Most of the Sedilia believers are fanatics, and have mastered some strange rituals and spells from the ravings of the ancient gods. Relatively speaking, negotiation and cooperation are their weaknesses.
After the guild president Albi reached an agreement with Cedelia's descendant Courtree, many businessmen in the guild came here to test the waters, but until now, only Ajie has been running this trade route for a long time.
The reason is that the local ant-people in Volut are difficult to deal with.
Normal people don't get their recognition at all.
When Ajie was discussing cooperation with Guma, the leader of the fire ant tribe here, he was offended by the other party's rude and arrogant attitude and arrogance.
It was as if I was begging them.
After doing this for a long time, I’m here to beg for food?
Ajie and Guma started fighting after they exchanged words.
The other party is also very good at martial arts, so I challenged him to a duel with Inuchi.
In the end, Ajie was unable to defeat a tall, powerful and talented lone horse, but he was looked down upon by the opponent.
"Very good, very brave. You look like the Fire Ant Man. From today on, you will be our friend of the Fire Ant Tribe."
Gu Ma patted Ajie, who was wearing protective clothing: "You are a man, what can other outsiders say? You don't even dare to fight, what else do you dare to do?"
"We ant people are not afraid of death, and our friends must be brave enough."
In this way, the two parties established contact and friendship.
It is difficult for normal businessmen to open up land here.
Looking back, Ajie also found it thrilling.
What if Gu Ma punched himself that day and seriously injured him, or if his protective clothing was damaged that day, or even if Gu Ma felt unhappy and cut himself off and made fertilizer for fruit trees... each of these scenarios would be a dead end.
After going through the most difficult part, Ajie later exchanged the food purchased from the Secret Art Country for some local products.
Local export commodities include various leathers, indigenous herbs and fruits, among which fruits headed by "bird's claw fruit" are the most popular among buyers.
It can eliminate certain negative effects, has high practical value, and is sweet and delicious. It is an unprecedented variety of fruit in the Yao people, and it has become an expensive food in the Secret Art Country.
However, the bird's claw fruit only bears fruit twice a year, and it is difficult to preserve it after being picked, making it difficult to further increase the yield.
Li Mo was puzzled: "Why not consider picking them and preserving them by pickling?"
"Young Master Mo, look."
Ajie motioned to the other party to look under the tree.
There were several women with gem pendants hanging around their necks. They were spreading bunches of bird's claw fruits on bird's claw leaves, then gathering the leaves on a wide dustpan, and then lifting them to the empty space aside.
On the ground.
There were wooden boxes stacked there.
Small fiery red ants crawled out of the beehive-like box, and they soon covered the bird's claw fruit and started biting it.
Li Mo thought thoughtfully: "Are they processing fresh fruits?"
"You can also say that."
Ajie said: "It seems that Master Mo has done some research on these things. There are some tiny toxin particles in the bird's claw fruit. All the toxins are concentrated in those small black thorns and evenly distributed in the fruit. These fire ants are in the fruit."
Take out those poison sacs. At the same time, they will also take out some seeds, so that the bird's claw fruit can have a chance to grow into a tree in the land."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Fire ants are very poisonous. After they bite, people will feel like being burned by fire, and the wound will continue to swell, and even bleed and bleed.
Paralysis, severe cases can lead to death."
Ajie looked at the small and busy insects: "This is also the reason for the name Ant Man. In Volut, different tribes will coexist with different ant colonies, and they are mainly divided into two branches."
"One is to stay with fire ants like the fire ants here. Fire ants can protect fruit trees and attack birds, snakes, monkeys and other creatures that eat the fruits. But they recognize the scent of their own ant people, so they don't
It will hurt the people here."
"There is also a branch of seed ants. Breed ants usually live underground. They store various seeds and plant those seeds. Breed ants use toxins to identify suitable species, and they collect many seeds.
All are of great planting value.”
"Some tribes live together with ants and obtain food through large-scale planting... Just because of the effects of hunger disease, it is still far from enough. People here will eat more and more, and the more they eat, the weaker they will be, but it is easy
hunger."
Li Mo's eyes swept between the ant colony and the fruits in the dustpan, and then turned his attention to the bird's claw tree.
"You mean, after removing the poison sac, the bird's claw fruit can be eaten?"
"That's right."
Ajie is not secretive about this. His core business route is his friendship with Guma, and other aspects are not worth mentioning.
At this time, three men came out of the house carrying small dark brown barrels with lids on them. They walked cautiously to the other side of the forest.
Li Mo said: "Are they fetching water?"
"No. The barrel is an antidote for sale."
"Oh? Do you still have this ability?" Li Mo said casually: "Drugs themselves are necessities in many worlds. You can also buy a lot of food by relying on medicines, right?"
Ajie shook his head: "The amount of antidote is very small. If it can't fill the gap, it's a bottomless pit."
“Herbs are hard to find and grow?”
"This... come with me, you will know after you take a look."
Ajie followed him all the way to the other side of the forest ahead.
There are some men from the Fire Ant tribe over there, bargaining with three outsiders.
The outsider is tall, wearing a white robe, a beak mask and a black hat, and holding a cane as tall as a person, like some kind of monk.
The masked man in charge said: "How much medicine weighs, how much food we give, these are the rules."
The man in the fire ant department is the boundary: "These are the freshest medicines, just made by men. You won't suffer. The medicine is strong and the effect is the same as before. Please give more."
The other party refused to budge: "I will give you as much medicine as you want."
In the end, the man from the Fire Ant Department was really embarrassed and wanted to say harsh words, but couldn't. Finally, he took off the dagger wrapped in cowhide from his waist and handed it to the other party through gritted teeth.
The person opposite took it, looked it over and put it away.
A masked man behind him took the barrel and put it into a silver barrel behind him to cover it.
The long staff in the other person's hand hit the ground, and the soil suddenly rose up, forming a giant snake of earth element. The big snake swallowed the silver bucket in one gulp, then lowered its head and let the two people walk up its back.
When he saw Ajie, the leading man nodded slightly.
Ajie nodded in return.
The other party followed the giant snake away, and wooden carts filled with bags of wheat flowed out of the giant snake's body.
"What world do these people come from?" The clever Li Mo had already figured out the clues.
"They are believers of the Greek mythological god [Cepo's Staff]. The leader is the hero Fanel. They came here to buy the medicine here."
Ajie saw that the man who used the dagger to pay the difference had a happy face and was pushing the cart back.
He said: "The core raw material of that special antidote is the blood of the ant-man, and it must be fresh blood, preferably adult male. After some filtration and removal of impurities, it is a usable antidote."
Li Mo was stunned: "Are they selling blood?"
"You have to live and you have to eat."
Ajie said softly: "These are the ant people, but don't pity them, otherwise they will break off relations with you. When a person is penniless, dignity is his last treasure."
Ant-men are such a group of smelly and tough people.
Survive in the poisonous pool of Volut.
Without this last bit of pride, they would have turned into humanoid beasts controlled by appetite.
In the evening, the men and women of the Fire Ant Club danced, played drums, sang songs, and ate hot potatoes that were piled on the table.
Being full will make the ant-man forget all worries and never worry about things that have not yet come.
At the same time, Ajie was finally able to return to the car, took off his heavy helmet, and wiped the sweat from his face and neck with a towel. He relaxed his breathing slightly and drank a lot of water.
In the passenger seat, Li Mo was still looking at the light in the forest, silent.
Ajie poured a sip of wine into his mouth and said, "We can go back now. Is it almost done, Mr. Mo?"
"Wait a moment."
Li Mo said: "I want to find out their living conditions and...whether it's worth helping them."
really.
Ajie didn't care: "Master Mo, I have to remind you that several gods have inspected this place, including the [Cepo's Staff] from Greek mythology, the [Mercy Maid] from Nordic mythology, and the [Mercy Maid] from heavenly mythology.
Shennong]... are all famous gods, and they have no way to solve the problem here. Don't have too much expectations."
"That's them."
Li Mo said lightly: "We are different."
Ajie was stunned.
The other party emphasized again: "We Yao people are different."
Ajie saw the unabashed confidence and rightness in Li Mo's eyes, and felt envious in his heart.
When encountering disasters, normal people would stay away from them, but the Yao people like to search for and tame disasters. They even want to lock the natural disasters that destroy the world into the laboratory for dissection.