To be sure, they could replant the grains and see what the results looked like. However, this method would take a long time and there was no time for a second planting this year.
The second method was to look for Old Man Ju and see what kind of Thousand Grain Gold the old man had grown.
No matter what the Thousand Grain Gold looked like this time, no one would doubt its uniqueness. How could an ordinary grain cause such a huge commotion? The whole process of harvesting the grains was filled with tension.
"Let's cook some first and see its effects," Shao Xuan said.
To them, food was useful, good or bad for the body, good or bad. Although they couldn't tell exactly, they could tell if it was good or bad. Especially the shamaness and Quan Bai of the Taihe tribe were good at this too. They just needed to cook a pot and eat it.
Shao Xuan peeled one hundred and fifteen grains. The husks were placed in a clay pot for the shamaness to study. The Thousand Grain Gold without the husks were placed in a clay pot the shamaness brought over. She used to brew medicine in the past but this time, for the Thousand Grain Gold, she purposely cleaned the pot and placed it aside. Even the firewood was carefully selected.
Shao Xuan's house was too small for too many people. There was also the smell of bird poop so they moved to an empty warehouse. It wasn't used often and Zheng Luo had cleaned it up personally.
The 23 people who harvested the Thousand Grain Gold, including the shamaness, Qi Qi and a few others who were involved in planting the Thousand Grain Gold, there were more than 30 people in total. They all sat around the cauldron. As for the Taihe tribesmen, they were 'invited' to wait at the foot of the mountain.
More than a hundred grape-sized grains of Thousand Grain Gold were placed into the cauldron. They were added with water, lit with firewood that had been prepared beforehand, and boiled.
A light aroma spread.
It was a little different from what Shao Xuan had smelled before, but it wasn't completely different. There were some similarities.
More than thirty pairs of eyes stared at the small pottery cauldron. When it was done and the soup turned purple, the shaman took out a polished wooden spoon and scooped out a spoonful of the thick soup. He poured it into a pottery bowl and tasted it first.
The shamaness's expression changed from tasting to thinking, then to joy and finally to ecstasy. "Good!!"
Shao Xuan knew that everyone's hard work was worth it to receive such a compliment from the shamaness.
The shamaness picked up a wooden spoon and divided the granules in the cauldron, leaving only ten granules. She placed them in another ceramic bowl for the people from Taihe.
Shao Xuan felt that this time, it was much better than the last time. It was as if all the pores on his body had been opened, releasing turbid air. Because he wasn't injured, didn't have any other illnesses, and didn't feel tired, Shao Xuan didn't have any deep feelings for the time being. However, when he saw the surprise on the faces of the others, he knew that the return had exceeded the effort, and it was worth continuing.
"I feel like I've used up all my energy!" said a warrior.
"I feel like my injuries aren't as painful as before," said a warrior who was seriously injured in the last hunt.
"I feel … feel … feel good. It's better than eating a wild boar!" said Duo Kang. "How do we raise this? Next time, I'll hunt more prey for you. Hehe, you can share more with me then. Hehe! "
"No, the thousand grain gold has more uses than that. I think it can bring us great benefits!" The shamaness was happy. She just needed a little more time to find out more uses for the thousand grain gold.
"Keep this!" Zheng Luo pointed at the 23 bags he brought and said excitedly. They didn't have a definite answer about the benefits the thousand grain gold would bring them but it was still good. They just had to wait for the shamaness to come up with a conclusion that would not disappoint them.
"Plant more next year," said Qi Qi. Even though she had only eaten one, she already felt full. Moreover, she felt refreshed all over. Her tired nerves and tired spirit were greatly relieved. Moreover, she also felt that the Thousand Grain Gold's usefulness to them would not stop there.
"If we take these to Anba City, we'll be able to exchange them for many good things," said Duo Kang, smacking his lips.
Zheng Luo slapped Duo Kang as soon as he finished. "Bullshit! Of course I'm keeping it for myself! How could we trade them? "
Duo Kang thought about it. That was true. They didn't even have much to share among themselves. Why should they trade them for others? They could just use animal skins.
"Then when we go out in a few days, we won't bring these?" asked Duo Kang.
"Other than what Shao Xuan brought, we don't need to bring anyone else," said Zheng Luo.
They had agreed that Shao Xuan would bring some thousand grain gold out for Gongjia Heng when they went to the Royal City. They would need his help to make weapons in the future.
"Shao Xuan, how many grains are left from last year?" asked the shamaness.
Shao Xuan thought for a moment. "We've used two hundred and fifty grains. There are about seven hundred left."
"If possible, we'll plant them all next year. We'll plant some of this year's harvest and plant some next year. However, it'll be difficult to plant so many. "The shamaness frowned.
"I'll go to the Royal City this time and see if we can find other planting methods," said Shao Xuan.
The shamaness nodded. "That's the only way."
Five hundred of the thousand grain gold were given to Quan Bai and the rest of the Taihe tribe. They had helped a lot and the Taihe people wanted more but Zheng Luo refused to give it to them. We caught the fearsome beasts ourselves, our people came up with the idea, the seeds were ours and the last line of defence was our people. We didn't even have enough, how could we give you more? It was already good enough to give them these.
Quan Bai and the rest went to Shao Xuan to complain. In the end, they got another hundred grains from Shao Xuan and left happily. They had failed to plant last year's seeds so they would be unhappy if they didn't plant them again.
As for the hundreds of new grains, they would plant them themselves next year. When they were harvested, they would have more.
Three days later, it was the agreed time to trade.
Shao Xuan counted a thousand grains and put them in a pouch before leaving with the trading team. The rest of the grains were left with the shamaness. The tribe had already discussed how to distribute the grains so Shao Xuan didn't have to worry about it.
After the trading team arrived at Anba City, the teams from both tribes didn't go directly to the free trading area. Shao Xuan took Black Bear's token and went to the place Black Bear mentioned.
It was a small house with a yard. The yard was about a hundred square metres. It wasn't big here and wasn't eye-catching.
Shao Xuan knocked on the wooden door.
"Who is it?!" A rough voice came from inside and they could hear footsteps approaching.
Creak —
The wooden door opened and a tall and burly man walked out. His bear-like body wasn't as big as their leader, Black Bear, but not by much.
His impatient tone changed when he saw Shao Xuan. He pointed at Shao Xuan with a finger as thick as a carrot, "Aren't you the one who carried the broken cauldron?"
Carrying the cauldron was fine, but what did he mean by carrying the "broken" cauldron? Besides, the cauldron he brought back last year wasn't that broken.
Without further ado, Shao Xuan took out the token Black Bear gave him.
"Oh, it's really you guys? Yanjiao? If you came two days later, you wouldn't have met us. We left for the Royal City two days later, "the burly man said.
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