Chapter 336: It’s Better to Have a Choice than No Choice
"Chief Yunban, the gifts I brought today are only a small part of the many goods produced by our Teng Tribe. If our trading team can come, we will be able to trade a lot more goods."
Jiang Xuan was talking and eating barbecue at the same time. He looked quite relaxed and his words were full of confidence.
Yun Ban, the leader of the Spider Tribe, looked at the gift given by Jiang Xuan, and then looked at every unique thing on Jiang Xuan's body, and believed his words about 70%.
However, he still has his concerns.
"Chief Xuan, if I remember correctly, you said last time that your Vine Tribe should be in the northern part of the Southern Wasteland, right? It's not close to our Spider Tribe. How will your trading team get here? Will they rely on big birds that can fly long distances like the Black Tooth Tribe, or will they walk?"
"To be honest, the things from your Vine Tribe are really good, but they are too far away from our Spider Tribe, so it's not easy to transport the goods."
Yunban said seriously: "The Spider Tribe is a large tribe and needs a lot of goods. Currently, only the Black Tooth Tribe can meet our needs."
Jiang Xuan laughed and said, "But the Black Tooth Tribe always takes advantage of their advantages to cheat you, don't they?"
Businessmen are all profit-seeking, and primitive businessmen are no exception. When the profits are big enough, most people cannot resist the temptation.
Perhaps, when the Black Tooth Tribe first traded with other tribes, the prices they offered were relatively fair and reasonable.
But when their advantages grow bigger and bigger, and they even become the only option for most tribes to do business, their appetite will definitely become bigger and bigger, and they will want to earn more and more profits.
Jiang Xuan believed that since the Black Tooth Tribe was the only dominant tribe, they must have cheated the Spider Tribe in transactions many times.
This is also the inevitable disadvantage when one company dominates the market.
Sure enough, after hearing Jiang Xuan's words, Yun Ban frowned slightly, as if he recalled some bad memories.
Jiang Xuan struck while the iron was hot and said, "As for how the goods from our Teng tribe are transported here... I would like to ask first, has Chief Yunban heard of the Mountain Turtle Tribe?"
Yunban frowned and said, "I seem to have some impression of the Mountain Turtle Tribe, but I can't remember it at the moment."
At this time, the witch of the Spider Tribe spoke in an old and hoarse voice: "Is it the Mountain Turtle Tribe that was destroyed by the Ant Tribe?"
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, it is the Mountain Turtle Tribe."
The witch of the Spider Tribe seemed to be lost in some memories. After a while, she spoke: "A long, long time ago, the Mountain Turtle Tribe was also one of the large tribes in the central region. It existed longer than our Spider Tribe. Unfortunately, it was later besieged by the Ant Tribe and several large tribes at that time. A tribe with a long heritage was destroyed just like that."
Jiang Xuan's heart moved, and he immediately asked, "Does the Spider Tribe have any relationship with the former Mountain Turtle Tribe?"
The Spider Tribe witch nodded: "We have some friendship, yes. According to the witch's scroll, when the Mountain Turtle Tribe was still around, they often traded with the Spider Tribe. Later, when the Mountain Turtle Tribe was destroyed, the Spider Tribe secretly sent some warriors to escort a small number of the Mountain Turtle Tribe away from the central region. That was a long time ago."
Hearing this, Jiang Xuan felt relieved. The reason why he mentioned the Mountain Turtle Tribe was because the Mountain Turtle Tribe was already a subordinate tribe of the Teng Tribe, and had a strong desire to migrate to the central part of the Southern Wilderness.
If the Spider Tribe had a grudge against the Mountain Turtle Tribe, or even participated in the siege, then after the Mountain Turtle Tribe entered the central part of the Southern Wilderness, it would need to deal with the two large tribes, the Ant Tribe and the Spider Tribe, at the same time, and it would be very difficult for the Mountain Turtle Tribe to gain a foothold in the central part.
Fortunately, the Mountain Turtle Tribe made very few enemies when they were in the central region. According to the witch of the Spider Tribe, the relationship between the two tribes was relatively good.
In this way, the resistance for the Mountain Turtle Tribe to gain a foothold in the central region will be much smaller.
Jiang Xuan felt relieved and continued, "After the Mountain Turtle Tribe was besieged in the central part, the old Turtle God died in the battle. The young Turtle God led the remaining tribesmen upstream and finally settled down next to a large swamp in the northern part of the Southern Wasteland."
"Since you have had contact with the Mountain Turtle Tribe, you should also know that there are many giant mountain turtles in the Mountain Turtle Tribe. They are extremely powerful and can carry people and goods, and they can travel freely on land or water."
"The goods from our Vine Tribe are transported by water to the central region. We have done several trades with the Crocodile Tribe before. If the Spider Tribe is willing to do large-scale trade with our Vine Tribe, there is no need to worry about the transportation of goods."
Yun Ban's mind moved: "Chief Xuan, what you mean is that you can use the giant turtles of the turtle tribe to transport goods?"
Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "It's not about driving, it's just cooperation. If the goods can be traded smoothly, the Mountain Turtle Tribe will also get a part of the reward."
Jiang Xuan did not reveal that the Teng tribe could build large ships and use them to transport people and goods. Instead, he carried out the giant turtle of the Mountain Turtle tribe.
Because the tribesmen were not familiar with large ships, and it was hard for them to believe in their reliability before seeing them in person, the idea of giant turtles transporting goods was, in comparison, more easily accepted by the tribesmen.
The Spider Tribe witch and Yunban looked at each other and exchanged their opinions briefly with their eyes.
Then, Yun Ban said to Jiang Xuan: "Since you can ship the goods here, we can certainly do business, but how can you guarantee that you won't be as greedy as the Black Tooth Tribe?"
Jiang Xuan said calmly: "Leader Yunban, even if I make any promises now, I guess you will find it hard to believe. But in many cases, some choices are better than no choices, don't you think?"
Yunban and Wu looked at each other again, and then they nodded together.
When the Spider Tribe had only the Black Tooth Tribe as their trading partner, they had no choice but to accept any outrageous price offered by the Black Tooth Tribe.
After the establishment of Teng Tribe, if the same goods are priced lower and of better quality from Teng Tribe, they will definitely choose the goods from Teng Tribe, and vice versa.
What Jiang Xuan said is actually very correct. It is always better to have a choice than to have no choice. Having more choices is also more in line with the interests of the Spider Tribe.
At this point, the two sides have basically reached a consensus.
In the future, as long as the Spider Tribe gains benefits from the transaction, the relationship between the two tribes will not be very bad. As long as the Vine Tribe does not harm the interests of the Spider Tribe, they should not have much resistance to the Vine Tribe entering the central part of the Southern Wilderness.
And this is what Jiang Xuan really wants.
Afterwards, the conversation between the two sides became relaxed and pleasant. Yun Ban took out more food to entertain Jiang Xuan, and even expressed his appreciation for Jiang Xuan without any concealment, hoping that he could spend the night with him.
Jiang Xuan rejected this enthusiastic invitation without hesitation.
It's not just because Yunban grew too tall and strong, but also because he understood some of the special habits of spiders.
In nature, after mating with a male spider, the female spider will immediately eat the male spider to obtain more nutrients to feed the baby spiders.
Although the women of the Spider Tribe will not eat their men, due to the influence of the spider totem, they will not be very gentle to men and will only treat men as tools.
Therefore, after discussing the important matters, Jiang Xuan quickly said goodbye to Yun Ban and the Spider Tribe Witch.
Jiang Xuan didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he left the huge spider house.
"Chief Xuan, you finally came out. Let's go to my place to see the beautiful new spider silk clothes."
As soon as Jiang Xuan walked out, Red Spider, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, immediately came to greet him.
Facing the enthusiastic Red Spider, Jiang Xuan secretly groaned in his heart. Fortunately, Red Spider was not as tall and strong as Yunban. She at least looked like a normal and relatively good-looking tribal woman.
I have been harvesting rice at home these past two days. It has been raining all the time and it has been very hard work. I feel tired and itchy, and I basically don't want to move when I get home.
Therefore, the author did not stop updating immediately after saying it would be a continuous update, but it was due to the rice harvest time and the current weather, so there was nothing he could do.
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