Jiang Xuan and Wu Yu entered the bamboo house and sat down by the fire pit.
There are some tree stumps in Jiang Xuan's bamboo house, which are used as tables and stools. They are very large.
Like Jiang Xuan, Wu Yu sat on a tree stool covered with animal skins, which didn't feel very natural.
Most of the tribesmen still do not have tables or stools.
They would put something on the ground and sit on it.
Only the tribal witches are different.
Because witches have to write and draw, lying on the ground is obviously not easy, so they are accustomed to using a tree stump or a relatively flat piece of wood as a table.
But Jiang Xuan's house has a complete set of tables and stools. This is very unique and different from other tribes.
"Come, leader Karasuba, let's eat some dried fruit first.'
Jiang Xuan took out some fried wild dried fruits and placed them on the table.
These dried fruits are the seeds of various wild fruits. After being fried, they can be peeled and eaten, and they taste pretty good.
Wu Yu looked at Jiang Xuan's house, his eyes resting on the engraved pottery tripod and various pottery. He was slightly surprised and said: "Chief Xuan, the pottery of your Teng tribe is becoming more and more beautiful.'
"Haha, the people of our tribe love to do these things when they have nothing to do. If you do them a lot, you will naturally have experience, and the burning will look better.'
Karasuba praised him again.
The two ate some dried fruits and some cooked animal meat, and then got down to the topic.
"Chief Karasuba, I wonder if you have brought anything good this time?"
When mentioning the goods, Karasuba's face was immediately filled with confidence.
"Of course, we in the Black Tooth Tribe have a lot of good stuff."
"Did you bring any seeds like red crystal rice?"
Jiang Xuan was most interested in seeds, and he knew that only teams like the Black Tooth Tribe’s expedition team that flew around all day long could collect seeds from all over the place.
"It really does.'
Karasuba said: "We brought some good seeds this time."
In fact, the expedition team of the Black Teeth Tribe had not had much interest in seeds before, because there were very few tribes with such needs. Businessmen pursue profits, and so do primitive merchants. They definitely don’t carry things that no one wants.
But since Jiang Xuan traded red crystal rice with them, Wu Yu would collect some better seeds when he encountered them, but not a lot.
When encountering some medium-sized tribes or large tribes with a planting foundation, Karasuba will also sell the seeds they collect, and occasionally sell some.
'Take me and see.'
"No, I'll just ask the soldiers to move here."
Karasuba has great potential as a businessman, and he even has such advanced ideas as service awareness.
You know, when other tribes are trading, they still have the mentality of whether they want to exchange or not, and if they don’t exchange, I will rob them.
Jiang Xuan sighed in his heart: What a talent!
If he hadn't known that the Black Tooth Tribe was very large and wealthy, Jiang Xuan would have wanted to poach Wu Yu over.
Unfortunately, in this world, because of the existence of totem gods, tribal people's beliefs are generally very firm. Unless the tribe is destroyed or there are various extreme reasons, ordinary tribesmen will not change their beliefs and join other tribes.
Soon, the warriors of the Black Tooth Tribe carried eight animal skin bags over
These animal skin bags not only contained plant seeds, but also some things they thought the Vine Tribe might like.
These eight animal skin bags were lined up in Jiang Xuan's yard, and the mouths of the bags were opened to reveal various goods inside.
There are unknown seeds, spider silk, salt, sugar, weapons, etc.
Wu Yu grabbed a handful of green, rice-shaped seeds from an animal skin bag.
"Chief Xuan, you must like this seed. It's called bamboo wheat. We traded it from a large tribe. It's delicious when cooked."
Jiang Xuan pinched a bamboo wheat seed. Although it was in the shape of a rice grain, it was several times larger than a rice grain and had a green shell on the outside.
Even in its dry state, it is green.
'Can I take one to try?'
"Of course." Karasuba agreed generously.
Jiang Xuan peeled off the husk of the bamboo wheat and found that the inside was also emerald green and translucent, somewhat similar to rice.
Jiang Xuan put the bamboo wheat into his mouth again and chewed it into pieces with a crisp sound. This showed that these seeds were very dry and had little moisture.
Jiang Xuan chewed it and soon felt a slightly sweet taste.
This shows that this thing is rich in starch and can be used as a staple food.
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "Not bad."
Wu Yu smiled and said: "Does Leader Xuan want to trade this kind of bamboo wheat?'
"Let's look at something else.'
Jiang Xuan did not agree immediately because he knew very well that if he showed his eagerness for Zhumai, Wu Yu, a profiteer, would definitely take the opportunity to increase the price.
On the contrary, if he acted dispensable, then Wu Yu would not dare to shout a too high price, lest Jiang Xuan give up the deal.
Although Karasuba is more talented in business, it is still difficult to take advantage of Jiang Xuan, whose soul has been washed away by the shopping wave.
Karasuba was a little shocked, obviously not expecting Jiang Xuan to react like this.
However, he was not discouraged and immediately introduced other seeds to Jiang Xuan.
Wu Yu picked up a small bag of granular brown-red seeds and said to Jiang Xuan: "These are the seeds of red cabbage.'
"When the red cabbage grows up, it will be as tall as half a person, just like a small tree. The leaves, roots, stems, and flowers are all edible, and they taste a little sweet."
Jiang Xuan looked at these red cabbage seeds and didn't make any comments about them.
Because before seeing the real red cabbage, it was difficult for him to judge its value through description.
Then, Wu Yu introduced a kind of melon to Jiang Xuan, called snake melon, because it grew very long and curved, and looked like a snake from a distance.
Karasuba brought two snake melons over, which were dried naturally after aging and contained many seeds.
Jiang Xuan is quite interested in this thing, because it is relatively large, and according to Wu Yu, each plant of this kind of snake melon can produce dozens of snake melons, and the yield is very high.
"Chief Xuan, how are you doing, bamboo wheat seeds, red cabbage seeds, and snake melon seeds, do you want to trade them?"
Jiang Xuan pretended to think for a while and said: "The seeds are good, but I don't know if they can be planted here in our Vine Tribe and whether they will bear fruit after planting."
"Well, since the leader of Black Feather has come all the way here, I can't let you go in vain. We can trade these seeds with some animal teeth and skins, just as a try."
After Jiang Xuan said this, Wu Yu was embarrassed to say how precious and rare these seeds were.
Of course, in fact, most of the seeds were not valued by various tribes. Karasuba did not pay a lot of money to collect these seeds, and they were even given to them after trading.
Therefore, when Jiang Xuan took out some jackal skins and jackal teeth, Wu Yu raised the price symbolically, and then successfully completed the transaction.
Jiang Xuan was very happy in his heart. Red cabbage and snake melon were nothing. To the Vine Tribe, they were just two new vegetables.
But that bamboo wheat is a real food. If it can be grown well, the Teng tribe will have another staple food in the future to solve the problem of feeding more people.
Of course, he had to pretend to be indifferent on the surface, throw the seeds into the bamboo house casually, and then continue to trade other goods with the Black Tooth tribe.
Jiang Xuan wasn't particularly interested in things like salt and weapons, but he couldn't wait to get one for each of the warriors of the Vine tribe, which was a life-saving thing like spider silk clothing.
However, seeds are easy to trade, but spider silk clothing is not easy to trade, because the Black Tooth Tribe is very aware of its value and would rather not trade it than lower the price.
"Leader Xuan, if you want to trade spider silk clothes, your Vine Tribe must bring out some really good things. For example, beast-level teeth and bones, or animal skins will do."
Wu Yu glanced at the place where the old witch lived. Apparently he wanted Jiang Xuan to go to the old witch to get some good things and trade spider silk clothes with them.
But Jiang Xuan was unwilling to do this.
The Vine Tribe has already gained a lot from the old witch, and it is impossible to treat him like a sheep and work hard to pluck the wool.
Jiang Xuan thought for a moment and said: "We don't have the teeth and bones of beasts, but our Teng tribe has other good things. Leader Wuyu, wait a moment."
Jiang Xuan walked into the bamboo house and took out two thick candles made of insect wax from an animal skin bag.
There are not many such candles in the rattan tribe, because last year's insect wax production was not very high.
If it weren't for the trade of spider silk clothing, Jiang Xuan would never have taken out the candle made of insect wax.
"Does Leader Karasuba know this thing?"
Jiang Xuan brought the thick candle to Karasuba.
Wu Yu took a candle as thick as an arm and smelled a faint fragrance. He was surprised and said: "The insect wax of the blue sheep tribe!"
"Yes, it's the insect wax of the blue sheep tribe, but now I call it a candle because it can illuminate at night and the flame is very stable.'
Jiang Xuan returned to the bamboo house, lit a stick of insect wax, and walked to Wu Yu again.
"Chief Karasuba, look.'
Wu Yu stared at the huge candle for a long time and found that it burned very steadily as Jiang Xuan said.
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Jiang Xuan blew out the candle and said: "Chief Wuyu, I don't need to explain the value of insect wax, right? It can illuminate and heal wounds. It is a truly good thing."
"One candle for two spider silk garments!'
Karasuba hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, one candle is not worth two spider silk clothes."
Jiang Xuandao: "Leader Wuyu, look, a candle as thick as this can be lit for many nights, so it's not a loss to exchange it for two spider silk clothes.
"If you bring candles made of insect wax to other tribes, those witches will definitely like them very much.
But Wu Yu still shook his head and said: "That won't work either. A candle can be exchanged for a spider silk garment at most.'
The two argued for a long time, but Karasuba finally bit a candle to death in exchange for a spider silk suit.
Obviously, things like spider silk clothing are also very rare and valuable, no worse than insect wax.
In desperation, Jiang Xuandao said: "One candle is too little to exchange for one spider silk garment. How about this, plus some other goods, right?"
Wu Yu asked: "What kind of goods does Leader Xuan want to add?"
Jiang Xuan pointed to the candies on the ground that were packed into small animal skin bags, and said, "Add two bags of sugar.'
The candies were white and lumpy, and according to Karasuba, were traded from a medium-sized tribe.
The medium-sized tribe raised a kind of honey worm. Every certain season, these honey worms would spit out a large amount of sugar and condense it into lumps, which could be eaten and traded by the tribe's people.
In this wild world, sugar and salt are the two favorite things of the tribesmen.
Especially sugar, after eating it, it can make people feel happy, and tribal people especially like it.
But getting sugar is not an easy task.
The simplest and most dangerous way is to find a bee nest and take the honey by force
The bees in this world are not easy to mess with. They are big, powerful and poisonous.
If you are not careful, you can sting someone alive.
In addition to honey, most tribal people can only eat some ripe wild fruits if they want to get the feeling of eating sugar.
Of course, there are always exceptions to everything.
For example, the medium-sized tribe mentioned by Karasuba can obtain sugar by raising honey worms.
Wu Yu thought about it for a moment and felt that things like insect wax were indeed of relatively high value, and the insect wax that Jiang Xuan brought was relatively large and could be traded with the big tribes, and he could get a lot of good things.
Thinking of this, Wu Yu gritted his teeth and said: "A piece of insect wax, exchange for a spider silk coat, add a bag of sugar, if this still can't be traded, forget it."
Jiang Xuan felt that this was indeed Karasuba's bottom line, so he nodded and said: "Okay, let's do the deal you said."
Jiang Xuan handed two sticks of insect wax to Wu Yu, then took two pieces of spider silk clothing and two bags of candy.
The transaction was successfully completed and both parties breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Xuan picked up a piece of white candy from the animal skin bag, broke off a small piece and put it into his mouth. The sweet taste made people feel very happy, even a sense of happiness.
Jiang Xuan asked casually: "What does this honey insect eat?"
Karasuba recalled for a while and said: "It seems to be eating leaves. I think those honey bugs like to crawl on the leaves.
Jiang Xuan said again: "Then can you dig some saplings from this tribe and bring back some honey worms?'
Wu Yu is very smart, he immediately knew what Jiang Xuan wanted to do
"Chief Xuan, do you want to raise honey bugs yourself and produce sugar?"
Jiang Xuan didn't deny it: "I just think this honey bug is magical and want to try it."
Karasuba thought: "Next time I go to that tribe to trade, I will discuss it with them. If they are unwilling, there is nothing I can do.'
"Thank you very much, Leader Karasuba."
When Jiang Xuan encounters something good, his first thought is whether the Vine Tribe can get it. As for the result, it depends on luck.
As for the expedition team of the Black Tooth Tribe, they are willing to do anything that is profitable. This is probably the nature of businessmen pursuing profit. As for whether the Vine Tribe can produce sugar, they don't really care.
Sugar has always been a scarce commodity. With one more tribe producing sugar, the Black Tooth Tribe can gain greater benefits.
After finishing the transaction with Jiang Xuan, Wu Yu took the goods to the old witch again.
He brought a lot of precious herbs and some strange gadgets, and he knew that the old witch liked these.
Sure enough, the old witch picked some herbs and some things he had never seen before, and exchanged them for the bones and teeth of beasts.
"Okay, let's give birth to the next tribe.
Karasuba did not stay in the Fuji tribe for long and was ready to leave after the transaction.
"Chief Karasuba, remember the honey bug and the tree!'
Jiang Xuan stood in front of the black-toothed bird and reminded Wu Yu.
"Don't worry, I'll remember it.'
Wu Yu waved to Jiang Xuan, then rode the huge black-toothed bird and prepared to take off.
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Twelve black-toothed birds, carrying the Black-toothed tribe's traveling team and goods, flew into the sky one after another, and then quickly flew away until they disappeared from the horizon.
