The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 225 Glass Making
After dealing with the queue problem at the braised food stall, Ling Chengen turned back to find Taf and Hamman.

Su Weihua accompanied the two, examining the samples of goods displayed on the stall one by one.

Ling Chengen did not walk over directly, but turned his head and chatted for a few words with Xuan Yan, who was in charge of watching the stall's supplies.

Before she could ask any further questions, Xuan Yan had already guessed what she was thinking and lowered his voice to say, "Taf and Hamman were very satisfied after tasting the braised food. Although they were curious about how we made it, they probably knew that the method was a tribal secret, so they didn't ask us."

"Among the goods we just inspected, they clearly placed more emphasis on hemostatic herbs. Since they didn't see any Baba fruit, they assumed we didn't have any sweet things here. Su Weihua just introduced brown sugar and white sugar to them. But because they hadn't seen these before, they were still a bit hesitant. I guess they'll only take a little back to try, and won't buy too much."

After nodding, Ling Chengen asked them about the transactions at the stall during their absence.

"As you instructed, do not proactively recommend items to people who come to the stall to look at supplies."

"So the white sugar and brown sugar on the stall are temporarily unsold."

"Since the market opened, several groups of people have come wanting to trade medicinal herbs, but the numbers are not large. I have registered the names of their tribes and obtained samples of the goods they can trade. We will wait for you to come back and take a look before making a decision. The exchange of goods will be completed in the next two days."

Ling Chengen reached out and took the paper from him. Although the handwriting was not very legible, the overall layout was neat, so it was still quite easy to understand.

Ling Chengen pointed to the charcoal pencil clipped to his waist, and Xuan Yan immediately understood and handed the pencil to her.

Ling Chengen circled the desired supplies under the list of supplies provided by each tribe, then returned the paper to Xuan Yan: "Let them exchange the circled items. As for the exchange rate, you can take Zhi Lu to discuss it after the market ends."

Xuan Yan was looking at the circled words on the paper when he heard this and suddenly looked up and said, "Do we really have to bring Zhi Lu? She might not have time today."

Ling Chengen glanced at Zhilu at the stall in front of him, raised an eyebrow and said, "She can only hold out for another beast hour at most before all the braised dishes we prepared are sold out. She's free for the rest of the time."

"Moreover, she can calculate accounts faster and more accurately."

"Are you sure you want to bring someone who's terrible at accounting along to discuss the trade of goods?"

Xuan Yan was rendered speechless by her barrage of questions.

"I'll take her with me this afternoon."

He immediately changed his tune, carefully folded the paper in his hand, and stuffed it into the animal skin bag at his waist.

Although Xuan Yan is intelligent and rational, he is not very good at accounting.

While simple calculations are not a problem, errors are easy to occur when dealing with a wide variety of goods or large quantities.

……

Taf and Harman wandered around the Stone Forest's stalls for a long time. When they encountered something they didn't recognize, they didn't need to ask Su Weihua for an introduction. Instead, they just grabbed any of the Stone Forest's beastmen and asked.

Fortunately, Shi Lin's team was small, so Ling Chengen didn't hide from them when making these things. Instead, he patiently demonstrated how to do it and even explained the specific uses of these items.

So Taf and Harman saw a lot of new and interesting things at this small stall.

Ling Chengen only planned to trade twenty goldfish.

Because this thing is really expensive.

In addition, the meat of bonito is so delicious that it's unlikely you can eat your fill in one meal.

So she only planned to take some back with her so that the people in the tribe could try it.

However, because there are so many people in Shilin, it is estimated that each person will only get a few pieces at most, and no more.

After all, she was in charge of all the supplies for the tribe.

As for other people's own accumulated resources that they want to exchange for golden tuna, she will not interfere.

They even asked Su Weihua to count the number of people and help them purchase the goods together at the group purchase price.

Ling Chengen had actually discussed with several members of his family whether all the supplies the soldiers hunted during the autumn hunt needed to be handed over.

According to the usual practice of autumn hunting, all the supplies found during the hunt would be handed over to the tribe and distributed by the chief and the person in charge of the tribe.

But doing so will create a problem.

The soldiers' enthusiasm for hunting and searching for supplies will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Ling Chengen decided to give the soldiers in her squad a chance to save some money on their own.

If the supplies are discovered collectively, everyone should collect and harvest them together.

Any supplies discovered by an individual, as long as they do not exceed the initially set standard, can be entirely kept by them.

If a large quantity of supplies is found, one can obtain 10% to 20% of all the supplies, depending on the situation.

Ling Chengen wasn't really worried that the soldiers in his team might deliberately conceal the exact location of the supplies out of selfishness.

Because most of the people in the team actually have family, friends, and partners.

Excess resources are collected by the tribe and eventually distributed to everyone in the tribe.

Furthermore, they are hunters who hunt from afar.

This opportunity only comes once a year.

Even if they conceal their location, they won't take the same route later. If they don't take these supplies with them, they'll either benefit others or animals, rot on the spot, or be completely wasted after the hunting season begins.

After this adjustment to the distribution of resources, everyone's enthusiasm for hunting prey and acquiring supplies skyrocketed.

Not counting herself, Su Weihua and Bai Qingyu alone have both stocked up on a lot of good stuff during this period.

Ling Chengen never asked them how much they had saved, nor did she intend to ask them for it, because she didn't lack these basic resources at all.

As for what she wanted, there was nothing readily available, and the people around her couldn't get it either; she had to find a way to get it herself.

So when Ling Chengen learned that Su Weihua had also ordered three 200-pound golden tuna, he was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion, "If you order so many, at least half of the supplies you've accumulated over the past month must have been used up, right?"

Su Weihua simply smiled calmly and said, "We've run out of supplies, but we can collect more on the way back. Of the twenty fish you asked me to trade, I probably won't even be able to keep half for myself. I'll take these three golden bonito back with me, and we can all eat them together."

After listening, Ling Chengen didn't say anything more.

He simply hung a tag on his three golden bonito fish, wrote his name on it, and casually stuffed it into his spatial storage.

She then handed him the pair of cards: "You can use those cards to collect the fish later."

Su Weihua put the sign back into the animal skin bag at her waist and looked up at the stall that was already being packed up: "Bai Qingyu hasn't come back yet?"

"I came back twice in the middle, and I don't know where I am now."

Ling Chengen waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about him. Let's pack our things and go to the place Lin Ying found to set up camp. He knows where it is."

The campsite was located outside the city area. Ling Chengen hadn't initially figured it out; since each tribe had designated a trading area, why not just rest there?

But she quickly realized that not all tribes were like theirs, with only a few dozen people.

The trading area was too small for a hunting team of several hundred people to camp and rest.

Therefore, they could only choose an open space not far from the city, fence off a plot of land, and figure out their own way to solve the problem of food and lodging.

The orcs of the Elephant Clan tribe completely disregarded these matters.

Even if they fight fiercely over campsites, as long as it doesn't affect the sea city or trigger a bloody large-scale battle, the elephant-like orcs won't show their faces.

The area closest to the city is mostly comprised of large hunting teams.

The Stone Forest remains unchanged, still encamped alongside the hunting teams from Snake Mountain.

To put his mind at ease, Baiba brought the White Bear tribe to join the two teams.

The location Chang Tianchen chose was pretty good. There was a small river nearby, and they were located upstream of it, so they didn't have to worry about water supply.

Some tribes, located far from the river, rely on water-based warriors within the tribe for water supply.

In addition, this campsite was conveniently sheltered from the wind.

There was a small mound in front, which blocked the cold airflow coming from the northwest.

When Ling Chengen and Su Weihua led about ten people over, the soldiers of the Snake Mountain Hunting Team were digging a pit.

Chang Tianchen sat atop a pile of wood with an air of nobility and aloofness, resting his chin on his hand and watching the tribesmen digging a hole with utter boredom. Suddenly, as if sensing something, he abruptly straightened up and turned to look at a group of people walking out of the darkness.

Lin Jing stood at the entrance of the cave, raising his hand to direct the people transporting the sand to pile it all in one direction, but his peripheral vision kept falling on Chang Tianchen.

As soon as Chang Tianchen moved, he knew that it must be the young clan leader of Shilin who had come.

However, his legs were no match for Chang Tianchen's mouth.

"Is the burrow dug yet?" Chang Tianchen jumped down from the pile of wood and glanced at Lin Jing.

Lin Jing nodded: "It'll be almost done. I'll go in and check on things."

Chang Tianchen reminded him, "Have you talked to the people in Shilin about it? Dig the two caves together so that it will be easier to contact them if anything happens."

"I've already said it, Clan Chief, you should go find Young Clan Chief Ling."

"I'm keeping an eye on things here. You can rest assured that I'll get things done!"

Chang Tianchen glared at him, but in the end he didn't say anything and turned to stroll over to the stone forest.

After everyone had gone far away, Lin Jing sighed deeply... He lowered his head and crawled into the cave. Looking at the dark cave, he turned around and went out to find Kharen to solve the lighting problem.

Fires cannot be kept burning in underground caves for extended periods because air circulation is slow and smoke extraction is ineffective.

However, we can try out the tung oil lamp we got from Shilin today.

As for the light grass, only the Shilin tribe in the entire central region cultivates this plant that can glow at night.

Their tribe's wood-type warriors also tried, but without success.

Moreover, they couldn't find the seeds of the Light Grass, nor did they know where this plant typically grows.

Therefore, every night they could only rely on a fire for light or it was pitch black.

To be honest, he really envied Shilin for this.

They clearly valued Zhen and Yuheng's cultivation of the Light Grass, yet they did it all with an air of nonchalance.

Why is it that if you only focus on them, they'll die every few days?

……

After entering the cave, Ling Chengen discovered that a small number of the potted plants on the wall had withered and their light had dimmed considerably.

She whispered a few words to a passing soldier, who soon returned carrying a bamboo tube and a bundle of cotton thread made from rainbow velvet fluff, hurrying off to find others to help.

Ignoring the two warriors guarding the entrance to the crypt, Chang Tianchen swaggered into the crypt. He glanced curiously at the two orcs hanging something on the wall and casually asked, "What are you doing?"

"The young clan chief said this is a lamp."

Chang Tianchen looked at the few lamps still on the ground, reached out and picked one up to examine it. With the help of the light from the wall, he saw that the so-called lamp had a transparent mineral ring around the outside, which looked somewhat like a polished crystal, but with a higher degree of transparency.

"How did you polish these crystals to make them so clear?"

The warrior who was fixing the tung oil lamp turned around and looked at him as he pressed his hand on the surface of the lampshade. He smiled and said, "This is not crystal. It was made by the fire-type warriors in our team by firing sand and other things. It's called glass."

"You can burn sand and get something this beautiful? Don't lie to me." Chang Tianchen looked incredulous.

"What did I lie to you about?"

"They're still firing glass in the back right now. They just figured it out not long ago, and they're very curious about it. Go and see for yourself."

After putting down what he was holding, Chang Tianchen hesitated for only a few seconds before deciding to go find Ling Chengen first, faced with the question of whether to continue walking or turn back to see what was going on.

Since he knew he would most likely be ignored anyway, Ling Chengen grew impatient and immediately went to check behind him.

As he expected, Ling Chengen basically ignored him. He only glanced up at him when he went in, then quickly looked away and continued to attend to his own business, having no time to pay attention to him.

Chang Tianchen watched as she taught the people around her how to mix spices and how to prepare and braise ingredients...

The whole process was very patient, which was completely different from the attitude towards him.

This made him a little jealous, but he quickly let it go.

Because she didn't hide the fact that these secret recipes were temporarily very important to Shi Lin.

This also shows that he is at least not an enemy.

Perhaps they aren't considered outsiders?
Although Chang Tianchen had learned almost the entire recipe for braised pork after just one look, he didn't intend to disturb Ling Chengen's plans. So, finding it boring to stay there, he casually waved his hand and turned to go outside to join the fun.

Compared to staying on Snake Mountain, where I had to be reported to by people below every day and deal with various tribal affairs, staying in Stone Forest was much more interesting.

Because they seem to come up with something new and interesting every day.

If it weren't for needing the Snake Mountain tribe's strength, he wouldn't want this thankless and arduous position of tribal chief for even a single day!