He picked up the salt and weighed it, with a happy look on his face. Based on experience, he knew that exchanging three small coins for a pound of salt would definitely not be a loss, and it was even much more convenient than carrying the animal teeth directly on his back to trade.
"I'll give you six pennies in exchange for two pounds of salt."
Huo Meng lined up six small knife coins and placed them on the counter.
"OK."
Dong Kui weighed him another pound of salt, put it in the same small animal skin bag, and handed it to Huo Meng with both hands.
"Chief Huo Meng, today is the day when new trading methods are used in the trading area. You are the first customer of our store. This little animal skin bag is given to you as a gift."
"Thank you very much!"
Huo Meng took the small animal skin bag with a smile on his face, because the value of a small animal skin bag is not low. Usually they bring the animal skin bag by themselves, otherwise they have to trade the goods.
Get the hide bag.
Later, Huo Meng went to the utensil shop and exchanged a small knife coin for a pottery bowl.
"There's only one knife coin left."
Huo Meng lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "It's a little too small, but it should be suitable for skinning and cutting animal skins. Take it back and try it first. If it doesn't work, take it back and exchange it for something else."
Huo Meng made up his mind, so he put the knife coin into a casual animal skin bag and even wrapped it with a piece of torn animal skin. After all, it was a treasure.
When Huo Meng walked to the door of the trading area, he was immediately surrounded by a group of people, because he was the first to exchange knife coins and the first to walk out after completing the transaction.
"Chief Huo Meng, what do you think? Can that knife coin really be used for trading?"
"Chief Huo Meng, are the sword coins useful?"
"The fierce leader..."
…
Everyone was asking questions. Many of them knew Huo Meng and wanted to know from Huo Meng whether the sword coin was as good as the Teng tribe said.
"Knife coins can indeed be used for transactions, and they are very convenient. Look, I just bought these salts and this pottery bowl with knife coins."
Because this is a vine tribe, Huo Meng was not afraid of the salt and pottery bowls being robbed, so he took them out directly for everyone to see.
"It can really be used to make deals!"
"Why don't we also exchange some knife coins?"
"Don't worry, wait a minute, isn't there someone else going in with the knife coins? Let's take a look."
"Yes, the Frog Tribe is a subsidiary tribe of the Vine Tribe. What if they collude to deceive people?"
…
The crowd was in a whirlwind of discussion again, but they obviously wouldn't listen to Huo Meng's words, and planned to see if others could also trade goods with knife coins.
Not long after, several other people who had exchanged knife coins also came out of the trading area.
They were also surrounded by people and questioned one by one.
When everyone learned that everyone who exchanged knife coins could exchange goods from the trading area, many people finally began to believe that knife coins were indeed a good thing.
Soon, more and more people came with goods to exchange for knife coins.
There were also some people who were unwilling to exchange sword coins, and the Vine tribe did not force them. They allowed them to carry the goods and go inside to do transactions as before.
In this way, the difference will soon become apparent.
Those who did not exchange knife coins walked into the shops of the Vine Tribe carrying heavy goods, took great pains to count them, and then exchanged them for the goods they needed.
People who have exchanged knife coins can easily take the small knife coins and browse in various shops in the trading area. When they see the products they want, they can exchange them directly with the knife coins without waiting.
Those who did not exchange the knife coins secretly regretted it after seeing this situation, and decided to exchange the knife coins next time before coming in.
However, there are also some people who are more stubborn and insist on carrying goods to barter, because it is very insecure to hold small coins in their hands, and it is more practical to carry a large pile of goods on their shoulders.
At night, when the trading area was closed, Jiang Xuan asked Dong Kui to count the number of knife coins again.
Dong Kui carefully counted the three kinds of knife coins, and then raised her head.
"Chief, only eleven small knife coins were taken away. Most of the knife coins were exchanged for goods."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "As expected, most people still don't have trust in the sword coins, and they don't dare to leave the Vine tribe with the sword coins, for fear that this thing will be useless in the future."
"Don't worry, sooner or later someone will discover that knife coins are not just money, but also very sharp knives. By then, more people will choose to exchange knife coins and take them back."
"When they start to trust the sword coins and even use them to trade with each other, then our Vine Tribe will be able to rely on the sword coins system to obtain a lot of resources!"
Dong Kui actually found it difficult to understand what Jiang Xuan said.
But she has great trust in Jiang Xuan, and even fanatical worship, so as long as Jiang Xuan says it, she believes that it will definitely come true in the future.
The next day, the Vine Tribe continued to recommend to those who came to trade that they should first exchange goods for knife coins, and then use the knife coins to buy things in the trading area.
After half a month of such promotion, the tribes and tourists near the Teng tribe all knew that the sword coins of the Teng tribe were treasures.
At the same time, they learned several new words, such as "money", "buy things", "steel scale", etc.
There are also units such as "jin", "liter", "dou", and "meter", which some people have begun to understand.
What's even more absurd is that as time goes by, some people who have been to the trading area of the Vine tribe begin to feel an inexplicable sense of pride, because they have learned a lot of new things in the trading area, and these things are not available in other tribes.
Whenever they return to the tribe and vividly tell others about the new things in the trading area of the Vine Tribe, they always receive some admiring looks.
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On the eighth day of March, when the Vine tribe was in full swing to develop the trading area and enhance the strength of the tribe, something happened that surprised Jiang Xuan.
The old witch is back!
"Bah!"
A loud eagle call sounded in the distant sky, and many people in the Teng tribe raised their heads.
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"Hey..."
Among the vine tribe, a fierce purple bird immediately flew into the sky excitedly after hearing the cry of an eagle.
"It's the old witch's giant eagle!"
Jiang Xuan, who was planting things in the yard, raised his head in surprise, then put down his hoe, opened the yard door, and ran to the house where the old witch lived.
"The old witch is back!"
In another courtyard, Chi Shao, who was teaching his disciples to identify herbs, also put down the herbs, quickly left the courtyard, and then rushed to the old witch's residence in the Teng tribe with Jiang Xuan.
Soon, in the sky south of the Vine Tribe, the figure of the black giant eagle appeared. It slowly descended and fell towards the Vine Tribe.
The dumpling excitedly flew around the giant eagle several times to express its longing for it.
"Huhuhu..."
"Boom!"
Finally, the giant eagle landed, still in the open space next to the house where the old witch had lived.
"Back!"
On the back of the giant eagle, the old witch looked at the familiar vine tribe and felt very happy.
"Old witch, you are finally back, hahaha..."
Jiang Xuan ran over first, followed closely by Chi Shao, both of whom were very excited.
The giant eagle stretched one of its wings diagonally to the ground, and the old witch walked slowly along the wings. After a year, his body was still strong.
"Yeah, I'm back."
The old witch smiled and greeted the two of them.
"Old witch, let me help you move your things first."
Jiang Xuan noticed that there were many animal skin bags on the back of the giant eagle, so he immediately climbed onto the back of the giant eagle along the wings, took off the animal skin bags, carried the bags to the ground, and then carried them back to the old witch.
In the house where you live.
"Squeak..."
When the old witch opened the door, he found that the house was very clean, almost the same as when he left a year ago. It was obvious that someone came here frequently to clean it.
The old witch said movedly: "You have a heart."
Chi Shao and Jiang Xuan smiled and didn't care about it. In their opinion, this was what they should do because the old witch helped them a lot and also helped the Teng tribe a lot.
After moving the animal skin bags, Jiang Xuan personally went to a nearby house to light a torch, then brought it back to the old witch's house and lit the fire pit.
"Crack, crackle, crackle..."
The fire pit soon started burning brightly, bringing light and heat to the house that had not been occupied for a long time, and gradually dissipated the spring humidity.
At this time, many people from the Teng tribe who knew the old witch came over.
The old witch is very popular among the Teng tribe because his witch doctor skills are very powerful and he has cured many people's illnesses.
He is also generous and has given gifts to many people.
Everyone expressed cordial greetings to the old witch one after another, and the old witch responded one by one with a smile.
Many people also brought freshly picked bamboo shoots, wild vegetables, fresh fish, animal meat and other things. The old witch also accepted them one by one and thanked them.
After being lively for a while, the people from the Teng tribe gradually dispersed, leaving only the old wizard, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao cooking around the fire pit.
Jiang Xuan asked: "Old Witch, why did you go so long this time? I thought you would come back before winter."
To be honest, Jiang Xuan was very worried when the old witch didn't come back last winter.
The old witch is indeed very strong and experienced, but after all, he is old, and no one can guarantee that he will not have an accident.
Only now, after seeing the old witch come back safely, did Jiang Xuan finally feel relieved.
The old witch held a stick and stirred the charcoal in the fire pit while saying: "I ran farther this time, so I came back a little later."
"How far did you run?" Jiang Xuan asked curiously.
The old witch's eyes showed a look of recollection: "He ran to a place further than the Southern Wilderness."
Jiang Xuan asked again: "What is it like further than the Southern Wasteland?"
Chi Shao also looked at the old witch. She was also very curious about this question, because according to the understanding of most tribesmen, the Southern Wilderness was already very large, and places farther away were simply unimaginable.
"Farther than the Southern Wilderness, there is a vast and boundless sea. In the sea, I saw beasts as big as mountains, fish as big as mountains, and birds bigger than giant eagles."
"In that vast and boundless sea, there are also some lands, but they are not very big. Some of them are deserted, and some of them are inhabited by a few small tribes."
"I found many herbs that are not found in the Southern Wilderness in these sea lands, as well as all kinds of strange and weird things. I will show them to you later."
After listening to the old witch's words, Jiang Xuan was okay. After all, he had seen the sea in his previous life, but Chi Shao was stunned with shock. Obviously, he could not imagine what a magnificent scene the old witch saw.
"Gulu gulu..."
The food in the pottery tripod gradually began to boil, and the old witch told Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao about the Southern Wilderness and the island.
After the food was cooked, Jiang Xuan filled three large bowls with pottery bowls, and the three of them ate and chatted around the firepit.
"By the way, Old Witch, when you went to the Southern Wilderness, did you see a very large and very ancient turtle shell?"
"A huge, ancient turtle shell?"
The old witch thought about it and said: "When I was in the red ant tribe, I did see a very big turtle shell, as big as a hill, which they built into a house."
"I heard that the turtle shell was a trophy they captured after defeating a large tribe a long, long time ago."
The old witch looked at Jiang Xuan and asked doubtfully: "Why do you ask this?"
Jiang Xuan said truthfully: "There is a mountain turtle tribe beside the great swamp. Old witch, you have also seen them."
The old witch nodded and said, "Does that turtle shell have something to do with them?"
"The Mountain Turtle Tribe was once a big tribe. They came here after they were defeated. That turtle shell is probably their old turtle god."
Jiang Xuan told the old witch roughly what he heard from Shanjia about the past of the Shangui Tribe, because this thing was not a secret.
"I didn't expect that the Mountain Turtle Tribe was once a large tribe, but now it has declined like this."
The old witch felt very sad.
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The Mountain Turtle Tribe was once a large tribe, but now it lives on the edge of the Southern Wilderness and has become a small tribe with a population of less than a thousand. It is indeed a pity.
The three of them chatted a lot. After filling their stomachs, the old witch untied the animal skin bags and showed his harvest to Jiang Xuan.
"Look, these are all snail shells and shells that I picked up at the beach."
The old witch placed an animal skin bag in front of Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao, and took out a strange conch as big as a basin.
This conch is disc-shaped, like a sea snake coiled into a pancake, with bright red lines on it, which is very beautiful.
In addition to this disc-shaped conch, there are also several strange conchs of various sizes, all of which Jiang Xuan has never seen in his previous life.
There are also various kinds of shells, some big and some small, some thick and some thin, with different colors, very strange.
The old witch picked up a shell and said: "This thing, the tribes on the seaside often smash it into powder. It can cure several diseases."
"And these conchs can be used to treat diseases and for decoration. The tribes on the seaside like them very much."
Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao looked at these things and listened to the old witch's introduction, and they felt their eyes were opened.
In addition to conches and shells, the old witch also brought back a large number of herbs. These herbs are new varieties that are not available near the Vine tribe. Only the old witch knows their specific effects.
"Okay, in the next time, I will engrave these herbs, as well as these shells and conches on the Great Wilderness Hundred Sketch Map. It's nothing important, so don't disturb me."
The old witch picked up the carving knife with great ambition. His biggest wish for the rest of his life was to carve the complete sketch of the Great Wilderness.
"Then let's go back first."
Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao got up and left the old witch's house.
The old witch couldn't wait to close the door, and then began to study the herbs, and put them on the round and fine stone one by one.