Chapter 60: The Slave Exchange
"This number. Qin Yue stretched out his slender hand and said casually.
The black wolf looked surprised, twisted his eyebrows and shook his head, "No, you can't exchange so many slaves." ”
Qin Yue secretly sighed that the leader of the black wolf was not as bold and generous as he looked, but he also knew that although the slave was a foreign race, it was equivalent to the tribal population, and he could also act as a coolie, she was indeed a lot, but she didn't want to give up.
After thinking for a moment, she said unhurriedly: "The black wolf is a large tribe with a population of thousands and hundreds of slaves, the fishing nets and fishing techniques I brought can make your entire tribe have enough food in winter, and when the green and yellow animals breed and cannot hunt in the spring, you can still use the fishing nets to get enough food, and the black wolf tribe will not suffer a loss in exchange for this." ”
You must know that what she brings is a long-term means of survival, not just overnight, compared to the survival of the entire tribe, those few slaves are absolutely dispensable to the black wolf.
There was silence in the tent for a few breaths, and the hunting animal skin curtain was lifted from time to time, and a few leaky tents could be seen outside, and the old man in the tent was shrunk in the corner, munching on a small piece of roast meat in his hand, and handed it to the hungry and screaming child without a few bites.
Seeing this scene, Qin Yue sighed in his heart, as powerful as the Black Wolf tribe can have poor food, let alone the weak tribes in the mountains, how can those skinny old people and children survive the cold winter.
The dark eyes of the black wolf leader flashed gloom, he turned to look at Qin Yue, and said solemnly: "Okay, I'll exchange with you." Then he commanded the bearded man, "Yanmu, you go and bring ten slaves." ”
"Wait. Qin Yue stopped Yan Mu, who was walking out, "These ten slaves, you ask them if they have relatives here, and if they have, they can replace the slaves who have no relatives." ”
She can't do anything to separate her flesh and blood, and besides, she has relatives here, and she is also worried, which will be inconvenient for her in the future.
Although it was strange Qin Yue's request, Yan Mu still did it, and he brought ten slaves, most of them were thin and weak, and there were one or two strong ones, but their eyes shrank and they had no courage.
Qin Yue knew that he would not pick a good one, so he simply didn't say much, discussed a few words with Liang Jian, and saw that although these ten people were thin but had no symptoms, they reluctantly accepted it.
Later, Qin Yue and the others followed the black wolf Yanmu over the two mountains and brought them to the edge of the big river, where the trees on both sides were scattered and scattered, covered with snow, and the originally rushing river exposed the river beach.
They walked through the snow on the river beach to the thin ice in the middle of the river, and there was only a group of them in the uninhabited ice and snow.
Yanmu beckoned the two primitives to throw stones into the river, smashing the thin ice, and the fine pieces of ice floated on the surface of the river, and the water flowed silently.
Qin Yue commanded several sturdy primitive people, and the big net was scattered and sunk in the river, and the ice on the river surface was broken due to the drop in the water level, and Qin Yue could clearly see the big fish swimming in the river.
She was so confident in this net that even if there were not as many fish in the river as there were in the lake, she would never catch an empty net.
Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, everyone pulled the heavy fishing net and landed, and more than a dozen large fish and a few small fish and shrimp were fluttering and struggling in the fishing net.
Seeing this, everyone was overjoyed, and the black wolf laughed loudly, "Although this fish is not delicious, but a net can catch so many fish, our black wolf tribe will not worry about running out of food this winter." ”
Qin Yue, who loves fish and meat, was dissatisfied with these words, she picked up a fat big fish, frowned, and said: "The fish is delicious, the meat is tender and not firewood, why is it not delicious?"
Seeing that her eyes were confused, the black wolf was puzzled and puzzled that her taste was strange, and he was puzzled: "There are too many fish bones, and they can't be skinned, and they are roasted in the fire, and they don't taste good, and no one in the tribe likes to eat fish, why do you think it's delicious?"
Fish peeling? Qin Yue sneered, it was indeed the first time he had heard of it, I am afraid that they thought that it was useless to peel the fish, so they directly roasted and ate it without even scraping the scales.
It's no wonder it tastes good!
Qin Yue couldn't help laughing, explained to them how to eat fish, and told them that stewed fish soup is good for their health, especially pregnant women or mothers.
She took a stone knife and slaughtered a big fish herself, scraped the scales carefully, and cleaned the internal organs and gills of the fish, before she smiled and said: "You have to deal with the big fish in this way, so that you can roast it and eat it, or cut it into small pieces and throw it into a clay pot to cook soup and drink." ”
Everyone suddenly realized, Yan Mu saw it clearly, and only then did he know why the fish they roasted in the cave last time tasted so fragrant, and silently wrote down Qin Yue's method of slaughtering the fish.
Early the next morning, Qin Yue and Liang Jian said goodbye to the leader of the black wolf and embarked on the way back.
The leader of the black wolf was satisfied with Qin Yue's patience in teaching them how to catch and slaughter fish, and did not hesitate to give them enough food to eat on the road, Qin Yue didn't ask for anything else, just a bag of grass seeds.
They planned to plough in the spring, but they only had a small bag of grass seeds from the Black Rock tribe, and if they only planted a small piece, this grass seed would be enough. But ten slaves were exchanged, and this small plot of land was naturally not enough, and now a bag of grass seeds should be able to plant a large tract of land.
After only walking once, and heavy snow was piled up everywhere, it was very easy to get lost, but fortunately, Liang Jian had a keen sense of direction, and he would never get lost if he followed him, so Qin Yue followed him boldly with confidence.
The ten slaves were all cowardly and timid, and they were often beaten when they were in the Black Wolf Tribe, and now the slightest movement can make them tremble.
Qin Yue brought them back, but he didn't want them to be slaves, and talked to them cordially and patiently along the way, dispelling their fears.
The beasts that Liang Jian had hunted hard were evenly divided when they were roasted, and they were grateful to Liang Jian for eating hot barbecue. I also admired Liang Jian's ability to hunt animals in the ice and snow with his own strength, which made them worship the strong.
On the contrary, Qin Yue's verbal benefits were not as useful to them as food, and she was depressed in her heart, so she only looked down on her when these ten people underestimated her.
She is happy to talk to people funny, and over time, it is no longer just her voice, but also a few people can always reply a few words.
Trekking over several mountains, walking in the empty snow in the direction of home, finally arrived at the wooden house on the grassland by the lake on the fourth day.
Along the way, Qin Yue was already familiar with several people, but there was a little boy in the crowd who was always silent, looking at the people around him with big timid eyes, and talking to no one else.
Qin Yue silently wrote him down, thinking about when to enlighten him.
When I returned to the wooden house, it was already a full moon in the treetops, and the goose feathers and snow were falling endlessly under the bright moonlight.
The third heavy snow came.
Qin Yue placed these ten people in the hall, took the idle animal skins and laid out the Datong shop, and another person took a bed of animal skins to make a quilt.
In late autumn, the animals that Liang Jian hunted back were skinned, and the two of them were cleaned and stacked, and now they have given these ten people a few left.
The little lamb in the hut ran around merrily, and made a mess of the hall, and the bedroom was kept in the shade by a curtain of animal skins, so that it was not allowed to be harmed.
Seeing the fluffy white sheep and the little lamb running around in the corner of the wall, the ten people who came here for the first time were all shocked, but they were not surprised for a moment.
Everything here was new, the wooden huts that looked sturdier than tents, and the fireplaces that lit the fireplace, all amazed them.
What amazed them the most was their attitude towards slaves, who were not treated as slaves along the way, but were able to eat food without doing anything.
This made them deeply uneasy, and when Qin Yue was busy with everything and his eyes fell on them, they each glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, finally here.
Qin Yue gestured to Liang Jian with his eyes, took a few steps, and stood beside him.
Liang Jian looked at the ten people who were standing in a row and were obviously panicked, his expression was serious, and he said in a cold voice: "We don't have slaves here, only companions, can you do it?"