"Leader Shuiyuan, I see envy and disbelief in your eyes. There is no need for this, this kind of thing is talented, innate, and cannot be envied. Don't dwell on it, just be happy! ”

Ding Qi didn't wait for Shui Yuan to speak, and directly teased the other party, but it made Shui Yuan cry and laugh, but there was deep bitterness behind it.

This kind of thing is really unenviable!

Shui Yuan never mentioned last night's incident, as long as the other party understands and knows it.

"Leader Ding, the other tribes may arrive around in the next two days. I have one thing I want to discuss with you. ”

Ding Qi nodded and motioned for the other party to continue.

"Yes, the Suventin tribe has a variety of advanced tools, including the recently introduced bronze axes and kitchen knives, as well as the former fishing nets, which have been of great help to the development of our tribe. Especially in this war with the Wild Snake Tribe, the current overwhelming advantage was thanks to the bronze axe of the Ding tribe. ”

When Shui Yuan said this, he seemed to be a little hesitant, not knowing how to say it, and was considering the appropriate sentence.

"So, I want to make a big exchange with you, I want to get enough bronze axes, I wonder if it's okay?"

Shui Yuan looked at Ding Qi, feeling a little apprehensive, and didn't know if Ding Qi would agree. He understood that although the bronze axe was positioned by the Ding tribe as a tool for cutting wood, it could also be used for hunting, dividing animals**, and also causing damage to enemies. Its effect is very obvious, and the value of each piece is not low, not to mention the exchange of large quantities. He wanted to assign a bronze axe to each of the tribe's warriors to improve the tribe's overall strength.

As for the more advanced kind of mountain opening knife and hard bow of the Ding tribe, he will not consider it for the time being, and he will not be able to exchange it, and the Ding tribe will definitely not agree. In this case, it is better to change some bronze axes that the Ding tribe looks down on to arm your own tribe.

Ding Qi stood still and looked at Shui Yuan without saying a word, which made Shui Yuan a little uncomfortable, being stared at like this was really insulting his identity as the leader, just like staring at the ants on the ground. Now that he is an ant, Ding Qi is the one who looks at the ants, which makes Shui Yuan unhappy.

Just when Shui Yuan was about to be unable to withstand Ding Qi's gaze, Ding Qi slowly spoke:

"Are you sure you need to exchange more bronze axes?"

"Indeed...... Are you sure! ”

Shui Yuan swallowed hard, not realizing that he was stuttering a little.

"How much do you need to exchange? Or have you calculated whether you have enough supplies to exchange for the amount you want? ”

At the previous exchange meeting, the price of a kitchen knife was twenty slaves, and the axe and saw together had to be at least sixty slaves or even higher, and the auction price had reached one hundred slaves. Although the price has dropped now, an axe costs twenty minions. If Shui Yuan is ready to exchange too much, then he must have enough slaves or something of equal value.

Shui Yuan swallowed his saliva again and said directly:

"I ...... I'm ready to hand over ...... Exchange a hundred bronze axes! ”

"Hiss~"

This time, it was Tinch's turn to be a little surprised.

According to the news he got from Bing last night, this war with the Crazy Snake Tribe, the Blackwater Tribe did not take much advantage, and the strength ratio of the two sides was four or six, and the Blackwater was six. So the harvest of the Blackwater tribe is not too much.

If the current price of the bronze axe is calculated, it must also require at least two thousand slaves. But the current number of people in the Blackwater tribe is less than a thousand, where can they have so many slaves? Unless they have some other more valuable item, something that Ice doesn't know about, can be exchanged for a hundred axes.

Ding Qi's mind was racing, and the object of suspicion was directly transferred to the Blackwater tribe

Harmed information on the mastery. If they find hematite, there's a good chance they'll be able to get them, and even more bronze axes. If this is the case, Ding Qi suspects that Shui Yuan's statement that a hundred bronze axes is just a cover to hide his strength.

"Leader Shuiyuan, the number of slaves corresponding to these hundred axes is a lot, and I don't think it's enough to add all the people of your tribe! You have to remember, we made a bet, there is still a bet worth twenty-five horses, don't you exchange it for a bronze axe, but there is no way to pay the bet of twenty-five horses, then I don't want to!

I remember the stakes were all the buffaloes of your tribe, a hundred slaves, and fifty fine pieces of jade. To tell the truth, these fifty pieces of exquisite jade are just an addition, and they are not worth much if they are not eaten or drunk. ”

Ding Qi began to force Shui Yuan, lest he take out some more jade to fill up. At present, it is still in an era of lack of food and clothing, and jade is really useless.

Shui Yuan saw sweat on his forehead, and said in his heart that the leader of Ding Qi was really shrewd, and he was still thinking about that bet!

"Leader Ding, to tell you the truth, when we were fighting the Serpent Tribe, we found a large pit with some red stones like the one we gave you earlier. I arranged for the warriors to transport all the red stones back to the tribe, and according to the exchange method used at the previous exchange meeting, one red stone could be exchanged for an axe and a saw. So, I want to exchange fifty red stones for a hundred axes, what do you think? ”

Ding Qi felt a pang in his heart, did he actually discover the hematite vein? But he asked quietly on his face:

"Oh? That's a great thing! It's just that the value of the saw is not as good as that of an axe, and adding so many axes will require more materials, so you have to add ten stones and all the slaves of your tribe to exchange. But I won't let you feel at a loss, I'm in charge, I can give you five more axes and five saws! ”

Shui Yuan was calculating, thinking that he could exchange for five more sets of axes and saws, and the price was only the unknown use of the red stone and the tribe's current nearly two hundred slaves, which was quite cost-effective. Especially since it is almost winter, and if you raise so many slaves, you have to prepare food for 200 slaves, which is not a small number!

Shui Yuan immediately agreed.

But Ding Qi was not finished, and asked very casually:

"Leader Shuiyuan, since there are no red stones in that pit for the time being, can you tell me the location of that pit? Don't worry, as long as you tell me the location of that pit, I will pay you, three axes, how about you see? ”

Ding Qi asked this question, as if he was only asking it in passing, and the remuneration offered was not too high. If it is too high, it will arouse Shui Yuan's suspicion, and maybe it will scare him back. It's just that Xiang Qi seems to be looking down on the abyss in front of him too much.

"Alas! Look at me, I almost forgot about it. After all the stones were brought back, there was a heavy rain around the area, which directly flooded many places. And the pit with the red stone was also flooded, and there is still a lot of water in it. I'll send someone to take you to check it out tomorrow, but thank you Leader Ding, it's really embarrassing to get three axes just by leading the way! ”

Shui Yuan rolled his eyes and immediately answered Ding Qi's question, which was very natural.

"Exam! It's been played! ”

Ten thousand grass and mud horses ran through Ding Qi's heart, trampling him to the ground. Now he is like eating a fly, he can't swallow it, he doesn't swallow it, he doesn't swallow it, and he has to swallow it in the end. Maybe Shui Yuan just found a puddle and said that it was flooded by heavy rain, and Ding Qi had nowhere to complain.

"Then there is the leader of Lao Shuiyuan! Then it is settled, I will now arrange for someone to carry the bronze axe, and you will arrange for someone to prepare the stone and take my men to inspect the pit. ”

Shui Yuan smiled like an old fox who got a bargain

Like a flower, he nodded violently.

"Good, good! Deal! ”

The two sides negotiated, and Shui Yuan took Ding Qi to check the authenticity of the red stone. After Ding Qi was sure that it was hematite, he immediately arranged for people to come and guard it with their people, so that these ores would not be transferred by the people of the Blackwater tribe. Then he arranged for Cang and five soldiers to immediately set off and went to Tongcun to handle the matter.

Immediately after, Ding Qi and Shui Yuan led people to the place where hematite was found. After arriving, Ding Qi looked exactly like this.

In front of a small lake surrounded by cattails, the formation time must be at least two or three years, how can it be a rainwater pit that has just formed? You don't have to cheat people like that, do you?

Looking at Shui Yuan, who was pointing, and then looking at the number and distance of his men, Ding Qi really wanted to stab him with a knife, dare to lie to himself? But think about it, forget it, and see the situation.

"Okay! When your tribe suffered, if I didn't do something in this batch of axes, I would feel sorry for myself! ”

Ding Qi gritted his teeth, spat hatefully, and turned out of the place, ready to go back to receive the slaves.

When Bing learned that all the slaves of the Blackwater Tribe belonged to Ding Qi, he was very happy in his heart. He knew that as long as these slaves, including the people of his own tribe, arrived at the Ding tribe, they would be free, and they would no longer have to suffer this kind of life that was not even as good as a buffalo. This made her heart's gratitude to Ding Qi rise to an unspeakable height, and only by dedicating herself to or sacrificing for Aragami could she repay Ding Qi's kindness!

Now, she had one task to complete, and that was to verify where she got the red stone.

In the next few days, several other major tribal leaders led people to the Blackwater tribe one after another. Before that, Ding Qi left the Blackwater tribe and went to visit the surrounding Bai Ze and Honghu tribes to check the customs of the surrounding tribes.

Ding Qi found that in addition to the population of his own tribe, which was less than 300 slaves, the two tribes also raised about 100 slaves. Ding Qi agreed with them to exchange all the three hundred slaves of their two tribes for bronze axes, shovels, coarse salt and other things. The two tribes are also very happy that they can reduce the food consumption of their own tribes without having to transport these slaves themselves, so that more people can live, so why not?

In addition to these two tribes, Ding Qi also circled around some small tribes around him, exchanging a total of three hundred and fifty slaves, as well as countless seeds of various plants, including rice. Before leaving, Ding Qi explained to the leaders of these tribes how to grow rice, telling them that rice would allow them to feed more people.

When they went out, there were less than thirty people, and when they came back, there were six or seven hundred people, this spectacular scene scared the people of the Blackwater tribe and the four major tribes who arrived in the past few days! Fortunately, they saw that those people were just slaves, not real tribal warriors, if they were tribal warriors, with the strength of the Ding tribe, it was estimated that they could bulldoze the entire Blackwater tribe.

But Ding Qi didn't think so in his heart, he thought that the elite warriors he brought were enough to wipe out the Blackwater Tribe!

Subsequently, all the slaves of the Blackwater tribe were also driven out of the tribe and gathered outside the Blackwater tribe with the newly arrived slaves. Ding Qi arranged for Xiong and other soldiers to take turns to guard, and dispatched more than 20 of the original Snow Mountain tribe of about thirty or forty people to come out to coordinate and manage the existing personnel, so as to avoid chaos. Fortunately, there is enough food supply, and this group of slaves, which number 850 people, has a lot of lives, and there are no fights and disobedience to discipline.

As for the bet of one hundred slaves that Shui Yuan promised, Ding Qi allowed Shui Yuan to replace it with something else.

Arriving at his residence, Ding Qi met with the leaders of the four major tribes who had arrived at the Blackwater Tribe one by one. It's just that in addition to meeting and chatting, these tribes have all raised some things that make Ding Qi a little embarrassed.