Whether it was the news that the Kite and Bear tribes had been destroyed, or that the Wolf tribe had lured wolves into the house and would lead the Black Feather tribe in the north to attack other tribes, it was a bolt from the blue for the tribes that had always been relatively peaceful.
The Xiangcao tribe has not experienced a war for decades. It has grown from a small tribe of more than a dozen people to the current situation without causing any major conflicts with other tribes.
Even for the Zhu tribe, the battles in recent years have not been as fierce as before. The number of people lost in the past two years is only a few.
Such news that a tribe is almost destroyed at every turn was brought by the Sheep Tribe last time. However, even though they knew that the Sheep Tribe had provoked Wu Yu, after discussion, everyone still accepted Yang Yang and the others, and even took the initiative to select people from Yang Yang. A relatively good place.
For the surrounding tribes, even if they know that there is a powerful Karasuba in the north, there are continuous mountains in the middle, and Karasuba has never been to this area before. The two sides know each other, but have never communicated.
Several leaders thought that everyone was the same, but who knew that according to Song Xuan, the Wolf tribe had an intersection with Wuyu a long time ago, and even Yanba was exchanged from Wuyu tribe and then exchanged with them.
"Oh~"
Only now did some tribes react. No wonder the Wolf tribe suddenly became stronger. Not only did it attack a tribe that had enmity with it before, it also monopolized the salt trade in this area.
The wolf tribe obviously lived up to their totem and was very cunning, hiding for so many years without letting them be discovered.
After the people from several tribes gathered together, and under the guidance of Song Xuan, they finally saw the true face of the Wolf Tribe, and some criticism was unavoidable. Lang Chi, who was kneeling in the middle, naturally lowered his head and said nothing. Everyone cursed.
But after all, the people of the Black Feather tribe had been blocked by Soaring Snake, and disaster had not befallen them. Moreover, considering their previous kindness, the people of several tribes were relatively restrained.
After a simple criticism, we came to the most important part of the trip, which was the exchange. The important things should be completed first. As for the follow-up, there was still time to discuss slowly.
"Angel, from now on... salt..."
After several leaders looked at each other, it was Cao Miao who said what they were most concerned about. Anyway, the Black Feather Tribe was not a particularly big threat to them, but Yanba was more important.
After all, most of the salt in the past came from the Wolf Tribe. Although Teng She also brought some in these exchange meetings, the quantity was too small after all. And judging from the amount Teng She brought before, it would definitely not be able to satisfy all the tribes. , not to mention that the current Soaring Snake is much larger, and its own consumption is an astronomical figure.
Although the salt of the Wolf Tribe was exchanged from the Black Feather Tribe, it solved everyone's needs after all. Even if it is a bit dark, it has been exchanged for so many years. It is relatively acceptable, at least not Because of this, it affects the stomach too much.
But what they didn't know was that the reason why Song Xuan didn't ask Teng She to bring too much salt was not because of insufficient production, but because of the relationship between the tribes. After all, Teng She had just arrived. If the powerful wolf tribe is unhappy, it will not be a good thing for both parties.
Moreover, Teng Snake's biggest enemy at that time was the Black Feather Tribe. There was no need to provoke a new enemy in a short period of time. Besides, the Wolf Tribe was so close to Teng Snake. If they really stole their business, a big fight would inevitably break out between the two sides. , so Song Xuan has always maintained great restraint. Even if Shi Meng and the others asked repeatedly, they only brought a few over each time, and most of them were given away in exchange for the land.
But it’s different now. When Shi Yong takes the people from the Wolf Tribe back to Teng She, then the Wolf Tribe will be merged into Teng Snake. Several leaders were also worried that there would be no salt in the future, but they soon heard something that made them feel at ease. Message:
"Salt Bateng Snake is available, just trade it with Teng Snake from now on!"
They can all feel that Teng She has salt, but they don't know where it comes from. The first time it can be explained that the salt was obtained from Karasuba with captives, but it can be found every time, and the quantity There are more and more, and it is obvious that it cannot be obtained in one go.
But no matter what, salt involves the secrets of a tribe. Even though the Wolf Tribe has been operating here for so many years, they have never known where the Wolf Tribe’s salt comes from. They didn’t know until now.
Since the divine messenger said so, there is no need to worry too much. Song Xuan's character has been greatly recognized by the surrounding tribes.
However, the tribes who have exchanged salt with Teng She all know that the quality of Teng She's salt is slightly worse than that of the Wolf tribe's salt from Wu Yu, but it is more cost-effective. Most of them use the salt requested by Song Xuan. It was obtained in exchange for stone seeds, so although it was a bit short, it could still meet the basic needs.
But that was before, and it is obviously impossible to exchange those things for the needs of the entire tribe for a year every time in the future. If it looks like this, based on the previous exchange ratio, everyone will feel a bit at a loss.
But now only Teng She has it. Although Song Xuan has always shown a pretty good temper, Teng She is now in a monopoly situation after all. Although the leaders are a little worried, they don't dare to ask more questions.
songs The best Teng She can do.
Even so, there is still some gap with Karasuba. Although the most convenient way for several tribes is to exchange it from Soaring Snake, if they are too evil-hearted, it is not that they can't find another channel, but it will be a little troublesome in the future. Just some.
songs The leader hesitated and said directly:
"In the future, I will exchange salt from Teng She. What I used to exchange for two bowls of food can now be exchanged for three bowls!"
To put it simply, the price dropped by one-third. However, facing this group of rough people who were not necessarily good at counting, Song Xuan could only express it in the most intuitive way.
"Wow~"
This price is still very attractive to several tribes.
In the past, every tribe would prepare at least half of the harvest for salt every year. Now even the Mu tribe with the smallest population can save five or six days of harvest. Although it doesn't seem like much, this is all. It is calculated according to the season when the harvest is relatively abundant.
This province can save at least ten days of food, which can be regarded as relieving a lot of pressure for several tribes. If it is this price, then the quality is nothing.
Although the difference between the two can be noticed, it is not obvious when you actually eat it. Unless you eat it directly, it is difficult to tell the difference. The most obvious thing is the color, the Tengshe one is slightly greener.
But at this time, this doesn't matter. After all, with such a low price, the experience you get is not significantly different from before. No matter how you look at it, it is a profit.
Even in the future, when using salt, you don’t have to worry as much as before. Even if you exchange it according to the previous budget, you can get one-third more, and you can put more in it for daily use.
As long as the salt problem is solved, the leaders of several tribes will not worry too much about other problems. After all, Teng She's size is here, and just saving some food will be enough for them to eat.
Although I don't know what kind of gains Teng She got from this battle, it can be seen from the proud looks of Song Xuan and others that it must be very rich, and it seems that the losses will not be too serious. Although the two The leader did not come over, but several people gathered around and knew that nothing happened to them.
And even without the prisoners, Teng Snake has the remaining members of the Yuan and Xiong tribes joining in, and they are already able to look down upon their surroundings.
Fortunately, Teng She didn't show the same ambition as Lang Chi, otherwise they really wouldn't know how to deal with it. Naturally, they would be reluctant to join directly. After all, they are an independent tribe, so what's the point of living under someone else's roof?
But if Teng She really came to fight, she would definitely not be able to defeat them. Fortunately, the bad things in this fantasy did not happen. Song Xuan treated them much the same as before, and did not appear superior because of his strength and monopoly on salt.
In fact, the worries of the leaders at this time are unnecessary. After all, Song Xuan has never regarded them as opponents. As the saying goes, you must have many friends and few enemies. Getting along well with the surrounding tribes is not a big deal. bad thing.
Moreover, Song Xuan has never thought about embarking on the path of aggression and development. Instead of consuming each other with the enemy, it is better to work hard to develop himself. After all, Song Xuan is also a time traveler and knows much more than primitive people, even about technology. The details are not known, but the general direction is still very clear.
As for the Black Feather Tribe, it was completely because they had never let Teng Snake go. Even after escaping here, they still sent two groups of people one after another. Otherwise, Song Xuan must be thinking about working hard and developing well.
But the war was not without its benefits. At least the Black Feather Tribe sent a lot of manpower to Teng She. Basically, Song Xuan no longer had to worry about not having enough men.
Moreover, the metal that Song Xuan has been thinking about probably has a direction. If he hadn't seen the metal ore used by Wuyu, Song Xuan might not have thought about going to Wuyu to have a look later, but now that he knew it, he would naturally We can't give up, at least Teng She and the surrounding tribes have been searching for so long, but they haven't found any metal ore.
Since there is a ready-made one, it is naturally more convenient to use it directly. Anyway, they have fought with Wu Yu like this. If his strength did not allow it, Song Xuan would have wanted to kill him directly with Teng She and Wu Yu. Regarding the conflicts between them, there is no sense of guilt.
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Except for the salt, the other exchanges were as agreed upon before. The leader did not expect that Feicheng would not only have enough salt, but also be so generous, so he took the initiative to make concessions.
After the exchange started, everyone was afraid that it would be too late and someone else would exchange the salt, so they all exchanged it according to what they had prepared before. However, Teng She didn't have much salt left, and Song Xuan still wanted it when everyone wanted it. On top of the exchange amount, there was a slight discount.
This can only mean that Teng She didn't bring enough salt. Song Xuan didn't dare to say that Teng She didn't have enough salt. After all, he just boasted that Haikou can meet the needs of several tribes. Now it's like this, which will arouse everyone's concern. distrust.
But no matter what, it was still slightly more salt than they expected, and it was not a problem to satisfy a winter's use.
As for other things, they are still exchanged according to the previous proportions. Since they have saved some money on salt, the leaders are obviously more generous in the exchange of pottery this time, although there are not many stones that can be exchanged. , but the seeds brought this year are much more than last year.
This is also a taste of the sweetness. Last year, the surrounding tribes were still a little suspicious of what Song Xuan said. Therefore, during the winter exchange, everyone did not use all their strength. They just took the time to collect some. The quantity was naturally very limited. Who would have thought The Song Divine Envoy actually agreed to the truth and exchanged the seeds in their hands according to the agreed exchange ratio.
Although I collected some when I returned to the tribe later, the heavy snow came soon. It was very difficult to find large-scale seeds after the beginning of spring. After learning the lesson, when the wild fruit harvest was not good this year, several tribes arranged for some women to Go around specifically to collect seeds.
Although you can't see any profit when collecting, as long as you can exchange it with Soaring Snake, what you get is much more cost-effective than going to the mountains to collect the remaining wild fruits.
Song Xuan also didn't expect that each tribe had prepared several bags this year, with the least weighing more than thirty kilograms. Fortunately, they didn't all want to exchange it for food, and most of them exchanged it for pottery. After all, these tribes have not yet exchanged it for food. It’s not completely popular yet, so I naturally want to take advantage of this opportunity to replace some more pottery and use it again.
Teng She's pottery inventory was as large as ever. Even with the addition of hundreds of prisoners, not many pottery pots were taken out from the warehouse.
The Black Feather Tribe and Teng Snake are similar. Each pottery bowl is basically one for each person. On the contrary, the pottery used by Yuanyu and the others are all newly taken out from the warehouse.
After all, Yuan Yu and his party escaped in a hurry. Not to mention the pottery, they didn't even put on their clothes. After arriving at Teng She, although they were focused on revenge, they could also notice that Teng She used The pottery bowls were much more delicate than those they used.
This time when he came here, Song Xuan also asked the stone to pack a lot of pottery and bring it over. Some of them were originally intended to be used by them as a sign of goodwill, but now it seems that it is completely unnecessary. Several leaders not only exchanged some seeds for some, but also used them later. Things like animal skins and horns were replaced a lot.
Again, exchanging with these people is not based on what you want, but on what they have. Except for the Niu tribe, there are probably only people from the other tribes that Song Xuan likes more.
Since the Ox Tribe started trading with Soaring Snakes, their lives have become much better. They used to have to worry about their stomachs, but now they can have the energy to capture wild beasts. Although they still need to trade with Soaring Snakes, they can also benefit from it. Leave some behind.
If things continue to develop at this pace, Ushikawa may be able to restore the glory of his ancestors in his own hands, so Ushikawa is still very happy when he knows that what Teng She said is true and he has no hostility towards them. Yes, he was also the first to confirm with Soaring Snake during the exchange.
Song Xuan had already learned from the tribesmen who went to the Niu Tribe about their harvest this year, but judging from the livestock that Niu He said was used for exchange, it was obvious that the Niu Tribe left a lot behind.
However, although a lot of them were kept, the animals used for exchange still included two cows, eight sheep, and four deer. This was considered a big deal. Ushikawa exchanged thirty bowls alone, plus pots and pans. The cattle tribe can now use pottery with peace of mind.
"Whoosh~"
Seeing the Tao Wan flying out of Shi Yu's hand, several leaders still opened their jaws. They had never seen such a weapon. Although they had thought about using stones for hunting, they were all thrown by human power, and the power range was quite limited. The round thing that Shi Yu used to throw out with animal skin was thrown directly from the bottom of the valley to the mountain pass, a full fifty or sixty meters away.
"This one is one for each sheep, Tao Wan, there are thirty for each sheep!"
When they heard Song Xuan's quotation, the leaders didn't think it was expensive. After all, such a weapon seemed to be worth the price.
Only then did they know why Soaring Snake could withstand the attack of so many people from the Black Feather Tribe, but what they didn't know was that these were already semi-obsolete weapons of Soaring Snake, otherwise they wouldn't be displayed directly in front of them like this.
"God's envoy, I'll exchange two for three hundred pottery pills!"
"Angel, I..."
Although winter is coming, several leaders are still willing to exchange with Soaring Snake.
However, they are not stupid either. The Zhu tribe that exchanged the most only asked for three slings, which was completely out of proportion to the number of Tao pills.
Soaring Snake's so-called sling is made entirely of animal skins. They have no shortage of animal skins, and it doesn't look difficult to make. They are completely confident that they can make it almost the same. Since they can do it themselves, there is no need to change it.
But the pottery balls were obviously not that easy to roll out. They didn't know how pottery was made, and such round stones were difficult to find in the wild.
As for the rush to exchange now, it is entirely to prepare for the hunting in the coming year. They have nothing to do in winter. If they can practice some, they can go directly into hunting next year. Although the price they need to pay is not low, but It wasn't impossible to squeeze it out even if they gritted their teeth, and Soaring Snake didn't ask them to send everything over in disguise immediately.
Song Xuan also knows the difficulties of other tribes. Although life is pretty good this year, several large expenditures may not be able to bear it. If he does not bring enough things, it will not have any impact if he brings them to the exchange meeting next year. Song Xuan was not afraid of them cheating. He could escape the monks but not the temple, and several tribes would not move away with their families just for this little thing.
If he really cheated, it would go along with Teng She's wishes, and the population would be increased again.
Song Xuan acted generously, and the leaders were also unambiguous. Everyone brought hundreds of pottery pills. Although each sheep could be exchanged for thirty, when they actually used it, they would know that it was not as bad as they imagined. Durable.
During the actual hunting, there is no time to collect the thrown pottery pellets. After the hunting is over, it will be even more difficult to find pottery pellets of similar colors among the fallen leaves in the forest. The time wasted might as well be used to continue hunting.
After a while, they will have to switch from Teng She's side. Unless they can also master the method of making pottery pills. Although Song Xuan is not so arrogant as to think that they will never be able to make it, it will definitely take a while. Yes, at least during this period of time Teng She will make quite a lot of money. After all, pottery is basically a business without capital for Teng She.
Even now, Tengshe has only three people at most who are dedicated to making pottery. Usually, one person basically only has stones to make some. Although the quantity is not large, it is not a problem to meet daily consumption. .
Not to mention that there are not many scenes where Soaring Snakes use slings anymore. In a day of hunting, they only throw out a hundred slings. After throwing them, no one even bothers to search for them, unless they happen to be at their feet and they can easily catch them. After picking it up, everyone a little further away was too lazy to bother with it.
Anyway, the pottery pills you brought may not be used up in a few days of hunting. Even if you go back and replenish them directly after they are used up, the stones were manufactured on a large scale and have not been completely used up until now.
Originally, after this year's exchange, several tribes will definitely exchange less pottery in the future. After all, they can basically reach the level of one per person. Even if a few tribes are still a little behind, they will soon be able to achieve it.
Although the pottery is not that strong, they are not as wealthy as Teng She. They do not take pottery bowls with them when they go out. They are also very careful when using them in the tribe. Although breaking is inevitable, as long as they are not Even if it is completely broken in half, it can still be used. There are not many bowls that need to be replaced in a year.
After that, they will definitely not invest too much in it, but the current pottery pills can basically be fully recovered, and even after they taste the benefits, the pottery transaction may be bigger than the previous pottery transaction.
Although the pottery pills are not cheap, they are still worth it compared to the benefits. The pottery pills exchanged for one sheep can not only bring a higher success rate, but also reduce their hunting time, especially It was around the Cow Tribe, which had a lot of flat land, and the terrain was relatively open. It was the best scene to use the sling.
However, the Ox Tribe is now focused on catching the beast alive, and I don’t know if it can control this speed. But no matter what the Ox Tribe does, it will be a good thing for the Soaring Snake. If you use the sling more often, the Soaring Snake can also earn some food or For other things, use less slings and catch more live ones. You can also exchange more animals from the cattle tribe in the future.
