Chapter 206 New Trading Method
He picked up the salt and weighed it, a look of joy appeared on his face. Based on his experience, he knew that exchanging three knife coins for a pound of salt was definitely not a loss, and it was even more convenient than carrying the animal tusks directly to trade.
"I'll give you six knife coins in exchange for two kilograms of salt."
Huo Meng laid out six knife coins in a row and placed them on the counter.
"OK."
Dongkui weighed another pound of salt for him, put it in the same small animal skin bag, and handed it to Huo Meng with both hands.
"Chief Huo Meng, today is the day when the trading area uses a new trading method. You are the first customer of our store, so this small animal skin bag is given to you as a gift."
"Thank you very much!"
Huo Meng took the small animal skin bag and smiled widely, because a small animal skin bag was of great value. Usually they brought the animal skin bags with them, otherwise they had to trade for goods to get the animal skin bags.
Afterwards, Huo Meng went to the tool shop again and exchanged a small knife coin for a pottery bowl.
"There is only one small knife coin left."
Huo Meng lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said, "It's a little small, but it should be OK for skinning and cutting animal meat. Take it home and try it first. If it doesn't work, bring it back and exchange it for something else."
Huo Meng made up his mind, so he put the knife coin into a casual animal skin bag, and even wrapped it with a piece of torn animal skin. After all, it was a treasure.
When Huo Meng walked to the door of the trading area, he was immediately surrounded by a group of people because he was the first person to exchange knife coins and the first person to complete the transaction and walk out.
"Captain Huo Meng, how about it, can that knife coin really be used for trading?"
"Chief Huo Meng, are the knife coins useful?"
"Fire Leader..."
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Everyone asked questions at once. Many of them knew Huo Meng, and they all hoped to know from Huo Meng whether this knife coin was as good as the Teng tribe said.
"The Dao Coin can indeed be used for transactions, and it is very convenient. Look, these salts and this ceramic bowl were all bought by me with the Dao Coin just now."
Because this is the Teng tribe, Huo Meng is not afraid of the salt and pottery bowls being snatched away, so he just takes them out to show everyone.
“It can really be used for trading!”
"How about we also go and exchange some knife coins?"
"No hurry, wait a little longer, aren't there other people who have gone in with knife coins? Let's wait and see."
"That's right. The Frog Tribe is a subordinate tribe of the Vine Tribe. What if they collude to deceive people?"
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The crowd started discussing again, but they obviously would not listen to Huo Meng's one-sided story. They wanted to see if other people could also trade for goods using knife coins.
Not long after, several other people who had exchanged knife coins also came out of the trading area.
They were also surrounded and questioned one by one.
When everyone learned that all those who exchanged Dao coins could exchange them for goods in the trading area, many people finally began to believe that Dao coins were indeed a good thing.
Soon, more and more people came with their goods to exchange for knife coins.
There were also some people who were unwilling to exchange their knife coins, but the Teng tribe did not force them and allowed them to carry their goods and go in to trade as before.
In this way, the gap quickly emerged.
Those who did not exchange their knife coins carried heavy goods into the shops of the Teng tribe, took great pains to count them, and then exchanged them for the goods they needed.
Those who have exchanged their knife coins can easily take the small knife coins and walk around the shops in the trading area. When they see the products they want, they can just use the knife coins to exchange them without having to wait.
After seeing this situation, those who did not exchange their knife coins secretly regretted it and decided to exchange their knife coins before coming in next time.
However, some people are more stubborn and insist on carrying goods for bartering, because they feel insecure holding a small knife coin in their hands, and they feel at ease only when carrying a large pile of goods on their shoulders.
When it was night and the trading area was closed, Jiang Xuan asked Dong Kui to count the number of knife coins again.
Dongkui carefully counted the three types of knife coins, then raised her head.
"Chief, only eleven knife coins were taken away, and most of the knife coins were exchanged for goods."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said, "It's expected. Most people don't trust the knife coins yet, and they don't dare to leave the Teng tribe with the knife coins, fearing that this thing will be useless in the future."
"Don't worry. Sooner or later, someone will find out that knife coins are not just money, but also very sharp knives. By that time, more people will choose to exchange knife coins and take them back."
"When they start to trust Daocoin and even use Daocoin to trade with each other, then our Teng tribe will be able to rely on the Daocoin system to obtain a large amount of resources!"
Dong Kui actually found it difficult to understand what Jiang Xuan said.
But she trusted Jiang Xuan very much, and even admired him fanatically, so she believed that whatever Jiang Xuan said would come true in the future.
The next day, the Teng tribe continued to recommend to people who came to trade that they should first exchange goods for knife coins, and then use the knife coins to buy things in the trading area.
After half a month of promotion, the tribes and tourists near the Teng tribe all knew that the knife coins of the Teng tribe were treasures.
At the same time, they learned several new words, such as "money", "buying things", "beam balance", etc.
There are also units like "jin", "sheng", "dou" and "mi", and some people have begun to understand them.
What's even more absurd is that over time, some people who had been to the Teng tribe's trading area began to develop an inexplicable sense of pride, because they learned a lot of new things in the trading area, and these things were not available in other tribes.
Whenever they returned to the tribe and told others vividly about the new things in the Teng tribe's trading area, they would always receive some admiring looks.
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On the eighth day of March, when the Teng tribe was developing the trading area in full swing and strengthening the tribe's strength, something happened that surprised Jiang Xuan.
The old witch is back!
"Cry!"
A loud eagle cry sounded in the distant sky, and many members of the Teng tribe raised their heads.
Because they are so familiar with this eagle cry !
In the Teng tribe, a purple ferocious bird heard the eagle's cry and immediately flew into the sky excitedly.
"It's the old witch's giant eagle!"
Jiang Xuan, who was planting things in the yard, raised his head in surprise, then put down his hoe, opened the gate, and ran towards the house where the old witch lived.
"The old witch is back!"
In another yard, Chishao, who was teaching his apprentice to identify herbs, also put down the herbs, quickly left the yard, and then rushed to the old witch's residence in the Teng tribe with Jiang Xuan.
Soon, a giant black eagle appeared in the sky south of the Teng Tribe. It slowly descended in altitude and fell towards the Teng Tribe.
Tangyuan excitedly flew around the giant eagle several times to express his longing for it.
“Huff, huff, huff…”
“Boom!”
Finally, the giant eagle landed, still on the open space next to the house where the old witch lived.
“I’m back!”
On the back of the giant eagle, the old witch looked at the familiar vine tribe and felt very happy.
"Old witch, you are finally back, hahaha..."
Jiang Xuan ran over first, followed by Chi Shao, both of them were very excited.
The giant eagle stretched out one of its wings diagonally to the ground, and the old witch slowly walked down along the wing. After not seeing him for a year, his body was still strong.
"Yeah, I'm back."
The old witch greeted the two of them with a smile.
"Old witch, let me help you move your things first."
Jiang Xuan noticed that there were many animal skin bags on the back of the giant eagle, so he immediately climbed onto the eagle's back along its wings, untied the animal skin bags, carried them one by one to the ground, and then carried them back to the house where the old witch lived.
“Squeak…”
When the old witch pushed open the door, he found that the house was very clean, almost the same as when he left a year ago. It was obvious that someone came to clean it regularly.
The old witch was touched and said, "You are so thoughtful."
Chishao and Jiang Xuan smiled and didn't care about it. In their opinion, this was all they should do because the old witch had helped them and the Teng tribe a lot.
After moving the animal skin bags, Jiang Xuan personally went to a nearby house to light a torch, then brought it back to the old witch's house and lit the fire pit.
“Crackle, crackle…”
The fire pit soon began to burn brightly, bringing light and heat to the long-unoccupied house and gradually dispelling the spring humidity.
At this time, many members of the Teng tribe who knew the old witch came over.
The old witch is very popular in the Teng tribe because his witchcraft skills are very powerful and he has cured many people.
He is also generous and has given gifts to many people.
Everyone expressed their warm greetings to the old witch, and the old witch responded with a smile.
Many people also brought freshly picked bamboo shoots, wild vegetables, fresh fish, animal meat and other things. The old witch accepted them one by one and thanked them.
After a while of excitement, the members of the Teng tribe gradually dispersed, leaving only the old witch, Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao around the fire to cook.
Jiang Xuan asked, "Old Witch, why did you take so long this time? I thought you would come back before winter."
To be honest, last winter, the old witch did not come back, which made Jiang Xuan very worried.
The old witch is indeed very powerful and experienced, but he is old after all, and no one can guarantee that he will not encounter any accidents.
It was not until now, when Jiang Xuan saw the old witch return safely, that he finally let go of his worries.
The old witch held a stick and stirred the charcoal in the fire pit while saying, "I ran quite far this time, so I came back a little late."
"How far did you run?" Jiang Xuan asked curiously.
The old witch's eyes revealed a look of reminiscence: "It ran to a place farther than the Southern Wasteland."
Jiang Xuan asked again: "What is it like in places further away than the Southern Wasteland?"
Chishao also looked at the old witch. She was also very curious about this question, because according to the understanding of most tribesmen, the Southern Wilderness was already very large, and places further away were simply unimaginable.
"Farther than the southern wilderness, there is a vast and boundless ocean. In the ocean, I saw beasts as big as mountains, fish as big as mountains, and birds even larger than giant eagles."
"There are also some lands in that vast ocean, but they are not very big. Some of them are uninhabited, and some are inhabited by a few small tribes."
"I found many herbs that are not found in the southern wilderness, as well as various strange things on these lands in the sea. I will show them to you later."
After hearing the old witch's words, Jiang Xuan was fine, after all, he had seen the sea in his previous life. But Chi Shao was shocked and stunned. It was obvious that she could not imagine what a magnificent scene the old witch saw.
“Gurgle gurgle…”
The food in the pottery tripod began to boil gradually, and the old witch told Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao about the things in the Southern Wilderness and the islands.
After the food was cooked, Jiang Xuan filled three large bowls with ceramic bowls, and the three of them ate and chatted around the fire.
"By the way, Old Witch, when you went to the Southern Wilds, did you see a very large and very ancient turtle shell?"
"A huge and ancient turtle shell?"
The old witch thought about it and said, "When I was in the Red Ant Tribe, I did see a very large turtle shell, as big as a hill, which they built into a house."
"I heard that the turtle shell was a trophy they captured when they defeated a large tribe a long time ago."
The old witch looked at Jiang Xuan and asked in confusion: "Why are you asking this?"
Jiang Xuan said truthfully: "There is a mountain turtle tribe next to the Great Swamp. You, Old Witch, have also seen them."
The old witch nodded and said, "Does that tortoise shell have anything to do with them?"
"The Mountain Turtle Tribe was once a large tribe. They fled here after being defeated in the war. That turtle shell is most likely their old turtle god."
Jiang Xuan told the old witch about the past of the Mountain Turtle Tribe that he had heard from the pangolin, because it was not a secret.
“I never thought that the Mountain Turtle Tribe, once a large tribe, would become so weak now.”
The old witch felt very sad.
In this primitive and wild land, many tribes rise and fall every year, but the large tribes can usually last a long time because of their strong strength and restraint among each other.
The Mountain Turtle Tribe was once a large tribe, but now it lives on the edge of the Southern Wilderness and has become a small tribe with a population of no more than a thousand. It is indeed a pity.
The three of them chatted a lot, and after filling their stomachs, the old witch opened the animal skin bags and showed his harvest to Jiang Xuan.
"Look, these are all snail shells and seashells I picked up at the beach."
The old witch placed an animal hide bag in front of Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao, and took out a strange conch as big as a washbasin from it.
This conch is disc-shaped, like a sea snake coiled into a pancake, with bright red lines on it, which is very beautiful.
In addition to this disc-shaped conch, there are also several strange and bizarre conchs of various sizes, all of which are species that Jiang Xuan has never seen in his previous life.
There are also various shells, big and small, thick and thin, in different colors, which are very strange.
The old witch picked up a shell and said, "This thing, the tribes on the coast often smash it into powder, it can cure many diseases."
"And these conches can be used for both healing and decoration. The tribes along the coast love them very much."
Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao looked at these things and listened to the old witch's introduction, and they felt their eyes were opened.
In addition to conches and shells, the old witch also brought back a large number of herbs. These herbs are new varieties not found near the Teng Tribe, and only the old witch knows their specific effects.
"Okay, in the next period of time, I will carve these herbs, shells, and conchs on the Great Wilderness Hundred Herbs Map. If it's nothing important, don't disturb me."
The old witch picked up the carving knife with great confidence. His greatest wish for the rest of his life was to complete the carving of the Great Wilderness Hundred Herbs Map.
"Then we'll go back first."
Jiang Xuan and Chi Shao got up and left the old witch's house.
The old witch couldn't wait to close the door, and then began to study the herbs and carved them one by one on the round, high-quality stone.
(End of this chapter)
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