Chapter 8 Tribal Transactions
The day after the first set of armor was made, Koronos sent people to the Snow Lake tribe to transport salt, and they had ten men, leading many landhorns, and the landhorns camels had a lot of jerky, leather, stone tools, and some small objects, etc., each wearing leather armor, carrying a sword on his back, and a spear in his hand. If there is any tribe in this continent that has the most quality of a regular army, there are only two tribes, one is the most powerful Golden Wing tribe, and the other is the Styx tribe, the weapons and armor styles of the Styx tribe are basically the same, even the elders, only the leader is different. Now that there is a standard sword, the Styx tribe is even stronger.
In the afternoon, Colonos was making armor in the forge when a middle-aged man from the tribe came running over and said, "Chief, the people from the Snow Lake tribe are bringing salt, and the people we sent out are also back. Colonos really didn't know what to say, so he dropped his things and went to pick them up. There were ten men from the Snow Lake tribe, all with sandy yellow wings and some variegated colors, and Colonos took them into the council chamber. On top of his seat, Colonos said to a leading middle-aged-looking man from the Snow Lake tribe: "Robis, let's talk about what you want to change this time." Robis said: "Ten obsidian axes, ten obsidian spears, twenty bone-tipped spears, five hundred bone arrowheads, twenty waterhorn bracelets, ten tendons, ten furs, five leather, ten taels of dried meat (here one load is equivalent to two baskets of land-horned camels), ten smoked legs, one load of ribs, half a load of meat chops, half a load of eggs, and we have to pick out the carvings." Carter laughed: "You have asked for enough, we have been very frugal in salt lately, but we have not eaten salt for several days, we have an agreement to send us salt regularly, but you are so late, you want more things than before." Sadenus also said with an unhappy face: "Yes, our things are all hard-earned things, you can exchange a lot of things just by transporting salt, we didn't say anything, but this time you are too much, not only delaying our use of salt, but also more things, I tell you, we can also go over and transport it ourselves, when the time comes, just give you something to mean, I don't believe any of you dare to stop it." After hearing this, a young man from the Snow Lake tribe said, "Who doesn't know that your Styx tribe has the largest hunting ground here, can't you even take out these things, and we won't have to work hard from the desert?" Alpatha said: "We have the biggest hunting ground and someone has to hunt, no matter how strong our warriors are, they can't hunt all the time, and our things are not for nothing, this time you are late, this thing has to say less." ”
Seeing that they were arguing, Robis hurriedly said, "Don't worry, we have brought more salt this time than before, and we have brought ten good bows and a thousand arrow shafts, and you know that it takes a long time to make a good bow, and it is worth more than a spear, so what we want is actually much less than before." This time, in fact, our old leader passed away, so it was delayed, and our new leader asked me to bring these bows and arrow shafts in exchange, just to express our apologies. Chronos asked, "New chief?" Is that Odeco? "That's right, it's him." "This guy is good, since he is like this, then we can't be too hypocritical, this matter will come as you say, but you have to stay here for two days, don't rush back, I know that you don't want to exaggerate the bow you said, in fact, your bow can't be compared to wood elsewhere. If he gives me this gift, I should give him a gift in return, I have to prepare it. Robis thought for a moment and said, "Okay then." ”
The next morning, Colonos found a few people with good hunting skills, told them to catch alive a crocodile that a land-horned beast could be carried away without being injured, and then went to accompany the people of the Snow Lake tribe. When Robis asked what was going on with the smoke on the west side of the tribe, Colonos simply said, "Only people from our tribe can go in there." Then he took them to pick out the carvings. Most of the carvings are carved from animal horns, teeth, and bones, with a small amount of stone and wood, more than half of which are made by people in the tribe who specialize in handicrafts, and the rest are made by some people who have nothing to do. In order to facilitate the exchange, these things are all put together, and there are more than a thousand people in a tribe, and there are very few people who do this, so things are not afraid of being confused. Everything was placed in an empty house, on an earthen platform, and when the ten men came in, they went up to look for what they liked, and soon Robis took a fancy to a horn carved with a cat, and it was very finely made, and he must have liked it with his expression. After a while, they all picked out, and the number of pieces they took was not much, less than twenty.
In the afternoon, the crocodile came back, and they caught a two-meter-long crocodile, the crocodile's mouth was tied, and the number of circles tied was so large that it could not open its mouth, and its paws were also tied in pairs. The crocodile is left in a shed, and every once in a while someone waters it to make sure it doesn't die of dehydration. This made Robis very happy, the Snow Lake tribe is on the other side of the desert, since it is called Snow Lake, and it is so hot in this era, naturally it is not because of snow, but salt. That kind of environment is very barren, it is already very good to have some animals and specialties, crocodiles are naturally impossible, and their people can only come out if they want to eat fresh aquatic animal meat, but crocodiles are not afraid of hunger, as long as they keep it moist, they can be transported back alive, so their leader will naturally be very happy.
The next morning, when the people of the Snow Lake tribe were seeing them off, the crocodile was put in a large leather bag filled with water, and the crocodile came out with only its head, and the leather bag was hung on the body of the horned beast. Terrahorns have columnar hooves, and although they are not as well adapted to the desert as camels, they are no problem walking in the desert, and as semi-mammals, they retain the hunger resistance of reptiles. Colonos took a red gold sword, walked up to Robis, and said, "This is also my gift to Odeco, tell him that I like your bow very much, and I want a lot." Then he handed the sword to Robis, who was glared at the boss, and when he came, he was extremely surprised to see that everyone in the Styx tribe was carrying a sword, and now Colonos had taken such a precious thing as a gift that made him a little unable to react. It took two seconds before it reacted, and hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I'll definitely bring the words." (Talking very fast)" On the way, someone from the Snow Lake tribe said to Robis: "Elder, what do you say is wrong with the leader of the Styx tribe, who is even willing to give away the sword?" Robis said, "I'm also wondering where they got so many swords, but since he gave away such good things, then the bow trade must go on." As he spoke, he took the sword in front of him and looked at it: "Hey, what kind of material is this, it looks like gold, is this gold?" ”