Chapter 249 The Original Business Empire

When Wu Yu turned around, he happened to see Jiang Xuan's smile, and felt a little puzzled. Did he think of something funny?

After walking a distance, Jiang Xuan saw a large trading area.

This trading area was very similar to the market stalls that Jiang Xuan had seen in his previous life. Just spread a piece of animal skin or some hay on the ground and put the goods directly on it.

Because the Black Tooth Tribe has a wide range of goods, all the tribes near the Black Tooth Tribe will come here to trade.

The transaction method is still the ancient barter. Whether there is profit or loss depends entirely on the vision of both parties.

When it comes to vision, which tribe can compare with the Black Tooth Tribe that has been trading for years?

The Black Tooth Tribe can earn a large amount of supplies every year just by relying on this trading area.

Wu Yu walked with Jiang Xuan in the trading area, looking at the dazzling array of goods on both sides and the pedestrians coming and going, and asked Jiang Xuan with a smile: "Chief Xuan, our Black Tooth Tribe's trading area is pretty good, right?"

Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "It's really good, the goods are very complete."

Wu Yu continued, "Our Black Tooth Tribe's traveling team has traveled all over the Southern Wilds. As long as there are valuable goods, we will trade with the local tribes and bring them back."

"As for the complete range of goods, you won't find a second one in the Southern Wilds except our Black Tooth Tribe."

When Wu Yu said these words, he was proud from the bottom of his heart. As the largest tribe in the Southern Wilderness engaged in primitive commerce, the Black Tooth Tribe did have capital to be proud of.

“Are there any seeds?”

"Of course, I knew you were going to ask this, come with me."

Although he didn't quite understand the Teng tribe's obsession with planting, in the spirit of making money wherever he could, Wu Yu would collect some seeds when he went to other tribes to trade.

Wu Yu took Jiang Xuan through the trading area and came to the warehouse area of ​​the Black Tooth Tribe.

There are two types of warehouses in the Black Tooth Tribe. One is the cave warehouse, which is used to store materials such as stones that are not afraid of moisture.

Another type of warehouse is the wooden warehouse, which is used to store materials that need to be moisture-proof.

The warehouse that Wu Yu brought Jiang Xuan to was a wooden warehouse. This type of warehouse was built very solidly. The walls were all made of large logs that were not easy to decay, and there was even an elevated floor on the ground.

Although it looks rough, it is very practical, strong and durable.

Wu Yu walked to a relatively small warehouse and said to the soldier in charge of guarding the warehouse, "Move out the plant seeds we collected."

"yes!"

The soldier guarding the warehouse immediately opened the door, then entered the warehouse, found several large animal skin bags piled in the corner, and carried them all to the door.

Wu Yu opened the large animal skin bags one by one, and inside them were various small animal skin bags.

Wu Yu picked up a small animal skin bag and opened it, revealing a dozen fist-sized fruits inside.

"I bought this from a remote tribe. It's called the Rabbit Head Fruit. Do you think it looks like a rabbit head?"

Jiang Xuan picked up a fruit and observed it carefully, and found that the fruit really looked a bit like a rabbit's head, with two ear-like protrusions on each fruit.

Jiang Xuan asked: "Does this grow on a tree or a herb?"

"It's from herbaceous plants. I heard you can grow a crop every year."

"Yes, good stuff."

Jiang Xuan was very satisfied with this. If it was just a fruit, its value would not be that great, because it takes at least several years for a fruit tree to grow from a seed into a tree and then to bear fruit. Some fruit trees even take dozens or even hundreds of years to bear fruit.

It is different with herbal plants. Most of them can be planted and harvested in the same year, which is very efficient.

After introducing the rabbit-head fruit, Wu Yu took out a few bags of seeds, all of which were varieties that were not available in the Teng tribe.

For example, the vegetable seeds that are more than half a person tall. According to Wu Yu's description, Jiang Xuan believes that it is most likely a kind of cabbage.

This made Jiang Xuan very happy, because among the existing vegetables in the Teng Tribe, there was only one kind of dwarf cabbage, which was small in size, low in yield, and not very valuable to grow.

The second thing that interested Jiang Xuan was a plant similar to corn. When Wu Yu took it out, Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up because it looked like a large corn cob.

The seeds of this grain, which is similar to corn cobs, are purple and each seed is the size of a thumb. Wu Yu said that this thing is roasted and eaten in the original tribe, and it tastes pretty good.

“Can you give me all these bags of seeds?”

"Of course, as long as you have enough goods to exchange."

Wu Yu's face was full of smiles, because these seeds were given as gifts when he did business with other tribes.

Even the small animal skin bags containing the seeds were given away by each tribe along with the seeds.

Apart from the cost of transportation and storage, these seeds are basically free.

Of course, Wu Yu couldn't tell Jiang Xuan these words. Instead, he made the process of collecting and trading these seeds sound a little more difficult so that he could use these seeds to exchange for more goods.

Businessmen are all profit-seeking, and the original merchants are no exception.

Jiang Xuan didn't care too much, because if these seeds could be planted successfully, their value would far exceed Wu Yu's imagination.

The tribesmen were not good at planting, nor did they attach much importance to planting. Therefore, even the most savvy members of the Black Tooth tribe were not clear about the true value of these seeds.

"My goods are all on Tangyuan's back. I need to go get them."

"Since your goods are over there, let's do the transaction there."

Wu Yu found two soldiers, carried the large bags of seeds, and then walked back with Jiang Xuan.

When they returned to where the mounts were stored, Jiang Xuan called Tang Yuan and unloaded five large animal hide bags of goods from Tang Yuan's back.

Some of these goods were prey caught by Tangyuan along the way. Jiang Xuan peeled off the valuable animal skins, teeth and bones and put them away.

Some of them were goods that Jiang Xuan traded with various tribes during the flight. The goods that Jiang Xuan did not plan to bring back to the tribe were taken out to trade for seeds with the Black Tooth Tribe.

Jiang Xuan placed various goods in front of Wu Yu and said, "Are these goods enough to exchange for these seeds?"

Wu Yu carefully checked the goods that Jiang Xuan took out and found that most of the goods were of good quality and were more than enough to trade for seeds.

However, he still said with difficulty: "We have visited countless tribes to collect these seeds. Chief Xuan, do you think we should add some more..."

Jiang Xuan thought for a moment, took out another half stick of insect wax, and said with an unhappy expression: "How precious this thing is, Chief Wu Yu should know, right? This, plus these goods, in exchange for all the seeds."

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"If Chief Wu Yu is still unwilling, then this deal cannot be done. I don't want the seeds anymore."

When Wu Yu heard this, his heart skipped a beat. Except for the Teng tribe, other tribes would not pay such a high price to trade these seeds.

Wu Yu smiled apologetically and said, "Don't be impatient, Chief Xuan. We are old friends. Let's do as you said. This half stick of wax, plus these goods, will be traded for all the seeds."

"I'll take a small loss, and I'll give you these small animal skin bags as well."

Jiang Xuan's expression relaxed slightly and then he nodded.

Wu Yu was afraid that Jiang Xuan would go back on his word, so he immediately accepted the insect wax and asked the warriors of the Black Tooth Tribe to move all the goods away.

Those large animal skin bags were exchanged with Jiang Xuan's animal skin bags, and the pile of small animal skin bags inside were not emptied out.

After the transaction was completed, Jiang Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. With these seeds, the Teng tribe's planting industry will bring more returns.

Jiang Xuan tied the seeds back to Tangyuan's back and immediately relaxed. With these seeds, this trip to the Black Tooth Tribe was considered a fruitful one.

"Chief Xuan, the deal is done. Now we can eat something in peace. Let's go to my place."

"Okay, then you have to prepare more. I have a big appetite."

"Hahaha, don't worry, Chief Xuan, I'll take care of you."

Wu Yu made some money and was in a very happy mood. He took Jiang Xuan to where he lived.

The people of the Black Tooth tribe usually live in the mountains. At first, they may have liked to live in the plains, but after living in the mountains for a long time, their living habits changed.

Wu Yu led Jiang Xuan to the halfway point of the mountain and stopped in front of a wooden house.

Jiang Xuan noticed that the door of the wooden house was made of a whole piece of thick wooden board. There was a flat stone underneath with a groove on it. There was a bulge under the wooden door that fit perfectly into the groove.

There is also a protrusion on the top of the wooden door, which is placed in a grooved wooden buckle.

“Squeak…”

Wu Yu pushed open the door with a look of pride in his eyes, because most tribes used doors made of bundled wood, similar to the fence doors.

That kind of door needs to be moved around and supported by wood, which is not convenient at all.

Wu Yu didn't know that the Fuji tribe had been using this kind of door that could be pushed open directly since they had bronze tools that allowed them to do more delicate carpentry work.

Moreover, the wooden doors of the Vine Tribe have bolts and door catches, which are more convenient and beautiful than the wooden doors of the Black Tooth Tribe.

Of course, Jiang Xuan did not expose Wu Yu's intention to show off, and even praised: "This kind of door is so convenient. I will ask someone to make a few when I return to the tribe."

“Hahaha, Chief Xuan, it’s not easy to make a door like this. If you want, you can bring more goods next time, and I can sell you a few doors.”

When Jiang Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but sigh at the charm of business.

While other tribes are still trading animal skins and bones, the people of the Black Tooth Tribe have already started thinking about selling doors. Maybe after a while they will also develop the business of selling windows.

As the two entered the door, Jiang Xuan felt the breath of a primitive nouveau riche.

On the walls of the house, there are various animal horns and skins hanging. The horns are thick and smooth, and the skins are colorful and very conspicuous.

In addition to animal horns and skins, the house also contained several bows, some well-made bone and stone weapons, various pottery, beautiful feathers of various colors, and so on.

If the things in this room alone were to be traded, their value would be inestimable.

For the first time, Jiang Xuan had a clearer idea of ​​the wealth of the Black Tooth Tribe. These guys flew around all day and got so many good things.

(End of this chapter)