Meng Yuqing briefly explained to him the process of turning seawater into this salt. After memorizing the method, Xuan ate a little bit in front of him. Then his face wrinkled and he complained, "It's too salty."
"It's been purified, the best kind, so of course it's salty." Meng Yuqing hurriedly brought a glass of water and handed it to Xuan.
After putting the salt away, Xuan didn't explain much, just told him that he would know when the time comes.
However, only Xuan and Meng Yuqing knew the origin of this bag of salt.
After listening to Xuan's statement and testing the sea salt, the Yellowstone tribe thought for a while and made a decisive decision.
Before they parted ways, Jie looked at Xuan and said, "Does your tribe's words count?"
He could see that Xuan was very young and should be the next chief of the tribe. However, he was not the chief yet and was too young to make decisions on behalf of the tribe.
"Since I can speak on behalf of the tribe about this matter, I can definitely make the decision." Xuan replied.
Jie looked at Meng Yuqing and several other orcs behind Xuan. They all looked as if they agreed. Then he nodded and said.
"Then let's put it this way. After most tribes go to them to exchange salt, we will start."
On the way back to the tribe’s stall, Meng Yuqing was still a little dazed.
Did he succeed in prying someone over? He hadn't expected that the Qingshan Tribe would use the sea salt incident to pry the Huangshi Tribe into an ally.
He looked at what was displayed in the system.
Allies: Four (Mountain Stream Tribe, Stonehorn Tribe, Water Forest Tribe, Yellowstone Tribe)
This number is probably around 4,000 people.
Moreover, looking at the four words "Shanjian Tribe" that were getting darker and darker, he always felt that joining the Shanjian Tribe was not far away.
He poked Xuan's back and whispered, "So that's what it's used for."
He was referring to the bag of salt he had given Xuan.
"Tell them the news. Whether it's true or not, they will try it. But if we show them the real thing, they will be more convinced, and things will go more smoothly." Xuan paused and turned to the other tribesmen and said, "You guys go back first."
After saying that, he took Meng Yuqing and turned a corner, leaving the Qingshan tribe team.
"What's wrong?" Meng Yuqing asked softly as the two of them walked into a deserted forest.
"Will you be angry if we tell the entire southern tribe about the method of making salt?" Xuan asked in a low voice.
"No, this method may be confidential here, but almost everyone in our place knows it. I just don't understand why you chose to make it public." Meng Yuqing climbed to Xuan's neck and pulled Xuan's ear.
"There are two reasons." Xuan found a soft patch of grass and lay down. "The first reason is that the sea is far away from us. It's impossible for us to go to the seashore to get salt to trade with people from other tribes.
Moreover, the salt is only in the hands of a few of our tribes. With the influence of the three major tribes over the years and some tribes that have ideas about salt-making methods, they will definitely come together to deal with us.
Although they may not form an alliance, we will definitely be surrounded and beaten.
So we can only keep making allies, but this will easily affect the entire South and lead to another salt-induced war.
The South cannot afford such internal friction, and the Yellowstone Tribe also understood this point, which is why they agreed to this proposal.
If we make this method public, there will be no tribes that covet the salt-making method and will join forces with the three major tribes to deal with us.
Those tribes that did not want to continue to be controlled by the three major tribes would get their own salt, and the prestige of the three major tribes would be reduced.
If there were only three major tribes, they wouldn't dare come so far to attack us. If they transferred their men, the other tribes would go after the salt caves."
Meng Yuqing nodded. Anyway, the goal was to make salt something that was not so difficult to obtain, so as to weaken the influence of the three major tribes and prepare for the Qingshan tribe to establish prestige in the south in the future.
"What about the second reason?" he asked.
Xuan continued, "Haven't you speculated that the strength of the orcs is related to whether or not they have enough salt? If salt were less scarce, the entire south would be stronger, right?
Some orcs are as weak as medium-sized beasts. If they are made stronger, they may be able to feed more people in their tribe.
Maybe when the northern tribes come here, we will be able to resist to a certain extent, or even escape alive.
We can't just deal with the North."
After the two finished chatting, they stayed in the woods for a while. Xuan released all his aura, and all the small and medium-sized wild animals around ran away.
He walked around the area again, and after making sure there were no large wild animals, he took Meng Yuqing and climbed up a big tree with lush branches and leaves.
When Meng Yuqing returned to the tribe's stall, his mouth was a little red and swollen.
He grabbed a handful of the hair on Xuan's back, but Xuan was in a good mood and gently stroked his back with his tail.
It seems to be saying don't be angry.
After grabbing Xuan's tail and rubbing it, Meng Yuqing looked at Xuan and said, "Hurry back."
When the two returned to their tribe's stall, the tents had already been set up and many people were ready to rest.
Each of the four tribes sent an orc to keep watch. The orcs spontaneously formed a large circle, surrounding the tents of the sub-beasts in the middle.
After Xuan saw Meng Yuqing sitting together with the sub-beasts of the Qingshan tribe, he stopped looking at that side and turned to look for He and Xi.
Seeing this, Xi took Jian with him. Before leaving, Xuan suddenly stopped, turned around and walked to Che, who was closing his eyes and preparing to sleep.
"Che, come too, we have something to talk about."
Che opened his eyes and looked at Xuan blankly. Seeing the seriousness on Xuan's face, he put away his naive look and looked like the head of a clan.
He turned around and said a few words to his tribesmen, then followed Xuan away.
After Xuan told the other four people about the sea salt, Xi was a little surprised, but he quickly accepted it. After all, he had seen the speed of development of the Qingshan tribe. Now even if Xuan told them that the Qingshan tribe actually had a salt cave, he would think it was normal.
He had an expression that he had expected. Since he came to the Qingshan tribe, he found that the Qingshan tribe really had everything except people to work for them.
He also felt that the Qingshan tribe might really have both kinds of salt, because their witch seemed to know a lot of strange things.
Only Che and Jian were truly shocked. They looked at each other in bewilderment as the other three began to discuss what to do next.
Jian deeply felt that he still had a lot to learn.
Che only had one feeling, that is, he had found a big leg to hold.
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