Xia Qi knew about the arrival of Qing Niu and others, but he directly left the deal with the Qingyan tribe to other people.

As the leader of a clan, how could he be constrained by such trivial matters every day?

Qingniu asked others to go ahead and trade, while he himself sneaked into the Xia tribe's livestock area, which was an area specially designated by Xia Qi after the invasion war.

Because these livestock had just come from another world not long ago, and that world was still in autumn, so they still retained the characteristics of that period.

For example, if you are fat and strong, you are full of energy and energy.

Seeing this scene, Qingniu was very surprised. You must know that it has been more than two months of cold winter. Before entering winter, wild herbivores will consciously migrate to the warmer south. And tamed livestock will

It all depends on the owner's preparation.

In autumn, people will start to consciously collect grass and the like in order to fill the stomachs of livestock in winter and prevent them from starving to death.

However, dried grass is definitely not as good as plump grass in terms of taste and nutrition.

If things go on like this, the livestock will inevitably become malnourished. Coupled with the ravages of the cold winter, even the domesticated cattle and horses in a large tribe like Qingyan are now very skinny.

But looking at the livestock of the Xia tribe, each of them looked full of energy and fat and strong, it suddenly overturned Qing Niu's previous understanding. This was even more incredible than the sudden increase of so many livestock in the Xia tribe.

Qing Niu wondered if he could learn how the Xia tribe raised these animals to look like this through trading, but he immediately rejected this idea.

You know, a long time ago he tried to trade weapons called slings that could throw stones with the Xia tribe, but was rejected miserably.

If the structure of the sling is relatively simple and can be made at a glance, then the bow and arrow are far beyond the knowledge of the entire Qingniu tribe.

From the outside, the shape of the bow is not complicated. It is just a wooden stick with a rope tied to it. However, they have tried it many times, but the final result ended in failure.

Qingniu once tried to trade this thing called bow and arrow with the Xia tribe, but as expected, Xia Qi decisively rejected it.

The Qingyan Tribe has a large population, and also has copper mines and smelting and forging techniques. Although the Xia Tribe now also has these skills, it all depends on the results of the transaction with the Qingyan Tribe. Once the two tribes turned against each other, the Qingyan Tribe stopped trading with them.

If the Xia tribe trades, the Xia tribe will be grabbed by the throat and put into a passive situation.

Even though the two tribes seem to be on good terms with each other now, Xia Qi believes that there will definitely be a battle between the two tribes, and it will not last long, at the latest, not later than spring.

Once spring comes, everything will revive and there will be more prey. At that time, the Qingyan Tribe will no longer allow the Xia Tribe to exist.

In other words, if it were the Xia tribe, they would not allow a tribe to grow and expand uncontrollably under their noses.

The reason why the relationship between the two tribes is harmonious now is because each wants what they need. The Qingyan tribe needs food and the Xia tribe needs copper ore. Once this balance is broken, the two seemingly harmonious tribes will start a war in an instant.

As for why the war did not break out now, Xia Qi guessed that something happened to the Qingyan tribe some time ago, which attracted all their energy and caused heavy losses. By the time they came to their senses, winter had arrived, and the Xia tribe had already

Completely grown up.

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Even due to insufficient preparation, there was insufficient food in the tribe. As a last resort, they could only obtain food by trading copper ore.

Although the Qingyan Tribe themselves knew that by doing this, they were siding with the enemy.

But there is no way. If they don't do this, they may not wait until the opportunity comes, and the entire Qingyan tribe will fall apart in an instant.

As for Xia Qi, he has already coveted the copper mine owned by the Qingyan tribe. Besides, who would like to have a Big Mac next to him? Who wouldn't want the other to die early?

Xia Qi is also ambitious, and his plan to conquer the Qingyan tribe is proceeding in an orderly manner.

In early spring at the latest, he will launch an offensive against the Qingyan tribe.

Under such a premise, Xia Qi would be crazy to do something to increase the enemy's strength.

On the other side, Qingniu realized that he had been in there for too long and hurriedly left the stable.

Before leaving, he reluctantly glanced at Lightning. This was the first time he had seen such a BMW. It was really rare in the world.

When Qingniu left the livestock area, he also completed the transaction with his companions, but their faces didn't look very good.

"What happened? Did you have a conflict with the Xia tribe?" Qing Niu looked at Abu in the crowd.

No wonder he thinks so. In fact, he knows the moral character of these people in his tribe very well. Each one is more impulsive than the last.

"It's not us!" When Abu heard this, he said angrily: "It's those people from the Xia tribe, they really went too far!"

"Xia tribe?"

Qingniu was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the baskets of fish at their feet. Although he had never studied mathematics, you can't say he was stupid because of this. The number of these fish was obviously wrong.

At first, they traded with the Xia tribe, and they agreed to exchange one basket of copper ore for three baskets of fish. However, after a while, the Xia tribe said that the food they could salvage was limited, and they used this as an excuse.

The basket of ore was exchanged for two baskets of fish, and finally the leader agreed.

They couldn't help but agree, because almost one-third of the current Qingyan tribe's food comes from the Xia tribe. Once the two tribes conflict, it means that one-third of the tribe's people will be without food.

The Qingyan Tribe was severely weakened at that time. Once the two sides clashed, the Qingyan Tribe would not have the upper hand at all. If the other tribes took advantage of the situation during the war, it would be a big loss.

Sure enough, I heard Abu say with an aura on his face: "We came to trade with them, but they took away the things and only gave us this little fish. They also said that they didn't have much food, and they were only willing to give us one basket of ore for one basket.

The fish came to trade. I said we wouldn’t trade, but they refused. If I hadn’t reacted quickly, they would have even taken the fish back.”

After listening to Abu's accusation, Qingniu didn't believe it. If he didn't say anything else, killing those cattle and sheep would be enough for everyone in the Xia tribe to eat for a while.

Qing Niu's first thought was that the Xia tribe was deliberately lowering the price, but having met Xia Qi, he did not think that the Xia tribe leader was a man who liked to take advantage of others.

Qingniu said in a deep voice: "It's not convenient to talk now, let's leave here first."

As soon as the group stepped off the suspension bridge, they saw four or five people walking from the direction of Daxia Lake. If there were just a few people, they would not attract the attention of these people. The key is that each of these people is holding a horse.

Behind the horse was also dragging a strange-looking thing, with ten or twenty frames of fish placed on it.

These people just walked past Qing Niu and others in such a swagger, and the group of people seemed to have lost their minds, and their eyes followed their backs.

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Although a group of people had seen too many novel things in the Xia tribe, Qing Niu and the others would exclaim with great insight every time.

However, most people are simply watching the fun, and only a few people see the value of it.

Qingniu and Abu looked at each other, and then said: "You guys are waiting for me outside the Xia tribe camp. I will be there in a moment."

After saying that, he returned to the Xia tribe's camp.

A group of people from the Qingyan tribe looked at each other, and finally obeyed Qingniu's order and left the Xia tribe's camp.

After entering the Xia tribe, Qing Niu directly found Pan.

A long time ago, Xia Qi gave Pan the full responsibility for the transaction with the Qingyan Tribe.

Now Pan Ke is very busy, not only responsible for the Xia tribe's city defense, but also supervising many miscellaneous things, just like a big butler.

When Pan saw the sudden appearance of the green bull, he thought he was here to argue with him. He was stunned for a moment and then recovered.

"It turns out to be Brother Qingniu. I thought you didn't come this time."

No matter what he thinks in his heart, the smile on Pan's face is as sincere and genuine as possible.

Qingniu said a little shyly: "The Xia tribe is really too big, and I accidentally got separated from the team. I finally found the way again."

Don't underestimate the primitive tribes. Pan looks thick-browed and Qingniu looks rough, but when it comes to deceiving people, he just opens his mouth. Coupled with their honest and humble appearance, if you really don't understand

They might have believed these two guys' lies.

Qingniu did not directly explain the purpose of his visit this time, but asked in a roundabout way: "Brother Pan, your Xia tribe is not sincere. It was agreed before that three baskets of fish would be exchanged for one basket of ore, but how could it be changed?

What has changed?

You don’t know, the last time we went back, our leader gave us a good punishment. First it was two baskets for one basket, and now it’s one basket for one basket. Brother Pan, you don’t want to give brother a way to survive.

ah."

Pan heard the words and sighed first, and the expression on his face instantly became painful.

"Brother Qingniu, I really have no choice. When the snow doesn't stop, and the fish in the lake become less and less, we can't just watch the people of the tribe go hungry, right?"

This is completely nonsense. The area of ​​Daxia Lake is simply ridiculous. There are also several rivers carrying a large number of fish. After fishing for such a long time, there has never been a shortage of fish in the lake.

The reason why it was said before that the fish caught from Daxia Lake were not enough to eat was because the tribe's population was growing too fast, and the consumption rate exceeded the fishing rate.

As for why he did not add more manpower to the fishing team, the main reason is that there are too many holes in the ice on Daxia Lake, and Xia Qi is worried that the ice will not be able to withstand it and will eventually crack.

Another point is that in addition to the fish in Daxia Lake, there are also prey brought back by Xia Qi from other worlds, which are all piled up into a small mountain.

Fortunately, it's winter now. If you put it outside for one night, it will freeze like a stone, so you don't have to worry about it rotting.
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