Chapter 149 Crescent Moon Painted Flag Halberd
After the banquet, Hua Kai asked Chief Tiefa to send people to move the goods. He followed Chief Tiefa to the main tent, and the two talked about some secrets of the Ordos tribe.
"Only more than 3,000 people from the Wuzhui tribe escaped, and the Huhan tribe sent people to pick them up. Now the Wuzhui tribe has rebuilt a new tribe in the west of Zhizhi Chanyu. When winter came last year, three Xiantian realms raided my main tent!" Chief Tiefa said.
Hua Kai then realized the danger. Although the Ordos tribe had gathered all the former subordinate tribes of the Wuzhui tribe, the other nine tribes still supported the reconstruction of the Wuzhui tribe and had no intention of recognizing the Ordos tribe as a large tribe.
"What happened later? I wonder how Chief Tiefa repelled the enemy?" Hua Kai asked curiously.
"Three flag masters died in our tribe, and all the Qi training realm were seriously injured. I killed one Xiantian realm master from the other side, and another Xiantian realm master was injured. The other side left. That day, more than 200 masters from my tribe died in the battle." Chief Tiefa said with hatred in his eyes.
"Do you know which tribe these three Xiantian realm masters are from? What happened later?" Hua Kai asked.
"One of them is from the Huhan tribe, and he must have something to do with the Huhan tribe. This time you brought so much food. Last year, the number of wolves in the entire grassland increased due to the [Spiritual Impact]. Sheep and cattle were often attacked by wolves. The number of livestock on the grassland must have decreased significantly this year. Many tribes may starve. These grains can at least save thousands of people in the tribe." Chief Tiefa said.
"Wolf pack? Our caravan seems to have seen the shadow of a wolf pack along the way!" Hua Kai said.
"Now is the time for grassland animals to migrate. The wolves have gone to the Bantala River area to capture the migrating animals. They will come back after the migrating animals have all retreated in about a month. There seems to be news from the north of the Zhizhi tribe that there is news of the red wolf pack!" said the chief Tiefa with a sad face.
[Spiritual shock] benefits humans, but wild animals benefit more than humans. Wild beasts are known for their numbers. After this [Spiritual shock], their strength has improved, and the threat to humans is not a little bit.
The wolves on the grassland have been fighting with humans for thousands of years. This time is a great disaster for all grassland people. After this animal migration, the number of wolves will inevitably increase again. This may be the main reason why the ten major tribes on the grassland do not recognize the status of the Ordos tribe as a large tribe, but can still allow it to exist.
"Red wolf? Is the news accurate?" Hearing the red wolf, Hua Kai said worriedly.
The red wolf is one of the three major wolf species on the grassland, but many grassland people have only heard the legend of the red wolf in their lives.
The red wolf is not tall, and its combat ability is not as good as that of ordinary prairie wolves, but it is the most terrifying existence on the grassland.
Whenever there is sufficient rain on the grassland for several consecutive years and the number of animals increases, the red wolf will begin to reproduce in large numbers.
A red wolf can give birth to more than 10 puppies in a litter, and these red wolves will grow up in three months. There are many icebergs in the north and fewer human settlements. When the red wolf pack develops to a certain number, they will begin to migrate south for food. As long as there is enough food, their number can double in three months, and the number of tribes will increase hundreds of times in a year.
No one on the grassland is not afraid of the red wolf pack. They are fearless and each time they go out, there are tens of thousands of them. The living red wolves eat the bodies of the dead red wolves and continue to reproduce. Generally, the number of red wolves that can enter the Xiongnu Kingdom is hundreds of thousands. It has been half a year since the [Spiritual Impact] at the beginning of this year. The Zhizhi tribe has already discovered the shadow of the red wolf pack. The entire Xiongnu grassland and even the Central Plains may be in trouble.
"That might be really troublesome. The Ordos tribe must prepare for the wolf disaster early. We brought a lot of salt this time, and it is best to kill and salt the extra livestock early. If the Zhizhi tribe cannot eliminate the red wolf in its infancy early, all grassland tribes may be affected!" Hua Kai said.
At this time, Prince Chaganbala came in from outside the tent with a list of goods in his hand and handed it to the leader of the Tiefa tribe. The leader of the Tiefa tribe looked at it and handed it to Hua Kai.
Hua Kai saw that the list of goods showed 600 dan of wheat, 200 dan of rice, 200 dan of soybeans and other grains, 100 dan of snowflake salt, and 6,000 jin of white sugar...
Eighty percent of the Hua family's goods were taken away by them. If there is really a wolf disaster this time, the leader of the Tiefa tribe must have a large amount of supplies in his hands. It would cost a lot just to pass by and take so many things.
"Brother Hua, I will follow the price of your caravan's goods: 60 silver per stone for wheat, 80 silver for rice, 19 silver per catty for snowflake salt, 10 silver for white sugar, 80 gold for fourth-grade weapons... a total of 76,023 gold, do you think it's right?" Chief Tiefa said to Hua Kai.
All the prices were set according to the caravan, and Chief Tiefa did not let Hua Kai down. Hua Kai just took a look and nodded.
"Brother, you asked me to collect spiritual medicines. I have been collecting them since you left last year. Those spiritual medicines are definitely not valuable enough. Our tribe has more than doubled its slaves this year, and there are some good horses and black horses. You can take a look tomorrow." Chief Tiefa said this and waved his hand, and Prince Chaganbala went out of the tent to get the spiritual medicines.
Every once in a while, wooden boxes and stone boxes were sent in, and it was seen that Chief Tiefa had also made great efforts to preserve the medicinal properties of these spiritual medicines.
There is one fifth-grade spiritual medicine, nine fourth-grade spiritual medicines, fifty-five third-grade spiritual medicines, one hundred and forty-seven second-grade spiritual medicines, and more than one thousand and nine hundred first-grade spiritual medicines.
Although the first-grade spiritual medicines are mostly some [blood red flowers], [cordyceps] and other medicinal materials that barely reach the level of spiritual medicine, the value of these medicinal materials is more than 50,000 gold.
"A total of 51,940 gold, what do you think of this price, Chief Tiefa?" Hua Kai said after looking at all the spiritual medicines.
"That's it! In fact, it didn't cost our tribe too much to collect these spiritual medicines!" Chief Tiefa said a little embarrassedly.
The spiritual medicines he collected casually, and the price he paid was no more than 100 kilograms of [snowflake salt], but he actually exchanged for goods used by 100,000 people for a year. After tasting the benefits of the exchange, Chief Tiefa paid more and more attention to the Hua family caravan.
After leaving the main account of the Ordos tribe, Hua Kai returned to the market and saw that the caravan tent had been set up. He entered the main account and all the core members of the family were waiting here.
Hua Kai told everyone about the current situation of the Ordos tribe and the discovery of the red wolf by the Zhizhi tribe. The Hua family caravan had no way to deal with the possible wolf disaster. They could only stay in the Ordos tribe as much as possible. The stronger the tribe, the stronger its ability to resist the wolf disaster.
Hua Kai put all the spiritual medicines into the family secret space. Tonight he needed to make elixirs and forge weapons for Chief Tiefa.
After checking the family luck value of 1509 points, he first went to the [Weapon Shop] to find the cheapest halberd.
Crescent Moon Painting Flag Halberd: 7th-grade ordinary weapon
Forging materials: 60 catties of meteorite iron, 30 catties of fire cloud stone, 30 catties of purple molybdenum rock, and 40 taels of gold.
Required family luck value: 369 points
This is the most suitable halberd for Chief Tiefa to use. As long as he does not break through the foundation-building stage, he can use it all the time. Hua Kai clicked "Confirm forging", and a super-large halberd more than ten feet long appeared in front of him.
Holding the [Crescent Moon Painted Flag Halberd], the head of this halberd is relatively large, one side is crescent-shaped, and the other side is slanted ancient flag-shaped. Hua Kai tried this halberd and it was about 200 jin. No one without the innate realm could wield such a heavy weapon.
After the weapon was forged, Hua Kai came to the [Alchemy Room]. He first checked the number of pills that could be refined by all the pill recipes that were lit up. The most was [Rejuvenation Pill] with 416 furnaces, followed by [Small Return Pill] with 321 furnaces, and [Peeling Yuan Pill] with 192 furnaces.
[Rejuvenation Pill] has the same prescription as [Small Return Pill]. Of course, Hua Kai would not refine all of them. Now the family's luck value is still 1140 points. He first refined ten furnaces of [Rejuvenation Pill] in a row and obtained 57 pills. Then he selected the one with the most inventory and refined more than ten kinds of pills in a row, refining a total of 50 furnaces.
After checking the family's luck value, which was still 843 points, he selected the prescriptions with more inventory to refine in rotation. Before he knew it, when the family's luck value was only 300 points, Hua Kai realized that he had refined nearly 300 furnaces of elixirs. The [Rejuvenation Pill], which originally had the most medicinal materials in stock, had 61 (the number that can be refined) written next to it. He used up a small half of the newly purchased low-level spiritual medicines this time, and he had 1,692 more pills in his space.
The next morning, Huang Guangwen came to the door of Hua Kai's main account and asked when they could trade.
Hua Kai told him the price of the goods he traded with the Tiefa tribe leader yesterday, and suggested that he raise the price by 20% to sell the goods in his hands. Huang Guangwen stared with his eyes wide open and couldn't believe it.
A third-grade weapon dared to sell for 5 gold, and a fourth-grade weapon started at 60 gold, and the best horses here could generally be bought for 5 gold. He couldn't imagine that if all their goods were sold, wouldn't they be able to buy hundreds of horses!
Before he finished talking to his second uncle, the Geng, Yue, and Chen families also came. Hua Kai told them that the market could be opened today, and asked several members of the Hua family who knew Xiongnu language to help them complete the transaction. These members of the Hua family had come to the Ordos tribe last year and were familiar with the situation here.
The four families went back to prepare for the transaction. Hua Kai saw the Tiefa tribe leader and several flag owners walking towards his tent!
"Meet the Tiefa tribe leader!" Hua Kai saluted to the other party. In any case, he was just a guest here, and he could not be less respectful to the host.
"Do we still need to be so polite? Today, some tribes affiliated with the Ordos tribe heard that you were coming and wanted to trade with you. I have agreed. I guess someone will come in the afternoon!"
In theory, these Tiefa tribe leaders did not need to inform Hua Kai at all. He said so as a respect for Hua Kai. As allies, the two families have their own interests tied together.
"Just let the Tiefa tribe leader decide! I don't know when we will select the goods, so I can give you the pills earlier!" Hua Kai said.
"It's possible now. I'll take you to our slave camp today! You can pick any slaves you want this time. It's okay even if you pick all my elites." Chief Tiefa said generously.
Hua Kai knew that the number of slaves in the Ordos tribe now exceeded 100,000. With more than 100 people in the Hua family caravan, it was already the limit to pick thousands of slaves. This was simply not worth mentioning for the Ordos tribe's slave camp, so Chief Tiefa said so.
Hua Kai grinned when he heard this. The main purpose of the Hua family caravan coming to the Ordos tribe this time was to help them improve their strength. Now it wouldn't be too much to intercept more of their high-quality slaves!