The basis for Han Cheng's judgment that the Sheep Tribe did not have animal husbandry was the sheep they brought.
If animal husbandry is to be sustainable over the long term, it is necessary to pay attention to cubs and mothers, because these are the cornerstones of animal husbandry development.
However, the sheep brought by the Sheep Tribe were mostly immature lambs and ewes, with only one ram. From this, Han Cheng could conclude that the Sheep Tribe did not have large-scale animal husbandry.
His assertion was supported by the wounds on the sheep.
The wounds on these sheep were of different sizes and in different locations. It was obvious that they were caused during hunting.
Because domesticated sheep are much easier to kill, the current situation would never happen.
After ruling out the possibility of raising sheep, Han Cheng became even more confused. Since they were able to bring fifteen sheep to exchange with his own tribe at once, one could imagine how many sheep their tribe had now.
They can get so many just by hunting. Could it be that these people in the Sheep Tribe live among the sheep?
He was thinking about something, so naturally he looked thoughtful.
The leader of the Sheep Tribe looked at the Son of God from the neighboring tribe who was staring at the prey he brought in silence, and his originally confident heart began to waver.
Han Cheng thought about it for a while, shook his head and smiled secretly. There must be a reason for being able to survive in this era. Why can his tribe easily obtain a lot of fish, but the Sheep Tribe cannot easily obtain a lot of sheep?
and……
His eyes swept over the three trapped live lambs not far away.
He had taken the opportunity to spy on them before. These three lambs, two females and one male, did not look seriously injured and seemed like they could all be raised. As long as there were no problems with the reproduction of these three sheep, it would be a foregone conclusion that the Qingque tribe would have its own flock of sheep in the future!
Han Cheng nodded to his eldest brother to indicate that there was no problem with these things, and then smiled and nodded to the leader of the Sheep Tribe as a greeting.
He didn't care whether the leader of the Sheep Tribe understood what he meant or not and just left.
When there are obstacles in oral communication, body language becomes very important. Some body language may cause misunderstandings, but many of them are universal, such as smiles.
When the leader of the Sheep Tribe saw the child-like Son of God, he smiled at him after some contemplation, and his originally uneasy heart calmed down.
He and his eldest brother no longer asked each other about the tribal secrets that they were unwilling to talk about, but went straight to the point and began to discuss the transaction.
Sure enough, the leader of the Sheep Tribe also showed enough interest in the big vat that the Green Bird Tribe could use to cook soup for many people, and right from the beginning he told the eldest brother that they wanted the big vat.
The eldest brother led the leader of the Sheep Tribe to a place near the cave, where there were a lot of pottery that Han Cheng specially asked Heiwa to make for trading with surrounding tribes.
The latest ones have been out of the kiln for two or three months, and have only been put to use now.
There are four large vats, nearly twenty jars of different sizes, and six large piles of bowls in three sizes: large, medium and small.
These things are placed upside down to prevent rainwater and other things from falling into the container.
The eldest brother asked people to turn over the upside-down pottery one by one. The Sheep Tribe leader, who was originally hesitant, became delighted instantly when he saw the familiar look.
People from other sheep tribes who came here carrying sheep on their backs were also amazed when they saw the numerous pottery pieces.
Their tribe only had one of these pottery pieces, but this neighboring tribe actually had so many!
As they thought so, they looked at the sheep placed at their feet. Their shocked hearts calmed down a lot and they found balance in their hearts.
My tribe has a lot of sheep, and this neighboring tribe also has none...
The leader of the sheep tribe circled around the four large vats, touching this and patting that, looking like he couldn't let go of any of them.
He looked at it for a while, then turned around and started to choose from the sheep that the tribesmen had left behind.
There were four adult ewes, one was placed in front of a large vat, and then he patted the edge of a large vat and said to the eldest brother in a very heroic manner, indicating that he wanted all the large vats.
The eldest brother, who had made several transactions before, was also a primitive man who had seen the world and remained calm. After understanding the meaning of the sheep tribe leader, he was not angry. He moved the sheep placed in front of the other three jars one by one to the jar at the edge.
During this process, he still had a smile on his face, but he did not hesitate at all when he took action.
The heroic look on the face of the Sheep Tribe leader disappeared, and he even couldn't help but twitch his face.
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While pulling the sheep towards the big vat next to him, he said something to his eldest brother.
A very primitive transaction has begun.
After much bargaining, the deal was finally reached.
The leader of the Sheep Tribe exchanged six adult ewes for two large vats from the Greenbird Tribe.
The ram was exchanged for three large clay pots, and two lambs were exchanged for a clay pot each. The remaining six lambs were exchanged for twenty-one bowls, of which the three dead lambs were exchanged for three each, and the three living lambs were exchanged for four bowls each.
This was what Han Cheng instructed his eldest brother during the exchange. He wanted to use the extra bowl to reflect the value of life, so as to encourage the Sheep Tribe to bring as many alive as possible when they come to trade next time.
When exchanging these things, the leader of the Sheep Tribe always followed the principle of taking the bigger ones instead of the smaller ones.
Whether it is a jar, a pottery jar or a pottery bowl, they only pick up the big ones.
Looking at the three lambs that were in good spirits, Han Cheng asked someone to bring out a pair of chopsticks and handed them to the leader of the sheep tribe. Thinking of how they would try to eat something from the soup, Han Cheng felt uncomfortable.
It seems that in the transaction just now, the leader of the Sheep Tribe was badly abused by the eldest brother. When he saw Han Cheng holding a pair of chopsticks to give him, he waved his hands hurriedly, indicating that they had nothing to exchange.
It was not until he learned from the senior brother who was acting as an interpreter that this was a free gift that he accepted it hesitantly after a while. He placed it in a clay pot, but he still looked at Han Cheng and the senior brother from time to time, worried that they would suddenly raise the price because of this.
After the transaction was completed, the people of the Sheep Tribe did not stay for too long and left with the equally heavy pottery they had exchanged.
Before leaving, the eldest senior brother seemed a little unhappy. He showed this on purpose. Previously, the Son of God had told him not to be too happy after the exchange.
This is because it will make people who come to exchange think that they have gotten a good deal and will come again next time.
As the eldest senior brother behaved like this, he looked at the Sheep Tribe leader who had his arm around a pottery jar, and found that the Sheep Tribe leader was indeed delighted to see him like this. He then secretly praised the Son of God for his wise opinion, and at the same time became even more unhappy.
The leader of the Sheep Tribe was a little unhappy at first, but after seeing the expression of the leader of the neighboring tribe as if he had lost his prey, he suddenly became happy for some reason.
Thinking of the pottery that was almost half taken away by his tribesmen, he could understand the feelings of the eldest brother. After all, he only brought a small part of the sheep, but exchanged for nearly half of their pottery. Thinking about it carefully, he got a big advantage in this transaction...