In the end, Yu was not able to sleep and was dragged back home by the old man. The Drumming tribe would only leave tomorrow, so who knew if the Drumming tribe would come to his house to trade for something?
Yu was a person who had done a lot of research on frog poison, but he spent most of his time sleeping in the tribe. Sometimes, he would run to the river to find a suitable place to sleep on a lotus leaf. Other times, he would enter the forest to sleep on a tree branch. Now, there was only him and his grandfather in his family, but he wasn't interested in trading. He wanted to go out of the tribe to play, but the old man wouldn't let him.
Shao Xuan did not have other things to do. He was not interested in pottery and coarse linen, so he simply went to talk to Yu about the frog poison. Since Yu was very knowledgeable about frog poison, he naturally knew how to use it. It would be great if the traps could be improved because of this.
Since he was bored, Yu chatted with Shao Xuan.
Like many Pu tribe people, Yu also felt that the Drumming tribe people were really stupid. Other than stone tools, they also liked to buy impractical things.
"If I had so many water moonstones, I would trade for a lot of food, or some suitable materials and tools. When I was hungry, I would eat, and when I was full, I would go out to play." Yu said.
Yu also used frog poison to make traps and catch wild beasts. Some of the wood and stone he needed were not available around, so he could only trade with other tribes to see if he could get some.
Listening to Yu's story, Shao Xuan only felt that the Yanjiao tribe's life was simply too different from these people's.
The Drumming tribe people did not have to worry too much about food. There were fish in the river, and some wild beasts in the nearby forest. If the wild beasts were not enough, they could use water moonstones to trade with other tribes. The only thing they had to worry about was the annual water moonstone harvest. Of course, there might not be a situation like this every year.
As for the Pu tribe people, most of them did not like to hunt. Compared to risking their lives to hunt, trading allowed them to get more resources. Not only food, but also other daily necessities. Since their ancestors had tasted the sweetness, their descendants would do similar things. Even now, in the hearts of the Pu tribe, trading had become an essential part of their daily life.
Except for the teams that had to travel far, most of the people in the Pu tribe only needed to stay in the tribe and wait for the other tribes to come and trade. They didn't need to go to those dangerous, cold, dry and other places that they didn't like to fight with wild beasts or even fierce beasts.
The surrounding tribes, including the Drumming tribe, did not like to travel far, so they could only wait for the Pu tribe's expedition team to come back and trade with them.
There weren't as many ferocious beasts here, and the forest wasn't as dangerous as the ones in the Yanjiao tribe. From the Drumming tribe to the Pu tribe, it only took half a day. With the speed of the Yanjiao tribe's hunting team, it wouldn't even take half a day.
This was the human world, the gathering place of humans. They didn't have so many threats from ferocious beasts. Instead, they only had disputes between human tribes.
Every tribe had their own favorite way of life. Simply put, the people of the Pu tribe had the talent of being merchants.
"Where do traveling teams usually go? The central region? "Shao Xuan asked.
"Most of the time, they go to the central region. Why, do you want to go?"
"Yes, I originally came out to gain experience." Shao Xuan said.
Yu was suddenly envious. He also wanted to go out. Many young people wanted to go out. The tribe's expedition team was made up of young adults. Every time he saw his peers go out with their parents, he also wanted to go. Unfortunately, his parents had already passed away. That year, the expedition team suffered heavy losses. More than 70% of the people didn't come back. Because of this, the old man didn't let Yu go.
"Actually, although the expedition team is dangerous, it isn't always so dangerous." Yu said.
In the Pu tribe, Chief Guang Hou was also very supportive of young people joining the expedition team.
This was not a peaceful era. There were no laws and regulations. Killing people to steal treasures was not uncommon. In the expedition team, everyone had the ability to protect themselves.
"Ai, it's a pity that the old man doesn't let us go!" Yu was very annoyed. He studied the frog poison in addition to his interest, it was also to prepare for the expedition.
"Your tribe, when will the expedition team leave again?" Shao Xuan asked.
Just now, Yu had said that the tribe's traveling team would come back a few days after the two moons overlapped. Every time, they would come back on those days to exchange more things with the Drumming tribe. After the exchange, they would take the water moon stones and other things and leave the tribe, setting off for a long journey.
After chatting with Yu for a while, Shao Xuan went to find Fu Shi. Tonight, the Drumming tribe would stay here for one night. They would leave tomorrow morning.
Shao Xuan also went to inquire about the Pu tribe's expedition team. In the expedition team, they could bring some people from other tribes, but they had to pay extra water moonstones. Shao Xuan didn't care about this, as long as he could follow. Right now, he didn't know much about the topography and tribal divisions. Following the Pu tribe's expedition team was not a bad idea.
He went to find the leader of the expedition team, paid three water moonstones, and took a token with a frog pattern. On the day of the expedition team's departure, Shao Xuan only needed to show this token and he could leave with the Pu tribe's expedition team.
Hearing that Shao Xuan wanted to join the expedition team, Fu Shi didn't understand. They felt that waiting here was more cost-effective. When the Pu tribe people brought the things over, they only needed to exchange water moonstones. Why should they follow? Giving away three water moonstones for nothing.
But thinking about it, Shao Xuan came out to gain experience, Fu Shi was relieved. He didn't continue to persuade him, but his heart still maintained his own thoughts.
The next day, the Drumming tribe people prepared to leave. Fu Shi looked at his rattan basket full of things and was very happy. In addition to the necessary stones, stone tools and so on, there was also good looking pottery and a piece of linen from the central region. When he went back, he would probably attract the envy of others. Thinking of this, Fu Shi couldn't help but laugh a few times. He felt that this trip was really worth it. But in the short term, he wouldn't come here to trade. When it was almost winter, he would come back to trade for some food.
"We'll go back first. Shao Xuan, if you come back, remember to come to the Drumming tribe to find us." Fu Shi carried the rattan basket, standing on a crocodile, and said to Shao Xuan on the shore.
"Okay, I'll definitely come back to find you."
Watching the Drumming tribe people leave, Shao Xuan planned to chat with the Pu tribe people who were preparing for the expedition, hoping to get more information.
Just as he was chatting with people, Shao Xuan saw Fu happily running by.
"Fu, where are you going?" Shao Xuan asked.
Seeing Shao Xuan, Fu's smile became bigger, and he came to share his joy.
"My grandfather agreed! Haha, I just went to find leader Fan Ning. In a few days, I'll go with them! " Speaking of this, Fu didn't have the sleepy look from yesterday. He was full of energy and couldn't wait to run a few laps around the tribe.
Fan Ning was the leader of the Pu tribe's expedition team. He was called leader by the people in the team, and Shao Xuan was looking for him.
"Congratulations." Shao Xuan said.
"Hehe! I won't say anymore. When we go back, we need to prepare more. "Fu rubbed his hands and narrowed his eyes, just like those poisonous frogs brewing their venom.
In the next few days, Shao Xuan also saw other tribes coming to the Pu tribe to trade. The "Luo" tribe was good at fishing. They were close to the river and had a mountain to rely on, so they could catch fish and many beasts with their nets. They never lacked food.
Every time the Luo tribe people came, they would have a big net of prey to trade with the Pu tribe people.
In addition to the Luo tribe, there were other small tribes. They were not as "rich" as the Drumming tribe, and did not catch as much food as the Luo tribe. But each tribe had their own survival skills, such as making stone tools, finding stone materials and some rare materials. Some were also good at using medicine, directly using medicine or natural herbs to trade.
In the few days that he stayed in the Pu tribe, Shao Xuan had exchanged a lot of good things. Since he was preparing for the expedition, he naturally needed some good stone materials. He himself knew how to make stone tools, so he didn't need to use more water moonstones to exchange for polished stone tools.
Stone tools, herbs, they all needed to be prepared.
High quality stones were not easy to find in this area, so Shao Xuan exchanged more.
The Pu tribe's expedition team set off ten days later.
On the day of departure, Shao Xuan's things were all prepared.
The team had close to two hundred people, and more than ninety percent of them were from the Pu tribe. The expedition team gathered by the river.
Fu had a big animal skin bag hanging around his neck and a big rattan basket on his back. He was panting as he ran over, followed by the old man.
There were also other people around to see them off.
The rattan basket was filled with many things, including stone knives, spearheads, and many dried meat and roasted insects. The old man gave some things to the people he knew in the team, and Shao Xuan's hand was also stuffed with a bottle of frog poison. It was Fu's first time joining the expedition team, and the old man hoped that everyone could help look after him.
He was indeed a businessman, his brain was flexible, and he knew how to do things better than the people of the Drumming tribe. Shao Xuan thought.
Seeing Fu panting, Shao Xuan reached out and took the rattan basket from his back.
"I'll hold this for you, I'll give it to you when we get on the raft."
"Hey, no need, you also brought a lot of things. My basket is very heavy, you can't carry it …" Fu hadn't finished speaking when he saw Shao Xuan easily lift the rattan basket with one hand.
Fu and some people around looked at Shao Xuan, who was still relaxed, and asked: "Which tribe are you from?"
They had never seen anyone stronger than the people of the Drumming tribe.
"Yanjiao." Shao Xuan said.
"Oh." Fu and the others silently memorized this tribe's name.
Shao Xuan smiled, then took the things and jumped onto the raft with the others.
The shaman gave Shao Xuan some tasks. Because of natural and man-made disasters, the Yanjiao tribes were divided, and the one on the other side of the river was only one of the divisions. What Shao Xuan needed to do was to find another Yanjiao tribe. Only, until now, he hadn't heard anything about "Yanjiao".
The shaman gave the stone card to Shao Xuan, and also drew a totem pattern on Chacha's feet. He didn't want Shao Xuan to hide anything. If the world had already forgotten about the Yanjiao tribe, then everyone would remember this name.
Besides, even if he tried to hide it, once the battle started and the totem pattern was revealed, everything would be known. There was no need to lie.
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