Is the naturalization of the Maohai tribe's new recruits going smoothly? Bingyueshui and Bingyueshui's "miracle" contributed to this on the one hand, but the role played by the temporary instructors at all levels who filled the 4,000 new recruits was unimaginable.
In the past, Ma Yue had to do all the talking on his own. But now, many instructors have replaced Ma Yue in talking, which has greatly promoted the recruits' sense of belonging to the Hai Tribe and saved Ma Yue the trouble.
Ma Yue was very pleased. These instructors of the Hai Tribe had finally grown up. In the future, there would be more and more such "instructors." This was the right way to go. How could one always rely on oneself to assimilate newcomers? The Hai Tribe belonged to everyone, and it required everyone's joint efforts.
"Spirit, there's a huge demand for salted dried radish. Can't we just trade a lot of it?" The third priest and Shang Yin came over.
"So many carrots aren't enough?"
"Spirit, pickled and dried into salted radish, about one-sixth is left after the water is pumped out." The yield per mu was 1,500 kilograms. With 9,000 mu of land, the actual yield was 13.5 million kilograms of radish. Logically, that was a high yield. For the entire Hai Tribe's population of over 50,000, that meant an average of over 200 kilograms per person.
Not all of them will be pickled into salted dried radish. Radish is a good vegetable. It can be stewed or even eaten raw. It has its unique nutrition and flavor, and it is of great significance to enrich the dining tables of the people of the Hai tribe.
Relatively speaking, radishes are relatively easy to store.
For ease of transportation, and of course, much of it for trade, was processed directly into salted radish in Poseidon City, amounting to over a million kilograms, which consumed roughly half of the radish production. For this reason, almost all of the salt produced by the nearby Kirishima branch was sent to Poseidon City.
Primitive people love salted dried radish. The Hai Tribe consumes a lot of it themselves, and even though they trade around half of it, about 500,000 kilograms, it's still not enough. It's not just the Hai Tribe that loves it; other tribes also enjoy it with salt.
Relatively speaking, salted dried radish is of course cheaper than salted dried fish and salted dried meat, and more practical than dried sweet potato. Therefore, salted dried radish is the easiest to trade, and others need such trades more.
Besides, the large-scale appearance of dried salted fish is seasonal. The fishing season on Donghai Island is only a few times a year. Dried salted fish only appears when there's a surplus of fish, right? Besides, dried salted fish doesn't use salt. As for dried bacon, let alone meat, meat itself is expensive.
As for dried sweet potatoes, they are delicious, but without salt, their practical value is greatly reduced. Salt is the source of vitality.
The three priests explained this to Ma Yue, and Shang Yin also added some information.
"So many salted radishes, what are you trading for?" Ma Yue knew that salted radishes were quite expensive. The Hai Tribe had originally made its fortune by trading salted radishes for wildebeests.
"Spirit, look, they're coming again. You know, Wuji Island produces Kun fish, which is meat after all." A big ship came to the seashore.
Oh, that's no wonder. In theory, no matter how expensive salted radish is, it can't resist hunger like meat, right? Although fish is not as good as pork and mutton in resisting hunger, its nutrition is not comparable to radish.
The Hai tribe didn't just eat potatoes and sweet potatoes; they also needed meat from time to time. Having plenty of fish and meat saved a lot of pigs and sheep, which was a good deal no matter how you looked at it.
"The Qinghai Tribe brought one. The first one was sent to Qiuhai City, where mining is very hard in the winter. The second one was sent to the Lingguo Island branch, which also has 5,000 people. This is the third one... No, it's two Kun fish. Our population, including the north and south branches, is larger, so two Kun fish shouldn't be a problem to digest."
Of course, there is also the precious skin of the Kun fish. The reserve of fish oil is also very important, so when this big Kun fish comes, you really have to exchange it.
"Why didn't the Qinghai tribe have so many Kun fish in previous years?" Ma Yue asked curiously.
"In previous years, we didn't have so much grain production, right?" The third priest rolled his eyes.
"For potatoes?"
"Yes, this is also the most important request of the Qinghai Tribe. At least one of the Kun fish must be exchanged for potatoes," Shang Yin said. There was no need to consult a charlatan about this matter. The Hai Tribe needed the precious fish skin and fish oil alone.
"Not enough food?"
"Yeah, exchanging sheep with the Thunder God Tribe consumed a large amount of potatoes and sweet potatoes." This winter, all the big deals were coming together. "Don't worry, Godhead, just tighten your belt and we'll be able to get through this."
Holy shit! Where's the food and clothing issue we were supposed to have? This... for a few kun fish, I'm going to starve again?
What else could we do? Without these Kun fish, where could we find the large leathers the navy needed? Where could we stockpile the large quantities of fish oil needed for fire attacks? Perhaps we wouldn't have such a good opportunity next time.
In recent years, the number of large Kun fish traded from the Qinghai tribe has been decreasing, and even last year, there was not a single one.
"Goddammit, strategic materials and reserves are very important," said Shuichong. This was especially true for the navy. The main weapon was kerosene; even if new ships weren't built often, repairs still required the hides of sea beasts.
“Is the exchange ratio expensive?”
"It's not expensive. Ten tons of Kun fish only cost twenty tons of potatoes or sweet potatoes." Shang Yin said.
This way, it is really not expensive, and the Qinghai tribe is not suspected of taking advantage of the situation.
"Charlatan, with the meat of the Kun fish, our food shortage is actually not that big." said the third priest.
"That's true!" After the fat is reserved and a large amount of inedible bones are removed, about half of the Kun fish can still be eaten.
"Then let's change it." Ma Yue said, "Isn't salt enough?"
"Yes, a lot of fish also needs to be sliced and marinated before it can be stored."
"Then don't pickle them. They are just two Kun fish. At most they can produce ten tons of meat. There are so many people in Haifan City. It won't last for a few days if they all eat it." Ma Yue said.
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