Chapter 152 Rabbit Tribe
"If you, the Rabbit Tribe, want to continue trading salt, then bring more high-quality stone or other goods here."
"In addition, in addition to salt, our Teng tribe also has pottery. If you need it, you can trade it together."
The Rabbit Tribe was too far away, and the Vine Tribe was completely unfamiliar with that side. Jiang Xuan didn't want the tribe's warriors to take risks.
Let the Rabbit Tribe bring their own goods over for trade, and the Vine Tribe won’t have to worry about any risks.
Ju Ya nodded, kept Jiang Xuan's words in mind, and then put the small bag of salt away carefully.
"Chief Xuan, let's go back first."
"Okay, the Teng Tribe welcomes you to come again next time."
Thirty giant rabbits turned around, hopped away, and soon disappeared into the forest.
Maybe there will be more giant rabbits coming next time.
Jiang Xuan took the two pieces of high-quality stone and rode Tangyuan back to the tribe, then handed them over to the old man Heishi and asked him to polish a stone spear and a stone knife.
“These two pieces of stone are so beautiful.”
Old Man Heishi couldn't let go of these two pieces of top-quality stone. He looked at them and rubbed them over and over again.
For a stone tool maker, top-quality stone is a treasure, and they can polish it into stone tools that they can be proud of.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "This was traded from the Rabbit Tribe. We will trade more high-quality stones in the future."
"That's great, Chief, rest assured, I will polish them into the best stone spears and stone knives."
Old Man Black Stone is full of confidence in this.
Of course Jiang Xuan believed in the craftsmanship of Old Man Black Stone. He told him his requirements for the stone spear and stone knife, then turned and left, because he knew that Old Man Black Stone was already impatient to get to work.
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Southern Wilderness, Rabbit Tribe.
It took Juya and his companions five full days to return from the Vine Tribe to the Rabbit Tribe.
Although they have giant rabbits, theoretically if they run fast, they can get there in two or three days.
However, they had to avoid various dangers on the way and sometimes had to take a detour, so it took them five days to arrive.
The place where the Rabbit Tribe lives is called Rabbit Ridge, which is a continuous mountain range.
The members of the Rabbit Tribe live on the main peak of Rabbit Ridge.
From a distance, there was nothing special about the place where the Rabbit Tribe lived. The large tracts of lush and green forests blocked the view of the outside world.
But when you actually climb up the mountain, you will find that Rabbit Ridge is full of caves dug by giant rabbits. Although it looks messy on the outside, it is extremely complex and criss-crossed underground.
Not to mention people from outside the tribe, even the people of the Rabbit Tribe who have a poor sense of direction will occasionally get dizzy.
When Juya and his companions rode on the giant rabbit and reached the foot of the mountain, everyone felt relieved.
One soldier shouted towards the mountain: "We are back!"
Rabbit Ridge, which had been very quiet just now, suddenly became lively.
In an instant, giant rabbits popped their heads out of the caves, looking around with their big eyes and fluttering their big ears slightly.
Hundreds of members of the Rabbit Tribe came out of their caves or wooden houses to greet their fellow tribesmen.
The giant rabbits that Juya and the others were riding also became excited, and they hopped up the mountain at a very fast speed.
Along the way, many giant rabbits emerged from caves and ran along with them.
The scene of a bunch of giant rabbits running up the mountain is very spectacular.
When they ran to the middle of the mountain, the leader of the Rabbit Tribe, the witch and others had already come out and were looking at them expectantly.
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe has a cleft lip, but after the totem pattern is painted on it, it looks very similar to a rabbit's face.
People with cleft lip may be discriminated against in other tribes.
But in the Rabbit Tribe, people with cleft lip are considered to be favored by the Rabbit God and are very popular.
"Big Tooth, have you found it?"
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe looked at Giant Fang with hope. The first two hunting teams had returned but with no gains. Now all hopes were placed on the third returning hunting team.
Giant Fang got off the giant rabbit's back and took off the small animal skin bag tied to his body.
"Chief, what do you think this is?"
The leader of the rabbit tribe seemed to have guessed what it was. With excitement and trembling hands, he took the small animal skin bag and slowly opened it.
"Salt!"
Although the leader of the Rabbit Tribe had guessed it a long time ago, he was still very excited after seeing the salt with his own eyes.
The witch of the Rabbit Tribe stepped forward, pinched a few grains of salt, put them in his mouth, then smiled and said, "Good salt, much better than the salt of the Wasp Tribe!"
"Great, we have salt!"
The members of the Rabbit Tribe all cheered. Even the giant rabbits flapped their ears happily, tucked in their front legs, and stood up like kangaroos.
"From which tribe did you trade this salt?"
What the Rabbit Tribe cares most about is where the salt comes from, because there is too little salt.
"Traded from the Vine Tribe."
"Ivy Tribe? Is it far away?"
The Rabbit Tribe had never heard of the Vine Tribe, but they didn't care. The Rabbit Tribe's activity area was not very large, and they didn't know the tribes that were a little further away.
"The Teng tribe lived by a river. It took us five days to get back."
Ju Ya repeated the situation of the Teng tribe and what Jiang Xuan had said to him.
After listening to this, the leader of the Rabbit Tribe and the witch looked at each other and saw hesitation in each other's eyes.
A five-day journey is indeed quite far. The Rabbit Tribe rarely goes to such a far place because it is too dangerous.
But now, in order to eat salt, there is no better way than to go to the Teng tribe to trade.
The witch of the Rabbit Tribe said, "Two small pieces of high-quality stone are exchanged for these salts. It's not bad. It's much better than when we traded with the Wasp Tribe."
High-quality stones are relatively scarce, and most of them are buried deep underground. Even if there are some scattered on the ground, most of them are picked up by the tribesmen to polish stone tools.
As for the Rabbit Tribe, because they have giant rabbits, animals that are particularly good at digging holes, they can more easily obtain the high-quality stones buried deep underground.
In the past, they used high-quality stones to trade salt with the Wasp Tribe, and were often severely cheated. But there was nothing they could do because the Wasp Tribe was the only one nearby that could trade salt.
Now, the Wasp Tribe has run away, but they have found the Vine Tribe, and judging from the process of the first transaction, the Vine Tribe is much more generous than the Wasp Tribe.
Giant Fang asked: "Wu, should we take more high-quality stones to the Vine Tribe to trade for salt?"
The witch of the Rabbit Tribe said without hesitation: "Go, trade for some salt as soon as possible. The people in the tribe haven't eaten salt for a long time. This won't work."
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe said, "Just now Giant Tooth said that in addition to salt, the Vine Tribe also has pottery. It would be best if we could trade some of it back. The pottery in our tribe is no longer usable."
Pottery is not like ironware. It is relatively brittle. During long-term use, it is inevitable that it will be bumped and scratched. If it cracks too much, it cannot be used.
The Rabbit Tribe hadn't had any pottery for a long time, so they wanted to take this opportunity to trade back some new pottery.
The chief and the witch discussed with each other and decided what to pay attention to when going to the Teng tribe and what to trade.
The next morning, the leader of the Rabbit Tribe led more than 80 warriors, including Giant Fang, carrying high-quality stones and riding giant rabbits to the Vine Tribe for trading.
Along the way, we had to sleep in the open air and encounter various dangers.
Fortunately, those giant rabbits had excellent hearing and could run fast, and the rabbit tribe had many warriors, so they escaped unharmed.
Five days later, they finally arrived at the outskirts of the Teng tribe's second settlement.
"Is this the Teng Tribe? It looks like there aren't that many people there."
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe observed from afar and discovered that the Vine Tribe was not as powerful as he thought.
The giant tooth said, "Chief, go up to the tree and look across the river."
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe climbed to the top of the tree, and then he saw the real Vine Tribe! A huge stone mountain, entwined with a thick and terrifying divine vine, with lush branches and leaves, shining in the sun.
In front of the stone mountain, neat rows of houses are scattered across the landscape, and large tracts of fields and ponds can be seen clearly, which is very spectacular.
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe was stunned because the territory of the Vine Tribe actually spanned a river!
This seemed incredible to him.
He finally believed that the Teng tribe was very powerful and could produce two good things: salt and pottery.
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe looked for a long time before climbing down from the tree again. At this time, his mentality had changed a little, and he even subconsciously regarded the Vine Tribe as a medium-sized tribe.
Because he had never seen such a small tribe.
The leader of the Rabbit Tribe continued to move forward with his men, and were soon discovered by the guards of the Vine Tribe.
Giant Fang was afraid of causing misunderstanding, so he stepped forward and shouted: "We are from the Rabbit Tribe, and we traded with you a few days ago!"
Sure enough, after Giant Tooth finished shouting, the guards of the Vine Tribe were not so nervous anymore.
Xanthium rode a big-horned deer to the front, looked at the Rabbit Tribe team first, and then said to Giant Fang: "Are you here to trade this time too?"
Giant Fang nodded and said, "Yes, we are here specifically to do business."
The giant tooth pointed at the leader again and said, "This is the leader of our tribe."
"Okay, wait a moment."
Cangli immediately sent someone to the tribe to invite Jiang Xuan over. At the same time, he had to be wary of the people from the Rabbit Tribe because their number was greater than that of the second guard team.
At this time, Jiang Xuan was in the fields observing the new crops that were traded from the Black Tooth Tribe's caravan.
Through this year's trade with the Black Tooth Tribe, Jiang Xuan obtained three new crops, namely bamboo wheat, red vegetables, and snake melon.
At this time, because the weather was warming up, the bamboo wheat had already been planted, and had taken root, sprouted, and grown into seedlings.
“It really is like bamboo.”
Jiang Xuan squatted on the ground, looking at the newly grown bamboo wheat seedlings, and found that its leaves were very similar to bamboo leaves, and its stems were also similar to bamboo, but they were smaller.
He even suspected that the so-called bamboo wheat might be fake seeds. However, he quickly dismissed this idea. The price asked by the Black Tooth Tribe's traveling team was indeed a bit high, but they had never sold fake goods.
The practice of passing off fake seeds as genuine ones should not occur for the time being, after all, the profit from selling seeds is not high.
If, in the future, all tribes develop planting, the demand for seeds increases sharply, and the value continues to rise, then the sale of fake seeds may occur.
"Chief, Chief, people from the Rabbit Tribe are coming. There are so many of them."
Just then, a soldier was running and shouting.
"Oh? The Rabbit Tribe is here so soon. Let's go and take a look."
Jiang Xuan was cheered up and immediately stood up and walked towards Feiyu River.
Tangyuan went out to find food today, and he didn't want to scare the people of the Rabbit Tribe again.
After arriving at the Flying Fish River, the soldiers of the fishing team took him across the river in a small boat, and then to the second residence to meet the people of the Rabbit Tribe.
When Jiang Xuan walked over there, Ju Ya greeted him from afar.
"Chief Xuan, we are here."
"Haha, welcome, welcome."
Jiang Xuan walked up to the Rabbit Tribe warriors and immediately noticed the leader of the Rabbit Tribe who had four warrior lines on his face.
"The leader of the Fuji tribe, Xuan."
"The leader of the Rabbit Tribe, Shanfeng."
Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Chief Shanfeng, I didn't expect you to come so soon."
"We have to hurry up. There is not much salt left in the tribe."
Shanfeng smiled bitterly. In fact, the Rabbit Tribe did not have little salt, but it was all gone.
"Haha, the salt thing is easy to deal with. You must have come all the way here and must be exhausted. Why don't you sit in our vine tribe, rest a bit, and have something to eat?"
Jiang Xuan warmly invited them to go into the house of Teng tribe.
However, out of caution, Shanfeng declined the invitation.
"Chief Xuan, don't bother. The people in the tribe are still waiting for us. We will rush back after the transaction."
Jiang Xuan didn't force it: "Okay then, I'll go arrange the goods for the transaction right away."
Under Jiang Xuan's instructions, Cangli immediately took people to find Chishao and moved some salt and pottery from the warehouse on the other side.
Jiang Xuan took the opportunity to chat with Shan Feng to eliminate the sense of strangeness and make it easier to continue the transaction in the future.
Not long after, Chishao came personally with a few bags of salt, as well as two pottery tripods, several pottery jars, bowls and basins.
Also accompanying them was the First Guard Team of the Teng Tribe led by Nanxing.
"witch!"
The warriors of the Teng tribe who stayed here saluted and showed great respect when they saw Chishao.
Shanfeng looked at Chishao in surprise. He found that the witch and the leader of the Teng tribe were too young.
But he didn't dare to look at it any longer.
Staring at other people's witches is a bad behavior and may make the warriors of the Teng tribe hate you.
Although he is young, he recognizes the strength of Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao.
Because Jiang Xuan seemed bored when he was chatting with him just now, so he picked up a stone and crushed it into pieces with his bare hands.
Shanfeng knew very well that it would not be easy to crush the stone in his hand.
The strange vine tribe, the strong vine tribe.
"Chief Shanfeng, the salt and pottery are all here. Please have a look."
Jiang Xuan opened one of the bags of salt, placed it together with the large and small pottery, and invited Shanfeng to look.
Shan Feng was stunned when he saw so many good things. Wasn't the Teng tribe too rich? He didn't care about any precautions and walked directly to the salt and pottery, looking at them one by one.
The first thing he looked at was salt, because that was the most important thing.
These salts are light red in color, have an excellent taste, and beautiful color. They do not contain impurities such as sand, gravel, and soil, and are very pure.
Unlike the small bags of salt before, this time the Teng tribe took out a large bag of salt, which was heavy. Shanfeng also noticed that there were several such animal skin bags behind Jiang Xuan.
Shanfeng sighed again: The Teng tribe is so damn rich!
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