Chapter 52 Catfish Effect

With the speech and support of the wizard Mori Jian, Yuzou went against all odds and tore the sacred book into pages, asking Yulian to study and compare them.

The little green book icon in the [Gift] slot simply disappeared without a trace.

Lu Yao's experiment yielded results: the pixel people could not directly grasp things they could not understand through the temple. They could only understand the [Gift] based on their existing knowledge.

Soon, a prompt appeared on the screen.

【Yulian invented paper.】

[The Garlic Tribe learned how to make and use paper, and their faith was enhanced.]

[The Garlic Tribe has learned to make and use books, and everyone's intelligence has improved slightly. ]

By inventing and using paper and books, the Garlic Tribe brought Lu Yao 400 points of faith.

Shortly after the invention of paper, the leader Yuzou passed away.

This young man who once said "God loves slippery fish", the hero who almost died in battle due to his blind confidence, and the villain who took on the responsibility of leadership when he grew old ended his life.

It is written on the monument.

"Yuzou: One of the first two heroes of the tribe, he fought bravely against the devil's followers and fought to defend the tribe and the cave monsters. He strongly advocated the construction of ships, spread the footprints of the Garlic Tribe across the water, integrated the East River Tribe and the cave monsters, and helped the Fisherman's family create paper. We will always miss him."

Yuzou's soul was taken away by Scott and came to Sanilo in the south, starting a new journey of life.

The era of the first generation of leaders and heroes of the Garlic Tribe has come to an end.

After Yuzou died, the cave wizard Morijian took over his position. Yulian was also recommended by Morijian and became the youngest leader in the history of the tribe.

The second generation of the Garlic Tribe's leadership class took shape.

The caveman wizard Morimi is the decision maker on major events of the tribe.

Astrologer Shahan spent most of his time in the temple as a servant of the gods and was also responsible for the compilation of the tribe's writing and books.

Yulian is a new force among the leaders. He begins to propose a series of reform plans to promote the tribe.

He said: "Our galleys have been to Saniluo, which is also the place of worship for Lord Yao."

"The Apostle said that Saniro is a city of ghosts, inhabited by many ghosts that we cannot see. Many of the tribe's dead will be taken there."

"I went to Saniluo by boat. It was a wonderful city, with clean streets and houses, roads that were not afraid of rain and mud, straight and flat streets, and high and solid city walls."

"The Garlic Tribe also wants to build a city like this."

"Cities make our lives more comfortable, less prone to illness, and more able to unite our faith and confidence."

This suggestion was rejected by Morimi on the grounds that the tribe currently lacked manpower to support such a huge and time-consuming project.

Commonly known as taking too big a step and hurting your balls.

However, Morimi agreed with some of Yuren's views.

The wizard believed that road construction was the most urgent task for the tribe. The road between the Salt Pond settlement and the Garlic Tribe base camp must be opened so that goods between the two places can be circulated quickly.

With the road, the two places can support each other if they encounter dangerous situations.

But building the road was more difficult than they expected.

Just to open a path through the mountain consumed the labor of all the cave monsters.

The cave dwellers worked day and night to dig rocks from the mountains. They were very experienced in digging holes, but even so, they encountered several landslides and heavy rains, and several cave dwellers died.

Lu Yao also lent a hand and used [Burning Sun] to dispel the heavy rain, which allowed the road construction in the mountains to continue.

After the road between the two places was opened, the circulation speed of goods increased significantly, and more and more camels were transporting goods back and forth.

Merchants immediately became active. They targeted the profit difference between the two places and began to frequently resell feathers, salt and garlic in the two places, making a lot of profits.

Problems also followed.

The goods had to be transported by camels or carried by people. In the trade between the two places, the barter method was inefficient and had a large loss, which had always been a problem for merchants.

Not long after, Lu Yao saw a prompt pop up on the screen.

【Shang Li invented the currency "Sea Shell". 】

[The Garlic Tribe has learned how to make and use currency, their faith has improved, and everyone's intelligence has improved slightly. ]

——Great God, one of our believers has performed a feat far beyond his peers. Do we need to transform him into a hero?

【whether】

Lu Yao clicked on the temple.

Inside the hall stood the Shang Li.

He was only 18 years old, even younger than Yu Lian today.

Lu Yao transformed it into a hero.

In the detailed personal panel, Shang Li is a young man with a handsome face and tied hair.

He was wearing linen clothes and sheepskin boots. Shangli was walking on the path with a camel, carrying goods wrapped in cloth on its back.

Below the image is his personal motto.

——I wish everything was a commodity, clearly marked with a price, and once you pay for it, it belongs to you, and you never have to worry about losing it.

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【Hero Lv1】Shang Li

Attack 0 Defense 0 Knowledge 2 Mana 1 Luck 2 Morale 0 [Ability]

Wisdom Lv1: Wisdom is the key for the Apostle to listen to the will of God. The higher the level of wisdom, the easier it is to improve and comprehend various abilities.

Trade Lv1: Good at trade, has better business ability, and has a certain probability of making commercial inventions.

…

The emergence of Shangli was a pleasant surprise.

Lu Yao originally thought that progress in the institutional level of tribal civilization might only occur with the development of iron tools or engineering.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Unexpectedly, the businessmen stood up.

They are eager to gain more profits from transactions. The need for profit makes them the group most enthusiastic about change. Business profit is a microcosm of the power of merchants to promote tribal civilization.

The seashells invented by Shang Li quickly became popular in the tribe with the permission of the wizard Morijian and others.

Currency makes transactions more efficient and clear, and bartering becomes a thing of the past.

The people in the tribe even learned to set up stalls and sell their goods.

However, some disadvantages also arise.

"Mutton, 40 shells a piece."

"Mutton, 39 shells a piece."

Two men selling mutton started a price war.

"Why do you have to be lower than me?"

"Stupid, of course that's why you can buy it. You can also sell it at a lower price."

"Mutton, 38 shells a piece!"

"Mutton, 35 shells a piece!"

The two villains were arguing and almost came to blows. In the end, it was the fishing company that came out to negotiate and finally settled the dispute.

In addition, currency trading also raises the classic problem of short weight.

"You sell less meat than others!"

"Nonsense, it's obviously the same."

“It has to be less!”

"If you don't want to buy it, forget it."

"Give me back the seashells! I'll buy them somewhere else!"

"I've already bought it, and you're giving me the spoiled meat, how could I possibly accept it?"

"Damn it! You bastard!"

"That's how the deal works, you see clearly."

Lu Yao also shook his head.

He wanted to strike this tribal profiteer with a bolt of lightning. It was abominable that the hard-earned fruits of the working people were just swindled into their pockets.

But it would be useless even if we killed this profiteer.

If one unscrupulous businessman falls, there are still thousands and millions of others.

Lu Yao was curious and wondered if the Garlic Tribe had any way to deal with it.

Soon, the tribe came up with a solution.

【Yulian invented the unit of weight measurement: jin/liang. 】

[The Garlic Tribe has standardized weights and measures. ]

[The Garlic Tribe has learned to formulate and use measurement units, and everyone's intelligence has improved slightly. ]

Lu Yao thought to himself that this was right.

The merchants turned into catfish fighting desperately for food, stirring up this quiet pond and bringing pressure and challenges to the tribal leaders.

The gears of the new era are slowly turning under the push of countless people.

(End of this chapter)