Chapter 1377: Delivering Goods

The items the Jiuli need to trade with Huaxia have all been found; the various water grasses of the Northern Pastures and the roots of the Jiao-growing grass are both very abundant in quantity, and Chiyou has also decided to begin trading with Huaxia now.

Their preferred trade route is, naturally, through the Suiren. Previously, they still felt that it was truly surprising that Huaxia could persuade the Suiren; after all, the Suiren is such a large tribe, so what kind of methods must Huaxia have had to be able to coerce the Suiren into doing this for them?

Now, seeing the sea goods in his own hands, as well as all the news regarding the sea, makes Chiyou believe that Huaxia indeed has such ability. If he himself could be manipulated by Huaxia using the sea, then naturally they have a way to manipulate the Suiren; it is just that he does not know how exactly they are being manipulated.

However, he also has his own worries. Much of the information he wants to know must be conveyed to Huaxia through people speaking, and the answers Huaxia gives them must also be conveyed by people through speech before they can reach them here.

But if that is the case, wouldn't the secrets of the sea be impossible to keep? The Suiren might be able to be manipulated by Huaxia, but that does not mean their Jiuli can trust Huaxia, so Chiyou is preparing to make two sets of preparations.

First, to trade normally with Huaxia through the Suiren, sending the things Huaxia needs through the Suiren; second, to bring some things to the Xuanyuan Tribe and go directly to find the people of Huaxia.

According to what Bingzhu and the others said, there are Huaxia people stationed at the Xuanyuan Tribe, like some kind of Embassy or something; perhaps Changle is still at the Xuanyuan Tribe right now.

The questions he brings can be conveyed to Baifeng through the Huaxia people at the Xuanyuan Tribe, and after obtaining the answers, they can be brought back to their people; this is also possible, though the time will be relatively longer, but this is also what Huaxia requested—two lines are safer and carry less risk.

The grass roots that Huaxia wants are packed directly into large sacks; there are several large sacks, but it is unknown how much this stuff is worth in Huaxia. Now they want to use this stuff to trade for the answers to their own questions with Huaxia, and later see if they can trade for things like Silk.

The edge tribe of the Suiren, which had long since received arrangements, did not show any hostility when the people of the Jiuli arrived with the goods, because they knew that they now belonged to Huaxia, only they could not speak of it to outsiders.

This place of theirs will be directly abandoned in a few years. The former edge tribe, now because it borders the Jiuli, has instead gained importance and received benefits, so why should they have hostility toward the Jiuli? They should be more friendly instead.

The envoy sent by the Jiuli thought they might receive some unkind treatment, after all, they had aggressively occupied much of the Suiren's territory, and they had fought and killed these tribesmen of the Suiren. Now, even if they were trading because of Huaxia, they thought it unlikely that Huaxia would have enough face to make their enemies treat them kindly.

But the reality was so absurd; the Suiren were actually quite friendly to them. Although it did not reach the point of welcoming them or providing them with food, they did not draw their Weapons on them and even let them sit down to talk together, which for the Jiuli was already an incredibly good attitude.

"These are the things our Jiuli are trading to Huaxia. There are two sacks of this 'treasure root' they want, and seventeen sacks of this Grass they want. You should have received the news; you can convey and send these on our behalf, right?" The Jiuli envoy was still a little uncertain.

But the Suiren people didn't even look; they just counted the quantity and said, "No problem. Our Tribal Chief has already arranged it for us. We will send all of these over, so rest assured."

The Jiuli were astonished that they were so easy to talk to. But what they did not expect was that the small Tribal Chief of that Suiren tribe directly sent someone to bring over a wooden box and handed it to the Jiuli envoy: "Inside this is a bolt of Silk, and some paper."

"I remember, I remember..." The Tribal Chief couldn't quite remember clearly, but after trying hard to recall, he said, "It seems they said that originally these things didn't need to be given to you, but our Tribal Chief said that we should still give you a little, and also, that 'who' of yours, that girl who is about to give birth—our Tribal Chief is happy, so he gave you a bit more."

The Jiuli envoy was a bit confused: "Girl? What girl? Your Tribal Chief, our tribe doesn't seem to have any girl related to your Suiren, right?"

The Suiren Tribal Chief realized he had misspoken and hurriedly tried to make up for it: "That, it's just our Tribal Chief, he said the Huaxia one, that girl in Huaxia, not our Suiren, it seems she is about to give birth to someone's child, so he gave you this extra."

Now the envoy understood: "Ah, it's Ayuduo. That makes sense. Then we will accept this Silk. Are you sure you can send the things?"

The Tribal Chief patted his chest in assurance: "Of course, no problem! We have taken so much grain, it is definitely no problem."

The Jiuli envoy felt very puzzled today, but his mission was accomplished, so it didn't matter. Anyway, he had sent the things out and even obtained Silk; this Silk could be considered proof that he had completed his mission. He had originally thought he would be returning empty-handed, but he didn't expect such an unexpected harvest.

The envoy to the Xuanyuan Tribe had also been sent out. The Leader was naturally Bingzhu, who was relatively more familiar with the situation. Bingzhu was familiar with the route, familiar with the Xuanyuan Tribe, and even more familiar with Huaxia. As someone who had been to Huaxia, there were not a few people in Huaxia who knew him; he had a relative advantage in completing this mission.

Yangasha would not be going this year. After all, she was a woman, and the benefits she had obtained last year were already enough; that piece of Silk clothing of hers was already the object of envy for everyone in the entire Jiuli.

Bingzhu did not even have the heart to make clothes out of his Silk; he handed it to Chiyou instead. This was to give Chiyou a better impression. He would have to compete with his brothers in the future, and now he already occupied an advantage in the competition. If he could maintain Huaxia as a trading partner for a long time, then his possibility of inheriting the tribe in the future would be higher.

He possessed wisdom, he possessed merit, and he also possessed the martial strength that the Jiuli valued most. Being able to lead the Soldiers to kill a huge Jin Hu was proof. Now Chiyou also valued him; it just depended on whether he could continue to maintain it.