Chapter 347: Laborers in the Countercurrent (Please vote and subscribe)

Ju was very annoyed. In the past, the Han tribe could only buy live pigs from him, but now, he took the initiative to find the Han tribe to sell pigs.

Why? Because the Lu tribe still had to continue to eat salt, while the Han tribe could obtain a large number of cattle and sheep from the grassland. Seeing that Youfu brought back cattle and sheep in groups, he did not dare to ask a high price even if he took the initiative to find Youfu to sell pigs. You want expensive, then fine, I won’t buy it. Anyway, if there is no pork, there is mutton. I can live without pork. Why do I have to buy yours? Wouldn’t it be better to exchange more cattle and horses with those supplies? They can also be used to help people work.

But if you sell it, at least you can exchange it for some white salt and supplies from the Han tribe. However, there are too many good things in the Han tribe. He wants every one of them, but the Lu tribe has a limited number of pigs, with a total of only a few hundred.

These pigs may not be a big deal for the Han tribe, but for the Lu tribe, this is all the property they rely on for survival. He can't sell all the spotted pigs to the Han tribe, but he can't live without white salt, so Ju came up with an idea, which is to use the spotted pigs to exchange for other tribes.

The caravan of the Han tribe went all the way south from the north, and it must have passed through the territory of more than one tribe on the way. It is even more impossible that only the Lu tribe and the caravan of the Han tribe have done business. Then the problem is simple. Other nearby tribes must have obtained some white salt from the Han tribe. So since it can't be sold at a good price in Youfu's hands, just buy it from the neighbors around.

This idea is good, but the reality is like a joke that God is playing on you, and there are always some accidents.

This day, the leader of the Lu tribe, Ju, led a few of his own tribesmen and drove a few piglets to the territory of the neighboring tribe, hoping to exchange some white salt from them with the piglets, but when they arrived at the place, they saw their neighbors packing up their things, and it seemed that they were going to move or migrate, which immediately made him very confused.

You have to know that primitive people have poor production capacity. Every time they move or migrate, they need to rebuild their homes, and they also have to find ways to get food every day. It can be said that moving once will greatly damage their vitality, and it may even take one or two years to recover. This is still a relatively smooth situation. If they move to a completely unfamiliar place, the entire tribe may be destroyed.

So they usually choose a place with sufficient water and food, and then build a safe shelter, and live there for several generations. If there is no crisis that cannot be solved, they may not move for hundreds or thousands of years, but this tribe in front of them is actually packing up and moving.

The leader of the Lu tribe, Ju, was very confused. Looking at the neighbors who were busy packing up, he hurried forward and grabbed a man to ask.

"This little brother, are you moving? Why are you moving? Where are you moving to? Where is the leader of your tribe?"

The man was working and was suddenly pulled by someone. He was still a little unhappy, but when he saw a few pigs rubbing on the ground, and then saw Ju's appearance, he immediately recognized that this was the leader of the neighboring Lu tribe, so he immediately smiled and patiently explained a few words.

"So you are the leader of the Lu tribe. You are looking for our leader. He is not here now. If you have any questions, you can also talk to our elders. No, he is over there now. Go ask the elders." The young neighbor said. "

Oh, okay."

Ju saw that this guy was at most an ordinary tribe member and might not know the exact situation, so he simply followed the instructions and came to the other elders.

"Elder, may I ask why you are moving and where you are moving to? Moving will waste a lot of manpower and resources, so how can you just move like that? "

The other elder was obviously stunned, but he immediately recognized that the person in front of him was the leader of his neighboring tribe, so he hurried to entertain him.

"We are indeed moving. As for the reason, it is a bit complicated. In short, to put it simply, we have to move in order to make the tribe live better. Otherwise, it will be very inconvenient for us." The elder answered affirmatively.

"Well, why don't you talk about the trouble? Why do we have to move? Can moving make the tribe live better? What's the reason?" "

Although Ju is the leader of a large tribe of several hundred people, he still respects these wise men like elders. Although these people are old, their age is also an advantage. It represents countless survival experiences and life experiences, which are exactly what young people do not have.

"Well, if you are not in a hurry, I will tell you something. Last year, a group of people driving ox carts came from the north. Their men all tied their hair and claimed to be members of the Han tribe. They came here specifically to exchange things with other tribes. You know this, right? I remember that they also exchanged many pigs from your tribe. "The elder began to talk about the cause of the matter.

"Yes, I know this too. Is your move related to the Han tribe? "Ju nodded affirmatively, indicating that he knew, and let the elder continue to tell the story.

"Yes, it is the Han tribe. They have a kind of white salt, which is salty. Eating it can make people stronger and not get tired so quickly when working. We also bought some of that white salt from the Han tribe, but they sold it too expensively. We couldn't afford it after buying it a few times. "When he said this, the elder sighed deeply, as if expressing his deep helplessness in his heart, and then he continued.

"We originally planned to stop eating white salt in the future, but at the beginning of this year, a tribe to the north of us sent a message saying that the Han tribe further north was looking for people to work, that is, to help them build houses, dig soil or do other work, and then the Han tribe provided these people who came to work with three meals a day with salt. When they want to leave, they can use the number of days they worked to exchange some daily necessities with them, such as the white salt and pottery they sell. "

"What? There is such a thing? Is it true? That Han tribe is the Han tribe that came to our place to sell things? As long as you work for them, you will be given three meals a day? And with salt? ! ! You can even take some back before leaving? This is too good! ! ! ! "The leader of the Lu tribe, Ju, said in astonishment, and could not help interrupting the elder's narration.

"Who said it wasn't true? If that was the case, then why would we hunt? We should just go and work for the Han tribe. But that's what our neighbor to the north said. When we heard the news, they had already gone there for the third time. They did bring back a lot of things from the Han tribe the two times before. I saw that those things were indeed from the Han tribe, so I discussed it with the leader. I stayed in the tribe to look after the house, and asked him to take a few people with our neighbor to the Han tribe to have a look. But guess what happened when we got there?" At this point, the elder deliberately kept it a secret.

"Yes, and then what happened?" The leader of the Lu tribe, Ju, asked curiously.

(End of this chapter)