The people carrying the wooden signs quickly shuttled through the forest. They were like agile monkeys in the forest. When they moved, they could only hear the rustling of leaves or the swaying of branches. Other than that, there was no other sound.
Their feet were tied with some coarse vines, and their toes were exposed. Compared to other tribes, their toes were twice as long, and their soles were larger.
When they shuttled through the forest, they used their feet in addition to their hands. Their toes were flexible and powerful, just like another pair of hands. Their fingers hooked onto a branch, and their bodies swung up. In the next step, their other foot had already hooked onto the branch in front of them, and they moved forward again.
They lived in a tribe nearby. This group of people came out to hunt. If they saw wild animals, they would kill them. If they found edible fruit or other food, they would bring it back. When the Flaming Horn tribe started building the trading point on the first day, they had already noticed the movement. However, they knew that their tribe's fighting power was not strong enough. In this place, they couldn't even defeat the Drumming tribe and the Pu tribe. At best, they could only compare with the already destroyed Luo tribe.
They only knew about the Yanjiao people because their chief told them. When the Yanjiao people appeared and left by boat, many of their tribe's warriors saw them.
When tribesmen recognized other tribes, they basically looked at their totems. That was why when they saw the stone tablet with the Flaming Horn's totem on it, they knew who was here. Because they didn't dare to go closer, they couldn't figure out what the Yanjiao people wanted to do.
After two days of observation, they went to take a look again today. They saw a Yanjiao person put a wooden board there, and there were words written on it. Curious, they went over to take a look.
Not many of them were literate, and none of them could read all the words. Because they didn't need to know many words, they didn't care. The leader of the group was the most literate. He roughly recognized the words on the board, and was shocked by the news.
In their minds, tribes should revolve around the fire seed. Regardless of whether it was a large tribe or a small one, they all revolved around the fire seed. The only difference was the size of their territory. However, the Yanjiao people had actually circled out another piece of land outside of their dwelling. Were they planning something big? What was the purpose of the Flaming River Trading Point?
If they couldn't figure it out, they immediately went back to ask the Chief and the Shaman.
However, they didn't know how to write so many words, and they didn't have an extraordinary memory, so they just pulled out the wooden planks and brought them back. They didn't realize that they would anger the Yanjiao people if they took away the wooden planks. No one had ever done that before.
Carrying the planks, they climbed over several hills and then went down a narrow path between two hills that seemed to be joined together. From afar, they couldn't see that there was a mountain path.
After walking through the mountain path and entering the interior, the first thing that came into view was a small basin surrounded by mountains. There were many trees in the basin, and many of the trees were tied together with vines or branches to form small huts. Above the huts, there were also branches and thick leaves, or withered leaves that were tied together with twigs and grass ropes, which could shelter them from the wind and rain.
Most of the things outside were made of wood and stone. The stone and bone tools were crude and rough, and most of them were hunting tools. There were even some strange shapes. Even if outsiders saw them, they wouldn't know what they were for. Unlike the former, the wooden tools were much more exquisite. Most of their living tools were made of wood. Bamboo baskets, rattan baskets, rattan armor, rattan shields, and so on were woven very well.
The residents who were busy inside were confused when they saw the people rushing back to the tribe. Didn't these people go out to look for food? Why did they bring back a wooden plate? Were they planning to chop it up and use it as firewood?
The people carrying the wooden planks ignored the curious gazes and rushed straight to the chief. They placed the wooden planks in front of the chief, who was weaving rattan baskets in front of his house.
Clap!
The sound of the wooden planks hitting the ground startled the person weaving the rattan baskets. He accidentally used too much force and broke the rattan baskets.
The leader raised his eyebrows, which was a sign that he was about to get angry.
The warrior who carried the wooden planks back scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously. He didn't know how to explain, so he just kept pointing at the wooden planks on the ground.
The chief was so angry that smoke almost came out of his head. When he looked down at the wooden planks on the ground, his eyes flashed. He couldn't care less about getting angry. He kicked the rattan baskets aside and carefully placed the wooden planks in front of him to read the words on it.
As a chief, he was definitely not illiterate like the others. He could easily recognize all the words on the wooden planks and deduced a lot of information from the words on it.
Seeing that there were still people standing beside him, the chief waved his hand and signaled for them to leave. He sat there alone and looked at the wooden planks in deep thought. In the end, he seemed to have made a decision and brought the wooden planks to the shamaness to discuss it.
At the same time, at the Pu tribe's place, they were also discussing the Flaming River Trading Point.
When they heard that the Yanjiao people were going to build a trading point here, the Pu tribesmen's first reaction was, "Damn, someone's trying to steal our business?!"
At that time, some people were clamoring to go fight with the Yanjiao people and teach them a lesson. However, when they understood the strength of the Yanjiao people, they gave up.
They could see the situation clearly. If it was just a small tribe that they could control, they would definitely go and "argue" with them. However, when faced with a big tribe that was stronger than them, many of the Pu tribesmen were terrified.
However, as famous "merchants" in this area, after the Pu tribesmen saw the situation clearly, they began to think about how to get more benefits from this.
In the past disaster, the Pu tribe's losses were relatively small. This was something they were still rejoicing about. After the disaster ended, the Pu tribe's chief proudly praised the foresight of the Pu tribe's ancestors. They had chosen a good land, unlike the Luo tribe and other tribes that had been destroyed in the past disaster, disappearing from the world.
However, after feeling glad and proud, they began to worry again.
In the past disaster, a few tribes that were in contact with them were wiped out. Even if they were not wiped out and survived the disaster, their strength was severely damaged and they no longer participated in many missions. For example, when the Pu tribe went on a few expeditions every year, those tribes refused to participate in them. Those tribes already had few people. If more people went out, who would protect them?
That was why the Pu tribe did not go on any expeditions. They had many things that they wanted to trade outside, but they did not have enough manpower so they could only stay in their tribe and think of a way.
Now that Yanjiao had built the Flaming River Trading Point, it was a good opportunity for them.
Therefore, after complaining, the Pu tribe began to prepare to trade at the Flaming River Trading Point before winter.
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