Ed can entrust the chestnuts he grows to fate, since he doesn't rely on chestnuts for survival, but the barbarian Stubborn cannot entrust the ore that he brings back from the valley to fate.
He needed those precious ores and ironware in exchange for what his tribe needed to survive.
Although he had been back for two days, Jiang Sen ignored the hurricane's urging and did not immediately go to the valley to transport the ore back.
After returning, he calmed down. Even if they went immediately, their ships wouldn't be able to transport that much ore. He had to think of a solution, otherwise going there wouldn't be of much use.
Let the Dried Fish Tribe build more ships first; with more ships, transporting the ore back will naturally not be a problem.
But what to do with the ore they'd mined this time? Stubborn Sen fell into deep thought again. He still had to go, no matter what; after all, there were still so many things there.
Could we please not send so many people? They would observe the situation from the mountain first, and if there is any trouble in the valley below, they wouldn't force their way into mining or attacking the area.
Okay, let's do it this way for now. When we go there, we'll use a bigger boat to tow the empty little boat, and the big boat can carry the people. When we come back, we'll have them row the little boat.
"Hurricane, we're going to the valley to transport ore right away. You go and arrange for someone to secretly take our ore to the east to dispose of it and exchange it for something else."
Hurricane was feeling listless when he suddenly heard Stubborn Sen's words, and he could hardly believe it.
"Really? Stubborn Sen, the ore we brought back has already been processed. Let's go to the lake now! By the way, Stubborn Sen, you shouldn't have given so much ore to the Dried Fish Tribe. If their boats weren't so useless, we could have taken everything from that valley."
Hurricane was somewhat unhappy that the stubborn tribe had given so much ore to the dried fish tribe that provided them with their wrecked ships.
"Hurricane, we don't build boats, but we need boats to get to that valley! We also need their boats, and we will have many more opportunities to cooperate with the Dried Fish Tribe in the future."
Stubborn Sen knew that although those ships weren't anything special, they would get nothing without them. They needed those precious, dilapidated ships.
Furthermore, those ships aren't indestructible and require frequent maintenance, so they now need people from the dried fish tribe.
"Alright, alright, let's not talk about this anymore, let's get going."
Hurricane wanted to get those things back as soon as possible, fearing that if he was too late, Count Worthy would go there again.
So the barbarian Stubborn and his companions set sail for the valley full of treasures.
Since they already knew the specific route last time, and were in a hurry to get there again, they arrived much faster this time than last time.
After mooring the boat, the group returned to the valley and began to secretly observe the situation below.
"Not good!" Jiang Sen was startled. The branches that had been surrounding the valley entrance had been piled up haphazardly there, indicating that someone had already been there.
He continued looking towards the mine shaft, and ah! The ore beside the mine shaft had also disappeared.
Jiang Sen's heart sank to the bottom; their ore had already been snapped up by someone else.
There's no point in going any further; the ironware is surely gone too. Ah! It must be that foolish Worsis. Didn't he already abandon this place?
Stubborn Sen was furious, and he decided to teach Woxis a lesson on land sometime in the future. Now he wanted to make up for this loss as much as possible.
"Hurricane, we're probably out of ore. You take a few men and stay here while I go back to find more people. We need to mine some ore to make up for our losses."