Chapter 21: A face full of peach blossoms
At noon the next day, a large number of people gathered at the gate of the camp of the Greywood tribe, all of them craned their necks and looked in the same direction.
A giant beast like a small mountain slowly emerged from the other side of the hillside, and seven or eight people pulled ropes, shouted slogans, and dragged the giant beast towards the settlement.
Some people knew the beast as the woolly rhinoceros on the southern plains, with a strange angle on its back, apparently broken, and four adult wild boars neatly placed on it.
Huya and Xue hooked shoulders and walked at the front of the team.
Yang Li led Yulia, and Yulia led three little pigs to follow.
The entire settlement was silent, watching this almost mythical and legendary deed appear before his eyes.
A small group of people hunted such a huge beast, and as for the group of wild boars, they can only be dwarfed at this time, which can be regarded as the icing on the cake.
"Get out of the way, you shit, get out of the way!" Wrapped in a hide, the white-eared deputy leader struggled to push through the crowd, squeezed to the front, and then was stunned by the sight before him.
Yang Jiao played with a dog's tail grass in his hand, walked to a step away from Bai Er and stopped, and smiled: "Deputy leader, the rhinoceros you want." β
Bai Er stretched out his hand, trembling towards the woolly rhinoceros, his eyes widened, carefully feeling the touch brought by the long hair on the prehistoric rhinoceros, yes, it was true, it was the woolly rhinoceros.
Yang Li asked his subordinates to bring out four pieces of pottery: "Deputy Leader Bai'er, I know that on your territory, two wild boars are worth one piece of pottery, but in order to show the respect of our Hewan tribe, I have decided to use a one-for-one ratio, that is, I will take four pieces of pottery to offset the remaining four wild boars." β
The crowd exclaimed, what is the concept of this exchange rate?
Yang Jiao bleed a big sale, and directly sold these four pieces of pottery at a 5% discount!
Bai Er opened his mouth, he stared at Xue meaningfully for a while, the corners of his mouth twitched, the nasolabial folds on the side of his nose appeared, he turned around suddenly, and shook the animal skin of the shawl heavily: "No, I don't agree with you exchanging pottery!" β
Yang Jiao sneered contemptuously, he had prepared for the worst on the way back.
Who is Bai'er?
When he completely put the responsibility on the hunter under his command and got rid of himself, Yang Jiao had a plan in his heart, this kind of person can do anything for the sake of temporary interests.
This miraculous hunt proved Xue's value even more.
Bai Er, he wants to sit on the ground and raise the price!
But the situation is even worse than Yang Li imagined.
"Are you going to break the agreement? You know, this rhinoceros still has my arrows on it. Xue stepped forward and asked.
"Ha, haha, so I really underestimated your abilities all along, wild seed," Bai Er squinted at Xue, as if to rip off a piece of meat from him, "I suddenly changed my mind, I want you to stay, I want more rhinos, and decorate my hall with their horns!" Use their skins to craft my armor! β
"So that's your decision?" Yang Jiao motioned for the people around him to put down the objects in their hands and gather beside him.
"So what, you must know that this is the Gray Wood Tribe," Bai Er opened his arms, he did not walk towards Yang Jiao, but began to intimidate the clansmen gathered at the gate of the camp, "What kind of eyes are you doing, ah, tell me, are you biased towards this stranger?" Do you covet his pottery, do you want to take them from me, the riches that belong to me! β
Yang Jiao saw a figure behind the civilian, a Greywood tribal warrior armed with a spear and a short bow.
Bai Er almost fell into madness: "Tell you, waste, I am your protector, and the hunters all listen to me!" What I want, no one can snatch away, I want a slave, no one can give him freedom! β
Yang Li and Yulia glanced at each other, and at this moment, they saw the determination in each other's eyes.
The people around him are all warriors who participated in the battle of the Baishi tribe to exterminate the clan.
"Shield Wall!" Yulia drank.
Those tribesmen took off the round shields on their backs, and gathered together, like an impregnable fortified city, with javelins in their hands or short axes, and they were murderous.
More than thirty hunters under Bai Er's men poured out in unison, stretching their bows and arrows, twice as many as here.
"Outlander, I don't ask for much," Bai Er felt that he had completely gained the upper hand, and in his worldview, there was no battle that could not be won by twice the number of people, "surrender, don't think about that stupid slave and his crippled mother, as long as you leave the goods, I promise to let you leave safely." β
Mao Mei raised her hand and wanted to wave, she was going to attack.
The corners of Huya's mouth outlined a sinister smile - my big axe is already hungry and thirsty!
But Yang Li grabbed Yulia's hand and temporarily stopped the actions of this group of war maniacs.
"As far as I know," Yang Jiao rubbed his nose and tried to make a final negotiation, "Deputy Leader Bai'er, you are just the Deputy Leader." β
Bai Er's face was hideous: "Yes, it seems that the river bay land is going to change its owner." β
Yang Jiao listened and returned to the formation: "Huya, you stand at the front, this time you may have to shed a little blood." β
The half-breed giant laughed and stepped forward with a wheel-like axe.
Without warning, the two waves of people had an abnormal tacit understanding and rushed directly to each other!
Huya wielded a big axe, and did not use the axe to cut people, but used it as a fly swatter, and the person he slapped suddenly flew out like a golf ball, fell to the ground and hummed.
Yang Li's subordinates have experienced the baptism of bloody battles, transforming the daily training content into actual combat, and the cooperation has become more and more tacit.
Under the sharp assault of the tiger's teeth, it was just a face, and in a few breaths, the hunters of the Gray Wood tribe were beaten to the ground.
Bai Ear hysterically shouted at the onlookers: "Waste, what are you still doing!" You're still not from the Greywood Clan, do you want to mess around here, give it to me, there are so many people, you can't beat them? β
As soon as Yang Jiao heard that this old boy was still with us, that's it, even if my old Yang fights for this trade route and doesn't open it up for the time being, I will beat you up first!
At that moment, the Yang patriarch picked up the spear, the left Mao Mei, the right Huya, Xiao Xue was in the rear, waved the weapon, and went straight to Bai'er to kill the general, which was about to come to capture the enemy chief among the ten thousand troops.
Bai Er wants to run, but there are people in front and back, left and right, all of them seem to be working hard, but in fact, they are just pushing each other, everyone's hearts are bright, the prosperity of the gray wood tribe is all supported by the caravans that come and go, your deputy leader killed a caravan today, will other caravans come here to do business happily in the future?
It's a loss-making deal.
Under the influence of this kind of thinking of not working hard, he was actually squeezed in front of Bai Er by Yang Jiao and several people.
"Hah! What are you going to say? Grand Leader Yang sneered.
"I ......"
"Boom!"
The big fist of the tiger tooth vinegar bowl slammed into Bai Er's face, and Bai Er snorted, his nose bleeds, and he lay on the ground.
Joyfully! Yang Jiao Kelala's knuckles snapped his knuckles, and he was about to give him a few more blows, but he heard a familiar voice calling out to him from the periphery of the crowd.
"Leader of the river, I can't help it, my gray wood clan has apologized to you."
Hey, it's Lao Zhang.
The appearance of Lao Zhang finally stopped the conflict from spreading, and he told the civilians of the Greywood tribe to go back to their duties, and then ordered the spear-wielding hunters to disperse and put away their weapons.
Yang Li found that the situation had improved, and asked his subordinates to stop beating.
Lao Zhang mercilessly scolded Bai Er, that is, his younger brother, drove him away, and then pulled Yang Jiao's arm to the side to persuade him.
Bai Er was not his own brother, but his younger brother, born to a half-brother, and when his mother gave birth to him, he died in childbirth, and the previous leader felt guilty, and asked if Bai Er could also participate in the rule of the tribe during the succession.
Lao Zhang was a straight man, so he agreed at that time.
Unexpectedly, over the years, Bai Er has not only mastered the most capable fighting force in the tribe, but also always goes his own way, capturing the residents and vagrants of other tribes to serve as his slaves, which naturally does not conform to the rules of the Gray Wood Tribe.
But Bai Er is a brother who is connected to Lao Zhang's blood after all, and he did his best to give this brother freedom.
Because Bai'er's subordinates have no economic foundation and no support from the subordinates, fundamentally speaking, they can't make much waves.
Yang Jiao expressed his understanding, just like he brought people out to open up trade routes this time, the dry food and objects he brought with him all had to be produced by the workers in the rear.
"Brother Yang, my Gray Wood Clan is considered to have accepted your affection," Leader Zhang sincerely apologized, "I will compensate you for three more cans of honey for this trade, what do you think." β
Yang Li hurriedly covered Mao Mei's crooked mouth, and said how can it, neighbors, it is more important to live together in harmony, this time the transaction will be carried out according to the original plan.
"I can't let this kid Xue lose anything in righteousness, the hairy rhino is white-eared, and the adult wild boar is also white-eared," Yang Li added, "but this boy and her mother, I'm going to take it away." β
"It's good that they don't belong to this tribe in the first place." According to Lao Zhang, Xue's mother and son were originally homeless people in the wasteland, Xue was sick with a high fever two years ago, and was brought by his mother to seek medical treatment.
Well, it seems that this young man is to pay off this personal debt, Yang Li nodded, but it is more ridiculous to let the witch doctor treat the disease or something, now the Shennong clan doesn't know where it is, the so-called witch doctor treatment is just a big god, at most add some inexplicable herbs, and there is still a distance from the medicine of the feudal period.
Therefore, the Xue family mother and son didn't owe Bai Er anything.
Lao Zhang repeatedly confirmed that Yang Li did not need more compensation, but Yang Li insisted that he would not do it, but we could sign an agreement, and this agreement is not for me to blackmail you, but for both parties in the long run.
What are you going to do?
Road!
Yang Li said that when I finish this trip to open up a trade route, I will send a dozen people to build a road from the location of the Hewan tribe to the direction of your gray wood tribe, then at this time, you will also send a team to build a road towards our side, as for what this road is like and how to repair it, I will let technicians come to guide at that time.
The old leader Zhang readily agreed, just as Yang Li took a fancy to the sugar resources and bow-making technology here, and the Gray Mu clan also took a fancy to the pottery in the river bay.
Bai Er was temporarily deprived of military power, in fact, after being punched by Huya, how could he slow down in ten days and a half months, and at this time I am afraid that he was lying on the bed humming.
Yang Li's transaction was successfully completed, twenty-one pieces of pottery, thirteen pieces were traded, plus nearly half of the millet and fish, in exchange for twenty bags of honey, five well-made short bows, plus a small half jar of saltβthe salt produced by the Ash Wood tribe was not much.
The fangs of the iron mane were not traded, and although Lao Zhang was very interested in this luxury, it was not to the extent that he bought it to show off his wealth, and this leader was still relatively rational in nature. Of course, he proposed to put the fangs on consignment with the Ashwood Clan, and if other caravans passed by, they could be sold at the agreed price.
In order to show good faith, no intermediate fee can be charged.
But Yang Li felt that there was still a greenstone tribe waiting for him to trade, and it was imperative to explore business opportunities first, so he rejected Lao Zhang's kindness.
The caravan of fifteen people, with two more mother and son of the Xue family, carried them on their shoulders and carried them on their backs, and they were full of harvest and embarked on a business journey to the Greenrock tribe.