The purpose of this voyage was not just for trading. Shao Xuan also thought that if his navigation skills were good enough, he could go upstream or downstream to take a look. Back then, the natural conditions were too restrictive, so he was not familiar with many places upstream or downstream.
As for the new trading point …
Indeed, there was no large trading area nearby. This was considered a remote area of the mainland, especially when the Flaming River was still a dangerous river. The other tribes on the mainland didn't want to come here. As time passed, there were fewer and fewer new faces here. Only small tribes like the Drumming tribe and the Pu tribe interacted with each other. If they wanted to trade, they would go to each other's tribe instead of going to a place where they could trade freely. Hence, there were fewer choices.
The Drumming tribe had been cheated by the Pu tribe many times. They knew they were cheated, but they didn't have much choice. There weren't many people in their tribe. Every year, there were many people who wanted their water moon stones. The warriors didn't dare to go too far in case something happened. The Pu tribe, which was close by, was their only choice. Perhaps the Luo tribe used to be a trading partner, but now the Luo tribe was gone.
From Yanjiao's point of view, not having a good trading partner was indeed a problem. Back when they were on the other side of the sea, the expedition team would bring the hides they had hoarded to the cities controlled by the slave masters to trade. There were many people there, and every city was a very good place to trade. With more choices, the hides could be sold at a higher price and exchanged for more satisfactory things.
But now, in this remote area …
After some thought, Shao Xuan went to the shamaness and chief for a discussion.
It would have been better if Shao Xuan didn't mention it. Once he did, the shamaness and the two chiefs couldn't sit still anymore. When they were in the Fearsome Beast Forest, they knew that many large tribes had trading points near them. They didn't think of setting one up back then. Plus, the Lu tribe often came here, so they didn't think much of it. Now that Yanjiao had moved here, the environment was different. If they wanted to trade for better things, they had to go on a long journey.
The distance from here to the nearest trading point was much longer than the distance from the Fearsome Beast Forest to the nearest trading point. If they didn't do anything, they would have to go on a long journey every time they wanted to trade.
"Xuan's idea is not bad." The shaman lowered his eyes and pondered.
"But, how do we set up the trading area? Where should we build it? "Ao asked.
"It's definitely not on our side," Shao Xuan said after some thought, "I'll go over to the other side of the Flaming River and take a look."
If there was a suitable place, he could try to develop it. It would definitely not develop to the level of the central region or the well-known large-scale trading zones on the grassland. But one step at a time, it would eventually succeed.
Without further delay, Shao Xuan didn't go out with the expedition team this time, so he had time to observe the surrounding environment and terrain.
Speaking of which, when the tribe migrated here, he only focused on this area and did not go to other places. He wanted to take this opportunity to see what kind of changes had happened to the area along the river during the disaster.
Shao Xuan called over Chacha, who flew everywhere every day. Riding on the eagle, Shao Xuan ordered it to fly to the other side of the Flaming River.
There were many forests in this area. A thousand years ago, before the earth split open and the river formed, the two sides of the river were connected. The Yanjiao side was filled with forests, so the other side of the river must be the same. This place was equivalent to another Fearsome Beast Mountain Forest, but it was too far from the center of the continent, and it was dangerous. Many of the tribes that lived here were small and medium-sized tribes. They were unable to fight for a place to settle down in more fertile areas, and could only survive in this remote area.
Actually, the soil here wasn't bad, but because it was close to the river, the river was more dangerous. Before the river was formed, the forests were connected and the danger was greater. In their ancestors' notes, there were comments about this place. Some people said that this was a place where beasts lived and it wasn't suitable for humans. The small and medium-sized tribes didn't have strong fighting abilities, so they could only live here with their limbs tucked away.
A thousand years ago, the earth had split open, and the dangerous mountains and forests had been carved out. However, the people on this continent still didn't change their view of this place. They never thought that this place was suitable for living, so even after a thousand years, there were still not many tribes living here.
Shao Xuan looked down at the mountains below. The mountains here weren't tall, and the forests weren't dense. Perhaps because there were people living here, there weren't any thick ancient trees.
The disaster had "swallowed" much of the river here. It was slightly different from what Shao Xuan remembered.
After looking at many places, Shao Xuan wasn't satisfied, so he ordered Chacha to fly along one of the rivers.
This river wasn't far from the Drumming tribe. In the past, this river flowed from the central region of the mainland to the river. It was still the same now. Yanjiao's ships would enter this river from the Flaming River and then sail inland.
Looking carefully at the ground below, Shao Xuan suddenly said, "Let's go down and take a look."
Chacha responded and flew down.
When Chacha slowed down and approached the ground, Shao Xuan jumped down from the eagle's back and landed in a small forest.
The reason why Shao Xuan chose this place was because the terrain and environment here were very similar to a place he had seen before.
That year, when Shao Xuan brought Chacha across the river to this place, they followed the Pu tribe's expedition team to the central region of the mainland. Along the way, they rested at a place where wanderers, slave masters and slaves lived. That was where Shao Xuan saw Shi Shu. At that time, Yan Shuo's family was still wanderers.
That place was where the rivers intersected. Often, expedition teams who lived in remote areas would pass by on wooden rafts.
And now, the place Shao Xuan was standing on was very similar to that place.
"This place shouldn't be the territory of any tribe."
Shao Xuan let Chacha fly him around in the air again to confirm that this place didn't belong to any tribe. Although there were traces of human activity here, there weren't many traces left after a long time. Very few people came here.
Shao Xuan made a mark on the map, marking it as "1", and then went to other places to look for a suitable location.
For three days, Shao Xuan searched outside. The place couldn't be too far from Yanjiao. Therefore, in three days, he had already searched all the suitable places. There were four places that he was satisfied with, but in the end, he still chose the place marked with "1".
Once he decided, the Yanjiao people began to move.
Therefore, some of the people from other tribes who went out to look for food saw the Yanjiao people carrying large stone tablets to put up the tablets. Only this time, it wasn't a name, but a marking of the land!
The engraved stone tablet marked out the land and told the people who came and went: From today onwards, this land belongs to Yanjiao!
What, you don't agree?
This place doesn't belong to any tribe. It's completely ownerless land. Why can't I take it?
Who said that the territories must be connected? We like to mark two pieces of land that aren't connected!
Do you have any objections?
Don't worry, just say it. Come, let's have a good talk.
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