Chapter 38: The Discovery of Coal
After walking around the trading area for a while, Ye Xiao also saw a lot of strange things.
For example, all kinds of stone tools, wood tools, bone tools, etc., such tools of different tribes are not the same, each has its own characteristics.
But Ye Xiao found one thing in common, that is, none of these dazzling tools and weapons were made of metal.
Bronze products, ironware, etc., have not appeared, I don't know if there is no such mineral in this world, or the people here have not found it at all, maybe they don't know how to use this mineral, what is the specific situation, Ye Xiao didn't know, so he could only continue to turn aimlessly.
Then they found a tribe that specialized in selling ointments, saying that they were ointments, but in fact they were made of black and slimy crushed herbs, and they were neatly placed there.
This is supposed to be made by the great witch of their tribe, and it seems to be quite famous, the stalls of this tribe are crowded with people who come to trade, and its excitement is not much compared to that of the Salt Lake tribe.
Seeing Ye Xiao stop and pause, Lan Xue on the side thought that Ye Xiao wanted to exchange a little of these medicines, so she said: "Brother Ye, the name of this tribe is Wu Tribe, and there are many great witches in the tribe, specializing in making all kinds of miracle medicines to cure diseases and save people, which are very famous in this area. And ......"
Speaking of this, Lan Xue paused, and then whispered in Ye Xiao's ear: "Moreover, although the magic medicine they made is better than that made by the great witches of ordinary tribes, the asking price is very expensive, and bargaining is not allowed, and these items you bring are not enough to exchange a few copies, let's not exchange them." Don't you have a big witch like Big Brother Ghost Doctor, I think Big Brother Ghost Doctor's medical skills are much better than theirs......"
"Hehe......" After listening to what Lan Xue said, Ye Xiao smiled slightly, just now Lan Xue suddenly attached to his ear, and thought that she was going to say something, it turned out that he thought he was going to exchange the medicine of this tribe, and he was worried that they would not have enough trading items to persuade him.
Sure enough, he also found that there were quite a few people around here, and there were a lot of people exchanging, but most of them exchanged a few copies, and the most was only about a dozen.
Although each tribe exchanged a few copies, but because there were not a few tribes who came to exchange, they soon sold dozens or hundreds of copies, and behind this tribe, there were stacked items used by other tribes to exchange, which was almost piled up into a small mountain, which showed the high asking price.
However, Ye Xiao didn't plan to exchange a few ointments, there was a ghost doctor, who was a good doctor, but he was much stronger than those big witches.
However, when he heard what Lan Xue said, he suddenly had an idea, the ghost doctor also understands Chinese medicine, if he is allowed to use modern medical knowledge to make some ointments with herbs, the effect will definitely be better than that of this Wu tribe, and he will definitely be able to make ointments to treat different diseases.
If you sell it at a lower asking price than them, it will definitely be a big hit, but in this way, it will inevitably compete with this "witch" tribe, but this is a later story, so you don't need to think about it for the time being.
If this plan wants to be implemented, there are many conditions, first of all, there must be all kinds of herbs, Ye Xiao wondered if he should exchange some herbs from here, but he was disappointed. This "witch" tribe only sells finished plasters and does not come up with any herbs to sell.
In addition, even if they have enough herbs and make various ointments, they still have to analyze the toxicity and medicinal properties, as the saying goes: medicine is poisonous. Some seemingly non-poisonous herbs, when mixed with other herbs, may become highly toxic poisons, which is not a joke.
The conditions here are simple, and at least an experiment similar to that of a "guinea pig" must be carried out, and a general understanding of the toxicity and medicinal properties can be released for sale, otherwise if something happens, it will smash its own signboard.
"Let's go." Ye Xiao looked at it, and could only keep this idea in his heart for the time being, and leave it for implementation when the time is ripe in the future.
The group continued to walk forward, and in an inconspicuous corner next to an item placed by a tribe, a black stone-like thing caught Ye Xiao's attention.
He walked straight to the stall of this tribe, the location of this tribe is not too good, and no one has been patronizing, at this moment, seeing someone coming, one of the middle-aged people who seemed to be the leader immediately had a smile on his face, and greeted warmly: "This little brother, come and see, the price of my things here is absolutely fair!" ”
"Okay." Ye Xiao nodded, picked up a stone axe from the stall and pretended to look at it before putting it down, and then picked up other things to look at.
The stall owner was quite happy to see that someone had finally come, but he couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he saw that Ye Xiao didn't mean to ask the price when he looked left and right.
Didn't he think that Ye Xiao couldn't afford it, didn't he see what the two attendants behind him were carrying? The teeth of the mammoth, the feathers of the golden eagle, and the fur of the saber-toothed tiger and the giant wolf, these are all good things.
He already took it for granted that Ye Xiao didn't look down on their things, and yes, to be able to bring so many precious items to the trade fair, it must be someone from a big tribe, and it is estimated that ordinary things are not worth it.
It's just that they don't look like people from this wild ice field, but they are a bit like the people in the central snowy region that he has heard others mention, but when did the people from the central snowy region come to their desolate place?
He couldn't figure it out, and he didn't have the heart to think about it, he just hoped that Ye Xiao would be able to take a fancy to some of their things, even if it was to give away some items.
Ye Xiao looked at it casually, and deliberately showed a disappointed expression on his face, which made the middle-aged man even more anxious, did the person who had finally waited for let the other party go?
The middle-aged man was just about to say something, when Ye Xiao's hand pretended to touch the black stone in the corner.
"Huh? What is it? ”
Ye Xiao looked at the black mark on his hand, frowned, and looked at the middle-aged man suspiciously.
The middle-aged man chuckled in his heart, thinking that Ye Xiao was angry and wanted to attack him.
"This ...... It's something our tribe's little ash came to play with, and we're sorry for getting your hands dirty. The middle-aged man explained stiffly, his face a little embarrassed.
Then he turned his head to a three, four, or five-year-old boy behind him and said, "Little Ash, why don't you come over and apologize to this little brother." ”
The boy named Xiao Ash immediately walked over when he heard this, his face was a little pale, and he hurriedly bowed down to Ye Xiao and saluted, "Yes...... I'm sorry. ”
"This little brother, for the sake of him as a child, please don't worry about him, I'...... I can make some compensation. ”
The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and said the words of compensation, there was no one to patronize them in the first place, and if this kind of thing was to make a big fuss, it is estimated that no one would come.
At this moment, he regretted a little in his heart, he shouldn't have brought Xiao Ash over in the first place.
Ash is the son of a good friend in his tribe, and Ash's father is also a powerful warrior in the tribe, but a few years ago, while out hunting, he was killed by a wild beast in order to save another person in the tribe, leaving young Ash and his mother behind.
Over the years, under the care of him and the rest of the tribe, Ash grew up, and in a year, by the time he was fifteen years old, he was an adult.
Xiao Ash is very sensible, and he also knows how to repay his kindness, but he is a little stubborn.
He thought that he was about to reach adulthood, and he still had to take on the responsibility of supporting the family, but because he was not yet allowed to join the hunting party, he often sneaked out of the tribe by himself, looking for something useful in the wilderness, exchanging food and animal fur with the people of the tribe.
This black and slimy stone was obtained by Xiao Ash from the outside, and this thing can neither be eaten nor used, and it is also dark and easy to get dirty, so no one in the tribe wants it.
Although no one wanted it, Ash didn't know which string was wrong, and would rather put it in the house than throw it away.
This time I heard that there was a tribal fair, Xiao Ash begged to take him with him, and the middle-aged man saw Xiao Ash's pleading appearance, and he couldn't bear it, so he took him.
In fact, he also knew that with Xiao Ash's stubborn temperament, even if he didn't take him, he would sneak out after they left, and he did this to prevent Xiao Ash from being hurt outside.
The middle-aged man was annoyed in his heart, but Ye Xiao didn't think about it so much, he directly picked up a stone with his hand and looked at it carefully.
This stone is not big, but the weight is not light, Ye Xiao took it and scratched it on the white stone next to it, leaving a black mark.
In the end, Ye Xiao still determined that this stone was coal, which made Ye Xiao very happy, but he didn't expect to find the existence of coal here, this thing is a good heating item.
It seems that the people here don't know what this thing does, otherwise it wouldn't just be placed in the corner and no one cares.
"Is this thing for sale?" Ye Xiao asked pretending not to care.
"Huh?"
The middle-aged man obviously didn't react for a while, and he didn't know why Ye Xiao was interested in this black thing.
"Change, I'll change!"
Xiao Ash on the side was the first to react, and a crisp voice came out of his mouth.
"And what do you want to change?"
"Four sheets...... No, three medium fur ......"
"It's okay if you don't have two...... Xiao Ash saw that Ye Xiao didn't speak, thinking that he was too expensive, so he couldn't help but quickly lower the price.
"This little brother, it's not easy for you to see this child, he has no father since he was a child, and he has a mother to support at home, do you see if it's ......"
The middle-aged man played the emotional card with Ye Xiao at the right time, but he was actually afraid that Ye Xiao would give less and let Xiao Ash suffer.
"Hehe, this way, I'll give you three furs, how about I want all of them?" Ye Xiao knew what he meant when he heard his words, and besides, this kid was indeed strange and pitiful.
Of course, he can also see from the side that this middle-aged man is quite a simple person, and it can be seen that Xiao Ash is not his closest relative, but he takes good care of him, which is very rare in this primitive social world where Ru Mao drinks blood.
"Okay, I agreed for Ash."
Hearing that Ye Xiao was ready to buy them all, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, he could sell three medium-sized furs, and it could already be said that he had made a lot of money.
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