Chapter XXXVI Granting of Loans
Ye Feng was surprised and asked, "Why don't you think of a way to get some animal skins?" ”
Gray replied: "Of course I think about it, it's freezing this day, which tribe is willing to exchange animal skins with us, not to mention that we don't have much to exchange, we can only exchange this beautiful green stone with them"
Ye Feng heard what Gray said about the good-looking green stone, and thought it was an emerald, although the emerald is very beautiful and valuable, but in this era when you can't even eat enough, who will have the heart to think about these, and there is obviously no market for exchanging these gems.
However, Ye Feng, who was a dick in later generations, let alone emeralds, he hadn't even touched imitations, but he could play with them in this primitive society, so he mentioned to Gray: "Can you show me that green stone?" ”
Gray nodded, and from the skin pocket behind him, he pulled out a palm-sized green stone, which shone like stars in the light of the fire.
With just one glance, Ye Feng was sure that this was not an emerald, although he had not touched it, but his understanding of gems on the Internet in later generations, emeralds would definitely not have this kind of reflection.
After looking at this stone for a long time, Ye Feng didn't understand what it was, and when he saw Gray's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, he suddenly spoke: "I said Chief Gray, your coming to our tribe to bake the fire is secondary, and exchanging animal skins with us is the most important thing, right?" ”
Gray smiled and said, "It's still Ye Feng's cleverness, my little caution has been discovered by you!" ”
Ye Feng smiled and did not speak.
Seeing that he was recognized, Gray went straight to the point and said: "We really have nothing to change for this, only this green stone, he is a sacred object of our tribe." If you still have a lot of animal skins, I am willing to exchange them for our tribe's sacred objects, and it will definitely bring you good luck! Gray's tone was sincere, but his reluctance to look at the green stone was palpable.
Primitive people are superstitious, believing that some strange objects are blessed by the gods, and have a deep worship thought, believing that worshipping it will bring them good luck.
Ye Feng said curiously: "You exchange your tribe's divine artifacts, aren't you afraid of God's punishment?" ”
Gray smiled helplessly and said: "Whether to punish or not is a matter of the future, at present, six people in my tribe have frozen to death, if this continues, we will definitely suffer heavy losses, the divine object is exchanged by me, God will punish me alone, if I can save my people, I will be satisfied." ”
Hearing what happened to the Rock Tribe, everyone in the Xingyue Tribe showed sympathy, the Rock Tribe and the Xingyue Tribe have a very good relationship, Gray and Duoye are also called brothers, and now the Rock Tribe is in trouble, and people all want to lend a helping hand.
However, between tribes and tribes, as between countries, there is no permanent friendship, only permanent interests, and all the resources of the Xingyue tribe are not blown by the wind, so they cannot be handed over to them for nothing.
Ye Feng thought for a long time and came up with an idea, he said to everyone: "Everyone, I have come up with an idea that can not only let the Rock Tribe tide over the difficulties, but also not lose our interests!" ”
Everyone looked at each other, and everyone in the rock tribe also showed a look of longing in their eyes.
Ye Feng said slowly: "We can take our extra animal skins and give them to the rock tribe first to spend the winter, and when spring comes, the rock tribe is bringing us the goods exchanged, wouldn't it be beautiful?" ”
The clever root caught a loophole, and he raised his hand and said, "Then what if the Rock Tribe doesn't admit it or stalls for time?" ”
Ye Feng said: "We can take the most precious things of their tribe and put them here with us, as long as they keep their promises, we will go and return their things to them, if they repent, this thing will be ours." If they procrastinate, we can also add such a provision. ”
"From the moment we give them something, add half a skin in the first month, one skin in the second month, two skins in the third month, four skins in the fourth month, and so on."
That's right, Ye Feng has started a loan, and it also has interest.
It's just that Heru raised his hand at this time and said, "What do you mean by a month, two months?" ”
Ye Feng's head was black, and he forgot to explain to them what a month was, so he said: "This is a unit of time, a month is thirty days, and there is another unit called a year, a year is twelve months, that is, three hundred and sixty-five days." ”
After everyone heard that this was a perfect idea, Ye Feng turned his head to the people of the Rock Tribe and said, "What do you think?" ”
This condition is harsh in the later life, but the rock tribe felt that this was a lifesaver, and quickly nodded without any hesitation.
The business was negotiated, and then the Xingyue tribe delivered it, and this winter the Xingyue tribe still had more than 300 animal skins left, all of which were handed over to the rock tribe.
The most precious thing of the Rock Tribe now is their green stone, which is regarded as a sacred object, and it is left in the Star and Moon Tribe as collateral.
Ye Feng also gave dozens of pairs of animal leather shoes, and his behavior made the tribe and his party happy, and they thanked them one after another, and they became more and more respectful to Ye Feng.
Ye Feng and Duoye sent them to the mouth of the canyon before waving goodbye, and seeing each other again, it will be next spring.
Ye Feng played with the so-called divine object in his hand, this object was shining under the reflection of light, it was not as crystal clear as a gem, but there was a sense of beauty, although Ye Feng had briefly studied gems, but he used to be the identity of Diaosi, and he couldn't touch these things at all, and he couldn't study it for a while.
Entering the cave and meeting Chu Yun at the end, Ye Feng said with a smile: "Chu Yun, why did you go last time?" ”
Chu Yun replied: "It's too stuffy in the cave, I'm going to go out to breathe, what about you, do you want to go with me?" ”
"What are you going, didn't you see that I just came back, and my hair happened to be covered with snowflakes."
"Huh? What do you have in your hand? Only then did Chu Yun notice the artifact in Ye Feng's hand.
Ye Feng spread out his hand, raised it in front of Chu Yun, and said, "I don't know, it's a kind of stone, a sacred object that the rock tribe has mortgaged to us, it is quite beautiful at this time, it may be a gem that I have never seen." ”
Chu Yun said in surprise: "This is indeed a gemstone, but it is not so precious, there is basically no fake, it is called malachite." ”
"What do you say! Malachite? Ye Feng felt his blood boiling, and hurriedly confirmed to Chu Yun.
Chu Yun nodded, not knowing what he meant
"Great! Malachite! We're rich, haha! Ye Fengxue danced excitedly, like a three- or four-year-old child.
Chu Yun looked at him and hurriedly said, "What are you doing, what are you crazy about!" ”
Ye Feng resisted his excitement and said slowly: "Malachite is often associated with copper mines, if we follow the clues of this malachite, we may find copper mines, and then we will have metals to use!" ”
To be continued