The further you go to the east, the more and more teams you encounter from various tribes.

Dongyang City is the main distribution center for the southern region of Freljord and the southern trading center of the Runeterra Road, so there are at least thousands of small and medium-sized tribes in the vicinity who use this place as a trading center.

Naturally, there are countless teams that come and go every day, and it is extremely lively all year round.

The team of the Huaxia tribe is one of the very inconspicuous ones, with only ten carts of goods, only 50 people, and there are no very conspicuous strong men, let alone a clear and well-known tribal flag.

There is not even the most basic tribal flag, and at first glance it is from the kind of unknown small tribe.

Because, the Huaxia tribe has not yet determined the flag of its own tribe.

Harvey stood on the roof of the car, pointed to a shadow in the east, and shouted loudly: "Chief, I have seen Dongyang City, and I am about to arrive." ”

Jiang Zhenwu also came back to his senses from the silent recitation of the Taoist scriptures and the nineteen chapters of Zhuangzi, stomped on his feet, his body flew away, and landed on the roof of the car, looking into the distance, and also saw a vague shadow in the distance.

"It's here!"

Jiang Zhenwu nodded lightly.

Lannie breathed a sigh of relief, too, and she was nervous all the way.

Because, a few years ago, when she went to Dongyang City with the team of the Taer tribe, she was robbed by robbers, and the goods were robbed, and she lost half a year's savings of the clansmen.

Along the way, there have always been bandits, but in recent years, wars between tribes have decreased, so existences such as the Blackclaw tribe can spare time and manpower to eliminate bandits and maintain the stability of their own territory, so that the robbers dare not come out at will and hide in the Iron Ridge Mountains.

After walking for another half a day, I finally arrived at Dongyang City.

The city is much bigger than it looks from a distance, but it's only a big area.

Jiang Zhenwu was a little disappointed.

Because, this is a city, but rather a trading area connected by several huge markets.

There were no walls enclosing the city, no moats, no scattered houses and wide streets, only scattered houses and warehouses where merchants from the south had bought the goods of the tribes.

It was a trading hub, with few settled inhabitants, mostly merchants from the south, mercenaries escorting caravans, and tribal warriors from the northern tribes.

"Hey, brave tribal warriors, are you here to sell your goods? We're a caravan from Noxus, my name is Dick, and I want to buy your goods, can you?"

Before the Huaxia tribe's team entered the city limits, a burly, dark-faced, weather-beaten man walked over, wearing a black robe, his eyes were full of shrewdness, and he sold himself to the Huaxia tribe: "My price is definitely the fairest here." ”

Jiang Zhenwu didn't speak, and handed it over to the experienced Lannie and Harvey, who had both come here to make trades.

Harvey replied simply, "Dick, we've made an appointment with an old friend. ”

Dick laughed and said, "Brave tribal warrior, gold is the best old friend, isn't it?"

Harvey didn't say much, just led the team inside.

Dick was a little anxious, and walked up again to say something, but at this time a merchant came from the side of the road, wearing a white robe, and there were pale golden lines on the robe, and came up and said kindly: "Don't be deceived by the cunning and cruel Dick, he is just a cunning fellow, I am a merchant from Demacia, my name is Watson, if you make a deal with me, we will be friends, you will get the friendship of a Demacian merchant, and of course, my gold coins will also satisfy you with this transaction!"

Harvey still didn't speak, pretending to be the leader of the team, and walked straight inside, as if I had a clear deal to do.

Lan Ni and Jiang Zhenwu walked in the middle of the line, looking left and right.

Complicated and messy is Jiang Zhenwu's first impression.

Every trading party from the tribe will be pestered by the merchants here to buy goods from the Freljord tribe.

There are some of the finest furs on the entire trail, as well as some precious and unique medicinal herbs, and the occasional rare ore and magic crystal.

But the tribesmen here are very simple, which is a nice way to say it, and stupid to say that it is stupid, and traders from the south can buy the unique and precious products here at very low prices.

The rest of the Runepaths are almost controlled by a few major city-states, and state institutions control everything, so it is almost impossible to have so many people to trade with them, and still let them set the price.

Only now that a complete city-state has not yet been established, it is still a scattered Freljord, and there are so many objects to trade with, so that merchants can take advantage of it.

As a result, it is perhaps one of the most prosperous trading places on the entire continent.

Dick and Watson quarreled, one of them was from Noxus and the other was from Demacia, and they were two city-states that were naturally opposites, and the two sides naturally did not like each other here, and now they were still direct competitors, and they were even more polite to speak.

Dick: "Hypocritical Demacian, their friendship is worthless, don't be deceived by him. ”

Watson: Cunning and cruel Noxians, don't let him rob you. ”

Seeing the two arguing, Harvey said in time: "If you are sincere about trading, I can consider it." However, we don't need gold, we just need weapons, moreover, it's a set of standard weapons. ”

Both of the arguing men stopped at the same time.

They have long been used to quarreling and quarrelling, so they have not really reached the point of life and death, they are just businessmen, chasing profits.

"Standard weapons? Do you want to build an army? Then you've found the right choice!"

Dick immediately said, "Our army in Noxus is the most powerful presence on the entire continent, and we have the most powerful master weaponmakers. As it happens, I've got a hundred sets of Noxian army primary, spears, and cuirass! ”

Watson was silent for a moment, and then said: "If you only have these goods, you can't exchange them for enough standard weapons, if you want to form a large-scale army, you need at least two hundred sets of weapons, and your goods are only enough to exchange for fifty sets of equipment at most!"

This is the exploitation of a higher civilization by a lower civilization.

Jiang Zhenwu listened, and didn't believe that the value of his ten truckloads of goods could only be exchanged for fifty sets of equipment, although they were all furs and medicinal herbs or something, they didn't look valuable, but they transported them back to Noxus or the city-state of Demacia, and with a little processing, they could sell them for more than a hundred times the price.

But he couldn't change anything.

This is the rule of the world, the law of the jungle, the strong make the rules, and the weak can only passively accept it.

Harvey turned his head to look at Jiang Zhenwu, Jiang Zhenwu looked at Lan Ni, Lan Ni knew that this was the market price here, and nodded in agreement.

Dick and Watson are both businessmen who are good at observing words and feelings, so they can naturally see that Jiang Zhenwu and Lan Ni are the ones who are the last to call the shots here, and they are the ones they pay the least attention to at first, and both of them flashed a trace of surprise.

After all, at first glance, Harvey was clearly the strongest warrior on the team, with the most powerful body and the most domineering weapon.

Lan Ni was just a woman, and Jiang Zhenwu was the weakest existence in the entire team.

But Harvey had to follow the orders of Lanni and Jiang Zhenwu.

This is almost inconceivable among the tribes where the strong are respected.

Harvey received instructions from Jiang Zhenwu, looked at Dick and said, "We want to see your weapon before making a decision." ”

Dick's weapon from Noxus gained the trust of the other party, and he glanced at Watson proudly, and then agreed: "Okay, respected warrior, what do you call you?"

Harvey replied simply, "Harvey, is your warehouse far away?"

Dick pointed to a warehouse not far away and said, "It's just ahead, please come with me." ”

Watson was reluctant to lose this opportunity to trade, he could see that Harvey's ten truckloads of goods were also of the highest quality among the Freljord tribe, and those furs and medicinal herbs were the most precious kind.

He guessed that it was all from the Iron Ridge Mountains, which was why the quality was so good, and only the things in the Frost Lands in the northernmost part of Freljord could be compared, and if these ten truckloads could be bought, the profit they could get from transporting them back was staggering, at least hundreds of times more.

The team of the Huaxia tribe followed Dick to his warehouse, and several tribes' teams were already gathering at the door of the warehouse to trade.

Apparently, they were an alliance of caravanserais, together with a large warehouse, surrounded by hundreds of fierce mercenaries at the Guardians.

Dick took Harvey, Jiang Zhenwu, and Lan Ni to a small house in the warehouse, which was full of sets of standard weapons and armor.

Among them, there are a hundred sets of spears and cuirasses, although they are not high-quality weapons, but in the tribe, they are already rare good weapons, not weaker than the standard weapons of the Black Claw tribe.

Harvey looked back at Jiang Zhenwu again.

Jiang Zhenwu stretched out his hand and touched these weapons, each spear was made of all-metal, and the weight was about the same, about two hundred kilograms, and the weight of the cuirass was also about two hundred kilograms, which was something that ordinary tribal warriors could bear.

"Yes!"

Jiang Zhenwu said simply.

Harvey looked at Dick and said, "Okay, we can trade, we need these fifty sets of weapons and armor." ”

Dick, on the other hand, looked at Jiang Zhenwu and said curiously, "This tribal warrior, where are you from? If you are willing to establish a long-term trade relationship with me, I can give you a better price!"

"How much?"

Jiang Zhenwu asked directly.

Dick thought for a moment and said, "Seventy, I can give you seventy sets of weapons!" However, you have to swear that in the future, Dongyang City can only trade with me. ”

He personally checked the goods of the Huaxia tribe again just now, and they were all of absolute best quality, and those few iron roots were taken to Noxus, and the value of the sale was more than a hundred times that of these hundred sets of weapons.

After all, these 100 sets of weapons are all primary standard weapons, and Noxus, which is extremely developed in the military industry, is not worth anything at all, and it can be quickly created by a random weapon workshop.

However, these precious iron root grasses from the depths of the Iron Ridge Mountain Range can save lives at critical moments, and those strong and upper-class people will spend a lot of money to buy them.

Not to mention, these cars of fur are also of the best quality, and the value is also very large, so they don't have to worry about selling them at all.

Harvey and Lannie were overjoyed when they heard this, and they wanted to agree immediately and get seventy sets of weapons back, which would definitely make the warriors of the tribe excited.

But Jiang Zhenwu stared at Dick, shook his head and said, "The price is too low!"

Dick was stunned for a moment, this price was already higher than the average price in Dongyang City, and hurriedly explained: "Dear tribal warrior, you may not know the market here......"

Jiang Zhenwu waved his hand, stopped him from speaking, and said, "If you only want to trade once, you can give me the price according to the market." But if you want to monopolize the things of our tribe, then at least double the price. I don't care what the market is, I only know that our tribe's things are the best, and you can't find such a good quality fur and iron root grass in the entire Dongyang City, right?"

Dick fell silent, the smile on his face faded into place, replaced by solemnity and seriousness, he had never met anyone from the tribe who could say such shrewd words.

The tribal inhabitants here have no concrete concept of the value of their goods at all.

The merchants of the major city-states from the south of the mainland have also tacitly set the price market here and get the greatest benefits together.

Naturally, the tribesmen who were isolated from the south did not know the specific situation, and as long as they could exchange it for what they needed, then they could accept the trade.

"What do you call this warrior?"

Dick asked curiously.

Jiang Zhenwu: "Zhenwu!"

Dick smiled, "What a strange name, and you're the smartest tribal warrior I've ever met." Yes, your goods are some of the best I've seen in a few years, so Watson and I can't wait to buy them. However, double the price, I can't accept it, if you want to trade for a long time, you also want to leave me enough profit, I am a ...... in business"

"So I've given you enough profit!"

Jiang Zhenwu said clearly: "I estimate that even if I want to double the price, if you take it back and sell it, you can at least get a hundred times the profit, right?"

Lannie and Harvey were stunned.

Shipped back to get a hundredfold profit?

It was the first time they had known such astonishing information.

A cold glint flashed in Dick's eyes.

How could he not be shocked when the ignorant tribesmen learned of their profits?

The fundamental reason why they can make a lot of profits here is the asymmetry of information, as well as the crushing of IQ and civilization level.

What would the inhabitants of these tribes, Freljord, do if they knew that they were making a lot of profit on them and demanded a price increase?

Dick stared at Jiang Zhenwu, and an oppressive momentum rose up from his body, and said in a deep voice: "Zhenwu warrior, you can't talk nonsense. I can accept the double price you ask, but I hope you don't talk nonsense, it will bring disaster to you!"

Jiang Zhenwu looked at the other party lightly and said lightly: "If you make me satisfied, I will naturally not say it, and it will not be good for me." ”

"Okay, double the price, I want it!"

Dick didn't bother with the price anymore and immediately agreed.

"Yes, these hundred sets of weapons are ours. By the way, our tribe is called Huaxia Tribe!"

Jiang Zhenwu pointed to the weapon here and said.

Dick thought for a moment, shook his head suspiciously, and said, "I haven't heard the name of your tribe!"

Jiang Zhenwu smiled and said, "Soon, all of you will know the name of our Huaxia tribe." ”

Dick was noncommittal: "Maybe, then we'll trade right away?"

"Okay, trade now!"

Jiang Zhenwu agreed.

Harvey and Lenny went out to have the warriors unload all the cargo from the cart, and went inside to remove a hundred sets of weapons and load them onto the cart.

The soldiers were all excited to see so many weapons that were extremely sophisticated for them, and they all had smiles on their faces.

The deal is complete!

Dick also gave Jiang Zhenwu a small gift, a blood-colored sword from Noxus, which Dick said was the work of a master military craftsman from Noxus, which was his collection.

"I only give this sword to the bravest warriors, true warriors, in the hope that we can establish a friendship. ”

Dick solemnly handed the blood-colored sword and scabbard to Jiang Zhenwu.

Jiang Zhenwu didn't care about taking it, but as soon as he took it, he felt a bloody breath penetrate into his body along the palm of his hand, as if the blood in his whole body was about to stir, and the idea of killing couldn't help but breed, wanting to destroy all the lives in his sight.

What a killing weapon!

Jiang Zhenwu admired in his heart, then casually held the long sword in his hand, and said to Dick: "I also hope that we can establish a friendship, next time I come, I need more sophisticated weapons!"

Dick watched Jiang Zhenwu calmly hold the long sword, suppressed the shock in his heart, and smiled: "As you wish!"

The two sides took what they needed, and Jiang Zhenwu turned around and left with the team, intending to leave Dongyang City directly.

General Degu's subordinates?

In this vast sea of people, he can't find it, it's not that he doesn't keep his promise of trading.

In the entire Dongyang City, there are not 200,000 people gathered every day, but 150,000 or 60,000, how can he find someone who he doesn't know and doesn't know the characteristics?

Therefore, he deliberately paid attention to check on the road, even if it was his best.

"It's them, fenced up, not a single one can run!"

But.

He wanted to go, but someone didn't want them to go.

With a loud shout, a team wearing standard armor and holding standard spears rushed over and surrounded the warriors of the Huaxia tribe.

He was followed by two knights on war horses, led by a burly middle-aged man with a strong body of momentum, and the one standing next to him was the one that Jiang Zhenwu and Lan Ni met outside, the Wolf from the Saas tribe!

"I said, as long as you enter Dongyang City, I have the final say. ”

Wolf looked at Jiang Zhenwu and Lan Ni and the others condescendingly, and said proudly.