"It's still dried salted fish!" Shang Yin said.
"Interesting! It seems that the salt production of the Taki tribe has increased greatly." Wu Qi said.
"I'll investigate the cause," Chunwu said. "In previous years, the Taki tribe boiled salt along the coast, but the yield was low, and the salt content of the seawater was very low."
"Okay, just take care of the arrangements," Ma Yue said. "Chun Wu, send a message to Tie Lin on Lingguo Island. Now is the critical moment for whaling. Tell him to come back on the spirit boat and go out to sea with the whaling fleet."
"I'll go right away!"
Since the immortal cultivators' spiritual boats were of great significance in chasing whales, Tie Lin couldn't be left idle. Ma Yue had captured quite a few spiritual boats, so he naturally treated Tie Lin well.
Ma Yue had seen whales in this area very early on when he came to this world. They weighed more than 20 tons. Theoretically, they were not considered big whales. In his previous life, a blue whale weighing 120 tons could contain more than 40 tons of fat in its body.
Of course, the activity range of each species of whale may be different. The coastal areas of this area are generally inhabited by groups of whales of the same species.
The navy's busy pursuit of whales didn't interfere with the tribe's normal production and livelihoods; summer farming continued as planned. This was also why Ma Yue refused to use large livestock to transport whale meat to the northern and southern branches. Summer farming was also crucial; missing out on it meant a significant loss of food.
In the Sea Tribe, nothing is more important than farming.
We got a lot of dried salted fish in exchange, and sent some to the north and south branches. It can replace a lot of salt and food.
Since whale fat could be used to make soup to combat hunger, Ma Yue wasn't stingy and sent as much as he could to the branches. The biggest shortages of food and salt were in the North and South branches and Qiuhai City. As for Poseidon City, the Wudao branch, and the Lingguo Island branch, they were in better shape, primarily due to their small populations.
Xia Geng was so busy that Firestone's fleet brought back a large whale, leaving Haifan City with no one to disassemble it. Fine, there are enough people in the labor area, so we can just hire someone to do it.
The copper knives and axes from Haifan City are very sharp, making dissecting a large whale a breeze. Of course, once you're done, you have to return the copper knives and axes to Haifan City. Your envy is pointless; the Hai Tribe values their copper production tools and won't sell them easily.
The large whale bones have all been sent to the Kirishima Shipyard by sea, courtesy of Shuichong. Many of them can be used, as bones make stronger keels for ships, right? Well, let's also send some whale meat and fish oil over there. It's meat, after all, and it's better than potatoes and helps with hunger, right?
The warm area of Haifan City was busy with summer farming, and the war broke out on Donghai Island.
The arrogant Guishan Peninsula (now called Xishuiwan, henceforth referred to as the Xishuiwan Gui Tribe Coalition) launched a massive land-based attack on the Taki tribe. The wealthy Taki tribe resorted to fire attacks at every turn during their counterattack. For a time, the struggling Xishuiwan coalition, having finally reached Taki City, was unable to break through.
The Taki tribe used fire attacks, and the Xishuiwan Ghost Tribe coalition also used fire attacks. The Taki tribe was good at using catapults, and combined with fire attacks... both sides suffered heavy casualties.
If the war drags on for a long time and the city of Taki cannot be captured quickly... As expected, the navy of the Taki tribe reached Xishui Bay and a naval battle broke out.
"A bunch of poor bastards, what's the point of fighting?" Ma Yue was filled with disdain as he received the constant stream of battle reports. Wars are about wealth. The precious kerosene he had worked so hard to obtain burned up with a crackling sound.
The Sea Tribe is so rich that they are unwilling to go to war easily.
"Goddammit, there's confirmed news. The Taki tribe says there was an unexpected earthquake, and a new saltwater lake appeared. The salt content is extremely high. If you boil it, you can get a bowl of salt. It's pretty weird."
Is this bizarre? According to records from past lives, some undeveloped salt lakes in ancient times were filled with large quantities of salt grains, and anything you picked up would be salt.
"So, the Taki tribe is not poor anymore?"
"It's not that great. They have more and more salt now. I estimate that the salt content of that salt lake is more than ten times higher than the seawater here."
Oh my god! Ten times more? Damn! I can make one bowl of salt, but you can make more than ten. It saves time and effort, and the harvest is good. Ma Yue was a little jealous and envious.
"Shang Yin, when you contact the Taki tribe for trade again, ask them if they will trade for food?"
"Food? Food for the future autumn harvest?" Shang Yin asked.
"Of course, how can we have so much food to exchange now?"
"What the charlatan means is... give us salt first?" Shang Yin also understood the idea of buying on credit.
"It's very simple. If they don't give us salt first, why should we sell food to the Taki tribe after the autumn harvest?"
"Understood! We must seize the initiative." Shang Yin was so clever. It would be best if the other party took the initiative to bring up the issue of trading salt for grain. Isn't pushing the issue the same as trading? In this primitive world, grain always comes first.
Who has large quantities of food? Besides the Hai Tribe, who else can you trade for large quantities of food? The Taki Tribe is seriously short of large livestock and lacks the prerequisites for large-scale farming.
Besides, your Taki tribe doesn’t have any copper mines, so there’s no chance you’ll ever trade copper plowshares with the Hai tribe.
"Since we have received news about the saltwater lake, I believe other large tribes have probably received this news as well." Xia Wu reminded Shang Yin that it's okay to show off, but don't overdo it. Our Hai tribe is also suspected of dealing with the surplus and squeeze of food after the autumn harvest.
It's unrealistic to conceal such a large saltwater lake, especially now that a war has broken out, if the major powers pay even a little attention...
Besides the Hai Tribe, the only tribes with a huge demand for salt, and the ability to exchange it in large quantities, are the Qinghai Tribe of Wuji Island. Last year, the Qinghai Tribe exchanged a large quantity of salt from the Hai Tribe. At the time, the Hai Tribe was short of sea beast hides and fish oil, so they had to make the exchange.
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