Chapter 168: The Infinite Power of Scarce Resources
The girl was surprised for a moment, then grabbed the small bottle in both hands, ran directly to the leader and shouted, "Leader Leiba! This is...... It's salt, salt never seen before! It's as clean as the water in the stream of the mother mountain, and it's as fragrant as the dew of vanilla in the morning! ”
The leader of the Raiba was confused by her shouting, frowned, took a little white powder from her hand, put it in front of his eyes for a long time, and put it in his mouth after the girl's repeated urging, and then ...... His eyes lit up suddenly, and he couldn't help himself with a shocked expression.
"Where did it come from?!"
The girl pointed her finger at Heavenly Sin very unjustly.
The leader of the Lai Ba ran over almost frantically, grabbed the collar of Heavenly Sin, blushed and stared at the round eyes, and shouted, "Where did this come from?!" ”
Salt, for Nan Mingguo, can make His Majesty crazy, but for this barbarian?
There is a trade road between Nanming and the barbarians, and seventy percent of the goods circulating on this road are 'rock salt'! Nowhere is there a greater lack of salt than in the forest, especially in the rainforest, where only the experienced elders can find the scarce salt, and the normal intake depends on the only fine salt left in the meat.
On the salt, the barbarians have to use a lot of furs and precious things to exchange every year, and some things are even exchanged for their lives.
Heavenly Sin had already made this plan before entering the Phantom Sea Forest, he needed something that would allow him to save his life no matter what he went through, even if his identity was discovered and captured by the barbarian masterminds, he could also leave his life behind, and the reliance he chose was salt!
This is the Phantom Sea Forest, an important salt production area...... Heavenly Sins didn't even have to think about it, they could know that they must have been occupied by those ferocious beasts, a territory that even barbarians couldn't take away!
Facing the question of the leader of the Laiba, Tiansin tilted his head, and suddenly said with a very disdainful expression: "Hmph, what? Now you know the wealth of the master, right? That's right, this is salt, and this is not for the master to eat, it is for brushing his teeth, and he has to spit them out when he finishes brushing, and the amount in that small bottle is only enough for less than a month, as for how did it come from...... Hmph, the master has money, buy it! Okay, you know the answer, now you can return it to the master, right? ”
"Spit ...... Spit it out?! ”
The eyes of the leader of the Lai Ba were red, and he suddenly had a very strange thought, that is, he didn't hate this stinky boy very much, but he wanted to strangle him! Naturally, the leaders of the Lai Pa did not know that this kind of thinking was called 'hatred of the rich'.
What a loser, this salt ...... It's really like the girl said, they've never seen it, no! I've never even heard of it, it's so fair, so delicious, it's like the treasure of heaven and earth.
Swallowing heavily, the leader of the Lai Ba asked again, "What about ...... So how much of this salt do you have now? ”
Heavenly Sin said proudly: "Of course there are many ...... Uh......" He suddenly rolled his eyes, suddenly 'smart', pouted and said: "Hey, you are quite big, do you want to rob such a child as Xiaoye?" You have to rob even children's things, are you still not human? Granny Vanilla is still an old man, that is...... Are you just going to bully us old people and children? ”
The leader of the Lai Ba was stunned, turned his head to look at those of his own people, to say that this barbarian is actually relatively 'simple', and they were robbed of white by the sin of heaven for a while, and they also felt that their leader seemed to be doing something very wrong, although they did not have the so-called 'respect for the old and love the young' morality, but the importance of these two in nature is far higher than that of civilized countries such as Nanming!
For the barbarians, children are wealth, and whether a tribe can continue to prosper after ten years depends on the number of children. The experience and wisdom of the elderly are the most important conditions for the survival of a group. Therefore, their respect for the old and love for the young does not come from moral constraints, but from the nature of survival and race.
The wisdom of the leader of the Lai Ba is not too good, and after a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he came up with a very brainless reason: "This...... Hmph, everything in the group is shared by everyone, and it is to be divided equally, what is yours? I...... How could I rob you? It's just a matter of assigning things! ”
As soon as she heard him say this, the woman on the side couldn't help but pat her head weakly, and secretly scolded this Lai Ba leader in her heart for being a stupid waste! Why? As long as it is said that they are their prey, and the things that the prey has naturally belong to them...... Isn't that the end of it? But if you say so......
Sure enough, Heavenly Sin roared loudly: "What deuces? The master is not a member of your race, the master is a noble Nanming nobleman! How could it be you barbarians? It's ridiculous! ”
The leader of the Lai Ba was stunned when he heard this, but in line with the principle of 'wrong to the end', he continued to 'tough' and said: "I ...... I'm the leader! I say you are our people, and you are our people! It's the right of the chief! ”
Heavenly Sin said loudly: "You...... You're too unreasonable to do that? Master don't do it, Master is a noble person, how can he be in the same stream with you barbarians?! Hmph, besides, how can there be a reason to tie up your own kind? The master is now carried by you like a wild boar, and you are embarrassed to say that the master is your kindred? For the sake of a little salt, you can be so shameless? It's really an eye-opener! ”
What Tiansin said was a little crepe, so the leader of the Lai Ba didn't understand all of it, but he understood the words 'tied', and then waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, put them down." ”
Subsequently, Heavenly Sin and Ghost Ping were really put down, and Xiaolu was also released, and the three of them walked together again. And Heavenly Sin is constantly 'fighting' with the leader of the Raba, and he is trying to say that he will never join their group, which is an insult to his identity.
And these ...... But the ghost on the side was stunned.
Barbarians are notoriously xenophobic, not to mention people from other countries, even if a woman who was captured from a neighboring foreign race gave birth to a baby for her own clan, and that baby belonged to this race, but a woman is not a 'person' until she dies, and she will not be accepted by the tribe! And it is such a race, but it is trying its best to let Heavenly Sin join their race. On the other hand, he seems to have no idea about the current situation, and he doesn't know that the line between life and death is completely a matter of the other party's thoughts, but he is vigorously opposing the conditions that can keep him alive, as if letting him join is letting him die.
And the only thing that Ghost Ping understands is that the two of them seem to be fighting for a kind of 'salt', and they have heard the barbarian woman shout what salt, salt ...... What's so strange? As a high-status ghost and ghost hero, he has never lacked this kind of thing.
So he naturally couldn't understand what that small bottle of salt would mean to the entire race. Especially when Xiao Lu was in the eyes of Heavenly Sin, he 'accidentally' dropped a small bag of at least three or four catties in his arms on the ground, and after some of the white powder in it spilled out, what a big impact it caused to these barbarians.
It wasn't until the girl who obviously loved cleanliness lay directly on the ground, covered in mud but extremely careful to desperately 'scoop up' those white powders, that Onihei finally had some realization. After some things, he felt that he finally remembered the delicious things he had eaten along the way, and every time he had to let Xiaolu sprinkle these white powders on them, he really never thought that the white powder was salt!
Is there such a salt? Legendary ...... It seems that there really is one in the Nanming royal family! But that's something that is unique to emperors...... Re-associate the identity of the Heavenly Sin...... It was clear to him at once. It's salt! It's the legendary refined salt that is hard to find! And...... So much! A whole bag, at least three or four catties!
When Oniping's head finally turned, the 'exchange' over there also came to an end, and Tiansin hugged his arms and put forward his final conditions: "Well, this...... Okay, okay, although I still can't join your clan, but ...... I can also be a guest of your race, and since I am a guest, I naturally want to give you some gifts and share some things with you. Since you guys like these salts...... Well, how about I give you some? But...... Ahem, the master is not without requirements. ”
The leader of the Lai Ba was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth, ready to accept the other party's 'lion big mouth', and nodded with difficulty.
But Tiansin said: "Hmph, the master wants you to build a very good house for the master!" Uh-huh, cool during the day and warm at night, yes, big! ”
The leader of the Lai Ba was stunned, the girl who had been beating her chest and secretly scolding the idiot of the leader of the Lai Ba was also stunned, and some other barbarians who were unknown on the side were also stunned, and they all suddenly felt that this request ...... It's a bit too simple.
And at the same time, I also feel that this little kid is really ...... It's stupid, stupid...... It's cute!
They walked in the woods for another three days, and because the sins had been let go, they marched a little faster, and in the evening of the third day, the group returned to their own people.
There is almost no difference from what Sin imagined, this group is very backward, and the houses in it are ...... It's not so much a house as it is the simplest 'tent' made from local materials. Some of them were conical huts made of branches and hay, and some were a little more complicated, and the larger houses were made of twigs wrapped in animal skins, and these houses were characterized by the fact that they were easily dismantled and constructed, proving that the people were a constantly migratory race.