Ma Yue was delighted to see the return of Chief Hai and his hunting party. They had brought back tools like pottery basins, bone shovels, stone axes, and bone knives—tools the Hai tribe desperately needed. He also praised the chief's resourcefulness for buying six adult women.
After all, the Hai Tribe had too few able-bodied men. Buying only adult males would create instability. Is this still a man's world? Adult women, though not particularly strong, are also a good source of labor.
The returning chief Hai praised Shuichong, Shanyao, Tiedan and Duji highly. The fact that they were able to kill a very fast-running sika deer greatly demonstrated the value of Feishi.
The tribe's hunting team had a ranged attacker, which was truly a cause for celebration. Shuichong, Shanyao, Tiedan, and Duji, who had been recognized, were all grinning from ear to ear.
Following Ma Yue's instructions, this time, the hunting team came back and dug up some wild Panax notoginseng and planted it within the walls of their own tribe. It is the most important material for treating wounds and is worth planting.
As for food, Ma Yue himself didn't know anything about it and had no way of growing it. Ma Yue was a cultivator, so being familiar with medicinal herbs was inevitable, but that didn't mean he was familiar with growing grains; those were two completely different things.
With the return of Chief Hai and the hunting team, the tribe now had more manpower and the construction of the tribal wall had greatly accelerated. As for the musketeers like Table, Chair, Ju, He, and Lan, at Ma Yue's suggestion, they were occasionally taken out by the chief to participate in actual hunting.
Ma Yue was very satisfied. The hunting team gradually had good stone throwers and spearmen, which led to the hunting team's harvest increasing continuously. In other words, the strength of the hunting team of the Hai tribe was increasing and the food was more abundant.
The Cloud Tribe arrived, the first to actively seek trade after the Sea Tribe discovered coarse salt. The allure of salt was too tempting for primitive people. Whether for its aroma or its ability to increase strength, it was a must-have.
Ma Yue had no objection to exchanging tools, food, or people. Chief Hai was the one to bargain. The Hai Tribe no longer needed strong labor to boil salt. Weaker elders and women, along with children, could complete the task.
This greatly liberated the strong labor force of the Hai tribe. The walls outside the retaining ditch were gradually completed, and the hunting team's harvest was gradually increasing. The Hai tribe was thriving.
The greatest value of the emergence of coarse salt also includes food storage. Meat cured with salt can of course be stored for a longer time.
Ma Yue was not worried at all that the people he bought would have internal conflicts and betrayal. He would find an opportunity to show his small spiritual fire flying all over the sky during the sacrifice. The adults who were bought were surprised and could only crawl at his feet to Ma Yue, the charlatan, and by the way, they could also offer new power of faith.
It is hard to imagine that primitive people believed in ghosts and gods. They were even more afraid of and believed in a charlatan like Ma Yue who could make fire, and would never betray him.
After several trades, the Hai Tribe had acquired a significant number of men and women, bringing the total number of able-bodied men and women to 23. As for who would join the hunting team, that was up to the leader, Hai, and Ma Yue didn't bother to get involved.
Anyway, no matter whether the person you buy is strong enough or not, you just need to practice flying stones and flying guns. It will always be beneficial to the hunting team.
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Back then, they were not as strong as their own tribe. Now, the leader of the Cloud Tribe was somewhat jealous and envious. However, their own tribe only had fifteen or sixteen able-bodied men, and it was obvious that they could not defeat the Sea Tribe, which currently had twenty-three able-bodied men.
The leader of the Cloud Tribe was unwilling to give up, so he sold a piece of information to the leader of the nearby Bear Tribe: "Do you want salt? Go attack the Sea Tribe. The salt belongs to you, the Bear Tribe."
Today, due to several transactions with the "Niupi" tribe, many surrounding tribes have tasted the deliciousness and greatness of the salt.
The leader of the Bear Tribe naturally... but exchanging it for coarse salt is a bit pricey. Do you think it's easy to sharpen a stone axe and bone knife? Do you think it's easy to hunt a wild beast?
Of course, it is easier to steal it.
The leader of the Bear Tribe was no fool; he had no choice but to investigate the unfamiliar Sea Tribe. So, on their way back from a trade with the Niupi tribe, the leader, Hai, and his hunting team were tracked down by spies from the Bear Tribe.
What the hell? Only twenty-three able-bodied men? The intelligence the spies brought back shocked Leader Xiong. In that era, the standard for being classified as an able-bodied man was generally a height of over 1.5 meters and a relatively strong physique.
In the Hai tribe, "children" like Shan Yao, Tie Dan, Bo Ji, Ju, He and Lan, who are about 1.4 meters tall, are certainly not among the ranks of "warriors".
"Let's go, kill them!" These days, wars are all about numbers. Everyone has stone, bone, and wooden tools, and few metal weapons. The Bear Tribe, with its sheer numbers, is naturally full of confidence.
'Xiong' gathered more than forty able-bodied men from his own tribe and marched towards the Sea Tribe in the south.
Compared to the Bear Tribe, the Sea Tribe is indeed too small. There are only sixty or seventy adult men and women in the Bear Tribe, and nearly fifty able-bodied men who can fight. The Sea Tribe has bought several batches of people, and the total population is less than seventy people, which is quite pitiful.
The leader of the Yun tribe laughed secretly, and even took a dozen strong men to follow behind secretly, thinking that maybe he could take advantage of the situation and get some benefits, right?
Cloud followed the Bear Tribe for two days, hiding in the shadows. He watched Bear wield the massive bone knife and lead his warriors in a charge against the Sea Tribe...
The brutal battlefield was terrifying, and Yun was paralyzed! Fortunately, he didn't cooperate with the Bear Tribe. This was not an attack, but a massacre by the Sea Tribe.
Behind the inconspicuous wooden wall, stones and wooden spears kept flying out. The charging Bear Tribe warriors kept falling down, wailing and screaming...
The wind is strong! Hurry!
'Yun' didn't read on. It was obviously a hopeless 'war'. Fortunately, he was hiding in the dark so as not to be affected by the disaster.
The men, women, and children of the Sea Tribe, hiding on the defensive platforms behind the wall, hurled wildly at the enemy with rocks and spears. Even if a lucky Bear Tribe warrior managed to make it under the timber wall, what would happen? If they climbed over the timber wall and fell into the ditch, wouldn't they still be met with the rocks and spears from above?
The poor leader 'Xiong' is not a fool. Seeing that things are hopeless, he takes the remaining twenty or so strong men who have escaped and leaves!
On the defensive platform behind the retaining wall and gully, the men, women, young and old of the Sea Tribe cheered. The victory of the war greatly inspired the people and made them more cohesive.
Chief Hai and the hunting team opened the timber gate and began to collect the injured men of the Bear Tribe. According to Ma Yue's instructions, they would capture as many as they could save.
Primitive people were very tough. They would not die if they were hit by stones or stabbed by spears, as long as they were not in vital parts.
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