Chapter 381 Grassland Trade (Please vote and subscribe)
Luo Chong stood on the bank of the artificial river and looked at the baskets of ore. He couldn't help but pat his head. Damn, he was looking for trouble. He hadn't figured out the matter of forming a government yet, and he added a major task of minting coins to himself. Why did he feel more and more stressed?
"Chief, is this a useful stone? If it's useless, we won't dig it in the future. It's too heavy and inconvenient to carry." The tribesman standing by to escort the boat saw Luo Chong in a daze and couldn't help asking.
"Oh, it's useful, of course it's useful, but this shiny stone, well, you can call it 'galena' in the future. This galena doesn't need to be mined too much, it's not very useful, and one ship of this galena is enough to transport ten ships of iron ore." Luo Chong pointed at the galena and said to him.
"Oh, ten ships of iron ore, one ship of galena, I see, what about the other kind?"
"This gray-black one is called 'argentite', dig as much as you can and just pile it up. We don't have many ships for now, and it won't be too late to transport them when we have more ships in the future. This is not urgent. When you go back, tell Dali to assign 50 people to dig for silver and lead mines, and the rest of the people will continue to dig for iron ore. Well, that's it for now." Luo Chong told him.
"Yes, chief, I will definitely convey it to Captain Dali."
Luo Chong nodded, took a piece of each ore and went home. There were too many things to do and not much time left for himself.
Just when Luo Chong felt the pressure of the subsequent development of the Han tribe, Youfu, who was trading in the southern grasslands, was also constantly absorbing wealth for the Han tribe.
"Gee, gee, oh, oh, whoa—"
"Hahahaha, my friend from the Han tribe, your cart is really amazing. With this thing, it will be much more convenient for us to move our base again in the future. We can put all the things that are inconvenient to carry on this cart.
But it is much smaller than your four-wheeled cart, and it actually costs so many cattle and horses to exchange for it. It is really expensive!"
After test driving a two-wheeled cart, the leader of a target tribe complained to Youfu about the price.
Lingfeng still followed Youfu as a translator and guide, playing an irreplaceable role in every grassland trade. Through his introduction and translation, communication between the Han tribe and these grassland natives will no longer be difficult.
"Chief Su Ritu, you can't say that. You have to know that even this kind of two-wheeled vehicle is not easy to make. You need to cut down the towering trees first, then let the wood dry for a year, and finally make wheels and wooden boards to install together. This process is not only extremely time-consuming, but also requires a lot of manpower.
Once these laborers are used to build vehicles, they will not be able to grow food. Only cattle and horses can help them cultivate more fields. Therefore, the two cows and four horses I asked you for are not many. Without these cattle and horses, those who built vehicles for you will starve to death.
Moreover, the value of these two-wheeled vehicles is not as low as you think. You have to understand that what this cart can carry is far beyond what your two cows and four horses can carry. It is very cost-effective for you to buy such a car."
You Fu talked nonsense with a serious face. He had no psychological pressure to fool Su Ritu. This was not the first cart transaction he had made. From the mountains to the grassland, he led the caravan all the way to the southwest. Many tribes he met on the road showed great interest in the carts of the Han tribe.
After personally test driving it, almost all nomadic leaders would fall in love with this convenient means of transportation, except that the price was too expensive. Whenever the other party bargained, the nomads would always start talking nonsense in a serious manner, and the other party would always believe in this unchanging rhetoric.
As the translator in the middle, Ling Feng was so good at memorizing it. Last time, the last time, and the last time, You Fu had said the same thing to him. Except for changing his name, not a single word had changed. Damn
it, if he hadn't lived in Hanyang City and had seen the Han tribe's windmill-powered wood automatic processing plant with his own eyes, and knew how easy it was for those carpenters to process a cart, he would have almost believed You Fu's nonsense.
You old man are so bad, Ling Feng thought in his heart.
However, he had already joined the Han tribe, so he was naturally a member of the Han tribe. Seeing that the tribe could get so many cattle and horses, he was also proud of the tribe from the bottom of his heart. Therefore, although he despised You Fu's deception here, he still cooperated very actively. You know how difficult it was for him to get a cow and horse when he was a savage before.
"That's really rare. No wonder it takes so many cattle and horses to exchange. In this case, then okay, I am willing to accept this price." Su Ritu agreed.
Well, another fool has been fooled, Ling Feng thought to himself, and then translated Su Ritu's answer to You Fu.
"It's great that you agreed, but I wonder how many cars your tribe needs?" You Fu asked with a smile after getting a positive answer.
"Three, no, four. You don't come here often, and you may not have the chance to buy a car next time, so I'd better buy more." Su Ritu made the final decision after thinking it over again and again.
"It is indeed as you said. We are a little far from the grassland. We can only come here twice a year, but we will definitely come more and more often in the future. The people of the grassland are good friends of the Han tribe. We are willing to bring a large number of high-quality goods to the grassland to make your life more convenient.
I just don't know if your tribe needs anything else besides the four carts? We also have white salt, cloth, scissors, iron pots and spoons, and exquisite pottery containers. I think these are all what you need.
Of course, you can exchange these things with cattle, horses, and sheep, or with animal skins, horns, tendons, and even wool." After the two sides finalized the purchase list for the four carts, You Fu started to sell other goods to each other again.
"Your wool cloth is very good, soft and smooth, and thin and dense, much better than our felt. It's really incredible. How did you make wool like this? Of course, I don't want to ask you how to make wool cloth. I just want to say that we need some wool cloth.
Well, there are also your iron pots and spoons, and iron scissors." Su Ritu said.
"Doesn't your tribe need white salt and pottery? These two goods should be what you need most, right?" You Fu reminded Su Ritu.
"That's right, but your white salt is too expensive. We can buy cheaper salt from the caravan of the Xin tribe. Although it's not as good as yours, it doesn't affect the consumption. And your pottery looks really beautiful, but it's not strong and breaks when it falls. In comparison, I still think the cheap bamboo bowls are more practical." Su Ritu spread his hands to express his reason.
When You Fu heard this reason from him, he secretly bit his back teeth. Damn, this is not the first time he heard the name of the Xin tribe from a customer.
(End of this chapter)
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