Chapter Ninety-Seven: Salt and Iron
Woo~
The horn sounded again, and the long caravan stopped advancing a few hundred meters from the village.
I saw that the rear compartment of the beast cart at the front automatically lifted.
Revealing the hidden inside...
Mecha?
Gao Jing sat on Shan Guoer's shoulder, and Shan Guoer stood on the wall dozens of meters high.
So he condescended and saw it clearly.
Suddenly there was a sense of absurdity!
I feel that the style of painting is seriously wrong.
With a "click" sound, the huge mecha that was originally lying flat on the beast cart slowly sat up.
Then one rolled over and jumped to the ground.
The movements are also quite flexible!
Now Gao Jing saw the whole picture of it.
It should be said that there is still a big gap between this big guy and the kind of sci-fi mecha in Gao Jing's memory.
It's more like a wooden replica, with a rugged look and a strong steampunk feel.
But there was neither steam nor thick steel mechs.
Only the chest and back are equipped with silver-gray armor, and the head and limbs are made of wood.
The square head is inlaid with two large black eyes that can be turned from side to side.
It is about the same height as the giants around it.
Although it is very different from the mecha in his memory, it still brings Gao Jing a great shock.
It also refreshed Gaojing's perception of the big world.
The mountain tribes and mountain villages obviously cannot represent the civilization level of the Great Wilderness Terran at all.
"That's a psionic golem. ”
Just as Gao Jing was carefully observing the big guy that looked like a mecha, the sound of Shanyan suddenly sounded next to him.
The old wizard didn't know when he came to the wall.
He reached out and touched the little girl's head, and looked at the caravan not far away: "Very valuable thing." ”
Gao Jing understood the meaning.
The old wizard used the word "thing" to describe this psionic golem, apparently just treating it as a big toy.
It's just worth a lot of money.
"High view. ”
The old wizard retracted his gaze and lowered his head: "Tomorrow our clan will trade with the caravan, do you want to participate?"
Gao Jing replied without thinking, "Okay!"
It's a great opportunity to learn about the outside world, and you can't miss it.
He couldn't stay in the mountain village for the rest of his life.
The current high view is still very weak.
When he has a certain ability to protect himself in the future, he will inevitably go to a bigger world.
The old wizard knows this very well!
"Then you have to be ready. ”
The old wizard smiled faintly, "Their leader is a very interesting character. ”
Gao Jing nodded.
The caravan from Qinghe City set up camp outside the village.
The giants of the caravan formed a large circle around the beast cart.
They quickly set up tents inside, and then set up a pyre outside the makeshift camp.
The giant rhinoceros pack beast was taken to forage for food.
When night falls, the pyre turns into a roaring bonfire.
The giants of the mountain villages entertained these guests from afar with their own fruit wine and animal meat.
They beat the war drums, sang and danced, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Gao Jing did not attend the welcoming banquet, and he listened to the old wizard in the wooden house tell the story of the caravan.
Qinghe City is the closest small city to the mountain villages, with a population of nearly 10,000.
There are countless such small cities in the Great Wilderness.
Most of them belonged to different vassal states and had a high degree of autonomy.
But there is an obligation to pay tribute to the lord of allegiance, and to be drafted.
Qinghe City was founded by the Qinghe tribe and two other tribes.
Its city lord Qing Kui has the strength of an upper-level totem warrior, and he has hundreds of elite totem warriors under his command.
Within a radius of thousands of miles, the Qinghe tribe that sits on Qinghe City is a well-deserved overlord.
The Qinghe tribe has a number of caravans in their hands, and they travel back and forth between different regions throughout the year, trading with other cities and tribes.
Earn a lot of money.
"There are salt and black iron mines near Qinghe City..."
The old wizard smoked his pipe and said to Gao Jing, "Salt and iron are their main goods, and we used to have to trade with them, but now we have enough salt. ”
Gao Jing was thoughtful and asked, "Do they have rules for doing business?"
Gao Jing already knew.
Although most of the tools used by the mountain giants are stone, bone and wood.
But they also have iron tools.
Iron is mainly a weapon, and it is very, very precious.
Under normal circumstances, tribal warriors would only use the most lethal iron weapons when they were hunting for beasts or monsters such as megalodons!
Especially demon beasts, it is difficult to break through the defense without metal weapons.
On top of that, the mountain tribes did not have the skills and craftsmen to smelt and forge metal weapons, and if the weapons they bought with the caravans were damaged, they had to sell them back to each other at a low price.
One in and one out, the price paid by the mountain tribes was extremely high.
Therefore, iron weapons are one of the most valuable assets of the tribe, and they are not usually taken out.
Gao Jing had thought about customizing a batch of large metal weapons for the mountain tribe in the Overworld.
However, according to the old wizard, the iron weapons they use are made of sorcery and have special powers, which can cause damage to monsters.
And after using it many times, this special power will be worn off.
This in turn led to the complete destruction of the entire weapon.
It was precisely after understanding the characteristics of metal weapons in the Great World that Gao Jing temporarily put down such an idea.
Otherwise, he took the trouble to get a batch of knives, axes, guns and arrows, and found that they were inferior to the stone weapons used by the giants.
That's hilarious.
In addition, the old wizard also said to Gao Jing.
Refining better salt from salt stones also requires the ability of a wizard, and there are no simple and easy means and methods.
And the wizard who has mastered this ability is also called an alchemist!
In the Great Wilderness Human Race, the status of the alchemist is very high, higher than that of a wizard of the same level.
The Qinghe tribe has a refiner.
Shanyan is not a refiner, and there are no salt and iron deposits around the mountain villages.
Therefore, the important lifeblood of the tribe has always been firmly grasped by Qinghe City.
The problem is that Gao Jing now brings a large amount of coarse salt, so that the mountain tribes no longer need to risk hunting the megalodon in exchange for the salt stone that was once indispensable.
Even the precious iron weapons were saved.
Then tomorrow's trading will certainly be very different.
The origin of the Qinghe caravan was very large, which inevitably made Gao Jing worried.
The mountain tribes do not have megalodon skins to trade with each other.
In case the other party is upset...
"You don't have to worry. ”
The old wizard put down his pipe and smiled, "I don't know if they have rules for doing business with others, but in our case, they can only do business by proper means. ”
Although he said it a little tongue-twisting.
But Gao Jings understands in seconds.
Shan Yan is not afraid of the Qinghe caravan with a strong background, and he is not afraid of them being unhappy.
In turn, this old wizard is quite unhappy with the Qinghe caravan!
Rules don't mean there isn't pressing.
Gao Jing immediately realized that he was afraid that he had seriously underestimated the old giant in front of him all along!
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