Huoli walked around the market and found no trace of Yaohu and the others. He frowned: Why haven't they come yet? Don't they participate in the summer market exchange?
Tao pointed forward, "Chief, there is an open space there."
Huoli looked at it, nodded and said: "Go and stay there first."
As soon as a few people put down their animal skins and sat down, a short and stocky man with a ferocious face walked up to Huoli, "Hahahaha!" He smiled, leaned over and patted Huoli on the shoulder, "Chief Huoli, you're late.
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The corner of Huo Li's mouth twitched a few times, and he looked up at him. Fortunately, you from the Giant Bear Tribe are all his confidants.
He laughed dryly, "Hehe" and said, "I didn't catch anything, so it won't be a problem if I come later."
You looked at the animal skins on the ground, grinning with big yellow teeth, "It's a good harvest!"
Huoli clenched his back teeth, "Where, this little animal skin can't even be exchanged for a few tubes of salt."
In the territory of the Great Witch Tribe, You still dare not make mistakes.
He looked at Huoli with contempt, "You don't know yet! The price of salt in the Wuxian tribe has increased again. It takes a few wolf skins to exchange for a bamboo tube of salt. You only have goat skins and roe deer skins. That's all."
The deerskin is still worth something, I think you can get at most four bamboo tubes of salt." After that, he laughed and left.
Huoli was so angry that he sat down on the animal skin and cursed in a low voice, "You bitch, you only need so many animal skins to exchange for four bottles of salt. Who are you kidding!"
At this time, the man sitting in the tribe on their left said: "Chief Huoli, the salt has really increased. This time we exchanged one bear skin for three bamboo tubes of salt."
"It turns out to be the leader of the ram," Huoli turned to look at him, "Were you able to replace it with a four-cylinder one last time?"
"Yes!" Leader Gongyang nodded, "We also heard that the Great Witch Tribe said that starting from autumn, every tribe that comes for exchange and trade will have to pay a sheepskin to the Great Witch Tribe."
After hearing this, Huoli sighed: "The small tribe will not be able to survive in the future."
Gongyang nodded, "Who says otherwise! Fortunately, our Antelope tribe is far away from the Giant Bear tribe. Near Si Mountain, there are two more tribes occupied by the Giant Bear tribe."
After hearing this, Huoliu frowned and almost pinched the mosquito to death.
At this time, the witch doctor tribe lit a bonfire, and a tall man walked to the middle of the open space and shouted loudly: "Leaders, please be quiet. The leader of my great witch tribe has something to say."
Everyone fell silent and looked towards the center of the open space.
A middle-aged man with a sturdy back and a strong back stepped forward, glanced around, and said in a loud voice: "Dear tribal leaders, my Great Witch Tribe has been holding exchanges in summer and autumn for a long time, and it takes a lot of energy every time.
To maintain order. We have decided that at the autumn fair, we will collect a sheepskin from each tribe participating in the exchange and distribute it to the warriors who maintain order. Leaders please tell each other."
A man who looked like a big black bear stood up and waved: "The request of Chief Da Ma is very reasonable. I agree to collect a sheepskin and distribute it to the warriors."
Damu smiled and nodded to Wu Xian, "Okay, I have finished speaking. Leaders, with the warriors of my Great Witch Tribe watching, you all can rest assured."
Da Ma led the tall man towards the black bear-like man.
The young man sitting next to the leader of the ram asked in a low voice: "Father, who is that black bear-like man?"
"He is Shi Shan, the leader of the Wuxian tribe. Of course he is willing to hand over a wolf skin. The Wuxian tribe will gain the most from the exchange in summer and autumn."
"Alas!" The young man sighed, "It would be great if we could make salt."
"Even if we can make salt, we can't protect it." Gongyang said the same thing as Yaohu.
Paying a sheepskin was still within everyone's affordability, but the rising price of salt gave many tribes a headache.
Listening to everyone's discussion, Huoli lay down on the animal hide distractedly, and suddenly felt that being the leader didn't make much sense.
A blazing bonfire was burning in the open space outside the residence of the Dawu tribe. The leader of the tribe, Damu, and the leader of the Wuxian tribe, Shi Shan, were sitting across from each other on the ground covered with animal skins. The fragrance of mugwort was exuding from a jar not far away.
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Shishan smiled and said to Da Ma: "Leader Da Ma, during these days, the Giant Bear Tribe has occupied two more tribes. I think the Giant Bear's ambitions are not small!"
Da Ma nodded, "I heard about it, and I also found that several small tribes near Si Mountain are already preparing to move to Shenmu Mountain. The giant bear wants to occupy all of Si Mountain. He wants to become the largest tribe in this area.
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Shi Shan smiled at Da Ma, "I heard that Ju Xiong wants to pair his youngest daughter Xia Li with your Yan Yu. I wonder if Leader Da Ma agrees?"
Let me tell you! Why is this old boy so generous this time? He was originally afraid that I would join forces with the giant bear and devour his Wuxian tribe. But this is indeed a good idea. There will be no need to exchange salt with him in the future.
Da Ma smiled and shook his head, "It's nothing. I wonder where Leader Shishan learned about it?"
Shi Shan stared at Da Ma, seeing his uninformed look, and thought to himself: Does this guy really want to join forces with the Giant Bear Tribe?
"Chief Damao, what do you think of my little daughter?"
"Chief of Shishan," Da Ma looked at him with a sincere face, "your little daughter is very good. I never care about the matching of children, it is his mother who worries about her."
Seeing Da Ma's sincere eyes, Shi Shan felt relieved and said with a smile: "I will bring my little daughter here for the autumn exchange so that they can get acquainted with each other as young people."
Da Ma responded cheerfully: "Okay, let's eat meat." The two talked for a while before Shi Shan got up and left. Da Ma was also called away by a man.
In addition to the great witch warriors walking back and forth in the open space, there was the sound of snoring one after another. Huoli half-squinted his eyes and gradually fell into a deep sleep.
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Yaohu took Mufeng and others to the gathering at Qiushan. Outside, they took off the bow string and put the arrows into a backpack containing food, and covered them with animal skins.
The group of people walked into the open space carrying baskets and baskets on their backs, and immediately attracted everyone's attention. Someone pointed to the basket Mu Feng was carrying and shouted in surprise: "Look at how good they are at carrying their prey."
After hearing this, Mufeng quickly promoted, "This is called a backpack, and it can carry anything."
A tribal leader who was about to leave after exchanging good things said to them, "Come on, come over and let's take a look!"
Yaohu led the people over, and everyone helped to take the things on their backs, "Ah! These wolves have only recently hunted, right?"
Muba smiled and nodded, "Yes! I hunted it just before dawn. Do you want to change it?"
One person shook his head and said, "No, we want to see the backpack."
Another person said: "The Great Witch Tribe wants a wolf skin, so you can send it over and show it to them."
Dashu nodded, "Okay, I'll take down the wolf, and you can look at the basket."
Gongyang came over with his son and looked at Yaohu, "Hey! Isn't this the leader of Yaohu?"
Yao Hu looked at him and smiled: "Yes, it turns out he is the leader of the Gongyang!"