Even sprinkled with coarse salt, whale meat is indeed not very tasty. After the charlatan Ma Yue's personal demonstration, the fear of these people, young and old, has basically dissipated.
After eating a mouthful or two of whale meat, a large group of people from the Sea Tribe came.
"God of gods, this is really the god of the sea..." The high priest was still a little trembling, because the image of the whale and the totem were too similar.
"The Sea God said..." He repeated the same thing. With Ma Yue, a great charlatan, around, who could doubt it? Didn't you see that Ma Yue ate it himself?
"Sea God!" At Ma Yue's call, many people from the sea tribes began to cheer. This was meat, two huge piles of meat, how could they not cheer?
As for the rest, Ma Yue didn't need to get involved. Whether it was whale skin, fat, or meat, primitive people who cherished food naturally didn't want to waste it.
This whale must weigh more than 20 tons. How long will it take for the small population of my tribe to feed it?
Ma Yue summoned the three leaders and divided them into groups. Every three days, they would lead a team. What were they going for? To trade the minced whale meat with the Niupi tribe.
Whatever we traded for, it was useful. Oh, and by the way, we still owe the "Niupi" tribe a lot of coarse salt. Ma Yue told the Hai tribe, "You're the first one to go. Bring some whale meat and see if you can offset the salt debt." As for wildebeest and other things, it would be best if we could get whale meat in exchange, haha!
Chief Hai, having participated in numerous trades and possessing a certain aptitude for profiteering, instantly understood Ma Yue's intentions. Wildebeests were indeed good laborers. If there were more wildebeest, would there be more whale meat to ship?
"You charlatan, the chief of the 'Rain' tribe said that he is willing to trade with us. These whale meats..." Chief 'Hai' is indeed very good at learning from others' experiences. So much whale meat cannot be eaten in one go. If it is left for a long time, it will go bad. It cannot be wasted.
"Smart! You take care of the arrangements!"
"How about, great chief, you lead the people to the 'Rain' tribe, and I will lead the first wave to the 'Niupi' tribe." The second priest also volunteered, for the benefit of his own tribe.
"That's great. We have quite a few warriors in our tribe. We can split into two waves and set off at the same time. That shouldn't be a problem."
In primitive society, meat and furs were always hard currency, and the possibility of not being able to sell them was very small.
Strength lies in numbers. The Second Priest and the Sea Tribe arranged for the shipment of the previously harvested meat and set off with the team. To facilitate the next trade, the Sea Tribe also brought along their third leader, Wu Qi, to help them find their way.
Next time, if leader Hai doesn't go, can Wu Qi also lead the Yu tribe?
Once we've finished with the two whales, we can start working on other tasks. Except for the salt boiling, all other tasks have stopped. Fortunately, most of the planting is done, so it's not a big deal to delay the rest.
It’s a pity, with so much meat, due to limited transportation capacity, I guess a lot of it will be wasted.
Pray that no other tribes attack while we're collecting these two giant whales. Most of the able-bodied laborers have gone out with Chief 'Hai' and the Second Priest to trade for whale meat. The remaining able-bodied laborers are dividing and transporting the meat back to the tribe. Even many of the elderly and weak have joined in this whale harvest.
The tribe’s defense is the weakest at this time.
The high priest was on the beach, assisting with the whale meat harvest. Ma Yue and the second-in-command, Shuichong, had returned to the tribe. The walk from the tribe to the beach was still twenty minutes. Fortunately, primitive people were truly hardy and persevering...
During this period, even the lazy Ma Yue had to participate in the tribal warning and inspection work.
Fortunately, it is spring, not midsummer yet. If it were the hot summer, the meat would go bad even faster.
I guess two trips back and forth would be enough. If there's too much, the meat will spoil. We should sprinkle some salt water on the meat we collect, and even better, air-dry it to extend its shelf life.
In the first cycle, we were lucky and were not attacked by other tribes.
Even more fortunately, the second priest who returned first actually brought back seven wildebeests, such a valuable labor force. The second priest and his men, who set out again, could haul away even more whale meat.
Chief 'Hai' came back a day late, and it took him seven days to travel back and forth to the 'Yu' tribe. He traded furs and some tools, which was great.
As the leader, Hai, and his team set out again, the large-scale whale harvest gradually entered a period of sanitary conditions. A lot of whale meat was wasted, but there was no way around it; it couldn't be transported, and it couldn't be eaten.
The trading team of Chief Hai consisted of thirty people, and carrying fifty to sixty kilograms of meat on their backs was already very hard work. In two shipments, they transported nearly three thousand kilograms of whale meat.
The second sacrificial team carried away about four to five thousand kilograms twice because of the wildebeests.
These days, almost everyone in the Sea Tribe is eating whale meat. They can eat as much as they want. How much can a tribe of less than 200 people eat? That's two whales weighing around 20 tons.
Even if it is pickled with salt, its shelf life is limited.
With the return of the trading brigade, the vigorous campaign of harvesting big whales has finally come to an end. We can’t eat rotten meat, right?
Meat can't be reused, but bones and teeth can't be wasted, right? Bone tools and weapons are still very useful.
"Second Priest, you did a good job, haha!" There were a few more wildebeests in the team. The Hai tribe now had fifteen wildebeests, and this amount of breeding was barely enough to make them a decent size.
As for the fact that the "Niupi" tribe does not allow whale meat to offset the debt of coarse salt, it doesn't matter. It's just cooking salt, a long job with no deadline, so there is not much psychological pressure.
In this era, large animals are very precious, especially those that are still alive.
"Great Chief, you got so many furs in return? The 'Rain' tribe..."
"You charlatan, I guess the furs they exchanged the second time were not from the 'Rain' tribe, and they made a profit from the difference." said the leader 'Hai'.
It seems that primitive people have no business acumen, haha!
"I'm very happy that we have successfully completed these two transactions. I was really worried that our tribe would be attacked during this lull in large-scale transactions." Ma Yue said. After the transaction was completed and most of the warriors of the Hai tribe returned to their positions, Ma Yue felt relieved.
"Let's strengthen the production of shields as soon as possible." They realized the importance of shields.
Gradually, life in the sea tribe returned to normal.
In his free time, Ma Yue began to ponder these wildebeests again. Such excellent laborers, only used for carrying loads? What a shame! In previous lives, cattle and horses could farm.
However, Ma Yue had no idea how a pear was made, and had never even seen one. If wildebeests could plow the land, wouldn't the area of arable land be much larger?
Ma Yue gathered the highly motivated high priest, along with Cai and Niao, and outlined his plan. If there were no iron tools, he could use stone, wood, or even bone.
Now that we have harvested the big whale bones, we have to find a way to use them, right?
Ma Yue didn't know how deep the plow should be, but it should be at least as deep as a shovel, right?
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