I thrived in the primitive tribe

The development of the tribal area is on track, and the urgent issues that need to be addressed are being resolved step by step.

Lu Yao didn't know what to do at the moment, so she sat in the cave in a daze.

When the Great Shaman returned from outside, he saw Lu Yao sitting on the animal skin, seemingly lost in thought.

"What are you thinking?"

Lu Yao was pulled back from her wandering thoughts by the Great Shaman's voice, and looked at the Great Shaman standing at the cave entrance with a blank expression.

"I wasn't thinking anything, what's wrong?"

As the great shaman entered the cave, he said with a puzzled expression, "I saw you sitting there deep in thought as soon as I came in. I thought you had come up with some brilliant idea again."

"I wasn't thinking about anything just now, I was just spacing out."

Is there some question you can't answer?

"Things in the tribe are progressing steadily now, but I don't know what to do next. I suddenly feel a bit lost."

"Do you feel like you have nothing to do?"

"Maybe so. I feel empty inside. I've suddenly lost my way."

"Isn't this simple?"

"what?"

"Didn't you bring back peanuts and soybeans before? Why don't you plant them?"

"It's a bit too late now, so I plan to wait until the next hot season to plant them. I don't want to ruin all these hard-won seeds."

"That's true, the rainy season is coming soon."

Seeing Lu Yao lower her head again, the Great Shaman suddenly exclaimed "Ah!"

"What's wrong?" Lu Yao looked up immediately.

"I suddenly remembered that we're almost at the Orc Market."

"Orc market? What's that?"

"The so-called Orc Market is a marketplace where various tribes on the Orc Continent conduct trade."

"Tell me more about it~" Lu Yao looked up at the Great Witch with a hopeful expression.

"I told you before that we only have one tribe here, right? No, now there's another one, the Oak Dragon Tribe."

Yes. What's wrong?

"There are many valleys like ours on the Orcish continent, and there are many tribes in these valleys."

"I know that."

"Normally, because the tribes are far apart and there is a natural barrier between tribes and races, we rarely have any interaction."

"Isn't this normal? Oh, you mean that's why a date was set for the various tribes to exchange goods?"

"Pretty much. Strictly speaking, the Orc Market was initially used to facilitate communication and exchange between different tribes."

Later, due to various factors, it gradually became a place for exchanging goods.

Like before, we would use the animal hides we collected in the tribe to barter for things like salt.

"Since there's an orc market where we can trade salt, why were we sent out to trade salt a while ago?"

"This is because the salt exchange ratio changed during the last orc trade, resulting in us not being able to exchange enough salt to support this orc trade. We had no choice but to send Loya to other tribes to exchange for some salt first."

"I see. So the exchange ratio can be changed at any time?"

“Normally, it cannot be changed arbitrarily, but other situations cannot be ruled out.”

"Then why does the salt exchange ratio change?"

"Previously, there were two tribes that could exchange salt, but only one tribe went to the last orc trade market, and the other tribe did not go, so that tribe increased the salt exchange rate."

"So that means because they monopolize the salt exchange, we can only accept the increased exchange rate? Is no one going to do anything about it?"

"The exchange is voluntary. You don't have to exchange it. If you want to exchange it, you can only do as they say."

"This is outrageous!"

"Yes, but this time we don't need to exchange for salt. We have you to thank for that, otherwise we don't know what the situation would have been like this year."

"I don't think they'll be able to dominate the market this year."

"You mean the Oak Dragon Tribe?"

"What do you think? Although they need to share half of the salt with us, if we refine more, we can easily exchange it for goods at the orc market."

"This is difficult~"

"Why do you say that?"

"The orc market has existed for a long time, but only two tribes can exchange for salt. Why do you think that is?"

"Don't they allow others to exchange their own salt? Isn't that a bit too domineering? Won't this cause resentment from other tribes?"

“Some tribes had tried it before, but they were all taught a lesson in the end, and some tribes were even wiped out. Since then, no tribe has ever traded salt.”

"Did you also exchange Naloya from them?"

"No, you can't exchange them openly, but you can do it privately, as long as they don't find out."

"Didn't they notice?"

"They should be aware of this, so the amount exchanged privately won't be large. As long as it doesn't affect their control over salt, they won't interfere much."

In reality, he couldn't possibly manage it all; he couldn't possibly wipe out every tribe that had salt.

If I were to do that, it would incite public outrage, and that would be tantamount to courting death.

"So everyone just goes through the motions of living peacefully?"

Yeah~

"Can't these tribes unite and attack them?"

"If those two tribes unite, they basically have no chance of winning."

Moreover, the exchange rate for salt is still acceptable.

"What ethnic groups are those two tribes?"

"One is the Giganotosaurus, and the other should be the Kui Zhou Dragon."

"Do we have a chance of winning against them?"

"We can handle a single tribe, but we can't defeat two tribes."

"Hey~"

"What's wrong? You also want to exchange salt?"

"No, I just feel that our tribe is still not strong enough. If only we could be fearless of any tribe."

"Aren't we afraid of any tribe now?"

"But we are only not afraid of a single tribe. If they join forces, we have no chance of winning either."

"Didn't I tell you that tribes don't cooperate easily?"

"Didn't you say before that they joined forces and wiped out a certain tribe?"

"That's because that tribe infringed on the interests of two tribes at the same time."

"If we also engage in salt barter, wouldn't we face attacks from both tribes?"

"So you still want to do the salt exchange?"

"No, I was just using salt as an example to make a hypothetical scenario."

"We're not afraid of that either. We can try to unite with other tribes."

"Didn't that tribe consider uniting with other tribes before?"

"That happened a long time ago. The situation was a bit complicated at the time, and I'm not entirely sure what exactly happened. These are all things passed down from the older generation."

If you really want to participate, we can discuss and see if there are any good methods.

Even if we don't have that option, we can still exchange salt privately.

"Hmm, it seems we still need to find a way to improve our tribe's combat strength."

If our tribe is strong enough, wouldn't our chances of winning against other tribes be much greater, or wouldn't they be deterred from easily challenging us?

"Of course, nothing is more important than making one's own tribe strong."

"According to what you said, the orc market will have many things that we don't have here?"

"Yes, each tribe lives in a different location, and the tribes use local materials for their supplies, so would you like to go and take a look?"