The river beach trading area at the foot of the mountain has completely become the protagonist of this transaction because the Ba people have brought out so many good things.
The Uzbek people, who had the most abundant goods in previous years, are ashamed of themselves this year.
Other tribes have stopped setting up stalls now. They are all crowded around the Ba stall, touching and noisy. Some are looking at pottery, some looking at cloth, and some trying on straw sandals. They are crowding around and making a lot of noise.
The main conference has never been so lively in its history.
A group of Ba people not only displayed their products, but also brought some rattan bark and weeds to teach people from other tribes how to weave baskets, twist ropes, and make straw sandals.
It’s not that Xu Chen is unwilling to share these technologies.
In fact, he is very happy to spread technology without any technical content.
After all, they are just ordinary poor guys with exposed buttocks. It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them how to fish.
Besides, even without these things, it would not affect the survival of these tribes at all.
As for pottery and cloth, the production of these two things is relatively complicated and brain-consuming. Even if he can teach them now, he can't teach them, and keeping them can tempt these tribes to have close contact with the Ba people.
When the Ba people have accumulated enough popularity, these technologies will become irrelevant.
What he needs now is popularity, and he is still in the stage of gathering fans.
Of course, he didn't see any of the contradictions within the Uzbek people. After all, he had just arrived for an hour and it was impossible to gain a deep understanding by just looking at them.
He didn't even know Wu's thoughts and attitude, he just thought it was his own selfishness that made Wu very angry.
What's the use of being angry? He doesn't care.
How can a tiger sleep soundly beside the couch?
The Wu tribe is so powerful that it is less than 20 kilometers away from the Ba tribe. The more he shares, the stronger the Wu tribe will be, and it will be more difficult for the Ba tribe to grow. He can see this clearly.
As for the more powerful tribes in the lower reaches of the river, he didn't even know.
Even if he knew, he wouldn't care too much.
At the moment, he just needs to make plans for his three-thirds of an acre of land, and use this opportunity to attract enough popularity to the Ba people and make the Ba people's reputation known.
Therefore, at Xu Chen's suggestion, the Ba people not only taught people from other tribes to weave baskets, twist ropes, and make straw sandals, but even sent pottery, linen, and straw sandals to the leaders of several other tribes.
Although they only gave away a few items, it was enough to win the favor of other tribes.
Even the chiefs of the Ba tribe who were very dissatisfied with the Ba tribe in the mountains just now smiled from ear to ear after receiving these gifts. They gathered with their mother and Ba to chat about some family-friendly topics. Gu Gu Gaga looked very happy.
and fun.
The sun gradually set in the west, and several bonfires began to light on the river beach.
The Uzbek tribe sent some hunted wild animals and cereals and fruits. In the past, at this time, all tribes had already packed up their stalls and started roasting food to prepare dinner.
But today, everyone forgets to eat and sleep, and continues to gather around all the Ba people, learning in groups to weave baskets, twist ropes, and make straw sandals.
Others brought bundles of animal skins, animal teeth, bird feathers and other goods to exchange pottery and cloth with the Ba people.
The lively and noisy sounds of these primitive people chatting can be heard everywhere.
The attitude of the great witches does not affect their acquisition of these new technologies and innovative inventions for the survival and development of their own tribes.
In the face of survival and profit, all tribes took the initiative to ignore the unpleasantness of the cave and excitedly learned from the Ba tribe.
Next to the campfire, the boy who was leading several Ba women to demonstrate to other tribes how to cook food in pottery was the object of everyone's intense attention.
Especially the leaders of the four tribes would cast their eyes on Xu Chen from time to time while chatting and laughing with Mu Ba.
According to the tribe's marriage tradition, Xu Chen will marry and leave the Ba tribe when he reaches adulthood. If he can be attracted to his tribe, whether it is pottery, cloth, or the powerful weapon bow and arrow that all tribes covet, he will become his tribe's treasure.
wealth.
Since it can't be obtained through oppression by the great witch, you can only find a way yourself.
And unlike Xu Chen, they all know the situation of the Uzbek people relatively well.
There are serious divisions within the Uzbek tribe. Once the great witch dies, the Uzbek tribe is very likely to split into several tribes. In this way, the tribal alliance will inevitably exist in name only. If you want to keep your tribe's territory, you can only make your tribe stronger.
OK.
Therefore, which tribe Xu Chen went to became particularly important.
As a result, the heads of the clan looked at Xu Chen with more and more enthusiasm.
Next to the bonfire, Xu Chen and a few women were cooking food, and a large group of male and female savages wearing furs gathered behind them.
They all looked at the clay pots placed on the charcoal fire to cook food.
As gurgling water vapor emerged from the clay pot, the aroma of food slowly began to spread on the river beach.
This is a completely different aroma than barbecue.
With an aura of great temptation.
The fragrance makes your mouth water.
As the smell of stewed food gradually became stronger and began to spread over the entire river beach, almost all the tribesmen couldn't hold it back. They all gathered around with their rumbling stomachs and slowly started to stir.
A bonfire lit by the Ba people on the third floor was surrounded by water.
The food is very simple, just some whole grain porridge mixed with minced meat and wheat beans.
Without oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, it is just plain boiled.
But even so, this is a whole new way of making food.
The convenience of pottery for collecting water for cooking is fully demonstrated in this simple demonstration.
As the sun sets, the late autumn river beach gradually becomes dim, and at the same time, the wind gradually becomes fierce.
But the coldness of dusk could not stop the enthusiasm of all the savages.
As the food was cooked, several earthen jars were taken out of the bonfire, and then put into earthenware bowls with earthenware spoons. The aroma of the food became stronger and stronger, and the onlookers began to swallow hard unconsciously.
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For a moment, I felt that the food being grilled by the women of my tribe no longer tasted good at all.
Several bowls of hot multigrain rice porridge, topped with a spoonful of minced meat, and a small spoonful of leek and wild onion sauce.
When this fragrant food was delivered to the tribal leaders who were chatting and laughing with Muba, the middle-aged and elderly women were all shocked.
The strong and exquisite pottery, the steaming temperature, the fragrant smell, the porridge and minced meat mixed with the unique smell of leeks and wild onions, everyone was already excited and intoxicated before they even tasted it.
"Ah Qi Gaga!"
Mother Ba gestured with a smile on her face, holding a pottery bowl in one hand and a small spoon in the other, scooping up a small spoonful of food, blowing twice and putting it into her mouth.
The several clan leaders hesitated and imitated Muba's movements, scooping up a small spoon and blowing gently twice, then put it into their mouths.
It's warm, fragrant, soft, and melts in your mouth. After swallowing it, you can feel a heat radiating from your stomach and intestines. The coldness brought by the cool breeze of late autumn seems to disappear without a trace in an instant.
"Sigh!"
After taking one bite, several clan leaders became excited and couldn't control their emotions and let out heartfelt praises.
They have all lived for decades and are almost the oldest people in each tribe. The food they have always eaten has been either raw or cold or dry and hard. They have never eaten such hot, soft, fragrant and delicious food.
"Ah Qi, Liang Ga is not good!"
Mother reminded with a smile, and then continued slowly, spoon by spoon.
Although the several clan leaders didn't quite understand what Muba meant, they all nodded, and the little spoons flew up and kept being put into their mouths.
This kind of food is completely suitable for their tastes. After eating this meal, they will definitely not be able to eat it in the future.
The tribe must have pottery, and must have it as soon as possible.
According to the exchange with Mu Ba, they learned that because of the long journey, the Ba people brought small pottery for daily use this time. In addition, there were pots and pots specially used for cooking large amounts of food, as well as for storing grain.
There are pottery urns, but large pottery is difficult to make and there are not many of them.
If it is difficult to make and not much, it means it is very expensive and requires more goods to exchange for it.
But in order for the tribe to eat these hot and delicious foods in the cold winter, it is worth spending a little more.
The most important thing is that this kind of pottery stewed food is very suitable for women, children, the elderly and the weak who have bad teeth and stomach.
If you eat this kind of soft and delicious food every day, not only the survival rate of the tribe's infants and young children will be greatly improved, but the elderly will also live longer.
Therefore, whether it is for the survival of the tribe or for themselves to live longer, the tribe must get hold of pottery regardless of size.
As a result, the clan leaders quickly finished the bowl of hot and fragrant food, scraped and licked the pottery bowl clean, and then slowly stopped with unfinished content, and then started with excitement and enthusiasm on their faces.
Discuss the exchange of pottery with Muba.
On Xu Chen's side, he slowly finished the rice porridge and minced meat with a group of companions from the Ba tribe.
Regardless of whether you are full or not, after eating a bowl of scalding hot food, you will indeed feel much warmer and even sweat a little.
The men and women of other tribes watching around were all drooling as they watched.
Unfortunately, the earthen pots are not big, and the food distributed by the Uzbek tribe to each tribe is not much, so it is impossible to give them a few bites.
But the food was not available, but the pottery was still there, so the savages who couldn't hold it back began to ask for pots for cooking. Xu Chen naturally agreed generously, so he brought more than ten small pots
Then they were robbed, divided among the men and women of several tribes, and then they cheered and were taken to their own campfires to cook food according to the gourds and ladles.
In order for these brother tribesmen to have a hot, soft and fragrant dinner, Xu Chen also asked a group of Ba women to help instruct them on how to cook.
So this dinner, which usually should be finished before and after the sun goes down, was postponed until after dark, when a round and huge moon rose, and then it entered the most lively meal time.
There was a blazing bonfire on the river beach, and the aroma of food flowed freely in the evening breeze.
The other four tribes who came to participate in the Witch Lord Conference all gathered around the bonfire and excitedly tasted this delicious food that they had never tasted before. The noisy and lively sounds echoed throughout the quiet valley.