Chapter 111: Make a Small Fortune (Please Collect and Recommend)
Salt is a must for the human body, ah, no, it should be a must for animals. Not only humans, but even monkeys will comb each other's hair to obtain salt crystals from sweat.
Each tribe will try every means to obtain salt. If conditions permit, they will eat rock salt or brine. Although such salts have more impurities and may even cause death if consumed for a long time, they will still eat them. Some even eat alkaline earth, which also contains some salt. The worst can only rely on raw animal flesh or animal organs to obtain a small amount of salt. The Han tribe has never even seen salt as pure as snowflakes.
At this time, Xiaodie discovered the white and clean salt, which was still salty, and immediately showed it to her mother excitedly. She knew that this was something that her tribe urgently needed.
"What is this?"
Shang was about to ask what it was, but Xiaodie covered the white salt in Shang's mouth.
Shang frowned because of the salty taste, but she still forced herself to swallow it down without spitting it out. This is a treasure that cannot be wasted.
"What is this, where did it come from?" Shang swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and hurriedly grabbed Xiaodie and asked.
"Luo Chong gave it to me. He said it was white salt. He still has a bag as big as that." Xiaodie said proudly, as if Luo Chong's salt was hers.
"Really? I saw that white salt is very clean. He still has it?" Shang asked in surprise.
"Well, that white salt is as white as snow. I just saw that he still has a bag as big as a fist."
"Let's go and take a look." Shang put down the barbecued meat and pulled Xiaodie to find Luo Chong.
Luo Chong was still eating the roasted liver, and Xiaodie suddenly patted his shoulder from behind.
"Luo Chong, white salt." Xiaodie said the few words she knew.
When Luo Chong saw Shang standing next to him, he immediately understood. Hehe, the fish was hooked, and then generously handed the small bag of white salt wrapped in snake skin to Shang.
Shang took the salt bag and looked at the tiny white crystals inside. They were very pure. She dipped a little with her finger and put it in her mouth. She closed her eyes and frowned, sucking her teeth and smacking her lips, as if she was tasting how pure it was.
How could this be like a thug inspecting goods when trading white flour? Luo Chong couldn't help but twitched his mouth.
Shang seemed to enjoy the pure salty taste, and then weighed the small bag in his hand, revealing a hint of disappointment, as if he felt it was too little.
"Leader of the Han tribe, where did this white salt come from? Can you exchange some for us?" Shang asked with gestures.
"This is made by our tribe. It can be exchanged for one bowl of white salt and one man." Luo Chong picked up the bowl that had just been filled with water and showed it to Shang. This bowl was a smaller size, with a capacity of only half that of the large pottery bowl. If it was filled with salt, it could hold more than two kilograms.
Luo Chong put the salt bag in the bowl, swished his hands around it, indicating that the bowl should be filled, and then pointed to one of their teenagers.
Shang was very surprised. She was not surprised by the price Luo Chong offered, but by another meaning Luo Chong expressed, that he had a lot of salt.
Shang thought about it. Those boys were originally going to be exchanged for other tribes, because the tribe would not keep boys born in their own tribe, otherwise they would give birth to fools. But they couldn't just exchange them out like that, because the tribe needed to recruit sons-in-law.
But most tribes would not send boys to the matriarchal tribe, so the tribe would use these boys to exchange men with other tribes to achieve the purpose of introducing foreign races.
But if they were to exchange them for salt with Luo Chong, what else would they use to exchange for men?
Shang hesitated for a while and decided to exchange. White salt was a scarce commodity, something that was priced but not sold. At most, they could make more hemp products this year and exchange them with other tribes. Anyway, now they knew how to harvest more ramie in a year, and this year's hemp production would definitely double.
"Han leader, we are exchanging 20 boys for white salt. Can you give us more?" Shang bargained.
"Well - yes, will you exchange it now?" Luo Chong thought for a while and nodded.
"You have so much now?" Shang was even more surprised.
"Of course, do you want to exchange it?"
Luo Chong said affirmatively. Seeing Shang nod in agreement, he ate the rabbit liver in one gulp and waved his hand, asking Shang to follow him.
Several people came to the back of the ox cart again. Luo Chong climbed on the ox cart and stood up a large wooden barrel. Shang and Xiaodie also climbed on the cart. Looking at the cart full of pottery and several large wooden barrels, they were even more surprised.
It was not clear last night when it was dark, but now I see that there are so many things, all of which are containers. Picking one at random can at least exchange for one person. The Han tribe is too rich.
The barrel for salt is specially made. The lid at one end of the barrel is movable and can be opened. There are four wooden pegs on it to plug the barrel lid.
Luo Chong found a small wooden hammer from the truck bed, smashed the wooden pegs out, and then took off the lid. There was a layer of rabbit skin inside. After taking off the rabbit skin, there was a full barrel of white salt. According to the volume, it was 100 liters.
"Wow, so much white salt."
Shang and Xiaodie were shocked again. It seemed that they could not have any other expression except surprise when they were with Luo Chong.
Luo Chong took another ceramic bowl from the front that was the same size as the previous one, but it was not wet. He scooped a bowl of salt from the barrel, and there was a peak on the mouth of the bowl. This weighed about three pounds.
"So much, one person, no more. What are you going to use? I don't have a bag for you." Luo Chong said to Shang.
Shang came back to her senses from her surprise and took a little white salt from the bucket to taste. So much white salt in front of her made her feel a little unreal.
"It's salty, Xiaodie, quickly ask the tribesmen to bring a hide bag." Shang confirmed that the things in the bucket were salt, and quickly asked Xiaodie to get the bag.
After the bag was brought, Luo Chong began to fill them with salt. What surprised Luo Chong was that Shang was very good at arithmetic. Although she only counted 20 numbers, it was also true that if she didn't know how to count, how could she weave linen? Looking at the dense threads, she would faint.
One person exchanged three pounds of salt, and finally filled two bags. The two bags of white salt were wrapped in layers and carried by the two strongest adult men in the Bian tribe. The 20 teenagers in the Bian tribe also became people of the Han tribe at this time.
Shang looked at the bucket, which still had more than half of the white salt, and Luo Chong's smiling face, which was not eye-catching. She was deeply stimulated.
The Han tribe is so damn rich. I have a strong urge to curry favor with them. It seems that joining a patriarchal tribe is not bad. This idea suddenly popped up in Shang's mind, which scared her.
Luo Chong put the lid of the barrel back on, and nailed it shut with a wooden peg, and shouted to the tribesmen to continue their journey.
The total number of people in the two teams did not change, but the 27 people in the Han tribe became 47. Luo Chong made a lot of money again. He made a small fortune before the Spring Festival. This is a good sign for a good start, which made Luo Chong very happy.
The team set off again, but this time the speed was slightly reduced, mainly because the tribe was dragged down.
Before, all the members of the Han tribe rode deer or drove carts, and no one walked, but now it is no longer possible. Shang and Shuzhuang sat in the driving seat of the ox cart, and Xiaodie sat in the back bucket of the ox cart.
She wanted to ride a deer with Luo Chong, but Luo Chong didn't let her, so she had to sit in an ox cart. However, an ox cart is not bad either. She doesn't have to walk, and there is a shed for shade. Although it is just a truck, she still finds it very fresh.
The others can only walk behind the team. The 20 new teenagers and the 20 teenagers led by Luo Chong take turns riding deer. One is to allow those who are tired to rest, and the other is to teach these newcomers riding skills.
After walking southwest for another two days, they met another team, including Luo Chong's acquaintance You Fu, who also rode a big-horned deer.
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