Chapter three hundred and sixty-six withered saplings and transactions(1/2)
The ninth year of the establishment of the Mang tribe and the fourth month of autumn.
The day after the successful production of brown sugar, the weather suddenly became cold, the frost fell, the ground was white, and large-scale rime appeared in the forest, as if it was heavy snow.
After it snows, it is almost impossible to find soul medicine, not only because winter is the dormant period of plants, but also because heavy snow will cover the earth and make it difficult to move.
Therefore, Chenbei must make good use of the days before the snow. He thought about it and thought that the place where the soul medicine could be found the fastest place was the mysterious forest.
The mysterious forest is a concentration of magical plants, and it is the same even if it has become a blood vine tribe now.
However, in the past, I just had to go in and search for picking, but now I need to take the goods to trade them.
There are two favorite goods in the Blood Vine Tribe, one is fertilizer made by the Mang Tribe, and the other is warm clothing specially made for tree people and saplings.
Especially after the weather gradually became colder, the number of warm clothes needed by the Blood Vine increased dramatically.
Although tree people have unique advantages, such as long life, strong strength, and large body shape.
But the flaws are also obvious. Before they really grow up, they don’t have high IQ and their ability to make tools is also very low, let alone make warm clothes.
Because of this, the Blood Vine Tribe needs to constantly trade with the Mang Tribe in exchange for what it needs.
This is also a win-win situation. The Shuren tribe pays some regenerated fruits, branches, rhizomes and other things that are very effective, while the Mang tribe uses fertilizers to exchange for warm clothes and other things worn by the trees.
Both parties get what they want.
The Mang tribe now produces a lot more than before, such as the raw materials for warm clothing in the past, mainly the rabbit skin of gray-haired rabbits and other animal skins.
However, with the rapid increase in the number of colorful pheasants, red ducks, and several other domesticated poultry, the raw materials of the Mang tribe are now very rich.
Down is a very good warm material. It can be filled into clothes and quilts and can't be warmer anymore.
With the continuous improvement of craftsmanship and weather reasons, the clothes of the Mang Tribe are becoming more and more popular in transactions, and the garment workshops of the Mang Tribe are also getting bigger and bigger.
Among them, the inner and outer pockets on the clothes have received unanimous praise from the tribes. They even suggested that the Mang tribe make more pockets on the clothes and bigger so that more things can be contained.
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On the morning of that day, Chenbei asked the Green Spider to prepare a large amount of goods and prepare to trade at the Blood Vine Tribe.
Because I don’t know when it will start to snow, the faster the speed of going to the Blood Vine Tribe, the better, so Chenbei did not choose to walk, but asked the Red Crane Team to carry a large amount of cargo.
"Cry!"
More than sixty red cranes took off, Chen Bei sat on his red crane, and flew quickly towards the Blood Vine Tribe in the biting cold wind.
Nothing to say along the way.
Two hours later, the Red Crane Team of the Mang Tribe appeared outside the Blood Vine Tribe.
"Dong!"
The red crane landed on the ground, attracting many tourists outside the Blood Vine Tribe.
Although the totem god of the Blood Vine Tribe is very similar to ensuring that his tribe is full of tree people, at least it must be a bug that is beneficial to the trees.
However, over time, whether he is willing to admit it or not, human race is much more useful than tree people in many cases.
This is why, almost all the tribes on the road have all kinds of strange things, but almost all the tribes are human races, and the creatures of the totem god can only exist as war pets.
Because tree people are not easy to use, more and more tourists are around the Blood Vine Tribe. From the beginning of the disgust, the Blood Vine God could only accept it helplessly.
Of course, he insisted on not allowing these tourists to enter the tribe, nor would he recognize their identities, but just treated these tourists as tool people.
Tourists need to rely on the Blood Vine Tribe, and even if they stay outside, they can get some protection. The Blood Vine Tribe also needs these tourists to work.
Get the needs of each other.
Every winter, the vine walls around the Blood Vine Tribe will cover the sky of the entire tribe like huge lids, leaving only a small ventilation opening to let light shine in.
If it is sunny, these vines will shrink and let more sunlight shine in.
If it is snowing, these vines will extend in advance and close the ventilation ports to block the wind and snow as much as possible, and protect the trees and various strange plants inside.
To be honest, Chen Bei is very envious of such a vine wall.
After Chen Bei looked at the vine wall like a lid, under the gaze of the tourists, he walked to the gate of the Blood Vine Tribe and said, "Chen, the leader of the Mang Tribe, come to the Blood Vine Tribe to do a transaction."
In the gate made of vines, the two tree people slowly woke up, and human-like facial features appeared on the trunk. They looked at Chenbei and the red crane behind them, and then ordered the door to be opened.
"Happy... Welcome... Chen... Head... Leader..."
One of the tree men spoke in an extremely slow tone, which could make people desperate.
Chenbei is used to this. Every time the weather gets colder, the movements and speaking speed of these people will become slower and slower.
If the weather is extremely cold, the entire Blood Vine Tribe can speak freely and move only a handful of tree people.
"KaKaKa..."
The entangled vines slowly shrink back and forth because they were frost in the morning, the speed was very slow.
While Chen Bei was waiting, among the tourists, a relatively strong middle-aged man with obvious status came to him.
The middle-aged man first looked at the powerful soldiers of the Mang tribe and the tall and mighty Red Crane in fear. His waist bent slightly, and the expression on his face was nervous and fearful.
Then, the middle-aged man walked carefully to Chenbei. The warrior next to Chenbei stared at him coldly. Although he did not attack, his powerful oppressive force and eye threat also scared him.
"No... don't get me wrong. My name is Shi Teng, I'm here to make a deal with you."
Shiveng is the name of this middle-aged man. There happened to be a stone wall where he was born. There were many vines growing on the stone wall, so this name was born.
“Make a deal?”
Chen Bei turned around and looked at Shi Teng. He didn't mean to look down on these tourists. On the contrary, there were many tourists who traded with the Mang Tribe, and the Mang Tribe could earn a lot of things from these people.
"No...yes."
Even though Chen Bei did not expose his own aura, his realm was too high, and just standing there could bring great pressure to people. In front of Chen Bei, Shi Teng was not even speaking smoothly.
Chen Bei had a lot of dealing with tourists, so he naturally realized the problem, so he tried his best to restrain his totem power and said in a gentle tone as much as possible: "Don't be nervous, our mud tribe welcomes everyone to make deals with us."
Sure enough, Chen Bei's attitude made Shi Teng breathe a little relieved, but he was still cautious. After all, the leader of a large tribe in front of him was the leader!
It is not easy for him to muster up the courage to stand in front of Chen Bei. If he is allowed to relax, it will be difficult for him.
"What do you want to trade with us?" Chen Bei asked.
Shi Teng said: "We have collected a lot of herbs and a lot of animal teeth. We want to exchange some salt and clothes."
Although the Blood Vine Tribe did not accept them, these tourists can still get some benefits when they live outside the Blood Vine Tribe.
Among them, many herbs with good quality are one of the benefits.
These herbs are relatively low, and the Blood Vine Tribe doesn't care about them and let them pick them.
Over time, these tourists accumulated a large number of herbs. They could not use them all, and no one came to trade them except the Mang tribe.
Therefore, Shi Teng will pluck up the courage to trade with Chenbei this time.
"Herbs? Safflower goes over and see, if it's right, trade it with them."
"yes!"
As the leader, Chen Bei cannot do everything himself. Leaving Honghua with things like trading with tourists is a good choice.
"Thank you, Chief Chen."
Shi Teng thanked Chen Bei with gratitude. Chen Bei could send individuals to trade, and the people sent over were of great status among the Mang tribe, so he was already very sincere.
Honghua took a few soldiers and some goods, followed Shi Teng to the places where tourists lived and traded with them.
After arriving at the place, Honghua checked the medicines. She used to be responsible for collecting herbs in the Shu tribe and was naturally very familiar with the medicines.
Although the tourists' herbs were not very good, these herbs were really good, so Honghua happily traded them.
This incident was just a small episode in Chenbei's itinerary, but it was very important for these tourists living outside the Blood Vine Tribe, because they had too few channels to obtain salt and other materials.
This also laid the groundwork for the Mang tribe to trade more things with them in the future.
After a period of waiting, the gate of the Blood Vine Tribe finally opened.
It is not easy for those vines to shrink in this weather, so naturally they cannot make too many requirements for speed.
"please!"
The two tall gatekeepers made way and asked Chenbei and the trading team to come in.
Chen Bei brought the Red Crane Team in. As for Honghua and others who went to the tourist residential area to trade, they would also come in after the transaction was completed.
After entering the Blood Vine Tribe, Chenbei found that many tree people had entered a dormant state, and all kinds of strange plants were not energetic, and the leaves or flowers were closed.
Chenbei even saw some saplings and strange plants showing signs of withering. He was secretly surprised that this situation had never happened before, not to mention that it is protected by a vine wall now.
Only a small number of cold-resistant tree people can still move.
Chenbei walked all the way to the center of the Blood Vine Tribe. In front of the ancient altar, he saw the totem god of the Blood Vine Tribe and the totem ancient tree emitting green light.
Plants, especially plants that live long enough, can always give people a very shocking feeling.
For example, this blood vine has become larger after becoming a god. Although it is a vine plant, its main trunk is comparable to a thousand-year-old tree, which is astonishingly huge.
Its vines and root systems can cover the entire mysterious forest.
"Captain Chen, we're meeting again."
To be continued...