In the field of vision, the steppe appeared on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the lookouts of the ships of the First Trading Fleet stood on a high place, looking north, their mission was to find traces of the nomadic tribes of the steppe.

After about half a day, the lookout of the head boat noticed that there seemed to be a large herd of cattle and sheep in the northwest.

As the fleet moved west, Hu Lang looked to the northwest, as if he had thought of something, he quickly ran back to the cabin to find an old version of the map, and the lookout found that the area where cattle and sheep were found seemed to be the area where the Pegasus tribe once lived, and it could not be that the Pegasus tribe had returned.

Hu Lang reported his conjecture to Lu Yuan, who pondered for a moment and said: "It doesn't matter, it's better to be the Pegasus tribe, and if it's not the Pegasus tribe, you should try to contact this nomadic tribe." ”

The First Trade Fleet quickly approached that tribe, as Hu Lang guessed, that tribe was indeed the Pegasus tribe that moved last spring, and the Pegasus tribe tried to trade with the Ichthyosaur tribe, and moved back this spring to continue trading with the dragon tribe.

The Pegasus tribe was not sure when the dragon tribe's fleet would come, and they had been sending people to look east along the Yellow River in the area close to the riverbank, and the first trading fleet found the Pegasus tribe, and the Pegasus tribe also found the first trading fleet, and one of the Pegasus tribesmen immediately rode back to the Pegasus tribe's residence a mile away.

"Chief! Chieftain! I saw the ship, the fleet of the dragon tribe is coming. ”

Hearing the shouts of the clansmen, the leader strode out of the round tent, and after confirming the situation, the leader said to the eagle: "Eagle, you take a few people to meet the guests of our tribe. ”

The eagle received the order of the chief, and gathered five tribesmen to ride together towards the bank of the river where the white flag of the Pegasus tribe had been erected since the day he returned to the area, and the white flag had been damaged by the long exposure to the wind and rain.

By the time the Eagle Six came to the shore, the First Trading Fleet was only a hundred feet away.

The white flags fluttering on the banks of the river were enough for the fleet to be sure that the tribe it was about to contact was the one that had traded with the fleet.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and the people in the head boat were already able to see the faces of the six horsemen on horseback, and Hu Lang took a closer look, and he recognized that the leader was the eagle of the Pegasus tribe.

"Hey!" Hu Lang shouted loudly while waving to the eagle.

After a few breaths, Hu Lang's partner Li Zhi also recognized the eagle and confirmed that the nomadic tribe that the First Trading Fleet was about to contact was the Pegasus tribe that had traded with it.

Hearing this, the eagle noticed Hu Lang waving to him on the head boat, and the eagle also waved to Hu Lang.

The flotilla stopped, the thick planks stretched to the shore, and Hulang Li Zhi disembarked with various goods and New Year's gifts for the Pegasus tribe and walked towards the eagle group.

"You (the Pegasus tribe) are back?" Hu Lang asked with a gesture.

"I'm back." The eagle said with a smile.

The Pegasus tribe has successfully completed many transactions with the dragon tribe, and the relationship between the two sides is quite friendly, and the six eagles dismounted and led the horses to walk towards the residence of the Pegasus tribe with Hulang and Li Zhi.

Approaching the Pegasus tribe's place of residence and recalling the Pegasus tribe a year ago, Hu Lang and Li Zhi both had a feeling that the size of the Pegasus tribe had expanded somewhat.

Hu Lang and Li Zhi's feelings are not wrong, when the first trading fleet came into contact with the Pegasus tribe the year before last, the total population of the Pegasus tribe was only more than six hundred, and now the total population of the Pegasus tribe has exceeded one thousand, and it has reached the scale of a medium-sized tribe, but with the strength of the Pegasus tribe, it is a relatively weak wave among medium-sized tribes.

In a few years, the total population of the Pegasus tribe increased by more than four hundred, on the one hand, the Pegasus tribe did not encounter enemies, and its own food was quite sufficient, so that the total population of the Pegasus tribe naturally increased.

On the other hand, the Pegasus tribe was lucky to meet a weaker tribe last year, and when it encountered a weaker tribe, the Pegasus tribe naturally wanted to eat this weak tribe.

In the end, the two tribes did not fight, and the weak tribe knew that it was weak, so in order to survive, it had to take refuge in the Pegasus tribe.

"Haha, friend, you're finally here." The leader of Pegasus walked out of the Pegasus tribe's residence and greeted Hu Lang and Li Zhi with a smile.

"Leader of the Pegasus tribe, we greet you on behalf of the king of our dragon tribe, this is a New Year's gift from our tribe." Li Zhi gestured to greet the leader of Pegasus, and at the same time, Hu Lang presented New Year's gifts to the leader of Pegasus, which were not much, only ten catties of white salt, one catty of peppercorn powder and a delicate bronze dagger.

The leader of the Pegasus happily accepted the New Year's gift, who doesn't like the things given for free, white salt, peppercorn powder and this delicate dagger are good things.

When the Pegasus tribe left last spring, it was exchanged for a batch of white salt, and a year passed, because of the increase in population, it was enough to eat more than a year's white salt, but now there is not much left in the Pegasus tribe, and only a few people such as the leader and the eagle can enjoy it.

Accustomed to eating this white salt like snowflakes, the people of the Pegasus tribe were disgusted by the salt soil mixed with various flavors, so after a year, the Pegasus tribe couldn't wait to return and trade with the dragon tribe again in exchange for this white salt.

After a brief greeting, Li Zhi gestured to the leader of the Pegasus and asked, "The leader of the Pegasus tribe, may I ask what your tribe needs this time?" ”

The leader of Pegasus did not hesitate, and directly pointed at the white salt and said: "Our tribe needs white salt, how much white salt can you come up with, our tribe wants it all." ”

Li Zhi and Hu Lang glanced at each other, then gestured to the leader of Pegasus, "We can take out the white salt in exchange for a hundred cattle and horses." ”

It is a little more troublesome to indicate the number of "one hundred", and Li Zhi expressed the number of people gathered by the Pegasus tribe as one hundred.

A big cow or a big horse can be exchanged for ten catties of white salt, a hundred heads is a thousand catties of white salt, and the population of the Pegasus tribe is just over a thousand, and a thousand catties of white salt is enough for the Pegasus tribe to eat for nearly a year.

In fact, the First Trading Fleet carried more than 2,000 catties of white salt, but it could not be taken out all at once.

The First Trade Fleet only has five Class A ships, and the fleet itself carries so many people, and the remaining carrying capacity can carry up to one hundred and fifty cattle or horses at a time, especially this time the First Trade Fleet will also bring people from other tribes who have gone to the Dragon Tribe as guests, so the First Trade Fleet has planned to trade up to a hundred cattle and horses before.

The Pegasus tribe doesn't have much concept of numbers, and after a lot of effort, the Pegasus leader soon knew the weight of a thousand catties of white salt, which means that all the white salt Pegasus tribes want it.