Chapter 178 Talking Business
"uh-huh."
Standing by, Drogo coughed heavily, and after thinking for a while in his heart, he spoke slowly.
"The herd of wild horses has now moved away from this area. I'm afraid we won't be able to do business here anymore."
"Um"
Hearing this, Zhou Xu nodded expressionlessly, and then there was no further words.
The weather is about to enter winter, and because of the seasonal changes, there is a lot of work to be done. Zhou Xu is now organizing his thoughts in his mind.
At this moment, I really didn't pay much attention to Drogo's reaction.
After all, the two of them are now semi-acquaintances. After working together for a period of time, he has some understanding of Drogo's character, and he is no longer as restrained when getting along with him as he was at the beginning.
In response to this situation, Zhuogo quickly glanced at Zhou Xu, and then found that he was obviously distracted, and a row of black lines suddenly appeared on his forehead.
"uh-huh!"
“…”
"uh-huh!!"
"What's wrong? Is your throat uncomfortable?"
“…”
Amid Drogo's persistent dry cough, Zhou Xu finally came back to his senses and asked about the other party's health, which made Drogo even more speechless.
In the end, he just came clean.
"I mean, does your tribe have any other business to do?"
This time, Zhou Xu finally reacted.
"You want more arrows?"
After realizing it, he asked this question even though he knew the answer.
On this grassland, bows and arrows can be said to be very important weapons, so the quantity and quality of arrows are naturally particularly important.
Things had already come to this point, so Zhuo Ge naturally had no intention of being subtle with Zhou Xu anymore and simply nodded openly.
"So, what else do you want? We can catch almost anything in this grassland area."
Behind this sentence lies the powerful strength of their Centaur clan.
In this grassland area, the Centaurs and the Hyenas are the two strongest forces. At a time when the Hyenas are suffering heavy losses, Drogo undoubtedly has the confidence to say this.
"Actually, apart from the wild horses, there's really nothing else I want in particular."
Zhou Xu's words made Zhuo Ge feel helpless, but at this moment, he suddenly changed the subject.
"But it would be good if you guys help me catch it so we can save some energy."
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[Why does Zhou Xu breathe heavily when he speaks? ]
Drogo couldn't help but complain in his heart, but what he didn't know was that these were all Zhou Xu's foreshadowing for his next words.
"Bison, you have seen it, one bison, three arrows."
"Only three? The fur of a bison is stronger and more durable than that of a wild horse, and its meat is also edible. A wild horse can be exchanged for five, so why is there only three for a bison? It should be possible to exchange for at least seven or eight!"
Drogo, who didn't know the value of the horse yet, couldn't help but ask questions at this moment.
From his point of view, this matter is simply incomprehensible.
At the same time, it is not known whether it is because he has done too many transactions with Zhou Xu, but Drogo has unknowingly mastered some bargaining skills.
Zhou Xu was very calm...
"Because our tribe doesn't lack them, and it doesn't take too much effort for us to catch them ourselves."
“…”
Combined with the foreshadowing that had been laid out before, Drogo was left speechless with no words of rebuttal.
"Okay, three is three."
The purpose was to let Drogo know that he didn't have to trade these things. They could catch them themselves, and it would just take a little more effort.
Invisibly, the price was pushed down.
Although arrows are not as difficult to make as he said, it does not mean that they are not valuable.
Take the arrow feathers for example, they have to be thick feathers, and the arrowheads are cast in copper.
All weapons and even farm tools in their tribe require copper, but the mining of copper mines currently relies entirely on manpower, and the efficiency is not high.
Their friendship is friendship, and business is business. Of course, they will try to lower the price as much as possible.
After all, they are the only ones who can produce copper arrowheads in the known area, so how much this thing is worth is up to him. "Besides that, there is an animal called a donkey that looks a bit like a horse, but is shorter than a horse. Have you seen it?"
Zhou Xu gestured while questioning Drogo.
If a wild donkey could be caught, it would be a good farm animal, not to mention that by mating a horse and a donkey, a mule could be bred.
But unfortunately, after listening to his description, Drogo shook his head and indicated that he had never seen it.
"Then you can pay attention. One donkey can be exchanged for two arrows. Besides, have you ever seen a sheep? It looks a bit like an antelope, but it has no horns on its head, its legs are not that long, and its body is covered with thick white hair..."
As for the animals described by Zhou Xu, Drogo had no impression of the donkey at all, but of the sheep.
"I don't know if it's the same species as you're talking about. I may have seen this sheep before. Its meat is quite delicious and its fur is very soft."
“…”
Zhou Xu discovered that Zhuogo's knowledge of the animals on the grassland was all about the quality of their fur and whether their meat tasted good.
But on second thought, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it.
For people of this era, animal fur was an important resource, and meat was an important food.
Besides, what value do animals have to them? Zhou Xu wanted sheep, mainly for their wool, which was a very warm material. If they could get the wool, it would undoubtedly be good for them to keep warm in the coming winter.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu quickly asked...
"Where did you see the sheep? Can you catch it?"
Faced with this question, Drogo showed a look of distress for the first time.
"I'm afraid I can't catch him."
"reason?"
Zhou Xu, who had no intention of giving up, asked for the reason.
In this regard, Drogo did not intend to hide it and said directly...
"I've only seen the sheep you mentioned once, but their activity area is not here, but in another area. They ran to the junction and I happened to bump into them, so I shot one."
Of course Zhou Xu would not be naive enough to think that this entire grassland was the territory of the centaurs and hyenas. There must be other forces occupying this grassland.
However, before, he couldn't even deal with the hyenas and centaurs, so naturally he didn't have the leisure to think about things in other areas.
But now that Drogo had taken the initiative to bring up this matter, Zhou Xu naturally asked about it.
"Whose territory is that area?"
"A group of guys who look similar to you, ugly, and have a pair of long ears. They are very difficult to deal with."
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(End of this chapter)
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