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Chapter 135 Setting up a stall

Bai Ling understood what Yue meant, and he finally put aside his doubts and breathed a long sigh of relief.

That's good, otherwise he would really suspect that Yue's grandfather and great-uncle were dissatisfied with him.

After washing the dishes, Bai Ling and Yue said goodbye to the two elderly people. They planned to visit the Chada Assembly Hall.

*

The Chada Assembly was very lively, especially this year when the orcs from the central tribe came. Orcs from nearby tribes brought a lot of things, hoping to exchange them with the orcs from the central tribe.

Along their journey, the caravan from the central tribe not only brought goods from their own tribe but also exchanged many specialties with other tribes—products that were not found in the surrounding areas.

In the past, the goods they brought were mostly animal meat and animal hides. The animal meat they brought was very dry, smoked meat strips that could be stored for several months. When the surrounding tribes traded with them, they mostly used salt and animal hides.

Four days' journey from the High Tree Tribe, there is a salt lake. The salt produced there is of very high quality, and at the beginning of summer, surrounding tribes would send orcs there to produce salt.

Some of the dried salt was eaten, and the rest was traded with the orcs of the central tribe.

However, the Central Tribe had no meat to trade for salt this year because they decided to stay in the High Tree Tribe to learn house building from Bai Ling, and all the meat they brought was used to pay for their tuition.

With the largest quantity of animal meat unavailable, the central tribes will be unable to exchange it for enough salt, which will severely impact the caravan's journey.

Salt is a very important commodity for orcs. There is a salt lake here, so several tribes have never had to worry about salt. Those tribes without a salt lake can only rely on caravans if they want to get salt.

The caravans that departed every three years were the only way for some tribes to obtain salt.

The leader of the central tribe had already come up with a solution: "borrowing".

They would first "borrow" salt from the surrounding tribes, and then make up for the meat they owed when their caravans came again.

The trade between the central tribe and the surrounding tribes has been going on for many years, and the two sides can be said to have a stable trading relationship, or even be considered friends.

The leaders of the surrounding tribes readily agreed.

This has happened before. Sometimes the central tribe owes things to the surrounding tribes, and sometimes the surrounding tribes owe the Snow Mountain tribe salt. After both sides sign a contract, they will make up for the debt in the next transaction.

I've never owed so much before.

There was nothing they could do about it. In fact, it wasn't just the surrounding tribes; the meat from those animals was also meant to be traded with other tribes on the journey ahead. Now that it had all been given away, their entire plan would be greatly affected.

But it's all worth it. If they can learn the skills of building houses, not only their tribe, but the entire orc continent will undergo a great change.

*

Bai Ling naturally had no idea what kind of deal the central tribe had made with the surrounding tribes. He originally wanted to stroll around with Yue, but he didn't expect to run into a young female from the tribe as soon as he arrived at the outskirts of the Chada Conference.

They were all dressed up nicely, walking hand in hand. Xiao was there too. When he saw Bai Ling and Yue, his eyes lit up, and he called out to Yue, "Yue, we're all ready, let's go!"

Yue glanced at Bai Ling standing beside her: "Ling, I made plans with them to set up a stall together this morning. Are you coming with us?"

Xiao chuckled and walked over, pulling Yue forward: "Ling, let's borrow Yue for a while, and return her to you at noon."

His words made the group of females laugh, and Yue's face immediately turned red.

Bai Ling laughed and said, "I'm not going." He pointed in a direction, "The clan has set up a stall today and wants to exchange some ironware. The clan chief asked me to go and help."

Xiao had already walked several steps with Yue. He waved to Bai Ling and said, "Then I'll take Yue with me. Don't worry, Ling, we'll definitely return Yue by noon."

Amidst the laughter of the young beastmen, Yue was escorted away.

Bai Ling watched as their group squeezed into the crowd and were quickly swallowed up by the flow of people. He smiled and walked in another direction.

Bai Ling first went to find the clan chief, who was at the place where the clansmen had slept the day before. He had already prepared everything to sell with the clansmen and was just waiting for Bai Ling to arrive.

Upon seeing Bai Ling arrive, the clan chief said, "Alright, let's go."

Zhan handed over a basket. Bai Ling looked left and right, making sure it was just her, Zhan, and two elderly clansmen. A look of surprise appeared on her face: "Clan leader, are there only four of us?"

An elderly orc said, "Yes, it's just a few of us."

Chief Zhan said, "Ling, you know that ironware is very precious. Since spring, the tribe has been making farm tools. These ironwares were made last year. The tribe doesn't have much ironware, so we can't offer much for exchange."

The farm tools he made were all traded with the tribes. These ironware items were traded with individual orcs. If it weren't for the fact that each tribe had to bring something out to set up a stall today, Zhan wouldn't have been willing to bring out the ironware.

Bai Ling, carrying a basket on her back, squeezed in with her tribesmen. Their stall was located in the very center of the Chada Assembly.

This is where the Central Tribe and several other tribes set up their stalls. The orcs from the Central Tribe had already arrived, and their stall was the largest and most crowded in the entire Chada Conference.

The other tribes had also set up their stalls. The Snow Mountain Tribe mainly sold sweet grass, and the people queuing in front of their stall were all beastmen with children and cubs. The Green Wood Tribe sold various fruits, but they didn't sell their wine; they traded it directly with other tribes. The Red Rock Tribe sold exquisite ornaments, all made of beautiful jade. Most of the people queuing at the Red Rock Tribe were young beastmen. The Rock Turtle Tribe sold dried fish and exquisite seashells, and the people queuing were both young and old beastmen. As for the Great River Tribe, their stall was the second largest after the Central Tribe's. There were many small jars piled up behind the stall, and what Bai Ling found strange was that the beastmen in front of the Great River Tribe's stall were very quiet, unlike the other tribes' stalls, where adults and children alike were noisy and laughing.

Bai Ling found it strange and couldn't help but take a closer look. He then discovered that the people queuing in front of the Great River Tribe's stall were all male beastmen.

Although Bai Ling was curious about what the Dahe Tribe was selling, he didn't think much of it and followed the tribal chief to his own tribe's stall to start setting up his own business.