Qiao Yu looked at everyone and said, "So from now on, when we choose a place to hide, we must leave ourselves a way out. If someone attacks from the front door, we can still escape to the back door."

"I understand." Dian shouted excitedly, "So, even though our Dragon Tribe has a front gate, and the front gate is built with a mud brick wall, it is very conspicuous. If someone wants to attack us, they will gather at the front gate. Our tribe has a back route and a side gate. We can go out through the side gate and outflank them; we can also go down the cliff at the back and escape in the river on a raft. No matter what, we will never be surrounded and unable to move in the tribe."

"Yes, that's it." Qiao Yu said.

She also explained the meaning of the idiom "catching a turtle in a jar".

Everyone was suddenly enlightened by what they heard, but at the same time they were also frightened.

Especially Man, who blamed himself: "It's my fault for not thinking it through. I didn't think of this."

He always thought that after all his experience, he could almost match Qiao Yu. But when Qiao Yu returned and they met for a while, he realized that the two were worlds apart. Not to mention being on par with Qiao Yu, he couldn't even catch up to half of Qiao Yu's ability. And he still boasted about his intelligence.

This made him very frustrated, and he dared not feel complacent at all.

Qiao Yu was certain that Dian was a military talent. If he was trained, he would definitely bring great benefits to the tribe in the future.

"Then should I take down the white vine sign now?" asked Shu.

Qiao Yu shook his head: "No need, I have to leave soon. I will take them off when I leave."

"Are you still leaving? Should we go with you?" asked Liu Shui.

"No." Qiao Yu denied it and told everyone about the situation of the Sifang tribe.

"I plan to take this opportunity to find out about the two tribes. After their trade fair is over, we can transport the slag. However, this may cause conflict and war between the Sifang and Jiangyuan tribes."

This is where Qiao Yu is hesitant.

There had already been conflict between the Shen Tribe and the Shanyin Tribe, and a war was inevitable. It was understandable that she had taken advantage of the opportunity to fan the flames. Now, the Sifang and Jiangyuan Tribes hadn't provoked her, and living in this primitive society wasn't easy for everyone. If her theft of slag had sparked a war between the two tribes, resulting in the creation of a large number of war slaves, she would have been guilty.

Everyone looked at each other and said nothing.

Shu said: "Yu, you decide. We all support you. We will do whatever you say."

"Yes, we all support you." Man agreed.

Qiao Yu nodded and stopped dwelling on the matter: "Anyway, we have to get the iron ore. It depends on how we do it."

She pushed the rattan basket she had brought back forward and said, "This is the salt I exchanged."

When everyone heard that the salt had been replaced, they quickly opened the wicker baskets to take a look.

"This salt seems to be better than that of the Sun Tribe. What's the price? Can we exchange it for it in the future?" Shu asked excitedly.

If they could exchange salt here, or even participate in the trade fair here, they wouldn't have to worry about where the tribe would get salt.

"It's cheaper than the Sun Tribe's. They also have better salt with fewer impurities, and the price is not expensive." Qiao Yu said, "As for whether we can change it in the future, we'll see."

She thought, "The Sun Tribe has salt, as do the Sifang and Jiangyuan Tribes. These tribes aren't far from the current Dragon Tribe, so the salt resources here are quite rich. Maybe if they look for it, they might find a salt mine themselves."

The same is true for iron ore.

But that was for the future. She took the animal hide bag off her back and said, "I also exchanged some seeds. They said they were edible." Finally, she added, "They've been growing food in the tribe for a long time."

No one was surprised to hear this.

Didn't Yu learn a lot in this big tribe last time? It was not surprising that he could grow crops.

"Everyone, please pool your dried meat together, one bowl for each person, and I'll exchange it for some salt." Qiao Yu said.

"How about we give them all to you?" Man said.

"We don't know when this trade fair will end, so you should hide yourselves for the time being. It's best not to go out hunting to avoid getting into trouble. We may seem like a large group, but compared to those two large tribes, we're nothing. If we're discovered, we'll be enslaved."

Thinking of what Qiao Yu had said about the treatment of the slaves, everyone shuddered and completely gave up the idea of ​​going out hunting.

Everyone still had plenty of dried fish from the grill on the boat, and if they had taken all the dried meat out, it would have been enough to last them five or six days. But Qiao Yu didn't know what would happen next, so he didn't want to leave any room for error. So, he just gathered another wicker basket and called it a day.

She took her personal belongings out of the animal-skin bag and said to Shu, "Give me your animal-skin bag. I'll pour out these millet seeds later. Wrap them in leaves, tie them up tightly in small packages, and put them in the animal-skin bags of you, Man, Liushui, and the other team leaders. This will prevent the precious seeds from being lost if the animal-skin bags are lost."

The tree agreed repeatedly.

After finishing these things, Qiao Yu instructed them, "See if there's a better place to hide. If not, dig a vent in this cave and block the entrance with thorns. That way, the snakes and insects won't come down. It's safer this way. It's better to be safe than sorry."

Qiao Yu continued, "I already know where this hole is. If you move out, start marking it from the entrance. Peel the white vine in half or quarters and tie them together. That way it won't be so obvious."

The core of the white vine is green, with only the skin being white. Once it's peeled in half, it's less noticeable. If you're not looking for it and are not familiar with it, you won't notice it immediately.

After giving these instructions, Qiao Yu stood up and said, "I'm leaving now. Wait for my news. I'll remove all the white vines on the road before I leave, so you don't have to make another trip."

Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly remembered something and asked worriedly, "Where did you hide the raft?"

Man was stunned for a moment and said, "It's in a forest by the river. The trees there are all small, and there is grass growing under them. The grass is about a man tall. If the raft is hidden in it, it will be completely invisible."

Qiao Yu said, "After dawn tomorrow, you'd better go again and check if there are any traces of your presence. Erase all traces so that no one knows where you landed or where you hid the raft. You must also erase all traces of your journey from the river to here."

Qiao Yu had also led his men to the riverside trail and landing point in their Dragon Tribe, explaining how to erase the traces. Qiao Yu had systematically revisited this in literacy class. Everyone knew the method.