Chapter 108: Water Tribe
But this is the first time they have seen this kind of thing that can make people float on the water, and they feel very novel, is this another method of the oracle, Sita merchants moored the boats, let the bags of grain be carried down, and the chief also came to meet them himself, because he heard that the oracle came to their tribe from the water, and what made him most curious was that the oracle also brought a large amount of food, and if it was a swim, how did he bring a large amount of food.
So all the tribe appeared on the banks of the river to watch. The businessmen scratched their heads, what's the matter with these people, why did the hundred people come, aren't they just here to deliver food? Can so many people come out to watch them?
They unloaded the bags of grain and said, "This is the grain that was exchanged with you, so find someone to bring it back." ”
The chief asked the grain to be brought back, and then invited the two merchants to a temporary hut, and the merchants looked at the tribal stronghold and wondered, they had never seen such a house before, and could a house with a grass roof really shelter from the wind and rain? That's definitely okay, otherwise their ancestors would have been wiped out by the harsh environment for generations, and these houses are the wisdom of the ancients.
Naturally, the merchant did not forget that it was he who said: "My lord, these are the grains we delivered, do you think the furs can also be delivered?" ”
The chief said: "Naturally, I won't forget, my lord, when you leave, we will let people carry the fur to the shore, compared to us, we can't use that artifact, and then trouble the lord to carry it himself." ”
"Artifact? What artifact" The merchant feels like his ears are broken, what artifact? Where do I have that artifact?
"Isn't it the artifact that the divine envoy came to use?" Chieftain Road.
The merchant understood, and the caretaker of the bazaar had told him before he set out that they were uncivilized natives, and that you must explain them carefully and finally transport the furs back to the settlement safely.
"It's a means of transportation for us, it's called a boat, and we can transport goods or people for navigation." Merchant Road.
"Boat?" Naturally, the chiefs had heard that they were said to use boats in the northern tribes far away from them, whether they were out to sea for fishing or for business, and according to them, boats were indeed a very useful tool, but they had not seen them, and now they had seen them for the first time, and it seemed that it was indeed a useful tool, as they said.
The chief was very interested in the residence of the Sita people, and said that they also wanted to build a house in the same style as Sita, and the merchant thought that this was a business opportunity, so he went back and formed an engineering team to build a house here.
After about a month of training, the escort was ready to take the initiative to establish trade links with the large tribe in the south as soon as possible, and find a way to seize their copper mines.
Hou Zongsheng also borrowed some people from the Umbrella Tree Tribe, and the chief decided to lend them the two brothers they were doing business with, both of whom were locals, and it was more convenient to communicate with them.
So the group and the Self-Defense Forces set off for the big tribe in the south, and the two brothers introduced: "The totem of this big tribe in the south is water. ”
"Water?" Everyone looked at each other, and there is water as a totem, it's really rare, of course, this is their image, in fact, water as the source of life, there are still many tribes who use him as a totem.
The first time everyone stepped on the territory of the Water Tribe, the water tribe has a large area of land, and many large and small houses are located at the cross-section, according to them, the Water Tribe is a large tribe with more than 10,000 people.
A large tribe of more than 10,000 people? Is it so big? According to the law, it is difficult for nomadic civilizations to develop and grow, although they have a very strong fighting force, in order to live, they have to keep the population moving, they have to hunt for food or daily needs.
They can't be like the northern nomads, because the animals in Oceania are also as difficult to train as plants, so it is not possible to breed native animals, naturally there were people who tried at the beginning, but all failed, but they were shocked by the emergence of a relatively stable tribal civilization in this place.
As soon as they entered the gate of the tribe, they were surrounded by men, and the two brothers explained their intentions, and they still did not let down their vigilance, and kept staring at the people, but they still sent a man to ventilate the news.
The soldiers of the Self-Defense Forces held their muskets at all times, and as soon as they made any other moves, they immediately opened fire and shot them.
Soon, the Water Tribe chief appeared, and he told the people of the tribe to lay down their weapons and invite them to sit in.
So they were invited into a flat field, with a huge torch in the middle, and the tribe was not very numerous at this time, although it seemed to be a settled tribe, but in fact, in order to catch prey, a large number of tribesmen had to go out to hunt.
So the official concluded that as long as the local prey was more or less beaten, in order to survive, the chief was afraid that he would have to abandon this area and look for other areas with more prey, and he relaxed a little.
"What are you doing here?" The Water Tribe Chief asked directly.
"Chief, we're here to buy that copper mine with you."
"That area is very important to us. ”
The official naturally understood what this meant, so he said, "We can provide you with grain in exchange for the ownership of that mineral." ”
The chieftain came to be interested, the difficulty of hunting has been getting bigger and bigger, they have sent a lot of manpower for hunting, but that's it, the food is only barely enough, before they found that there is an outsider in this area, they have a huge wall, and the people inside never go hunting, so they take it for granted that they have a lot of food, so they have a different intention to rob.
However, when he finally saw their powerful cannons, he was afraid that he would collide with the gods, so he came back and fell ill.
When the chief saw that they were willing to provide them with the most scarce food, he naturally asked for it, and said, "How much can you provide?" ”
"How about we can provide you with food in batches, a total of one year's food, to buy your mine?"
The chief pondered, if a year's food, if true, means that there is no need to hunt for a year, and if you use this time to store food, it can bring more prosperity to the tribe, and when the time comes, they can have more hunting grounds and finally become the king of this area, it is not impossible.