Shao Xuan was in the house, burying his head in writing.
He wrote down in detail the set of language used by the slave owners that he had learned during this time. Every time he had his own experience, he would also record it.
Tuo and Lei were also forced by Shao Xuan to learn these languages. Even if they could not fully learn, it was always good to understand some of them, so that they would not be deceived by the slaves and the slave owners. In the slave owners' territory, it would be easier to understand more, and the later actions would be easier.
The so-called sharpening the knife would not delay the work of cutting firewood. They now had food on hand, so they were not in a hurry to do other things. First, they had to understand the most basic things.
When Su Gu came over, Lei and Tuo were dizzy from looking at those complicated words. It was rare for them to take a break with Su Gu's arrival.
Shao Xuan looked up at Su Gu, who rushed in. He stopped writing, rolled up the animal skin roll full of words and put it away.
"What's the matter?" Shao Xuan asked as he packed up.
Su Gu, who rushed into the house, gasped for breath. He took two steps towards Shao Xuan, and slapped his palm on the table. "I asked you …"
Bang!
The table, which was not very sturdy to begin with, could not withstand the force and scattered into sand all over the floor.
Seeing Shao Xuan and the other two staring at him, Su Gu waved his hand. "I'll wait for someone to redo it for you!"
Looking around, there was no place to sit, so Su Gu simply stood.
"I have something to ask you." Su Gu looked at Shao Xuan. "Are you a witch?"
Witch? Lei and Tuo were somewhat confused. How could Shao Xuan be a "witch"? Besides, it was impossible for a witch to come to such a place.
"No." Shao Xuan said.
"But you said this morning …" The expression on Su Gu's face changed a few times. What happened in the palace was not good to spread. However, thinking that Shao Xuan's hint could actually match up with today's matter, Su Gu took a deep breath. His eager appearance was gone, and he calmed down. He stared straight at Shao Xuan and said in a deep voice, "Did you already know something?"
"This is our first time here, so we don't know much about this place," Shao Xuan said.
Su Gu was silent for a while and did not address this issue again. Whether Shao Xuan already knew about the news, or he really had the ability to predict, he really wanted to cooperate with Yanjiao's people now. Moreover, he had no way out. So what if he fought?
"About the cooperation, what do you think?" Su Gu asked.
"We can work together, but before that, I want to know what benefits we can get," Shao Xuan asked.
Su Gu stood up and straightened his back. As a slave owner, he could provide too much, so he still had this confidence.
"I can let the slaves build you a bigger house, give you passage tokens, and provide food and water." Su Gu said.
Shao Xuan nodded. These three things were really good, but they were not what he wanted most. "I want to know something about the other slave owners."
Su Gu frowned. "Yes. I can give you all the information I know, but you must come up with something worth exchanging. "
"This is natural."
"So, happy cooperation?"
"Happy cooperation."
There was no contract. In the cooperation between the slave owners and the tribes, under normal circumstances, they would not sign a fixed contract, unless it involved some important things or when the two sides were very familiar with each other. Only then would they make other plans.
After solving the matter that had been on his mind, Su Gu's mood was better. As a reward for Shao Xuan's tip in the morning, after he left the tribal area, he had people send some stones for building houses. These stones were cut and transported from the rocky areas in the desert, with special slaves guarding them. Shao Xuan could not go there at will. Su Gu's actions provided a lot of convenience for Shao Xuan. They only needed to wait in the house for the stones to be transported.
Shao Xuan took a fancy to an open space in the tribal area and asked the other tribes. After learning that no one was building a house there, he took Tuo and Lei to build a house together. The slaves sent by Su Gu also helped.
Two days later, another big house was built in the tribal area, which was not worse than the other tribes. The difference was that the other tribes had dozens of people living in each "embassy", while Yanjiao's "embassy" only had three people.
In order to show his importance and sincerity, Su Gu specially cut a piece of sunset tree to make a wooden sign and hung it at the door of Yanjiao's "embassy". He also wrote it with golden paint, but it was moved aside by Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan polished a slate himself and hung it at the door. He engraved the words "Yanjiao" in the tribal language, and also engraved a totem at the corner of the eyes on the slate.
Su Gu's wooden board was in the common language of the slave owners. Two languages, two signs, were hung at the door. Shao Xuan's slate was at the front door, while Su Gu's board was a little more to the side.
"This is called an embassy!" Shao Xuan looked at the built house and said.
Although such a building was not very gorgeous in Shao Xuan's view, as long as it was similar to the other tribes, there was no need to be too prominent. If more people came in the future, they would have a firm foothold and strong strength, then it would be no harm to expand. For now, it was better not to be too high-profile.
Before, because there was no place, the three people crowded in a broken stone house. Now that there was a new embassy, they were separated. Each person occupied a large room, while the camel was tied in the back yard. Shao Xuan also specially built a shed for it.
For the changes in Yanjiao, the other people in the tribal area were clear. This was the cooperation between Yanjiao and the third young master of Luoye City. Really, what were they thinking? It was not good to cooperate with others, but they chose to cooperate with this one. Even if they were looking for the two royal sisters, this third young master was a person who did not even have an exclusive slave.
He She of the Hui tribe also sighed when he talked to people. He told the kid that if he wanted to cooperate, he should look for the other two young masters, not this one. Why didn't he listen to his advice? What a pity! Sure enough, it was the first time a young man came here. He was thoughtless, impulsive, and short-sighted.
Regardless of what other people thought, Shao Xuan and the other two were still quite satisfied with this cooperation.
The day after the house was built, Su Gu came again to find Shao Xuan.
This time, the two only met alone in Shao Xuan's room. Lei and Tuo were not there, and Su Gu did not bring Wu Shi.
"Here, you want the pass token." Su Gu handed the token to Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan took the token, which was made of sunset trees. On it was written "Yanjiao" in the words used by the slave owners, and on the other side was the symbol of Luoye City.
Putting away the pass token, Shao Xuan looked at Su Gu. The third young master looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated. He seemed to be entangled with something.
"What's the matter? Say it." Shao Xuan said.
Su Gu irritably scratched his head. These days, in addition to helping Shao Xuan get the pass token, he also specifically asked people about the tribal shaman. The more he thought about it, the more complicated his heart became.
After a long time, Su Gu squeezed out a sentence, "Are you really not a shaman?"
"No, if you know about the tribe, you know that the tribe's shaman will not come out easily." Shao Xuan said.
"Are you the heir of the shaman?" Su Gu asked again.
"No." Shao Xuan affirmed.
"If you are not, then how did you predict 'water'?" Su Gu was not reconciled.
"Being able to predict does not necessarily mean being a shaman."
Su Gu heard this and sat on the stone bench, looking disheartened.
Shao Xuan thought for a moment and asked, "In your city, there is no shaman?"
"Many cities have no shaman." Su Gu said, "As far as I know, there are no more than three cities with shamans. And there are more than twenty cities in the desert! "
For the slave owners, a shaman was not necessary. A city only needed one master.
"The power of your tribe comes from the fire seed, and our power exists in our blood." Su Gu held out his hand.
Shao Xuan saw that on Su Gu's hand, there was a blue flame gradually emerging.
What surprised Shao Xuan even more was that when Su Gu made these blue flames, in his mind, inside the "eggshell", a flame suddenly appeared at the edge. It was not big, but it was very obvious.
Seeing this flame at first sight, Shao Xuan's heart jumped to two words – Fire seed!
However, this was somewhat different from the tribe's fire seed.
Shao Xuan suddenly thought that the slave owners did not need a fire seed. Was it because the power of the fire seed did not exist in the outside world, but in their bodies?
In his mind, inside the "eggshell", the flame suddenly appeared. The red flame and the blue flame intertwined, seeming somewhat chaotic.
Su Gu looked at the blue flame on his hand and said, "A successful slave owner must have the ability to enslave people. This kind of 'slavery' does not refer to the ordinary slave, but to turn an unrelated person into a slave that belongs to oneself. The stronger this ability to enslave people, the more slaves the slave owner can have. "
As the king of a city, the slave owner's ability to enslave people was the highest, and there were many slaves under his hands. Of course, other slave owners, even if they could enslave more slaves, could not cross the king of a city, or they would be regarded as having ulterior motives. In addition to the slave owners, other slave owners could more or less have some of their own slaves. However, in Luoye City, Su Gu was the only slave owner who had not been able to have his own slaves so far. He was a failure in the eyes of the slave owners, a waste.
Su Gu did not say how they enslave people, but Shao Xuan speculated based on Su Gu's words that the slave owners' ability to enslave people seemed to be similar to their engraved ferocious beasts, but more overbearing.
The blue flame on Su Gu's hand also made Shao Xuan think of the time when he used the engraving secret technique to engrave Caesar.
Su Gu had been staring at the blue flame on his hand. He did not know what he was thinking of, but he was lost in thought. Shao Xuan was also studying the flame that appeared in the "eggshell" in his mind.
The red and blue interlaced flame, compared to before, had a weaker sense of disorder. The separated and scattered blue flame was slowly gathering.
"Oh, forget it. You don't understand. You tribesmen don't have to worry about this at all."
Su Gu put away the flame on his hand, and in Shao Xuan's mind, the strange flame gradually disappeared.
With regret, Su Gu left the tribal area and returned to the palace. After the meal, he closed himself in the room and began the daily necessary enslavement practice.
He did not know if it was an illusion, but Su Gu felt that when he used his enslavement ability today, it was a lot smoother. Although it still did not reach the standard of enslavement, compared to yesterday, there was progress.
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