Chapter 346 Food Problems of Nomadic Peoples

Will nomadic people voluntarily transform into agricultural people?

The answer is of course no.

In the history of another world, after the nomadic Dorians conquered the Peloponnese, they turned the native Spartans and Pylos into serfs, and the Dorians into a non-productive military group. This situation lasted for about 800 years.

Historical facts have proved that nomadic people will not voluntarily transform into agricultural people even if they come to the area of ​​agricultural people.

Later, the Thracians transformed into agricultural people because their population was too large. Even if some of them migrated to the Asia Minor Peninsula, they still could not solve the food shortage crisis.

In order to survive, the Thracians had to transform into agricultural people.

The history of another world has proved that only when nomadic people face the survival crisis of population explosion will they voluntarily transform into agricultural people.

The population problem in the Thracian region is not serious now. As long as they buy food from the outside world, they can meet their food needs.

In this situation where the Thracians did not need to transform into an agricultural nation, Roy would not be so naive as to think that he could order the Amazon tribe to transform into an agricultural nation by marrying Hippolyta and becoming the King of the Amazon.

If Roy really married Hippolyta, the Amazon tribe would probably become a parasite on the Kingdom of Athens.

When the Amazon tribe needed food in winter, Roy had to provide food for the Amazon tribe and fulfill his responsibility as the King of the Amazon.

In order to ensure the safety of the Amazon tribe, Hippolyta would also ask Roy to provide bronze weapons or even black iron weapons for the Amazon tribe.

With the support of the Kingdom of Athens, the Amazon tribe would become stronger and stronger and eventually conquer the entire Thracian region.

Then Hippolyta would become the Queen of Thrace, and Roy would become the King of Thrace.

All Thracians would parasitize on the Kingdom of Athens, and Roy would have to provide food and weapons for all Thracians.

Then the Thracians would continue to expand and conquer all nomadic peoples in Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and Northern Europe.

Hippolyta would become the queen of millions of nomadic peoples in Europe, and Roy would also become the king of millions of nomadic peoples in Europe.

The responsibility of providing food and weapons to feed millions of nomads in Europe will also fall on Roy.

If Roy does not have food to feed them, these nomads that Roy feeds with food and arms with weapons will invade Roy's Kingdom of Athens in the south-

"You want us Amazon tribes to become farming people?"

Hippolyta looked at Roy with doubts and asked.

"Why should we transform into farming people?"

"It's too troublesome to explain."

Roy said helplessly.

"As your nomadic population increases, your food will not be able to feed more and more people. When the crisis of food shortage comes, how do you plan to solve the food problem?"

"I will use our cattle, sheep and horses to exchange food with your farming people."

Hearing Hippolyta's answer, Roy couldn't help laughing.

"As the population of your nomadic people increases, the population of our farming people is also increasing. If the farming people don't have enough food to sell to you, what are you going to do?"

Hippolyta was silent for a moment, and finally said expressionlessly.

"If the farming people don't sell us food, we will use war to rob you of your food. Although I know that many people will die if the farming people lose their food, my people can survive."

"What if you can't beat the farming people?"

Roy said with a serious face.

"In the future, I will let all the soldiers of the Kingdom of Athens use black iron weapons and wear iron armor. If you can't beat us, how are you going to survive?"

"I... I don't know..."

Hippolyta said blankly.

"We have no food... and we can't beat you, the Kingdom of Athens, how are we going to survive?"

"The grasslands occupied by you nomads are all fertile plains. As long as you nomads turn into farming people, the food you grow will not only meet your own needs, but you will also have surplus food to sell to us."

"But we are nomads, and our ancestors have lived like this for thousands of years."

Hippolyta said with a painful expression on her little face.

"You want us to become an agricultural nation, just like asking wolves to eat grass like sheep."

"Hippolyta, just pretend I didn't say that!"

Roy shook his head in disappointment.

"I knew long ago that unless you nomads are facing a survival crisis, you will never voluntarily become an agricultural nation."

"Roy!"

Hippolyta took a deep breath, then looked at Roy with a firm face and said.

"I am willing to marry you and give you my power, as long as you promise to take care of the Amazon tribe-"

"I will not support a large unproductive tribe in order to get a woman."

After saying that, Roy left the king's tent directly.

After Hippolyta and Phyllis were left in the king's tent, Phyllis asked in confusion.

"Sister Hippolyta, why did you beg him so humbly and take the initiative to say you want to marry him?"

"Princess Phyllis..."

Hippolyta said with a wry smile while looking at Phyllis.

"You are now a princess protected by your father, so you don't know that we Thracians have always faced food problems. In order to reduce the demand for food, many tribes will check newborns, and children with weak constitutions will be killed. Even if we cruelly kill newborns, we still can't solve the food problem, so we Thracians often have wars between tribes. Killing children with weak constitutions to reduce the population, and reducing the population through wars between tribes - I don't want to use these two cruel methods to solve the food problem. If I can use my marriage to exchange for the happy life of all the people in the Amazon tribe, I am certainly willing to take the initiative to propose to Roy."

"The real reason why our Thracian tribe kills children with weak constitutions and often fights between tribes - is to reduce the population and reduce our demand for food?"

Phyllis frowned and said.

"This is too unbelievable. When I return to my father, I will ask my father and let him tell me the answer."

"Phyllis, you'd better not worry about it."

Hippolyta persuaded.

"Even if you know these problems, what can you do? You can't think of a way to solve them."

The camp of the Sun Tribe.

Aeetes was sitting in his tent, thinking whether to agree to Roy's request.

"One year... Just a truce with them for one year. After one year, we can regain the lost territory and population. Their request is not unacceptable."

In order to redeem his daughter, Aeetes finally decided to accept Roy's request.

"Before giving the five large tribes in the west of the Sea of ​​Marmara to the Amazon tribe, I will take away all their young men and food, leaving the old, weak, women and children to be taken care of by Hippolyta. After Hippolyta helps them through the difficult winter, I will take them back tomorrow summer."

After saying this, Aeetes showed a smug smirk on his face.