Chapter 26: Sticks and Carrots

It is obviously easier to convince the Anabe not to grass their own tribe than to convince their own tribe not to grass the Anabe.

The premise is that after Anabbe has seen the strength, they will understand that this is a condition they cannot refuse.

Yan Zheng smiled and said to the leader of Ana: "Our tribe does not give grass to your tribe, and when the clansmen meet in the future, even if they are alone, we will not hunt for heads." ”

"Of course, the premise is that you don't hunt for our heads, as long as you also give up grass on our tribe, we can swear to each other now."

The tension on Ana's face was greatly relieved, and after thinking for a while, there was a hint of smugness in his eyes.

He also smiled and said, "This matter is very important, I have to ask the Ancestor Spirit to decide." ”

Yan Zheng knew that this was because he thought that Mo Nabu was not confident enough.

He was not surprised, and said very frankly: "This is natural, let's meet today mainly to dispel some misunderstandings." It is also to tell you that from this day onwards, we will no longer give you grass, as long as you continue to trade with us. ”

Ana nodded and said, "The trade can go on forever, but we want more salt." ”

"Salt, we only sell it to the tribe that has a deep friendship with us, and friendship is to see how the tribe treats us, how many times they trade with us, and whether the things we bring are what we want."

"As long as you continue to trade with us and bring what we want in exchange, we will give you more salt." Yan Zheng said with a smile.

The leader also said: "If your tribe produces grass for our tribe, you don't want to exchange a grain of salt in the future, we will exchange it for other tribes that are friendly to us." ”

Ana was stunned, looking at the leader's serious face, his heart was like a mess.

He didn't understand why Monabu was suddenly willing to benefit his tribe and was willing not to hunt for their tribe's head.

If they really have a strong force, it stands to reason that they should take these young men into Anabbe and force him to submit.

But Mona didn't, they were actually like a defeated man, giving him favors and begging him to agree.

"Why?" Arna asked, "Why don't you want to grass us?" ”

Yan Zhengwen smiled and said, "Because, the matter of headhunting is not good for both of us." We don't like to hunt heads at will, from now on, we will only punish those tribes who bully the weak, and we will hunt heads in the future, not just for the blood sacrifice of ancestral spirits. ”

"In the future, if there are powerful tribes that rely on force, wantonly slaughter weak tribes, do not follow our trading rules, and kill our trading partners, we will grass on them and use headhunting methods to make this powerful tribe no longer strong!"

The corners of Ana's mouth showed a hint of sarcasm: "So, you will only grass against powerful tribes in the future?" ”

"No, we will be at peace with those who do not bully the weak, who are willing to abide by the spirit of the contract. Any tribe, big or small, we can wait for it. But if anyone violates our oath, we will punish them! You will even have to unite with other friendly tribes to punish those who break the rules! ”

"You want to set the rules for all the tribes?" Ana was furious.

"It's not a rule, it's a treaty, a contract, an oath! That is, after the two parties agree and negotiate, list the rules that both parties need to follow. ”

Yan Zheng patiently explained: "It's like our two tribes, with today's and last trade, we have both benefited, in order to dispel the concerns of both parties, we agreed on a place, we will go there to trade every ten days." ”

"And it is determined that no headhunting is allowed during the transaction, no deception is allowed during the transaction, no force can be used by both parties during the transaction, and the number of people who enter the place is agreed."

Ana squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and found that these three were only good for their tribe, so he said: "There is one more more, every time you trade, among the things you bring, there should be the salt we need, and as for what we need in the future, we will mention it again!" ”

"Good! Since the leader of Ana also thinks that this is a good thing, then we will make a treaty first, and as for the fact that you will no longer give grass to us, we will put it on hold first, and during the period of shelf, we will not hunt for your head! Yan Zheng said happily.

The leader pointed to a forest in the distance and said, "In the future, we will trade, and it will be on the slope behind this forest, and there will be four entrances to that place, and when we trade, we will send ten people into it." The rest of our clansmen will guard the two entrances near our side to ensure that no other tribe will attack our traders. ”

Ana also said, "We will also guard the other two entrances, and we will only let ten clansmen enter, and we will not hunt heads." If you dare to plot against us, I promise you, our two tribes, will never die in the future. ”

The leader ignored the threats behind him, and swore directly to the ancestral spirit, telling the ancestral spirit several trade treaties, and saying that if he did not comply, he would not be able to cross the rainbow bridge, and his soul would not be protected by the ancestral spirit.

Seeing this, Ana hurriedly said, "You have to make sure that there must be salt every time!" And it can't be reduced! ”

Yan Zheng spread his hands and said, "We can't guarantee this, salt is very precious!" Rarely, if there are other tribes willing to exchange more things, we can only promise to give you some salt, and we can't guarantee that there will be so much salt every time. ”

Ana thought for a moment and said, "It's not good for us, you have to set how much salt you want to exchange for how much salt, and then keep complying with it, and the same goes for everything else!" ”

"No, it doesn't make sense! Price, we will have a price for everything in the future, and the price is how much you need to pay. ”

"It's just that the price will change, and sometimes there are more animal skins, so the animal skins will be much cheaper. When there is more salt in the future, it will also be cheaper. Yan Zheng didn't expect that this savage leader would be able to clearly find the conditions that were unfavorable to him.

"So, once it's less, the price you're talking about will be more expensive?" Ana asked.

"That's exactly what happened!" Yan Zheng pondered: "However, if you can bring what I want, I can set the price of salt, and it will only decrease and not increase in the future." ”

"What's that?"

Yan Zheng waved his hand, and the two girls walked over with a piece of animal skin, which was the black deer skin that was exchanged that day.

"Where did this hide come from? If you can catch a few of these prey alive for me, I can exchange them for ten skins each. It can also set the price of salt for you! In addition, every time you hunt, as long as you encounter wild grasses and strange stones with special smells, you can bring them to our tribe, and as long as it is valuable, I will take a piece of animal skin and accept it. ”

Ana took the hide and looked at it and said, "This kind of deer is not easy to catch alive, can it be dead?" ”

"It's not okay to die, it's better to be small! If you can't catch it, tell me what you caught there, and let our tribe go hunting there once, and I can give you thirty skins. ”

Ana was silent for a moment, "I'll try to get you back alive!" ”

Yan Zheng smiled, knowing that it was most likely hunted from the hunting grounds of Anabbe. He believed that there should be one in his tribe's hunting grounds.

It's just that if he wants to catch it, he must launch a hunt, and he hopes that the scope will be larger. In this way, you can efficiently catch enough prey at one time, and then slowly select and domesticate.

"Well, every ten days from now on, we'll trade on the slopes." Yan Zheng stretched out his right hand.

Ana, who hesitated, also held out his right hand.

The two sides shook hands amicably, and the talks achieved constructive results.

At this time, the meat was also cooked, and Yan Zheng asked the clansmen to scoop up a few pieces and put them all on Ana's plate.

Ignoring the boiling heat of the meat, Ana picked it up and ate it. With just one sip, the fragrance of this thing completely captured him.

He chewed greedily, not caring that the oil from the corners of his mouth was running down his chest, as if he had forgotten the purpose of his visit.

The leader looked at it with a smile, and his eyes were full of disdain for Ana.

At this moment, the leader felt that he had won, not only against Ana, but also over the leaders of the other tribes. At the very least, their own tribe can stew more than they can imagine.

After eating the last piece of meat, Ana came back to his senses, looking at Yan Zheng and the leader's smiling expressions, he was a little annoyed, he felt embarrassed, but he had to admit that this was the best venison he had ever tasted.

"This broth has salt added to it and some seasonings, if you like, I can give you some!" Yan Zheng smiled generously.

Ana didn't think about it and said, "Our tribe also has it, there are better ones, next time I will bring them over and exchange them with you!" ”

Yan Zheng smiled, pointed to a clansman next to him and said: "This person is the tribal envoy I selected, I will change his name to Ashin, if there is anything in the future, I will let Ashin go to your tribe to inform you." In the same way, you can also choose an emissary to be in charge of communication between our two tribes. ”

Ana, looking back, said, "Shiru, I've chosen Shiru!" ”

"Okay, now we have to set a rule, even if our two tribes are fighting, we can't kill the messenger, the tribe that killed the messenger is a barbaric and unreasonable tribe, and it deserves to be slaughtered!"

Ana thought for a moment and said, "Yes! Not only the messenger of Shiru, but also the envoy I sent to your tribe in the future, you should not kill it! ”

Yan Zheng agreed, and waved his hand to let the clansmen take out a bamboo strip with a piece of fluffy fur tied to it.

"I name this thing the Feast, and whoever holds it is the messenger, and you can see it from afar. You can also see it along the way, don't attack the messenger in the future, when it becomes a consensus! ”

Ana hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to accept it.

"You're amazing!"

This is what Ana said to Yan Zheng when he left.

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