Chapter 815 - How Did You Recognise Me?! (1/2)

Chapter 815

How Did You Recognise Me?!

Within Chao Qiu City, on the largest street, Qu Ce and a few Mang tribesmen walked as they observed the people here. They were wearing the Eight Limbs tribe’s speciality silk clothing and their jade discs made by themselves. The Mang tribes naturally liked to put on airs too so they could casually give the impression that they were better than the rest. They all looked intimidating and those who did not know them thought they were one of the six aristocrat families.

The two Longboat tribesmen leading them did not wear jade but deep red stone accessories. These were only found in the ocean, sturdy but can be carved into exquisite shapes. They were considered a precious stone too, for it gave a prosperous overall look. Some slave masters even bought some from their tribe at a high price once.

There were also people who wanted to learn from this trip, i.e Fan Ning, Pu Ye and Yu, trying to pick up some skills to be swindlers.

Water Tiger tribe Chief Qu Li and Sickle tribe Chief Ci were standing within a shop selling metal wares. They planned to buy metal wares as they heard that cheap and good-quality goods were common here. That was why they wanted the Longboats to bring them here. Unfortunately, they were disappointed by what they saw in the shop.

First, weapons. After getting accustomed to seeing Gongjia Ren and his mates’ goods at Flaming Horn, they could not bear to look at the weapons here. They knew how to differentiate metal grades and could tell when good-looking weapons were actually of poor quality.

They were carrying new green bronze weapons on them. Comparing what they had to the shop’s goods, they gave up on buying weapons and turned to other wares like wine jugs, cups and cauldrons.

“Loko at this! Look at the curves, the carvings, the shape of this beast…” The shop owner was promoting a metal bowl with animal carvings when he suddenly stopped.

Qu Li took out a tiger-striped gold token. He had requested for the Flaming Horns to hire the Gongjia family to make this gold token- one face bore the Water Tiger tribe’s tiger totem while the other face bore the characters ‘Water Tiger’. Carved around the token were tiger stripes that also looked like water ripples.

The shop owner stared at the gold token in Qu Li’s hand. With his experience, he could obviously tell that this was made by a master! Other than a few expensive treasures, most of the products in his shop did not have craftsmanship as good as this one.

Good blacksmith works were rare.

In terms of blacksmithery, no one dared claim they were better than the Gongjia family. There was a huge gap between Gongjia and the rest of the city. However, most of the Gongjia family’s works remained within the aristocratic community and were rarely available to the public.

The shop owner wanted to charge them a higher price for his own goods but he dismissed the thought after seeing the token. His goods were not on the same level as that token!

Would a person holding such an exquisite item fall for such tricks? A chief would not be this stupid either.

Looks like these people were not stupid, they just had high standards. The shop owner humbled himself.

Some people were easily tricked while others were not. These people were the latter. Who could pull out a token like this so casually?

Many instances like this happened, i.e. on Abuli’s side and Qu Li’s side, within Chao Qiu City. However, these people did not plan to stay and left as soon as they made their purchases.

Three hundred people bought supplies needed for four thousand five hundred people. They had to shift their goods in batches- each Flaming Horn warrior carried a small mountain on him and had to make a few trips to and fro the city.

All the far-travelled traders stared at these newly arrived strangers. They seemed dangerous, so intimidating that the locals were too scared to converse with them. All they did was crowd around and study these strangers.

They must be cautious around dangerous strangers.

The tense atmosphere remained within Chao Qiu City but the three hundred people who entered indeed only shopped and then carried their purchases out of the city. Usually, the guards would pick random people to check their goods to prevent smuggling- this was also a way for them to earn a quick buck, to the fury of many terrified small traders. However, the guards remained silent when the entire unit left the city. They were good at reading people after all. Who would dare demand bribes when the lord was on the tower?

Before Shao Xuan left, Chao Wen yelled to stop him, then tossed a fabric scroll the size of a little finger. “This is for you, from King City.”

Shao Xuan was surprised. The Yi family must have been involved if they could predict his location so accurately, even making prior arrangements to write the note and send a messenger bird over, then getting Chao Wen to pass it to Shao Xuan.

When the last Flaming Horn walked out of the city with a small mountain of goods on his back, the entire Chao Qiu City seemed to heave a sigh of relief.

They didn’t fight! Chao Wen took a few deep breaths.

Chao Qiu City was farthest from King City and used to be one of the six major tribes. The Chao family was not concerned about many things and merely minded their own business on their own land other than a few exceptions living in King City. They also sometimes robbed travellers to fill their stores so they had heard about the Flaming Horn tribe too.