Green Monster Epic

Chapter 78: Change 2

Change seems simple, but it's actually quite troublesome, at least for Allen and the Green Field tribe members who are making changes for the first time.

The saying goes, 'Don't worry about scarcity, worry about inequality.' Allen finally understands this principle now.

In the Green Field tribe before, the right to procreate was always in the hands of the strong warriors. The weaker males could only approach the females when the other males weren't interested, or simply go into the wild to find goblin females to vent their animal desires.

But now, Allen has assigned a fixed female partner to every male, which has caused dissatisfaction not only among the strong males but also among the weaker ones who benefited from it.

A strong individual like Big Mountain, driven by the instinct to monopolize the right to mate and procreate as much as possible, felt that a fixed mating partner deprived him of choice. Facing the same female face every day, it might be nothing as an entertainment project during long journeys, but having to face that face even in the tribe made Big Mountain feel bored. Or rather, philandering has always been an inherent trait hidden in the genes of males.

Even though Allen prioritized the selection of mating partners for the strong in order to appease and care for these tribesmen, it was difficult to conceal the greedy mentality of these guys who were 'eating from the bowl while looking at the pot.'

And those weaker tribesmen were equally dissatisfied. In the past, everyone might have had the opportunity to interact with the beautiful, big-hipped, large-breasted females in the tribe and vent their animal desires on them. But now, the beautiful females are monopolized by the strong males for a long time, and not only is there no chance to get close to them, but when they turn around and look at the females accompanying them, they are short and thin goblin females. How could they be in a good mood?

You need to know that the law of survival of the fittest dictates that bear goblins generally won't mate and reproduce with goblins unless absolutely necessary, except when venting animal desires. This is because, although there is no reproductive isolation between bear goblins and goblins, if the female in the mating is a goblin, the offspring she produces have an equal 1/3 chance of being a bear goblin, a hobgoblin, or a goblin. However, even if a goblin female gives birth to stronger bear goblin or hobgoblin offspring, their physical fitness is naturally inferior to that of offspring born from bear goblin females.

It takes about 7 months for a goblin to go from mating to giving birth to a cub, while it takes 10 months for a bear goblin to go from mating to giving birth. There is a huge difference in the development of the cub in the womb, which is also the reason why goblin offspring are weaker than bear goblin offspring. Even hobgoblin females are worse than bear goblin females in terms of reproduction, although their gestation period is also 9 months.

Therefore, driven by instinct, relatively weak bear goblin males still prefer bear goblin females, or at least a hobgoblin female. But now, they only have a goblin female to accompany them. Although they have entertainment in the evening, if they really want the female to conceive offspring, they naturally hope that the offspring will be stronger.

Unfortunately, the Green Field tribe lacks female resources, making it difficult to achieve a one-to-one ratio. After the Shattered Bone tribe broke through Green Lake Village, many bear goblin females fled into the wilderness and disappeared, further exacerbating the male-to-female ratio in the tribe. Allen had considered this when he was on the way back, which is why he instructed Big Mountain and Flower Snake to bring the goblin wanderers who were following them into the team and bring them back to the tribe, thinking that with the addition of these goblin females, the tribe could develop and grow faster and give birth to more cubs.

Initially, everyone's complaints were reflected in their lives as passive labor and work, maximizing their laziness and trickery. Even if Allen fiercely whipped a few troublemakers with thorny vines, leaving them with bloodstains, he couldn't stop their laziness.

Seeing that the effect of physical punishment was not good, Allen discussed it with Philip and immediately announced another measure in front of everyone during dinner one afternoon: From now on, everyone's ration will correspond to their workload on that day. Those who are lazy and trickery will have their rations halved, those who work diligently will have enough to eat, and those who make outstanding contributions will receive additional food rewards in addition to their rations.

After the measures were announced, Allen did nothing all day, just supervised the tribesmen to work with Philip. Anyone caught being lazy or trickery was immediately named and scolded, and then, during the two meals of the day, Allen did what he said, and Tea Flower halved the food ration for each person who was named.

That day, almost all the tribesmen were punished with halved rations, and they started working with empty stomachs. Moreover, the amount of labor was not reduced at all. Anyway, Green Lake Village was in ruins and needed a lot of hard work, which made a group of people suffer.

The next day, the situation improved dramatically. Everyone was so hungry and thirsty the night before that they couldn't sleep, and many people got up in the middle of the night to drink lake water to fill their stomachs. The feeling of having their stomachs shaking and full of water was quite uncomfortable. However, some people still defied the wind and committed crimes, thinking that they had been living well these days and had enough fat to provide nourishment, or that Allen would not notice their crude and unbearable lazy tricks, but they were defeated in front of Allen's discerning eyes and experienced the hardships of the first day again.

After a few times like this, the tribesmen's actions of being lazy and trickery gradually improved greatly, and Allen didn't have to spend energy staring at them. Finally, he delegated it to Philip, the servant, and let him do this unpleasant thing.

Anyway, the tribesmen have always looked down on humans who are skinny and weak and have little strength, and they disdain their flattery. Allen naturally doesn't have to worry that Philip will take this opportunity to win over the hearts of the tribesmen and then create convenience for him. Moreover, he believes that Philip should know the stakes. The other party's entire fortune is now on him. If he offends Allen, Allen will send the other party to hell at any time, so he can only do his best.

The consequence of doing his best is to offend the bear goblins. And if he offends the bear goblins, Philip must tightly bind himself to Allen and dare not have any dissatisfaction with Allen's requests and questions.

These methods were all useful things that Allen learned after going out this time, seeing the people outside, and communicating with Regis, Feli, and Philip. Even in Allen's view, these methods may not be worse than intimidating others with strong strength, or they may be more able to win people's hearts and reduce resistance.

Only in this way will Philip, this human, slowly tell Allen the most valuable things hidden in his heart, instead of just giving Allen some superficial knowledge as before.