At this time, Laura hurriedly placed her hand on her chest and saluted the big-bellied Pig tribesmen. "Dear Pig tribesmen, we are only human merchants. We don't have any malice towards you. Please allow your faithful shepherd dogs to return to their masters' side."
The big-bellied Pig tribesmen naturally saw the caravan behind Laura. The leader of the Pig tribesmen quickly put down the sheep skull hammer in his hand and saluted Laura. "Respected human merchant, please forgive our rudeness. You should know that in the prairie, we must ensure the safety of our tribesmen." Then he shouted twice, and the dogs immediately obediently returned to their sides.
At this time, Laura also stepped down from the carriage. The Pig tribesmen also jumped down from their mounts and walked towards Laura. The two sides stood two meters apart. Laura saluted the Pig tribesmen and said, "Peach Blossom Chamber of Commerce's President, Laura, greets the brave Pig tribesmen." Zhao Hai and the others also hurriedly saluted the Pig tribesmen.
The Pig tribesmen were very polite. He also bowed to Laura and said, "Big-bellied Pig tribe's Sheep Head Hammer tribe's patriarch, Spear, greets the beautiful Miss Laura." Spear was more than two meters tall. When Laura, who was 180 centimeters tall, stood in front of him, she looked like a child. However, he was very polite, causing Zhao Hai to unconsciously have a good impression of him.
Laura smiled and said, "Respected patriarch Spear, my caravan and I would like to spend the night in your camp. I don't know if that's possible?"
Spear laughed heartily and said, "Beautiful Miss Laura, this is exactly what we are looking for. Please get on the carriage and follow us to my camp. I will slaughter the argali, boil the milk tea, serve the milk wine, and entertain you with our best food."
Laura smiled and said, "Thank you for your generosity, patriarch Spear. Patriarch, please go ahead." Spear saluted Laura and turned to his mount. He rushed towards the camp, while Laura and the others returned to the carriage.
Zhao Hai looked at the distant Pig tribesmen, then he turned to Laura and asked, "Will they really kill the sheep and wait for us?"
Laura smiled and said, "Certainly, the beastmen of the prairie are very welcoming towards merchants. As long as they aren't hostile, they will be very hospitable. Brother Hai, take out some vegetables. For them, there's no better gift than vegetables." Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Of course.
Zhao Hai nodded. He took out some vegetables and placed them on one of the carriages. Because these vegetables were stored in the Space, they were still very fresh, as if they had just been picked.
After finishing their preparations, Laura and the others slowly rushed towards the Sheep Head Hammer tribe's camp. Laura wasn't surprised by the strange name of the Sheep Head Hammer tribe. On the Beastmen Prairie, there were all kinds of strange names. Not to mention the Sheep Head Hammer tribe, even if they were called the Sheep Dung tribe, Laura wouldn't be surprised.
They hadn't even entered the village when several argali ran out from the tribe's camp. These argali were all adult argali, and on the backs of these argali sat several big-bellied Pig tribesmen children.
These children looked to be around ten years old. They all wore leather clothes, had big bellies, and had small pig heads. They looked very cute.
These children ran to the side of Laura's carriage and curiously looked at Laura and Zhao Hai, who was wearing a magic robe. Among them, the tallest child walked to the side of the carriage and saluted Laura. "Respected Miss Merchant, my father sent me to pull you." It seemed that this child was Spear's child.
Laura immediately smiled and said, "Lovely young warriors, please lead the way." Perhaps because Laura called them young warriors, the little pig-headed children were very happy. They stuck out their small bellies and happily walked in front of the carriage.
Beastmen valued warriors the most. If you praised them and called them warriors, they would certainly be very happy. This was Laura's first time coming into contact with beastmen. She tested it on these children, and it seemed to be effective.
Laura looked at the children and turned her head to whisper to Zhao Hai, "When praising them, you have to call them warriors. No matter how cute the children are, you can't touch their heads. Otherwise, they will be angry. You can't not drink wine here, and you can't not drink the master's wine. That would be considered disrespectful to the master. If they give you a gift, you must accept it. Otherwise, the master will think that you are looking down on him."
Zhao Hai and the others nodded. These were taboo things for beastmen. Of course, they had to remember. They didn't want to have a conflict with the beastmen over such trivial matters.
Soon, they arrived at the Sheep Head Hammer tribe's camp. Spear was standing there, waiting for them. Behind Spear were three big-bellied pig-headed girls, each of them holding a bowl of wine in their hands.
This was the first time Zhao Hai had seen pig-headed girls. These three pig-headed girls were about the same size as Laura. Their bellies weren't big, but their bodies were very well developed. They wore leather skirts, and although they also had pig heads, their heads were much smaller than Spear's. They looked very cute, especially with their long hair and ornaments. Although they had pig heads, they didn't make people dislike them.
Laura led the way out of the carriage and arrived in front of Spear. Spear smiled and said, "Beautiful young ladies, please drink the wine that represents the friendship of the Sheep Head Hammer tribe." Then he waved his hand, and the three pig-headed girls immediately walked over.
Laura wasn't polite. She took the bowl of wine from one of the girls' hands and drank a mouthful before spilling the wine on the ground. This was a special treatment beastmen had for women. Women could drink a mouthful of wine from each bowl before spilling it on the ground. Men, on the other hand, had to drink all of the wine.
After drinking three bowls of wine, Laura's face turned red, making her look even more gorgeous. But aside from Zhao Hai and the others, Spear and the others didn't know how to appreciate it. In their eyes, human women all looked the same. The reason why Spear called Laura 'beautiful young lady' was only out of politeness.
Beastmen toasted their leaders. Other people didn't have such treatment, so Zhao Hai and the others didn't drink Spear's wine.
After drinking the wine, Laura turned to Spear and said, "Respected chieftain, please allow my servants to set up camp. In addition, I ask chieftain not to prepare too much food. My servants are undead, so they don't need to eat."
Spear froze for a moment as he looked at the zombies standing next to the carriage. He quickly discovered that these zombies were different, but he didn't care. He just nodded and said, "Very well, beautiful young lady, please."
Laura turned to look at Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai nodded and waved his hand. The undead immediately went to set up camp. The place where they set up camp wasn't far from the Sheep Head Hammer tribe's camp. Moreover, the undead that Zhao Hai brought with him were originally led by Alodia. Although some of the undead that Alodia had brought with him were death warriors, many of them were ordinary caravans' coachmen and waiters. Therefore, they weren't unfamiliar with setting up camp. As soon as Zhao Hai gave the order, they could do it well.
Spear also looked at Zhao Hai. To be honest, Spear didn't have a good impression of Zhao Hai's black magic robe. He always felt that Zhao Hai gave people a gloomy feeling, which made him loathe him.
At this time, several undead carrying a large pile of fresh vegetables came over. Laura smiled at Spear and said, "Respected chieftain, please accept my small gift."
These vegetables were all fresh, and there were quite a few of them. They were all packed in baskets, making them look very tender and cute. Spiel's eyes lit up. These were fresh vegetables. For the beastmen, this was a rarely seen good thing.
Spear wasn't polite. He smiled at Laura and said, "Thank you, beautiful and generous young lady. These vegetables are really too precious for us. Please come to my tent. My wife has already boiled some fragrant milk tea for you."
Laura wasn't polite and followed Spear to the largest tent in the middle. As for the vegetables, Spear had already sent people to collect them. Looking at their cautious appearances, Zhao Hai wanted to laugh. These were just some ordinary vegetables, so they didn't need to be like this.
He knew that because the beastmen lived on the prairie, and because they lived by water and grass, they almost didn't grow vegetables. They relied on human merchants to bring them, but because vegetables weren't easy to preserve, they could only see a few pieces of vegetables throughout the year. Sometimes, if they were lucky, they could dig up some wild vegetables in the prairie. For them, that was already a rare delicacy.
Now, Laura had given them so many vegetables. For Spear, this was very precious, so his respect for Laura had increased by one point.
Under Spear's lead, the group entered the tent. They found that there were already two pig-tribe women inside. These two pig-tribe women wore leather robes and were busying themselves in the tent. When they saw Spear come in, the two women quickly saluted them. After Zhao Hai and the others returned the salute, they carefully sized up the tent.
There was a pillar in the middle of the tent that supported the roof. The walls of the tent were made of animal skin, felt, and wood and animal bones. It was very warm. The floor of the tent was covered with a carpet. There was a fire pit in the middle of the tent. There was a copper kettle on the fire. Steam was coming out of the kettle, and the aroma of milk tea was coming out of the kettle.