Chapter 172 Establishing a Trading Area

Jiang Xuan had no idea what was happening in the Frog Tribe, as he was busy with an important matter at the time.

That is to establish a trading zone.

This is something Jiang Xuan has always wanted to do, but has not been able to do it before.

Trading, especially with primitive tribesmen, can be very profitable and the risks are much smaller than going to war directly.

For example, the Black Tooth Tribe.

They have long been traveling between the tribes in the Southern Wilderness to do business, buying at low prices and selling at high prices. The profit from a piece of goods is at least ten times the original price, or even dozens of times.

Because of this, the Black Tooth Tribe made a lot of money every year and became a famous wealthy tribe in the Southern Wilderness.

The resources earned from trading will drive the tribe to continue to grow. After the tribe grows stronger, it can trade with more tribes. This is a virtuous circle.

Of course, if you want to earn various resources by trading, the tribe itself must be strong enough, otherwise others will not trade with you obediently, but will directly rob you.

Although the former Teng tribe also engaged in trade, they did not earn much because they were not strong enough and were relatively passive.

Now, Jiang Xuan feels that the time is ripe and is ready to turn the passive situation into the active one. He is going to establish a trading area on the outskirts of the Teng tribe for people from other tribes and nearby tourists to come and trade.

The first step is to choose a site.

Jiang Xuan chose to build the trading area to the south of the Teng tribe because this was where the most tourists gathered and many tribes migrated.

The second step is to build the house.

A wooden house is definitely not an option. It has a short service life and looks too simple.

Jiang Xuan planned to build several sturdy and durable mud brick houses. Not only would they have a long service life, but they would also look tall and solid at first glance, which would be significantly different from the buildings of other tribes.

After thinking it over, Jiang Xuan immediately began to gather people to work.

He found more than 30 prisoners who were strong and efficient at work, as well as people from the Teng tribe who were previously responsible for building houses, and asked them to dig the foundation first.

The mud brick houses originally built by the Teng tribe had no foundations.

Once it rains heavily, the mud bricks close to the ground will be partially melted by the rain, resulting in frequent repairs and the need to dig a large number of drainage ditches to drain the rainwater in a timely manner.

After the first lesson, the Teng tribe would dig foundations for all the mud brick houses they built later, then use stones to form the base of the walls, cover them with mixed mud, and then build mud brick walls.

In this way, mud bricks will not be easily eroded by rain, and the house will become stronger and more durable.

At the south gate of the Teng tribe, inside the vine wall, Jiang Xuan was directing everyone to work.

"Come on, pull the rope first."

Jiang Xuan took several bundles of long ropes and a large bag of lime to draw lines for the foundation.

He first fixed two ropes, one long and one short, to the ground to form an angle.

To ensure that the angle was a right angle, he applied the simplest Pythagorean theorem.

If the length of the first side of a triangle is three, the length of the second side is four, and the length of the hypotenuse is five, then it must be a right triangle.

"Go three..."

Jiang Xuan used a straight stick to move it three times on a fixed rope and drew a mark at a point equivalent to the length of the three sticks.

"Gu Si..."

He still used the small stick to mark another fixed rope four times.

"String five!"

Finally, he took a new rope, drew five strokes with the stick, and marked it again.

Then he placed the new rope on the marks of the two fixed ropes and asked someone to adjust the positions of the two ropes until the three marks completely overlapped.

After this simple operation, a relatively standard right angle will appear.

Then he used the same method to determine another right angle and fixed the rope.

In this way, as long as the corresponding ropes are of the same length, the four corners of the house can be guaranteed to be right angles.

After the outer circle was fixed, Jiang Xuan used another four ropes to fix the inner circle of the foundation.

"Sprinkle lime!"

After making the rope, the two prisoners began to spread lime along the rope according to Jiang Xuan's orders.

When digging the foundation, it is impossible not to move those ropes, so spreading the lime line is a very important task.

After spreading the lime line, even if the rope is moved away, as long as you dig along the lime line, you can dig a relatively standard foundation.

Jiang Xuan watched them spread the lime and found the lines were relatively straight, so he nodded with satisfaction.

“Start digging!”

Jiang Xuan personally took a bone hoe and dug out one corner along the lime line.

Others also took up tools and started digging hard.

Because there were many houses to be built and they were quite spacious, and the tools used were relatively backward, the work of digging the foundation took three days to complete.

After digging the foundation, Jiang Xuan no longer needed to keep an eye on the rest, because some members of the Teng tribe had already learned how to build this kind of mud brick house.

Build the foundation with stones, mix the mud, add grass and straw, use molds to make mud bricks, build walls, pillars, and build roofs...

The members of the Teng tribe have already mastered this series of techniques quite skillfully, and are sometimes able to summarize their experiences and make continuous improvements.

After living in this world for a long time, Jiang Xuan summed up an experience, that is, never underestimate the wisdom and learning ability of the tribal people.

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While the Teng tribe was building houses in the trading area, external transactions did not stop.

Outside the vine wall on the south side of the Vine Tribe, near the doorway, there is a flat ground with a few sheds on it. A few reed mats are laid inside the sheds, and some goods are placed on them, forming a simple trading area.

Tourists near Teng Tribe like to come here to do business.

Because Jiang Xuan strictly controls the warriors in the tribe, they are absolutely not allowed to rob in the trading area, otherwise they will be severely punished.

Tourists who come here to trade don’t have to worry about their things being stolen, and they can exchange them for what they need.

Over time, word spread from one person to ten people, and from ten to a hundred, and tourists nearby would bring over any good things they found to trade.

In one of the sheds, a tourist walked in hesitantly and took out a herb.

"How much food can this herb be exchanged for?"

In the shed, a warrior from the Teng tribe, who was sitting on a reed mat, picked up the herb, looked at it, and then picked up two round potatoes as big as a bowl from the ground and said, "This herb can only be exchanged for two round potatoes. Do you want to trade?"

The tourist's eyes lit up and he said in surprise: "Change, change, change..."

"Okay, I'll take the herbs, and the potato is yours."

The warriors of the Vine Tribe stuffed the round potatoes into the hands of the tourists and then collected the herbs.

The tourist was holding the round potato, smiling happily. It was his first time to do business in the Teng tribe, and he didn't expect it to be so smooth.

"etc……"

Just when the tourist was about to leave, the soldier stopped him.

The smile on the tourist's face froze and he stopped walking out.

Could it be that the people of the Teng tribe regretted their decision and wanted to take the things back? The tourist turned around with difficulty, stuffed the two round potatoes into his tattered animal skin coat and hugged them tightly, stammering, "Anything else?"

The warrior from the Vine tribe could tell what he was thinking at a glance, so he smiled kindly, showing his teeth.

"Don't be nervous. I just want to tell you that it won't be long before the Vine Tribe will establish a real trading area, a big one."

"Food, salt, animal skins, weapons, pottery, tools, anything can be traded. If you or your friends can find good stuff, you are welcome to come and trade."

After hearing the words of the Teng tribe warrior, the tourist breathed a sigh of relief, then nodded like a chick pecking at rice, and then fled away.

The warrior of the Teng tribe didn't care. He had seen many tourists like this. They were very timid and would be scared at the slightest movement.

But there are quite a few tourists, and they often find some good things in the forest and bring them here to exchange for some food or animal skins.

Jiang Xuan had specifically instructed to promote the new trading area. In the near future, all visitors who came to trade would be informed.

In this way, when the new trading area is completed, there will be no need to worry about a lack of customers.

The warriors of the Vine Tribe sat on the reed mats and continued to wait patiently for the next person to come and trade.

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(End of this chapter)