Chen Yi carefully inquired about the surrounding villages, and knew that there were more than 30 villages near Mara City that provided various services to the nobles.

Among them, there are three Yuncun alone, namely Yuncun, Xiaoyun Village and Shangyun Village. The latter was a powerful force born and raised, because the village was so populated that it had to divide some people and livestock out as a last resort, so as not to have enough local forage.

The Hunting Village is also divided into two villages, the Upper Hunting Village and the Hunting Village, which are located to the north and west of Mara City, respectively, and eat against the nearby mountains. Different from the piecemeal work of Yun Wuyun and Ba and others, the hunting village is in a state where all the men, women and children of the village are all out of the hunting season, and when there are many times, the two hunting villages will be combined into one, just to hunt those precious beasts and then sell them to the nobles of Mara City. They were also the wealthiest of all the villages, with a large amount of money in their hands and no worries about food and clothing. The only drawback is that in addition to working hard, you have to go to military service from time to time, although the time is not long and there are often spoils of war, but after all, it is dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will be captured by other city lords or noble lords, either as slaves, or lose your family.

In contrast, fishing villages that do not dare to go deep into the inland sea, sand villages that make a living by providing building materials such as sand and tiles and construction skills, and wooden villages that rely on simple carpentry work and timber are all relatively small villages. And all these villages, in addition to the large quantities of meat they hunt and exchange for themselves, rely on the abundant roots and fruits of the local plant.

Chen Yi carefully inquired about the shape of the coin, and found that the latter were mainly copper coins and lead coins, due to the failure to master the technology of bronze manufacturing, these soft and unsuitable metals for weapons became the equivalent of the transaction, but copper coins and pencils of different sizes and purities were often mixed together, and the weights and measures tended to be confused.

Grain was even more bizarre, perhaps due to the abundance of goods in the western continent, which made gathering and hunting the tribes the main means of survival, and instead became a delicious luxury, controlled by the plantations of the nobles of Mara City as a reward for warriors and slaves.

In other words, it is a self-sufficient society dominated by a tribal economy, and the means of production are more scarce than the scarcity of the means of subsistence.

Knowing this basic information, Chen Yi patted Yunba's shoulder and said, "Now that you have money, an iron pot, and a dagger, what do you want to do?" ”

"Marry the prettiest girl in the hunting village." After Yun Bahao finished speaking, everyone laughed.

The village chief shook his head and said, "With your current money, you can marry a girl from the hunting village, but the most beautiful is not enough, it's far behind, who doesn't want to marry the most beautiful girl in the hunting village." ”

Yun Ba was deflated all of a sudden, and said after a while: "I'll always make up enough." ”

"That's right, there's always enough." Chen Yi immediately cheered him up, and took out the long sword that was originally intended to be given as a gift from the backpack he carried, pulled out one, and asked, "Yunba, is such a sword enough for you to marry the most beautiful girl?" ”

The blue blade of the sword, the sharp blade of the sword...... Yunba couldn't help but feel around on the blade, and the calluses on his hands made a "scratching" sound, as if he was cutting iron sheets.

Chen Yi looked at it and hurriedly said: "Yunba, among the commodities in this transaction, you provided the most, so this weapon will be given to you." ”

"Really?"

"Really!" Chen Yi said in the language of konjac flavor.

Everyone's envious eyes lit up, Yunba scratched his ears and cheeks excitedly, and his hand rubbed the sword body and never stopped. They have sturdy weapons and ways to sharpen their sharpness, and it's rare to get a weapon that they can get their hands on.

After playing for a long time, the thick skin covered with calluses was finally cut a little.

Yun Ba smiled as if it wasn't his own finger that was broken.

"Awesome!"

He valued the tip of the sword and the length of the sword, and thought to himself: with such a knife, after being coated with blood, it would not work if it was stirred in the saber-toothed beast's belly. If I kill a saber-toothed beast every day, it won't be long before I can save enough money to hunt the village for a dowry, and I can keep this knife, and then I can save some money, and I can marry a daughter-in-law, and then save money...... Maybe one day, like the village chief of Universiade, he can have eight children and build his own village......

Yunba doesn't understand the concept of nation, otherwise he would definitely think: Give me an iron sword, and I can create a nation......

The envy and recognition of others are similar. Although the power of the bow and arrow is strong, it can only play a tickling role in the face of large animals with thick skin and rough flesh, on the other hand, the power of melee weapons increases with the increase of the user's force, and if you pierce a little, it will immediately cause huge damage. Therefore, unless there is a powerful master like Yunba, or a villager like Yunwu who is good at running and jumping, or a good hunter who is good at hunting, others mostly set traps and shoot small and medium-sized animals with bows and arrows. In fact, Yunba often gets prey, mostly by relying on his metal knife.

Due to the lack of iron tools in the Western Continent, most of the metal blades used are sharpened on the wooden sword jacket, followed by animal teeth and sharp stones, no matter what, the consumption of a battle is very large, not only in terms of the number of uses and efficiency is not as good as the metal sword, but more importantly, the safety hazards.

Although the local residents do not understand what is called risk, they still know very well that when they go out hunting, there is a completely different degree of danger when they carry a broken sword and a good sword.

Yunba held the hilt of his sword and made a contemplative gesture.

Obviously, this surprisingly long metal sword made his will weaker than that of a beautiful woman.

Chen Yi shouted at this time: "In the future, any villager who brings the most materials each time will get a sword." ”

He pulled out a mechanical longsword again and swung it in the air.

Yun Ba was a fierce spirit, and clenched his fists tightly.

"Yes, Chen Xingshang still has a sword, and he has to find a way to change it."

Everyone's thoughts were more and more excited, they all saw the sword in Yunba's hand, but they didn't rush to grab it because of the simple friendship of the same village, and now they have the opportunity to get it, and they are crazy with joy.

Their thinking is different from that of modern people. There are only more than 30 people in the whole village, and there are 8 families in total, which means that no matter how many materials are trafficked, at most 8 times, you can have a 'sword' in your own house......

They don't worry about time too long, what they have is time; They weren't worried that the merchants wouldn't come anymore - how could it be, the merchants were sold in fixed villages for a long time, and sometimes when the father was old, the son would take over, so ...... Just wait.

Chen Yi didn't know what the villagers were thinking, but thought that he was building a new village full of business thinking, and found the village chief and asked, "How many things do you think a sword should be exchanged for?" In other villages. ”

"For what?" The village chief was stunned.

Chen Yi frowned and said, "It's to change the bow and arrow, change the leather armor, or exchange the money." ”

"Only the nobles of the city are rich." The village chief said a word, shook his head vigorously, and said: "How can such a powerful sword be used to exchange things, if you use it for hunting, how many things you want, how many things." ”

Chen Yi smiled bitterly and said, "There must be a price." ”

"I only heard that on the battlefield, the noble knights gave long knives, that is, swords like you, to soldiers, and I never heard that there was a trade in the market, and I didn't sell anything I gave me......"

In this regard, it is obvious that the village chief is still at the level of primitive society.

Chen Yi exhaled helplessly. It seems that iron and other metals are monopolized in the hands of the aristocracy. They don't want to sell at a low price or, as the village chief said, have no goods to exchange, so they only use them for rewards.

This gave him the feeling that it was a bit like the imperial palace commodities in ancient China, the cost was higher than the use value, so there was no market value at all, and he could only appear in the eyes of everyone as a luxury product. In a way, this is also very similar to the "Phantom Wand" that he just got his hands on, except that the latter makes sense to him, and the iron sword, which is not even a commodity.

The pristine ecological environment of the Western Continent is indeed difficult to provide enough goods. In the modern society of the post-industrial era, the throughput of the port is often measured in millions of tons, and even if the forests near Yuncun are cleaned, there may not be millions of tons.

Chen Yi shook his head, but he did become interested in the nearby trees - maybe they could be used to make paper for scrolls? However, it is not cost-effective to use just ordinary trees, and large pulp mills prefer fast-growing forests in addition to native trees. This kind of industrial forest is highly productive, easy to control, and most importantly, cheap, if it takes a lot of effort to send home just ordinary goods......

Thinking of this, Chen Yi grabbed the village chief and asked, "Are there any heavy trees near you?" I'm going to. ”

He took out his iron sword and swung it in the air.

The village chief nodded vigorously and said, "There must be." ”

He actually didn't know what Chen Yi's so-called heavy tree was, but in short, it was right to get a tree.

With more than 200 bows and arrows and more than 300 leather armors, the space required is far larger than that of a bird of prey, and thanks to the vines that the villagers use to bundle up their goods, this can barely move.

The little lizard could only complain, "I'm now through the pickup with the worst surname." ”

"Let you eat the manual, and it will be useful." Chen Yi looked at him.

When he arrived near the light gate, Chen Yi hesitated, but still stepped on the accelerator and rushed in directly, and it was successful. He wiped his sweat, and if he unloaded the car again, it would be fatal.

Back in the abandoned subway station below the store, Chen Yi slowly put all the equipment in the warehouse. I thought it was time to find someone who knew how to bow and arrow to maintain it, the martial arts hall recruited a group of students in half a month, but the number of students who could reach the first level would not exceed 20 people, and if you want to digest so many things, I'm afraid it will take a while.

Out of the door, the bustling street market shrouded in darkness revealed lively faces, either smiling or angry, happy or sad, nervous or relaxed, comfortable or toiling. Chen Yi couldn't tell whether they were happy or not, but he thought that such a life was at least better than the gangsters of Yuncun......

However, the junction of the light gate is to be bought after all.

……

(To be continued)