Many tribes didn't pay much attention to the Yanjiao naming of the Flaming River. After the excitement died down, they forgot about it. Wasn't it just a river? So what if it had a name?
But now, this river was connected to the trading point. Perhaps many people didn't know which river the Flaming River referred to, but the Flaming River Trading Point touched their nerves.
That was a trading point!
A place where they could trade goods!
Shao Xuan had already spread the news and placed many wooden signs around the area. He believed that news of the Flaming River Trading Point would reach the ears of many other tribes.
"How is it? It's almost done, right? " Duo Kang brought a group of people over. They were here to deliver food and also to replace the people who had been working here for the whole day.
"It's almost done. If it's not perfect, it's barely usable." Shao Xuan rolled up the animal skin scroll in his hand and looked at the surrounding buildings.
The outer wall was made of stones. It was thick enough and between seven to ten meters high. There were three entrances and exits. Two were near the dock, and one was facing the direction of the forest. There was already a walkway there.
After Duo Kang assigned tasks to his subordinates, he ran over to Shao Xuan and said, "Oh right, this trading point will be opened before winter. How do you plan to treat the people who come over? For example, the Rain tribe and the Pu tribe. "
"I've already arranged for their places." Shao Xuan passed the animal skin scroll in his hand to Duo Kang and pointed to two areas marked on it. "Here, that area is towards the Pu tribe. They will definitely come over from the water. The Rain tribe will be over here … "
Shao Xuan pointed out the areas to Duo Kang and explained the reason for this arrangement.
"Wait!" Duo Kang didn't have any objections to this arrangement, but he thought of a problem. "You're not going to collect anything from them?"
At first, Duo Kang thought that Shao Xuan would treat them like how the slave masters treated their cities. On the other side of the sea, tribesmen who wanted to enter the city had to pay an 'entrance fee'. After entering the city, they would choose a place to trade and collect goods based on the quality of the goods. However, Duo Kang and the others used to trade in the free trade zone in the city. They didn't have a fixed location and would always look for empty spaces, unlike others who had a fixed location to set up their stalls.
However, Duo Kang wasn't willing to let others set up a stall in his own territory.
Shao Xuan explained, "This is only the first step. In the beginning, no one knows what this place is like. We have to let them understand the benefits of this place first. Free access is only temporary. Once everyone is familiar with this place and knows the benefits of this place, we will collect some things appropriately."
"I see." Duo Kang immediately understood and nodded. "That's true."
If the tribesmen couldn't see the benefits, they wouldn't make decisions at will. Therefore, if they wanted to attract those people, they had to offer some benefits first. If they started to collect tolls before they had even developed, many tribes would probably shrink their necks back when they heard about it.
"I wonder how many tribes will come when the time comes." Duo Kang muttered as he left.
Shao Xuan didn't know either. He knew that only the Rain tribe, the Drumming tribe, and the Pu tribe would be coming.
These few days, some people came to inquire, but Shao Xuan didn't know what those people had decided. He could only wait until the day the trading zone opened up.
Shao Xuan looked at the animal skin scroll in his hand again. There were houses drawn on it. Some were connected into large areas, some even had small courtyards and warehouses. Some were smaller, but most of the houses were made of wood. It wasn't difficult to build them, which was why they could be built so quickly.
This was a place where tribes traded with each other. Basically, there wouldn't be any transactions between a tribe and a single person or a few people. These activities were all organized by the tribes. Therefore, in this trading zone, there weren't any small houses for a single person or a few people. If there were many people, Shao Xuan would give them a bigger place. If there were fewer people, Shao Xuan would give them a smaller place.
The most central area belonged to the Yanjiao people. Moreover, it was different from the other wooden houses. The central area was a stone house with more than two floors.
It was getting closer and closer to the opening of the trading zone. The Yanjiao headquarters had already transported some goods over. In addition to the goods brought by the expedition team, the tribesmen still had a lot of things in their hands. Many of them were relatively cheap. There were also some animal skins, which they had accumulated over the past few days.
Pottery, horns, and bones weren't rare. The main things they had were animal skins and meat. Yanjiao didn't lack food now. They could use the extra food to exchange for other things.
In fact, now that the trading zone was open, the Yanjiao people would benefit greatly. They would have more choices.
Many of the nearby tribes had suffered varying degrees of damage in the past disaster. They didn't recover as quickly as Yanjiao. Perhaps they would take out the things they had saved to exchange for other things they urgently needed.
Soon, the Rain tribe also brought their goods over. They couldn't repay their debts for the time being, but they could use some of their labor to exchange for food for the winter. They hadn't been here for long, so they didn't have much in stock. This was just a trial.
Many people from the Drumming tribe also came, but they mainly came to watch the fun. They didn't have any goods, so they could only temporarily maintain the most basic livelihood. Even if they were envious, they could only watch. However, during this period of time when they were rebuilding their tribe, they dug up some scattered water moonstones. Some of them were even taken out from the water by the crocodiles. They planned to exchange them for some food.
The Pu tribe first sent people over to investigate. They felt that it should be safe for the time being, so they went back to report. Not long after, the Pu tribe's team also came over.
Because there weren't many people coming over, Shao Xuan arranged for them to be closer to the center instead of scattered everywhere.
Among the people from the Pu tribe, there were some people Shao Xuan knew. The leader was still someone Shao Xuan was familiar with. It was the Pu tribe's expedition team's leader, Fan Ning. There were also people like Yu, whose eyelids were painted in bright colors.
A whistle interrupted Shao Xuan and Yu's reminiscing. Shao Xuan let people lead the Pu tribe's team to the arranged place, while Shao Xuan looked towards the entrance.
After a while, outside the wall, a head appeared at the entrance of the trading point. That person's head was tied with a small braid in the shape of a chicken's claw. On both sides of the braid, there were also beast horns. The habit of wearing beast horns was not only practiced by the Yanjiao tribe, but also by other tribes.
The other party seemed very cautious. Under the urging of the guards at the entrance, they slowly appeared.
It was a group of people wearing rattan armor. Their hairstyles were similar. They held some wooden or stone weapons in their hands and carried rattan baskets on their backs. What caught Shao Xuan's attention was their feet, which were much bigger than the others, and the long toes on their feet.
With a strange expression, Lang Ga ran in front of Shao Xuan and said in a low voice, "These people were the ones who observed the trading point a while ago."
Shao Xuan also had an impression of a few of them. However, he remembered that the figures he saw hiding in the forest were people with unkempt hair. Now it seemed that these people had specially "dressed up" before coming.
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