Ancient wasteland

Ye was wiping the longbow silently at home, while Jing Qu carefully inspected the anesthetic applied to the arrow, and casually talked to Ye, "Actually, I really want to participate in the hunting, if only I can run faster. "

Ye Ye stopped rubbing the bowstring for a moment, thought for a moment, then nodded slightly, "En."

Jing Que gave a strange "Hey" and joked with him with a smile, "Why don't you say take me with you, you will protect me and it's over?!"

Ye just lowered his head and smiled, "It's true that I will protect you, but I don't want to take you to the hunt, if you want to watch me hunt.

I will take you out to hunt again during the water season next year. During the hunt, many wild animals will be killed, which is very dangerous...and bloody.

At that time, the beasts we hunted will pile up into mountains, and the ground will be stained red with blood, which is completely different from skinning and tearing bones in the usual tribe.

It will be hard for you to see it, I don't want you to be unhappy, be good, I will take you to the mountains to hunt in the water season. "

Jing Que was so annoyed by his "good" word, he wanted to struggle to quibble, saying that he would not be afraid of watching the slaughter of prey, he had seen pig slaughtering when he was a child!

As a result, after thinking about it carefully, I have been in the tribe for so long, I have never seen a large-scale hunting, and I have never seen a really bloody scene.

Usually the prey that everyone brings back is basically dead, and the live ones are used for domestication, shearing and pulling carts, and they are all well-raised!

In fact, for so long, their tribe has protected him very well, basically not letting him see any too much blood.

Don't look at the blood flowing into a river, it's easy to say, but if you really want to see him, I'm afraid it will be really uncomfortable!

He also gave up the idea of ​​following the hunt, and devoted himself to helping the wilderness check weapons and wound medicines, and waited for the prey they killed to be sent back one after another, so that they could marinate the bacon.

Thinking of bacon, Jing Qu stood up abruptly, "Is there no shortage of salt in our tribe?!"

He remembered that Bei told him that because they couldn't exchange a lot of salt stones, they marinated less bacon!

The smile on the corner of Ye's mouth was slightly restrained, and he looked at the longbow with cold eyes, "I plan to take people to the Dahe Tribe first, and after the prey comes back, our tribe needs enough salt."

Jing Que was taken aback, "But the people of the Dahe Tribe don't want to exchange salt with us, so you are planning to fight with them... Are you going to grab the elite with you?"

Ye nodded and clenched the longbow in his hand, "Talk to them first, let them know the strength of our tribe, if we can't reach an agreement, we can only talk about it after a fight."

"But..." Jing Zhu was a little worried. The wild animal form could fly in the sky, but no one else in the tribe could.

They all need to carry salt from the land, even if they break through the guards in the salt and stone fields, they will attract people from the tribe.

If they got the salt, they would not be able to bring it back if they dragged a lot of tails. After all, there are so many people in the Great River Tribe.

The ants can still kill the elephant, and the Dahe tribe is far away. They can't go out to change the salt, but the whole tribe can't do it!

In order to get back some salt... He didn't want to be dragged to death by the Dahe Tribe's crowd tactics, it would be very troublesome!

"It's okay." Ye knew what he was worried about, and comforted him with a smile, "If I really want to get to that point, I'll shoot their patriarch and priest to death first.

They messed up on their own, so they didn't have time to take care of the salt stones we were holding. "

Jing Zhu nodded, "Okay, then you have to pay attention to safety."

It can't be blamed for their cruelty. Without salt, their tribe can't survive the winter, so the wilderness is going to talk to the Dahe tribe. If the Dahe tribe is determined and doesn't give them back no matter what.

If you want to get the salt, you have to fight... Shooting the priest and the patriarch directly is of course the best effect that can be achieved with the least bloodshed.

Even his own tribe can't survive, and Jing Que won't soften his heart at all.

Just when the hunting team was ready and was about to set off, Bei brought the three brothers who had awakened into fish form from the tribe to look for him.

With an unconcealable joy on his face, he lowered his voice mysteriously, "Jing, guess what we found at the bottom of the lake?!"

When Jing Que saw the three brothers, he knew that something good must have been found under the lake. He smiled and guessed, "Is it shells and pearls?"

Bei shook his head, and Jing Qu smiled and waved his hands, "Okay, I don't want to guess, you guys tell me quickly."

"It's salt, it's salt!" Bei looked at him with joy, and he couldn't hide his joy, wishing to jump up and announce it to him.

Jing Que was slightly stunned, his head was full of doubts, their lake was clearly an ecological environment of a freshwater lake.

How can there be salt? !Could it be that he missed something? !

Seeing that he was full of doubts, Bei quickly pushed the tall and thin man behind him, and urged, "Tell the priest how you found out!"

The man was also obviously very happy, with an excited face, "My brother and I were swimming at the bottom of the lake, and the third child kept diving down there. The water in the lake is very deep, and we swam for a long time before we reached the bottom of the lake.

Later, we found a hole at the bottom of the lake. After drilling into that hole, we found that there was a river under the ground. We followed the river upstream, and we discovered the salt.

A lot of salt, all of which are very white and delicate, with no soil around them, all of which are salt. "

Jing Que frowned, a salt mine connected by an underground river? !

He was still trying to accept the message, when the side moved suddenly, and asked the person who spoke, "Do you know which direction you are swimming?"

The man was stunned. They swam around in the lake, and drilled a hole in the bottom of the lake. They really didn't know which direction they were going...

Instead, the people next to him thought about it for a long time, "It should be the direction where we lived before."

The three brothers all migrated from the tribe, and they used to live near the Dahe tribe. Ye turned his head and looked at Jing Que.

Both of them thought of a piece, could it be... the salt mine guarded by the Great River Tribe? !

Rao Ye, who has always been as immobile as a mountain, was surprised by this news. They had already made up their minds to use force to fight against the Dahe Tribe!

In the end, it turned around... the turn was a bit steep, and it almost knocked him out when it fell!

After being dizzy for a while, Jing Que began to think about the possibility of bringing salt back from the waterway. The more he thought about it, the more feasible it became. The awakening ceremony has only passed four days.

The three brothers could find the salt mine and swim back and forth much faster than they could have traversed the jungle.

This may be due to the fact that the waterway is short and there are no obstacles, and it is easy to move, and it may also be related to the fact that their brother's beast swims fast.

No matter what the reason is, as long as the amount of salt they can bring back each time is not particularly small, they can completely replace their salt-changing teams on land.

What's more, now that the Dahe tribe is unwilling to exchange salt for them, they can only take an unconventional route!

Isn’t it just that we don’t want to change the salt for us, then we will get it ourselves. What you found was salt rocks on the ground, and what we dug was underground salt mines.

We don't take advantage of anyone, and see who can restrain who. In the future, we will continue to develop without lack of salt.

Jealousy kills you, anger kills you!snort!

The more Jing Yu thought about it, the happier he was, and he asked the three brothers with a smile, "When you turned into beasts, how strong were you? If you were to pull something in the water, how many catties would you be able to carry?"

The person who just spoke thought for a while, "It's much bigger than when we were in human form. It's a bit difficult to go upstream. If you go downstream, the water will head towards us. It should be fine to bring two hundred catties."

Two hundred catties for one person, six hundred for three people!

It only takes four days to go back and forth, and six hundred catties of salt is three hundred kilograms, which is enough to feed 5 people for four days!

Jing Que immediately slapped the table and decided to transport the salt back by water, "In the future, you will transport salt to the tribe, whether you want to sell it to department stores, or you can open your own shop.

Our tribe will go to you to buy salt in the future!The money earned from selling salt must be enough for your brothers to buy meat and clothes, and you only need to pay a small tax. What do you think! "

The man was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't believe it, "You mean...you mean, we will sell the salt ourselves in the future, and all the money will be ours?"

Their brothers came from the mountain tribe last year, and they had just awakened as warriors. When they were swimming and fishing in the lake, they still remembered this time last year.

It really didn't feel hopeful at all, the body was thin, there was no food, and the priest was injured. I always felt that they couldn't survive that cold season.

Who would have thought that after just one cold season, they would have changed so much, because they were honest and hardworking.

During the dry season, they lived in the strong and spacious brick houses of the tribe. During the windy season, they awakened into warriors!

Still a beast warrior!Although it needs to be in the water to transform into a beast, but the lake is so big, they can definitely find prey in the water!

This is also the reason why they went to the lake after awakening, trying to find prey and make due contributions to the priests and the tribe.

The patriarch is right. Only when everyone works hard can the tribe get better and better. Their sense of belonging to the tribe is very strong.

Originally, I wanted to tell the priest the news, and I would be very happy to get some rewards for helping the tribe transport salt in the future.

Unexpectedly, the priest would let them sell salt by themselves!

There is no need for pottery coins to bring salt up from the ground... They can sell so many pottery coins, I feel so excited just thinking about it!

Jing Zhu slightly smiled, "Not all the proceeds are given to you, you have to pay taxes, and the tax tribes will use it to buy bricks and tiles, build city walls, tribal squares, sewers and other public facilities, you can understand."

This is also set by Jing Zhuo reminding Ye, whether it is a blacksmith shop or a department store, there are tax collection standards.

The three brothers nodded quickly, "All right, all right, no problem."

Jing Que, "..." If you don't even ask how much you have to pay, you will be a ghost if you understand it!

But when I think about it, I don’t know how much can be transported, and it’s hard to determine the tax rate, so I have to discuss with them about the container of salt.

When they bring the salt back, they will look at the specific situation and give an appropriate tax rate based on the actual situation.

The three brothers naturally agreed, excitedly going to make wooden barrels to transport salt.

Jing Que told them to take a break first and eat something, but they were very anxious, "No, no, let's change into fish shape and catch fish in the lake to eat.

We can't delay, we have to get the salt back and store it early, otherwise the hunted prey won't be able to pickle the bacon. "

Said hurriedly and left, Jing Qu shook his head with a smile.

Now that the problem of salt shortage in their tribe has been solved, Ye is also relieved. He has no worries and remains silent. He leads a hunting team of hundreds of people and rushes to the hunting place.

They hunted this time, but did not notify the Black Mountain Tribe and the Jumu Tribe, and the cooperation between the three tribes was terminated.

Even, Jing Zhu would vaguely feel in his heart that the wild would definitely intervene in the hunting of other tribes in the wind and season, so as to drive those tribes to a dead end.

He guessed it, but this time he didn't stop it.

It is a law of nature that the weak prey on the strong, and those tribes are not benevolent first, they are just unrighteous.

He is not a holy mother, he will unconditionally treat outsiders in those tribes.

If you really can't survive, well, come to our tribe. The food they harvested this time is enough to feed 2000 people through the cold season. Now there are only [-] people in the tribe.

As long as they are sincerely willing to join the tribe, they will all come, and they will definitely not die.

The three brothers quickly brought back nearly [-] catties of salt, left them all for sale in department stores, and then came to report to Jing Yu about the situation on the road. In fact, the journey was very safe.

The underground river is full of flowing water, and there is no particularly wide space suitable for living. There are some large animals in the lake, but none of them can keep up with their speed.

For this reason, Jing Que also looked at their animal shapes, but he didn't expect it to be a swordfish... A swordfish that can live in fresh water can be regarded as a miracle.

The price of salt is set at 5 cents per catty, which is not low. After all, sweet potatoes are only 1 cents per catty, but the production of sweet potatoes is high, and the consumption is also large.

A catty of salt can be eaten for a long time, there is no comparison.

Regarding taxation, the three brothers offered to pay 5% of the tax... According to Jing Zhu, they like to play in the water, transporting salt is the same as playing in the water, and swimming with salt is not hard, just more Pay some money to the Horde.

Jing Que did the math. The three brothers could transport 600 catties of salt in four days, and sell it for 300 yuan. According to their purchasing power, they could buy 3000 catties of sweet potatoes, 300 quack animals, and 30 baa baa animals.

Although quack beasts can be caught directly in the lake, the money earned is really violent, so they agreed to follow the ratio they proposed.

Later, when the salt storage exceeded the standard, the three brothers followed the boat to play and fish in the lake, and they were very happy all day long.

The salt is ready, and the hunting team has dispatched advance troops to start transporting the prey to the tribe.

During the wind season, the prey are fat and strong, with lush fur. It is a good time to store food and tan fur. People who stayed in the tribe began to get busy one after another.

Curing bacon and sausages, tanning furs and leather, treating wounds and bandaging the wounded, even the old priests were too busy to touch the ground.

This kind of busyness lasted for about ten days. When the last group of soldiers who participated in the hunt came back and successfully marinated all the bacon, they barely finished this year's meat storage and could take a short rest.

During this short rest period, Ye took the elite of the tribe out every day, and then brought back some small and scattered prey.

Those prey had the most primitive stone knife scars, and it was obvious that they were not caused by the people of their tribe.

Jing Zhu turned a blind eye and treated it as his own, pickling what should be pickled and eating what should be eaten.

When the wind season was nearing the end, Ye stopped taking people out, rested at home for two days, and announced that he would take people to participate in the trade fair of the Dahe Tribe.