Just after Xu Chen finished building the first bridge pier, the Yu Gong clan team across the river, led by Yu Gong Wu, belatedly arrived, accompanied by Long and the remaining dozens of royal city hunters.
Not many people from the Yu Gong clan came this time, only more than 200 people, less than half of previous years.
Moreover, the goods they carried were not the usual common goods such as animal skins, linen, bones, teeth, horns, and feathers in previous years. They were all salt.
Back baskets, rattan baskets, leather bags and linen bags are all heavy on everyone's body.
When all the salt was concentrated in the Imperial City Square, it caused a great sensation, completely overshadowing the excitement brought about by the bridge construction.
More than 3,000 people from the settled tribes near the royal city and those who came to attend the meeting flocked to watch.
News about the new salt mine is no longer news in the royal city.
But for the Qiong, Pi, Taq, Moteng and other ethnic groups and tribes that joined later and are very remote, this is definitely the latest news.
Now that it is autumn and winter, it is the best time to make salted fish and bacon.
What's more, the demand for salt from various tribes is also very huge, and the supply exceeds the demand.
The arrival of this batch of salt will greatly alleviate the urgent needs of all tribes.
The main purpose of the Yugong clan's visit this time is to deliver this batch of salt. As for participating in hunting competitions and trading conferences, they don't seem to be very enthusiastic.
Because their main task now is to build and develop salt mines and build roads. Since Xu Chen left the salt mine after making arrangements, the witches of the Yugong clan began to recruit men and women from affiliated tribes on a large scale to implement Xu Chen's plan.
The first is naturally to build a road to the Mongolian people, the second is to start large-scale mining after completing the construction of the salt factory, and the third is to build the camp in the living area of the salt factory, although the wooden houses have been under the supervision of Lei Helong.
The construction is completed and it is already habitable, but the area around the camp is still barren and enough farmland must be opened up before spring.
In particular, building rice fields around lakes is a very heavy and complicated project.
Although Xu Chen had given them some general guidance and planning, in the end it was still up to the Yu Gong clan to complete it bit by bit.
Under the temptation of Yan Yan's interests and the seduction of Xu Chen's successive big cakes, everyone from the Yu Gong clan to the witches down to the ordinary clan members were already screaming with enthusiasm.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t participate in the hunting conference. We just need to work hard to build roads and dig out salt, and we will have everything in the future.
There is no need to attend trading conferences or anything like that.
At the moment, apart from bronzes and painted pottery, there don't seem to be many items worthy of urgent exchange by the Yugong family.
Although these salts were not deliberately ordered by Xu Chen to be transported to the royal city before the witchcraft conference, the Grand Shaman of the Yu Gong Clan knew that he would be promoted to the Grand Shaman in Blue this time, and he was using this method to express his gratitude to Xu Chen.
This time, there were more than 200 people from the Yugong clan, and they brought a total of nearly 5,000 kilograms of salt, including 4,000 kilograms of crystalline rock salt and nearly a thousand kilograms of white snow salt.
While these salts were placed in the palace square for people to visit, Ye and the little witch also led a group of people to weigh and register them using large wooden scales, and then sold them to all tribes on the spot.
The salt from the new salt mine not only has a high output, but also has good quality. The purity of the halite crystals is also much higher than that of the Mongolian salt mine. Basically, there are not many impurities, but there will be some contaminated sediment, but these are not big problems.
, simply clean it and mash it, and you can directly use it for pickling and cooking.
As for snow salt, this is the first time for many tribes to see it, because the previous output was extremely low, only a few dozen kilograms per month, and most of it was monopolized by the Ba tribe. The remaining Wu tribe and Gonghuo tribe would also occasionally get it.
Allocate some, but it is a drop in the bucket and cannot meet demand.
This time, the Yu Gong clan sent a lot of snow salt, and it would continue to arrive in the future. Therefore, Xu Chen did not intend to keep it, but ordered that all be sold to the outside world at the witchcraft conference to satisfy the tribes' demand for salt.
needs.
In addition, the hunters who came back with the dragon also brought back a lot of snow salt. Although these were directly distributed as rewards for conquering the barbarians and finding the salt mines, they would eventually become the common property of each tribe.
Therefore, the appearance of this batch of salt immediately set off the witchcraft ceremony in advance, and the atmosphere suddenly became more lively than ever before.
Each tribe took out the copper coins, linen and animal skins they had brought and exchanged them for large quantities, and even started looting. The whole square was filled with teams carrying leather bags and sacks and rattan baskets on their backs to grab salt, and the whole square was filled with chaos.
Xu Chenzheng, Long and others were at the military camp to arrange the flag-raising ceremony for tomorrow's royal palace parade. Two forbidden soldiers rode horses and roared to the military camp to report.
"Your Majesty the Witch King, there is a fight in the square, and the witches are all frightened!"
Xu Chen was shocked when he heard this, "Who started the fight?"
"So many... so many people are fighting, and all the salt is being plundered all over the floor..." a forbidden soldier stammered, wiping sweat and his face turned pale.
"You said they were fighting over salt?" Xu Chen understood immediately.
"Yes, yes, yes, they are all fighting for salt, and they are fighting. Fighting is happening everywhere in the square!" The two forbidden soldiers nodded vigorously together.
Xu Chen suddenly lost his composure and quickly said to Long: "You immediately take all the forbidden troops to maintain order. Make sure there are no casualties. Those who don't listen to the advice will be forcibly subdued first!"
"Follow your orders, I'll take them there right away!"
Long Ye had just returned to the Royal City, and he didn't quite understand what was going on in the Royal City. He had just followed Xu Chen to the military camp to prepare for the handover, but he didn't expect that there would be a large-scale chaos in the Royal City because of the grab for salt.
That's okay, the royal city is his territory, and maintaining the safety of the royal city is the only responsibility and obligation of the Forbidden Army. As the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army, he has to bear the greatest responsibility.
Then the dragon blew his bone whistle and ordered the drums and trumpets to be beaten.
Soon, with the sound of horns and drums, all the imperial troops who were in the military camp came in groups and quickly lined up on the martial arts field.
After giving a few simple orders, Long got on his horse, raised the giant bronze spear as thick as his arm, raised it high and shouted: "The Witch King ordered, quickly go to the palace square to maintain order and disperse the fighting crowd. Anyone who disobeys the advice will be punished."
,Set off!"
"Hooga~"
The Forbidden Army roared like a mountain and a tsunami, and then divided into two groups, some on horseback and some on foot. They were led by two deputy commanders of the Forbidden Army, Ju and Gao. They kicked, kicked, and followed the dragon towards the palace square.
The distance from the military camp to the Palace Square was less than one mile, so the team arrived in no time.
Xu Chen took two personal tools, Pu and A, and set off behind the team, taking his time but not in a hurry.
"Chen Ga, it sounds so noisy. Wouldn't you kill someone?" Pu Qi couldn't help but ask while sitting on his horse.
"If you dare to fight in the palace, you will definitely offend the gods. I will catch you and beat you to death!" A said with anger on his face, thrusting the long knife at his waist.
Xu Chen frowned slightly and said, "I don't know yet. Just go and take a look. The Forbidden Army will handle these matters. Don't talk too much later!"
"Yes!" Pu and A nodded quickly together.
At this time, the entire square was as noisy as a pot of boiling water. Thousands of people from dozens of tribes gathered in it. The center was near the salt sales area, and hundreds of hunters of all races surrounded the square. They were pushing, scolding, and even fisting each other on the spot.
There were a large number of men, women, old and children around, carrying pockets and baskets, watching and cheering, and some were also quarreling with each other. Even among them were white-haired clan leaders with feathers in their hair. They all looked indignant, and they were still talking to each other.
The bickering face was filled with angry emotions.
With the sound of thundering horse hooves coming from the North Gate Avenue, Long soon rushed in with twenty forbidden soldiers on horseback.
Looking at the dark, moving crowd and the noisy scene in front of him, Long felt a little numb.
Although he is the commander of the Forbidden Army, the elder of the military and political palace, and a general who has participated in several foreign wars, this is the first time he has faced this kind of situation.
Because at this time, the entire palace square was almost completely out of control.
He even saw many Uzbek people fighting and quarreling among them.
And it seems that the Uzbek people are the ones causing the most trouble.
Riding on horseback, he could see the central situation clearly at a glance. The loudest and most numerous people among them were a group of hunters from the Uzbek tribe. They had occupied a large pile of salt and were confronting hunters from different tribes around them with spears and bows.
Gestures and quarrels.
Even in the crowd, you can clearly see a few guys with broken heads and bloody heads standing at the front, waving weapons and shouting the loudest.
However, as a group of forbidden troops suddenly rushed in, the chaos at the scene became much quieter. Women and children began to retreat one after another. Many timid hunters also came to their senses and hurriedly hid in the crowd.
"His Majesty the Witch King has an order not to fight or cause trouble in the palace. Anyone who keeps advising will be arrested and punished!" The dragon rider on horseback raised the giant bronze spear in his hand and shouted with an ashen face.
"Wow~"
This loud roar was like a basin of cold water, instantly suppressing the emotions of the onlookers and the hunters who were like a group of fighting cocks. The crowd retreated around like running water, and soon a large open space in the center was revealed.
In the open space, there are countless bags and rattan baskets, including overturned rattan baskets and torn bags. Linen cloth, animal skins, animal bones, horns, teeth, and salt crystals are scattered everywhere. It looks like a mess.
Messy.
Although several groups of hunters from different tribes stopped pushing, quarreling and yelling, they still looked at each other angrily with spears and arrows in their hands and slowly backed away.
A group of little witches and a group of people who manage the warehouse in the witch academy are crowded in the center. Feng, with several forbidden soldiers and a group of Ba hunters, is tightly protecting several witches, Ye and others in the middle, with faces full of nervousness and worry.
disturbed.
"Everyone stop it!"
Long roared and led a group of forbidden soldiers on horseback into the center of the clearing, and forcibly separated several groups of hunters who were confronting each other.
Long condescendingly pointed the bronze spear in his hand at several groups of hunters and shouted: "If you don't put down your weapons and retreat, do you want to be beaten?"