Chapter 43: Yan Zheng makes the city
Ten days later, it was finally the agreed trading day, and Yan Zheng can proudly say that this was the first bazaar-like gathering in the world.
Because this transaction was brokered by him, it became a gathering of more than a dozen tribes, just like the Yellow Emperor made a market back then.
The location is still the slope where he traded with Anabe, and in order to commemorate the achievement of the market, he also deliberately renamed the slope as the opening slope.
It's just that after the day came, Yan Zheng became a little worried. He was afraid that there would be some kind of rule-breaking behavior in this transaction.
If one tribe fights because of this, it will inevitably deal a blow to the confidence of other tribes to continue trading.
So early in the morning, he put on bamboo armor, and rushed to Maolin early with Lu Wan with the armor and goods.
After sending people to guard the two entrances in his direction, he took the goods and a team of armor soldiers and walked towards the opening slope together.
He believed that as long as there were the armor soldiers of Monabu, they could still hold the field.
As soon as he entered the slope, he felt that his decision to leave early was extremely wise.
Because on the opening slope of the market, there were already two caravans that came to trade, and they used a tree as a boundary, watching each other vigilantly.
Yan Zheng glanced at the tattoos on their faces and found that they were Ana and Da'ao.
After the two team leaders saw Yan Zheng, they immediately stopped the confrontation, hurriedly saluted respectfully, and then waited for him to go over to select the goods.
Yan Zheng walked over with Lu Wan and Jia Shi, and without saying a word, he handed out a glass of salt to the leader of the Ana Department.
After the team leader took the salt, he pinched it and tasted it, then nodded and asked people to put out the goods for him to choose.
Happily, there is a baby black deer with a broken hind leg in Anabe's cargo this time.
Yan Zheng took the little black deer that was tied up with five flowers and looked at it, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed, this is not a wild goat, it seems to be more like a black muntjac. Domestication can be domesticated, but it is certainly not as cost-effective as domesticating sheep.
He crouched down again and looked through it, and in addition to the hides and jerky, there was a bag of millet in the grass seeds, but it was a pity that these millets looked very bad, and they were all thick-skinned batches.
As for the strange plants and strange stones, only licorice can be seen.
Those stones are peculiar, but they are more peculiar, which makes Yan Zheng disappointed.
But in order not to discourage them, he still picked out a piece of granite shaped a bit like a hoe.
"I want all the grass seeds! And this stone, this grass! ”
After Yan Zheng said a word, the two clansmen put down the leather and a large pottery, and after settling the accounts according to the quantity comparison, they took the dried meat and animal skins in front of Anabbe.
The leader of the Ana Department was very happy, and this time they got more than a dozen pieces of leather.
Yan Zheng also gave them a few pieces of faience as a reward for searching for plants and strange stones for Monabu.
"Next time, if there is prey that you have never seen before, you can get more strange and beautiful stones!"
After Yan Zheng gave a word of advice, he walked to the caravan of the Daao Department.
The leader of the Da'ao Department was trading for the first time, and when he looked at the armor, his face was still a little nervous.
He respectfully took the salt handed over by Yan Zheng, and after expressing his gratitude, he showed their tribe's goods.
Yan Zheng glanced at it, and his face could not hide the disappointment. Most of them were still hides and jerky, and there were no strange stones for him to rummage through.
Fortunately, in the grass seeds, he also found a bag of corn, as well as a lot of rice and two kinds of beans.
After he asked his entourage to deliver the goods, he also sent a few faience pottery as gifts.
Then he sat down with his people and began to wait for the other tribes to come.
It wasn't long before he sat down that something he didn't expect happened!
After Anabe and Da'ao successfully traded with him, they actually tried to trade as well, without the slightest vigilance just now.
Although it was the leader of the Ana Department who took the initiative to talk first, they really succeeded in the transaction from the remaining goods!
The leader of the Da'ao Department may have seen that Yan Zheng had changed a stone, so he also took out a piece of animal skin that was picked up and replaced it with a stone that he thought was strange.
Yan Zheng couldn't laugh or cry, watching their clumsy selection and exchange, but he felt very satisfied in his heart.
And the leader of the Ana Department, who seemed to know that he was a veteran of the transaction, actually began to tempt again, asking the Da Ao Department to exchange the painted pottery for a few more peculiar plants.
Yan Zheng looked at this little cunning and felt that this was what a transaction should look like.
And after they finished trading, they didn't seem to plan to leave immediately, but also waited like Yan Zheng, as if they wanted to try their luck again.
After a while, another tribe walked in.
This tribe also found Yan Zheng to trade first, but unfortunately they didn't have anything to make Yan Zheng's eyes shine.
In the same way, he exchanged salt, leather, faience, and large pottery for animal skins, jerky, and some grass seeds.
It's just that after this tribe finished trading, they immediately left in a hurry, and it seemed that they didn't want to stay longer for a moment.
Yan Zheng only glanced at it and understood that this was a small tribe that lacked a sense of security and trust, and after the transaction, he wanted to leave as soon as possible and send the good things back to the tribe.
And after the small tribe left for a while, more tribes came in.
Yan Zheng knew that these should be small tribes, and they watched for a while, and after finding that it was really safe, they all hurried over.
Most of their goods can't get into Yan Zheng's eyes, and he can only trade patiently and equally with the attitude of not being small and not exploiting.
And these small tribes are obviously more afraid of losses when trading, and they have to fiddle with the delivery process of goods several times before they can rest assured.
The tribes queuing up behind were even more afraid that the good things would be replaced by the tribes in front, so the scene seemed to be noisy.
It took a while for the little tribes to finish trading, and they left beaming, because they had traded the most important thing - salt!
Yan Zheng watched them go away with a faint pain in his conscience, he bullied the honest man, and the salt exchanged today, he mixed five times the amount of nitrate in it!
It's not that he wants to deceive the savages, but the people really can't pee!
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In this way, intermittently, tribes came in to trade, some tribes left after trading, and some tribes chose to stay and try their luck.
After the transaction lasted for almost half a day, Yan Zheng completed the transaction with the last tribe to arrive, and it was almost dusk.
The caravans that remained in Kaishipo have become six, namely the Ana Division, the Daao Division, the Taozhu Division, the Taduo Division, the Reed Division, and the Adao Division.
These are six relatively powerful tribes, and they bring much more goods than smaller tribes.
It's a pity that although there are many, none of them really can get into Yan Zheng's eyes.
These tribes also made some trades with each other, and the most profitable one was the Anab, whose leader was always able to pit other caravans.
And when Yan Zheng informed them that they were ready to leave, the leader of the Ana Department took the goods he had brought and ran to him to exchange for ten painted pottery.
The leaders of the rest of the caravans also came around, hoping that Yan Zheng would see if he could trade the remaining goods.
Yan Zheng refused very seriously, and told them: "It's too bad skin, maggot beast meat, don't bring it next time!" The transaction is about the genuine goods, and you can't use bad things to pass off good things! ”
When these team leaders heard this, a wave of disappointment immediately rose on their faces.
Yan Zheng said again: "This time, I can give each of you five pieces of leather first, but this requires you to find what I want!" ”
"The next time I trade, whoever can find the strange stone I want, the stone of brilliant color, I am willing to trade with him at a high price."
"There are also the treasures of the tribe, the prey that has never been seen before, whether it is the fur of this prey or a living creature, I am willing to pay a high price."
"At last I will make a price to all the tribes, one living wandering savage, for three pieces of leather, or ten faience! It can also be exchanged for food in the future. ”
These team leaders instantly showed joy, and they kept confirming with Yan Zheng that those kinds could be exchanged for high prices.
They worked hard to memorize one by one, and many of them took out hemp rope and tied several knots.
After Yan Zheng said goodbye to them, he led the team to leave the open market.
He believed that in the future, the phenomenon of wandering savages being hunted by heads would be greatly reduced.
Even over time, there is a good chance that these tribes will raid the populations of other tribes to trade!
Doesn't this achieve Yan Zheng's goal, when headhunting becomes a thing that will damage interests, these people will definitely think that this person is equivalent to a lot of good things before cutting off their heads, or will they be captured alive?
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