"The great charlatan..." The messenger from the Tengu tribe, the same person, whom Ma Yue knew.
"Okay, just tell me what you want to say. If you come a few days later, I will have to leave."
"It's really cold!" The messenger shivered. No wonder there were so few people in Haifan City. They had all migrated. "Great charlatan, the great leader of our Tengu tribe cordially invites your Sea Tribe to settle in Otter City..."
"What do you mean?"
"To be honest, my God, Otter City is in East Water Bay, which is too far away from our Taki City in Oak Bay. As you know, my God, the farmland that our Tengu Tribe focuses on developing is all over Taki City..."
Ma Yue roughly understood that the farming area developed by the Tengu Tribe was a vast plain, similar to the warm areas of the Hai Tribe. Unlike Xishui Bay and Dongshui Bay, the flat land suitable for farming was scattered and difficult to cultivate.
Besides, Oak Bay's Taki City is too far from Otter City. Even if the grassland people had a large number of cavalry, they couldn't run away. The Hai Tribe fought against the Guiluo King Tribe and almost drove away the people in this area. It was very desolate.
The greatest value here is the intermediate water spirit stone. It’s fat, but, as I said before, it’s too far away and difficult to control.
"Then what?"
"Our Tengu Tribe only wants half of the intermediate-grade water spirit stones mined by your Sea Tribe..."
"Stop! I only have a few people left. Who will help you mine spiritual stones? Forget it, we won't go. You can mine it yourselves." I won't work for your Tengu tribe. We agreed to develop the saltwater lake together, but you drove us out.
No credibility!
"Uh..." The envoy of the Tengu tribe was a little embarrassed.
"I knew you were plotting against us again. Our Sea Tribe won't play along anymore. We're moving inland. You're disloyal. Where's the saltwater lake? You even teamed up with the Guiluo King Tribe to attack our Dragon Scale City. Back then, it was your Tengu Tribe that invited us, right?"
I'm leaving anyway, so I won't be polite to you.
"We in the Tengu tribe provide our own slaves for mining."
"Then what?"
"How about our Tengu tribe exchange the intermediate water spirit stones we dug out for salt?" We have to involve the Sea Tribe, and we have to give in in the negotiations.
"That's a bit sincere. And then?"
"What else is there? You charlatan, we from the Tengu tribe are already very sincere." The envoy of the Tengu tribe was so upset. This charlatan was getting more and more unreasonable.
"Didn't you see that there is not a single large livestock in Haifan City? How are we going to farm in Otter City? If we don't farm, what will we eat in the future? Are you going to support our 3,000-strong army in your Tengu tribe? Haha!" Ma Yue is such a scoundrel. He is strong without desire. Doesn't Ma Yue want to go at all?
"What should we do?" The envoy of the Tengu tribe looked confused.
"We still have 3,000 people here. You have plenty of donkeys in the Tengu tribe, right? Could you lend us 1,500 of them for temporary use? We in the Hai tribe are trustworthy and won't default on our debts. If you say you're borrowing, you're sure to pay it back, right?"
"Is this okay?" The envoy of the Tengu tribe was truly speechless. This was simply asking the master to go back.
"I understand. You just want our Hai tribe to come over and help you contain the Guiluo King tribe..."
"Uh!" The Tengu Tribe's envoy was slightly embarrassed. Actually, that was their real purpose. The Tengu Tribe and the Ghost Forest King Tribe were currently fighting over that distant black oil source, and the Tengu Tribe was worried about a potential counterattack from the Ghost Forest King. Taking the Sea Tribe there was a perfect opportunity. Even if the Ghost Forest King Tribe wanted to return to Otter City, they wouldn't have a chance, right?
In this area, apart from the powerful Hai tribe, there is really no one else who is qualified to contain the Guiluowang tribe.
"Would you like to go back and ask for instructions now? It's very cold here. I won't stay here until our navy comes back. I have to leave. I can't wait for your decision too long." Ma Yue continued to put pressure on the envoy of the Tengu tribe.
"All right! Fifteen hundred donkeys, but we still don't have enough copper plowshares."
"Look at how stingy you are. We have our own copper plow shovels. Look, the tips of our soldiers' guns are copper plow shovels, haha!" Ma Yue said with a smile. In theory, the copper plow shovel can replace the gun tip.
The Hai Tribe did this not to save copper, but to kill two birds with one stone. In wartime, it was used for guns; in peacetime, it was also a good reserve of copper plowshares. The bare spear tips couldn't be used for farming, so it seemed like a waste anyway.
Now, almost all the coppersmiths of the Sea Tribe are in Sun City, where copperware can be produced nearby. However, it is Haifan City that needs as many copper plowshares as possible. Therefore, the spear tips of the soldiers of Haifan City are almost all copper plowshares.
Of course, Haifan City's soldiers, spearmen, were generally average, and they also needed swordsmen and axemen. That didn't matter; Haifan City still had some copper plowshares in stock to transport as many people as possible, including a lot of space-consuming plow carts. If there was a shortage, Haifan City was currently lacking large livestock.
"That's good." The Tengu tribe wants to vigorously develop farming, and the copper plow shovel is of course the most precious, but the reserves are not as much as those of the Sea tribe.
"Goddess, how about... setting off now?"
"So urgent?"
"Our ship has already arrived. Going back empty-handed is such a waste of shipping capacity, haha!"
Are you wasting your mother's money? Aren't you worried that I'll regret it? Originally, Ma Yue really didn't want to go. However, if the Tengu Tribe agreed to this condition, it would have a huge benefit for the Hai Tribe, and that was salt.
Even with Sun City's salt mountains, the Sea Tribe still lacks salt due to its huge population. Going to East Water Bay isn't a bad idea; it could exchange a large amount of salt for the Tengu Tribe without depleting the Sea Tribe's food supply, which wouldn't be bad either. Oh, and I could also get some intermediate-level water spirit stones for cultivation.
That spirit stone mine probably involves the interests of many of the sacred mountains (the Tengu tribe wants half of it, which is simply impossible), so at least they can leave some for themselves, right? Ma Yue's cultivation is best to balance the water and fire elements.
"Okay, Xia Wu, let's get ready to move."
"Great charlatan, are you only going to send these 3,000 people?"
"Where are the donkeys? There are only 1,500 donkeys. Even if more people go, what's the use?" Theoretically, one donkey can be used as a plow, and two people can be used to operate the plow.
"Then...I'll lend you another 500 donkeys."
"Damn it! You worked so hard to only borrow 500 more?" Ma Yue curled his lips. "We have plenty of people in the Southern Branch. How about I get 3,000 more from the Southern Branch?"
"Okay, great charlatan, we in the Tengu tribe believe in your credibility." The envoy of the Tengu tribe knew that with fewer people going from the Hai tribe, there would be less significance in involving the Guiluowang tribe.
"Your Tengu tribe has so many ships."
"Twice, I'll deliver it in two batches." The envoy of the Tengu tribe was a little embarrassed again.
"I told you, how could there be no losses in the naval battle between you and the Ghost Forest King Tribe?"
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