Thirty people in the hunting team went out to hunt, and forty people stayed behind for training.

Even though the number of people participating in this military training was small, it still exhausted Ma Yue. Ma Yue simply had someone sew a few animal-skin flags. With a wave of the flags, these primitive people would know where to go. He hoped these guys would split into left and right...

Fortunately, the team was not big and the slogans could be heard. Too many commands would be difficult for primitive people to understand.

Of course, the team's military training does need to be gradual and improved little by little. If it doesn't work this year, there's still next year, the year after, and so on.

After a month of persistent training of the hunting team of seventy people, they were somewhat in shape and at least they were not making any noise.

This is the third time that the 'Rain' tribe has come to the Sea tribe. For some reason, the chief of the 'Rain' tribe seems to have a good relationship with the chief of the Sea tribe, Hai. They look very friendly.

Whether they are friendly or not, the main reason for the "Yu" tribe to come here is to exchange for coarse salt.

This was a good idea, saving them the trouble of going out door-to-door. Regardless of how much the Rain Tribe purchased, or whether or not they were looking to resell it, it was none of the Sea Tribe's business. Ma Yue had instructed them that even if they were using it for future exchanges, it had to be profitable, so they would be more motivated.

Whether it was sharp bone or stone tools, or furs or meat, the Sea Tribe needed them all, and would exchange anything for them. The "goods" brought by the "Rain" Tribe were indeed abundant, and Ma Yue liked such bulk traders.

The trade at the Niupi tribe was also quite rich, but it was too far away, at least that's what Ma Yue thought. A round trip would take six or seven days, and there were also significant safety issues along the way. How could it be as convenient as trading in person?

Ma Yue enjoyed large-scale transactions like those from the Rain Tribe, and the Sea Tribe also warmly welcomed smaller trades from smaller tribes. Coarse salt was a vital necessity. Ever since the last Ice and Snow Festival at the Niupi Tribe, where everyone had experienced the delicious taste of salt and its importance for physical strength, more and more primitive people were willing to come to the Sea Tribe to trade.

As for pottery, it is very durable, which means that it is enough to be used. There is no need to change it so much, right?

In other words, the Hai Tribe gradually became the new trading center for the surrounding tribes, both large and small. But here's the problem. The Hai Tribe repaid the coarse salt it owed to the Niupi Tribe in the first half of the year. Since then, they've rarely traded with the Niupi Tribe. So, where can they find the coarse salt from the Niupi Tribe?

"High Priest, how about we exchange white salt from the Sun Tribe? Isn't that what we did before?" The three leaders of the Cowhide Tribe and the High Priest began to discuss.

That's right. Previously, the "Cowhide" tribe exchanged white salt from the "Sun" tribe. This so-called white salt was very similar to refined salt. Although it contained some sediment and wasn't very refined, it was still much better than the coarse salt produced by the Sea Tribe.

"Great Chief, white salt is too expensive!"

It is close to refined salt, but of course the salt-making process is more complicated and laborious.

"Even the 'Sun' tribe has large-grain salt, the quantity is not large, and it is more than twice as expensive as the Sea Tribe." Large-grain salt is coarse salt. Isn't coarse salt the predecessor of refined salt? It's just that refined salt is a deeply processed product of coarse salt.

Coarse salt was given to ordinary tribe members, and refined salt was given to tribal leaders. In short, since there was no technology to make salt from seawater these days, salt was basically boiled.

The Sun Tribe isn't near the sea, but rather inland, with only a salt mountain nearby. Mining salt requires manual labor, doesn't it? Do you think boiling salt is easy? Even in a superpowerful tribe like the Sun Tribe, ordinary members still rely on coarse salt. Boiling white salt is too laborious.

Generally speaking, the Sea Tribe is close to the sea, so seawater as a raw material is much easier to obtain than cutting salt rocks from salt mountains, right? In terms of cost, the Sea Tribe's coarse salt is of course cheaper than the Sun Tribe's coarse salt.

Of course, cheap is relative. In this era, salt was a precious condiment, more valuable than pottery, fur, and the like.

Who would buy the expensive one when there is a cheaper one? And the price difference is more than double.

"Priest, great chief, let's fight!" The idea of ​​attacking the sea tribe, which has the crude salt technology, has been lingering in the minds of the "Niupi" tribe for a long time.

In the past, the Hai tribe would take the initiative to deliver salt to the door, but this was not a big deal. Now, the Hai tribe rarely delivers salt, and for the sake of the long-term salt supply of the Niupi tribe, of course, they have to fight.

Primitive people didn't even distinguish between good and evil; whoever had the bigger fist was the winner. The Niupi tribe had over a thousand people, with only three or four hundred capable fighters. Taking on a Sea Tribe with a total population of only two hundred shouldn't be a piece of cake, right?

After all, the "Niupi" tribe is the largest tribe in this area, and its every move is watched by many tribes, big and small.

The High Priest of the Niupi Tribe and his three leaders agreed to attack the Sea Tribe. With a single command, the vast Niupi tribe began mobilizing. It was already late autumn, and it was crucial to capture the Sea Tribe and obtain the coarse salt before winter arrived.

"Who? Yun?" Ma Yue remembered that small tribe. They had once joined forces with the Hai tribe to hunt together.

"What's going on?"

"Spirit, we met Yun while hunting. He said that he went to the Niupi tribe to trade for a pottery plate, and he happened to catch up with the Niupi tribe's large-scale gathering of warriors, and there were signs of an expedition." The one who came to report was Wu Qi, the third leader who was on duty to go out hunting.

"Go to war? Damn it!" Ma Yue cursed.

"Charlatan, do you mean that the 'Niupi' tribe is going to attack us?" The high priest was a little nervous.

"Just think about it, in this area, what else is there that is worthy of the powerful and wealthy 'Niupi' tribe's attention?" Ma Yue curled his lips. With the appearance of coarse salt, Ma Yue had been on guard against being coveted.

Last time it was the Bear Tribe, this time, the most awesome "Bullhide" Tribe is coming.

"How many warriors are there in the 'Niupi' tribe?" Ma Yue asked.

"At least three hundred." Chief Hai said this, estimating that the 'Niupi' tribe would always leave some warriors to guard the home, right?

"This is still good." Ma Yue is the leader. If he loses confidence, what will happen to the others?

"Charlatan..." The high priest was still worried. In this era, the competition was about who had more able-bodied men.

"What are you afraid of? Do you remember the bear tribe? They have four or five times more warriors than us, so what? Is our double fence just for decoration? They are the attacking party and their losses are greater than ours." Ma Yue said.

Remember the ancient wars, without five, six, or even ten times the number of troops, no siege would be launched. Even if your tribe built a wall of wood and garbage, the enemy only had four or five times the number of troops.

"The most important thing is that we have a lot of long-range weapons and archers, men and women, young and old, who can throw rocks and spears. There must be at least a hundred of them, right? Hiding behind the wall, at least we have cover. From a high position, we have the advantage."

Ma Yue's gradual analysis, the three chiefs and the two priests thought, was indeed the case. Furthermore, the Hai Tribe had been training its troops for a month and a half, and their momentum was very strong.

"Start now, prepare more stones, flying guns and other things, and get ready for war!" Ma Yue gave an order, and the war machine of the entire tribe started.