There is no such thing as "calcium supplementation". You can be a maverick or you can be shocking, but if you explain things in words that no one understands in this era, you are a heretic in the eyes of everyone, either burned alive at the stake or eaten by hungry barbarians.

"Don't be so angry, call me Ah Tong!" Niu Tong did not have the majesty of the superior at all, he enthusiastically raised his hand and pointed to Wu Yuan, who was sitting opposite: "There are no outsiders here, I am friends with Ah Yuan." Hehe...... Now, you too. ”

Wu Yuan interjected with a smile: "Ah Hao, I saw that your identity document said that you were from Panshi Village. Why, are you here to run errands in Red Hoof City this time? ”

"I am the new "head of the hundred" in the village, and I am going to Black Corner City to apply for promotion. Last night, I was passing by and resting in the inn, and I just heard the guests talking about the injury of the city lord, so I came to have a look today. "There's nothing to hide from these things.

Wu Yuan's interest in him became more and more intense: "So, you have a lot of identities. A witch practitioner, a healer, and the head of a hundred. ”

Tianhao smiled humbly. I don't know why, he felt that Niu Tong and Wu Yuan glanced at each other, but the speed was too fast, and it passed by in a flash.

"It just so happens that I'm going back to Thunderhorn City tomorrow, let's go on the same road together!" Wu Yuan smiled and sent out the invitation.

"Then I'll thank you in advance." Tianhao thanked him with a calm expression.

The conversation quickly deviated from Niu Tong's injury and moved on to other aspects.

Wu Yuan should be hungry, he rolled up the sleeves of his clothes, and directly picked up a big bone with meat and gnawed it. The meat was so badly stewed that he ate it all in two bites, throwing the bare bones on the table. Looking at the circular section of the bone stick, Wu Yuan couldn't help but chuckle and said: "Ah Tong, I have been walking around the city in the past few days, even under your rule, there are not many people who are willing to accept the new monetary policy!" ”

Niu Tong picked up the bowl, took a big sip of broth, and let out a long sigh: "I am very supportive of the Lion King's opinion, and there is nothing wrong with him doing this." Compared to the whites of the South, we are lacking so much. ”

Tianhao listened carefully to the conversation between the two on the side.

The northern barbarians would hold regular meetings of their chiefs, which would be attended by all the kings of the tribes. Wars between different clans will break out, but there must be an unconditional truce during the Council of Chiefs. From this point of view, it is quite a bit of the Olympic Games in ancient times.

The whites occupy the southern continent, and they have a technological civilization far superior to that of the northern barbarians. The Lion King, an enlightened tribal leader, proposed a new monetary policy at the General Assembly four years ago: a fixed mint of gold, silver, and copper to replace the old monetary system of grain and cloth, modeled after the practice of white Southerners. In this regard, the tribal leaders were divided into three opinions at that time. Some are in favor, some are against, and some are noncommittal. After a vote, the favorites had a slight upper hand. The Leons began to mint currency and distribute it to the tribes, while collecting goods of corresponding value. However, four years have passed, and the use of metal currency among the northern barbarians is not large, and the trading volume is extremely small.

Niu Tong is an enlightened city lord. He strongly advocated the use of metal money in the city of Bareho, but the effect was not obvious, and the people were still accustomed to using grain and cloth.

He wondered: "Could it be that the lion king made a mistake?" Metal currencies are not for us, or is it better to do the old ways? ”

Wu Yuan couldn't explain this. He had seen the prosperity of the white kingdom in the south with his own eyes, but he did not understand why.

"Let me tell you how I feel!" Tianhao took out a copper coin from the pocket of his leather robe, gently placed it on the table, and picked up a fist-sized bone that he had eaten clean before from the side, and placed it with the copper coin: "This time, my brother and I left the stockade and went to Thunderhorn City, and the backpack was full of meat. In the evening, when we rested in the village along the way, we took out some meat as a fee. Frozen meat is heavy and inconvenient to divide. said that it would cost five catties of meat to stay for a night, and there would always be more or less to actually cut it down. Speaking of which, this is still because the weather is cold, and the meat will not spoil in the bag. If it's summer, just walk on the road for a day, and the meat will stink, and no one will want it. ”

Wu Yuan understood the meaning of his words, and nodded approvingly: "So His Majesty the Lion King is right, the metal currency system is definitely more advanced than our original grain and cloth system. ”

"But it will take time and more publicity to get everyone to accept the system." Tianhao tried to make his words as simple as possible: "For example, in our village, if you buy something with a coin like this, no one will accept this kind of thing, and maybe they will arrest you as a liar and beat you up." ”

Niu Tong was deeply touched by this: "It is really not easy for Red Hoof City to achieve the current situation. It took a lot of effort for me to force the introduction of metal money in the city. ”

"Keep doing what you have to do!" Wu Yuan looked at Niu Tong's injured leg, and smiled comfortingly: "You don't have to play in this gambling game, stay at home to recuperate." Tomorrow I will return to Pointe-Noire, and I will explain everything to the patriarch. ”

Niu Tong suddenly became a little sullen: "I'm just a little unwilling." It could have been possible to win the next game, but now it seems impossible. ”

They were obviously talking about something else. Tianhao observed the expressions of the two: "What kind of gambling match requires Ah Tong to play?" ”

Wu Yuan didn't care about his question, and said casually: "In the archery competition between the Thunder Niu Clan and the Blood Eagle Clan, three people are selected from each side, and Ah Tong is also one of the players. ”

Like the Ox Clan, the Eagle Clan is also divided into multiple tribes such as Blood Eagle, Flying Eagle, and Falcon. Archery is their forte, and the Eagle Clan archers are second to none of all the barbarians. Among them, the strongest is the Flying Eagle Division, followed by the Falcon Division. The Blood Eagle tribe is sparsely populated and is a weak tribe, and its living area is adjacent to the Thunder Niu tribe. The war between the barbarians and the white people of the south continued for a long time, and the strong bull warriors also continued to evolve in the war, and their ability to use and control weapons became stronger. Fifteen years ago, the Thunder Bull Department and the Blood Eagle Department began to hold archery competitions together, each taking out a large amount of materials as a bet, and the nobles of the clan also participated. There is no huge difference in the number of wins and losses between the two sides, and the difference is not big.

"This year's competition is different from last year's." Wu Yuan explained: "The best archers of the Blood Eagle Division died in the Battle of Suolong Pass last month, and the overall strength of the three players they sent out this year is not as good as ours. It was supposed to be a winning situation, but I didn't expect Ah Tong to have an accident and now he can't play. In this way, the overall strength of our side is not as good as that of the Blood Eagle Department, and we will definitely lose. ”

Niu Tong was also helpless about this: "The patriarch attaches great importance to this matter. He sent people to urge him continuously, and he also specially sent Ah Yuan to treat my injuries. My archery skills are number one in the clan, and I can't play this time, so I have to let the patriarch choose someone else. ”

"No. 1?" Tianhao asked tentatively, "In other words, Ah Tong, you are the best archer in our clan?" ”

Niu Tong nodded: "That's right." ”

Tianhao turned his gaze to Wu Yuan: "You just said that the best archers of the Blood Eagle Department died in battle, and the overall strength of the players they sent to participate this year is not as good as ours?" ”

Wu Yuan didn't know why Bai Hao suddenly asked this. He took a sip of the wine bowl, and his tone was a little dull: "If Ah Tong can play, we will definitely win this year." Now...... Alas, not to mention it. ”

"I think we can win now, too."

As he said this, the room suddenly became quiet. Niu Tong and Wu Yuan invariably focused their eyes on Tianhao, so hot and full of surprise, Tianhao had a feeling as if the whole world was staring at him.

He picked up a chopstick and vigorously broke it into three sections: long, medium and short. Then pick up another chopstick, compare the previous wooden segments, break them into three sections of equal length, and lay them out on the table in order.

"This is a player from the Blood Eagle Division." Tianhao raised his hand and pointed to the three wooden segments placed in a horizontal row: "They correspond to their first, second, and third, respectively." ”

Then, Tianhao placed the other three wooden segments next to each other: "This is our people, corresponding to the first, second, and third." The top one is Ah Tong. In other words, before Ah Tong was injured, our people were stronger than the Blood Eagle Division, and we could win all three games, right? ”

Neither of them understood what Tianhao meant, but they were intrigued by his actions. The dishes on the table blocked the view, and Niu Tong simply moved the large bowl of meat to the side to make more space for Tianhao. He stared at the longest piece of wood on the tabletop, and then looked at the slightly shorter length of the piece of wood placed next to each other, looked a little displeased, and nodded slowly: "Yes." ”

Tian Hao picked up the wooden segment representing Niu Copper in his left hand, and picked up the shortest wooden segment representing the three archers of the Lei Niu Division with his right hand, and exchanged them with each other: "Now that Ah Tong has become the weakest player, we can also switch the order of participation." Bronze can play, but you have to deal with the strongest players in the Blood Eagle Division. ”

Niu Tong suddenly glared at him: "Why?" ”

"Because you're going to lose, but we're going to win." Tianhao said as he changed the order of comparison of the wooden segments in his hand: "Next, our long will deal with their middle, and our middle will deal with their short." After three games, we can still win two. ”

Looking at these small wooden pieces on the table, Niu Tong, whose eyes were wide-eyed, fell into complete silence.

Wu Yuan felt the corners of his eyes twitch slightly. He took a long, deep breath, trying to control the intense excitement in his body for an instant, and exclaimed, "Ah Hao is right, in this case, we can win." ”

After a long time, Niu Tong finally raised his head, and his gaze at Tianhao was full of shock: "Ah Hao, how did you come up with it?" ”

Tianhao's smile was very peaceful: "It seems that tomorrow we are going to leave together, and everyone will go to Thunderhorn City." ”