Such an "Ice and Snow Conference" will not last too long. No one can stand providing free food and drink to so many small tribes, right?
Apart from the three rare live wildebeests, Ma Yue had no interest in other transactions.
After a long time of effort, the third item of the conference began under the auspices of the high priest of the "Niupi" tribe.
Rows of women were led out of the large cave of the "Niupi" tribe. Wow, there must be hundreds of them. What were they doing? Were they going to hold a "no-cover meeting"?
I understand. No wonder all the people from the tribes, big and small, who came to participate in this 'Ice and Snow Conference' were men. Looking at them with fiery eyes... The greatest advantage of primitive people is that they do not hide their primitive impulses.
It was simply covered with a piece of animal skin. In the spacious timber yard, the sound of primitive music continued to rise and fall. No one was polite, including the leader of the Sea Tribe, "Hai", and many warriors from the Sea Tribe.
Does the Niupi tribe have so many women? Ma Yue grew increasingly curious. Could it be that this massive tribe, Niupi, has a population of over a thousand? Or perhaps these women weren't from the Niupi tribe at all, traded here so they could find outsiders to breed with?
Did primitive people also know the disadvantages of inbreeding?
This is ridiculous! How could she get pregnant just by chance after just one mating?
Although primitive people of this era had evolved to have less body hair, their pointed noses and monkey-like faces did not conform to Ma Yue's aesthetic taste, so Ma Yue decided not to join in the fun.
What a struggle! Men from all tribes, big and small, took turns, and hours passed. Primitive people, they really had great stamina.
The sky gradually darkened, and the "Wuzhe Conference" finally came to a successful conclusion.
The bonfire was lit, and the high priest of the "Niupi" tribe appeared again in a pretentious manner, and the fourth program... human trafficking.
The main force is still the "Niupi" tribe. A large number of people were pulled out of the big cave of the "Niupi" tribe with the help of ropes. Well, it seems that the "Niupi" tribe has more than one cave, nine of different sizes. They are worthy of being the "richest man".
This wasn't the first time that Chief Hai had bought people. The basic price wouldn't vary too much.
According to Ma Yue's instructions, the little remaining coarse salt should be used to buy food from the population.
"You charlatan, there's not much salt left." Leader 'Hai' said somewhat frustratedly.
I understand. Ma Yue insisted on buying those three wildebeests and wasted too much coarse salt.
"Can't I just owe it to you first?"
"Owe it?" Leader Hai didn't understand the new word "owe", and Ma Yue had never taught him before.
"What I mean is, take the people away first, and after the winter, we will give them our salt. Understand?"
"Is this possible?" Leader Hai looked at Ma Yue in surprise. It seemed that there was no precedent for such a transaction.
"Idiot! How will you know if you don't try?"
The charlatan was angry, and the leader 'Hai' hurried to find the chief of the 'Niupi' tribe.
"Can it work?" Even the second priest was a little skeptical.
"The 'Niupi' tribe is a big tribe with a big heart. It's just a debt. Besides, how can our Hai tribe run away? We are also trustworthy." Ma Yue didn't think there was anything wrong with debt. Ma Yue didn't want to owe money and not pay it back, right?
Chief 'Hai' talked with the chief of the 'Niupi' tribe for a long time and finally came back.
"Done!" Having finally completed the task assigned by the charlatan, the leader 'Hai' breathed a sigh of relief. "How much does it cost?"
"At least twenty, right?"
"So many?" Chief Hai had never run such a large-scale human trade before.
"What the hell? We're all grown men here. Hurry up! If I can get thirty on credit, I'll make you a special plate of stir-fried pork with green onions."
"Okay!" When the leader 'Hai' heard about stir-fried pork with green onions, his eyes lit up and he went over happily.
In this world, people are not as valuable as live wildebeests. Of course, it is also because the leader of the "Niupi" tribe is too unscrupulous, and live wildebeests are too expensive.
The High Priest of the Niupi Tribe looked at Ma Yue not far away with great surprise. "How dare a tribe buy thirty people at once, relying on the Hai Tribe's limited adult labor force?" "You, the Hai Tribe, dare to do that too?"
While purchasing people was common in primitive societies, it also depended on your tribe's ability to absorb them. Even for a large tribe like the Rain Tribe, with seventy or eighty strong laborers, buying seven or eight strong individuals at once was a good deal. They would need to slowly absorb the remaining population.
How many "warriors" does the Hai Tribe have? Fifty or sixty is a lot, right? With so many foreign adult laborers all at once, aren't they afraid that these thirty foreign laborers will collectively rebel?
The well-informed High Priest of the "Niu Hide" Tribe knew a little about the story of the Sea Tribe. His first shock was the appearance of coarse salt; his second was the fact that the tiny Sea Tribe had defeated and completely annexed the Bear Tribe.
Wars between tribes seem normal, but such wars where the small swallows the big are extremely rare.
Could that mysterious "divine stick" really be the illegitimate son of the sea god? As a priest himself, he naturally believed in ghosts and gods. He often attributed some of the things he couldn't understand to ghosts and gods.
Of course, the Bullhide Tribe wouldn't be afraid of the Sea Tribe. The Bullhide Tribe itself was indeed very powerful, with a population exceeding a thousand. How could the number of warriors surpass that of the mere Sea Tribe? Is war in this world all about who has more warriors?
Because of the existence of salt, the high priest of the 'Niupi' tribe is indeed not worried that the Sea Tribe will default on its debt. The 'Niupi' tribe also has a huge demand for salt.
Due to the existence of the mysterious "charlatan" Ma Yue, the "Niupi" tribe did not dare to easily make the decision to attack and annex the Hai tribe.
Thanks to the trade for the three wildebeests, the Bullhide Tribe received enough coarse salt for their needs, and they were quite satisfied. Even in normal times, the Sea Tribe traded salt primarily for the Bullhide Tribe. For the time being, the Bullhide Tribe had an adequate supply of salt. This was also a key reason why the Bullhide Tribe hadn't attacked the Sea Tribe.
In primitive society, friendship was not important at all. It was all about who had the biggest fist, and strength was the only thing they believed in. So, it wasn't surprising that the Sea Tribe annexed the Bear Tribe.
Of course, you have to be able to digest what you have annexed. The larger the population of a tribe, the harder it is to feed. They all need to open their mouths to eat. Do you think the leader of a large tribe doesn't worry about this?
Is hunting that easy these days? And you're constantly losing strong laborers during the hunting process.
In these days, it's ridiculous to expect a leader to have outstanding organizational skills. Management is a university subject. The "cow-skinned" tribal leader and high priest who led thousands of people were almost exhausted.
Of course, annexing the Sea Tribe, which possesses the crude salt technology, would be quite valuable. It all comes down to whether it's worth it. If we truly decide to attack the Sea Tribe, can we afford the losses? What if we can't defeat them? The Sea Tribe has built a timber wall. In war, the attacker always loses.
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