"The purity is quite good, even purer than the copper produced by our copper mine." Dhaka was an expert on this. He personally dissolved the copper ingot and found that the purity was indeed very high. "Minister Shang, don't worry. Our copper mine is not short of tin, but copper. Besides, the purity I'm talking about refers to the lack of impurities from other elements contained in the copper ingot."
The primary components of copperware are copper and tin. The more impurities there are, the more difficult it is to refine. The fewer impurities a finished copper plowshare contains, the more guaranteed its hardness and toughness.
Shang Yin went to Tielin again and said, "Tielin, if our copper plow shovel falls into their hands, will they also be able to figure out the correct copper-tin ratio?"
Divine cultivators are so mysterious. Wasn't the copper-tin ratio for the Sea Tribe's original copper plows and shovels ultimately determined by a divine charlatan himself? It's said that the Ghost Fish King Tribe's Great Shaman is also quite advanced.
"Basically impossible?"
"Why?" Shang Yin asked quickly.
"You don't understand cultivation. I heard from my master, oh, that's the great leader Lei Qing, that the spiritual sense of a charlatan is incredibly refined, and simply cannot be compared to that of a cultivator of the same level. My master has also conducted experiments and found that spiritual sense is not good at detecting the copper and tin of a copper plowshare, making it impossible to truly distinguish them."
Shang Yin knew that Lei Qing was also a mid-level god, but he didn't know his specific level.
"Why?" Shang Yin was upset. As the Minister of Commerce, if he suffered a loss in the negotiations, Shang Yin would feel that he had made a huge dereliction of duty. How could he feel comfortable?
"Minister Shang Yin, you're really overthinking it. A four-to-one ratio might seem like a huge advantage. But what's the reality? If the Ghost Fish King Tribe were to forge their own copper plowshares, I'm afraid not even one-tenth of them would meet the standard hardness. That's a huge waste of manpower and resources."
Tielin said, isn’t the early copper plow shovel of the Sea Tribe the same?
"So, of course, Xiao Wu Xiaoshu thinks this exchange ratio is a good deal. I estimate that the bottom line for the Ghost Fish King Tribe's Great Shaman is at least five to one. Xiao Wu Xiaoshu is so young and has little experience in trade negotiations. She's worried you'll regret it, so she's showing some joy."
"The Ghost Fish King Tribe saved more than half of its manpower and resources, and our Sea Tribe earned more than twice as much copper ingots. In the words of the charlatan, this deal is a win-win for everyone. Don't you all think it's a good deal?"
Tielin, as an assistant, also participated in the negotiations. To put it bluntly, the Hai Tribe also wanted to train young people. Tielin's performance has always been good, and both the three priests and Shang Yin like him very much.
"I see. So, I've run into a fool, haha!" Shang Yin had been through countless negotiations with a bunch of old foxes. When it came to the interests of their respective tribes, they were all naturally calculating. He was unaccustomed to running into a young person like Xiao Wu Xiaoshu out of the blue.
If Shang Yin were to negotiate with an old fox, Shang Yin would probably struggle to negotiate down to 3.5 to 1. The bottom line of the Hai tribe is 3 to 1.
"Minister Shang Yin, if you still feel unsatisfied, coal!"
"Alright! You've made progress, haha!"
"That's right. I've been following Minister Shang Yin all day, so I've learned some trade skills." Tie Lin also laughed.
Smelting copperware requires a lot of coal, and the coal for Haifan City has to be shipped all the way from the Northern Branch.
It was just a few more ships of coal, so Xiao Wu Xiaoshu readily agreed. Although the tribal ships of Ghost Town were not as advanced as those of the Sea Tribe, they were numerous.
The coal mountain in the ghost town was essentially an open-pit mine, making it relatively easy to mine. Anyway, for the sake of the copper plowshare, little Wu Xiaoshu generously let go of the small details.
"Have you brought all the copper ingots?" The three priests were surprised to see baskets of copper ingots being unloaded from the ship of the Ghost Fish King Tribe.
"Yes, our chief witch said that the charlatans of the Sea Tribe are broad-minded and an agreement will definitely be reached. The round-trip sea transportation to Ghost Town takes a lot of time, so they brought it directly this time." said Xiaoshu, the little witch.
I was wondering how you could make a deal so quickly. If the deal couldn't be made, you would have to take it back. Shang Yin felt very unhappy in his heart. This business was really weird.
"As for the missing coal, we will definitely make up for it next time our seagoing vessels bring in finished copper plowshares."
"Okay!" The copper ingots are already in the Sea Tribe, so Shang Yin is naturally not worried that the Ghost Fish King Tribe will default on paying for a few ships of coal.
The arrival of copper ingots in Haifan City's material warehouse meant that the Hai Tribe's copper workshop would need to expand. Fortunately, the Hai Tribe had already prepared for this expansion, and the training of key copper forging technicians was quite good.
In this era, technical masters don't care about keeping secrets. There's no such thing as teaching an apprentice a skill and starving them to death. In the primitive world, such a concept doesn't exist. Every primitive person hopes to contribute more to the tribe, which is more practical.
For this matter, the three priests just need to coordinate the manpower, material resources and transportation capacity with various departments, and there is no need to ask the charlatans for help.
The transaction of copper plowshares between the Ghost Fish King Tribe and Haifan City caused a huge sensation. As for the war reparations of the Ghost Fish King Tribe, it was ignored by many tribes.
Who doesn't know what a copper plowshare means? No tribe can exchange even a copper plowshare from Haifan City, not even with the mid-grade spirit stones refined by the Sea Tribe's magic stick.
Copper mine!
Only if you have copper can you have the opportunity to exchange it with the Sea Tribe for a copper plowshare.
Everyone can see the Hai Tribe's development trajectory. Even if the Hai Tribe has popularized copper plowshares, the next step will be to vigorously develop copper tools, such as axes, shovels, and pickaxes. The Hai Tribe's copper production is limited (copper plowshares have been popular for years), and they haven't even had time to popularize weapons yet, so how could they possibly sell you copper plowshares?
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