"What does this mean?" Ma Yue looked curiously at Feng Lan, the young priest who came from the Qingfeng tribe on a diplomatic mission.
"Our Qingfeng tribe occupies the entire core area. We are willing to donate these spirit stones to the charlatan every year to maintain friendly relations between our two tribes." This is what Feng Lan said.
"Feng Lan, to put it bluntly, whether we have a friendly relationship or not is a decision made by your Qingfeng tribe. Perhaps, next time you think our Hai tribe has an opportunity to take advantage of you, you will attack us again, right? Haha!" Ma Yue said with a smile.
"Our high priest has sworn to the gods that he will never attack the Sea Tribe again. This is the blood oath of our high priest." The young priest Feng Lan handed Ma Yue a parchment scroll. Of course, the words written on the parchment scroll were the words of the Sea Tribe.
Speaking of writing, the Hai tribe has truly made a huge contribution to this primitive world. Except for the Hai tribe, other tribes do not have a systematic written language. Since the Hai tribe has it, just learn it directly.
Many spies, including those in the trade zone east of Haifan City, now know how to write in the Sea Tribe language. Why? Knowing how to write gives you more accurate and detailed intelligence. You can't just draw a few sticks to approximate troop numbers like before; that's too crude and inconclusive.
Many spiritual cultivators can use birds to send messages, so writing down information is extremely important.
In other words, a large number of spies, including high-ranking officials of many tribes, can write the characters of the Sea Tribe and speak the language of the Sea Tribe.
It's just like the UK in Ma Yue's previous life: when you become powerful, your words spread widely, right? And people are willing to learn your language, right?
"Is this thing reliable?" Ma Yue looked at the three priests and Tie Lin.
"It should be possible, right?" Who can say for sure about this? Those who practice spiritual cultivation respect the gods, but there are no spiritual cultivators in the Sea Tribe, only immortal cultivators.
"Alright! This time I really believe it, haha!" It was like they were offering him tribute, something they did every year. Two hundred mid-grade fire spirit stones, twenty thousand low-grade water spirit stones—a huge amount. Ma Yue wouldn't need that much for a year of cultivation.
Especially the precious mid-grade fire spirit stone, which is only produced by the Qingfeng tribe.
"Great charlatan, can you restore normal trade with our Qingfeng tribe? Especially salt!" If the Qingfeng tribe wants to develop, it cannot do without salt.
"I have no objection. We can just talk about this matter with our Minister of Commerce Shang Yin." Ma Yue has never been against trade. It is important to exchange what you have and what you don't have. No one can lack everything, right?
For Ma Yue, the most valuable item to trade from the Qingfeng Tribe, besides food, was mid-grade Fire Spirit Stones. As for low-grade Water Spirit Stones, they were not in short supply either, with both Spirit Fruit Island and Sea God City producing them. They wouldn't be traded for the time being. With this general direction in mind, Shang Yin would be much easier to negotiate with.
Ma Yue doesn't believe in oaths, but it doesn't matter. Ma Yue has no intention of invading the core area. What's wrong with you being willing to offer sacrifices?
I guess the Qingfeng Tribe was worried that the Hai Tribe would take advantage of their own weakness and attack them. Isn't that what the Hai Tribe meant by sending troops to the Taki Tribe?
After all, the Qingfeng tribe is too close to the Hai tribe and the threat is too great, so there is no need to even take a boat.
As for Ghost City, Ma Yue hadn't contacted it, let alone sent any envoys. Ma Yue hadn't considered reconciling with Ghost City at all. The old divine master of the Purple Tribe was right. You've provoked me, and you even have a copper mine with a huge output. Sooner or later, I'll beat you up. Reclaiming the territory of the Sea Tribe was Ma Yue's ultimate goal.
The combination of major regions is roughly the same, with the large tribe as the main body and many smaller tribes as dependents. There are even large regions with two or three large tribes coexisting in this kind of union. This existence model is familiar to everyone, and this management model is also familiar to everyone.
If a tribe really has 30,000 to 50,000 people, it would be very difficult to manage.
A model like the Sea Tribe, with such a large population, is simply unimaginable to the large tribes in other regions.
We all have spiritual cultivators, and there are models of naturalization through miracles. However, how do we support so many people? We don't have enough talent to manage them, right?
The Hai Tribe already had a mature agricultural and animal husbandry production management model, with sufficient large livestock for farming. Good things like copper plows and shovels were already widely available, and their yields were relatively high, something other tribes couldn't match. With more food, you're qualified to feed more people, right?
Second, the Hai Tribe's salt production is also quite large. Five coastal cities in the Hai Tribe are engaged in large-scale salt production, and the output is astonishing (astonishing is relative). Only with salt can you truly have a foundation for development. If you can't even afford salt, and you don't have much energy, how can you develop?
Third, the Hai tribe has its own copper mines and coal mines, which can ensure the production of basic production tools.
In short, the sea tribe has many basic prerequisites and foundations for survival and development.
As for talent, it's hard to imagine that many of the Sea Tribe's leaders were either hard-working or captives. This would be unthinkable in other large tribes. Large tribes also value origins; if you're not from your own tribe, it's difficult to become a leader in a large tribe. It's a matter of identity.
For example, in the Qingfeng Tribe, if someone from a small, dependent tribe was promoted to the position of Third Chief, the many elders of the Qingfeng Tribe would be dissatisfied. Why? Why shouldn't we, the elders with the most legitimate lineage, be promoted? Are our work abilities inferior to those of outsiders?
The Purple Tribe and the Bull Head Tribe had used outsiders before, such as Shuigua and Qingpi, but they were only used for a while and then kicked away. It was impossible for them to let you be the leader of their own tribe for a long time.
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