Jiang Xuan brought the people of the Black Teeth tribe into the bamboo house, and Wu Yu saw the environment where they lived.
What surprised Karasuba was that such a small tribe could actually see pottery, and there were quite a lot of them.
Of course, many tribes can make pottery, and those large tribes have rich experience in making pottery, and the pottery produced is very exquisite, with various beautiful patterns on it.
In comparison, the pottery of the Vine tribe seems a bit shoddy, after all, their experience and technology are very limited.
Even so, it is remarkable that a small tribe can make so many pottery.
Jiang Xuan said sheepishly: "Our Vine tribe is relatively poor, and we don't have much food to entertain you."
Jiang Xuan had no intention of cooking for them, and he didn't want to expose the fact that the Vine Tribe had salt. After all, he didn't know anything about the Black Tooth Tribe, so it was best not to expose anything.
"It's okay, we brought our own food."
Karasuba didn't care about this, because most of the small tribes were short of food. Even if they were given some food to entertain them, it was often not as delicious as the food they brought themselves.
"Chief Xuan, is that giant eagle raised by your tribe?"
Karasuba is very curious about this, because in his opinion, a creature as powerful as a giant eagle has a very arrogant character, and cannot be tamed by such a small and weak tribe.
"The giant eagle is not from our tribe."
Jiang Xuan admitted frankly: "There is an old man from afar living in our tribe, and he brought the giant eagle."
"So that's it."
Wu Yu nodded, thinking that it was just as he had guessed. How could such a small tribe afford to raise a giant eagle?
Karasuba was thinking about visiting the old man later. If he could make some deals with the old man, he should be able to get a lot of good things.
"Chief Xuan, what do you want to trade with us?"
"We have salt, weapons, clothes, accessories, gems..."
Wu Yu was very familiar with those goods and introduced all the goods that the Teng tribe might need to Jiang Xuan.
Jiang Xuan thought for a while, the Vine Tribe did not need things like food, drink, and entertainment, and there was nothing of equal value for trading.
It is best to find goods that are of low value but useful to the Vine Tribe.
"Do you have seeds of edible plants? Tubers or seedlings are also fine."
"Seed? Seedling?"
Karasuba was stunned for a moment. He had been to so many tribes to do business, and this was the first time he heard such a request.
"That's right, it's the kind of plant that's edible and easier to grow. If you bring the seeds, I'm willing to trade with you."
Jiang Xuan further explained: "Our tribe is relatively small and relatively weak. We will suffer heavy casualties when hunting in the mountains, so we have opened up a lot of wasteland and plan to plant some edible plants so that we can get some food more easily."<
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Jiang Xuan basically told the truth, but he did not mention that the Teng tribe mastered the planting technology. Now that the land is empty, Wu Yu would never have imagined that the Teng tribe could obtain a large amount of food through planting.
Karasuba frowned slightly, because what he wanted to trade was salt, clothing, gems and other things of high value that could make a lot of profits, not seeds.
The seeds can't be exchanged for much, because the tribesmen don't pay much attention to it.
However, after coming, if you return empty-handed, it will be an unacceptable thing for Karasuba.
He is used to trading some things with each tribe he goes to, and more or less earning something.
You may make less money by trading seeds, but it is better than making no money at all.
Karasuba thought carefully and said: "Some time ago, we traded a plant seed called ruby with a tribe. It can be eaten when cooked, but I can't guarantee whether you can grow it."<
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Jiang Xuandao: "Can you show me what it looks like first?"
Karasuba nodded, and then waved to a soldier following him to get it.
Not long after, the soldier came over carrying a small animal skin bag.
Karasuba took the animal skin bag in his hand, then untied the rope on the animal skin bag, opened the mouth of the bag, and grabbed a handful of seeds from inside.
"Chief Xuan, look, this is the ruby seed."
Jiang Xuan looked at the seeds Wu Yu grabbed and saw that they were about the size of pigeon eggs and looked a bit like red dates.
"Can you give me one so I can take a closer look?"
"No problem."
Wu Yu generously took one to Jiang Xuan and asked him to take a look at it slowly.
In fact, this plant seed called ruby was given to a small tribe as a gift when he was trading. They gave him two big bags.
Along the way, Karasuba felt that the taste was okay, so he cooked most of it and ate it, leaving only this small bag.
But Wu Yu is very smart. He did not say that it was a gift, but that he got it from a trade. This made it look precious and he could ask for more from Jiang Xuan.
Although he is a tribesman, Karasuba has been engaged in various transactions for a long time and has begun to take on the temperament of a profiteer.
Jiang Xuan took the "ruby" seed in his hand. He squeezed it gently and found that it was very hard and dry, with little moisture and not like fruit.
Then he smelled it and found that it had no smell.
Moreover, because Wu Yu didn't know what the plant looked like or what its living habits were, Jiang Xuan couldn't ask.
There are some plants in this world that Jiang Xuan is relatively familiar with, and there are also many unfamiliar plants. It takes time to identify them one by one.
Jiang Xuan thought about it carefully and said: "I don't know if this thing can be planted, and I don't know if it is a tree or a low plant. This is troublesome..."
When Wu Yu saw Jiang Xuan hesitate, he was afraid that he would not trade, so he immediately said: "Leader Xuan, this food is very delicious. If you don't believe me, ask the soldiers behind me. Everyone likes to eat it."
"Also, I think it should be able to grow, because the tribe I went to has a lot of edible rubies."
Jiang Xuan said in a dilemma: "But our tribe doesn't have anything precious that can be traded..."
Wu Yu looked around the bamboo house of the Teng tribe and said: "We want everything, animal skins, animal teeth, animal bones, etc."
Finally, Karasuba saw the wild boar tusks hanging on the wall, so he pointed to one of the thick wild boar tusks and said, "This tooth is pretty good."
Wu Yu walked to the wall, first observed the complete condition of the wild boar teeth, and then said to Jiang Xuan: "If Leader Xuan is willing, you can use these three pairs of teeth in exchange for these rubies."
When Jiang Xuan heard this, he said, good guy, I want them all.
He immediately shook his head and said: "No, no, we got these animal teeth with great difficulty, and we injured several soldiers for this."
Karasuba hesitated for a moment. After all, because the ruby was obtained for free, he was not so determined, so he said: "Then, the two pairs of animal teeth cannot be missing, otherwise the deal will not be possible."
"We traded these rubies from far away," Karasuba added.
Seeing Wu Yu's resolute attitude, Jiang Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, two pairs of animal teeth are just two pairs of animal teeth."
Wu Yu suddenly became happy again. He took the two pairs of animal teeth and handed the animal skin bag containing rubies to Jiang Xuan, saying: "Leader Xuan, believe me, you will definitely not suffer in this transaction." p>
"If you succeed in planting, you will have endless rubies in the future."
"I hope so."
Jiang Xuan just wanted to give it a try. In addition, the three pairs of wild boar tusks were actually of little value to him. They could only be used as decorations, and it was worthwhile to exchange for some new seeds.