Radishes were a huge hit at the Ice and Snow Festival. Regardless of whether they tasted good or not, they were edible after all. Furthermore, radishes stewed in a pot of meat were quite delicious.
The chief and high priest of the "Niupi" tribe also experienced the charm of radish for the first time. As the saying goes, food is always the most important resource for primitive people. Even if you are not full, you always have to have something to eat, right?
Facts have proven that radishes are more filling than fruits and taste better too.
Carrots for a person—this deal was undeniable. How? They had no basis for agreement. In fact, the price the Sea Tribe offered for the carrots wasn't high: five hundred jin (of course, in primitive times, there was no such unit of measurement as jin; I'm just using that for general clarity) for a person. The Niupi Tribe readily agreed to the deal.
Twenty wildebeests carried about four to five thousand kilograms of radishes, which six people bought, and everyone was very happy.
Radish isn't just traded with the Niupi tribe; many other tribes also have trading needs. Trading with more tribes could also further expand Radish's future market.
As for radish, a food with a low transaction price, the approximate transaction price is ten kilograms of radish for one kilogram of meat. Is it expensive? It is really not expensive, and it can be considered cheap.
Many tribes, large and small, became interested. At least, during the winter when food was extremely scarce, the value of these radishes was enormous and could prevent many people from starving to death.
Of course, in terms of total trade volume, all the tribes combined cannot compare to the "Niupi" tribe. The "Niupi" tribe has larger trade channels and abundant supply of goods.
Even the Niupi tribe, with its drastically reduced manpower, faced a significant winter food shortage. Since the Niupi tribe was interested in further radish trading, Chief Hai naturally agreed. Hai's tribe still had plenty of radishes in their cellars, including on a patch of land in the outer city.
This year, because the cultivated land was expanded, radishes were harvested twice, and the yield was very high.
Are people expensive? Not even as expensive as a live wildebeest, even less than a live sheep (a live sheep weighs about 50 kilograms). The price offered by the "Niupi" tribe is 600 kilograms of carrots for one live sheep.
As for live wildebeests, they are even more expensive. One thousand kilograms of radishes must be accompanied by a bowl of coarse salt (the wildebeests of this era are taller and larger than those in previous lives, weighing roughly seven hundred kilograms).
After all this back-and-forth, Luobo had become the main force in the trade with the Niupi tribe. It seemed that the value of the Sea Tribe's salt would gradually be squeezed by the Niupi tribe. It seemed that the Niupi tribe's demand for the Sea Tribe's salt was really dwindling.
Fortunately, in this transaction, the "Niupi" tribe still purchased a large amount of coarse salt from the Hai tribe. I guess next time, it really won't work, and they will have to rely mainly on radishes.
Even so, the Hai Tribe still had nine hide bags of coarse salt left (one hide bag held about ten bowls of salt) that they hadn't traded. What should they do? Take them back.
In the 21st century, it's no problem for an acre of land to produce 8,000 to 10,000 kilograms of radishes. However, in primitive society, high yields were unheard of, and nearly 2,000 kilograms was considered impressive.
Ma Yue urged the tribe to work hard. They only had about five mu of radish land (the farming tools weren't very effective, what could they do?), but luckily they managed to harvest it twice. Their harvest yielded less than 20,000 kilograms of radishes, a year's worth of hard work, but not even worth the price of twenty wildebeest.
The problem is, the people in my own tribe also need radishes, right? Radishes have almost become the staple food of the Hai Tribe in winter. Even rabbits, sheep, wildebeest, and the like should be given some, right?
At present, the Hai tribe has less than 3,000 kilograms of radishes in stock (many of which have been turned into salted radishes). Don't expect to buy people or livestock with radishes this winter, as there are not enough for their own people to eat.
No matter what, this time the "Niupi" tribe roughly recognized the value of coarse salt, and most of the coarse salt was traded.
Two wildebeests, ten sheep, and thirty people—that was a lot of harvest.
"Can I buy some wildebeests on credit?" asked the second priest of the Sea Tribe.
"When will it be returned?" the high priest of the Niupi tribe asked back.
"Next year's midsummer, or when winter is about to begin." This is the season for harvesting radishes in the Hai tribe.
"I want it both in midsummer and when winter is about to begin." The high priest of the Cowhide Tribe was not polite. Food is always in short supply.
"How many wildebeests should I owe you first?" The second priest was happy to see that the other party agreed to pay on credit.
"That's all I have. Take them all!" The high priest of the Cowhide Tribe pointed at the remaining eighteen wildebeests. "By midsummer, I want eighteen thousand kilograms of radishes from your Sea Tribe. Of course, eighteen bowls of coarse salt are also required."
"Deal!" It was a happy occasion for everyone, so of course the second priest agreed.
Next year? What if the high priest of the cowhide tribe raises the price again next year? First, bring the wildebeest back. Putting it in your pocket is the real deal.
Coarse salt is not selling well anymore. Maybe one day even the radishes grown in our own garden will be worthless.
"If our 'Niupi' tribe still needs your radishes when winter comes next year..."
"Don't worry, it's 20,000 kilograms. Our Sea Tribe guarantees it. We can't afford more. We need to eat too."
“It’s a pleasure to work with you!”
"The friendship between our two tribes will last forever!" The second priest of the Sea Tribe and the chief priest of the Cowhide Tribe concluded the future transaction in a very pretentious manner, and the only thing missing was taking a photo together.
The trade delegation of the Sea Tribe returned triumphantly with a full load of harvest.
The Hai Tribe didn't have many radishes, only two thousand kilograms. For a tribe of four hundred people, if they really ate them all, they would be gone in a few days. OK! Everyone could have a few pieces in the fish soup every day, just for the sake of showing off.
For the long-term development of the tribe, we should overcome the difficulties first.
Fortunately, for primitive people, overcoming the difficulty of hunger is something they are used to. Being able to eat fish and drink fish and radish soup is good enough. Occasionally there are also some sunflower vegetables. The diet is already super rich.
When the trading team returned, Ma Yue still greatly underestimated the primitive people's demand for radishes.
"Spirit, next spring, we will work hard and reclaim five more acres of land." said the second priest.
"Yes, charlatan, 'Lu' and 'Ban' have already made a lot of plows, and we also bought so many wildebeests, more than 40 in total, which is equivalent to 80 strong men." The high priest was most enthusiastic about farming, especially radishes.
"There is no important work now. Let's spare some manpower to help 'Lu' and 'Ban' build as many plows as possible." Chief Hai also realized the value of the plow. Combined with the wildebeest, it is a good thing.
"Okay, you guys take care of the arrangements." Ma Yue had no objection. After all, they wouldn't have to boil salt this winter, so there was indeed a lot of labor left.
It's not just the Niupi tribe that needs a lot of radishes. Many tribes, big and small, are also planning to buy a lot of radishes next year. Damn! Is five acres really enough? If I sell too much, my own tribe might not have enough to eat.
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