Chapter 226 What the Traveling Team Brought
The food of the Teng Tribe is a blend of the rich experience brought by Jiang Xuan from his previous life. It can be said to be full of color, fragrance, and taste.
Everything is afraid of comparison.
Wu Yu had tasted the food of the Teng tribe, and then thought about the food of other tribes. The difference was too big.
In this primitive world, the living conditions of the tribesmen are too poor.
When having enough to eat becomes a problem, most people don’t have the time to think about how to cook delicious food.
What they think about most every day is how to fill their stomachs and how to survive. As for whether it tastes good or not, that is something they will consider after they have no worries about food.
After eating and drinking, Wu Yu looked at the empty pottery basin and tripod, touched his stomach, and smiled at Jiang Xuan embarrassedly.
"The food from your Teng tribe is so delicious that I ate it all without realizing it."
Jiang Xuan smiled in understanding and said, "Just make sure Chief Wu Yu is full."
"By the way, I just saw a lot of people doing business with golden knives. What are those?"
Wu Yu had a keen eye for observation. As soon as he entered the trading area, he discovered that many people were carrying small golden knives. Some held them carelessly in their hands, while others kept them in animal skin bags.
After entering the inn, Wu Yu saw many people using their golden knives to exchange for food or stay overnight.
"That's called a knife coin. It's a small knife made of special stone from our Teng tribe. In our Teng tribe's trading area, as long as you have enough knife coins, you can exchange them for all goods."
"Can you get all the goods?"
Wu Yu was shocked. He had been traveling between various tribes to do business for a long time and was well aware of the disadvantages of barter.
In a barter transaction, both parties must need each other's goods, otherwise it will be difficult to reach a deal.
If there is something that can be exchanged for all goods, it will greatly facilitate transactions.
Jiang Xuan replied affirmatively: "Yes, as long as you are in the Teng tribe trading area, the knife coins can be exchanged for all goods. I can't guarantee it outside the trading area."
Wu Yu exclaimed: "Even if we can only exchange all the goods in the trading area, it is still amazing."
Wu Yu looked at Jiang Xuan with burning eyes and said, "Chief Xuan, can you show me that knife coin?"
"sure."
Jiang Xuan took out a big knife coin and a small knife coin from his animal skin bag and handed them to Wu Yu.
Neither of these two knife coins have been sharpened or used, and they are in very good condition.
Wu Yu looked at it carefully and felt that there was nothing special about it except the material.
In fact, the hardness of the knife coin is relatively high. Although it is sharp, it is easy to break and crack, so you must be very careful when using it.
The biggest reason why knife coins can circulate, besides its practicality, is that they are backed by the strength and credit of the entire Teng tribe.
When everyone knows that this thing can be exchanged for goods as long as it is taken to the Teng Tribe, and that the Teng Tribe will never refuse to accept it, it can be circulated within a certain range.
The more powerful the Teng tribe is, the wider its sphere of influence will be, and the wider the circulation range of the knife coins will be.
On the contrary, if the Teng tribe becomes weak or even destroyed one day, the circulation of the knife coins will be greatly reduced or even cease to circulate.
Although Wu Yu is smart, he is limited by his knowledge and does not know the ins and outs of this.
Therefore, he only thought that the knife coin was beautiful and a good thing, but he did not understand why it circulated.
"Chief Xuan, I want to trade some knife coins with your Teng tribe. Do you think it's possible?"
Wu Yu was a businessman. When he saw this golden knife coin for the first time, he knew that the people from the big tribes would definitely like it.
As long as he brings the knife coins to other big tribes, he will definitely make a fortune.
"Of course, but the knife coins of our Teng tribe are very valuable."
"It doesn't matter. We can exchange it with other goods. We brought a lot of good stuff this time. Chief Xuan will definitely like it."
"Really? Then I'll have to take a closer look."
Jiang Xuan and Wu Yu walked and talked, left the inn, and came to an open space in the trading area.
"Go and move the goods over."
Wu Yu gave an order and the warriors immediately went outside the Teng tribe to where the black-toothed birds were staying to move the goods.
This time, they brought a lot of goods, and they unloaded a portion of each type and moved them to the trading area of the Teng tribe.
After the goods were moved over, Wu Yu opened the animal skin bag and began to introduce the good goods they brought to Jiang Xuan.
"Chief Xuan, I know you like seeds, so I specially collected a lot of seeds of edible plants this time."
Wu Yu picked up a dried melon and said, "This is called Lightning Melon. It grows on vines and is very sweet when ripe."
The lightning melon is spherical in shape, with a dark green skin and many lightning patterns on it.
The lightning melons that Wu Yu brought were about the size of a soup bowl. It looked like they had been picked a long time ago and the moisture had completely dried up.
Jiang Xuan took the dry lightning melon, shook it, and could hear a lot of seeds shaking inside, as if it was filled with gravel.
Wu Yu pointed at the lightning melon and said to Jiang Xuan, "There are many seeds in this lightning melon. Exchange them for ten knife coins!"
"Ten? No, no!"
Jiang Xuan put down the dried lightning melon and waved at Wu Yu.
"Then how many knife coins does Chief Xuan want to exchange for the seeds of this lightning melon?"
"We don't even know if the seeds of this lightning melon can survive. And you said it tastes good, but we haven't eaten it either."
Jiang Xuan showed two fingers and said, "I will use at most two knife coins to make this deal with you."
Wu Yu said in embarrassment: "Chief Xuan, two knife coins are too little. It is not easy for us to collect the seeds from far away and transport them here."
"I know it's not easy for you, otherwise I would at most give you a small knife coin..."
After a round of bargaining, Jiang Xuan finally exchanged three knife coins for the lightning melon seeds.
"The second kind of goods, but we brought it here with great difficulty, Chief Xuan will definitely like it."
Wu Yu took out a large bulging animal hide bag and opened it. Inside was actually a sapling with soil.
"This is the honey leaf tree. Chief Xuan, do you still remember the molasses we traded last time?"
"Of course I remember."
The last time they made a deal, Wu Yu brought a kind of white honey which was very sweet and was said to be made by a honey bug.
"Honey is produced when honey bugs eat the leaves of the honeyleaf tree."
Jiang Xuan looked at the honey-leaf tree curiously, and he indeed smelled a sweet scent from the tree.
"Where's the honey bug?"
Jiang Xuan searched for a while but didn't find any honey bugs.
If there are no honey bugs, the honey leaf tree alone cannot produce sugar. You can't just pick the leaves to boil them, right? Wu Yu smiled, pointed to a small hole on the trunk, and said, "The honey bugs are all here."
After looking carefully, Jiang Xuan found that there were quite a few such small holes on the tree trunk. There was some dark brown solidified liquid at the entrance of the holes, which should be sugar.
"In the fall, adult honey bees drill holes in trees to lay eggs, which don't hatch until the following spring," Karasuba explained.
"If we bring adult honey bees directly here, they will die on the way. So we wait until the honey bees lay eggs and then dig up the trees together with them."
"However, Chief Xuan, we are only responsible for bringing the honey leaf tree and insect eggs here. As for whether the honey leaf tree can be planted and whether the insect eggs can hatch, we are not responsible."
Jiang Xuan said: "Of course you don't have to be responsible, don't worry."
The honey condensed by the honey bug is snow-white, sweet and delicious, and very beautiful. Jiang Xuan had long thought of moving the tree and the bug to the vine tribe.
Now, the Black Tooth Tribe's caravan brought the tree and insect eggs here, saving him the trouble of searching for them later.
As for whether the tree can survive, Jiang Xuan is not worried at all.
This is the Vine Tribe. If even they can't grow a plant, it will be almost impossible to grow it anywhere else except its place of origin.
"Captain Wu Yu, how many knife coins do you plan to exchange for this honey leaf tree?"
Jiang Xuan directly asked Wu Yu to name a price.
Wu Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Chief Xuan, it's not easy to bring this honey leaf tree here. Plus, there are honey bug eggs inside. Ten big knife coins are not too much, right?"
"Ten big knife coins are too many. I think ten small knife coins are more appropriate." Jiang Xuan directly gave Wu Yu a 10% discount on his offer.
"No, no, Chief Xuan, forget about the lightning melon seeds just now, but we spent a lot of effort to bring the honey leaf tree and honey bug here, so we must not lose ten big knife coins."
No matter what Jiang Xuan said, Wu Yu insisted on getting ten big knife coins and refused to give in.
Just as he said, it took a lot of effort to bring this honey leaf tree and honey bugs here. If he can't make a big profit, this trip will be a loss.
Seeing that he couldn't budge on the price, Jiang Xuan turned his attention to other areas.
"Well, since you brought the honey-leaf tree all the way here, I can exchange it for ten big knife coins."
"But... you have to give me something extra."
"What extra?"
"Give me some other seeds, whether they are grain or vegetable seeds, I am not picky."
Wu Yu looked into the pile of goods, dug out a small bag, handed it to Jiang Xuan, and said, "We found these seeds in several places. There was an accident once, and the seeds were mixed together."
"Chief Xuan, why don't you try planting all the seeds? Maybe you can get a surprise?"
In fact, except for the honey-leaf tree that Wu Yu specially dug up, he didn't spend much time on the other seeds.
When the Black Tooth Tribe's caravan was trading with other tribes, they only had to mention that they wanted seeds, and those tribes would then find some seeds for them.
Because of this, no matter how much these seeds are exchanged for in the Teng tribe, it is a great profit for Wu Yu.
Of course, merchants pursue profits, and so do primitive merchants. Wu Yu certainly wants to exchange these seeds for more things.
Jiang Xuan took the animal skin bag, looked inside, and found seeds of at least four or five kinds of plants, large and small, in various colors and shapes.
These unknown seeds may produce surprises, or they may produce plants that are of little use. It all depends on fate.
"Okay, it's a deal!"
Jiang Xuan was also a straightforward person. After taking the seeds and the honey-leaf tree, he directly paid ten broadsword coins to Wu Yu.
Wu Yu was very happy when he saw those beautiful big knife coins.
If we take this thing to the big tribes in the Southern Wilderness, we can definitely exchange it for a lot of goods and make a lot of profit!
After trading the seeds and honey-leaf trees, Jiang Xuan traded candles made of insect wax with Wu Yu for several spider silk clothes and some other things.
The spider silk suit is a good thing. Jiang Xuan has fought many battles wearing it.
With the protection of the spider silk suit, he suffered fewer injuries in the battle.
After the transaction was completed, Wu Yu led the Black Tooth Tribe's traveling team to leave the Teng Tribe and head to the next tribe.
"Cry..."
Twelve huge black-toothed birds took off again and gradually flew away.
In the trading area, Dong Kui said enviously: "It would be great if we also had a big bird like this, so we could go to far, far places."
In the entire Teng tribe, only Jiang Xuan has a flying mount, and the other one is the old witch's giant eagle.
As for those giant dragonflies, they are suitable for fighting but not for long-distance flying. What's more, giant dragonflies can only survive for half a year.
Jiang Xuan said: "Don't worry, as long as we find a suitable big bird, sooner or later our Teng tribe will have a flying team."
"Um!"
Dongkui trusted Jiang Xuan's words very much. Since Jiang Xuan said yes, it would definitely happen in the future. She firmly believed this! Many people in the Teng tribe had an almost blind admiration and trust for Jiang Xuan, and Dongkui was the same.
Jiang Xuan never let them down.
On September 15th, deep autumn has arrived and the hot weather is gradually turning cooler.
The planting team of the Teng tribe is nearing completion of their work, and except for some vegetables, all the grain has been stored in the warehouse.
The breeding team's work has just begun.
In winter, heavy snow blocks the mountains and it becomes difficult to find grass and other food.
Therefore, the breeding team needs to slaughter most of the adult livestock and poultry that have been fat and strong.
Smaller livestock and poultry, or those used for breeding, are left behind and fed with the forage and food stored in the fall.
"Hurry up, peel the hides and send them to the clothing workshop. Cut the meat into strips and hang them up to dry them. Remove all the bones. Use the useful ones to make tools, and the useless ones to make soup for everyone."
Dajiao stood in front of the soldiers of the breeding team, instructing them to work while helping them.
The entire breeding area is very busy. They first slaughter the livestock and poultry, and then send them to various places according to the functions of different parts.
For example, the skin of the long-tailed rabbit is one of the main raw materials for clothing workshops to make winter fur clothes.
As for animal bones, meat, tusks, etc., they are all arranged and will not be wasted.
The breeding results this year are gratifying. This winter, the people of the Teng tribe can eat meat frequently.
This is a remarkable achievement.
In addition to the breeding team, other teams are also preparing for the winter.
The hunting team needs to catch more prey, the fishing team needs to catch more fish, and the engineering team needs to repair the houses of the entire tribe...
Only if we all work together can we make this winter more bearable.
On the other hand, the shipyard produced the second batch of sailing ships.
"Chief, most of the problems found on the first batch of sailboats have been solved on the second batch of sailboats."
The soldiers at the shipyard gave Jiang Xuan a detailed introduction about the second batch of sailboats.
(End of this chapter)
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