulder. "You've done a great job. Keep managing this land well. The conditions around here are good. Just this area on the east bank alone can yield at least 50,000 mu of fertile land. I might even have to buy grain from you in the future!"
Luda was delighted. "Your Excellency, I also look forward to that day coming soon."
"By the way, Your Excellency, why don't you come and rest in our territory tonight? I've prepared a warm tent for you, along with the finest lamb and wine; you're sure to have a very comfortable time."
At this moment, the already impatient garrison commander quickly interjected, "Chief Luda, you've gone too far! The lord should be staying at the garrison; your tribe smells too strong!"
The garrison commander was furious. He should have been the first to greet the lord, but Luda was, after all, the lord's vassal, and his status and power were higher than his.
But Luda so impolite, not only rushing to greet the lord, but also wanting to take the lord to stay at his place. It was simply taking advantage of him, eating and taking things at the same time. It was too much!
"How dare you talk like that? The place I arranged for the Viscount is absolutely the best house in our clan's territory."
"So what if I said it? Our military outpost's camp is better than yours!"
The two soon broke into a heated argument, and Victor quickly stopped them.
"You two are colleagues, and you should help each other. There's absolutely no need to argue over something like this."
To avoid further escalating the conflict between the two, Victor made a decision directly: he planned to stay at the outpost tonight and go to Luda's territory tomorrow night.
Anyway, the purpose of this trip was to explore. The area near the Supply Station Number Three is right at the source of the Lime River, which is also a key area for future development. It is impossible to complete the investigation in one day, so he originally planned to stay for two more days.
Since the lord had made this decision, neither of them dared to raise any objections. Luda was persuaded by Victor to return to the tribe's territory with his men, and Victor would arrive before dark the next day.
After seeing Luda, Victor entered the outpost under the guidance of the outpost garrison officer.
This outpost was larger than Supply Station Number Two Number One and No. 2. During the battle with the Blazing Fire Tribe, this was the last outpost to reach the Blazing Fire Tribe.
To build this place, many members of the exterminated Number One tribe paid a heavy price, whether they died in battle or were later captured and worked to death as slaves.
After the war, many unused logistical supplies were stored here, so there are a lot of supplies stored here to supply the Blue Lake Bay Outpost and the tribe of Luda.
During his conversation with the garrison officer at the supply depot, Victor learned why the supply depot and Luda had a bad relationship and how the conflict between the military and the local authorities arose.
Originally, the two families should have been mutually dependent, especially since the military post had a small population. After Luda's tribe moved over, it brought a lot of life to the surrounding area, which was a good thing for the military post.
But conflicts began to arise between the two families after Luda started teaching his people how to farm.
In addition to guarding and patrolling, the military outposts and outposts in the Two Rivers Territory also engaged in land reclamation, which at least met the self-sufficiency of the garrison.
So the military post also had its own reserved land, which of course was the best plot of land in the vicinity. As a result, Luda also took a liking to it and proposed to divide the land equally according to the number of people, citing the small population of the military post.
The garrison commander would certainly not agree to this, after all, the outpost only has more than 300 people, but Luda's tribe has more than 3,000 people. If it is divided like this, the outpost will not have many plots of land left.
As a result, although the two families will not necessarily turn against each other, their relationship will naturally not be good.
After listening to the story, Victor felt that he had come at the right time. He could resolve the matter in time, which would also help the cooperation between the military post and the Luda tribe, and provide experience for the future division of land.