"Everyone knows the situation of the empire, the orc clan has a huge population and the most elite warriors, the reason why every time you go out to defeat more and win less, in addition to the logistics can not support the long-term battle, the main reason is that the orc empire does not have its own military industry, when the goblins and humans have begun to research various new weapons, you are still using the most primitive weapons to fight, I heard that many army soldiers are still fighting with bone spears polished from bones, for steel, I believe that the empire should be very scarce and money can't buy itWithout directly pointing out his thoughts, Zhou Tian glanced at those orc nobles, but he first told the orc empire about the lack of iron.

Although Zhou Tian told the truth, after listening to his words at that time, none of the orcs present had any good faces. After all, what Zhou Tian said was not a glorious thing, and the appearance of his own empire, the orc nobles who were the rulers were uncomfortable listening to it.

However, although they didn't like what Zhou Tian said, those orcs were quite interested in the deal that Zhou Tian proposed at that time.

As Zhou Tian said, the Orc Empire has no shortage of warriors but does not have enough weapons to arm them, so it obviously has extremely strong military strength, but the situation of the Orc Clan is actually much worse than that of the Terrans and the Elves.

Zhou Tian can be regarded as trading some steel to them, which is actually not enough to solve the embarrassment of the orcs, but no matter what, an extra batch of steel can always solve the urgent need for the orc empire. Moreover, even if they don't have to pay attention to this transaction, the ability shown by Zhou Tian's transaction this time is something that those orc nobles must pay attention to.

How much steel Zhou Tian could take out in this transaction was not a matter of concern to those orc nobles, what those orc nobles really cared about at that time was that Zhou Tian could actually get steel here.

Is the Orc Empire poor?

Compared to other empires, they are indeed very poor, but this poverty is only relative, even if the orcs are poor, it is still easy to scrape together some money for such a large empire to be placed there.

In this way, it shouldn't be difficult to get steel if you have money, but in fact, as Zhou Tian said, steel is really something that is difficult for money to buy for the orc empire.

It's not just the countries of Earth that know about the technological blockade, and the creatures of the world where Zhou Tian is located right now are not stupid. They know the advantages and disadvantages of the orcs, and they are aggressive, and they will harass their neighbors from time to time, and in that case, those nearby races and countries are not in a hurry to prevent them, unless they think they are living too easily, there is no reason to help the orc empire increase its strength.

So naturally, the Orc Empire has a situation where it is difficult to buy steel even if there is money, and it is not impossible to buy a small amount of weapons and armor, but if you want to directly arm all the armies, it will be very difficult. First, no chamber of commerce has the courage to directly sell so many iron tools to them, and if one buys more steel, after the price is copied, the money required to consume is not what the orc empire can support.

As a result, under such a situation at that time, the orc empire also lacked steel. And if Zhou Tian can really provide them with a large amount of steel here, according to the role it can play, not to mention that it will please Zhou Tian, its energy will greatly increase Zhou Tian's status in the hearts of those orc nobles, but there is absolutely no problem.

If this kind of thing spreads about the sale of steel to the Orc Empire, even if Zhou Tian is a nobleman of the Orc Empire, it will cause a lot of trouble. It's just that Zhou Tian has nothing else to think about at the moment, compared to the impact of providing a large number of crystal balls to keep the dragons and orcs in close contact, Zhou Tian is still willing to bear the consequences of selling steel.

And Zhou Tian was so good at that time, it was a good bet.

Just as those orc nobles said, there are not many things that Zhou Tian can attract them, even if he makes a lot of money selling salt, his wealth is still far from enough compared to those orc nobles. If it weren't for the crystal ball's great attraction to almost all dragons, it is estimated that according to Zhou Tian's identity, the ruling layers of the orc empire would not even look at him.

In this way, Zhou Tian could not provide enough crystal balls, so it would be difficult for him to continue the cooperation with those orcs. But now it was different, when Zhou Tian was able to take out a large amount of steel, whether it was the attraction of that steel or the meaning of Zhou Tian's actions at that time, it prompted those orcs to agree to his proposal.

"We agree to fill the gap in the crystal ball with steel, but how do you do it? If there isn't enough steel, then don't blame us for not agreeing to this deal. After discussing it privately, those orc nobles at that time unsurprisingly chose to agree to trade with Zhou Tian. It's just that although they don't mind Zhou Tian exchanging steel for his soldiers, it is obvious that if Zhou Tian takes out a small amount of steel, it will not satisfy them.

For the average businessman, it must be a bit embarrassing to ask them to take out a large amount of steel at this time. But for Zhou Tian, it is not difficult to get some steel.

If it was before, Zhou Tian had no way to get steel, and even the method of making steel from soil Zhou Tian had only heard of it and had not seen it, not to mention that it didn't even have raw ore, even if all the resources were put in front of him, Zhou Tian didn't have the confidence to be able to train good steel.

However, now it is not as good as before, although the interval is not long, but not long ago, after Zhou Tian managed to obtain the purchase permission of the first few floors of Wanjie Supermarket, the problem that was originally difficult for him is now no longer difficult.

Generally, products made of special materials will not be bought on Sundays and cannot afford them, but in the newly obtained building materials purchase authority, there is a product that is very suitable for today's Sundays.

Rebar!

In the modern construction industry of the earth, steel bar is an indispensable component, especially in high-rise buildings, which occupies a large weight. It can be said that a house that is not built with steel bars cannot be built for long. And in the Wanjie supermarket, steel bar is an important building materials commodity.

And Zhou Tian's idea at that time was to prepare to replace the crystal ball notch with steel bars.

Just a few steel bars down, the value in the Wanjie supermarket is far more than a crystal ball, so Zhou Tian used a large number of steel bars to offset the crystal ball gap is a loss-making business. It's a pity that Zhou Tian's situation at that time was there, although he himself knew that it was a loss-making business, but Zhou Tian still had to do it.

Fortunately, although that choice was destined to lose money at that time, according to Zhou Tian's net worth today, it is not impossible to afford to lose. As long as the 200,000 orcs can be exchanged, all the expenses will be worth it for Zhou Tian.