Chao yang

breeze

Herds of beasts running on the plains

The crowd that has begun to gather at the foot of the mountain

The sound of the hustle and bustle, it was a simple bazaar

One ear looked at the beautiful scene before him, but his mind was indeed the roar of the night on the plains last night. The environment is indeed too different from the environment in their mountains.

Today happens to be the day when the suzeraint tribe of the Water Tribe holds the trade of the major tribes together. The major tribes will set out from their own tribes, carry the materials used for trading, and rush to the water tribe (suzerain) in these days.

Because the Water Tribe (Suzerain) happened to be in the middle of the surrounding large tribes, it was much closer to trade here together, and more importantly, they could trade salt from the Water Tribe.

Salt was the most important strategic resource during this period, but there were no salt-producing areas in this area, and all of them were traded back by the water tribes (suzerains) from farther tribes by taking relatively safe and convenient waterways.

The trade of salt between the various tribes formed a series of trade routes on the ground and on the water, although the routes of each tribe were relatively short, and the small ones in the whole trade route were negligible, but it was also indispensable, and it was this section of the trade route that closely linked all the known tribes together.

Through the trade route, although it is more common for all human civilizations and cultures to exchange and absorb each other, although the process is very slow, it is indeed continuous, and civilization continues to grow and develop as a whole.

Just like the Fire Tribe was the first to use fire in this area, and then the surrounding tribes also learned how to use fire. Decades later, news circulated from the trading ranks that there was a tribe in an unknown distance, and they discovered that the two neighboring tribes, north and south, had begun to use fire, and they did not know for a moment that they should learn from that side.

Some tribes use fire not from the fire tribe, but from another tribe that doesn't know how far away.

The world doesn't know how big it is, or how long it took for fire to spread to this area after it was first discovered.

"Let's go to the market together and see if there's anything you need, and I'll buy it for you when the time comes." "After seeing them come out, the leader of the water tribe stepped forward, and it seemed that he had been waiting here for a long time.

"No, no, it's too much of a delay in your time, how bad is that. One Ear replied politely, "And we can buy whatever we want, and we also brought some animal skins." ”

"Oh, are you sure you don't want me to follow, I forgot to tell you that the trader must show such a totem pattern, otherwise he won't be able to complete the transaction, even if you give more animal skins, it's useless, this is the rule. Horizontal took out a piece of animal skin with special water patterns from his leather coat, and said with a playful face, "Don't you really need me to follow?"

"Then let's go together, it's too troublesome for you this time, if there is anything in the future, say it, and you will definitely help if you can." One ear also changed his words, and he accepted the level of favors.

"Okay, then let's go together, this is a big set, and the twenty-five qualified tribes around are here. Each tribe will bring some of their tribe's specialties, some of which you can't help but want, for example, the mountain tribe's ......" level walked towards the market with one ear, and introduced the basic situation of the market as they went.

Many people in the market have already set up their stalls and put up their own specialties. There is also a constant flow of traders between the stalls, a bit like a small vegetable market, except that each stall is more than ten or twenty times larger.

Each stall has different things, and the trade is usually in animal skins or salt as zero-hour currency, although if both parties have what the other needs, they can also be bartered directly.

After all, that tribe has those specialties, everyone is familiar with them, and a trading agreement has been reached early on the day of the transaction, which is applicable to the entry of new products into the market.

Through the level of explanations at each booth, they were also eye-opening and learned about new things outside their tribe. For example, spicy chili peppers, numb peppercorns, very sweet peaches, hunted treasured animal skins and so on.

In one cave tribe, they even saw beast cubs for sale. There is also a seller of beast cubs, looking at the small body, he blurted out in one ear: "Such a small beast cub, what is the use of trading back, it is not enough for one person." ”

"Yo, it's new at first glance, these cubs are not for food now, but to be kept in the tribe, and when they grow up, they will defend against the raids of wild beasts. Don't look at them so small now, when they grow up, they are half the length of an adult man at the shoulders, and they can hunt with the hunters and warn of danger in advance, but they are a good helper, but they eat a little too much. ”

The stall owner at the stall introduced enthusiastically and directly, and his eyes were full of hope.

This beast has also been domesticated by their tribe not long ago, and this is the second time that the tribe has traded it in the market. The last time I first entered the market, there were a lot of people who inquired, but when I heard that I had eaten a lot and some other information, they didn't sell a single one.

Now some of the newcomers who came to the bazaar showed a hint of interest in them, and he saw a glimmer of hope that they would be traded, and he came to the bazaar a second time with his cubs, which was for these newcomers.

They have a really big appetite, and they are very capable of giving birth, one litter a year, three or four cubs per litter. There are too many of them, so the tribe wants to be able to sell some, of course, at a high price, and this is a one-shot deal.

They can only be used to kill and eat meat, and they cannot use their hides, otherwise they will be attacked. At first, I didn't know about this situation, and some of the people in the tribe began to wear it, but soon the accident happened, and these beasts began to attack the tribesmen for no reason, and even a dozen children were bitten to death.

After the investigation of the tribe sacrifices and leaders, the reason was finally found, and the people who were attacked were wearing the hides of their own kind that day.

After those accidents, it was not that no one of the clansmen proposed to know all about this beast, but the convenience of owning them made them reluctant.

When hunting, they can chase their prey for a long time, or even hunt it directly and bring it back. You can also track the prey, drive out the prey hiding in the grass and woods, and keep an eye on the surrounding environment at any time, and immediately alert the hunter or tribesmen if there is any danger.

They are docile after being domesticated, especially when they have to go outside in winter, and they can be held to keep warm. There are many, many others, which I won't go into here, but they are now indispensable companions of their tribe.

Hearing him say that this beast is so good, Single Ear has already begun to want to trade a few to go back to raise, as for food, the Fire Tribe is not short at all now, and it is completely raised.