Chapter 441 Gifts and Invitations (Please vote and subscribe)
There is no doubt that the conditions that Shu Da said were relatively fair. He neither took advantage of the other party nor weakened his own momentum. Even his slightly honest head dug a pit for the other party. Shu Da still had the right to represent the Han tribe in the white salt transaction of a tribe, but he just said he couldn't.
This is obviously a big pit. Once the transaction is delayed, the more likely it is to change, and the Han tribe will not suffer any losses, but the Yu tribe will have to extend the time of lack of salt supply. The longer this time, the more advantageous the Han tribe will be in this negotiation. Of course
, Shu Da's purpose is not just that. After all, he is also a great man who has come up with a price difference. He still has some IQ.
Yu Tu also saw the other party's sincerity in wanting to negotiate. As for the ownership of the chestnut forest, he actually didn't intend to bite the bullet. It can only be regarded as the first round of probing. Anyway, isn't negotiation like this? Ask for a sky-high price and pay it back on the spot. You put forward your conditions, and whether I agree or not is my business.
Moreover, they had never seen each other, but the other party knew the location, scale and output of the chestnut forest accurately. In addition, they also knew the abandoned settlement. These conditions were enough to judge that they were indeed a tribe that moved away from here. Even if they were not, they often came here, so they had no good excuse to occupy the chestnut forest.
"There are nearly 500 people in our tribe, and we need a lot of salt, white salt. If your tribe cannot take out a year's supply at once, we can trade slowly.
In addition, the chestnut forest matter can be handled as you said, but you want to exchange white salt with us for something. If you want too much, I may not be able to agree." Yu Tu thought for a while and spread his hands and said.
"What do you want to exchange? That's a lot. The problem is that you have something we need. You must not have such livestock, right?" Rat Da patted the horse next to him and asked.
"Uh, no."
"What about animal skins? If there is a lot, it's okay." Rat Da continued to ask.
"Uh, ahem, this isn't much."
Yu Tu's face turned red. They had just settled here for half a year and hadn't even established themselves yet. How could they have a large amount of supplies? In addition, there were many people in their tribe, and they also needed a lot of animal skins to survive the winter. It was good enough that they didn't go to other tribes to exchange animal skins. How could they have extra for trading?
If it weren't for the fact that there was no shortage of firewood and grass near the woods, water and fish near the river, and the chestnut forest as an emergency reserve, plus the taro they grew themselves, it would be hard to say whether they could survive this winter.
"You don't have livestock, and you don't have animal skins either. What about water containers? Do you have a lot?" Rat Da continued to ask with a strange smile.
"Uh, I don't have this either. " Yu
Tu's face turned redder. He was the leader of a large tribe of nearly 500 people, but he seemed to be looked down upon by others.
"Well, you don't have containers, animal skins, livestock, and even white salt. Tsk tsk, you really are... But we have all these things." Rat Da mocked Yu Tu unkindly.
"Wait a minute, you said you have all these things?" Yu Tu was mocked by Shu Da, and he was a little angry at first, but before he got angry, he still keenly captured the most important information.
"Yes, the livestock is right next to me, but our tribe does not exchange it with others. You just saw the white salt. As for the animal skins, I dare not say how many the Han tribe has, but it will not be a problem for you less than 500 people to keep warm during the winter. As for the containers, I dare say that I have as many as you want, provided that you can exchange them.
You don't have to look at me with that suspicious look, if you don't believe me, ask your own men." Shu Da proudly showed off the wealth of the Han tribe. It is no exaggeration to say that he absolutely believes that the Han tribe is the richest tribe in the world, without a doubt.
"Yes, Chief. I had breakfast with them before I came here. They not only have large containers that can be used to boil food and water, but also many small containers. Everyone can get one.
And those containers are not only numerous, but also very beautiful. I can't tell the material, whether it is stone or wood, but they should have made it. They know how to make containers." When the captain heard Shu Da mentioned him, he quickly stood up to prove it.
This, they can produce white salt and make containers, which is already invincible, okay? As long as they have these two things, what else can't they exchange for? It turned out that I still underestimated this Han tribe, but in this way, my side seemed even poorer. There was nothing that the other side could see, so what could I use to exchange for those good things? Yu Tu couldn't help but think worriedly.
"You should need these things very much, but you don't have anything to exchange, except that there are still quite a lot of people.
Otherwise, I have an idea. You don't have to give anything, and you can exchange for containers and white salt, even animal skins, or the cloth I'm wearing. I don't know if you are interested." Shu Da gradually began to close the net.
"If we don't produce anything, how can we exchange them? Do we exchange them with people? That won't work." After hearing what Shu Da said, Yu Tu was stunned, and then immediately became alert.
"Oh, that's not necessary. You have so many people, and our tribe just happens to be short of people to work. As long as you are willing to help us work, we are willing to give you something, such as helping us build a house, one person working a day will give you some white salt, or other things, such as containers for water, cloth and animal skins for making clothes, etc.
Moreover, these people are from your tribe. It's up to you to do whatever you want. Anyway, we will give you things if you help with the work, and nothing if you don't work. How about that?"
Shu Da once again used the means of recruiting workers formulated by Luo Chong, but this time his purpose was not as simple as recruiting workers. He wanted the other party to surrender directly and join the Han tribe directly.
Becoming a business partner and directly absorbing the other party into the tribe seem to be only one step away, but the credit is very different. Shu Da didn't just want to negotiate a business deal from the beginning. He said this just to lure the other party into his trap little by little.
Sure enough, this plan of getting something for nothing, where one only needs to sell a little bit of strength to exchange for a large amount of necessities of life, has a fatal attraction to Yu Tu. It sounds so simple. Just by helping to do some small work like building a house, one can exchange for a large amount of supplies. This is definitely a great bargain for them.
In this primitive era, the least valuable thing is strength. Sometimes the warriors may not be able to get a prey even if they run all day long. But if they can get stable supplies just by using strength, if it wasn't said by Shu Da himself, Yu Tu wouldn't even dare to think about it. If someone can say this, he is either a fool or he has too much supplies.
But this little leader of the Han tribe doesn't look like a fool, so Yu Tu seems very excited.
"Then how many people do you need, what kind of work do you do, and how do you give the things you promised, one day at a time, or after everything is done?" Yu Tu asked quickly with gestures.
"Don't worry about it. As for what to do, I can't tell you now, because you need too much white salt. If the chief doesn't agree, it's useless even if I tell you.
Otherwise, our tribe is not far from here, only one or two days away. I now formally invite the chief of the Yu tribe to visit our tribe on behalf of our Han tribe. You can talk to him after meeting our chief.
Oh, by the way, in order to express our sincerity, please accept the gift I give you on behalf of the Han tribe. Come on, bring me ten bowls and half of the remaining bag of salt. I want to give it to the Yu tribe as a gift." Shu Da shouted loudly to the warriors behind him.
(End of this chapter)
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