The Rise of Primitive Tribes Farming

Chapter 54 Smooth Transaction
After entering the tribe, Chen Bei found that most of the people here wore clothes made of tree bark, but there were very few animal skin clothes.

The leader of the tree tribe took them to an open space, did not entertain them for a meal first, but directly entered the topic.

"Chief Chen, what good things did you bring, you can trade them now."

Chen Bei winked at Yun and the others, and the Mang tribe immediately unloaded the goods from the rhino's back, spread them on the ground with animal skins, and then put the goods on the animal skins.

The goods are divided into several categories, one is bacon and smoked fish, the other is all kinds of pottery, and the other is animal teeth, animal bones, animal skins, and ornaments made of fish teeth and animal bones.

After seeing these goods, the members of the tree tribe became excited. They didn't expect that there were so many things.

Hongye was even more surprised and picked up a pottery bowl, saying: "There are pottery."

He looked at the pottery bowl carefully, and found that although the style was not as exquisite as that of the carving tribe, and the color was relatively simple, the flowers and birds carved on it were also very beautiful.

In Hongye's heart, the evaluation of the Mang tribe is a little higher. There are not many tribes that can make exquisite pottery. Even if some tribes can make pottery, it is very rough and ugly. This requires the accumulation of experience and technology.

The leader of the tree tribe was more interested in those dark smoked fish. He picked up a piece of dried smoked fish and smelled it, and there was a special fragrance.

"Chief Chen, what kind of meat is this? Why have you never seen it before?"

Chen Bei said: "This is called smoked fish, and it is the best kind among the goods we brought this time."

Chen Bei cut open the smoked fish with a stone knife, the meat inside was smoked at high temperature, it was already cooked, and it was soaked in spices, so it didn't have much fishy smell.

Chen Bei peeled off a piece of fish, handed it to the leader of the tree tribe, and said, "Taste it."

The leader of the tree tribe didn't pick it up, he hesitated and said, "We've never eaten this kind of meat, and we don't know if we can eat it."

Chen Bei knew in his heart that this guy was afraid of the poison in the fish, and the tribes were very cautious. Even if it was in the tree tribe, he was still more cautious.

Chen Bei put the fish meat into his mouth, chewed it, then swallowed it, and said, "I'll eat a piece for you first."

Seeing that there was nothing unusual after Chen Bei swallowed it, the leader of the tree tribe nodded.

Chen Bei cut another piece of fish, and the leader of the tree tribe took it and put it in his mouth.

He chewed it first, then his expression suddenly changed, he pointed at Chen Bei with trembling fingers, and was speechless for a while.

Seeing the leader like this, Hongye, who had been by the side, thought he was poisoned, and immediately pulled out the stone knife.

"Boss, what's wrong with you?"

"Quick, protect the leader!"

The members of the tree tribe changed their previous harmony, and took out their weapons one after another, and surrounded the people of the Mang tribe.

Everyone in the Mang tribe stood beside Chen Bei nervously. They didn't know what happened, so they could only look at Chen Bei with questioning eyes.

Chen Bei signaled them to be at ease, he ate the things he brought himself, how could it be poisonous.

Just when the two sides were at war, the leader of the tree tribe finally swallowed the fish and said in a deep voice, "Stop! What are you doing?"

Hong Ye looked at the leader and said nervously: "Boss, how do you feel? Do you want to invite Wu to come over and take a look?"

The leader of the tree tribe pressed Hongye's stone knife angrily, and said, "What are you asking the witch for? I'm not poisoned or injured, so put down the weapon for me."

Everyone in the tree tribe confirmed that the leader was fine, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and put away their weapons in embarrassment.

"Then...then you just..."

Hongye felt a little baffled, since it was fine, why did you act like you were poisoned just now?
The leader of the tree tribe said: "It's because the meat they brought was so delicious. I've never eaten such delicious meat, so I couldn't speak for a while."

"That's what happened."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned their attention to the dark smoked fish and smoked meat.

"Scatter away, don't gather around here, let me talk to Chief Chen."

The leader of the tree tribe drove everyone away, only he and Chen Bei stayed where they were.

The leader of the tree tribe whispered to Chen Bei: "This meat contains..."

Chen Bei smiled and said, "Didn't you eat it?"

The leader of the tree tribe was still a little uncertain, so he continued to ask in a low voice: "Salt?"

Chen Bei nodded and gave him a positive look.

The leader of the tree tribe's eyes became fiery. He looked at the huge pile of smoked fish and smoked meat, and said, "Is it in all the meat?"

Chen Bei nodded again, and said, "That's right, there are all of them."

The leader of the tree tribe's eyes became more fiery. He even rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "Your meat is very expensive, right?"

Chen Bei approached him and said in a low voice: "The price is definitely much cheaper than that of the Diao tribe, but you can't say anything after you buy it back, otherwise if other tribes find out, it will cause unnecessary trouble."

The leader of the tree tribe nodded and said: "Don't worry, our tree tribe will never cause trouble for you."

"Then let's start trading."

The leader of the tree tribe gave an order to move out all the things that could be traded in their tribe and put them next to the goods of the Mang tribe. The two sides bartered, as long as the value was equal, they could exchange directly.

The goods of the tree tribe are divided into four types, bark clothing, gum, herbs, and dried fruits, among which dried fruits are the most.

The leader of the tree tribe personally introduced the things of their tribe to Chenbei.

"Chief Chen, this is the bark clothing made by our tribe. It is very soft and strong. There are two kinds of clothes for winter and summer. It is thicker for winter and thinner for summer. Both are good things."

"How about two bark jackets for one of your big smoked fish?"

Chen Bei shook his head and said, "Two pieces are too little. A large smoked fish weighs more than ten catties. Think about it yourself, how much salt is needed."

The leader of the tree tribe gritted his teeth and said, "Five pieces! How about it, are you sincere enough? Our bark clothes are not easy to make, and it takes a lot of time to make one piece."

Chen Bei said: "Forget it, let's just make friends, six pieces and one smoked fish, if it's from other tribes, I definitely won't sell it so cheap."

The leader of the tree tribe frowned slightly. Five bark clothes were already worth a lot, and six pieces exceeded his psychological expectations.

But there is no way, the tree tribe really needs salt too much.

The Eagle tribe has also come here to trade, but their salt is too expensive. If they spend a lot of resources to buy salt, the tribe will probably starve in winter, so the tree tribe only bought a small amount of salt in the end.

The price of Chen Bei Kai is indeed relatively high, but compared with the price of Diao Tribe, Chen Bei's price seems conscientious again.

So, after thinking about it again and again, the leader of the tree tribe gritted his teeth and said, "Deal!"

A large pile of bark clothing was moved to the Mang tribe, and the tree tribe got part of the smoked fish.

Later, the tree tribe exchanged gum, herbs and other things for some smoked fish and smoked meat. With these meats, the tribe members of the tree tribe could supplement their salt.

Finally, the two came to a large pile of dried fruit.

The leader of the tree tribe picked up a purple-red dried fruit that was bigger than a palm from the dried fruit pile, and said: "This is the dried bear's paw fruit. Chief Chen, do you think it looks like a bear's paw?"

Chen Bei took the so-called dried bear's paw fruit and took a look. It really looked like a bear's paw, and even after it was dried, the moisture did not shrink as much as other fruits, but the skin was a little wrinkled.

The leader of the tree tribe continued: "This kind of dried fruit is different from other fruits. It can be used for cooking, and it can fill your stomach after eating. It is also durable, and it will not go bad after being dried for a year."

The leader of the tree tribe broke open the bear palm fruit and showed it to Chen Bei.

The skin of bear palm fruit is purple, but the inside is white, which contains a lot of starch, which is relatively rare in the fruit.

Chen Bei looked at it carefully, tasted it again, and said with satisfaction: "Not bad, it's a good thing."

Chen Bei also found some seeds in the dried bear's paw fruit. He planned to take it back and try to use these seeds next year to see if he could grow some saplings.

Chenbei has always attached great importance to things that can be used as food.

The leader of the tree tribe said: "I want to use these dried fruits to exchange for some pottery, as well as animal bones and animal skins."

"no problem."

The two discussed the price again, and finally made a deal with a price that both parties were satisfied with.

The leader of the tree tribe got what he wanted and was in a good mood. Next, he let the tribe freely trade with the Mang tribe.

Half a day later, most of the things brought by the Mang Tribe were traded out, and the remaining things were not needed by the Tree Tribe.

Even so, everyone in the Mang tribe was very happy, because they felt that the transaction was very successful, and both parties got what they wanted.

(End of this chapter)