In order to exchange for the forty sailors from the Taki tribe, the Qinghai tribe offered a whole Kun fish weighing more than ten tons, plus a lot of sea beast skins. Shang Yin, the Minister of Commerce, did a good job.
When Haifan City was busy dealing with the big Kun fish, Shuya from the Purple Tribe arrived with more than 300 people.
The Sea Tribe is truly not recruiting for the time being. All its branches are focused on building foundations and tapping potential. Thus, the Purple Tribe has preserved its independence, and the former Niupi Tribe's garrison now belongs to you. Of course, this is within the Sea Tribe's protected area, and you'll have to pay a 20% tax.
Treefang was reluctant to stray far from Haifan City. The Southern Branch, further south, didn't pay taxes. There were many tribes, large and small, and disputes were common, often escalating into violence. The Sea Tribe didn't care. While taxes were required within the protected area, they were fine. The Purple Tribe was small, and they couldn't afford to make such a fuss.
Despite the Purple Tribe's plight, they still had one advantage: three hundred donkeys, valuable livestock. "Let's stop fighting and focus on farming."
This area is suitable for a double crop of potatoes, and the Purple Tribe is very familiar with potato cultivation. With the advent of the curved plow, the Sea Tribe has eliminated the next batch of straight-beam plows. We don't have any plows, so we'll rent some. We don't have potato seeds, so we'll rent some too. All in all, the tax is 30%.
It doesn't matter, as long as there's always a harvest. Once I've built my own plow and harvested potatoes, I won't have to rent a plough anymore, right?
Of course, the plow that the Sea Tribe rented to the Purple Tribe was not a copper plowshare, but a stone plowshare. It would be okay if they polished it themselves.
There were very few tribes left in the reserve. Initially, most tribes were unwilling to pay taxes and had moved to the more remote areas of the northern and southern branches. Many of the tribes, both large and small, that had originally been in the reserve had followed Lei Qing to Lingguo Island. For example, the original Bullhead Tribe had vanished.
But, is everyone doing this voluntarily? The Sea Tribe didn't force you.
In fact, after the Sea Tribe defeated the coalition forces of several tribes, the protected area between the northern and southern branches has basically been closed to outsiders. Do you think that paying 20% of the protection fee is enough?
The Hai tribe itself is also constantly developing, and the area within the protected area is also limited. In the future, almost all of it will be left for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry.
But why were the Purple Tribe allowed to live in the reserve? Ma Yue felt the two Purple Tribe leaders had a certain amount of faith in him. It was strange, wasn't it? Actually, this was Ma Yue's first time seeing Shuya.
Ultimately, the Sea Tribe's reputation is simply too great. It's like a famous general from the Three Kingdoms period, someone so famous that even though they've never met him, they've long heard of him. Many admire and respect such heroes. This admiration and respect is essentially like the power of faith.
The Sea Tribe is incredibly powerful, and Ma Yue, the charlatan, is also incredibly famous. For example, the Purple Tribe's second leader, Shuya, largely relies on his admiration for Ma Yue's fame, which is why they have such faith. Even if they're just low-level fans, it's already quite a feat.
"It turns out that this spiritual bed is a mid-grade spiritual weapon." Ma Yue was amazed after practicing.
What does a mid-grade spiritual tool mean? For example, this Fire Spirit Gathering Bed can be used to cultivate with low-grade Fire Spirit Stones, and its efficiency can be roughly doubled, which is already very impressive.
Medium-grade fire-type spirit stones are quite precious. Generally speaking, Ma Yue stores them and is reluctant to use them.
However, this time, out of curiosity, he added a medium-grade fire spirit stone to the spirit gathering bed. After practicing once, the efficiency more than doubled, and it increased by more than three times.
This is because there are high-purity and high-capacity medium-grade fire spirit stones here. Of course, without this spirit gathering bed, you would not be able to achieve such high efficiency.
The water element has hidden spiritual roots, and the fire element has this spiritual gathering bed. God! You are so kind to a traverser like me.
A cultivator with dual water and fire spiritual roots could theoretically specialize in one to drive a breakthrough in the other. However, that had its drawbacks. To put it bluntly, Ma Yue's fire spiritual roots had become a burden.
Now, with this spirit gathering bed, they can basically "fly with wings together". In terms of rotation, Ma Yue's current level is roughly equivalent to a pure water hidden spirit root.
Lei Qing is a hidden spiritual root of the water element, but after all, he is dragged down by the thunder and gold elements. His cultivation speed is good, but after all, it cannot compare with the natural spiritual root.
However, Ma Yue's spirit-gathering bed has now become a mid-grade spiritual weapon, and even the last burden of fire has been super accelerated. His aptitude is really comparable to that of a natural spiritual root.
Damn! The effect is so good, and the consumption of Fire Element Medium Grade Spirit Stones is really quite a lot. Just this one time of practicing the masterpiece, forty Fire Element Medium Grade Spirit Stones are gone. It's too extravagant.
Forget it, it's unrealistic to increase the efficiency of cultivation by three times without any price.
For the time being, the Qingfeng tribe is not aware of how much they need mid-grade fire spirit stones, so it is estimated that the price will not increase.
Shang Yin, the Minister of Trade, was quite capable. He had already pushed the price very low during negotiations with the Qingfeng Tribe. Currently, the Qingfeng Tribe was being very humble and had basically not argued with Shang Yin, seemingly genuinely trying to build good relations with the Hai Tribe.
Of course, this little trick wouldn't paralyze Ma Yue. Ultimately, it all comes down to your own strength. If the Sea Tribe falls, the Qingfeng Tribe will bite back without hesitation...
The problem was that the mid-grade Fire Spirit Stone was extremely important to Ma Yue. If he didn't have it in his own hands... After all, the Qingfeng Tribe's High Priest had defected to Phoenix Mountain. Once the Qingfeng Tribe offered the mid-grade Fire Spirit Stone as an offering to Phoenix Mountain, would they still have a share?
Phoenix Mountain is known as one of the holy places for spiritual cultivators. With so many spiritual cultivators, the need for spiritual stones is inevitable. Moreover, it is such an awesome resource, the mid-grade fire spiritual stones.
Is Ma Yue really a pacifist? Bullshit! When it really needs to be, Ma Yue will fight without hesitation. Isn't that how the Hai Tribe expanded step by step?
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