Chapter 191
: In the trading manor, Lawrence was thinking about the caravan.
"We haven't prepared so many things here. I haven't made a chamber pot since last year, and we only have three decks of playing cards." Lawrence said quickly: "There seem to be more than 20
people over there, and there are many mounts. , we will suffer too much if we fight with them."
Salil heard Lawrence's troubles and said directly: "Then we just don't do business with them."
Lawrence calculated the gains and losses. If he refused, the caravan would leave obediently. The probability is high, but the probability of causing trouble is high.
After much deliberation, I can't make a specific judgment.
There was no point in continuing to hesitate, Lawrence quickly made a decision.
"Sariel, Reglo, Manderkru, gather twenty people and let's go down and take a look. Delenn, put on Emma's clothes!"
Lawrence looked at Emma, "Emma, give Delenn a set. Don't let her be so conspicuous with your clothes!"
Delen frowned, but did not refuse.
Lawrence comforted him, "Follow me later, and then rush forward if you want to take action."
Sariel asked doubtfully, "What about me?"
"Your hair color and clothing are similar to those of the Pumixiu people, and you have Northern ancestry. , no need to hide."
Lawrence quickly arranged for people to do things, and asked Sophia to take down the playing cards, and at the same time, bring the grated orange peels and candles made by Kenny last year.
Soon everyone began to load their cars, lead their sheep, and pick up weapons.
Lawrence looked at the things in the car, "These are still too few. It seems that we have no other specialties here? Are they really gone?"
Salil thought for a while and said, "Can goat milk be okay?"
"Forget it." Lawrence sighed and looked at the forest and mountains in the distance again.
The crow didn't know how to come back to help, which was really disappointing.
The presence of crows can create a deterrent effect to a certain extent.
It's a pity that he is not a real wizard or a bird tamer.
"Let's go, that's enough. It wouldn't be good if we were too wealthy here, as it would attract the covetousness of bandits."
Lawrence mounted the moose. This large moose was more elegant.
Sariel's Dom is pregnant and is now riding Lawrence's previous mount, Dom.
There are now more than 20 Dome sheep and more than 50 ordinary goats and sheep in the manor, which are usually kept in the livestock hut in the camp.
The lumberyard temporarily stopped working, and Lawrence led a team of twenty people towards the bottom of the mountain.
To increase his persuasiveness, Lawrence also brought two hunting dogs.
The two sides soon met outside the town of Pumixiu.
Rahn looked at the approaching team and focused on the young man at the head.
The rest of the team stood up and gathered behind Rahn, some of whom had already taken up arms to face these unkind northern savages.
Lawrence quickly reined in his mount, sat on the moose and said, "I am Lawrence. It's a bad luck for you to come. I didn't know that anyone wanted those chamber pots, so I didn't make them." Rahn discovered that Pumi Xiu and the
boy No one behind him showed any objection. They all believed that this young man should make the decision, so they knew that this young man was the leader of the group.
Although he wondered why this happened, Rahn accepted it.
"I heard that there are exquisite playing cards here. I remember it was called this. It is said that you can exchange wheat and women for them."
Lawrence nodded, "I have three decks of playing cards here. They are wild boar tusks used by the warriors of our tribe. It is made and very precious. What do you want to exchange for it?"
Larn squinted his eyes and smiled: "We are willing to exchange a basket of wheat for playing cards!"
"Not enough!" Lawrence said directly: "At least three baskets of wheat! "
Lahn calculated after hearing this. He had heard about the value of a deck of playing cards from the tavern before, and Doug exchanged a sheep for a deck of playing cards.
A sheep weighs forty or fifty kilograms, and three baskets of wheat weigh about one hundred twenty or thirty kilograms.
Here in the north, the same weight of grain is more expensive than the same weight of meat because it is easier to preserve.
Also, meat is more difficult to sell than grain.
"Okay, three baskets of wheat in exchange for a deck of cards. I want to see the playing cards you provided first."
Lawrence had long forgotten the transaction price with Doug, because most of the time he set the price casually and bargained at will.
Originally, he planned to exchange a deck of cards for a basket of wheat, but now seeing that the man was willing to trade three baskets for a deck of cards, Lawrence suddenly felt that his price was low.
"Reglo, give him the cards."
Reglo quickly handed over Lawrence's own playing cards.
Fifty-four cards were placed in a wooden folder similar to a laptop.
When Reglo opened the wooden box and revealed the white dominoes polished with wild boar teeth inside, Larn's eyes suddenly lit up. This kind of carefully crafted card is not low-level at first glance!
Lawrence saw Rahn's reaction and said decisively: "Reglo, take the things back. I changed my mind. Three baskets of wheat are too little!"
Rahn instinctively wanted to reach out to stop him, but Reglo was equally fierce. Under the gaze of the surrounding barbarians, he still held back.
"Don't be like this, I can give you two more baskets of wheat."
Lawrence squinted his eyes, "Not enough."
Larn pretended to be distressed, "Eight baskets of wheat!!"
Eight baskets of wheat were exchanged for a deck of playing cards. If If not, Lawrence will change.
Not to mention eight baskets, one basket is good.
The playing cards made of wild boar teeth are indeed very beautiful and have the exquisiteness of works of art, but for Lawrence, a basket of wheat is better.
A basket of wheat can be ground into twenty or thirty kilograms of flour, which can feed yourself and the people around you for a week.
"Nine baskets!!" Lahn shouted loudly: "Nine baskets of wheat, plus a woman who can give birth to a child!"
Lahn grabbed a woman's hair from the side of the motorcade and pulled her away from the team.
The woman fell to the ground, but was too scared to cry.
"Okay." Lawrence nodded and agreed to the exchange, "Give it to him."
Reglo handed the box containing the dominoes to Larn. Larn took it carefully, tilted his head and said to his men: "Give the grain Move down."
Rahn quickly kicked the woman next to him, "Go over to your new master!" The
teenage woman grabbed her wrist with one hand and approached a group of ferocious northern barbarians with fear and nervousness. .
But there are also young men with a gentle temperament like Lawrence, and girls like Saryl who are calm but seem to be good women.
Salil said to the woman: "Go and sit in the car. Don't run around. I will give you food when you get back."
The woman nodded carefully, walked around a group of barbarians and walked to the car behind.
Rahn confirmed the exquisite quality of the domino and put away the playing card with great satisfaction.
"Chief, we don't have enough food here, but there are many women here, beautiful women who can give birth to children." "
I am willing to trade a woman for a deck of cards."
Lawrence thought about the price of goods and felt that in the other party's place, women should Is it more valuable than food?
Lawrence quickly called out the price: "Three women, two decks of cards!"
Larn quickly said: "Okay."
Soon Larn and Lawrence regretted it.
Rahn regretted that he agreed too readily, and Lawrence regretted that he shouted low.
"Okay." Lawrence said calmly: "One cannot regret twice. I will use the remaining playing cards to exchange for three obedient women."
Larn breathed a sigh of relief, "These slaves are all slaves captured from the south. I Make sure they are very obedient and are all women who have given birth to children! There must be no problem!"
Lawrence nodded, "I like outside businessmen to bring better things. If you can bring wine, ironware and men next time, If you are a slave, I am willing to give you five chamber pots for free this time."
Larn quickly agreed: "I am willing to accept this kindness!"
Lawrence quickly asked someone to bring out five clay pots.
In order to sell them at a good price, these pots were made relatively soft, but no matter how delicate they were, they were still red clay in color.
Rahn was a little disappointed. These clay pots looked easy to make and were not much different from ordinary clay pots.
Lawrence also knew that these things were not good, but he kept silent and did not take out the rest.
Rahn looked at the remaining slaves and food and asked: "Is there anything else here? I heard that there is medicine here that can remove the curse of Poseidon." Lawrence nodded and took out a can of grated
orange peels .
"This is australia powder. After three days at sea, you can take out a piece and sprinkle it in hot water, and then drink it to prevent the curse of the sea god." "Be
careful not to be infected by sea water. Once it is corroded by sea water, green things will grow. It's useless."
"Exchange this for wheat!"
Larn didn't have much wheat left, just more than two baskets.
Seeing that Lawrence only needed wheat, Larn quickly agreed to the deal and happily accepted a fist-sized jar of mysterious powder.
In a month's journey, I exchanged worthless food and women for three noble luxuries and a jar of very practical magical medicine. This trip was really profitable!
Lawrence also felt that he had made a lot of money, there were already many slaves, and the important thing was the eleven baskets of food!
Using sixty kilograms of wild boar tusks to continuously polish and cut the three sets of dominoes, in exchange for these four to five hundred kilograms of grain, Lawrence felt that he had made a profit!
Lawrence knew that the dominoes might be worth more, but Lawrence wanted to eat the bread!
This is the case in this era. Value and price only depend on each individual's psychological acceptance, and it is difficult to have a unified standard.
(End of chapter)