Chapter 196: The Great Bazaar
The cry shook the sky, and the shouting shook the ground. This is the only feeling that the Metropolitan Governor has felt, the long-lost parents are looking for their flesh and blood in the crowd, and the children can only wait for the family to compare the tattoos and pick them up, they cannot remember their parents' faces.
If someone's parents died, then he could only be like Da Fei and Serra, and henceforth be a pariah in Dubancia, helpless, without relatives and without a cause.
On the day of this year's arrival, about 10,000 people returned to Dubancia, and Zhou Yu stood upstairs and made a rough estimate, and finally did not find a home of about four or five hundred people. The faces of these children are full of all kinds of expressions, some are angry, some are sad, some are helpless, some are decisive, after all, they are adults, God has not given you a perfect birth and a fair earth, but has given everyone the right to live. As for living well, it all depends on ability.
"Is this the day of arrival?"
"Exactly, there's going to be a big bazaar next."
"The Grand Bazaar?"
"That's right, it's the merchants who came from the Central Continent and traded with the natives. It lasts for half a day, and it's just once a year, so if you miss it, you'll have to wait for next year. β
"In other words, the big bazaar is the highlight of the homecoming day?"
"Well, the wealthy merchants and leading figures of the five clans gathered here not to pick up the homing of any Laoshizi, but to the big bazaar."
"Let's go down and have a look."
The homecoming children were weeping and crying and scattered, followed by a few lines of squabbling out of the turtle gate. Some of them carried straw baskets on their backs, some carried flat poles, and some even drove horse-drawn carriages, and they came out of the darkness in groups of three or five, some talking and laughing.
Zhou Yu stood in the open space some distance away from the Turtle Gate, and beside him stood Da Fei, Ma Partridge and Diao Silkworm. Serra has not yet returned from her "work", and the python and the horseshoe crab each have their own trade tasks. I heard from them that the offices of the Snake Clan and the Fish Clan in Butterfly City had prepared the goods early, and they were ready to sell them at the price, but they just needed to be brought out after the two of them went over to take stock and liquidate.
In front of him, there were more and more merchants from the Central Continent, and they were getting closer and closer, and Zhou Yu even saw the faces of the merchants in front of him. To his surprise, some of them had blue hair, some had blonde hair, and some had red hair that he had never seen. Unexpectedly, in the grand bazaar, you can see the residents of the four continents of Kuz, Sora, Duban and Dick in the same frame, which is so magical that I dare not imagine.
Just a meal, the big bazaar kicked off. The merchant consciously stretched along the wall of the gate to both sides, posing in a long line; The Duban merchants were very cooperative with them face to face, and the distance of ten meters or so also stretched up a horizontal row, and everyone sat facing each other on the ground, leaving the open space in the middle for negotiation and weighing settlement. Hey, don't say it yet, orderly tight.
"These people are quite well-behaved."
"Director, you don't know anything. For Dubancia, the Grand Bazaar is comparable to the life of the mainland. If there is no big bazaar, you can only eat insects and ants, and sleep on the ground in the mud. β
Indeed, for a continent that has no resources other than minerals, the trade window is simply too important. If they want to survive, they must seize the opportunity of the year to accumulate large quantities of food, cloth and other household items. If you move slowly, you have to tighten your belt to survive a long "winter".
"Diao silkworm, don't you have to go to the Zerg to supervise it?"
Zhou Yu pointed to a large-scale trading station in the distance and said, there is a Zerg insect flag hanging there, and the cargo boxes and sacks that stretch for more than a hundred meters behind it show that the Zerg is fully prepared for this big bazaar. These amber, broken amber and other associated minerals can bring enough clothing, food, supplies, and even luxury goods to the Zerg, which shows that Diao Silkworm is prepared.
"No, it's up to the next person. Director, shall we take a look at it in front of you? β
"Please!"
"Please!"
The director shouted and shouted, Zhou Yu was really used to it. In his previous life in the unit, he served as the director of the secretary's office, the director of the office and even the director of the partnership committee, the position of the director can be large or small, all over all walks of life, streets and alleys, Tiannan and Haibei, air and underground, and it corresponds to another title with a huge volume is "team leader".
"Come on, come on, the best pear dumplings, and the best pear ballast. Bought it, bought it! β
The Governor stood there, looking at the old man named Selling in front of him, and refused to leave for a long time. Pear is a grain product of Kuzsia, and when the cliffs were raging, Samanda lost a large area of pear land. The pear dumplings have not tasted for many years.
Zhou Yu's eyes were moist for some reason.
"Master, do you want some pear? It's delicious! Pack you eat this one and want the next one. β
Old Kuz boasted to himself, a few slightly gray blue hairs lying on his scalp, trembling with excitement and exaggerated tone, sweat seeping out of his forehead even more uncontrollably, so that he had to take the time to wipe it with his sleeve.
"Old man, how do you sell the dumplings?"
"Well, what did you come from?"
Zhou Yu understood what he meant, bartering and equivalent exchange, this trade method is very fair, saving the trouble of replacing it with currency, otherwise it will have to be traded twice.
"IβWhat do I have?"
The Metropolitan Governor rummaged up and down, but couldn't find anything to trade with, and shrugged his shoulders stupidly. Alas? Pregnant.
Zhou Yu took out an FD coin from his arms and handed it to the old man. The old man with gray temples had obviously never seen this thing, so he turned it over and looked at it carefully.
"What is this?"
"It's a coin, and when you go back to Kuzsia, you can buy anything you want."
When the old man stared at the FD coin in a daze, the Metropolitan Governor picked up a piece of pear dumpling and stuffed it into his mouth. Hey, my teeth are almost gone. Old man, you are a profiteer! This dumpling is also a little harder, is it used as a brick?
"Director, let's take a look at it later."
Diao Silkworm gently helped Zhou Yu, her eyes flashing. The Governor understood what he meant, can these filthy things be called food? This is a commodity traded by the poor.
"Old man, don't sell out of the dumplings, I'll buy them when I come back later!"
Diao silkworms, Da Fei, and Ma Partridge almost dragged the governor away. Actually, Zhou Yu just wants to taste the taste, the taste that has not been seen for a long time, that's it. Why do people want to eat hometown food? Because it can relieve homesickness for a short time.
Continuing to move forward, laboriously passing through the bustling and shoulder-to-shoulder crowd, Zhou Yu and the four of them came to the bulk goods trading area. Most of the deals here are about cars and boxes. Most of the dignitaries and nobles of the five ethnic groups who were engaged in trade and the famous merchants of Dubancia gathered here. At this time, although the big set has just begun, the sound of moving and transporting on both sides and shouting is already very loud.
A familiar figure appeared in Zhou Yu's eyes.
"Isn't this Mr. Fallen? What wind is blowing you in? β
Zhou Yu stepped up, stretched out his hand with a smile, and took the initiative to show goodwill.
"Fortunately, fortunately, this is not necessary."
Fall lifted his glasses, used his arm to open the palm handed over by Zhou Yu, and pretended to glance casually at the few people behind him. There was the gentry who identified the soft dragon on the main hall yesterday, a soldier wearing the uniform of the Wing Clan, and Diao Silkworm, the quasi-patriarch of the Zerg.
Several big men behind him recognized Zhou Yu's appearance, thinking that he had abducted the pillar of the Puxi group, and was just about to get up to make a fuss, but was pressed down by Mr. Fall.
"At the time of the big bazaar, I don't have much to do with you. We have a chance to settle that account, even if I let you go, some people will still not let you have a good time. Someday, I will teach you a boy who doesn't know the height of the sky and regrets coming into this world. β
The depraved tone was calm, his expression was unfazed, and saying such cruel words was as common as saying hello. Why didn't the Metropolitan Governor understand the meaning of his words, wasn't it Cuo Ling? If Lao Tzu had been afraid of him, he would not have stood up above the hall yesterday to expose his marionette tricks. Joke!
"Hahaha, Mr. Fallen is gracious. I regret coming here early in the next morning, I don't know which master is so capable, I can send it on the next trip, I am very grateful! But before we go, we have to do something! β
The depraved smiled grimly, his white teeth dizzying. Both sides are waiting for Zhou Yu to reveal what he is going to do.
"In Xiade, choose a feng shui treasure land for you and Master Cuo Ling, they are all well-known characters, and they can't be buried in the wilderness, and it won't look good if they are gnawed by wild dogs. Right? β
"You, you, I..."
"What's you, me, you're going to tell Lord Cuo Ling, aren't you? Hurry up, go now, if I'm afraid, cowardly, and weak, I'm born to your grandmother. And one more point, I tell you, fall! Don't use your tongue every day, that thing is useless. Don't you understand the truth of working hard to prosper the country and misleading the country? β
The Metropolitan Governor rolled his eyes and walked straight forward, pushing away the two strong men behind him as he passed. Forgive you for not having the ability to move Lao Tzu in the territory of Butterfly City, especially in the big bazaar.
It's really not that Zhou Yu underestimates them, he analyzes people's hearts too thoroughly. Who is Mr. Fallen? It's just a clown who jumps off the beam, what's the difference between it and other dramas? It's nothing more than smarter. But at the end of the day, he's still a clown.
Compared with the outlaws who have experienced bloody rain, swords and swords, and even died a few times, it is really not worth mentioning. As the so-called thief of the hook and the thief of the country, is there a person who has the ability to overthrow the reckless and Feili, is he afraid of an acrobatic performer? People who have the ability to rebel will not be as knowledgeable as roosters and dog thieves, and they will not be able to stand on a stage.
Fallen wants to maintain the status quo, and even can change his fate by stammering with the soul of the house, and it is best to mix in a pool and a half city, and from then on he has the identity of a "big name". Now, he is also an inspirational example of salted fish turning over and dick silk counterattacking, but he was wrong, where was the mistake? The mistake is not to treat people as human beings, this kind of person will definitely die in the ocean of the people's war in the end, and he disdains Zhou Yu to do it.
Grain still comes first, and sure enough, everywhere is the primary industry. The first place in the list of bulk business transactions of the five ethnic groups is definitely all kinds of food, such as flour, coarse grains, dried meat, whole chickens and pigs, vegetables and fruits, wine and tea, but there are no seeds. But it's useless to have it, Dubancia can't grow anything without sunlight.
In exchange, the traders obtained from Dubancia the traditional form of coal, iron ore, coarse iron, and large green bricks. Because there are countless underground buildings here, concrete fortifications and large blue bricks, and these building materials are urgently needed by other continents and even Tumeng City, so they have also become a hot out-of-stock commodity.
What surprised the Governor the most was the salt produced in Dubancia. It turns out that more than 90% of the salt in the entire borderless land is produced here, and the salt well is the economic lifeline of the snake and fish tribes, and the salt mining industry is the pillar industry of the two tribes. Zhou Yu couldn't help but admire, God is really fair, if he gives the Wing Clan Butterfly City, he will give the Zerg Amber, and he will also give the Snake Clan and the Fish Clan salt. But what about the canines?
"What's the canine's specialty?"
"Look over there!"
Diao Silkworm casually pointed to another field next to the Zerg Trading Station, where dozens of porters were like ants moving, one after the other, carrying the boxes diligently.
"What are they selling?"
"The canines produce a stone that is very flammable but quickly burns to ashes, much worse than the chestnut. But I don't know why, the old men of Slaughter Dream City love to buy this thing very much. The canine people have been living on this thing for hundreds of years. β
Zhou Yu walked over and took the opportunity to touch a porter. The porter stumbled under his feet, the box on his shoulder shook a few times, and a few pieces of gravel fell to the ground. The man glared at the Governor and continued to move away with a curse.
The Governor crouched down, picked up the rubble, looked at it, put it under his nose and sniffed, and even chiseled with force a piece of other pieces scattered on the ground.
Isn't this saltpeter? That is, an important ingredient in *. Zhou Yu was shocked, it turned out that the dog clan had always been the *supply base of Dream Slaughter City, but this group of uncivilized people didn't know what * was, nor did they know what kind of lethality it was.
"Director, is there anything strange about this thing? In Dubancia, it's worthless. β
Diao Silkworm squatted down with him and looked at Zhou Yu in wonder.
"In your eyes, it's worthless, but in the eyes of those who know the goods, it's worth a thousand dollars! It's a murderous weapon! β
"Murder?"
Diao Silkworm pursed his lips, obviously Zhou Yu's few words could not convince him. Just these pieces of rubble, killing? Is it thrown out and stoned to death?
"Let's go!"
Zhou Yu turned around and thoughtfully left the commodity trading area with the three of them.
In addition to food, the second most traded item is clothing, which is a sought-after item for ready-to-wear clothing or materials. The fur coat worn by Diao silkworms must be worth a lot of money, because most of the animal skins are produced in Saurasia, and with the cost of labor, a coat can only change hands if it takes two bags of chestnuts to change hands.
The poor could not afford to buy ready-to-wear clothes, so they exchanged chestnuts, broken salt, and broken saltpeter with the merchants for linen cloth. The big bazaar is really not picky, as large as a few hundred boxes of business, as small as a burlap turban, there are people who do it.