Chapter 106: Chief Xuan is a good man
After Jiang Xuan returned to the tribe, he first told Chishao, Uncaria and others about the Blue Sheep Tribe, and then began to prepare the materials for the transaction.
This time, the transaction mainly involved exchanging the magic mushrooms, pottery and salt for the insect wax of the blue sheep tribe.
Apart from the magical mushrooms, the tribe has no shortage of pottery and salt vines, and it can even be said that they are quite abundant.
Because the raw materials for these two things are very sufficient and the processing methods are relatively simple, all that is consumed is manpower and time.
For the tribal people, what they lack the least is manpower and time.
Jiang Xuan has already taught some of the tribesmen who are not very strong in fighting to learn how to make pottery and boil salt.
Soon, Jiang Xuan came to the forest next to the stone mountain with the prepared magical mushrooms, pottery and salt.
At this time, the warriors of the Mountain Sheep Tribe in the forest were waiting anxiously.
They always sat on the backs of the ibex and never moved. If there was anything wrong, they would ride on the ibex and run away quickly.
They are now carrying a large amount of insect wax and must guard against direct robbery by the Teng Tribe.
I would rather not trade than take any risk.
This is what the witch of the Mountain Sheep Tribe told Hongyan, and Hongyan kept it in mind.
Although Hongyan was very curious about what the Teng Tribe looked like, he didn't dare to risk going in and could only wait here.
If the transaction can be successfully completed several times, and both parties have gained initial trust and a certain understanding, they can then enter the tribe to trade.
"Chief Hongyan, sorry for the wait!"
Finally, Jiang Xuan came with the goods and hundreds of soldiers.
Hongyan was surprised to find that the animal skins and weapons worn by the warriors of the Teng tribe were very good, and many of them even wore huge pendants made of animal teeth.
Compared with the warriors of the Vine Tribe, the warriors of the Mountain Sheep Tribe looked rather shabby. The animal skins they wore were rather worn out, and their weapons were also rather outdated.
Hongyan was once again convinced that the Teng tribe was a wealthy tribe, and he felt a little envious.
"Hahaha, Chief Xuan, have you brought all the goods?"
"I have it. Chief Hongyan, please have a look."
Jiang Xuan waved to the soldiers behind him.
Shi Qiu brought a few soldiers and brought a large pile of pottery and salt in pottery jars to Hong Yan to show him.
Hongyan got off the ram's back, but the warriors from other ibex tribes were still sitting on the ibex's backs, not relaxing their vigilance at all.
Hongyan first looked at the pottery, which included pottery jars, pottery bowls, pottery kettles, pottery bottles, pottery basins, and the most important cooking utensil, the pottery tripod.
There are some exquisite patterns painted on the surface of all the pottery, some are simple flowers and plants, some are fierce beasts, which are very beautiful.
Hongyan turned a pottery jar over and saw a totem pattern of the Teng tribe engraved on the bottom.
Not only this pottery jar, but all the pottery has the totem pattern of the Teng tribe on the bottom. This is a mark that proves that this pottery was produced by the Teng tribe.
At the same time, this is also a means of publicity, so that other people who see the marks on the pottery can know that it is an artifact produced by the Teng tribe.
Hongyan looked at the pottery jar filled with salt again. He was surprised to find that the salt from the Teng tribe was very good in both color and purity.
In the past, the Blue Sheep Tribe would trade some salt with other tribes, but the salt was very dark in color and often contained a lot of impurities.
The salt from the Teng tribe is only light red in color and is clean without any impurities.
Hongyan pinched some salt from the pottery jar and put it into his mouth.
Then, Hongyan's eyes immediately lit up!
He found that the salt from the Teng Tribe had a clean salty taste and almost no bitterness.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Chief Hongyan, how does the salt from our Teng tribe taste?"
Hongyan gave a thumbs up and said, "Good salt!"
Jiang Xuan pointed at the pottery and said, "The pottery of our Teng tribe is not worse than that of other tribes, right?"
Hongyan said honestly, "It is indeed very good. It is even more beautiful than the pottery we traded with other tribes before."
Hongyan asked again: "Chief Xuan, where are the magical mushrooms?"
The magic mushroom is one of the important factors for them to come to the Teng Tribe to trade, because the witch of the Mountain Sheep Tribe is in urgent need of the magic mushroom.
Jiang Xuan took out a small leather bag from the leather bag on his waist and said, "Here!"
He opened the small animal skin bag and took out a fist-sized red magic mushroom, which was completely dried.
Hongyan had seen the magic mushroom once, so he was visibly excited when he saw this mushroom.
"Chief Xuan, let's start the transaction."
Hongyan gave a look to the warriors behind him, and seven or eight warriors from the mountain goat tribe got off the mountain goats, each holding an animal skin bag.
They opened the animal skin bags and found two bags of insect wax, as well as some good stones, animal bones, teeth, animal skins and other things.
Hongyan pointed to one of the bags of insect wax and said, "Chief Xuan, this is the insect wax you agreed with our witch to use in the trade for the magic mushrooms."
Jiang Xuan stepped forward and checked the whole bag of insect wax. He did not find any problems with the quantity or quality, so he nodded, handed the magic mushroom to Hong Yan, and carried the bag of insect wax away.
"Chief Xuan, wait..." Hongyan called out to Jiang Xuan.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Xuan turned around and looked at him.
Hongyan rubbed his hands and said embarrassedly: "Can you... return the animal skin bag to us..."
Such a large animal skin bag is not easy to make and is of high value, so Hongyan was reluctant to give it to the Teng tribe.
To put it bluntly, the Mountain Sheep Tribe is too poor.
"no problem."
Jiang Xuan didn't want to take advantage of them, so he asked the warriors of the Teng tribe to run back and bring back several animal skin bags.
He first poured the insect wax that had been traded into the animal skin bag of the Teng tribe, and then returned the animal skin bag of the Mountain Sheep tribe to Hongyan.
"Thank you, Chief Xuan."
Hongyan breathed a sigh of relief and had a better impression of Jiang Xuan and the Teng tribe.
Hongyan took the magic mushroom out of the small animal leather bag, carefully put it into his own animal leather bag, and then stubbornly returned the small animal leather bag to Jiang Xuan.
This can be considered as the last bit of backbone of the poor tribe.
Jiang Xuan took the animal skin bag and said, "Then let's start trading other things."
Jiang Xuan pointed at the can of salt and said, "Chief Hongyan, what do you think of exchanging this can of salt and the can for another bag of insect wax?"
For most tribes, salt is a very precious thing. The jar of salt in the Teng tribe weighs about ten kilograms, not to mention an exquisite pottery jar.
Therefore, Hongyan said in surprise: "Okay, it's so refreshing to make a deal with Chief Xuan!"
Jiang Xuan handed the jar of salt to Hongyan, then took away the other bag of insect wax and returned the animal skin bag containing the insect wax to Hongyan.
Next, Hongyan used the good stones, animal skins, bones and teeth to trade for a pottery tripod, two pottery jars and a pottery bowl from the Teng tribe.
When the transaction was completed, both parties were very satisfied, and Hongyan's favorability towards Jiang Xuan increased sharply.
"Chief Hongyan, are you really not going to visit our Teng tribe?"
"No, maybe next time."
"Okay, then I won't force you, Chief Hongyan. These pieces of jerky are smoked by our tribe. Take them with you on the road."
Jiang Xuan stuffed a small bag of dried meat into Hongyan's hand.
"This... How can this be so embarrassing..."
"Take it. You are welcome to come to our Teng Tribe to do business next time."
"Okay, thank you, Chief Xuan, we will definitely come again next time!"
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The people of the Mountain Sheep Tribe left, and the people of the Vine Tribe also went back.
On the way back, Hongyan took out a piece of dried meat, put it in his mouth, and after chewing it for a while, his eyes suddenly widened.
“Salty…Salty…”
Only then did Hongyan realize that the dried meat Jiang Xuan gave him was all pickled with salt.
Hongyan sighed: "Chief Xuan is such a good person. It's so comfortable to deal with him!"
The warriors from other mountain goat tribes also nodded, because the people from the vine tribe also gave them some dried fruits, one for each person.
A day later, Hongyan and others returned to the Mountain Sheep Tribe. Their return with a full load made the people of the Mountain Sheep Tribe cheer, because they finally had pottery tripods and pots to cook meat.
What's more, there is precious salt to eat.
The witch of the Mountain Sheep Tribe was even more excited. He cut the magic mushroom open, chewed it bit by bit, and swallowed it.
Before long, his eyes became blurred. He saw the cave was covered with green grass, and he saw countless mountain goats running and eating grass happily in the green grass.
He also saw some magical plants and strange animals flying in the sky.
Finally, he saw a huge blue sheep.
"Sheep God, I finally see the Sheep God again, woo woo woo..."
The witch of the Mountain Sheep Tribe started crying with tears streaming down her face.
The totem god of the Mountain Sheep Tribe had long since disappeared, and even the totem spirit had dissipated. As a shaman, this was the most painful thing, because no matter how he prayed, he would not get any response from the god.
Now, with the help of the magic mushroom, he finally saw the totem god of the tribe, which was a great psychological comfort to him.
(End of this chapter)
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