primitive survival evolution

Chapter 136 Reminder from the Clan Chief
At noon, the sun was a little glaring.

The towering trees are criss-crossed, the grass and trees are lush in the primeval forest, and the roar of insects and beasts can be heard endlessly in the forest.

A team of beasts dominated by Pachysaurus rushed out of the woods, and in front of them were large human settlements gathered from stone cities.

"arrive."

Li Yan led the way on the mammoth Xiao Hei.

Soon, the team entered the Yi tribe's settlement, where people came and went, and many beasts loaded with goods were led by their owners to do business here. If it comes to the autumn festival, this place will become more lively.

Inside the stretching and wide moat, there are dozens of stone cities of different sizes, and each stone city is connected by several dirt roads.

On the dirt road in front of the main city gate, many people gathered on both sides to buy and sell.

"Bones, wooden Leis, ropes, let's take a look."

"Clam shells, big clam shells, are very useful for spooning water."

There are a dozen or so tribes doing business on both sides of the road. These tribesmen wear tree bark or animal skins, and they are all small tribesmen doing business.

The economic conditions of small tribes are relatively poor, and many times they will not let go of opportunities to make money. For example, the elderly in the tribe cannot go out to gather and hunt, so the old people stay in the tribe and do some manual work. They make tools and bring them here to share with other tribes. Exchange needed supplies.

Li Yan took his clansmen and found a place on the sidelines here, and began to sell pottery. The pottery he brought was not much, and some of it was damaged in the middle. Li Yan planned to take it for trial sale and open up a new market.

Rough clay bowls, pots, and pots are their goods.

The most important thing in buying goods is to choose the right customer group. Li Yan's goal is low-end customers, that is, small tribes, so that they can compete with big tribes in a staggered way. Another main reason is that pottery will be worn out during transportation. The rough pottery that came over was broken, and I didn't feel much heartache.

Wen Tao is the director of pottery making in the Jiang tribe. She and several tribesmen put pieces of rough pottery on the side of the road, which attracted the attention of the tribes selling them here. Many tribes can make pottery, but the Pottery is not durable, so few small tribes come out to sell pottery.

Taking advantage of the busyness of his clansmen, Li Yan walked to a stall selling clam shells next to him.

The big clam shell is equivalent to a ladle, and it is a ready-made ladle. The clam shell can spoon water and food. The important thing is that the clam shell will not be broken even if it is dropped on the ground. This is incomparable to pottery, and even broken in some respects. An open gourd is even easier to use.

There are more than 50 gray and black clam shells in this tribe, each of which is the size of two palms. They are very good, and Li Yan thinks that he can buy some for the tribesmen to use.

Clam shells are not valuable things, they can be picked up in the river.

When Li Yan proposed to exchange all their clam shells with a pottery pot, the tribesman took the pottery pot of the Jiang tribe and studied it for a while, and finally confirmed that although the pottery was rough on the surface, it was durable and similar to those of those tribes. The pottery pots were not much different, so they agreed to the deal on the spot as if they had found a treasure.

"My name is Yan, and I'm the patriarch of the Jiang tribe. I hope you can give me clam shells in the future. Where is your tribe?" Li Yan thought about it, thinking that it would be more cost-effective to exchange a pottery for a large number of clam shells.

"Okay, I'm the patriarch of the clam tribe. Our clam tribe is in the southwest swamp." The clam chief replied politely.

"The swamp in the southwest? Is it where the Kuo tribe is?"

"That's right, that's right, but we have to go further south. There is a big river leading to the south in that swamp, and our tribe is on the edge of that river."

"Our Jiang tribe happens to be doing business with the Kui tribe, so let's drop by your tribe to exchange clam shells."

"Great, but you have to be careful when you go through that swamp!"

"Is it a crocodile? Or a leech? Our ginger tribe has a team of giant beasts, and the team of beasts often goes there to collect animal skins. Don't be afraid."

"No, there is a plague in that swamp. You'd better not go to the east of the swamp. The Zhao tribe in the south of our clam tribe. Their hunting team passed by there not long ago and caused the plague to go back. In the end, the whole A lot of people have died in the Zhao tribe."

"Calling the Tribe? Plague?" Li Yan frowned.

Isn't this summoning tribe the tribe that begged to be taken in at the gate of the hunting city last time?At that time, as soon as I heard that many people in this tribe died of disease, I fled decisively. The disease is very terrible, and it may destroy the entire tribe.

"Yeah, this summoned tribe is pretty miserable. Their beast team just passed through the eastern part of the swamp and brought the plague back to the tribe. More than half of the men and women in their prime died. I heard that they were looking for people to take them in everywhere before, but no one The tribe is willing to take them in."

"Yeah, thank you for reminding me." Li Yan nodded and said.

At this time, Yang Yan, who was next to him, heard what the tribe chief said, and immediately leaned into Li Yan's ear and said, "Patriarch, the last time our trade team traded with the Ku tribe, Wenhe's beast team talked about the swamp. I’m afraid to hunt crocodiles to the east.”

As soon as Yang Yan said it, Li Yan remembered that a few days ago, when Jiang He and the others were unloading goods at the leather factory, their faces seemed to be in a bad mood. Could this be a trick?
But in the past few days, it seems that they haven't seen anything wrong with them, and they can all eat and sleep.

After thinking about it, Li Yan still felt that it should be taken seriously, so he quickly replied: "Yang Yan, you should go back to the tribe immediately and isolate Jiang He and the others for a few days."

"Yes! I'll do it now."

Then, Li Yan returned to his booth.

"You sell pottery here, wait for me to come back."

"Yes, patriarch."

Leaving the clansmen outside the city, Li Yan walked towards the main city.

After walking a few steps, there was a slender woman in purple cloth in front of her. She was entering the main city with a rattan basket on her arm. This woman in purple had a good back, a well-proportioned figure, and waist-length hair.

She entered the city directly, and the gatekeepers did not stop her.

So, Li Yan followed in.

but
"Stand!"

"Who are you? Show your bamboo token."

Two burly gatekeepers hurriedly stopped him, the main city was where the great chief lived, and he was inspected when entering and leaving.

"I still need to check?" Li Yan complained.

"I haven't seen you, of course you have to check!" A guard shouted repeatedly.

"The hunting guard!"

Li Yan pulled out a jade tablet.

"It turned out to be a hunting guard."

"Please, please come in."

"We were also ordered to search, please don't take offense."

The attitudes of these gatekeepers suddenly became respectful, but Li Yan was very depressed. The purple-clothed woman in front could just go in without showing the wooden sign, and you didn't see you go to search?What kind of order is this to search?

After taking back the jade token, Li Yan entered the city. The streets in the city were more lively. Most of the tribes that had a good relationship with the Yi tribe were selling them here. Of course, there were also stalls selling by the Yi tribe. The scale is very large, private ownership is very popular, and industry and commerce are very developed.

Li Yan walked around the street a few times, and soon came to the gate of a yard, where there happened to be a few female slaves who were sweeping the floor.

Li Yan walked directly into this courtyard, and several female slaves here also found him, and they all surrounded him.

So, Li Yan showed the hunting guard's jade badge and asked, "Has your master, Yu Chong, come back?"

Concubine is quite busy and is often not in Xunshou City. After Li Yan arranged for his clansmen to sell pottery in the main city, he went directly to her house to ask about the situation first. If she was in Xunshou City, he would go directly to find her. Some work.

"Our master went to the Ziyi clan to buy armor. Are you the head of the Yan clan?" a female animal skin slave asked.

"Yes, I am patriarch Yan." Li Yan nodded.

"She has something to do, so you don't have to wait for her, and she said that she will look for you when she comes back." The animal skin slave replied.

"Okay." Li Yan didn't make an appointment with her before, so she can't be blamed for this matter.

If you can't wait for her, it's better to go to Elder Teng first.

(End of this chapter)