Chapter 177 This is a misunderstanding (please vote and subscribe)
Put the persimmon cakes into the pot, add water, and boil over high heat. Not long after, a sweet smell wafted out of the pot. The dry persimmon cakes became soft and delicious because they absorbed water again, and the effect of high temperature, and they no longer had that astringent taste.
But the tribesmen of the Baiguo tribe on the other side could only drink cold water, gnaw on the dry and hard persimmon cakes, and watch Youfu and his friends cook soup. Of course, there was meat. Two snakes were caught today, but they were not big. Only the leader and a few important members could enjoy them.
The two sides were not far away. Youfu's pot of persimmon cakes was next to Baizhi. He watched them cook the persimmon cakes, and then Youfu's two women scooped the persimmon cakes into a ceramic bowl for the two children to eat. It was obviously their tribe's own persimmon cakes, but why was it that they were the ones who were greedy now? Baizhi was depressed.
Youfu also scooped a bowl of persimmon cakes and served Baizhi a bowl with the fruit and soup.
"Eat, pottery pot, cook soup."
Bai Zhi nodded, and imitated the You tribe, finding a thin branch to eat. It was very hot, soft, sweet, and chewy, and tasted like meat. Bai Zhi ate one with a satisfied smile on her face.
"Pottery, how to exchange?" Bai Zhi asked the same question again.
You Fu glanced at the settlement and felt that there was nothing worth exchanging. There was none of the things Luo Chong wanted. Even You Fu himself, after living in the Han tribe for a few days, looked down on their things. This was very difficult.
However, for primitive people, food, animal skins, containers, and population are always hard currency.
"Your ginkgo nuts and animal skins are all fine."
You Fu thought about it carefully, and finally did not choose to ask for people. His own tribe did not need so many people. They needed to travel, and if there were too many people and insufficient supplies, it would become a burden.
If they wanted to send people to the Han tribe, it was obviously impossible. He had only been out for a few days and could not return immediately. It was even more absurd to ask them to send people to the Han tribe by themselves. It would be better to exchange some practical things to keep with them. If they wanted to exchange people, they could wait until they came back.
"Okay, how much?" Bai Zhi asked the tribesmen to bring a bunch of dried persimmons. The bunch was tied with a thin rope. There were about 20 of them. If they were frugal, one person could eat two meals.
"We will give each of us five bunches, big or small. The furry animal skin should be able to cover one person in exchange for a pottery pot."
You Fu opened his mouth directly, but he still felt a little bit of a loss. This price was much cheaper than what Luo Chong had offered, but the Baiguo tribe in front of him looked very poor. He was also speechless. But even at this price, Bai Zhi still felt it was very expensive.
In the end, the two sides bargained for a long time. You Fu added two pottery bowls and gave some gifts, a small bag of white salt wrapped in snake skin, which was about the size of a fist.
Bai Zhi was also very happy after tasting the white salt. With a wave of his hand, he gave two animal skins and eight strings of dried persimmons to each person.
Both parties were quite satisfied, except that Youfu was at a disadvantage. Fortunately, the loss was not his own, but the financial support from Luo Chong. A small bag of white salt in exchange for the friendship of a tribe was still worthwhile, and there was a possibility of long-term cooperation.
Moreover, the time when Youfu traveled was indeed awkward. The third month of spring was the time when there was a shortage of food. The fruits and vegetables that Luo Chong wanted had not grown yet. There were only some wild vegetables of grass and leaves that could be eaten in this season, and fruits and vegetables would not be available until the middle of summer at the earliest.
The first transaction was concluded in this way. The next morning, the You tribe continued their journey. After walking for a few days, they arrived at the territory of the Que tribe. There was a sparse forest and a large area of shrubs. There were many birds, especially pheasants that did not fly very high.
So Youfu ordered the tribe to stop and prepare to rest here for two days and hunt more pheasants as food supplies.
They hunted a lot of pheasants that day, but they did not expect to encounter thunderstorms at night. Fortunately, the You tribe often camped, so they had a way to avoid the rain. They parked the oxcart under a dead dwarf tree and covered the tree canopy with some animal skins, grass and leaves to make a big umbrella that could keep out the rain.
The shed of the oxcart was also covered with animal skins, and straw curtains were hung on both sides to make a small house that could keep out the wind and rain. The children of the You tribe were placed in the car, and the adults hid from the rain under the tree.
What they did not expect was that their behavior of hunting pheasants in the territory of the Que tribe today was seen by someone, and that person's tribe was the Que tribe. They were waiting for the thunderstorm to end, and then they went to trouble Youfu.
The members of the Que tribe had already observed that the people of the You tribe were not as numerous as them. When the time came, the men would rush forward and scare off the uninvited guest who came to steal the prey. However, they did not expect that the thunderstorm would last so long, which made the Que leader excited and a little irritated.
It was not until the morning of the next day that the thunderstorm finally stopped. You Fu asked the tribe members to take out the dry firewood stored in advance and light a fire, waiting for the tribe members to finish breakfast before going hunting. They would rest for a day today and wait until the ground was dry tomorrow or the day after tomorrow before going. If they continued to set out now, the ground would be full of mud and the ox cart would definitely be in trouble.
Just when they had just finished breakfast and You Fu was about to take people to hunt again, he had quietly touched the surrounding Que tribe hunting team and came out with their crudely made bows and arrows. There were
quite a lot of people, about 40 people, all adult men, each with a bow and arrow in his hand. The bow was made of willow branches, round from top to bottom, with a black bowstring made of a mixture of human hair and bark, and also made of animal tendons.
This is what they don't understand. The elastic output of the bow and arrow depends entirely on the bow arm. Since they don't have woodworking tools, they can only find wood that is naturally more elastic, such as the saplings of willow trees.
Their arrows are made of shrub branches that have been roasted straight. The surface is smoother after being polished with sand and stone. An arrowhead is tied to the front. They don't even have glue.
The members of the You tribe were a little confused when they saw the Que tribe suddenly surrounding them. All the tribesmen were stunned for a moment. Fortunately, You Fu was relatively calm. Since this group of people just surrounded them and didn't come up to shout and kill, there was still room for negotiation.
You Fu bowed down and beat his chest to salute the Que leader. He didn't raise his weapon directly, and then looked at the Que leader. He was waiting for the other party to speak.
"Hand over the birds you caught yesterday, and get out of this place. This is our territory. Those birds are our prey. You shouldn't rob them. If you don't give them, we will kill you." The Que leader gestured and shouted directly, then drew his bow and shot an arrow in front of You Fu's feet.
With a soft "puff" sound, the arrow hit the ground.
"Don't, don't do it, this is all a misunderstanding, we are willing to make peace."
(End of this chapter)
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