Chapter 52: Finally Arriving at the Huyan Tribe

The Guangxian Merchants only stopped for three hours in this small tribe before continuing on their way. Three days had passed since the last battle with the bandits, and they were getting closer and closer to the Huhan tribe.

Near dusk, Hua Kai was playing with Xiao Qiang in the carriage. Xiao Qiang was now three months old and could keep up with the pace of the horse team. Today, the little guy ate too much horse meat and was lying in the carriage. Hua Kai checked his attributes.

Golden Mastiff (Spirit Beast): Level 2 (99%)

Strength: 18

Agility: 16

Intelligence: 23

Talents: Tracking, Rage, Canine King Qi, Empathy

Master: Hua Kai

Loyalty: 95

[Tracking] Determine the target's scent to track the target. The talent skill requires acquired training.

[Rage] Entering the angry state can convert a certain intelligence value into physical fitness, and the strength is greatly improved.

[Canine King's Spirit] The wolf king gave birth to nine sons, and the nine kings fought for one mastiff. The golden mastiff was born with the spirit of the wolf king. When facing all wolves (dogs), it would enter the [Rage] state without losing its intelligence.

[Same Feeling] The owner can feel the simple thoughts of the spirit beast and sense the environment in which the spirit beast is located.

Last night, Xiaoqiang gained another skill after his loyalty reached 95 points. Hua Kai is now enjoying it. He can feel Xiaoqiang's attachment to him. Now he basically doesn't need to rely on words to give Xiaoqiang any orders. Xiaoqiang can sense a thought.

It's just that it's been nearly 10 days since the Gobi Desert. Xiaoqiang is stuck at the 2nd level (99%) experience and can't move. He also tried to take Xiaoqiang into the [Family Secret Realm Space], but this secret realm has no effect on Xiaoqiang, and it has affected his trial results.

Thinking about it, he has reached the peak of the intermediate wild beast in less than four months. Compared with humans, it is simply too terrifying, so Hua Kai doesn't worry too much. He had no way to tame spirit beasts, so he could only raise Xiaoqiang as an ordinary dog. There were spirit pills in the [Alchemy Room] of the [Family Secret Space] that could improve the cultivation of spirit beasts, but the Hua family could not afford it yet.

"There is a large tribe ahead of Kai'er. I think there are at least 10,000 people. Let's sell all the horse meat at a low price later! If we wait any longer, the horse meat will soon go bad!" Hua Xing rode on Lieyan to the outside of Hua Kai's carriage and said. He was still struggling with the problem of the horse meat in the caravan recently.

"Grandpa, you can handle these things! Let more family members participate in the transactions with the tribe. There are too few of us who know the Xiongnu language. If we want to do business in the Xiongnu country for a long time in the future, we must establish a long-term cooperative relationship with the Xiongnu tribe. This is not possible without knowing the Xiongnu language."

Hua Kai has been negotiating with the Xiongnu tribes in person these days. He has been able to have simple conversations with the locals in the Xiongnu language in just a few days. Everyone can't help but sigh that Hua Kai is a language genius and has a strong ability to learn languages.

Little did Hua Kai know that he repeated the conversation in his dreams hundreds of times every night, and he was almost sick of learning those simple sentences!

Entering this tribe of tens of thousands of people, a tribe with more than 100,000 people on the grassland is considered a large tribe, and a tribe with more than 20,000 people is considered a medium-sized tribe. This of course does not include the number of slaves in the tribe. Some tribes do not even count children under 12 years old as part of the population.

Hua Xing started to sell his horse meat to the people of this tribe again. This time, because one pound only cost 1 bone coin, this small tribe bought 30,000 pounds of horse meat at once. The Hua family caravan finally had only about 20,000 pounds of horse meat left, and the Hua family carriage finally did not have to move forward with overload.

What's gratifying is that this tribe still has three spiritual medicines for sale, and each one can be obtained for more than 20 gold, but when Hua Kai found out, the Han family was already trading with the other party, and Hua Kai could only envy and stop.

When they were about to reach the Huhan tribe, they encountered a clear stream. The stream was so clear that you could see all kinds of small fish and shellfish in it. The Hua family was happy to catch some small fish for a snack. They had almost vomited horse meat these days.

But the Hua family was stopped by the Han family just as they were about to make a move. Every river in the grassland is a river of life. All tribes also rely on water for grazing. They respect all rivers as gods, and all creatures in the river cannot be moved.

Everyone had to replenish drinking water in the river and continue on the road along the river.

The farther north they went, the more lush the grass and trees in the grassland became. Not long after, they actually saw a forest. When they arrived at the edge of the forest, the irritability at noon was swept away. The forest is too important for the grassland.

There was only 100 miles left to the Huhan tribe. Hua Kai had a new understanding of the large tribes in the grassland. The closer they were to the Huhan tribe, the more small tribes they encountered. They all lived around the Huhan tribe. The Huhan tribe had the right to rule all the small and medium tribes around it, just like the rights of Qi to Qingzhou.

After climbing over a small hill, Hua Kai was stunned by the scene in front of him.

In the distance, there was a huge sky-blue lake surrounded by countless tents of various colors. These tents were linked by brocades of various colors. From a distance, it looked like a huge color plate surrounded by a sky-blue water mirror, which attracted people.

The members of the Guangxian merchant team who came to the Huhan tribe for the first time began to shout loudly when they saw this. At this time, everyone saw a team of thousands of cavalry coming from a distance. It was the cavalry of the Huhan tribe.

The caravan began to go downhill. Everyone had to pull the carriage to prevent the carriage from being too heavy and the horses from stopping. After walking for more than an hour, the caravan finally got down to the bottom of the slope. The Huhan tribe cavalry had already lined up at the bottom of the slope waiting.

"Haha, dear friends, you are finally here! I have been waiting for you for several days!"

The leader of the Huhan tribe cavalry happily walked out of the team and hugged the leader of the Han family. This is a warm way to greet friends on the grassland.

The Han family seemed to be very familiar with the Huhan tribe, and they all greeted each other warmly.

Hua Kai saw that the Huhan tribe had cavalrymen starting to check the Han family's goods, and he also arranged for the caravan to prepare the goods for inspection.

It was already past 3 o'clock in the afternoon when they entered the Huhan tribe. After passing the inspection, the Guangxian merchant group was warmly welcomed by the Huhan tribe. They arranged exquisite food to entertain all the Guangxian teams. This was the first time Hua Kai encountered this during the entire business trip.

After lunch, the sun was about to set. Countless herdsmen from the Huhan tribe surrounded the Guangxian merchant group, enthusiastically discussing what good things they would exchange this year. The Hua family also received an explanation from the Han family that now was not the time to sell goods, and trading with the big tribe must comply with their regulations.

In the evening, all the Guangxian merchant groups were divided into an open space inside the Huhan tribe. This should be the trading place they prepared for the Guangxian merchant group. Someone from the Han family came in the evening to reiterate the rules for trading with the Huhan tribe. If anyone violated the rules, it would be difficult to come next year.

"This is the tacit understanding between our Han family and the Huhan tribe for many years. Starting tomorrow, the Huhan tribe will prepare the things they want to trade with us. Everyone should remember the following during the transaction:

1. Fair trading, and inferior goods are not allowed. Otherwise, they will be severely punished if they are found out.

2. You cannot leave the Huhan tribe within three days. All goods transactions cannot be lower than the prescribed minimum price, which is the price of your own goods plus the road pass fee. Of course, if you can sell at a high price, it depends on your own ability.

3. You can go to other tribes on the grassland after three days. After the Huhan tribe, each family should act according to their own strength. Don't get yourself trapped for a little more profit.

4. After May 16, if there are caravans that cannot sell goods, they can sell them all to the Huhan tribe at the minimum price, and they can accept them all.

5. The Han family caravan will leave the Huhan tribe in the early morning of July 1. If you can't catch up on time, you can only go home by yourself.

Finally, I would like to give you a piece of advice. Don't easily conflict with the tribe when you leave the Huhan tribe. If something happens, you'd better keep your mouth shut. When you return to the Huhan tribe, the Han family can help you solve your worries, but the price you have to pay will be high.

By the way, the ransom for the captives of your Hua family may arrive tomorrow. You can send someone to get it tomorrow night. "

The person who spoke to Hua Kai was Han Xu, the head of the Han family. Because the Hua family was in the Huhan tribe for the first time, he came to inform the Hua family in person, which actually showed that the Han family valued the Hua family.

In the evening, the main staff of the Hua family were discussing tomorrow's transaction in the main account. The Han family did not have a clear price regulation for the goods, but Wei Baotou had a simple understanding of the Xiongnu goods price. Everything should be done by the Han family tomorrow.

In the early morning of the next day, Hua Kai heard a noise outside the tent early. It sounded like people from the Huhan tribe.

Grandpa went out of the tent to check and found that the Huhan tribe was already preparing for today's transaction. They used horses to transport a large number of animal bones, animal skins, horses and other things. When it was dawn, everyone would start trading.

The Hua family couldn't sleep any more when they got here. They got up and saw that all the caravans in Guang County had also gotten up. Everyone discussed with each other what price their caravans' goods should be sold at. Some caravans felt that they were not strong enough and asked if there were any caravans willing to trade with them in the depths of the grassland two days later, because everyone knew that goods could only be sold at a higher price after leaving the Huhan tribe.

After breakfast, the Hua family laid out all the goods, and the sky began to brighten. Several people who looked like managers of the Huhan tribe began to ask the prices of goods from each caravan one by one, but they never bought them.

"Master, is our price too high? 300 bone coins per catty of coarse salt, 1,600 bone coins per catty of refined salt, this price is already 15 times higher than the salt price in Guang County." Er Zhuang saw several people who looked like leaders of the Huhan tribe coming to ask about the price, so he left directly and asked Hua Kai anxiously.

"Don't be too anxious. This is only the first day. Didn't the Huhan tribe keep us here for three days just to take away the goods from us at a low price? Is 15 times the price expensive? Not at all. The population of the Huhan tribe is more than 100,000, plus the affiliated tribes and slaves, the population is at least 400,000. How much salt did our 12 caravans bring? If they don't buy our salt, they can only lick stones. Those who ask the price are the nobles of the Huhan tribe. They don't want to lick stones." Hua Kai said with a smile while looking at the nobles of the Huhan tribe asking the price in the market.

What should many small tribes in the grassland do if they don't have salt? In order to replenish the salt in their bodies, they follow the cattle and sheep to find a piece of salt stone land and carefully scrape off the salt powder on the stone, so as to ensure their survival in the grassland.

There are many customers in the market in the morning, but they are all nobles in brocade clothes. They must have kept ordinary herdsmen out of the market to try to lower the transaction price. If any caravan loses patience, it will be in trouble.

Seeing that the Han family seemed to be in no hurry in the morning, Hua Kai did not rush to sell the goods. The other caravans in Guang County seemed to have experience and were not in a hurry at all. Hua Kai waited until noon and saw that a caravan finally opened. Now many people in brocade clothes all surrounded the caravans, and everyone's trading volume began to increase.

"How much do you sell these weapons? I need a large quantity. Can you make it cheaper?" A tribal brocade man came over and spoke in Xiongnu.

"Each weapon has different quality and price. If you need more, I can give you a half discount at the end." Hua Kai said.

The other party obviously did not expect that there was a child in this caravan, and this child could speak Xiongnu and was the person in charge of this caravan.

"This... this... and this!" The brocade man selected 60 spears in a while. Weapons are also in short supply in the grassland.

"A total of 5 fourth-level spears are 102 gold, 39 third-level spears are 79 gold, and 16 second-level spears are only 3 gold and 20 silver." Hua Kai said as he looked at the spears selected by the other party.

The fourth-level weapons are not easy to make for the Hua family. This time, the Hua family only brought out 8, and all five spears were chosen by the other party. Other caravans in Guang County also have weapons for sale, but most of them are second-level and third-level, and there are very few third-level weapons.

"Don't want these spears, how about these, a total of 100 gold?"

The brocade-clothed man put back the two fourth-level spears and exchanged them for two second-level spears.

"No, this will cost 146 gold. If you want more, I will give you 138 gold if you give me half of the price!"

138 gold is not a small amount for ordinary families. The brocade-clothed man was reluctant to return the two fourth-level spears, and returned 12 third-level spears, and exchanged them for second-level spears. The final price was 84 gold.

"All my goods are outside. Let's put these weapons here and let someone watch them. We will decide how to trade later."

In the Xiongnu, most transactions are barter, and gold and silver are just a reference value. The brocade-clothed man sent a herdsman to the Hua family stall to watch over the 60 spears so that they would not be replaced. Hua Kai, along with his fifth uncle, grandfather, Wei Baotou and more than ten others, followed the brocade-clothed man to a tent.

After leaving the caravan tent circle, Hua Kai saw a different scene outside. Countless herdsmen were waiting here with their goods, but they could not contact the caravan until they could trade.

The brocade-clothed man took Hua Kai to a group of tents, which were full of various furs and animal bones. There were also hundreds of horses waiting in the distance. This should be the goods they were going to trade this time.

"We have all kinds of cattle, sheep and wild animal furs here. Here are all animal bones, and there are horses. You can choose what you want." The brocade-clothed man said to Hua Kai and others.