A tribe of thirty or so people can wear copper knives. Their strength is not too weak. It also tells Hua Xi an important message from one side. They have channels to obtain copper products. If we think about it further, that is
Say there are several pieces of information that are very likely
Their tribal civilization may have reached the level of casting copperware; there are copper mines near the tribe; there are no copper mines near the tribe, but there are channels to obtain copper mines and forge them themselves; they can directly exchange copper products from nearby tribes.
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There are many possibilities. It seems that Beimen must send more manpower to patrol and provide early warning in the future. No matter whether the other party is malicious or not, it is always right to prepare in advance.
When a group of people entered the palace, the Baishi clan and others were almost stunned by the layout and luxury inside. It took such a large amount of effort to use ceramic tiles to pave the indoor floor on such a large scale!
After everyone sat down, Bai Jiang, the leader of the Baishi Tribe, held up his hands and said with a smile: "Clan Chief Hua Xi is indeed well-deserved! When I see you today, all the affairs of the Chinese tribe are in order, and I feel that your talent and strategy, Chief, are really rare!"
Hua Xi said softly: "Clan Chief Bai praised you for coming to our tribe this time. I wonder what kind of exchange you want to do in exchange? Our tribe's ceramics, copper products, wood carvings, stone carvings and other handicrafts are all very famous..."
Bai Jiang said seriously: "We came to the nobles this time to exchange some ceramics, but..." Bai Jiang pondered for a moment and continued: "I have heard that your tribe once sent people to explore the territory to the north of us.
After a while, we collected a lot of strange stones?"
"Oh? Haha, it's true!" After Hua Xi heard this, it was probably the person who was sent to search for ore that accidentally spread it to their ears. However, this matter is not a big deal, and it doesn't matter if it is admitted.
"It seems that Patriarch Hua is very interested in these strange stones? Otherwise, he wouldn't ask people to travel across mountains and rivers to search everywhere for them?" Bai Jiang said with a smile.
"Haha! I do have a preference for these strange stones, but I don't know, Chief Bai, you are..." Hua Xi still didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in this white ginger gourd, and asked
"Haha, I want to use some strange stones to exchange pottery and some copper products with your tribe. I wonder what you mean, Chief Hua?" Bai Jiang heard that Hua Xi was definitely partial to those strange stones.
I just told you the ultimate goal
"Oh? Chief Bai, which stones are you talking about? Can you allow me to take a closer look?" Hua Xi was slightly shocked after hearing this and asked.
"Of course you can, Bai Ding, take out those little stones," Bai Jiang said to his younger brother Bai Ding behind him.
When a tribesman took a pack of stones wrapped in animal skins from Bai Ding and placed them in front of Hua Xi, Hua Xi almost couldn't help but jump up.
Pieces of white stones with a hint of blue light were scattered inside the animal skin. Hua Xi reached out and picked up a small piece, and pulled it with a little force. Oh, it actually separated and stretched with the strength of his hand. However, it could not be pulled into a thread, it could only be pulled.
Halfway through, the deformed stone was clearly broken. This was a tin mine that Hua Xi had dreamed of. He didn't expect that it would take no effort to get it today.
During the pulling process, the expression on Hua Xi's face remained the same smile as before, showing neither obvious happiness nor obvious disdain. This made Bai Jiang, who had been observing Hua Xi, unable to tell whether Hua Xi liked it or not.
this stone
Hua Xi played with the other stones in the animal skin a few more times. They were almost all tin ore, but there was one stone that was slightly different from the tin ore. Its softness and luster were slightly lower than those of the tin ore, and it was not like those of the tin ore.
It is almost entirely natural tin, but is wrapped under some hard stones and sand, with half of it exposed.
Lead ore? Hua Xi secretly thought that if it were lead ore, it would be of great help to the tribe's metal products to a higher level of craftsmanship, because lead can be dissolved well into other metals and chemically fused to form alloys.
It has a good effect on the texture and engraving of metal products. Lead and tin were often mistaken for the same metal in ancient times. Although the two ores have similar appearance and texture, one has a strong anti-virus ability.
One is that it contains a large amount of toxins that are harmful to living organisms.
Bai Jiang couldn't help but ask: "I wonder if Patriarch Hua is satisfied with these white stones?"
"Well, I'm a bit interested!" Hua Xi returned the stone to Bai Jiang and replied with a smile.
Bai Jiang just let go of his worries this time, and laughed and said: "Haha, the leader of the Hua family is really a strange person. We are exchanging these white stones for ceramics and some copper products from your tribe. What do you think?"
Hua An and other elders on the side wanted to exchange their tribe's special products when they heard that the other party actually used some stones. They were about to protest and refuse, but Hua Xi waved his hand to stop them.
Hua Xi asked back: "These white stones are exchanged for the specialties of our tribe. Haha, Chief Bai, are there many such white stones near your tribe?"
Just as Bai Jiang was about to answer, the two brothers behind him who had been unable to speak rushed to shout: "That must be La. There are so many white stones next to our tribe. It would take a long, long time to pick them up..."
When Hua Xi heard this, his eyes lit up. Hehe, it turns out that the famous tin mine that the tribe brought back was near their tribe. Now, there is no need to send out manpower on their own. They only need to be ruthless in the exchange price.
Just chop him hard a few times and that's it.
Bai Jiang was immediately furious. He glared at his two unsatisfied brothers and said angrily: "Shut up!"
The two of them immediately shrank their heads and took a few steps back when Bai Jiang glared at him, but they didn't take it seriously at all. They thought to themselves: What is there to hide? It's not a treasure, it's just a pile of rotten rocks. How to hide it like this?
Is it deep? Since I exchanged white stones with them, the other party will definitely be able to guess that there are many white stones here.
After Bai Jiang finished scolding him, he felt extremely depressed. Why did he have to deal with such an idiot brother? He must teach him a lesson when he goes back, otherwise all the secrets of his tribe will be exposed by these two guys.
Bai Jiang turned around and smiled at Hua Xi: "Haha, I'm sorry that my two brothers don't understand the rules, but when it comes to these white stones, our tribe does have a lot of them, otherwise we wouldn't dare to rush over and talk to Hua Xi.
Patriarch, you proposed to use the white stone as an exchange. I wonder, Patriarch Hua, do you think this exchange is feasible?"
Hua Xi smiled at Bai Jiang who looked over and said, "You can do it!"
Bai Jiang immediately laughed when he heard this, and in just a few words, he managed to get rid of the leader of the Chinese tribe in front of him. He could exchange useless stones with special shapes and colors for ceramics and copper products for his tribe. It seemed that the leader of the Chinese tribe was no better.
It's just a big straw bag
Many of the elders accompanying them were now anxious. How could they exchange the tribe's specialty areas for these useless stones so easily? This was like cutting meat from their wrists to feed the dogs! Hua An on the side quickly hit Hua Xi.
The look in his eyes made him reject this ridiculous deal.
Hua Xi naturally caught a glimpse of the expressions of the elders and the color of Hua An's constant calls, but Hua Xi ignored it and just gave Hua An a knowing look, telling them not to be anxious and that they could get an advantage in their own hands if they knew what they were doing.