"Don't worry, great leader. We are the third power in this area. No matter whether it is the Moon or Star Tribe, if they dare to default on their debts, we will unite with one to fight the other. Therefore, the Moon and Star Tribes will only try their best to win us over and will not default on their debts." said the old master.
"That's true!" Zi Ya could only think so.
"Seven Hundred City is the foundation of my Purple Tribe. If we stay here, we will easily be excluded by the Moon and Star Tribes." The old divine master continued.
"Okay, then let's go back." What the old master said made sense, and Zi Ya was of course willing to listen.
After seizing a large number of slaves and supplies, Zi Ya left with his cavalry in a mighty force.
This time, Zi Ya participated in the joint attack of the Moon and Star Tribes on the Sun Tribe. The troops he brought were not all from his own tribe. Instead, most of them were cavalry from the grassland tribe contacted by the old divine master.
Of course, Zi Ya would also share the harvested slaves and supplies with the grassland people, after all, they had contributed.
Zi Ya didn't mind. The main purpose of this battle was salt. Slaves and captured supplies were secondary.
If the Purple Tribe wanted to gain a foothold in Seven Hundred City, they had to build good relations with the Grassland Tribe. Fortunately, the Purple Tribe had an old divine master who had a good relationship with the Grassland people.
Through the constant trade between Luobo and the grassland people, and the seizure from Sun City, the Purple Tribe's large livestock now exceeds 3,000, a massive number. Both the number of cavalry and the amount of arable land have increased significantly.
However, for the bright future of the Purple Tribe, as many donkeys as possible need to be exchanged, and the people of the Purple Tribe have to continue to tighten their belts and live a frugal life.
In fact, the Purple Tribe's alliance with the Grassland People and their dispatch of 3,000 soldiers did indeed greatly intimidate the Moon and Star Tribes. Anyone who wanted to eliminate the Purple Tribe from the alliance and monopolize the Salt Mountain would have to think carefully.
It is obviously not worth it to offend the Purple Tribe, the representative of the grassland people, for one-third of the salt mountain.
As a result, peace returned to the Sun City area, everyone divided the fruits of victory, and began to recuperate.
After witnessing the strength of a powerful stone city like Haifan City, the Moon and Star Tribes are no longer blindly arrogant. If they want to survive, they must develop and grow as much as possible.
Fortunately, the Moon Tribe monopolized the Salt Mountain, which was originally the Blue Tribe's base; the Star Tribe monopolized the Purple Tribe's salt-boiling outlet. In terms of salt production, both tribes had an easier time.
Ma Yue from Haifan City looked around and it seemed that there was no shortage of salt in every area, haha!
Whether or not there's a shortage of salt is relative. If there truly were no shortage, the Moon and Star Tribes wouldn't be sending long-distance caravans, exchanging spirit stones and large livestock for salted radish from the Sea Tribe. While it wasn't simply an exchange of salt, it still suggested something.
The Moon and Star tribes came to trade, constantly exchanging salted dried radishes and some bronze wares.
The exchange of bronze artifacts was very small in quantity. A few bronze axes and knives were considered a significant purchase. Even so, the Moon and Star Tribes were willing to accept them. Why? Bronze axes and knives are essential tools. With these hard, wear-resistant tools, you can polish other stone and bone tools.
It's simply unrealistic to expect a tribe to completely adopt copper tools. Even among the current Hai tribe, the rate of copper tool adoption is very low; copper plowshares haven't yet become widespread. Among their weapons, the spears are still mostly bamboo, while many sword and shield fighters still wield stone knives and axes. Only a small percentage of their arrows have copper tips...
In short, it is still because of low productivity.
Whether it is the Sun City area, or the Ghost City area, Ghost Mountain Peninsula area, and Wuji Island area where a war had taken place, the trade with Haifan City is still relatively peaceful.
The only strict rule set by Ma Yue was that trade with the Qingfeng and Leishen tribes was the most stringent. The reason was that the Qingfeng and Leishen tribes had no credibility. If you wanted to trade, you could trade, but if you didn't, you could cut off the trade. Why?
Therefore, even if the Qingfeng and Leishen tribes wanted to come to Haifan City to trade again, the exchange rate offered by Haifan City would be pitifully low. In a word, it’s up to you to come or not, and it’s up to you to trade or not.
The third priest understood Ma Yue's thoughts. After all, this area was the most important area for the future development of the Sea Tribe. It was the closest to the Qingfeng and Leishen tribes, so Ma Yue needed to suppress the development of the Qingfeng and Leishen tribes as much as possible.
As for copperware and other items, they would not trade with the Qingfeng and Leishen tribes at all. Not even a copper knife or copper axe would be sold to the Qingfeng and Leishen tribes.
Haifan City's largest trading area is currently located on the eastern coast. This means that caravans arriving here can not only trade with the Sea Tribe, but they can also trade with each other. Trade, of course, is about mutual benefit, and the more people you trade with, the better.
Only the Qingfeng and Leishen tribes are not allowed to enter Haifan City. In other words, the trading teams of the Qingfeng and Leishen tribes can only stay in the east of the city and do not even have the opportunity to go to the trading area in the west of the city. They have no other choice except to trade with Haifan City.
Of course, if the Qingfeng and Leishen tribes don't want to come to Haifan City to trade, that's fine. You can go to the Ghost Town in the north or the Sun City area in the south if you want. The problem is, it's far away!
Besides, what do your Qingfeng and Leishen tribes have? Without distinctive products or flagship products, your Qingfeng and Leishen tribes themselves are not very attractive in terms of trade, right?
Are Spirit Stones really that powerful? Which area doesn't produce Spirit Stones?
The Qingfeng and Leishen tribes were said to have occupied the core area of this region? This was basically a joke. The core area of this region had basically moved to Haifan City. Haifan City's sphere of influence was that large warm area, which was a fertile land with abundant water and grass, and good weather.
A large number of tribes, large and small, began to move to warm areas for farming and grazing. Whether it was suitable for human habitation or not, primitive people were not fools.
The areas further south and north of Haifan City's north and south branches are seeing more and more tribes and populations. As long as you don't touch the area between the two branches, the Hai tribe won't care.
At least, on the surface, the current Sea Tribe was friendly and non-aggressive towards these tribes. Unlike the Qingfeng and Thunder God Tribes in the core area, they would frequently raid surrounding tribes, acting like outright invaders. Who would want to be neighbors with such a leader?
More and more tribes in the core area are migrating to the warmer areas, resulting in a decreasing population in the core area. The good thing is that the Qingfeng and Leishen tribes can easily gain more vast territories.
What's the most important thing? Population! Without population, how can we develop? People are the primary productive force. What can't be done without people?
Due to the difference in development concepts, no matter how cunning the old Taoist priest of the Thunder God Tribe was, it was difficult to prevent the Thunder God Tribe from being left far behind by the Sea Tribe every year.
Of course, their purposes were different. Lei Feng, the old celestial master of the Thunder God Tribe, simply used the Thunder God Tribe as a tool for his own spiritual cultivation. As long as the Thunder God Tribe could obtain a large amount of blood and qi, Lei Feng would be satisfied.
For example, in the great war that broke out between the Thunder God Tribe and the Qingfeng Tribe, so many people died, and Lei Feng was very satisfied with the fact that so much blood and energy was collected using a special spiritual weapon.
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