Primal Orc 24 Trading and Exchanging Salt
The Red Fox Tribe had opened up a large trading area at some point, enclosing it with wooden fences. It was not far from the tribe, so it could be seen at a glance, but not too close, so that people here could not disturb the normal life of the tribe.
The newly dug cave in the trading place is quite wild, and you can tell at a glance that it is the style of wolf-orcs.
Hu Yue smiled and explained, "It was not long after the ice melt season started that we asked the wolf orcs to help us dig it."
There are many caves, and the caves inside are very large. It seems that they can accommodate trading teams from several tribes at the same time.
Xie Yunsui brought Xier Langfeng and the people from the Scaled Snake Tribe and followed Hu Yue to the largest cave, where they sat around the campfire to discuss the transaction.
The ice melting season and the harvest season are both peak seasons for salt exchange. Each tribe has agreed with the Red Fox on the time for salt exchange, which is different for each tribe to prevent two tribes from disliking each other and fighting.
"The Scaled Snake Tribe arrived yesterday and have already exchanged some salt with us." Hu Yue said directly, "You are the last group to come and exchange salt."
The Red Fox Tribe has limited manpower and resources, so the amount of salt produced each time is fixed. You can't get as much as you want.
Although they were busy making salt, the amount distributed to each tribe was just right.
The Big Bear Tribe and the Golden Tiger Tribe are two powerful tribes in the Western Continent. They also have priests and have always been in the first tier to exchange for salt.
Then there is the Black Wolf Tribe, which has a close relationship with the Red Fox Tribe.
Behind them are the Black Hawk Tribe, the Herbivorous Alliance, and the Scaled Snake Tribe.
During the snowy season, Xie Yunsui brought his men here. Originally, the salt should not have been given to him, but he traded it for charcoal, which happened to be a substitute for wood. The extra fuel could naturally be used to burn more salt, so he gave it to him.
Hu Yue knew that there were more people like Redwood Valley in Western Continent, so he wanted to get more salt and stocked up in advance.
but……
Hu Yue frowned and said, "We had originally agreed on this, but this time the people from the Big Bear Tribe who came to exchange for salt were too much. They took away a large bag of salt, so we don't have much salt left."
The Big Bear Tribe relied on their superior military strength to snatch the salt away. The Red Fox Tribe had no choice but to work overtime.
Although the tribes that followed were very disciplined and took salt according to the amount, there was not much salt left in the Redwood Valley, which was basically not enough to be exchanged during the harvest season.
Hu Yue knew that their trip was not easy. There were so many people and they brought so many things, but they couldn't exchange them for enough salt. If he put himself in their shoes, he would also be unhappy.
Xie Yunsui asked, "How much is left?"
Hu Yue twitched his eyelids and said, "It's the same amount as the one you exchanged during the snow season."
That means it can only accommodate enough salt for about twenty people to eat for three or four months. The ice melt season has not yet ended, and there is still a thunderstorm season of about 200 days.
Xie Yunsui smiled soothingly: "It's okay, we can come back later."
Hu Yue also breathed a sigh of relief: "Well, we are short of time now."
Xie Yunsui blinked slowly and said nothing.
Seeing that their topic had ended, She Li brought the demihuman Mu Yishang to discuss the previous transaction: "Last time in the valley, we ordered pottery jars and dried grass leaves..."
Xie Yunsui said, "I've brought them all. The pottery jars come in sets of different sizes. We've also added two more varieties of dried vegetables for a richer taste. Let's see if you want them later."
Mu Yi nodded and said, "We've picked a lot of grass and fruits near our tribe, and we also brought two wild beasts with us. We haven't replaced everything yet. Do you want to go take a look first?"
"OK."
The Scaled Snake Tribe temporarily lived in the cave next door, and all their belongings were placed in the cave.
They brought a lot of things this time and there were many people coming. Even if they exchanged supplies with the Red Fox Tribe and left their own food, they still had a lot of things.
The outer layer of the cave illuminated by the light was filled with things. Each different variety of grass and fruit was placed on a different broad leaf to distinguish them, but the grass leaves were placed together and the fruits were piled together, which was quite orderly.
Placed like this, it looks a bit like a vegetable market or fruit stall.
However, no matter how well these fruits are preserved, they are still somewhat dehydrated and do not look very good. The best-looking part of the leaves is the upper layer. The lower layer is not only feathered, but some have also turned black and rotten.
Mu Yi followed his gaze, stuttered, and hurriedly explained, "We took very patient care of them, but we still couldn't stop them from rotting."
It took five or six days from the time these leaves and fruits were picked, to the time they were packed up and taken out, to the time when the Red Fox Tribe waited for Xie Yunsui and the others to arrive.
Xie Yunsui said, "It's okay."
When I negotiated the deal with She Li in the valley beforehand, I was mentally prepared for the possibility that these things would rot.
The purpose of this transaction with the Scaled Snake Tribe was mainly to see which resources near their tribe could be processed and exchanged later.
Xie Yunsui looked at them one by one. Some of the grass leaves and fruits overlapped with those around their valley. He picked out two of the remaining grass leaves that could be made into dried vegetables. One of the fruits looked familiar, the size of a palm, dark purple in color, and once the skin was broken, it stained the surrounding area purple.
Xie Yunsui was so excited that he dipped some of the juice in it to taste it, only to find that it was actually mulberries! A super-enlarged version of mulberries!
"Do you have a lot of this kind of fruit?" Xie Yunsui asked.
Mu Yi glanced sideways and said, "There are several fruit trees. These are the first ones to bear fruit. They bear more fruit when the thunderstorm season is approaching."
Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "When you come to exchange salt during the harvest season, can you break off some more branches from this fruit tree for me?"
Mu Yi: “Ah?”
Why do you want branches but not fruit?
The ripe fruits are sweet and both adults and children love to eat them. Even though they have the disadvantage of getting dirty while eating, people still rush to eat them when they are ripe.
He didn't quite understand, but what Xie Yunsui wanted was branches, not a whole fruit tree, so Mu Yi certainly had no reason to refuse.
The Scaled Snake Tribe will be returning to the tribe tomorrow, so all supplies must be replaced and organized today.
After greeting Hu Yue, Xie Yunsui started to trade with the Scaled Snake Tribe.
After the pottery jars and pots were carried into the cave one by one, a large basket of dried vegetables was obtained. It was said that this basket of dried vegetables was actually made from more than a dozen large bamboo baskets filled with dried grass leaves. Mu Yi looked at the grass leaves and fruits they brought to trade and suddenly felt uneasy.
The deal was very unfair, they shouldn't have exchanged so much.
Mu Yi and She Li, who were some of the tribe's most respected figures, discussed this privately for a while before finding Xie Yunsui and saying, "Priest Yun, we don't want the dried vegetables anymore."
Xie Yunsui was stunned: "You don't like this kind of dried vegetables?"
Why do you want to return the product before you even eat it?
Mu Yi blushed and said embarrassedly, "We didn't bring much this time, and many of them are already spoiled and can't be eaten, but we need the pottery jar urgently, so we can't return it to you..."
The faces of the still very young demi-humans were filled with guilt, as they were unwilling to exchange their rags for such good things.
Xie Yunsui smiled gently and said, "Don't say that. You brought a lot of things with you. Even if some of them were not properly preserved, the remaining items are enough to offset the value of our items. Take these dried vegetables back and eat them first."
"Actually, compared to exchanging dried vegetables, I prefer you to make them yourself..."
Xie Yunsui wanted to quickly improve the living standards of the entire Western Continent, so he naturally couldn't dwell on such a small matter. He not only had to send dried vegetables to each tribe to let them experience the benefits of dried vegetables, but also had to let them make them themselves. Only when everyone was motivated, the granaries were filled, and there were no worries about food and drink, could manpower be liberated.
There have been no evolved warriors in the Western Continent because too many orcs are busy filling their stomachs and running around, so they have no time and energy to improve themselves.
Mu Yi just listened to Priest Yun telling them about the grass leaves near the Scaled Snake Tribe that could be dried into vegetables, and learned a way to make traps to catch small wild animals. He was also given an extra half basket of charcoal. He was stunned and didn't know how to react.
Still, Hu Yue smiled and said, "You are so kind. It was your idea to send the Luo Luo beast to our tribe during the snow season, right?"
What? They also gave them Lolomon?
Mu Yicai then remembered the gift from the Abandoned Valley during the snow season. At that time, She Li thought it was the attention of the Black Hawk Tribe. When he returned the favor, he found out that it was ordered by Priest Yun.
He not only gave it to us, but also to the Black Hawk Tribe and the Red Fox Tribe... The snow season was so difficult, and they actually had so many Lala beasts, but they kept them for themselves and gave them to them for free.
Priest Yun is such a good person.
He is the messenger sent by the Beast God to protect the Orc Continent!
Mu Yi's eyes lit up as he said, "Okay! We will definitely work hard to research the technique of drying grass leaves, and we will also catch more wild animals!"
Hu Yue said, "You can bring any leftovers here to exchange for salt next time! I'll take as much as you can!"
This is much better than spending a lot of effort to cut wood and dry it in the sun. Mu Yi immediately said, "Okay."
After the transaction with the Scaled Snake Tribe was completed, Hu Yue took the people away.
Xie Yunsui arrived at the cave where they stored the salt. Just as he was about to ask someone to bring over the bamboo baskets to fill them with salt, he paused when he saw the amount inside and asked, "There's still so much?"
Hu Yue said, "Those in there are from the Black Wolf Tribe. They are always that many each time they are replaced."
"Didn't they come here to exchange salt before the Scaled Snake Tribe?"
"It happened before, but maybe something happened this time, so they haven't come yet." Hu Yue thought for a moment and said, "It has happened before. If the Black Wolf Tribe goes out hunting on a large scale, they will postpone their exchange for salt."
The Red Fox and the Black Wolf Tribe have a close relationship. Fox Yue always takes out the salt from the Black Wolf Tribe so that they can have it whenever they want it.
After removing the salt mountain given to the Black Wolf Tribe, there are indeed not many salt grains left.
Xie Yunsui nodded and blew a whistle, and Xier came running over with a bamboo basket in his mouth.
"Let's pack the salt in." Xie Yunsui asked Xier to help pack it together. The large leaves that had been steamed and made very soft tightly wrapped the salt grains and carefully placed them in a bamboo basket padded with two layers of animal skins.
Salt is very important and not a single bit should be wasted.
This time, Red Fox exchanged for more charcoal and useful items such as clay pots, not to mention those easy-to-eat dried vegetables, smoked meat, and dried fish, which greatly expanded the tribe's diet. There were also useful hunting traps, so that they didn't have to bother going out to catch wild animals for a while and still had food to fill their stomachs.
Hu Yue smiled happily and decided to take out some of the things he had obtained during this period that could not be stored for a long time, and entertain the people coming to the valley, especially Priest Yun.
Food is important, but the Cloud Priest is more important.
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