After Zelan arrived at the Rat Tribe, with the help of Jiang Xuan and Gray Rat, he gradually established a firm foothold in the Rat Tribe, and used effective witch doctor skills to treat many members of the Rat Tribe, gaining the support of a small group of people. .
When the Rat Tribe gradually got on the right track, Jiang Xuan completely handed over the Rat Tribe to Zelan. He needed to do more important things.
Before leaving, Jiang Xuan said to Zelan: "I'm going to a farther place. You are already familiar with the situation here. In addition, there is a Vine God here. As long as you are careful, nothing will happen." question."
"It won't be long before our fleet will continue to go down the river to trade with more tribes. I will ask them to make more trips to the Rat Tribe and use our Vine Tribe's new tools to help the Rat Tribe as quickly as possible. Grow and grow.”
"In addition, I will ask Feng Cao to bring a few warriors from Thorn Vine to train a team here that is responsible for collecting intelligence. As for the candidates, you should pay more attention to them in the Rat Tribe."
Zelan kept nodding, trying hard to keep all Jiang Xuan's words in mind.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "Finally, although you are now a shaman of the Rat Tribe, I hope you will never forget that you are still a member of the Vine Tribe."
Zelan said solemnly: "Chief, I will never forget!"
"Okay, then I wish you all the best in the Rat Tribe. Let's go. I'll see you next time."
Jiang Xuan strode to an open space outside the Rat Tribe, where Tangyuan had been waiting for a long time.
He climbed onto Tangyuan's back easily, and then waved to Zeelan.
"Hey..."
The rice dumpling made a loud chirp and circled into the sky, its purple feathers shining in the sun.
On the ground, Zelan reluctantly looked at the purple shadow gradually disappearing in the sky, clenched his fists: "I won't let you down!"
Then, her eyes became determined again, and she turned around and walked into the rat tribe, continuing to work hard for the tribe.
As for Jiang Xuan, after leaving the Rat Tribe on Tang Yuan, he flew directly to the Black Teeth Tribe.
As the Vine Tribe's fleet continues to grow and becomes more familiar with the routes, it will surely enter the central hinterland in the future and have intersections or even conflicts with the Black Tooth Tribe.
The reason is simple. With the productivity of the Vine Tribe, the large amount of goods brought by the fleet is bound to have a huge impact on the Black Tooth Tribe, which is mainly engaged in trading in the central part of the Southern Wilderness.
For a long time, the Black Teeth Tribe has controlled the bulk transactions of various tribes in the Southern Wilderness, earning huge price differences from them and living a more prosperous life than other tribes.
But after the rise of the Vine tribe, their trade monopoly was gradually broken.
The first is the northern part of the Southern Wilderness. In the past, each tribe could only rely on the trading team of the Black Teeth Tribe to obtain scarce supplies such as salt, and they were squeezed very hard.
After the establishment of the Vine Tribe's trading area and trading team, it brought more, better, and cheaper options, so each tribe switched to trading with the Vine Tribe. The Black Tooth Tribe's trading team was no longer so popular.
Although the Black Tooth Tribe hates this, they have no choice, because the Vine Tribe has become the most powerful tribe in the northern part of the Southern Wilderness. Even if their business is robbed, they can only endure it.
However, after the Vine Tribe's fleet was established, the scope of trade became larger and larger, and its tentacles extended to the Crocodile Tribe in the middle, using high-quality and low-priced goods to seize the trade share around the Crocodile Tribe.
The dissatisfaction of the Black Tooth Tribe has become more and more intense. If the Vine Tribe's fleet continues to advance towards the central hinterland, they will never stand idly by.
Conflicts of interest are absolutely irreconcilable and are the root cause of most tribal wars.
If you want to do business in the hinterland of the Southern Wilderness without starting a tribal war, then there is only one way - be strong enough to crush your opponents and make them unable to resist.
Because of this, Jiang Xuan spent so much effort to strengthen the rat tribe, subdue the ape tribe, and secretly accumulate strength.
Now, what he has to do is to learn more about the competitor Black Tooth Tribe and prepare for the Vine Tribe's power to enter the central hinterland in the future.
The Black Tooth Tribe was not very far away from the Rat Tribe, and the glutinous rice balls flew very fast. It didn't take long for Jiang Xuan to arrive outside the Black Tooth Tribe.
"Bah!"
The huge purple eagle glutinous rice balls fell to an open space, causing a strong wind.
"What a huge and vicious bird!"
Outside the Black Teeth Tribe, many tribesmen who came to trade looked at Tangyuan in surprise, with deep fear in their eyes, and the various mounts were even more frightened and trembling.
Even the relatively large black-toothed birds of the Black-toothed Tribe seemed to have encountered an eagle's chicken in front of Tangyuan, avoiding it from a distance.
Jiang Xuan has experienced this situation many times, so he is very calm.
He let Tang Yuan go forage nearby on his own, then carried an animal skin bag and walked into the large trading area outside the Black Tooth Tribe.
The tribesmen admired the strong, and whether it was the seven-color warrior pattern on Jiang Xuan's face or the terrifying purple eagle on his head, they were both powerful enough.
Therefore, after Jiang Xuan walked in, almost no one dared to cause trouble for him, or even dared to stand in front of him. They could only whisper behind his back.
"Which tribe's seven-color warrior is this? Why have I never seen the totem pattern on his face?"
"He must have come from far away. Look at the animal skin clothes he is wearing. They are completely different from ours. The spear in his hand does not look like it is made of wood."
"Yes, everything on him is so beautiful..."
Jiang Xuan's expression did not change at all when he listened to these discussions, as if he had not heard them.
Although the totem pattern of the Vine Tribe has been engraved on the Rat Tribe and the Ape Tribe, and Jiang Xuan has also visited several large tribes in the central region, due to the lack of information between the various tribes, the only people who can recognize the totem pattern of the Vine Tribe are those with the tribe. They are just a few tribes that the Vine Tribe has interacted with and left a deep impression on.
The trading area of the Black Tooth Tribe is still lively, with many people trading various goods, and you can see some rare things from time to time.
The appearance of the seven-color warrior quickly attracted the attention of the Black Teeth Tribe warriors. After all, there were not many such powerful warriors in the entire Southern Wilderness.
"They are from the Vine Tribe."
"Yes, I recognize this totem pattern."
"It's so powerful, it should be the leader of the Vine Tribe."
"Go and report to Leader Karasuba."
As a competitor, the Black Tooth Tribe had some knowledge of the Vine Tribe. They even traded some Vine Tribe goods back through various channels and tried to imitate them.
Although the warriors spoke in low voices, Jiang Xuan naturally heard their conversation with his hearing, but he didn't care about it and still wandered around the trading area with great interest.
"Huh? This is..."
As Jiang Xuan was walking, his attention was suddenly caught by an inconspicuous piece of fist-sized, roughly oval-shaped dark brown stone spread out.
This stall is very small, with some animal teeth, animal bones, and some preliminary processed stone cores placed on it.
The inconspicuous dark brown stone was among them. Its shape was similar to that of an ordinary stone hammer, except that some edges and corners were worn away without much processing.
However, just such a stone made Jiang Xuan excited.
He suppressed his excitement, squatted in front of the stall, picked up the oval stone, and looked at it several times.
The stall owner is a middle-aged tribal warrior. Since the goods are relatively ordinary, he has been sitting here for a long time without anyone asking, and he doesn't know how to hawk, so he is secretly worried.
Because when setting up a street stall on the territory of the Black Tooth Tribe, no matter whether the goods can be sold or not, you have to hand over something to them, which is equivalent to location usage fees and management fees.
At this time, the middle-aged soldier saw that someone finally came over, and his spirits were lifted, and he immediately began to introduce his goods.
"Guest, this stone was picked from the stream. It is very hard. With a little polishing, it will become a good stone hammer."
At this time, Jiang Xuan had basically determined what this dark brown stone was. Although he was very excited, he did not show it.
"This stone is indeed pretty good. What do you want to exchange it for?"
"I want to exchange some salt..."
After the middle-aged warrior finished speaking, he felt that he was not confident because the salt was of high value and the stone was only the size of a fist, so he introduced some other stones to Jiang Xuan, saying that these things could be traded together.
Jiang Xuan actually didn't want anything else, but he didn't want to make it too obvious, so he reluctantly selected a few more stones and exchanged them for a small amount of salt.
After the transaction was completed, the middle-aged warrior was overjoyed and carefully put the salt into a small animal skin bag and tied it close to his body.
"By the way, which tribe are you from? Do you have a lot of good stones in your tribe?"
After completing the transaction, Jiang Xuan put away the stones and chatted casually with the middle-aged warrior. He felt that the totem pattern on the middle-aged man's face looked a bit like some kind of rodent.
"I'm from the Bamboo Rat Tribe. Our tribe has a lot of good stones. If you want more stones, I can ask a few tribesmen to bring more next time."
When Jiang Xuan heard the name Bamboo Rat Tribe, he felt a little familiar. He thought about it carefully and seemed to have heard the name of this tribe from the mouth of the old witch.
Later, Jiang Xuan asked about the location of the Bamboo Rat Tribe, and said that his tribe needed a lot of good stones, and he might bring some things to the Bamboo Rat Tribe for trading next time.
The middle-aged warrior of the Bamboo Rat tribe was very happy and welcomed him.
After the two chatted for a while, Jiang Xuan left the stall.
It wasn't until he walked under a big tree that Jiang Xuan found a stone to sit on, and then took out the dark brown oval stone again.
This stone is completely different from other stones. The difference lies in its grain and texture.
The texture of most stones is relatively regular, linear or wavy, and the texture is relatively stiff and brittle.
However, the stone in his hand had a very distorted texture, heavy weight, and a metallic texture. The whole stone was like a ball of rusty iron!
If he read correctly, this stone is the iron ore he has been looking for for a long time, and the iron content is very high!
Thanks to the book friend "Xiankanyuan" for the 5,000 book coins, thank you Qingshi.
