Chapter 255: Thousand Sheep Tribe (Seeking votes and subscriptions)

The next day, under the leadership of two scout eagles, Youfu and his team found a valley more than 40 miles west of the cliff, from which they could enter the vast grassland area all the way south.

It took a whole day to enter the grassland. All members of Youfu's expedition caravan rode and did not dare to dismount. They always remained highly alert so that they could escape quickly when they encountered danger. Youfu even gave the team members an order that when things were impossible, they could abandon the ox carts and goods and escape. Obviously, they were prepared for the worst.

They did not wander around the grassland blindly, but under the leadership of Azuka, they took the initiative to approach the nomadic tribes. After all, Youfu came out first to explore the surrounding environment and second to sell things. He brought out two large carts of goods, and there were still a lot left. He couldn't do nothing and just take a walk and pull them back.

After a day's journey, they finally encountered a nomadic tribe near dusk. It was a tribe called Qianyang, with a population of about 500, and they mainly lived on grazing.

When the two sides came into contact, the female members of the Qianyang tribe were picking up the dung of cattle and horses with baskets. The dung contained a lot of undigested grass clippings, which could be stored after drying and used as fuel in winter.

The male members were patrolling the pastoral area on horseback, each with a short bow and a dozen not-so-good arrows.

The men had two braids tied next to their cheeks, naked, with only simple animal skins or rough fabrics woven from wool around their waists.

As soon as You Fu led the team to approach, the first to rush up were a dozen ferocious sheepdogs, who barked their teeth to warn the strangers not to approach, and barked non-stop, using their barks to attract their owners.

Soon, the Qianyang warriors patrolling the surrounding area noticed the situation here, and they drove their horses to come quickly, then took out their bows and arrows and confronted You Fu and his men from a distance of fifty or sixty meters.

The warriors of the Qianyang tribe were very curious about these people. They had never seen horses with black and white stripes, which were not the same breed as their horses.

There are many colors of horses on the grassland, red, yellow, white, black, gray, and the most colorful ones are the mixed-blood horses with mixed hair. Their fur is the same as that of the reed chicken, which is mixed with black and white. However, this kind of black and white stripes is the first time I have seen it.

"Which tribe are you from? What are you doing here?"

A warrior from the Qianyang tribe shouted loudly to You Fu. Unfortunately, the distance between the two sides was not close. There were more than a dozen vicious dogs barking in the middle. They did not speak the same language and could not communicate at all.

You Fu got off the horse and tried to move forward a few steps. He raised his hands to indicate that he was not carrying any weapons, hoping to get some communication.

But the warrior from the Qianyang tribe was very alert and shot an arrow directly in front of You Fu's feet, warning him not to get close.

You Fu had to retreat, put his hands in front of his mouth in a trumpet shape, and shouted loudly to the Qianyang warrior.

"Friends in front, we are here to exchange things, we are not bad people, can you let us go over and talk?"

Although You Fu shouted very loudly, the people of Qianyang tribe still could not understand him, and they could not see the gestures clearly from such a distance. You Fu could not help but frown at this way of communication.

Fortunately, You Fu often came into contact with strange tribes, and he had some diplomatic skills and his mind was very fast. He quickly gave orders to the team members behind him.

"Come down, don't take weapons, and take a few big pottery pots from our ox cart to show them."

The team members behind heard the order, and five people came down quickly, took five of the largest pottery pots and held them high, walked forward, and then stood beside You Fu.

"Friends on the other side, we are here to exchange goods. Do you want this pottery? If not, we will leave." You Fu continued to shout at the other side, pointing at the pottery next to him.

Although the warriors of Qianyang tribe still did not understand, their eyes lit up when they saw the pottery that You Fu and his team took out. The earthy red pottery was covered with a layer of white glaze and dark red glaze, reflecting a dazzling brilliance under the glow of the setting sun. Although they had never seen such things, they could tell at a glance that it was a treasure.

The warriors of Qianyang tribe responded immediately, shouting at more than a dozen sheepdogs in their unique language, and then urged the big yellow horse under their crotch to approach You Fu and his team, and finally came to them.

One of the young men who looked like a team leader got off the horse and was responsible for communicating with You Fu and his team.

You Fu smiled, after all, a smile can express goodwill, and even if the language is not understood, it can show that he has no malice, right? Then he took the pottery pot from a team member next to him and handed it to the team leader for careful observation.

The captain took a white pottery pot, held it up and looked at it in the sunlight. There were stripes and Chinese characters painted on the pot with colorful glaze. It looked very exquisite and it was quite heavy in his hand, after all, it was made of mud.

You Fu saw that the captain of the other party obviously liked it, so he took out a snakeskin water bag from his waist, and asked the other party to hold the pottery pot, and poured some water into it.

The water swayed in the pottery pot, but there was no leakage, so the captain of the other party quickly understood the purpose of this thing, so he asked You Fu.

"Is this thing for our tribe?"

You Fu didn't understand what he said, but when he saw the other party started talking to him, he thought he was asking about the price.

So You Fu pointed to the pottery pot in the captain's hand, and then patted the other party's big yellow horse and pulled the animal skin on the other party, meaning that these things could be exchanged.

The other team leader also understood that such a beautiful thing, which can also be used to hold water, would not be given to them for free. Judging from the behavior of the stranger in front of them, they seemed to want to use this water container to exchange for their horses and animal skins.

This is a good thing. The team leader knew that his Qianyang tribe needed it very much, but he was not a high-level official, so he could only let someone tell the leader about the situation first. Whether to exchange, what to exchange, and how much to exchange, all depended on the leader to make the decision.

So he immediately called one of his brothers, handed the pottery pot to him, asked him to ride a horse to the leader and tell the leader about the situation.

The guy took the pottery pot and urged the horse to run to the tent area of ​​the settlement, which made the team members around You Fu anxious.

"Hey? Why did he run away with our pottery? Where is he going? The things haven't been given to us yet, and he just ran away with it?"

You Fu hurriedly pulled down the hand of the team member who was pointing at him, and then said with experience.

"He must be taking something to report to the leader. Don't worry, he will be back soon. Besides, it's our first meeting, so even if we give them a piece of pottery, it's our duty. Don't take it too seriously."

(End of this chapter)