This year's trading conference is destined to be different.
Because the Ba people quickly found an open space and started setting up a stall.
Their costumes are already unique, and the rattan baskets on their backs are also very eye-catching. It is said that the witch with the rattan baskets has been studying this kind of rattan basket for many days without success.
And when the Ba people arranged the goods they brought from the rattan baskets one by one, the group of people who came to greet them in advance to prepare for the exchange were instantly stunned.
A long line of pottery.
Pottery cups, pottery bowls, pottery plates, pottery pots, pottery pots, pots, large spoons, small spoons, and even some fired pottery figurines and dolls are arranged neatly in rows, which makes people’s blood boil.
Boiling heart bursting.
"Tao...Tao Ga?"
Someone covered their heart and pointed at the pottery being placed one after another, trembling and exclaiming.
"Well, cup ga, bowl ga, plate ga, pot ga..."
There were people from the Ba tribe who were introduced to each other with proud faces, and Xu Chen, who was beside him, almost lost his face.
Next to the pottery, someone quickly laid a large piece of rectangular animal skin sewn together on the ground, and began to place stacks of gray-white linen cloth on top.
These linen cloths are neatly folded and square, which makes them even more pleasing to the eye.
"Booga! Buga!"
Someone exclaimed in excitement with blood rushing to their forehead.
The Ba people no longer need to introduce this, because all the clothes of the Ba people are like this.
But what is incomprehensible is that although these linen cloths are all square, why do they look weird when worn on the body? There are holes for the arms, holes for the legs, and even magical systems on them.
It's so complicated that people can't understand it.
The men gathered around the pottery, shouting, and even touched and watched it with the permission of the Ba people.
The women gathered around the cloth stall, drooling over these light, breathable and soft magical fabrics.
As a group of primitive savages, they are not ignorant. Compared with the linen clothes worn by the Ba people, the animal skin clothes they wear are neither good-looking nor comfortable, and they also exude a fishy smell unique to wild beasts. In fact, they are not
Doesn't smell good.
Next to the cloth stall, someone soon placed piles of straw sandals, bundles of bark ropes and hemp ropes, and even net bags and a few new farm tools.
Net bags are made of fine hemp ropes. They have many uses and are especially suitable for holding small living things.
Farm tools are wooden hoes and shovels of different sizes, whose main function is digging.
Although these things are simple and crude in making, they are simply cut from some wood of suitable shape, but they are a great inspiration to the primitive savages who come to watch, especially for women who often dig plant roots in the wild.
Farm tools are far more convenient and faster than using a stick and hands to dig the soil.
Compared with the primitive goods such as animal skins, brocade feathers, bones and teeth that are similar to other tribes, what the Ba tribe brought this time were all artificial creations that all tribes had only heard of and had never seen.
Pottery and cloth are two of the most exciting and surprising things.
The straw sandals, ropes, tools, etc. also made people exclaim again and again, and many people even couldn't wait to take out the items they brought and wanted to exchange them.
Amid the exclamations and excited onlookers, more and more people gathered around.
Even those who were initially worried about being contaminated by the bad luck of the Ba people couldn't help but squeeze in to take a closer look in this lively atmosphere. However, upon seeing this, they left with their eyes wide open and their mouths open.
Can't move anymore.
You don’t know until you see it, but after reading it, you realize that the news you got is not a rumor, but is actually more magical than what you heard.
This is the home ground of the Uzbek people.
Therefore, the Uzbek ethnic group also has the largest number of people.
As the news spread, more and more Uzbek people came down from the mountain. In less than half an hour, they had already surrounded the Ba people’s stall on three floors inside and three outside. Hundreds of people crowded together and screamed, making noises.
resounded throughout the valley.
On the mountainside, the witch stood in front of the cave where he lived.
With the support of two girls, he leaned on crutches and looked at the situation on the river beach down the mountain.
The changes in the Ba clan shocked her beyond measure.
Pottery and cloth were even more incomprehensible to her.
Although she rejected Muba's request, she was actually very worried.
She is old and feels like she may die at any time.
It has been a long time since the gods have given new guidance.
She waited in the cave day after day, year after year, but her wish always failed.
If there is no guidance from the gods in the Uzbek tribe, the tribal alliance may soon collapse.
In recent years, as the Uzbek tribe has become stronger, the tribe's strength has been continuously increasing, and it has also been squeezing the living space of other tribes, causing several neighboring tribes to be very dissatisfied with the Uzbek tribe.
In addition, as the tribe's population increases, more and more food, animal skins, and caves are needed. This area can no longer accommodate the Uzbek tribe, so it is necessary to expand outward to a larger living territory.
This will inevitably lead to conflicts between tribes.
Within the tribe, there have been many quarrels due to uneven distribution.
In fact, the Uzbek people are also facing the danger of falling apart.
When Ba left, it was because of the rapid growth of population and uneven distribution of food and animal skins that Ba Cai's two-year-old son froze to death in the cold winter. Ba was her sister and blamed her for not being able to manage fair distribution as a witch, resulting in
Her son died, so she left the valley with her tribe in anger, traveled dozens of miles to live in another country, and never came back until her death.
All along, she has carefully maintained the alliance between Wu and the other five tribes, giving fair care so that tragedies like Ba's would never happen again in all tribes.
Even in order to maintain the relationship of the alliance, she worked hard to suppress the Uzbek tribe's several requests for expansion and tried not to disturb the surrounding tribes.
But this suppression ultimately has a limit.
The tribal leader proposed to expel the Ba people today not only because their demands have not been met, but also to create an excuse in the hope of annexing the Ba people's territory and expanding the Uzbek people's living space.
Because there is a more powerful tribe in the lower reaches of the river that is rising rapidly, Wu's strength cannot resist and can only be forced to develop upstream.
However, the Ba people took special care of her because of her long-standing guilt, which resulted in the Wu people being unable to take this step.
If he dies, no one will be able to stop the expansion of the Wu tribe. The Ba tribe's territory will definitely be annexed and they will be driven into more wild mountains and wilderness.
He did not agree to Mu Ba's request to recognize Chen Wu's identity, not entirely because Xu Chen refused to share pottery and cloth, but because once she admitted it, the Ba people would gain recognition and recognition from more tribes and be able to take advantage of it.
The identity of the witch controls more territory and resources. If the Ba grows fast enough, it is possible for the Ba to compete with the Uzbek tribe in more than ten years. The two tribes will definitely have greater conflicts over the territory.
At that time, the tribal alliance headed by the Wu tribe will fall into civil strife and be completely divided. This territory rich in plants and beasts may soon be snatched away by the tribes downstream.
For the sake of the peace and stability of the tribe, she believed that she had done nothing wrong.
As for expelling the Ba people, it is even more impossible. It would be a loss of self-power, and she would not do that either emotionally or rationally.
But what puzzled her the most was why Chen Hui refused to share the innovative invention that both mother and father were willing to share?
Could it be that he received guidance from the gods and wanted to break away from the Uzbek Alliance and develop independently?
Or maybe he saw that the Uzbek tribe’s ambitions were inconsistent with the internal situation and wanted to replace them?
Wu has lived for a long time, and she can no longer remember how many years she has lived.
But she knew that she was really going to die.
She cannot establish a powerful internal enemy for the Wu tribe at this juncture. As long as she does not recognize the identity of Chen Wu, the Ba tribe's influence will not grow too fast.
To maintain the peace of this territory, there must be a strong leader, and the Uzbek tribe is the best choice.
But looking at the overwhelming crowd surrounding the Ba people at the foot of the mountain.
Wu Cang's cloudy eyes were filled with worry again.
If she dies, internal conflicts among the Wu tribe will inevitably break out. Even if she does not recognize the status of Chen Wu, all tribes will still take the initiative to approach the Ba tribe in order to obtain exquisite pottery and cloth.
The most powerful thing of the Ba people is not pottery and cloth, but bows and arrows.
This is her biggest concern.
Once there is a conflict between the Uzbek and Ba ethnic groups, the Uzbek people will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
It's a pity that she can't control that much anymore.
"well!"
The witch let out a long sigh, turned around with her crutches, and two girls helped her into the cave. Her thin body was trembling, and she looked even older and lonely.