"If your rabbit tribe wants to continue trading salt, then bring more high-quality stones or other goods here."
"In addition, in addition to salt, our Vine tribe also has pottery. If you need it, you can trade it together."
The Rabbit Tribe is too far away, and the Vine Tribe over there is completely unfamiliar. Jiang Xuan doesn’t want the tribe’s warriors to take risks.
Let the Rabbit Tribe bring their own things to trade, and the Vine Tribe won’t have to take any risks.
Juya nodded, took Jiang Xuan's words to heart, and then placed the small bag of salt carefully.
"Chief Xuan, let's go back first."
"Okay, Vine Tribe welcomes you to come again next time."
Thirty giant rabbits turned around and ran away, quickly disappearing into the forest.
Maybe there will be more giant rabbits coming next time.
Jiang Xuan took these two pieces of fine stone and rode Tangyuan back to the tribe, then handed them to Old Man Blackstone and asked him to polish a stone spear and a stone knife.
"These two stones are so beautiful."
Old Man Blackstone couldn't put it down for these two fine stones, looking at them over and over and rubbing them.
For a stone tool master, high-quality stone is a treasure that can be polished to make stone tools that they can be proud of.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "This is traded from the Rabbit Tribe, and more high-quality stones will be traded in the future."
"That's great. Don't worry, chief. I will polish them into the best stone spears and knives."
Old Man Blackstone is full of confidence in this.
Of course Jiang Xuan believed in Old Man Blackstone's craftsmanship. He stated his requirements for the stone spear and knife, then turned and left, because he knew that Old Man Blackstone could not wait to work.
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Southern Wilderness, Rabbit Tribe.
It took Juya and the others a full five days to return from the Vine Tribe to the Rabbit Tribe.
Although they have giant rabbits, in theory if you run fast, you can get there in two or three days.
However, they had to avoid various dangers on the road and sometimes had to take detours, so they walked for five days before arriving.
The place where the Rabbit tribe lives is called Rabbit Ridge, which is a continuous mountain range.
The people of the Rabbit Tribe live on the main peak of Rabbit Ridge.
From a distance, there is nothing special about the place where the rabbit tribe lives. The large forest is lush and green, blocking the view of the outside world.
But when you really climb this mountain, you will find that Rabbit Ridge is full of caves dug by giant rabbits. The appearance looks chaotic, but the underground is criss-crossed and extremely complicated.
Not to mention people from the outside, even members of the Rabbit Tribe and people with a poor sense of direction will occasionally get dizzy.
When Big Ya and the others rode giant rabbits to the foot of the mountain, everyone felt relaxed.
A soldier shouted to the mountain: "We are back!"
Rabbit Ridge, which was peaceful just now, suddenly became lively.
In an instant, giant rabbits popped their heads out of the cave, looking around with their big eyes, and their big ears flapping slightly.
Hundreds of members of the Rabbit tribe came out of caves or wooden houses to greet their tribesmen.
The giant rabbit that Ju Ya and the others were riding also became excited and jumped up and down the mountain at a very fast speed.
Along the way, giant rabbits that appeared in many caves also came out and ran with them.
The scene of a lot of giant rabbits running up the mountain is very spectacular.
When they reached the mountainside, the leader of the Rabbit Tribe and Wu and others had already come out and were looking at them expectantly.
The leader of the rabbit tribe has a hare lip, and after adding totem lines, he looks very similar to the face of a rabbit.
Harelips may be discriminated against in other tribes.
But in the rabbit tribe, people with hare lips will think that they have been favored by the Rabbit God and are very popular.
"Big Tusk, have you found it?"
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe looked at Big Tusk with hope. The first two hunting teams had returned, but with no results. Now all hope was placed on the third hunting team that returned.
Big Tooth got off the back of the giant rabbit, and then took off the small animal skin bag tied to his body.
"Chief, what do you think this is?"
The leader of the rabbit tribe seemed to have guessed what it was. With excitement and trembling hands, he took the small animal skin bag, and then slowly opened it.
"Salt!"
Although the leader of the Rabbit Tribe had already guessed it, he was still very excited after seeing the salt with his own eyes.
The wizard from the Rabbit Tribe stepped forward, pinched a few grains of salt, put it into his mouth, then raised his eyes, with a smile on his face, and said: "Good salt, much better than the salt from the Wasp Tribe!"
"Great, we have salt!"
The people of the rabbit tribe all cheered, and even the giant rabbits flapped their big ears happily, flexed their two front legs, and stood up like kangaroos.
"Which tribe was this salt traded from?"
The most important thing for the Rabbit Tribe is where the salt comes from, because there is too little salt.
"Traded from the Vine Tribe."
"The Vine Tribe? Is it far away?"
The Rabbit Tribe has never heard of the Vine Tribe, but he doesn't care. The Rabbit Tribe's activity range is not very large, and he doesn't know the tribes that are farther away.
"The Vine tribe lives by a river. When we came back, we walked for five days."
Juya reiterated the situation of the Teng tribe and what Jiang Xuan said to him.
After hearing this, the leader of the Rabbit Tribe and the witch looked at each other and saw the hesitation in each other's eyes.
The five-day journey is indeed quite far. The Rabbit Tribe rarely goes that far because it is too dangerous.
But now, in order to get some salt, there is no better way besides going to the Vine Tribe to make deals.
The wizard of the Rabbit Tribe said: "Two small pieces of high-quality stone, exchanged for these salts, are pretty good. They are much better than when we traded with the Wasp Tribe."
High-quality stones are relatively rare, and most of them are buried deep underground. Even if there are some scattered on the ground, most of them have been picked up by tribesmen to polish stone tools.
As for the rabbit tribe, because there are animals like giant rabbits that are particularly good at digging holes, they can more easily obtain those high-quality stones buried deep underground.
In the past, they used high-quality stones to trade salt with the Wasp tribe, and they were often cheated badly, but there was nothing they could do. Who allowed the Wasp tribe to be the only one nearby to trade salt?
Now, the Wasp Tribe has escaped, but they have found the Vine Tribe, and judging from the first transaction process, the Vine Tribe is much more generous than the Wasp Tribe.
Juya asked: "Witch, do we need to bring more high-quality stones to the Vine tribe to trade for salt?"
The Rabbit Tribe Wizard said without hesitation: "Go and trade some salt as soon as possible. The people in the tribe haven't eaten salt for a long time. This won't work."
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe said: "Just now Juya said that in addition to salt, the Vine Tribe also has pottery. It's best to trade a few back. Our tribe's pottery is no longer usable."
Unlike ironware, pottery is relatively brittle. During long-term use, bumps and bumps are inevitable. If it cracks too much, it cannot be used.
The Rabbit Tribe has not obtained pottery for a long time. Taking this opportunity, they want to trade some new pottery back.
The leader and the shaman discussed with each other and decided on things to pay attention to when going to the Teng tribe and what to trade.
Early the next morning, the leader of the Rabbit Tribe led more than 80 warriors, including Big Tusk, carrying high-quality stones and riding a giant rabbit to the Vine Tribe for trade.
Along the way, you will inevitably have to eat and sleep in the open and encounter various dangers.
Fortunately, those giant rabbits have strong hearing and can run fast. In addition, there are many warriors in the rabbit tribe, so there is no danger.
Five days later, they finally arrived at the outskirts of the Vine Tribe's second settlement.
"Is this the Vine Tribe? There don't seem to be many people."
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe observed from a distance and found that the Vine Tribe was not as powerful as he thought.
Big Tooth said: "Chief, go to the tree and look across the river."
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe climbed to the top of the tree, and then he saw the real Vine Tribe!
A huge stone mountain is entangled with a thick and terrifying divine vine, with lush branches and leaves, shining in the sun.
In front of the stone mountain, rows of neat houses are dotted together, and large tracts of fields and ponds can be clearly seen, which is very spectacular.
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe was stunned because the territory of the Vine Tribe actually spanned a river!
In his opinion, this is an incredible thing.
He finally believed that the Vine tribe was very powerful and could produce two good things, salt and pottery.
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe watched for a long time before climbing down from the tree again. At this time, his mentality had undergone some changes, and he even subconsciously regarded the Vine Tribe as a medium-sized tribe.
Because he has never seen such a small tribe.
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe continued walking forward with his people, and was soon discovered by the guards of the Vine Tribe.
Big Tooth was afraid of causing misunderstanding, so he stepped forward and shouted: "We are from the Rabbit Tribe, and we traded with you a few days ago!"
Sure enough, after Big Tooth finished shouting, the guards of the Vine Tribe were no longer so nervous.
Xanthium rode a big-antlered deer to the front. He first looked at the team of the rabbit tribe, and then said to Big Tusk: "Are you here to do business this time too?"
Ju Ya nodded and said: "Yes, we are here specifically to do business."
Big Tooth pointed at the leader again and said: "This is the leader of our tribe."
"Okay, please wait a moment."
Xanthium immediately sent people to the tribe to ask Jiang Xuan to come over. At the same time, he had to be wary of these people from the Rabbit tribe, because they were more numerous than the people guarding the second team.
At this time, Jiang Xuan was in the crop field observing the new crops traded from the Black Tooth Tribe's expedition.
This year's transaction with the Black Tooth Tribe, Jiang Xuan obtained three new crops, namely bamboo wheat, red cabbage, and snake melon.
At this time, due to the warming weather, the bamboo wheat had been planted first, and it had taken root and sprouted, and seedlings had grown.
"Really like bamboo."
Jiang Xuan squatted on the ground, looking at the newly grown bamboo and wheat seedlings, and found that its leaves were very similar to bamboo leaves, and its stems were similar to bamboo, but smaller.
He even worriedly doubted whether the so-called bamboo wheat was fake seeds?
However, he quickly overturned this idea. The price charged by the expedition team of the Black Tooth Tribe was indeed a bit high, but they had never sold any fakes.
Using fake seeds as substandard products should not happen for the time being. After all, the profit from selling seeds is not high.
If, in the future, all tribes develop planting, the demand for seeds surges, and the value continues to rise, then the sale of fake seeds may only occur.
"Chief, leader, the people from the Rabbit Tribe are here, many people are here."
Just then, a soldier ran and shouted.
"Oh? The Rabbit Tribe is here so soon. Let's go and have a look."
Jiang Xuan regained his energy, immediately stood up and walked towards Feiyu River.
Tang Yuan went out to look for food today, and he didn’t want to scare the people of the Rabbit Tribe anymore.
After arriving at Feiyu River, the soldiers of the fishing team took him across the river in a small boat, and then went to the second settlement to meet the people of the Rabbit Tribe.
When Jiang Xuan walked over there, Big Ya greeted him from a distance.
"Chief Xuan, we are here."
"Haha, welcome, welcome."
Jiang Xuan walked up to the rabbit tribe warriors and immediately noticed the leader of the rabbit tribe with four warrior horizontal stripes on his face.
"The leader of the Vine Tribe, Xuan."
"The leader of the rabbit tribe, Shanfeng."
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "Chief Shanfeng, I didn't expect you to come so soon."
"It won't work if you don't hurry up. There isn't much salt in the tribe."
Shanfeng smiled bitterly. In fact, the Rabbit Tribe didn't have much salt, but it was gone.
"Haha, it's easy to talk about salt. It must have been hard for you to come all the way. Why don't you come and sit in our vine tribe first, take a rest and have something to eat."
Jiang Xuan warmly greeted them into the Teng tribe's house.
However, out of caution, Shanfeng declined the invitation.
"Leader Xuan, don't bother. The people in the tribe are still waiting for us. We will rush back after the transaction."
Jiang Xuan didn't force himself: "Okay then, I'll arrange the goods for the transaction right away."
Under Jiang Xuan's instructions, Xanthium immediately took people to find red peony root and moved some salt and pottery from the warehouse on the other side.
Jiang Xuan took the opportunity to chat with Shanfeng to eliminate the strangeness and facilitate future transactions.
Not long after, Chi Shao himself came over with several bags of salt, two pottery tripods, several pots, bowls, and pots.
Also accompanying them was the first guard team of the Vine Tribe led by Nan Xing.
"Witch!"
The Teng tribe warriors who stayed here saluted with great respect after seeing Chi Shao.
Shanfeng looked at Chi Shao in surprise, and he found that the shaman and leader of the Teng tribe were simply too young.
But he didn't dare to look further.
Staring at other people's shamans all the time is a bad behavior and may be disgusted by the warriors of the Vine tribe.
Young is still young, and he recognizes the strength of Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao.
Because when Jiang Xuan was chatting with him just now, he seemed bored and picked up a stone and crushed it into pieces with his bare hands.
Shanfeng knew very well that if the stone was in his hand, it would not be easy to crush it.
The strange vine tribe, the powerful vine tribe.
"Chief Shanfeng, the salt and pottery are all here, please take a look."
Jiang Xuan opened one of the bags of salt, put it together with the large and small pottery, and invited the mountain breeze to watch.
Shanfeng's eyes widened when he saw so many good things. Isn't the Vine tribe too rich?
He didn't care about any precautions and walked directly to the salt and pottery, looking at them one by one.
The first thing he looked at was salt, because it was the most important thing.
These salts are light red in color, have an excellent taste, and are beautiful in color. There are no impurities such as sand, gravel, or soil in them, so they are very pure.
Different from the small bag of salt before, this time the Vine Tribe brought out a large bag of salt, which was heavy. Shanfeng also noticed that there were several such animal skin bags behind Jiang Xuan.
Shanfeng sighed again: The Vine Tribe is so damn rich!