After reaching an important consensus with the leader and Wu, Yan Zheng took the opportunity to learn about the surrounding situation.

This understanding was incredible, he originally thought that his tribe should belong to a relatively powerful existence, but after communicating with the leader, he had a clear understanding of the situation in the entire region.

The tribe to which he belongs should be called the Mona Department of the Mao Wu Society, which can be understood as the title of the source of the tribes.

According to the young and strong men who can be dispatched, Mona can only be regarded as a medium tribe in this area.

In its surroundings, the most powerful force is the Kishiri Society, followed by the Douwei Society.

Both of these large tribes have five or six branches in this area.

The tribe to which Shiru belongs, the Ana tribe of the Kishiri Society, is located in the southeast of the Mona tribe, separated only by a hunting ground.

The two sides are currently in dispute over this hunting ground, but after years of fighting, a boundary has gradually been tacitly acquiesced.

The only conflict on weekdays is that they like to use people from each other's tribe as headhunters.

And the surrounding tribes also showed a situation of intertwined teeth, and at the same time, there was a small gathering phenomenon between various communities.

It's just that due to the competition for hunting ground resources, there are almost all disputes between various tribes, so almost all of them regard each other as the existence of headhunters.

In addition, there are small tribes that live in the gap between these larger tribes.

These small tribes cannot be called resident tribes, they often stay in one place for a period of time, and do not occupy enough hunting ground resources, so they choose to migrate.

Such small tribes are often exiled or defeated in battles against rival tribes.

They live a safari life and are eager to find a place to settle down.

Yan Zheng's tribe originally belonged to this kind of small tribe, but the leader was lucky and occupied a good ownerless hunting ground.

And after understanding that there is this ethnic group, Yan Zheng immediately understood that these people are the best united front targets.

And he firmly believes that their tribe has the ability to assimilate these tribes.

Because if it is pure hunting, then when there is no large enough hunting ground, it is absolutely impossible to increase the population of the tribe, otherwise people will starve to death.

But as long as you enter farming, one or two acres of land is enough for a person to survive with food and clothing.

Therefore, Yan Zheng immediately formulated a policy, relying on strong force, uniting the small tribes of the safari, restricting the Anli Society and the Douwei Society, and purposefully and systematically annexing the other three branches of the Maowu Society.

In this way, after having a basic judgment and coping strategy for the surrounding "international situation", Yan Zheng led a delegation to officially meet with Anabe, who came to trade.

As agreed, Anab brought with him a lot of hides, millet, beans, and some jerky.

It's just that in this meeting, the one hundred and fifty young men of Anabbe did not have the arrogance of the last time, and they stood in the distance, not daring to get closer.

Many people's eyes reveal a fear of the unknown. Even their leader, Ana, had a lot of dodging eyes.

Yan Zheng and the leader were both wearing bamboo armor and looked at them with smiles.

In the past two days, with the efforts of the women of the tribe, they finally made the forty-six young men of the tribe wear bamboo armor before they traded with Anabe.

So this deal, of course, is also a show of force.

In order to ensure sufficient deterrence, Yan Zheng also lined up these newly promoted armor soldiers in three columns, each with a stone spear, a bow on his waist, and a leather quiver.

Standing at the head of the line were Lu Wan and the tribe's second warrior, Anai, both of whom had iron axes pinned to their waists and spears in their hands.

Although in Yan Zheng's opinion, there are many slots in this armor phalanx. But after the leader and the witch looked at it, it was as if their soul was out of their bodies, and they couldn't speak for a long time.

Where have they seen squares standing neatly before? In particular, the entire phalanx is still dressed in uniform costumes.

From a distance, it is impossible to tell how many faces there are, as if everyone is the same face.

In the entire phalanx, there is a majesty that is not angry and arrogant.

As soon as the tribesmen looked at it from afar, they immediately had confidence in the tribe, and they really felt that with these people, they could kill all the enemies.

As for in the eyes of other tribes, it is naturally a blow to faith!

After a while, the leader of Ana, came to his senses, and he asked Shiru to come over to negotiate, while he took the young men and continued to stay away.

Xilu slowly walked to the phalanx, looked at Yan Zheng, who was a little unfamiliar, and saluted respectfully: "Boss Mo, Zheng, we have come to complete the transaction with your tribe according to the oath. ”

The leader smiled and said, "We will keep our oath, but the people of your tribe, why don't you come closer?" ”

Shiru sneered, "Our leader thinks it's rude to be too close to other tribes with a weapon. ”

The leader and Yan Zheng both smiled heartily, in the face of absolute strength, etiquette can play its due role.

Yan Zheng took off his helmet and said: "As for the transaction, you just go and hand over to Wu!" Today, I'm going to invite you leaders to taste the food and have a good talk by the way. ”

Saying that, a few tribal girls lifted a piece of animal skin to the middle of the two teams, and after laying it out, they put pottery cups and pottery bowls on it.

Then the tribesmen came to the hides with a large clay jar and built a stove with the stones they had brought.

When Shiru returned to report it, the leader of Ana looked at the scene suspiciously.

Yan Zheng and the leader walked to a place where Ana could see, threw away the weapon on his body, and then took off his helmet and walked in front of the animal skin.

"Ana, I have recently learned a new etiquette, which is that when a distinguished guest arrives, you must be served with good food. The guest should not be allowed to go back on an empty stomach, otherwise it will appear that the host is stingy. The leader shouted with a smile.

Anabe Kazugan and others, this situation has been encountered there before. While someone was smiling and friendly to them, there was a group of armorers behind them who looked very difficult to mess with.

The leader of Ana hesitated, but after all, he couldn't stand the leader's playful smile, and he unsheathed his blade and walked to the position prepared for him.

He sat down as fiercely as he could, and said nonchalantly: "Mona, your tribe is so small, and you also have delicious food?" ”

The leader smiled kindly: "Our tribe not only has food, but also a lot of things that you don't have, if you want, go and hunt more prey, just come to us for it." ”

As he spoke, the leader also wiped the bamboo armor piece on his shoulder.

Ana looked straight in his eyes, and said in a somewhat weaker tone: "This is made of bamboo?" ”

"Oh, you mean this armor, right? It is made of bamboo, and as you know, it is difficult to cut bamboo with a stone axe. ”

Ana was speechless, and said a little unconfidently: "Burn it with fire, can you ...... Burned. ”

The leader deliberately raised his hand and said, "It's okay to use fire, but we can make bamboo pieces without fire." ”

Yan Zheng clapped his hands appropriately on the side, only to see Lu Wan in the distance, picking up a venison and chopping it with an axe.

Divide the venison into several pieces, and then, under Ana's astonished gaze, take the pieces of venison and put them in a large clay pot.

Yan Zheng said with a smile: "Our tribe has discovered a new cooking method that can make venison tender and delicious!" ”

He took a clay cup of salt, and some peilan, xinyi, and perilla leaves to add to the clay pot, and threw in two pieces of wild ginger.

Then stir it with a large wooden stick and cover it with a lid made of wood. Then let the clansmen add firewood and stew it over a fierce fire.

"The venison is tender and simmered, and it tastes great! But wait a while, Leader Ana, don't be in a hurry. Come, drink tea first. After Yan Zheng finished drumming, he began to warm up.

Ana smiled as well, and took a sip from the teacup in front of him.

With just one sip, he felt a fresh fragrance between his lips and teeth, accompanied by a hint of sweetness.

He took a few more sips in a row, and only after he reached the bottom did he smash his mouth and put down the teacup.

Yan Zheng and the leader both smiled, and the leader introduced: "This is the tribe's bamboo leaf tea, and a little honey is added to it." ”

"If the leader of Ana likes it, he will have someone bring some back later." Yan Zheng smiled and poured him full.

Ana's face turned red, and he really felt that sitting here was really uncomfortable, and even drinking a glass of water was seen as a joke.

But he couldn't attack, and after seeing the armor and the artifact that separated venison, he hardly dared to think of confronting him.

Yan Zheng saw that the coercion was almost over, so he smiled and said: "Don't be polite, Leader Ana, our tribe has a lot of good things, and we are willing to give it to you because our two tribes are neighbors." Our people hunt and can often encounter. Our people also obeyed the rules and acquiesced in the ownership of the hunting grounds. I think it's good, not to mention that our two tribes are now trading too! ”

"You have also seen the benefits of trading, your tribe can exchange what is surplus for what your tribe does not have. This is called communicating with each other, and it has great benefits for both of our tribes. In order to be able to continue trading, I swear here today that from now on, my tribe will not hunt for the heads of the tribes with which we have established trading relationships! ”

Ana was stunned for a moment and said, "You mean, you no longer give grass to our tribe?" ”

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