Chapter 173 Trading Zone Opening
More than a month later, the Tengbu trading area was officially completed.
The trading area is within the vine wall, and five shops have been initially established.
The first shop sold food and salt, the second shop sold animal skins and accessories, the third shop sold various tools, the fourth shop sold witchcraft for healing and treating diseases, and the fifth shop sold pottery.
Although they look rather simple, the five shops basically cover most of the items needed by the tribesmen.
In the future, the trading area will continue to be built until it becomes a real big market.
"Lift it a little further this way!"
In front of the new trading area, Jiang Xuan was commanding a dozen soldiers and placing a huge skull.
This skull was moved from the foot of the stone mountain after Jiang Xuan communicated with the divine vine.
At the beginning, after the jackal tribe was destroyed, the body of the jackal god was brought back by the divine vine, which absorbed all the essence of his flesh and blood, including the essence in his bones, leaving only a dull skeleton.
The texture of such bones has become loose and brittle and can no longer be used to sharpen weapons.
But it's still pretty impressive as a decoration.
It just so happened that the Teng tribe was going to establish a trading area. In order to intimidate those outside tribesmen and tourists who came to do business, Jiang Xuan moved the skull of the jackal god over.
The skull of the Jackal God was huge. When placed on the ground, it was four or five meters high. It was also very heavy and required more than a dozen warriors to lift it.
Jiang Xuan asked these warriors to place the skull of the jackal god in front of the trading area, facing the gate. In this way, others could see it as soon as they entered the gate, and it would be very conspicuous.
"Okay, that's it, let it go."
After getting into position, Jiang Xuan asked the soldiers to put down the skull.
After being put down, the soldiers were breathing heavily, obviously very tired.
Jiang Xuan looked at the skull and felt that the wolf's mouth was closed, which was not domineering enough.
So he found two wooden sticks and propped up the upper jaw of the jackal god's skull.
In this way, the wolf's mouth is open and its terrible fangs can be seen very clearly.
"Well, this looks much better."
Jiang Xuan walked around the skull twice, then walked to the doorway to observe it, then nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay, everyone, please work harder and move the goods over. The trading area will open on time tomorrow morning!"
The soldiers ran over to move the goods.
Although it was tiring, everyone was very excited because the chief said that in the future not only people from other tribes and tourists could come here to trade, but members of the Teng tribe could also come here to trade.
They can take things they don't need to the trading area and exchange them for things they need.
In this way, it not only promotes the circulation of goods among the tribesmen, but also brings benefits to the tribe, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
All kinds of goods were continuously moved from the tribe's workshops into the shops in the trading area in preparation for tomorrow's opening.
Jiang Xuan selected four soldiers with more business talent from among the soldiers who were previously responsible for trading with tourists, and put them in charge of four shops other than the grain and salt shops.
Grain and salt are the most important goods and must be transported by the most trustworthy and capable people.
Being loyal but not having enough ability is not enough, and you will lose a lot in the transaction process.
It is no good to have ability but not be loyal enough. With such important materials in hand, if someone has evil thoughts and joins forces with people from other tribes to betray the Teng Tribe, the Teng Tribe will suffer huge losses.
Jiang Xuan thought about it, and finally a candidate emerged in his mind: Dong Kui.
Dongkui's talent in arithmetic is the strongest in the entire Teng tribe, except for Chishao.
Starting from last autumn, Jiang Xuan tried to let Dongkui be responsible for managing the Teng tribe's food, animal skins and other supplies.
You know, the Teng tribe now has a large population, and the quantity of various supplies is also huge. Ordinary soldiers will feel dizzy when seeing so many supplies.
Dongkui neither complained nor refused.
She took a piece of animal skin roll and an animal hair pen, and under Jiang Xuan's guidance, she sorted out all the supplies and recorded them on the animal skin roll.
Every time materials enter or leave the warehouse, they need to be recorded and the quantity of materials in the warehouse must be constantly updated.
This was not an easy job, but Dongkui did an excellent job without any mistakes.
Because of this, after the trading area was established, Jiang Xuan immediately thought of Dongkui.
Once the trading area opens, all kinds of goods will be bought and sold frequently. Jiang Xuan believes that among the current Teng tribe, only Dongkui can do this job.
He found Dongkui and told her about the trading area.
"The grain and salt shop has the largest trading volume and is currently the most important place in the trading area. I hope you can manage it. What do you think?"
There was one thing Jiang Xuan didn't say, which is that the people in charge of the grain and salt shops will be responsible for the operation of the entire trading area in the future.
After listening to Jiang Xuan's words, Dong Kui thought for a moment and said, "Since the leader believes in me, I will give it a try."
"Okay, starting tomorrow, you will go to the trading area and be in charge of the grain and salt shops. Zi Ye will be in charge of the warehouse temporarily."
Zi Ye is also a female warrior. She is Dong Kui's assistant in managing the warehouse and has a good talent for arithmetic.
Dong Kui nodded and had no objection to Jiang Xuan's arrangement.
"Then you should get ready."
Jiang Xuan turned and left the warehouse.
Dongkui handed over all the work in the warehouse and the animal skin scroll recording the quantity of supplies to Ziye.
"Dongkui, I...I'm a little scared..."
"What are you afraid of?"
“I’m afraid I won’t do it well.”
Zi Ye was very nervous. After all, she only needed to assist Dong Kui before, but now she had to be responsible for such a large warehouse.
Dong Kui smiled and said, "The leader believes in you, and I believe in you too. What are you afraid of? Just do it boldly. You will definitely be able to do it well."
Zi Ye took a deep breath and nodded heavily.
"If you still don't understand anything, tell me and I'll tell you."
"good."
In the warehouse, Dongkui patiently answered various questions raised by Zi Ye, trying to make things go more smoothly for her after she took over the management of the warehouse.
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The next morning, the new trading area of Tengbu Village finally opened!
"Good news, great news!"
"The new trading area of the Teng tribe has opened. All customers who enter the trading area today will receive a free round potato!"
"This is a rare opportunity, don't miss it if you pass by!"
Outside the Teng tribe, dozens of Teng tribe warriors, riding on big-horned deer or blue sheep, ran and shouted in the forest, making sure that all tourists nearby heard the good news.
These words were taught to them by Jiang Xuan. They are clear in focus, easy to remember and very brainwashing.
If he hadn't been concerned about his identity as the leader, Jiang Xuan would have originally planned to lead his own men to shout.
Soon, the news that the new trading area of Teng tribe had opened and that round potatoes were being given away for free spread among nearby tourists.
There is such a good thing? The tourists were excited. They all gathered towards the new trading area of the vine tribe, with only one simple thought in their minds: it would be a waste if they didn't take it! But when they arrived at the south of the vine tribe and learned that the new trading area was inside the vine wall, most people hesitated again.
What if the vines have evil intentions after you go in? It will be difficult to escape then.
Just when everyone was hesitating, a hungry tourist stood up.
"I'm almost starving anyway, there's nothing to be afraid of, I want to eat round potatoes!"
This tourist resolutely walked into the gate of Teng Tribe with only one goal, which was the free round potatoes promised by Teng Tribe.
When he walked into the vine wall, he saw the huge skull of the Jackal God at a glance. He felt a little frightened and his pace slowed down.
"Come on, come this way."
A warrior from Youteng tribe enthusiastically led him into the trading area. As they walked past shops filled with goods, the tourist stared with his eyes wide open.
When he passed all the shops, at the end, a member of the Teng tribe gave him a round potato as big as a bowl.
The tourist had nothing to trade, so he walked outside with the round potato, feeling as if he were dreaming.
The tourists outside were all excited when they saw him coming out unharmed, holding a round potato.
“You can really get free round potatoes!”
"Go, go, go in quickly!"
…
Some brave tourists walked into the trading area first, and after taking out the round potatoes, they attracted more tourists to come in.
Soon, the new trading area of the Teng tribe became bustling.
(End of this chapter)
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