"High Priest, what's going on?"
"Salt is definitely not enough. Fortunately, some tribes like our wildebeests and donkeys, which offsets a lot of the salt salary."
That's fine! The Hai Tribe currently has a good number of wildebeest and donkeys. Even if they need more to plow the land, it doesn't matter; they can always be traded.
The number of hired laborers was so great that the Sea Tribe couldn't keep up with the production of crude salt. Whether it was wildebeest or donkeys, the pots were also needed by many tribes, large and small. This way, the pots offset much of the salt's salary.
Most tribes, big and small, didn't just ask for salt labor fees; they all wanted a portion of the salt, plus some of the wildebeest, donkeys, pottery, and radishes their tribes needed. Of course, sheep were also edible, as their thick skins were valuable currency, and they were also in demand in the winter.
"I have summarized the accounts with the second priest over there. We actually still have some coarse salt left. Although it's not much, it's already ideal." The high priest had been frowning for almost a year, and finally he smiled a little.
The pressure of boiling salt was too great, but the charlatan was clever and used so many methods to offset the large amount of coarse salt. Otherwise, the Hai tribe would have owed a lot of coarse salt labor fees.
"Sheep are the most consumed. Apart from the 800 sheep eaten by the laborers, plus our own consumption, almost 1,000 sheep are gone. There are still 800 sheep in Xincheng, and we only have more than 400 sheep left. You charlatan, this number of sheep is not enough for making salt in winter." Going out to make salt in winter is cold and physically demanding, and it is not possible without giving them an adequate amount of meat.
This is also the standard set by Ma Yue.
"Don't worry, as long as we have salt, donkeys will have it, and sheep will have it too, haha!" The ideal situation for salt is not to owe any debts.
Last year, the three major tribes from Sun City all came here to trade, and this year will be no exception.
"The three major tribes in Sun City mainly trade wildebeests to us." Carrying sheep a long way to trade is very slow and not cost-effective, and no one is stupid.
"The thing that's most abundant on the prairie is sheep."
"You mean the Flying Donkey Tribe?"
"Yeah, that's a pretty good middleman, haha!"
"Okay, this matter is clear to me, haha!" The high priest also laughed. The Feilu tribe is close to here.
"We can't let the men who make salt suffer. We should kill the adult sheep in our headquarters and keep the young lambs. We can buy the adult sheep later," said Ma Yue.
Sheep are raised for eating, aren't they?
"If we want to continue expanding our cultivated area, we really need to continue buying donkeys and wildebeests."
"Well, we've made quite a bit of salted radish. The three major tribes in Sun City all like it, so let's trade."
"You charlatan, the Niupi tribe has also grown a lot of radishes this year, haha!" said the high priest with a smile.
"So, starting next year, we need to expand corn planting. In the future, corn will be the key to feeding the Hai Tribe." Without staple foods, what's the point? Radishes are vegetables, after all. As radishes become more plentiful, they'll become less valuable.
If the three major tribes in Sun City want carrots, they can go to the Cowhide Tribe to trade. Why go to Stone City?
From then on, the main trade items of the Hai tribe were still salt and onions.
The Niupi tribe was filled with laughter and joy. Planting radishes was a real joy. The harvest was so abundant, and the year's hard work was worth it. At least the food for the winter meal was plentiful.
"Is there any salt in the Sea Tribe?" asked the high priest.
"I went there and they said there aren't many left for the time being." Niutou was also very happy.
"It doesn't mean it's not much, so it does? Haha!" said the Horse-Faced Guard with a smile.
"That's good. Let's exchange some for salted radish first." The high priest said that summer radishes should not be stored because most of them are eaten by the people of the Sea Tribe. In winter, if we have salt, we can also have salted radish, which is more valuable.
"Winter radishes are easy to store and won't go bad. I've made an agreement with the Sea Tribe to trade in half a month." Niu Tou said.
That's true. Radishes will not go bad even if they are left outside in the winter. They are like a natural refrigerator.
"They also have radishes. What can we use to exchange for coarse salt?" asked the Horse-Faced Guard.
"It's all good, wildebeest, sheep, the Sea Tribe isn't picky this time."
"Exchange! Wildebeest and salt. There's plenty of that in Sun City. What we need most is salted radish."
"High Priest, the Sea Tribe is really rich. It is said that the construction of the new city over there uses more than 800 sheep just to feed the workers." Horse-Faced Guard said that intelligence work will basically be Horse-Faced Guard's main job in the future.
"We can't capture the Sea Tribe. We won't trade sheep with them. The three major tribes in Sun City are willing to do so." said the high priest.
"High Priest, what I mean is, aren't we planning to build a stone city next year? If that's the case, the cost is too high," Horse-Faced said. "Not only eight hundred sheep, but also a large amount of salt for those laborers... Oh my God!"
"If not, doesn't our stone city need to be that big?" Niu Tou muttered, he couldn't afford to be hurt.
"That's right, High Priest, wasn't the first stone city of the Sea Tribe built by themselves? We have a lot of people, so why can't we do it?" said Horse-Faced.
"Then... let's build the stone city ourselves." The high priest gritted his teeth. Not to mention the eight hundred sheep, even the coarse salt rations for the laborers were not available to the Cowhide Tribe. "Let's do it in stages. Let's follow the example of the Sea Tribe and build the first phase next year. Three years should be enough, right?"
It is hard for you to imagine the hard work and perseverance of primitive people in order to build their homes.
Half a month later, Niutou finally exchanged a batch of salt from the Hai tribe. The Niupi tribe was thrilled to finally have salted radish to eat.
Eat shit! After packing up a batch of salted radishes, the caravan of the Cowhide Tribe drove the wildebeest snowmobiles and headed straight for Sun City. The sooner the transaction is completed, the bigger the price difference will be, right?
And then what? What a tragedy for the Niupi Tribe. The three major tribes in Sun City have gradually found Stone City... Why is it so difficult for us to make a profit from the price difference?
Hey! Luckily, the first batch of transactions was completed, and I made a lot of money...
The Niupi Tribe relies on high price differentials, but what does the Hai Tribe rely on? Volume! That's right, we produce a large quantity of salted radish, so the price is low. Speaking of which, the original price we charged for the door-to-door trade of salted radish wasn't high to begin with. Otherwise, why would the three major tribes in Sun City be so eager to trade with you?
The Hai tribe is trustworthy, and they are very kind not to raise the price.
A month later, the Flying Donkey Tribe finally showed up. Damn, they must have had some good goat in front of them. The Flying Donkey Tribe were truly excellent middlemen.
Ma Yue warmly received the chieftain from the Feilu tribe. They were already old acquaintances. To express his sincere welcome to the guests, Ma Yue, on behalf of the Hai tribe, presented the chieftain of the Feilu tribe with several exquisite pottery basins and jars, as well as a sumptuous lunch.
Damn! How come the food they were eating was so delicious? On the way back, the chieftain from the Flying Donkey Tribe was still smacking his lips, sautéing pork with green onions, scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts...
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