The plan of inviting the wolf into the house was initially successful. At least, the Qiuhai tribe sincerely welcomed the witch with powerful divine power.
As for whether the chief is more important or the witch is more important, future events will prove everything.
Luo Bai returned to Poseidon City, Gray Wolf's whereabouts are still unknown, Lei Qing went to Qiuhai Tribe again, and Haifan Tribe only had one rotating water bug who was no good.
Wu Qi and Bai Ying were transferred back to the headquarters, while Huoshi and Fei Niu were transferred from Poseidon City to be the leaders of the North and South branches. These two guys are quite smart and have rich combat experience. They have a bit of leadership potential, so do they need to be trained?
Lü Fang and Guo Sheng were thrown back to Poseidon City to be trained by Luo Bai. Their minds were slow because of their lack of experience. Hai Dao, who often led the reconnaissance of the Deer Cavalry, was now much smarter.
The northern and southern branches of the Haifan tribe each possessed a thousand large livestock, 500 regular soldiers, and 500 deputy soldiers, all of whom were cavalry, making it a considerable force. The past two years had been relatively peaceful, and the harvests from farming and grazing had been increasing.
As long as the Haifan tribe itself is strong enough, the enemy will not easily pay attention to the northern and southern branches of the Haifan tribe.
The Haifan tribe has been quietly developing by the sea. The three major tribes in the core area don't come to cause trouble, and they can all live in peace. Isn't that good?
Although the trade volume between them is not large, there are some small transactions to exchange what they have.
As for the spirit stones from the Ice Eye and Qingfeng tribes, perhaps due to the increasing difficulty of mining, the trading volume has gradually decreased. Ma Yue is content with just having them.
Ma Yue already has a lot of spirit stones in stock, plus there is also the output of spirit stones from Poseidon City, which is great, it won’t interfere with my cultivation, and everyone is happy!
Now that things were in order, Ma Yue didn't need to worry much. His biggest responsibility was cultivation.
The Hai Tribe hadn't bought many more people, but the children were growing up. In this primitive world, children aged eleven or twelve, if they grew to be five feet tall and strong, became able-bodied men, while those who were slightly less strong became deputy soldiers.
Relatively speaking, the Haifan tribe's standard of living was quite good. At least, they went hungry relatively rarely. Since they weren't starving to death, they had more and more children, which was the foundation of population development.
With the gradual development and popularization of sailing technology, the navy was less and less restricted by ocean currents, and more and more limestone was transported back, which not only greatly met the needs of the coastal salt-boiling team for large concrete basins and stoves, but also the walls gradually changed from wooden materials to stone walls.
As time passed, another year passed, and the amount of copperware traded from the Qiuhai Tribe increased. Under Lei Qing's instigation, the Qiuhai Tribe increased its population significantly, and also added a number of copper smelting teams.
Perhaps due to the Haifan Tribe's constant demand for copperware, the Qiuhai Tribe accepted the request to expand the copper smelting team. The team responsible for copper mining, smelting, and tool making grew larger and larger.
Unconsciously, the number of able-bodied men purchased by the Qiuhai Tribe increased. Since they were cheap, they bought them. These weren't people planted by the Haifan Tribe at all; they were brought in from Poseidon City by the Second Chief, Dhaka, who personally brought his fleet. The Chief had nothing to worry about.
Having bought thousands of slaves, who wouldn't be afraid of rebellion? With the witch here, wasn't he? Lei Qing, the witch, was very dedicated. Every time a group of slaves arrived, he would perform a large-scale lightning "miracle." Under the deterrent effect of the miracle, the slaves wouldn't rebel.
In this era, the meaning of slaves was still relatively vague. There was no concept of using slaves to death. Of course, it would be best if they could be assimilated as much as possible into the able-bodied men of one's own tribe.
In this regard, Lei Qing helped a lot. It's good to have Wu around, and the leader is very satisfied.
The 100 land forces brought by Lei Qing, under the leadership of Shanyao, Tiedan, Boji and Ju, continuously trained the army of Qiuhai tribe. They were in good working order and looked majestic, and the chief was very satisfied.
Of course, Shan Yao, Tie Dan, Du Ji and Ju not only lead the team in military training, but also often lead the team out hunting. This is the greatest significance of the existence of strong men.
As for the fleet on the coast, which had expanded to twenty sailing ships, the chieftain of the Qiuhai tribe ignored it, saying food was scarce and they couldn't support so many people. The Hai tribe's fleet, while already well-versed in sailing and fishing technology, was not yet self-sufficient, so the Hai tribe offered to sponsor them with food.
Maintaining a navy is expensive, so there's nothing strange about it.
Of course, the Sea Tribe's navy also made a significant contribution. Shipping and transporting limestone were enough to keep the navy afloat within the Sea Tribe. The navy's value certainly couldn't be measured in food.
The most developed fishing industry is in Ghost Town and Ghost Mountain Peninsula. It doesn’t matter, we have salt.
The Haifan tribe produces salt; Poseidon City has salt; the Wushan branch also produces salt. We can use the salt to exchange with you for large skins of sea beasts. Whether it is used to make sails or fishing nets, we really need a lot of sea fish skins.
It is said that the foundation of the Sea Tribe is salt. As long as you have salt, you have almost everything.
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"What? No more salt and pepper?"
This news was shocking. Poseidon City was practically closed. Not only salt, but everything else was no longer traded.
"Want to trade? Sure, but I won't serve you anything except wildebeests and donkeys."
Whether it was the Niupi tribe, the grassland people, or the people from the direction of Sun City, all their deployments were disrupted by the sudden decision of Poseidon City.
What to do? To be honest, in this area, Poseidon City is a major trading center. Only Poseidon City has large quantities of salt. What to do if you don't trade with Poseidon City?
Poseidon City was completely closed, and they were just patiently managing the 500 acres of farmland east of the city. And then? Nothing more happened.
Attack! It's a five-meter-high stone wall. How do we attack it? How many people will have to die? The most troublesome thing is that no matter how many people die, you may not be able to take it down.
Everyone covets the precious land of Poseidon City, but no one can take it down.
Is Poseidon City losing interest in trading here? They're more interested in developing their navy. Poseidon City's salt, pickled radish, and onions can be exchanged for precious bronze artifacts, so why not? What's the point of trading with a bunch of poor bastards like you here?
"Don't worry, as long as the salt is in our hands, the grassland people will be the first to lose control, haha!" Ma Yue came to Poseidon City and was no longer afraid of the sea. He hadn't been back for a long time, so he came back to take a look.
"Hold them for two more years, and when we have enough troops, we will rob them!" Luo Bai said fiercely.
Now, the focus of the Hai tribe is on the Qiuhai tribe. There are matters of varying importance, and Luo Bai has a sense of the overall situation.
Does the Hai tribe really need the arable land in the grasslands outside the city?
Of course not. Even if the Haifan tribe has northern and southern branches, there are still large tracts of undeveloped farmland in that area. It's warm there, and there's no ice age. How wonderful!
Luo Bai and the second priest also became more and more disdainful of this place.
However, a large amount of salt can still be produced here, so it would be painful to give it up.
"Goddammit, now that we're closed, no coal can be brought in from outside."
"No, forget it. The northern branch of the Haifan Tribe has a lot of coal. Our focus in the future will still be on the Haifan Tribe."
"That's good too. We own the coal over there, so we don't have to exchange it, haha!"
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