The second leader from the Cowhide Tribe also expressed understanding about not being able to exchange for a large number of radishes again. The Sea Tribe now has such a large population, and they really need a lot of food to eat. Isn't food a common concern for everyone?
As the leaders of the tribe, they are all very concerned. Do they understand each other?
Chief Hai said that when winter comes and there is another harvest, he can trade part of it to the Niupi tribe.
The two sides parted ways in a friendly and warm atmosphere. How wonderful! Harmony brings wealth.
Speaking of which, tens of thousands of kilograms of radishes may seem like a lot, but if each person gets even one kilogram of radishes, with more than 400 people in the Hai tribe, they won't be able to eat 10,000 kilograms of radishes for more than a few days.
Fortunately, the Hai tribe had no shortage of salt, so salted radish strips were more suitable for consumption, and everyone enjoyed eating them that way. If they continued to consume at this rate until winter arrived, there would be less than 10,000 kilograms of radish left, enough to make salted radish strips.
Why is it less than 10,000 jin? Other tribes, big and small, should also come to trade some radishes.
The emergence of salted radish strips requires the production of large quantities of salt from the Hai tribe.
Many tribes, big and small, envied the Sea Tribe for being able to grow radishes. However, growing radishes on a large scale required many conditions.
Tools were the biggest challenge. The Hai Tribe had acquired a large number of sharp tools through the previous crude salt trade. Of course, the battle with the Niupi Tribe, where they had captured over 200 sharp tools, was also very important.
Without enough tools, how could you till the land? Moreover, the Sea Tribe had gradually come to rely on wildebeest and plows as their primary labor force. No other tribe had as many wildebeests as the Sea Tribe, right?
Where did the wildebeest come from? Most of them were obtained by the Sea Tribe through trading coarse salt in the early days (and onions in the later days).
All in all, crude salt made the greatest contribution to the early development of the Hai Tribe, laying a solid foundation. A step ahead means almost every step is ahead.
It's unrealistic to keep such a large area of land outside the city secret. Just let the surrounding tribes, big or small, take a look. If you have the ability, you can also cultivate it.
The only thing we're keeping secret is the onions. The onions we're trading to the Moon Tribe are the seedless kind. Don't forget, the Cowhide Tribe over there can also trade with us in Sun City. We'll keep the onion seed planting as secret as possible for as many years as possible.
It's similar to coarse salt. If it is kept secret for two more years, the tribe can accumulate more financial resources and foundation for its early development.
Ma Yue estimated that if the Hai tribe continued to develop in this way, it would not take more than three to two years for it to be self-sufficient in food every year through agriculture and animal husbandry.
Ma Yue hates the lifestyle of relying on fishing and hunting for a living. Whether it is farming or animal husbandry, people can actually settle down and have a good foundation for development.
The price of coarse salt was indeed too high, and few of the surrounding tribes could afford it. Ma Yue was kindhearted, and in a fit of rage, he slashed the price of coarse salt by half (compared to Sun City) starting in the summer.
Why?
The surrounding tribes, big and small, were truly poor. The only items they could barter for were food and furs. Last winter, many people from the Hai tribe froze to death or were crippled by frostbite. Ma Yue felt deeply sorry for them and tried to exchange as much salt as possible for furs to last them through the winter.
Coarse salt can be boiled out from sea water, but fur can only be obtained by hunting, which is difficult.
It will take about three or two years for the sheep of the Hai tribe to enter the real circulating supply stage. Ma Yue can't count on the sheep's fur for the time being, and can only obtain it through trading.
Of course, if Ma Yue joined the hunting team and hunted large wild animals, he could also harvest a lot of furs. For example, the huge mammoth could be used to make a lot of winter clothing.
But luck like that doesn't come around often, does it? Besides, Ma Yue wasn't the most diligent person. Before summer, he worried about food shortages in the Hai Tribe. But once summer was over and the radishes were harvested, with salted radish strips as a guarantee, Ma Yue didn't bother going out hunting anymore.
Even so, Ma Yue had participated in so many hunts that he had gained a great reputation. The charlatans could not help but talk nonsense and play "magic". In this primitive society that advocated the use of force, the super-powerful Ma Yue won the respect of more people in the sea tribe.
It seems that the concentration of the power of faith has also increased a bit, which is an unexpected surprise.
He found a skilled woman. According to Ma Yue's requirements, he finally finished a set of pants and vests using bone needles and precious animal hide thread. Is this cool? A bit rough is better than animal hide. The numbness is okay, not too prickly. With the remaining material, Ma Yue made another pair of trousers.
If you don’t have a belt, you can use a rope.
The second priest is so stingy. He wanted to make a long-sleeved top for himself, but he has no cloth. What should he wear in autumn?
Ma Yue preferred to eat young and tender onions, so he harvested some of the onions in a certain piece of farmland before they grew up.
As for green onions, once you harvest a batch of young green onions, they seem to be able to grow further as long as you don't pull them out by the roots.
Ma Yue is the most special one. No one can stop him from doing whatever he wants, right?
Stir-fried pork with spring onions—that's the real delicacy. It would be even better if there were some ginger, garlic, or something like that. Just keep looking, maybe you'll find it in the wild someday. The food doesn't even have the most basic seasonings, so what's the point of eating it?
In the Hai tribe, it seems that only Ma Yue, who has no worries about food and drink, would think so.
"What do you mean?"
"Charlatan, the Niupi tribe heard that the price of our coarse salt has dropped, and they want to trade again." The second priest almost became a business representative.
"Do we have a lot of crude salt in stock?" Ma Yue asked.
"It should be fine. Most of the radishes have been turned into salted radish strips, so there's no need to stockpile too much salt." The high priest said this. This guy is quite cruel, even more so than Ma Yue, who exploits the primitive people's living conditions. Of course, everyone also thinks the high priest's actions are justified.
"Goddammit, there aren't many tribes around here that can afford our coarse salt. If the Niupi Tribe is willing to trade, it's no big deal," said Chief Hai. Even with the Rain Tribe, with whom Chief Hai was most familiar, the trade in coarse salt wasn't much. Of course, "little" was relative to the Niupi Tribe.
"Um... in the Sun City deal, isn't the coarse salt more expensive?"
"It's true that the salt is expensive. I observed that the trading volume doesn't seem to be large. After all, there are not many tribes that can afford to exchange it for coarse salt." said the second priest.
"That's not what I meant." Ma Yue shook his head. "Coarse salt, no matter what, is still a very precious food. In Sun City, even if coarse salt is expensive, we can always exchange it for wildebeests and people, right? Carrots are too heavy and the journey is too long, so it's not cost-effective to trade them in Sun City. However, coarse salt is not heavy, so it's suitable for long-distance trading."
"Right!" The second priest slapped his head. He was only focused on exchanging green onions for wildebeest. Last time, during the remote transaction, he didn't bring much coarse salt.
"That makes sense!" Hai and Wu Qi both nodded. The primitive people's thinking was limited, but that didn't mean they were stupid.
Coarse salt is not large in size, similar to green onions, and is even more suitable for long-distance shipping and trading than green onions.
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