Chapter 1415 Door-to-door Business (2/2)

The chief did not answer directly, but said, ”We have some gold, and if you are willing to trade with us, we can make it worth your while.”

Li Du pushed the fruit plate away impatiently and said, ”My pet is my family, I can't sell her.”

Brother Wolf and the others who were in the house selected a few positions. If the tribe people had any fishy ideas, they could take the chief hostage at once.

The chief sadly shook his head and said, ”Well, I have thought about it for a long time. Of course, you will not treat the Holy Wolf as a bargaining chip. If I owned the Holy Wolf, I would never agree to part with it, no matter how much money you gave me.”

Li Du smiled and said, ”Thanks for understanding.”

The chief said, ”Well, let's talk business. Instead of trying to trade for the Holy Wolf, let's say I want to sell these things for money. Will you buy them?”

Li Du went and looked at the four boxes. He knew what three of them were about. He did not know what was in the glass bottle. So he asked, ”What is in there?”

The chief replied, ”The treasure of our tribe, snake blood and venom.”

Reversing time with the space-time bug, Li Du saw the collection process of liquid in the vial. The tribe bred some poisonous snakes, and every time there were different people to collect the venom.

”How much do you have to offer? I'm not very interested in small quantities,” said Li Du.

”You only see one-thousandth of what we have,” the chief interrupted haughtily.

Li Du was surprised. ”You really have so much?”

There were at least ten kilograms of gold here. If it was only one-thousandth, it meant that the tribe had at least one ton of gold and maybe more.

The chief said, ”Don't underestimate us. Our tribe has a history of thousands of years. We have been collecting treasures for much of that period. Besides them, we have all kinds of furs, antlers, and handicrafts.”

Looking at Li Du, he continued, ”You must wonder why our tribe has so many things but did not sell them before, right?”

Li Du nodded.

The chief said helplessly, ”Because our tribe has rules stating that we cannot trade with white and black people. In these mountains, besides whites and blacks, the only people we meet are our fellow Native Americans. However, they can't pay a good price, and the old chiefs and senators are not willing to sell. What fools they are!”

”I am different from the other people of the tribe. My father was chief before me, and he once sent me out to school, so I know what the outside world is like. From the time I became the chief, I always wanted to fit in the outside world!”

Li Du understood, and said, ”No wonder you were so friendly to me when we first met. You wanted to cooperate with me then?”

”Yes, and I could tell you are rich.” The chief pointed to his clothes, his knapsack, and his equipment, all of which were brand-name. He was a man who knew how to judge.

The Chief said, ”I was happy to meet you since you're not white or black. You are rich, and I see that we could cooperate.”

”However, I did not expect you to be such a good partner and the master of the Holy Wolf. No, it's not my power to manage the tribal wealth. It's the power of the entire tribe.”

Li Du did not expect to come to the tribe and even negotiate a business deal, and apparently a large one at that.

He studied the contents of the box and, turning back the time, he nodded. ”Yes, I'd like to work with you. Let's talk about how we could work together.”