As for the situation on the grassland, you have to ask Fan Lihua to know more about it. None of the Yun Zhonglongs have been to the grassland. As for Fudel, although he is a Rong tribe, the Northern Barbarians are hundreds of thousands of miles away from here, and they are also open to the grassland.
blindness.
According to Fan Lihua, there are more than a dozen tribes distributed on this grassland, some large and some small, and the largest is the Xirong tribe.
The Rong tribe has no writing, no currency, and no so-called power structure. Therefore, it is no wonder that the empire regards them as barbarians. They do not recognize the copper coins of the empire. Of course, gold and silver are always hard currency, but the price is too low.
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People here are more accustomed to bartering and are still in the earliest stages of business.
Fan Lihua told Cheng Dalei that these tribes migrated with the water and grass, and it was not easy to find them. However, there was a fixed trading place in this grassland, which was regarded as a market. Each tribe traded here regularly every month for the supplies they needed.
The goods traded include cattle, sheep, horses, hounds, weapons, ironware, tea, and of course, slaves.
It seemed that tomorrow was the day of trading. Cheng Dalei left the main force behind, and he, Fan Lihua, and Fudler each carried some goods and headed to the trading market, which could be regarded as exploring the way in advance.
On the way, Cheng Dalei asked some more questions about the customs and customs of the Rong people. Fan Lihua seemed to understand them well, but Fudler was less talkative.
No one can figure out what this child is thinking. Sometimes he may even ask three questions, but he may not even get an answer. Cheng Dalei is not very willing to talk to him.
The three of them rode three horses, carrying goods, medicinal materials, tea, and salt.
At dusk, we arrived at the market. This was a mangrove forest on the grassland, and tomorrow was the official opening day. But many people had already arrived one after another. Cheng Dalei saw groups of people in the mangrove forest.
People huddled together, with goods piled in front of them.
Silverware, jade, herbs, flocks of lambs, ferocious hounds, etc., were not greeted by anyone. Anyone who needed them could come forward to negotiate the price.
When Cheng Dalei and the other three appeared, everyone cast unkind glances at them, like jackals staring at their prey.
Considering the deep hatred between the empire and the Rong clan, it was already very friendly for them not to draw their swords on the spot. Cheng Dalei couldn't help but feel a little drumming in his heart. If everyone rushed up, the three of them would have no choice but to escape quickly.
Fan Lihua acted very calmly. She really looked at it casually as if she was going shopping.
"The Rong tribe worships the strong. As long as you are stronger than them, they will respect you. Hatred and hatred are not important to them." Fan Lihua said casually: "There are often wars among various tribes. If you count carefully,
Every family has the hatred of killing their father and taking away their wives, it’s not clear. As long as you are better than them, even if you steal their wives, they will still be willing to be your slaves."
After saying that, Fan Lihua glanced at Cheng Dalei: "Of course, you can't do this kind of thing."
Fan Lihua mocked Cheng Dalei a little, and Cheng Dalei laughed.
"That's it, that's it, are we civilized people?"
Hearing Fan Lihua's words, Cheng Dalei no longer had any psychological burden. He also accompanied Fan Lihua to visit the market. Someone looked at him with a ferocious look on his face, and Cheng Dalei also looked back ferociously. In the end, their eyes met, and the other party wisely avoided it.
Ha, this is really a different culture and different customs.
Fan Lihua is right. The Rong tribe does worship the strong, and it is not uncommon for tribes to snatch women from each other. In this place, as long as your fists are big enough and your ability is strong enough, there will be no shortage of people who will regard you as king, even if you
Killed his old father and slept with his old mother.
There were a lot of strange and weird goods for sale in the market, including the furs of some strange animals, stones picked up from the river beach, and even girls aged thirteen or fourteen were sold for sale, and there were some things that Cheng Dalei had never seen or heard of before.
Cheng Dalei's eyes lit up, and he suddenly noticed something. It was a single tube, made of brass, with strange rust patterns on it.
This should be a European telescope.
The seller was a Rong man. Compared with the common Rong people, he was thinner. He stared at Cheng Dalei like a ferocious mouse. Cheng Dalei ignored him and asked Fudler to inquire about the price.
Finally, I bought the monocular telescope with a bag of salt. On the grassland, salt can be used as currency. The eyes of the rat-like Rong man immediately softened and wrinkles piled up, as if he wanted to smile.
Cheng Dalei looked into the distance through the telescope. In fact, the effect was not very good. It was said to be a telescope, but how could it be possible to see thousands of miles away? Cheng Dalei's eyesight was not bad, but the telescope did not play a big role.
What really concerned Cheng Dalei was the origin of the telescope. The thirteen states of the empire faced the Canghai to the east and the Rong tribe to the northwest. So what was there to the west?
Cheng Dalei turned around and saw the undulating mountains in the west, the sky high and the clouds far away.
The terrain of the empire is not exactly the same as that in Cheng Dalei's previous life. As for the structure of the entire world, Cheng Dalei also knows nothing about it. The world should be more than the empire, and it should be more than the Rong clan.
What is the West?
A pretty face appeared in the lens tube that could break snow and smooth jade with a blow. Standing so close, you could clearly see the blood vessels under the other person's skin.
Fan Lihua frowned: "What are you looking at? Can you see it clearly?"
"Ah, I can see clearly, I can see clearly."
Cheng Dalei put away the telescope, waved his hand and said: "Come on, come on, put out our goods too."
The three of them only brought a small amount of medicinal materials, tea leaves and salt this time. After unpacking the three bags, Cheng Dalei squatted under the big tree, feeling quite like he had left the food on the street in his previous life.
Originally, the Rong tribe here looked at the three of them unkindly and were ready to kill them at any time. They did not do so for the time being because they could not figure out where the three of them came from.
It wasn't until Cheng Dalei laid out the goods that the eyes of the people around him brightened up, and some people held weapons. Cheng Dalei also put the ax up, and as expected, the greedy eyes around him dimmed.
Someone who can use such a heavy ax as a weapon may be a good person, and there are obvious blood marks on the axe.
Sure enough, the first person came over soon and asked Cheng Dalei what he wanted to change.
In this era, the transaction situation is probably like this: first ask the other party what they need, and then use your own things to exchange for the other party. If you don't have anything, you need to exchange it from elsewhere first.
After all, this is the most primitive stage of commerce, and salt, tea, and medicinal materials are hard currencies and can be used as currency.
More and more people gathered in front of Cheng Dalei. Soon Cheng Dalei realized the generous enthusiasm of the Rong people, and the matter of exchanging a bag of salt for a horse also appeared.
What Cheng Dalei likes more is beautiful stones and jade that are easy to carry, and these things are relatively easy to get in the empire. Some of the special herbs of the Rong tribe are also what Cheng Dalei needs.