MTL - Be a Leader In a Primitive Tribe-Chapter 78

Heading all the way to the northwest.

The members of the Phoenix team carried food in their back baskets, including cassava, dried meat, and even bacon.

In addition to eating on the road, there are also exchanged.

There are only two purposes for going to the market this time, one is to change people, and the other is to change seeds.

Nowadays, ordinary seeds are not easy to get into the eyes of Sangyu. Now the tribe has cassava, millet and beans, and the staple food can be guaranteed, unless there are really plants such as rice and cotton.

Rice can look forward to it, but cotton is almost impossible.

After all, in ancient history, cotton was produced in India, and it was not introduced until the Song Dynasty.

Before that, people kept warm by relying on kudzu, hemp, silk, animal fur, etc. to sew clothes and quilts.

"Book of Rites Notes" records: "There is no silk and hemp, and the clothes are feather skins."

In primitive society, animal fur was the only thing to keep out the cold.

At present, the Phoenix tribe has silk and hemp, which has surpassed many levels in this era.

Therefore, for this trip, the seed depends on luck, but the person is bound to win.

Although the tribe's shortfall was 200 people, Sang Yu didn't know what the current situation of slaves in the market was. His team had ten horses, and each horse carried two baskets of pottery on each side. The load was already at its limit.

These twenty baskets of pottery were also brought out with the best quality as possible, in order to increase the value and exchange for more people.

The pottery is separated and tied tightly with soft thatch and moss, and it is also careful to walk along the way.

The team members also took turns carrying the five large pottery tripods, in order to be able to take down enough people at once this time, so that they can train and transform the population together.

Fortunately, they reserved enough time and were not in a hurry.

Rock tribes even go hunting as they go.

Seeing this, Sang Yu also asked everyone to hunt along the road together. The dried meat on their backs can be stored and exchanged, and there are many people on the way back to make meals.

The Phoenix tribe itself is all soldiers, everyone has been trained and has been on the battlefield, even Qing, even if he is not good at riding and shooting, he is definitely a qualified fighter.

The team is almost half bamboo spearmen, half archers, hunting is easy.

As the leaders of the archery team, Mei and Yu performed very well in the hunting activities along the road.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the fresh animals hunted along the way could not be eaten up, and the dried meat and bacon were almost untouched.

Ya also expressed curiosity about their bows and arrows.

As a tribe that started from making weapons, she was too eager to learn about the bows and arrows of the Phoenix Tribe. The bows and arrows of the Rock Tribe were too simple, and she had never found good materials to make strings.

After getting Sang Yu's approval, Mei also generously lent her bow and arrow to the other party.

Her bowstrings, like Yu's, are made of sheep intestines, with excellent toughness and elasticity.

It flies out with a whiff, very tactile.

And with the blessing of exquisite arrow feathers, it becomes very easy to aim.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the training and talent of the bow bearer.

Ya is naturally also a master of all kinds, and she can't put it down after turning over and over the bow in her hand.

Sang Yu looked at the other party's burning eyes, shrugged and said: "Look at your performance this time, this time to Bahe Market, the road is difficult and dangerous, your people will be our guards, and she will teach you when you come back."

Ya instantly changed a flattering face, and said: "We are all united tribes, and we must go back together intact when we come out, what kind of guards are there. Could it be that our rock tribe is the kind of treacherous villain? no problem."

In Sang Yu's view, according to the rock tribe's current exploration spirit, coupled with the original weapon manufacturing background, it does not take much time to explore a good bow and arrow. Especially after seeing these bows and arrows of the Phoenix Tribe, they can be made with a little improvement, and maybe they will be better than blue.

So it's better to sell the other party's favor first.

Moreover, the other party was originally invited by her to go to the Bahe Bazaar this time, which is considered to be full of sincerity.

But it's always a good thing to say, this way, they are full of goods, which is very eye-catching, and with the rock tribe, she can really feel more at ease.

At the same time, there are Si Ya and Maomao, which are also a major reliance on their travel safety. Without them, Sang Yu would not dare to bring so many goods out at once.

Fortunately, the journey is smooth and smooth, even if there are nights along the way. But after seeing the two huge beasts at the back of the team, how dare they get close.

After walking for about half a month, they finally entered the border of Bahe.

The location where the Ba River flows is in the middle of the two big tribes, and there are dozens of small tribes scattered around it.

Compared with the desolation along the way, this place is much more lively.

Before entering the market, the group found a nearby bamboo forest. As a temporary foothold, it is also convenient for Si Ya to find food to eat.

Si Ya is a ferocious beast, it is not suitable to enter the market for the time being, so as not to scare other people and cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

And with so many goods, they can't be moved to the market at once, not to mention the envy, and they don't stay there at night, so it's not easy to look at the goods.

Now find a foothold nearby, let Erxue, Siya, and Mao Mao take ten people to stay first, build a temporary shelter, and settle down.

Sang Yu took the other 20 people to the market together with the people from the Rock Tribe.

The foothold is more than half an hour away from the bazaar, and we did not go far, and finally came to the legendary Bahe bazaar.

There were many large and small tents in the market, and many tribes had started to set up stalls for sale, which was a very lively scene.

The group of people from the Phoenix Tribe were astonished by the sight in front of them, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

But fortunately, he is well-trained and will not be too gaffe.

This market is much larger than the one they went to before, and there are dozens of times more tribes participating, mainly people who come to shop, not to mention crowds of people, but it is bustling and lively.

Even though Ya had seen the market before, she was a little surprised that the Bahe market had developed into such a situation in the past few years.

She couldn't help but look up at Sang Yu beside her.

But when the other party saw the grand occasion in front of him, he didn't feel timid at all, his eyes were as bright as fish in water, as if he had returned home.

I couldn't help being secretly surprised.

He secretly wondered what the origin of this woman was, and she was so calm when she saw such a big scene.

Seeing their team of more than 30 people, someone immediately greeted them, saying that they were the administrators of the market.

For such a big market, there should be administrators.

According to the explanation of the administrator named Zhong, because this market is in the middle of many tribes, each of these tribes will send out one or two people to form a market management team to plan and manage the market. Which tribe wants to go in and set up a stall? Yes, you only need to pay a certain amount of goods to enter.

And the "rent" required for the best stall location is naturally more expensive.

People who saw these two teams in the market also cast inquiring eyes.

The most important thing is that their clothes are too conspicuous.

Especially the Phoenix tribe, uniform beige sackcloth. Today's weather in August, everyone is wearing half-sleeved clothes on top, long skirts and trousers on the lower body, both men and women.

After all, the handicraft team is currently pursuing efficiency, and there are not too many designs in styles. They are all the same style, so they will inevitably be similar, but at a glance, they are very neat.

It looks out of place with other people in animal skins.

These people are young people of the right age. Even after going through bumps all the way, they seem to be more energetic than people from other tribes.

For more than two years, Sangyu has allowed them to eat well, dress warmly and sleep well, and their physical fitness has also been greatly improved.

In addition, this group of people has to go through training every week, walking with their heads held high. It can be said that the aspect of temperament is tightly controlled.

At this time, they led the horses and stood neatly at the entrance of the market, causing people in the market to look back one after another, and everyone couldn't help but gather together and whisper.

"Min, which tribe is this? It's very strange."

"I don't know. It looks like a big tribe. They still have horses to pull goods. We are only able to domesticate horses in those three tribes."

"What are they wearing? They look so neat."

"Hey, these clothes look really good. I don't know if they will change them or not. I want to change two sets to wear."

"The woman in the lead doesn't look simple. I've never seen such a woman."

"Not only her, even the women next to her and behind her have sharp eyes, and they all look whiter and stronger than others, unlike us, who can fall down in a gust of wind."

"Quick, quick, look at the pottery they pulled, my God, what beautiful pottery."

"Such a beautiful pottery, there must be many people rushing to change it, otherwise we will order it first."

"Such beautiful pottery must be expensive, where can we afford it."

"Go and ask first. They brought the pottery. It looks like it came from a far away place. Where can I get it back? It must be replaced."

"Go, go and ask."

After Sangyu chatted with the administrator Zhong, she asked the rest of the Gaodai people and the people from the Rock Tribe to wait outside the market. She and Yayu went in first to check the location, and moved the things after they settled down. go in.

Zhong has never seen a tribe like them. But the good pottery on the other party's horse really dazzled his eyes. Looking at their clothes and conversation, this is definitely a big tribe, and he didn't dare to neglect at all, so he called the three of them to see the booth.

Sang Yu gave him a small glazed cup as a tip, and he was immediately overwhelmed with joy.

He knows everything without saying anything.

Sang Yu also learned a lot about the market and surrounding tribes from him.

Under Zhong's leadership, Sang Yu finally chose an above-average booth, while Ya chose a stall that was tied.

A pottery bowl is enough to rent two tribes for five days.

The road in the middle of the booth is quite wide, and the horses have to be driven out after they are allowed to be brought in to unload the goods.

After unloading the goods, Sang Yu asked Jiao to take five people to lead the horses back to graze near the bamboo forest resting place, and then took turns guarding the stall to go shopping.

After the pottery of the Phoenix Tribe was unloaded, it was placed in front of the booth one by one, and immediately attracted a group of people to watch.

Everyone's face is full of surprise.

This batch of pottery was specially fired by Xiaoxue, all glazed, smooth and translucent, very beautiful.

Sang Yu didn't dare to bring out salt and iron tools, because she didn't want to bring the tribe a life-threatening disaster.

Although pottery is precious, good pottery is not a must. If it is only for the convenience of life, ordinary pottery can also be used. No matter how beautiful your own pottery is, even if it arouses the jealousy of others, it will not lead to much death.

So how to make it look good and durable, let Xiaoxue do what she wants.

So this batch of pottery can be said to be the best and most beautiful batch ever fired.

No wonder these primitive people were so excited.

Even Ya who was on the side couldn't help raising her brows and said, "Tell me, there is something else you don't know."

Sang Yu replied with a smile: "As long as the friendship between our two tribes lasts forever, you may still see me come up with something that surprises you when we die of old age."

Ya firmly believed in her words.

It's only been a long time since I've known each other, but I'm already overwhelmed by the other party's abilities. Looking at the high-spirited appearance of the other party, I still have a lot to look forward to in the future.

Ya suddenly didn't want to struggle anymore, so she just hugged this thigh tightly.

Although this leg is still small now, it doesn't take long for it to grow big and thick.

Now that the two tribes have cooperated, they have benefited a lot.

With Sang Yu's help, the thorn in the side of the tribe was removed, and now it is really up to me and my father to decide in the tribe, which is rare and clear.

The charcoal burned this year has replaced a lot of pottery and salt for them.

The dozen or so acres of cassava, beans and millet that were just planted a while ago have already grown a lot. Needless to say, this year's snow will no longer be as worrying as before, and they can be collected directly at the door of the house.

This is something that the Rock Tribe never dared to think about.

On the way here, Sang Yu also said that he promised to tell the method of making bows and arrows. Go back and tell my father and the elders about this matter, and I am afraid that the whole tribe will be boiled.

The Rock Tribe has seen the performance of the Phoenix Army archers in the last battle, and they are full of praise every time they mention it. They have been greedy for their bow and arrow skills for a long time. Now that they have it like this, how can they not be excited.

Thinking of this, I feel that the Phoenix Tribe is really kind to me.

You just need to show yourself more, otherwise the number of Phoenix Tribe will increase and continue to grow in the future, maybe there will be no need for the Rock Tribe as an ally, that would be a bad thing.

Now after hearing what Sang Yu said, he immediately expressed his opinion: "Then you have to live longer, I would like to see how amazing these things can be."

"Then you have to wait and see."

Seeing a lot of people inquiring about the price in front of the booth, Gao Mang told them according to Sang Yu's intention that these pottery were only exchanged for slaves and seeds.

As soon as they heard about changing slaves, they immediately persuaded a group of people to leave.

These people come out of separate families, where are there any slaves.

They watched the pottery come reluctantly, and asked what kind of seeds they wanted.

Gao also couldn't tell what kind of seeds, just said: "If you have seeds, just take them, as long as we can use them, these pottery are up to you."

As soon as these words were spoken, a stone immediately stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone talked about it, and they all regretted that they did not have the habit of collecting seeds.

And some large and medium-sized tribes have long been eyeing this batch of beautiful pottery, and the last thing they lack is slaves.

But now that the market has not opened for two days, these people choose to wait and see for the time being.

At this time, Qing had already gathered firewood, borrowed fire from others to start a fire, put the three-legged pottery tripod on it, poured water into it, and prepared to cook meat with this big pottery tripod, showing the quality and usefulness of the pottery tripod of the Phoenix Tribe to the people passing by .

I hunted a deer last night. The meat was marinated with salt and wrapped in leaves. Now I took it to the river to wash it. It had no smell. I cut it open with a stone knife and threw it into a pottery cauldron for stewing.

Throw in **** slices, dried bamboo shoots, and dried mushrooms, and it will soon emit a burst of fragrance.

It made everyone in the market salivate.

The two tribes of Fenghuang and Yanyan happened to be using this cauldron, and each of them drank a sip of broth.

Mei also mixed millet flour and cassava flour, mixed with wild vegetables picked along the way, made buns, put a small steamer on it, and steamed noodle pancakes.

Anyway, this pot is next to the booth, and it can be cooked when you want to eat it, and it can also serve as an exhibition and advertisement.

People from the tribe saw such a lively market for the first time, and everyone couldn't bear it.

Sang Yu told everyone to mix in the crowd and pay attention to the price of other people selling slaves, so that they would have a reference when they came back, and then let them go shopping together, and took Ya to stay at the booth temporarily.

When these people came out, everyone went to get two or three small pottery bowls to take with them, and they could exchange for something they liked.

After this release, a group of people immediately hooked their shoulders together like birds released from a cage, and went shopping.

A certain little girl sat there without moving, and Sang Yu stretched out her foot and lifted her buttocks and said, "Why don't you go?"

Without looking back, Yutou said: "I will accompany you."

Seeing this, Mei, who hadn't gone far, ran back again.

"Forget it, I'll stay with you and go shopping together later."

Sang Yu nodded in agreement, then turned to Qing and said, "Qing, you should go shopping too."

Qing was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy who already looked like a man, but he stubbornly stayed.

"I will stay and protect the leader."

Before Yu could say anything, Ya laughed and said, "See if your leader needs your protection."

Qing suddenly turned pale. Ya, as the most powerful female warrior of the Rock Tribe, and Yu, even had the title of the tribe's number one archer. Even Mei, who seems to be unknown, is not far behind in riding and shooting.

On the other hand, he was the weakest one among them, and felt a little ashamed.

Sang Yu couldn't bear his sadness, so she waved at him and said, "You stay here first, and you can go shopping with us later, we are here now, we don't know the place well, it's always good to be careful, one more People have more strength."

In primitive society, strength is the capital of everything, while weakness is the original sin.

Ya didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said just now, but when Sang Yu spoke out, she naturally wouldn't say anything else.

But I won't think too much about what I just said.

Mei is a lively character, and she doesn't know about the undercurrent between Qing and Yu. She only knows that both of them are the first group of people who followed the leader, and they are both brothers and sisters of the tribe. , several people got together to talk about the mountains.

On the other side, Sang Yu was also talking to Ya, mainly about how many people these pottery could exchange for.

Until one of the team members ran back and told Sang Yu that someone was selling slaves over there, and three small pots of salt could be exchanged for a strong laborer.

Looking at the pottery she brought, Sang Yu was a little uncertain.

Salt is undoubtedly the most expensive thing in this era. For such an exquisite big pottery tripod as my own, I can only exchange three or four jars of salt at most. In this way, I am afraid that it is far from the number I expected.

At this moment, a man dragged a woman and child to their booth and asked, "I heard that you can exchange slaves for pottery. Do women want it?"

The woman looked to be in her twenties, skinny, and neither good-looking nor heavy-handed.

Other tribes buy people in order to sell labor. If you buy a woman purely for fun, you have to be pretty.

According to other people's standards, this woman also has a two or three-year-old child, so she can't sell for any price at all.

The man also felt that his "goods" were not good, and said with a sneer, "This woman can still work if she feeds her. If the child doesn't want it, he will throw it away."

When the woman heard that she was going to lose her child, she gritted her teeth and expressed her disapproval.

But he was slapped on the face by the man, and there was a burst of scolding.

The woman wrapped the child tightly in her arms, whimpering and crying.

People around have long been familiar with such a situation, there are too many such things.

Such a woman can't do any heavy work, and she has a child with her. This child will have to be raised for at least another ten years before she can start working. No tribe is willing to have such a child.

Sang Yu couldn't bear to see this scene of beating a woman. But I also knew that at this time, she couldn't help her madam's heart flooding, so she just looked at everything in front of her coldly, and finally asked lightly, "How do you want to change?"

There are five types of pottery on the stand in front of you.

The largest is the three-legged pottery tripod, and there are only five of them, which were carried on the shoulders by people in the tribe;

The No. 2 clay pot is as big as a basket, and there are two large baskets for each of the ten horses. There are twenty pots in total. The No. 3 pot is a little smaller, forty in total;

Pottery bowl No. 4 is a big sea bowl, with a total of sixty;

Number five is the small pottery bowl, there are eighty in total.

The man's greedy eyes swept over the huge pottery tripod, and he swallowed twice.

But he knew that he couldn't get a good price for a "goods" like himself, so he pointed at No. 2 clay pot with some reluctance.

Sang Yu shook her head with a smile, and said two words: "No!"

The man had no choice but to point at No. 3 pottery pot dejectedly.

Sang Yu just nodded.

Mei understood, and hurriedly got up to pick up the basin, and brought it to the man.

The man originally hoped to get another clay bowl. But the other party didn't give it, so he had to take the clay pot bitterly.

It's just that when he touched the smooth surface of the basin, the original anger on his face immediately turned into a burst of surprise, and the next moment he directly left one big and one small, and walked away ecstatically holding the clay basin.

Sang Yu didn't ask about the woman's past, and let the woman sit with the child on the haystack behind the booth.

"Don't run around, follow me, so that you and the children can have enough food."

The woman had been trafficked many times before, and she didn't have any expression on changing to a new owner. It was just the first time she met the hostess, and she still couldn't help but look up at Sang Yu.

Just this one glance was enough to secretly surprise her.

The woman in front of her was tall and proud, her skin was fair and delicate, she was different from the women she had seen before, and compared to herself, it was nothing like mud.

Moreover, all around her were a group of outstanding women. They looked at her, but they didn't mean to dislike or look down upon her.

Especially her sentence "Let the children have enough to eat", it is too tempting.

Women think they can die, but children cannot be starved to death.

As a person who once fell into hell, Mei knew how the woman felt at this time. She walked over with a smile, handed her and the child a small piece of cassava and said, "Be hungry, eat something first."

A woman has grown up so much, and has never received this kind of care. At this moment, she feels like she is floating in the sky, and she can't believe her ears.

She didn't realize it was real until the food was stuffed into her hands.

Hunger didn't allow her to think too much. After taking a big bite, she squeezed a little more into the child's mouth.

The soft and sweet cassava almost brought her to tears.

But the next moment, he almost choked because he was too anxious.

Mei hurriedly handed the bamboo tube to her, and the woman finally recovered after filling the tube with water.

But the experience of not being seen for a long time made her not trust others. She just hugged her children tightly and looked at them vigilantly.

Sang Yu is not in a hurry when she sees this, anyway, she will have time to integrate in the future, and Mei can do a good job in this aspect, so she is happy to let her handle it.

He sat in front of the booth and continued talking with Ya.

Ya said: "Did you see that this kind of child with such a small child is of no value, and some children are easy to die (died), even if the child grows up, I don't know how much food they will eat. Other tribes don't like to keep it." Such a small child, but I see you like these children!"

Of course, Sang Yu likes these children. They are highly plastic and have not been violated by other ideas. Moreover, they are two or three years old, and they are not as difficult to take care of as babies. He is the absolute builder of the tribe's future, not afraid of rooting and rebellion.

And these women, who seem thin and weak, are as strong and silky as pampas grass. As long as they eat well and rest well, and don't give her the conditions to get sick, their bodies can actually continue to be cultivated and transformed.

She nodded: "This kind of child is worthless. I was poor before."

"Then what happened to the few children you brought back from our little market last time?"

"They are doing well. Rice has already gone to the fields with the planting team, but I forgot to tell you that the beans and millet seeds you brought back from our tribe this year were all discovered by Rice."

"Ah?" Ya was stunned, "So you brought her back to the tribe when you discovered that she was talented in plant cultivation and collection?"

Sang Yu shook her head and smiled: "Of course not. I just didn't want them to work so hard at first. Her talent was only discovered later."

Ya took a fixed look, and said after a long time: "God must have seen that you are kind, so he gave you these powerful people."

After speaking, he turned his head and looked in the direction of Yu and Mei.

The meaning is self-evident, Yu is the most powerful archer, Mei is a budding weapon craftsman, these powerful people are all used by Sang Yu.

Sang Yu shook her head and said, "I never told you that Yu saved my life, you might as well say that God sent me to her."

When Ya heard this, she couldn't help laughing.

But I heard Sang Yu continue: "Actually, everyone has skills and talents, but they have no conditions to show them, and they haven't been discovered. We are leaders, and we don't need to be so good. We can cultivate great people to be able to use them." It's a real success."

Ya heard it in her ears, half understanding.