"How much did it increase?"
Chen Wen asked.
Dennis frowned, calculated for a mont, and then said, "About forty to fifty percent."
"Cheat!"
Adam couldn’t hold back at that mont.
An increase of twenty or thirty percent is still acceptable, but at fifty percent, who can stand it?
Chen Wen also frowned, a bit helpless.
The natives have beco smart, they all know that demand determines the market now.
"Shall we trade?"
Dennis asked everyone, equally helpless.
Adam really wanted to just walk away.
But thinking about the upcoming trades, he could only nod reluctantly, knowing they had to wait until the fourth oasis to exchange.
Over there, seeing Adam nod.
The man with a brown complexion couldn’t help but smile confidently.
Chen Wen, seeing this scene, suddenly rembered the badge in his hand.
He hesitated for a mont and said, "Dennis, why don’t I talk to him?"
"Why?"
Dennis looked at Chen Wen in surprise, thinking Chen Wen had so idea.
But when Chen Wen took out a cal leather-made badge, Dennis frowned, "What’s this?"
Chen Wen didn’t expect Dennis wouldn’t know what it was, so he explained its origin.
Hearing Chen Wen’s words, Dennis hissed, "No way, if such a badge really existed, there should be records of it in the association’s files, but I just recalled and found no such records."
Upon hearing this, Chen Wen also beca suspicious.
Could it be that Hook was fooling ?
Or is it just an agreent among the natives, useless for people in the association, so it wasn’t recorded?
That’s not right, Hook ntioned before that an explorer once obtained the badge, even used it, and limited the amount of supplies.
Chen Wen scratched his head, unable to figure it out.
Forget it, let’s not think about it.
Chen Wen directly said, "Let’s ask. If it doesn’t work, just accept it. A loss is a loss; otherwise, taking all these to the fourth oasis is too troubleso."
True.
Dennis stopped thinking about it and instead took Chen Wen to the natives.
This sowhat weak native seed middle-aged, but his eyes were very spirited.
Seeing Dennis return and even bringing soone else along.
He imdiately grinned, showing a smile.
"Do you recognize this thing?"
Dennis spoke in the local language, then took out the cal leather badge.
The native’s eyes widened as soon as he saw it.
This thing... how could they have it?
The native looked at Dennis in surprise, then at Chen Wen.
Obviously, this thing was Chen Wen’s, not Dennis’.
The native pondered his words and said, "Whose is this?"
He used English, albeit a bit unpracticed, but Chen Wen and Dennis understood.
Seeing the native spoke English, Chen Wen directly said, "It’s mine, Hook gave it to . Do you know Hook? From that tribe over there."
While speaking, Chen Wen pointed in the general direction of Hook’s tribe.
"Hook! Hook!"
The native understood the word Hook, imdiately nodding excitedly, "I, friend, good friend!"
Chen Wen and Dennis exchanged glances, a bit surprised.
This native actually knew Hook.
After hearing Hook’s na, the native examined the badge again.
After a mont, he nodded and said, "You, Hook friend, I, Hook friend, we, friends!"
Chen Wen understood.
This person spoke quite clearly.
He and Hook are friends, Chen Wen and Hook are also friends, so that makes them friends.
"Friends!"
Chen Wen enthusiastically extended his hand for a handshake with the native.
The native nodded, then handed the badge back to Chen Wen, "You, impressive, this, impressive!"
Chen Wen was a bit puzzled at this point.
Seeing this, the native directly spoke to Dennis in the local language for a while.
After a while, Dennis looked at Chen Wen in surprise, "He says this thing is very useful, representing the most courageous hunters in the desert!"
Chen Wen grinned.
Indeed, when helping Hook, it was quite courageous.
The native spoke with Dennis again for a while, then extended his hand to Chen Wen, "Welco, welco."
Dennis, a bit shocked, interpreted, "He invited us into the tribe for detailed talks, we..."
Chen Wen waved his hand, "Let’s go, see what’s happening!"
...
Following the native, Chen Wen couldn’t help but observe the tribe’s environnt.
The houses here were mostly made of sand and brick, with wooden fras.
The windows were large, covered only slightly with leaves that seed like palm leaves.
Through the gaps in the windows, Chen Wen could see inside the house.
So natives were even hiding behind the windows, observing Chen Wen and the others.
This scene made Chen Wen feel like he had returned to the era of great geographical discoveries.
Under the native’s guidance, they were led into a small room.
It seed like the native’s room, with his wife and four children inside.
Chen Wen and the others were invited to sit at the table, and the native even offered them a cup of water.
It was a disposable cup that had been used many tis.
With a blank expression, Chen Wen pushed the cup away slightly.
After pondering for a mont, Chen Wen inquired about the origin of the badge.
The native spoke a few sentences with Dennis, who diligently translated his words.
"He said this badge was left by their ancestors. Its purpose is to prove that the holder is a very brave hunter and is regarded as one of their own. The tribes that recognize this badge have their unique tribal emblem. The badge you have is from the Wild Dog Tribe, while here is the Venomous Snake Tribe."
As Dennis translated, the native also showed what he wore around his neck.
It was a similar cal leather badge, but the pattern was a venomous snake in an attack pose.
Chen Wen looked at it, then returned the badge.
At this ti, the native seed to rember sothing.
He said, "According to our agreent, we need to renegotiate your resource exchange. You can acquire more resources, and I won’t raise prices. How much leather do you have?"
After communicating with Chen Wen, Dennis revealed all the animal hides they had collected.
The native, hearing the quantity, showed a joyful expression, "Very good, I will give you satisfactory resources."
After speaking, the native was about to fetch the resources.
But Chen Wen said, "No rush, let’s talk about the information first."
Then Chen Wen looked at Dennis, "Previously, when I was communicating with Hook, he ntioned exchanging so secret information, such as oasis locations, potential beasts, and threats. Try talking to him."
Upon hearing this, Dennis was pleasantly surprised.
He quickly conversed with the native in the local tongue.
Soon, the native took out sothing like a map. Chen Wen touched it, and it was made of so beast’s leather.
The native pointed at marks on the map, chirping away a lot of words.
It made Dennis’ head almost explode.
After a mont, Dennis nodded and pointed at the map, "I roughly understood, most of the oases ahead are relatively safe, only here, here, and here, a total of seven places will be dangerous. These spots harbour venomous snakes. Additionally, he ntioned that this year’s climate isn’t very good, although this was told by soone like a priest in their tribe."
Chen Wen nodded, it’s worth listening to such information, but not placing too much trust in it.
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