Chapter 159: Advantages outweigh disadvantages
"What do you mean by sell?"
In this era, the concept of trading did not exist.
Drogo suppressed his emotions and asked hurriedly.
"Well, you have to exchange something."
"Sure, what do you want?"
When Drogo heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he agreed without thinking.
He knew at a glance that if they could get this arrow, the fighting power of their Centaur tribe would be significantly improved!
Zhou Xu could clearly feel Drogo's desire for bronze arrows.
This time, since he decided to get involved and drew his bow, he must have been mentally prepared to expose the bronze arrowhead to Drogo.
And the current situation is undoubtedly still under his control.
"You should know how hard it is to polish a stone arrowhead like this."
Zhuo Ge nodded in agreement and understanding of what Zhou Xu said.
Of course he knew that it was not easy to polish each arrowhead, so the arrows were precious. Every time an arrow was shot, they had to try their best to ensure that they could pick the arrow back. The loss of each arrow was a loss.
He really could empathize with this matter.
After seeing Drogo nod, Zhou Xu spoke again.
"The arrowheads of our tribe are stronger, so it takes more effort to polish and make them. It's not easy to make each one."
In response, Drogo nodded again.
What fault could he find in these words?
Compared with stone arrowheads, copper arrowheads are stronger, which he can fully feel.
Following this line of thought, it is natural that production is more time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Unconsciously, Zhou Xu had already raised the value of his copper arrowhead.
After seeing that he had laid out the groundwork, he coughed twice and revealed his purpose...
"Do you wild horses know?"
As Zhou Xu spoke, he made some rough gestures.
According to Zhou Xu's idea, the Centaurs should know about the creature called "horse".
Sure enough, Drogo nodded when he heard this question.
"Yes, we encountered it before when we were hunting."
Zhou Xu was immediately delighted when he received this answer.
"You want us to trade for the Mustang?"
Drogo is not stupid. Zhou Xu has explained it so clearly, there is no way he cannot fail to react.
Before Zhou Xu could speak, Drogo frowned and spoke again.
"But horse meat is not tasty, and the leather is not as strong and durable as bison leather. Are you sure you want this?"
“…”
Well, the reaction was there, but the thinking was wrong.
Unlike Zhou Chongshan and his people who originally lived in the mountains, as a race living on the grassland, the centaurs have a relatively comprehensive understanding of the species on the grassland.
Zhou Xu was not surprised by this. After all, there had been civilizations in this world before, and he just regarded it as knowledge passed down from the previous civilization.
"I'm sure, but I don't want a dead wild horse, I want a living one. I need you to capture it alive without hurting it!"
Hearing this, Drogo's frown deepened.
In their living area, there seems to be no tribe that can tame wild horses and ride them, and the Centaurs themselves obviously don't need it, so he really can't understand Zhou Xu's request.
Of course, he didn't really care about this. What he was thinking about now was capturing the wild horse alive.
Compared to shooting a wild horse directly and carrying its body back, capturing it alive is undoubtedly more difficult, but it does not seem impossible.
Thinking of this, Drogo nodded.
"Okay, then how many arrows can one wild horse be exchanged for?"
Faced with this question, Zhou Xu stretched out a palm.
"Five. This arrow is too difficult to make. For one wild horse, I can only give you five arrows at most. And the wild horse must be healthy."
As Zhou Xu spoke, he secretly observed Drogo's expression out of the corner of his eye.
At this moment, if there was a modern person standing nearby and heard the price Zhou Xu offered, he would definitely be stunned on the spot.
This price is too outrageous, isn't it?! Five copper arrows for a wild horse? Only a fool would do such a deal!
But Drogo didn't know that.
From Drogo's perspective, he didn't know what the use of wild horses was. In Drogo's opinion, wild horses were just a kind of grassland species whose meat was not tasty, whose hide was not as strong and durable as bison hide, and which was troublesome to hunt.
Therefore, he didn't think there was anything wrong with the price Zhou Xu offered.
He even agreed quite readily, which made Zhou Xu, who had already prepared himself for bargaining, feel a little empty.
The deal was done, and after both parties returned each other's arrows, Drogo did not stay and soon left with his people.
When Drogo and the others had completely run away, Zhou Xu could no longer hold back the smile on his face. That smile was so bright that it was dazzling.
This time, he can be said to have made a lot of money!
It's not just the wild horse deal, there are also the six hyena corpses lying there.
Drogo and his men had no interest in the corpses. They collected the arrows and left, leaving the corpses there.
If he was lucky, he could even find four more hyena corpses. In one trip, he could form a team of ten hyena skeletons! To some extent, this was the fastest way for him to improve his combat power.
After piling all the hyena bodies onto the wooden cart, Zhou Xu was no longer in the mood to catch buffaloes. He quickly followed the path that Drogo had pointed out to him and led his men to look for the other four hyena bodies.
During this time, Ye Jinghong, who had been worried all the way, couldn't help but ask a question...
"Chief, do we really want to sell arrows to the Centaurs?"
"yes."
"But this will obviously increase the Centaurs' combat effectiveness. Although we have joined forces with the Centaurs now, no one knows what will happen in the future..."
Having said that, Ye Jinghong didn't say anything else, but his meaning was already very clear.
He believed that the Centaurs might become their enemies in the future, and it was not a wise move to increase the enemy's combat power.
It has to be said that in this kind of matter, Ye Jinghong thinks further than Zhou Chongshan.
At this moment, Zhou Chongshan was still thinking about how to transport so many hyena corpses back, while Ye Jinghong was already thinking that they might have to fight against the Centaurs in the future.
In response, Zhou Xu smiled and comforted him.
"Don't worry, it's just a few arrows. Arrows are valuable only when they are in sufficient quantity. How many can Drogo and his men get from us?"
Zhou Xu had undoubtedly thought about this matter seriously in his mind.
If possible, he certainly doesn't like to upgrade equipment for outsiders.
If they had discovered wild horses instead of bison, this wouldn't have happened.
But the reality is that they can't find a herd of wild horses, let alone capture them alive.
Now they have Drogo to help them do this, exchanging wild horses for arrows. No matter how they think about it, this deal has more advantages than disadvantages.
At the same time, from Drogo's previous behavior of not knowing how to start the conversation, it can be seen that the other party is actually not a bad person.
There is no guarantee that they will be able to coexist peacefully in the future...
(End of this chapter)
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