Hui and Ji were unwilling to give up. On the one hand, they continued to win over Ming and consolidate the marriage between the two families, while on the other hand, they wanted to change their own situation.

Knowing that Qiao Yu favored intelligent people, Ji was confident he could stand out in front of her. Unfortunately, Qiao Yu had never been in the tribe. Even if she had returned, Ji wouldn't have been able to get close to her, and the two of them had little interaction.

Now that he finally has the chance to get close to Qiao Yu, he wants to seize every opportunity to attract Qiao Yu's attention and gain her appreciation.

At this moment, he asked Qiao Yu for no apparent reason: "Yu, since we've had a falling out with the Sun Tribe, I'm afraid we won't be able to go there to exchange salt for salt anytime soon. Since there are so many tribes here, they must need salt, and there must be salt to exchange at the trade fair. How about we send two or three people out to exchange some salt and get some information? If we go with two or three people and don't set up a stall, it shouldn't attract their attention."

Many people present actually had such thoughts, but they just didn't say it out loud.

Qiao Yu would definitely have thought of this, without them having to tell her. If she didn't do this, she must have her reasons, and they didn't have to tell her.

Everyone looked at Ji.

Seeing that everyone noticed him, Ji felt a little proud.

"You're right." Qiao Yu was not shy about giving Ji a thumbs up. "But their language is different from ours. If too many people go, once we start talking, we'll be exposed. So I can go alone. You don't have to go, lest we alert them. If we attract their attention, it will be difficult for us to move the iron ore."

Seeing everyone's eyes suddenly dim, Qiao Yu's expression turned serious. "We must prioritize when doing things. What is the purpose of our visit this time? I don't need to explain the importance of ironware. Everyone knows it, right?"

Everyone was startled and nodded.

Qiao Yu added, "As long as we have iron tools, we won't be afraid even of the Sun Tribe. With the strength to fight against the larger tribes, why should we worry about running out of salt?"

Everyone's eyes suddenly lit up again.

Yes, if they also became a large tribe, even if they swaggered to the Sun Tribe's trade fair to exchange salt, they should not dare to act rashly, right? The Sun Tribe has always been dissatisfied with the development of the God Tribe, but hasn't it been because of various concerns that they dared not attack them?

As long as they are strong, they are not afraid of having no salt to eat.

Qiao Yu said, "I don't know if they eat fish. I'm afraid we can't exchange dried fish for anything. Everyone, give me all the dried meat you have and fill a wicker basket with it. I'll take it to the market and trade it for something."

Everyone brought dried wild animal meat, which was roughly processed and had a strong fishy smell. The weather was hot and the meat was kept in animal skin bags, which made the smell even worse. There was fresh fish to eat on the boat all the way, and no one wanted to eat dried meat, so there was almost no loss.

Bored on the boat, everyone had roasted a lot of dried fish, which was enough for the next meal. So when they heard what Qiao Yu said, everyone took off their animal skin bags and took out the dried meat.

Liushui took out a bamboo tube and said to everyone, "Each person should pour one bamboo tube. If you don't bring enough dried meat, you don't need to give it to anyone."

Everyone lined up and took turns pouring the dried meat.

Qiao Yu called Man and several other team leaders over and instructed them, "Take your men to the riverbank and paddle out of here. Go back a little ways and find a place to hide on the other side. Mark the shore and leave a raft for me. When the market here is almost over, I'll find you and come back to transport the iron ore. There are too many people around here right now, and we'll be easily discovered."

With so many people, even if they could eat the dried meat and fish in the animal hide bags, they still had to drink water and excrete, right? If each person went out to relieve themselves, that would mean one or two hundred times. Add to that the stench of excrement, and the chances of being discovered were simply too high. This place was close to the main tribe, and there were many people walking around at the trade fair, so hiding here was definitely not an option.

If we retreat to the other side, we won't be easily discovered.

Everyone knew that with so many people, the target would be too big to hide, so they all nodded, "Okay."

"Don't worry, we will pay attention to safety. Yu, you must be careful. It's better to have nothing than to let anyone find you." Shu was worried about Qiao Yu and kept reminding her.

"I'll be fine, don't worry." Qiao Yu said.

Seeing that in just a short while, everyone had already gathered a full basket of dried meat, Qiao Yu went over and called out, "That's enough."

Liushui sealed the opening of the wicker basket with leaves, tied it up with thin vines, and handed it to Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu picked it up and threw it behind him, waved to everyone, turned and walked out of the woods, and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

The people of the Shanyin tribe were amazed: "Yu is so strong."

"Hey, you don't know..." The man from the Valley Tribe was about to boast proudly, but he hissed and said seriously, "Quiet."

In the past, perhaps everyone was not so obedient, and there were always some noisy noises that needed to be stopped three or five times. But now they have been trained so much that they follow orders reflexively and everyone quickly shuts up.

The hiding place suddenly became quiet.

Qiao Yu ran for a short while before he stopped and found a big tree with lush leaves. He jumped up and dressed himself up.

In a short while, she turned into an inconspicuous boy.

She jumped from tree to tree, found a place closest to the market, jumped down from the tree, walked leisurely from the stalls to the middle road, and began to stroll around the trade fair.

Not to mention the large tribe of thousands of people, even the Shanyin tribe has a small population. Qiao Yu asked the people of the Shanyin tribe, and they were only familiar with the people who lived nearby and those who hunted together, not everyone in the tribe.

Even in the current Dragon Tribe, the residential areas are close to each other, and everyone trains together. You will often see each other going up and down the residential area. If you are not from the same team, you may only be familiar with each other's faces, but not everyone.

There are still people from different tribes mixed together in the market now, so Qiao Yu can take advantage of the situation and is not afraid of being discovered.

She walked leisurely towards the large tribe, looking around. According to the rules, the stalls here must belong to this large tribe, and they should all have good things on display, especially salt.

Sure enough, when she reached the end, she saw baskets of salt on the first stall closest to the main gate of the tribe. The quality of the salt was better than that of the Sun Tribe.

She didn't go forward, but stood by and watched for a while, then saw a man exchanging a basket of dried meat for a quarter of a basket of salt.