I am a Primitive Man

"Then let's hold off on attacking for now…"

As soon as Han Cheng said this, the warlike Shang immediately voiced his agreement. But right after, he suddenly realized something and quickly shut his mouth, staring at Han Cheng in disbelief.

Inside the meeting room of the green-tiled house, the atmosphere instantly froze after Han Cheng's words.

The Eldest Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, Shang, and the others widened their eyes in utter disbelief.

The way the Divine Child twisted things was just too sharp—it almost threw them off completely.

Weren't they discussing how to attack that tribe?

Hadn't Han Cheng repeatedly said before that he wanted to avenge the leader of the Sheep Tribe and rescue those taken captive?

Hadn't he also expressed great fondness for those creatures called "donkeys," saying they were extremely useful livestock for the tribe?

This feeling was more unbearable than getting ready to enter the hall to meet a certain someone, only for that person to suddenly start their period.

The Shaman looked at Han Cheng, puzzled, wondering how he could casually say such a thing and then decide to halt the attack on that tribe temporarily.

Han Cheng looked at the group's shocked and confused faces and helplessly smiled to himself.

His move at this moment wasn't a sudden whim or an attempt to stand out.

Though sometimes when he was in a good mood, he liked to show off a bit in front of the tribe subtly, but that was only for harmless matters.

When it came to significant matters like this, he would never act recklessly just for show—after all, he wasn't foolish.

In matters of state, whether it's war or rituals, he understood the priorities clearly.

The reason he made such a move now was because the sudden migration of the Semi-Farming Tribe reminded him of something else.

Indeed, judging from the overall strength of his tribe and the information they'd learned about the Semi-Farming Tribe from those three people, it wasn't surprising that his tribe could defeat them.

Not only did the Senior Brothers think so, but Han Cheng also agreed.

Moreover, after conquering that tribe, his tribe could not only fully absorb and merge the leaderless Sheep Tribe, gaining a batch of skilled shepherds, but also acquire a large number of slaves and donkeys, allowing his tribe to grow nearly explosively—a great many benefits.

However, what Han Cheng wanted this time was more than just the obvious benefits that most intelligent people in the tribe could see.

Besides these, he also wanted to gain something else.

That something was the tribes scattered around the Green Sparrow Tribe, which had primitive trade relations with the Green Sparrow.

Through Han Cheng and the trading team's slow and steady efforts over the years, those surrounding tribes had developed a particular goodwill toward Green Sparrow.

But that goodwill wasn't enough for them to give up their tribes and join Green Sparrow.

Under Han Cheng's leadership, Green Sparrow had always adopted a friendly approach externally, especially towards these allied tribes.

With that premise, even though they wanted those tribes to join Green Sparrow, they could not force them.

If they forced them, given Green Sparrow's current strength, they could indeed make some tribes submit.

But expansion through such means would significantly increase instability within the tribe.

Moreover, if they did so, the gentle and friendly image Han Cheng had painstakingly built for Green Sparrow would vanish entirely.

Those tribes with goodwill would then fear Green Sparrow, grow distant, and divide.

While there might be short-term gains, this would seriously harm Green Sparrow's future development.

Furthermore, Han Cheng had never liked aggressive expansion based on military force and bloodshed.

After this calculation, the situation was rather awkward.

Without using force, these tribes generally wouldn't submit voluntarily.

It was precisely based on this consideration that Han Cheng proposed temporarily holding off the attack on the Semi-Farming Tribe.

The only force capable of breaking this awkward balance and bringing those tribes under Green Sparrow's banner would have to be an external force.

This force could be an irresistible natural disaster or a human-caused calamity.

For example, the Pig Tribe, the Donkey Tribe, and now the Sheep Tribe all joined Green Sparrow under the pressure of outside forces.

The Huangguo Tribe faced an intractable food crisis.

Previously, after decisively crushing the Flying Snake Tribe in a sweeping victory, Han Cheng regretted it for a long time.

Now that there was a strong and aggressive tribe near Green Sparrow again, how could Han Cheng make the same mistake?

If he didn't seize this opportunity to gain more benefits for the tribe, he wouldn't be a qualified time traveler.

Of course, he didn't plan to use this opportunity to swallow all the surrounding tribes at once.

After absorbing so many people from the Sheep and Semi-Farming Tribes, swallowing too many tribes at once would cause indigestion.

What he wanted was to use this opportunity further to improve the relationship between these tribes and Green Sparrow, establishing a loose, Green Sparrow-led alliance akin to a tribal defense and attack pact.

Once such an alliance was established, future integration of these tribes into Green Sparrow would be more natural and seamless.

It would minimize the adverse effects that tribal integration might cause.

"That's an evil tribe."

Faced with everyone's confusion, Han Cheng began to explain, labeling the Semi-Farming Tribe outright as evil.

No one in Green Sparrow felt anything wrong with that.

The Semi-Farming Tribe attacked the Sheep Tribe, killed their leader, and wanted to attack Green Sparrow as well—indeed, an evil tribe from their perspective.

"They attacked the Sheep Tribe and want to attack us too. Apart from our two tribes, the other tribes living on this land might also face attacks.

So we need to inform them and unite with them to resist this evil tribe…"

In the meeting room, Han Cheng, the Divine Child, spoke righteously.