Some people around also noticed the approaching big man. The people who were pushed aside wanted to curse, but when they saw the other party's appearance, they immediately swallowed the words that were about to come out of their mouths.
Most of the people present knew this person. He was a traveling merchant and was quite famous. People called him "Black Bear," which was very appropriate for his appearance, especially when he was wearing a thick brown and black animal skin coat. Combined with his strong and burly figure, he really looked like a black bear crossing the border.
Pushed by the people around him, "Black Bear's" steps were heavy and steady as he approached Shao Xuan at an even speed.
Shao Xuan didn't notice the movements of "Black Bear" and Duo Kang. At this time, his attention was already on the stone in his hand. He knew that some people had been attracted around him, and more than he expected.
Originally, Shao Xuan only wanted to see if he could use the stone carving to attract a few traveling merchants who were looking at animal skins. Even if he couldn't attract them, when the stone carving was done, the carving could be placed here as an advertisement. There would always be people who would be curious. After all, no one around used this method.
Shao Xuan's stone carving skills were trained by grinding stone tools. When Old Ke taught him, the requirements were quite strict. The subtle mistakes would be pointed out to Shao Xuan one by one, and then he would continue to polish and correct until there were no mistakes.
Since the effect of attracting attention was better than expected, he had to be more serious. The general outline had been formed. Shao Xuan replaced the stone hammer and picked up the knife to continue.
Carving again, Shao Xuan quickly got into the mood.
The tinkling sound was gone, but everyone's attention was already on the stone in Shao Xuan's hand. With the flying stone chips and powder, a forest killer was taking shape.
The traveling merchants had already left the hunting life. It had been passed down from generation to generation. Some of them had already stopped coming into contact with any large beasts and ferocious beasts. It was natural to feel strange to encounter such a stone carving.
"This is a carving of a giant bear?!" A Yanjiao person next to Shao Xuan cried out.
When the word "giant" came out of his mouth, his pretentiousness immediately increased. At the same time, it also proved to others that they had indeed hunted a giant bear. How could they carve such a vivid image of a giant bear if they had never hunted one before?
Although there were people who carved on bronze or other objects, they had never seen such lifelike stone carvings. This stone sculpture was very small, but one could feel the ferocity of a ferocious giant bear roaring in the deep mountains and forests.
Before the stone sculpture was finished, someone asked, "How do we exchange for this stone sculpture?"
Tribesmen usually asked to trade directly. Most of the people around were merchants, so they knew the tribesmen's requirements very well. Some people even took out a copper knife and wanted to use it to trade.
When the others saw this, those who had the same idea also moved. They took out a knife that was slightly bigger than the person in front of them and went directly to Duo Kang to negotiate.
The people here were smart enough to know that the leader of the Flaming Horn tribe was Duo Kang, who was standing next to them. If they wanted to negotiate, they would have to talk to the person with the most authority. As for the kid sculpting, he had to listen to the leader.
So, the people who thought they were smart directly targeted Duo Kang.
Black Bear, who had already walked in front of Shao Xuan, did not speak. His eyes were fixed on the stone sculpture in Shao Xuan's hands that was about to be completed.
A stone sculpture could transmit the sculptor's consciousness. Looking closely, Black Bear could see that this small stone sculpture was actually transmitting a wild and violent aura. It really was like a giant bear waving its giant paws and roaring in the forest!
If Shao Xuan was carving other beasts, Black Bear would not be so serious. It couldn't be helped. Who told him to like bears? Their ancestors worshipped bears and worshipped the strength of bears, but at the same time, they also worshipped the warriors who hunted bears as "fierce warriors." Now, the tribe had become a caravan, and they rarely had the opportunity to go into the forest to hunt giant bears. However, their obsession with bears was still passed down. The symbol of their caravan was the totem — the bear!
From the moment he saw the stone sculpture in Shao Xuan's hands, Black Bear's eyes could not move away.
"I want twenty pieces of animal skin," Black Bear said.
Compared to the others who directly negotiated to buy the stone sculpture, Black Bear's words were more tactful.
Duo Kang, who was chatting with a few people, heard this and immediately called for people to count the beast skins. He even chose the best quality ones. Black Bear's reputation was not bad. No matter what his style was in other matters, at least he was very honest when it came to trading. He would not be stingy when it came to trading.
There were large pieces of animal skin, but generally speaking, there was no need to specifically mention large pieces of animal skin. Basically, they were talking about small pieces of animal skin. Fearsome beasts were huge, and if a piece of animal skin was too big, it would not be easy to sell. Everyone bought it back to make clothes, so they did not need such a large piece. Therefore, there were small pieces of animal skin.
As time passed, everyone formed a consensus. There was a fixed standard, and the size of the animal skin was similar. It was as if they had formed a set of quantitative units. The "toll" paid to the gatekeeper when they entered the city was a unit of cut animal skin.
After the twenty pieces of animal skin were sorted out, Duo Kang had people stack them up and pass them to Black Bear.
After checking the animal skin, Black Bear looked at Shao Xuan. "How about twenty pieces of animal skin and the stone sculpture for me? I can compensate for it with gold. "
The "gold" that people here talked about mostly referred to bronze, which was also the target of Yanjiao people.
At this time, Shao Xuan's sculpture was just finished.
Hearing Black Bear's words, Shao Xuan blew away the stone fragments on the stone sculpture and looked up at Black Bear. His eyes were calm as he said, "Thirty pieces."
Black Bear's gaze went back and forth between Shao Xuan and Duo Kang. Then he looked away and nodded to Shao Xuan. "Okay, another ten … no, another twenty pieces. Bear skins are best. If you don't have any bear skins, then find something close to one."
Duo Kang grinned and signaled to the people behind him to sort out another ten pieces.
While the others were sorting out the animal skins, Black Bear received the stone sculpture. He looked at it and was very satisfied. He carefully put it into a thick bag of fur that he carried with him. Then he pulled the rope of his coat, grabbed it with both hands, and opened the heavy coat to Shao Xuan, Duo Kang, and the others in a domineering manner.
Black Bear's coat revealed large and small knives, swords, axes, and other bronze tools. Some of them were in the inner clothes, some of the bigger ones like axes and swords were in the waist, and some of the lighter ones were hanging in the inside of the coat.
Shao Xuan: "…" He cursed several times in his heart.
No wonder Black Bear gave off such a strong sense of heaviness. It really was heavy!
How could it not be heavy when carrying so many things? How was this a "bear"? It was practically a human weapon carrier!
However, this also proved that Black Bear was indeed strong. To be able to carry so many things around every day and still live until now, without enough strength, there was no way he could have survived.
Duo Kang's eyes lit up. He looked at the objects of different colors and sizes. He raised his hand and pointed at a few of them. Some were big, some were small. How many things could be exchanged for forty of those animal skins, and what quality they could be exchanged for, Duo Kang knew in his heart.
When the two sides finished trading, the people around them started clamoring to trade with them. Five, ten pieces of animal skins were all bought. With Black Bear in front, they did not doubt the quality and origin of the animal skins that the Yanjiao people brought out. Everyone knew that Black Bear would not buy anything bad. Even if they did not know the Yanjiao people well, following Black Bear was definitely the right choice!
They were not as extravagant as Black Bear, but with so many people, Duo Kang was already grinning from ear to ear. However, even if these people wanted more stone sculptures, it was already too late.
In one day, almost half of the animal skins were sold. This made Duo Kang very happy. In the past, he might not have been able to sell so many in five days. Today, he managed to do it in one day. Sure enough, Elder Shao Xuan had a way.
At this rate, they would be able to return in less than ten days.
At night, when they were huddled together in a simple tent to rest, Shao Xuan took the time to carve another stone sculpture. This time, it was not a giant bear, but a different kind of fierce beast.
For the next two days, Shao Xuan would take out a stone sculpture every day. Just like the first day, he would give them away if they bought more. For those who wanted to buy animal skins, this was very attractive. Although many people could not buy dozens of animal skins at once, they would still patronize the Yanjiao area for the sake of the stone sculpture. Those who bought a large number of animal skins to take away the stone sculptures were traveling merchants and people sent by the slave owners to buy them.
On the fifth day, the animal skins brought by the Yanjiao people were almost sold out. Everyone did not have to keep an eye on the goods. After exchanging them for copper weapons, food, and so on, they each took what they had and gathered together to exchange. The people of the Taihe tribe were quite envious. This time, because they had brought some relatively rare herbs, they were selling things much faster than before. But no one expected that Shao Xuan would appear in Yanjiao!
Without a big order, Shao Xuan no longer carved. Seeing that there were not many things to sell in Yanjiao, he took out his own stones. For this reason, he had asked people to help look after them yesterday and let these stones shine in the sun all day. Now, as long as he took them to a slightly darker place, he could see the obvious light on the stones.
In the past few days, more and more tribesmen came to Anba City. The surroundings were full of shouting and quarreling, competing to see whose voice was louder and whose was louder. From time to time, people could be seen being sent flying.
Shao Xuan did not compete with them in terms of voice. Instead, he made a wooden sign with words written in bright plant pigments: "A new gem that glows in water — Water Sun Stone."
The Drumming tribe's crystal stones were produced during the full moon and were called water moon stones. Shao Xuan made this one to absorb the Yang Guang, so he changed the "moon" to "sun."
The wooden sign was supported by a long pole and inserted next to it. There was no need to shout, just directly waiting for people to come. Shao Xuan had people turn the wooden sign every once in a while to change the direction so that people in other directions could also see the words on the wooden sign.
New things were always full of attraction. Just now, there were tribesmen who were glad that Yanjiao was finally deserted. Who would have thought that not long after, they would see a large number of people rushing to Yanjiao?
There was no way around it. It was just that the sign erected there was too eye-catching.
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