Yang Li said that she was going to other tribes to trade honey and salt, Yulia was full of interest, she asked all day when to leave, and it seemed that even the generalissimo of the river bay did not want to do it.

Yang Jiao couldn't leave immediately, because he summed up the items that could be sold in the river bay, and there were only a small amount of millet, a lot of river fish, a few pottery, and the tusks of the wild boar's iron mane.

Millet and river fish belong to the grain, which is a necessity for other tribes, so they will certainly be welcomed, but they are not scarce, that is to say, they have it, and others have it, but they can produce more food by relying on the super-economic forced productivity brought about by slavery.

So the food trade, the profit is not high.

Pottery is completely different, it contains the advanced pottery technology of the river bay, which is not easy for other tribes to master, so it can generate a lot of profits, but the workshop-style production method makes the total amount of pottery that can be traded at present is not much, about 20 pieces.

So the pottery trade, the profit is high, but the total income generated is insufficient.

Yulia said it's okay, you can take my little plate and sell it, in exchange for honey.

Yang Jiao rewarded her with a chestnut at that time.

The rest is the huge boar tusks, which cannot be eaten or used, and whose only function is to decorate.

But the role of decoration is amazing, those antiques and jade in the 21st century can often be sold for sky-high prices, why?

Because this thing is a luxury, tailor-made for local tyrants and magnates, do they lack money and labor tools?

Obviously, there is no shortage of ah, they want to pretend, to show every visiting guest, look at our office, there are not only good Pu'er tea, but also a complete set of red sandalwood tea sets, with high-end desks and small secretaries with convex and backward curves, plus a shelf full of rare treasures......

That's what it takes to win.

When Yang Jiao was in the geological team, when he followed the person in charge to talk about business with those local tyrants, he had a little insight.

Iron Mane, a pair of two-meter-long wild boar teeth, either not for sale, or for sale, is a sky-high price.

Which patriarch wants it, just take the good things in exchange, don't change and pull down, anyway, the teeth won't be broken, it's a big deal to bring them back.

To sum up, there are only four goods that were traded this time, including two kinds of food, a tool of production, and a luxury item, and the main profit had to be won by the pottery trade.

After a few days, the caravan in Riverlands was finally on its way.

During this time, Hayabusa sent someone back to report that he had been following a herd of bison for a long time and was trying to find a way to catch it, so he couldn't come back for the time being.

Tiger Tooth wore two pieces of pigskin as temporary armor, and the rudimentary war hammer had been replaced by a two-handed stone axe of the same size, which was significantly more powerful to slash, and behind him were five fierce men who acted as caravan bodyguards.

Yulia joined temporarily, she couldn't hold back in the settlement, and wanted to come out to breathe, of course, this was her own statement.

Xiao Zhen Mi wanted to follow, but was thrown back by Yang Jiao and handed over to Xiao's Haosheng to take care of, and left two oral arithmetic papers for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, saying that he didn't finish the math problem when he came back, so he was spanked.

Lori was teary-eyed and coaxed by Yulia.

Waving goodbye to everyone in the settlement, a caravan of fifteen people embarked on a journey to open up trade routes, which was of great significance to Yang Jiao.

Half a mile east of the river, the dirt roads that had been trodden out were completely submerged by the half-man-high wild grass and shrubs, and the strong wind swept through the wasteland, and the grass and trees were undulating like waves.

Yang Li took out the self-made map, glanced at the sun, calculated the altitude angle in his heart, and determined the direction again with the current time: "The gray wood tribe is due east, we can directly go north to the river and advance along the riverbank, so that even if the direction is slightly wrong, we can find them." ”

The contour map has been further refined, and Yang plans to pass through two tribes on this trip.

Both tribes are along the river, one of them is on the south bank like the river bay settlement, and the other is on the north bank.

The caravan will first reach the Greywood Tribes on the south bank, then cross the river to the north bank, visit the Greenstone tribes, and return in a circle after completing the trade.

The three tribes of the river bay, ash wood, and green rock are like the three vertices of an isosceles triangle, of which the green rock tribe is the point above, and the river bay and the ash wood are the two points below, and what Yang Li wants to walk is a counterclockwise triangle perimeter side.

Why do you want to go this way, because if the Greywood tribe can eat this cargo completely, then there is no need to go to the Greenstone tribe again, the ships of this era are very rudimentary, and crossing the river is a risky business.

At noon the next day, Yang Li and his party arrived at the Gray Wood Tribe, and Yang Li was shocked when they saw the two guards at the gate of the settlement from a distance.

These are two tall, thin men, each holding a stone spear in their hands, and their faces are painted with brown oil paint associated with tribal totems, which are all regular attire.

What really attracted Yang Li was what they were carrying, a cut and polished wooden pole, with two ends of animal tendons connected, about a meter long, like a primitive single bow.

Compared with javelins and throwing axes, Yang Li prefers bows and arrows, because although throwing weapons is fierce at close range, after all, people's strength is limited, and throwing javelins 100 meters away depends on talent.

He wanted ranged lethality at scale—but that wasn't a high priority, so shelved it for now.

The first impression he had now of was that he had the ability to make a bow.

They relied on short bows to hunt.

Yang Li's caravan was welcomed by the leader of the opposing party, whose surname was Zhang, which, like Zhen, belonged to the tribe of good archers in ancient times.

Of course, according to ancient customs, surnames and surnames are distinguished, and after meeting, Yang Li will not call the other party Leader Zhang, but "Gray Wood Chief".

"Visitors from the Riverlands," said Leader Zhang, performing a simple ritual by the large campfire in the center of their settlement, "I have prepared honey and fruit, which are also a specialty of the Greywood Tribe, and you can trade them if you like." ”

Yang Li understood that this welcome party was actually a process of "tasting" or "trying", Leader Zhang was quite business-minded, as long as there were caravans from other tribes coming, he would let the other party taste his good things first, as long as the experience was good, then the price was reasonable, and the deal would be done.

"Thanks to the good will of the chief, then we are welcome." Yang Li picked up the preserved fruit on the stone table in front of him, dipped it in some honey and ate it, well, this flavor of honey seems to be jujube nectar, which is very sweet, golden and viscous in texture, and slightly sour with jujubes, which is very delicious.

Looking at Yulia again, she had already emptied the small wooden dish in front of her, and looked at the half dish of honey in Yang Li's hand in a daze.

"Here you go." Yang Li handed the honey to Mao Mei, turned his head and continued to communicate with Leader Zhang.

"I saw your goods, and I actually found pottery," Zhang rubbed his thick hands, his face covered with gray beard was full of excitement, his tall body was only half a head shorter than the tiger teeth, and he was also a rare giant in this era, he grabbed Yang Jiao's arm, "Although I don't know what your relationship with the Baishi tribe is, it seems that you can even do better than them." ”

Yang Jiao secretly said that this is done by the same potters, but I turned on the computer and used modern materials to improve it slightly, so it will naturally be a little better than the original, but he can't say that the Baishi tribe was wiped out by himself.

Just kidding, if people knew that they had wiped out the White Stone in a battle a few days ago, they might be very vigilant immediately, and this deal would be difficult to make.

In this era, information is blocked, so let this matter be silenced.

Yang Jiao smiled and took out a crooked pottery cup: "Gray wood chief, although it takes us a week to produce a small cup like this, but what, we are neighbors, right?" ”

"This ...... What do you mean? Leader Zhang took the cup excitedly, in his opinion, even a pottery with a strange shape was a rare treasure, knowing that he had spent two strings of pearl necklaces last year to exchange a fist-sized pottery bowl from the cloud parade merchant.

It's just that the pottery bowl was broken by his beloved youngest son at the beginning of the year.

So I can only feel heartache, what else can I do.

In these days, pottery is rare.

Yang Li observed the change in Leader Zhang's expression, and secretly said that there was a door in his heart, so he quickly reached out and pinched Lao Zhang's big hand, broke his fingers one by one with affection, let him hold the pottery cup, and said seriously: "No matter how valuable the pottery is, it is just a dead thing, where is it more important than the peaceful exchange between the two families of the Hewan Land and the Gray Wood Tribe, this thing should be my Yang Li's meeting gift." ”

Lao Zhang's lips trembled slightly, and he hesitated for a while, he realized that this was a gift between private individuals, so he couldn't return the gift with honey or anything, so he blew his beard and waved his hand and ordered: "Come on, take that thing of mine, the so-called gift is still exchanged, my Lao Zhang can't treat my friend badly!" ”

Yang Li thought to himself, isn't it, this cup is a tatte that I took to practice and pinched out, I thought it would mean to give it out, to keep it safe and brush up a little favorability, but I didn't expect this old leader to be moved abnormally, and he wanted to return the gift?

Yulia covered her mouth behind her and twitched, tears glistening in the corners of her eyes.

No, you must hold back, in case you laugh at it, it will completely destroy the atmosphere.

Mao Mei is so hard that it's hard work...... The cup that Yang Li sent out this time was not as good as the test product that he took to give him a treasure that day, and he still took it out openly and gave it away.

However, the other patriarch was moved, so he sent a man to burn incense and slaughter a cow to marry Jinlan.

Yang Li finally came back to his senses, and Lao Zhang had already stuffed a hard object into his hand.

Looking down, it's amazing, this thing is about five meters long, brown wood is warm, the middle handle position is wrapped in animal skin, the two ends are finely polished, connected by thick animal tendons, the whole is smooth and streamlined, like a well-made longbow!

The leader took out his weapon and saluted him in return.

Yang Jiao repeatedly refused, but Leader Zhang had made up his mind, saying You see, among my juniors, there is no one as tall as me, so it is difficult to find someone to inherit this longbow. But what about you, Comrade Xiao Yang, although you have a weak chicken posture...... But your wife is tall and slender! The sons born must be strong and strong, and this bow is perfect for you!

Yes, yes, I'm weak...... Yang Jiao cried with a sad face, the more he listened, the more wrong he became, any son is strong and strong, Lao Zhang, don't say it so loudly, that Mao Mei's ears are smart.

She hasn't married me yet, so let's not talk about it yet.

Looking back, Yulia came over proudly with her chin raised, and reached out and snatched the bow.