Chapter 762: Life as a slave is truly good

This is a sea beast hide bag made from the hide of a kind of sea beast.

Inside it is salt.

Kulo was startled; he reached out and touched the sea beast skin bag that felt very thin and light.

Somewhat worried: "Such a thin skin bag holding salt would easily tear."

If the precious snow salt were to spill, that would be bad.

Wu Yue lightly laughed, gesturing for a nearby tribesperson to bring over an empty sea beast skin bag and hand it to Kulo.

You can try.

The skin bag handed to him was indeed as light and thin as he had imagined.

Kulo glanced at Shaman Yue, then gave it a gentle tug.

Hmm?

Although he didn't use much force, for such a thin skin bag,

it should tear easily.

But the skin bag in his hand showed no change at all.

It was even quite flexible.

He had only heard that the shed skin of snake beastfolk, after special treatment, becomes very tough.

And it is breathable and elastic.

Many snake beastfolk keep their shed skins, treat them, and save them for future partners.

Even with the partner's consent, they can be used to trade goods with other tribes.

They are quite popular at the land beastfolk's trade gatherings.

This is the hide of a giant sea beast.

The hide of each giant sea beast can make a dozen or so of these skin bags.

It is sturdy and waterproof—perfect for holding salt.

She pointed to a pile of finely polished bamboo tubes placed to one side.

These bamboo tubes are ones I personally measured.

Each bamboo tube holds the same amount of salt.

From now on, we will use this bamboo tube as the measure when distributing salt.

She then turned her gaze to the large skin bags inside the ship's hold.

These hold the salt of a hundred bamboo tubes.

At that time, they can be directly exchanged for you tribes with high demand.

Kulo's eyes lit up at the words: "Shaman Yue, could you also give us these sea beast skin bags for holding salt?"

Wu Yue gave him a sideways glance: "These giant sea beasts are not easy to hunt."

Our tribe's supply of such skin bags is also limited.

These sea beast skin bags can first be lent to you for use.

The next time we come to trade, you can return these skin bags to us.

Having said that, she lightly laughed: "Of course, if you want to buy them, that's also possible."

But such precious skin bags will be a bit more expensive.

Hearing her say they'd be more expensive, for some reason Kulo blissfully closed his mouth.

Anyway, he couldn't afford them, but thinking of the tribe's chieftain and shamans,

Oh, anyway, there will always be someone willing to spend goods to obtain them.

When the big ship arrived at the banks of the Lin He River,

Not only were the people of the Snow Moon Tribe's Lin He Ling Di territory, who had already received the news,

but the shore of the Yun Wu Shan Mai on the other side was even more a beast mountain and beast sea.

Piles of goods were placed together, like little mountains of items.

"Here they come, here they come, the Snow Moon Tribe's trade ship has arrived."

"Shaman Yue, will there be salt for trade this time?"

"Do you have those big, bright beads?"

"Do you have that red sea tree from last time?"

Various roaring inquiries rose and fell.

Wu Yue flicked her ear, reached into her small back basket, and took out the prepared loudspeaker.

"People of the Yun Wu Shan Mai, please quiet down a moment."

"This time we've brought salt and various sea goods, only more than last time, not less."

"But so that everyone can exchange for the items they want,"

"we are adopting a purchase limit system."

"Each tribe's exchanged items are limited."

"Everyone, line up in order, do not crowd."

"Only after lining up can we begin trading."

The shaman's aura slowly spread out.

The crowded, noisy crowd below instantly fell silent.

Under Wu Yue's indication,

The warriors of the three great super tribes and the Snow Moon Tribe's beastman warriors began to maintain order at the scene.

Besides the items specially reserved for the three major super tribes.

Each tribe, feeling both regret and ecstatic joy, clung to the limited‑purchase items they had obtained in trade.

Carefully squeezing out of the crowd, they ran toward the direction of their own tribe.

Meanwhile, the Beastman Warriors of the Snow Moon Tribe were exchanging salt.

The snow‑white salt rose up in a small point.

The Beastfolk of the Snow Moon Tribe would also grab another handful and stuff it into the trader's fur bag.

Afterwards, they gestured for some dazed Beastfolk to leave.

Until every person who came to trade had received this extra handful of salt.

Everyone looked at the Snow Moon Tribe's people with friendly and grateful eyes.

This made them feel even more favorably toward the Snow Moon Tribe, and they directly said the Snow Moon Tribe was generous.

For the Snow Moon Tribe, which now possessed its own territory in the Bai Sha Yan Hai.

The snow salt could be obtained with just a bit of labor.

All that was needed was to transport it here, and they could exchange it for a large amount of supplies.

The Beastfolk all indicated they didn't feel the slightest bit of regret.

Although these land tribes had not learned to read or do arithmetic.

But regarding their trade with the Snow Moon Tribe, they knew perfectly well whether they had profited.

One by one, they racked their brains and pushed forward.

Because of the publicity from the tribes that had participated in the previous trade fair.

More and more people came to this trade fair after hearing the news.

Following that came a large number of slaves.

The various tribes' strange and exotic fruits, seeds, wild beasts, medicinal herbs and other materials flowed in large quantities into the Snow Moon Tribe's coffers.

The trade fair was crowded and bustling, and it ended quickly as well.

After the three super tribes hauled away the last bag of salt.

The large ship that had previously been filled with salt and sea goods was now empty and bare.

All that remained was for the Beastman Warriors of the Snow Moon Tribe to move the materials obtained in this trade onto the ship.

In this trade, the Snow Moon Tribe obtained nearly a thousand slaves.

But because the situation in the Bai Sha Yan Hai this year was unfavorable.

So Wu Yue left all these slaves in the Lin He Ling Di territory.

Most of these people were slaves being resold due to the approaching cold season, and there were also ordinary people who had been sold by their families or had voluntarily sold themselves to their families in exchange for food and supplies.

But without exception, after this trade they all became a new batch of slaves in the Snow Moon Tribe.

These new slaves huddled in the corner of the ship's deck.

Their gazes toward the strong, sturdy Beastman Warriors of the Snow Moon Tribe who occasionally passed by were full of panic.

That appearance was clearly like a bunch of chicks being stared down by a fierce beast.

They shrank together into a ball, not knowing what kind of hard life awaited them.

But when they arrived at the Snow Moon Tribe's Lin He Ling Di territory.

Only then did the timid slaves discover.

The slaves of the Snow Moon Tribe lived better than when they had been ordinary tribespeople.

Although they still had to work, and the work was not little.

But they could all eat their fill.

They had clean, warm brick‑tile houses that were even better than the stone houses of the Beastman Warriors of their tribe.

They wore clothes made of precious cloth that only the great tribe's shamans could afford.

Watching the busy Snow Moon Tribe slaves coming and going, occasionally saying something to their companions.

These newly arrived slaves couldn't help but prick up their ears.