Volume 2 Playing with the Tribes Chapter 85 The Exchange Begins
Ding Qi was secretly happy in his heart, but he was silent on the surface, pretending to be drinking tea. And the three tribal leaders saw that Ding Qi did not speak, and kept drinking tea there, and also followed his example, leisurely intoxicated and immersed in it. This made Ding Qi want to laugh more and more, but he couldn't hold it back, so he had to cover his mouth with his hand and cough loudly twice to stop the laughter.
But Ding Qi's action made the three leaders misunderstand, and they coughed together, Ding Qi couldn't stand it, and laughed. But it's okay if he doesn't laugh, and when he laughs, the three of them also laugh, making the people outside the door feel that the four of them are talking happily inside, but in fact, only Ding Qi said three words.
Ding Qi finally stopped laughing and said to the three of them:
"Three leaders, you don't need to learn from me. There are certain rules for drinking tea, but it doesn't have to be like this, just casual. As an apology, when you return to the tribe, you will be given a dandelion tea per person. ”
The three leaders were also a little embarrassed, and directly accepted Ding Qi's apology to cover up the embarrassment just now.
At this time, the leader of the black bull, who had been sitting at the door and had not spoken, coughed, looked at Ding Qion and said angrily:
"Leader Ding, my black bull is relatively straightforward and speaks straight, so I will directly explain my intentions."
The leader of the black bull paused, and Ding Qi also signaled to him that he was listening. Black Bull was very satisfied with Tinch's approach and continued:
"The first is a routine tribal transaction, this is already a routine, this time our three tribes also brought a lot of good things, when the time comes, it depends on what the Ding tribe needs, just reach a deal.
The second is to confirm one thing. The wild cow went back and told me that you were the Aragami alive, so the three of us came over together to confirm if you were the Aragami that everyone said! ”
The goshawk leader sitting on the side also nodded in agreement, but Chishi was even more brainless and said directly:
"That's it, Leader Ding, you look different from the Aragami rumored among the tribes? You're not impersonating, are you? ”
The goshawk next to him hurriedly pulled the red stone with his hand, preventing him from continuing to speak, and muttered in his heart: How is the red stone collar like this, brainless and unpumped, it seems that I really can't come out with him in the future, shame!
When a sentence came out, everyone was embarrassed, but Ding Qi didn't care so much. Aragami didn't call it out by himself, it was recognized by others, and it had nothing to do with him. It's not right to say that there is no relationship, and he used the identity of the Aragami to bring the deer tribe under his command.
Ding Qi took a sip of tea, smashed it and said:
"Red Stone Leader, it's not up to you to decide whether I'm an Aragami or not, and I don't need you to question it, and I don't need to prove it to you. Many of the people present at the time, including those rescued from your three tribes, all thought I was Aragami. Now you are questioning my identity, do you not believe in your own tribesmen? Or do you think these people are stupid pigs and talking nonsense? ”
Ding Qi was a little dumbfounded, this was not his intention.
"You! I didn't say that, we just had this question, and I saw that your appearance was different from the appearance of the legendary Aragami, so that's why we asked. ”
Ding Qi saw that he didn't look like a fake, and knew that he was straightforward and fast-talking, and his way of speaking was a little inappropriate, so he didn't care anymore.
"Okay, since the red stone leader is quick to speak and dare to act, then I don't care anymore. There was nothing good to entertain you tonight, but the soup was stewed with freshly caught fish, and the fish was enough. Peach, is the fish soup ready? ”
"That's it!"
After a while, four large bowls of thick fish soup were placed on the table in front of everyone, and there was a large pot of fish soup in the middle of the table, steaming. The table was a square table made by Ding Qi himself before, and a stool made of rough wood was placed on each side, and the three of them were still a little uncomfortable when they drank tea just now, and they already felt that it was much more comfortable to sit on it than to sit on the ground.
Looking at the fish soup in front of him, his nose kept moving, and the thick smell of fresh soup attracted the eyes of the three of them to stare at it tightly, and they didn't even care about the drooling at the corners of their mouths.
"It's so fragrant, is this the fish soup that Leader Ding Qi just said?" Akaishi really couldn't be idle, sucking saliva in his mouth while not forgetting to ask questions.
The fish soup in the bowl is just one word, fresh! The freshly caught fish, with the water in the creek, accompanied by mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and bamboo shoots to make soup, calamus grass to remove the fish, and the refined salt secretly sprinkled by Ding Qi to enhance the taste, like milk-like color, has attracted the eyes of the three like magnets.
"Guys, this is fish soup, a soup made by boiling freshly caught fish in a clay pot for half a day."
"Wow! This is the clay pot, this is the clay bowl, isn't it, it's awesome! In the past, we had to use leaves and stone bowls to drink water, but I didn't expect that there were such clay pots in the Ding tribe to cook food, and there were clay bowls to hold food. Did you make it all Aragami? ”
Seeing this fragrant fish soup, the goshawk began to use honorifics when he spoke, and called Ding Qi Aragami, which was really a special magical thing for him to be a pottery bowl and a pottery pot.
"Yes! I did it. The tribe of my Ding has been passed down to a large tribe, and everyone in the tribe makes all kinds of things that you have not seen before, and I have only a little bit of them, including making clay pots, clay bowls, and tables and stools like the ones below. Moreover, things like domesticating animals and building houses were also learned from that tribe. ”
Ding Qi made a look of yearning, as if everything in that tribe was particularly desirable.
The leader of the black bull smelled the fish soup deeply, and said to Ding Qi with an expectant face:
"Leader Ding, no, Aragami, can you teach us what you said?"
"No, the tribe has a heritage, and each generation of our healers has mastered these methods, but they can only be learned by people in the tribe, but not by people outside the tribe. If you want these things, you can only exchange them, and the object of exchange cannot be ordinary items, as long as they can arouse my interest or all kinds of strange things. ”
Hearing Ding Qi's explanation, the goshawk was slightly disappointed, but then his eyes lit up and he asked eagerly:
"Aragami, do you mean anything that piques your interest?"
Ding Qi looked at his expression, as if there was something worth exchanging, and said quietly:
"Yes, as long as I think there is value in exchange, I can do it, such as stones with beautiful colors, seeds from plants, or some news, and the slaves you have captured can be exchanged as items. It's just that what you change is to be determined, and it mainly depends on what you need. ”
Before the goshawk could reply, the red stone next to him interjected:
"Can slaves be exchanged? What can a slave be exchanged for? ”
Ding Qi knew that they had captured a few prisoners, it seemed that they were still from the Qing tribe, Ben had already told himself the idea of the fox before, and Ding Qi also wanted to change people to increase the population, so he directly stretched out a finger and said:
"A female slave can change one such bowl, and two male slaves can change one bowl. As for the clay pot, it takes five female slaves to get it. ”
After Ding Qi finished speaking, the three of them glanced at each other, and the black bull hesitated for a moment and said:
"Isn't that a little too much? Slaves can work, they can collect food, and the bowl seems to be only able to hold food and water. ”
"The leader of the black bull is right, it is true that there is less exchange. You also reminded me that only I can make pottery bowls and pots, and I don't do much. So I decided that three female slaves could be exchanged for two pottery bowls, three male slaves could be exchanged for one pottery bowl, and seven female slaves were needed for pottery pots! ”
Ding Qi finally took out seven fingers to show them, and also expressed his meaning clearly. But the faces of the three of them collapsed, and they didn't expect Ding Qi to increase the price with one sentence, which is not good. The three of them hurriedly persuaded Ding Qi not to increase the price, just like they said before to exchange.
Ding Qi saw that he had achieved his goal, so he no longer insisted, and smiled and beckoned the three of them to hurry up and drink soup and eat fish.
The three of them only felt that the fish soup in the clay bowl in front of them was really delicious, but it was much better than those barbecued meats and grilled fish, not to mention those tasteless plant tubers. The three of them shook off their cheeks and wiped out a large pot of fish soup and fish, and in the end, the three of them almost fought, just to put the last bit of fish soup into their bowls.
Fortunately, Ding Qi, as the host, took a clay spoon to help them serve the soup, which was very fair, so as to prevent the three of them from fighting again over this more and that less.
Although the three of them did not enter the house, the three of them were accompanied by Ben and the buck, and they also tasted the delicacies of this world.
And the people of the three tribes outside have two fish bases, and they eat with their mouths full of oil. Although it was just white meat that didn't taste good, they didn't care about it because they were used to it, and they ate it while grilling, and in the end they ate it cleanly. This made Ding Qi also bluntly say that there are too many people to raise! Less than 80 people ate more than half of the fish. It seems that we still have to go fishing more, and there will never be too little food!
After a full meal, everyone quickly fell asleep on a few bonfires outside the courtyard gate, and there were no good games at night, so they had to pass the time by sleeping. However, everyone also abides by the rules of the Ding tribe, queuing up to go to the toilet, not defecating in the open, etc.
Still, something discordant happened during the night. There were people belonging to the three tribes who secretly tried to cross the creek, but they were discovered by Xiao Hei, who was guarding there, and then these frightened guys were caught and sent back by the bucks who rushed over, and they were not held accountable for not following the rules.
The next morning, the crowd gathered outside the courtyard gate and divided into three tribes to begin the exchange. As for the hunting team, they secretly went to the lake to fish again with fishing nets and movable slaves on their backs, and the rest of the support group except for the deer also went to help. Two meals wiped out all their harvest yesterday, which made Ding Qi want to cry without tears.
Only Ding Qi, Buck, Ben and Deer were left in the Ding tribe, as well as Xiaobai and Xiaocutie guarding the creek, preparing for the next exchange activities, and preventing anyone from taking advantage of the loophole and sneaking to the ash kiln.
The things that Ding Qi prepared for exchange were clay pots, clay bowls, clay pots, and bamboo baskets. As for the fishing net, it was a hunting weapon that would not be traded for the time being, let alone bows and arrows, flying stone ropes, bronze tools, and the like. Resolutely do not do anything that may threaten your survival!
The items that the Ding tribe was going to trade were all placed at the gate, and the others could see it at a glance and see it clearly. The three tribes also placed their items on the hides, waiting for Ding Qi to come up and inspect them.