Chapter Seventy-Four: Transactions
"What is the purpose of your coming to my territory?" Without a second word, after blocking the orc army, Zhou Tian immediately asked about their purpose of approaching his territory, after all, although Zhou Tian did not want to offend the border army, he was not afraid of these orc soldiers. Now, before he didn't understand the fact that those orcs were coming, Zhou Tian used the most simple and crude method in order to confirm the enemy and me first.
"Hello Lord Baron, we are a border army stationed nearby, and we are here mainly to make a deal with you. I've heard that the most widely circulated snow salt in the empire is sold exclusively by you, if you can see if we can buy some from you, you know that we are a bit far from the mainland, so sometimes it is not very convenient to transport supplies. We have built our own pastures to provide some of the food, but the necessities such as salt have not been sufficient. What reassured Zhou Tian a little was that when he blocked the other party's way and asked the other party's purpose for approaching his territory in an almost reproachful tone, the army at that time did not attack him, but an officer stepped forward to explain to him the purpose of their entry into his territory this time.
"Buying salt?" After listening to the other party's words, Zhou Tian's face was happy, after all, this is a business sent to the door at the moment, although it is not uncommon for Zhou Tian to exchange CSB for the currency of the world at the moment, but there is no doubt that as long as Zhou Tian establishes a trade relationship with the border army, he will not see anything in the short term, but in the process of continuous trading, the benefits that Zhou Tian can obtain will be far stronger than the profits of his own trading.
However, although Zhou Tian was very interested in the transaction with the border army, especially the transaction of salt, Zhou Tian did not have any idea of restricting it. But no matter what, Zhou Tian is still a little wary of the border army at the moment, so after listening to the other party's words, he will not respond to the other party's request in one bite.
"If you want to buy salt, I'll sell it as long as you can afford it. It's just ......" After speaking, Zhou Tian glanced at the army of at least 1,000 people, but he had to take the initiative to mention: "I have no opinion that you want to buy salt, but what do you mean by so many people coming over at once?"
Zhou Tian's words were obvious, and he was a little suspicious of the purpose of those orcs, after all, if it was just a transaction, there was really no need to send so many people over at once. After all, salt does not occupy an area like food, and there is no reason for the other party to send so many people to trade with it.
Not to mention how bad Zhou Tian's situation was in the Orc Empire at that time, even under normal circumstances, when such an army was close to his territory, and the other party's purpose was to buy salt, Zhou Tian would suspect that they were all taken for granted. And those orcs also understand this, and they are already mentally prepared to be suspected by them.
As a result, after listening to Zhou Tian's words, those orc soldiers did not get angry. On the contrary, the orc officer immediately explained to him: "Speaking of which, you may not believe it, the reason why we brought so many people here is because we can't get enough gold coins, so we ......" After speaking, the orc officer waved his hand, and his soldiers also showed something.
It wasn't until those troops made a move at that time that Zhou Tian realized that the original army was pushing some wooden carts. Zhou Tian didn't see it at all before, but he only thought it was the military supplies that those orc armies were carrying, and it wasn't until now that those orcs lit up the things they were carrying in front of his eyes, and Zhou Tian knew that the army might not be far from his territory at that time, and the things they were carrying were not military supplies, but piles of fur and wood.
After glancing at Zhou Tian embarrassedly, as if after hesitating for a while, the officer said to Zhou Tian: "We heard that you can exchange these things for snow salt here, I don't know if it's true?" After speaking, as if he was afraid that Zhou Tian would have some misunderstanding, the officer also explained to him: "Originally, we also wanted to trade in currency, but there were some problems within our garrison, and the military budget has not been pulled out for a long time." If so, I wonder if you can exchange it with us, although these things are not very valuable in this place, as long as you are willing to help us, then if there is anything in the future, all the members of our Thirteenth Legion will be able to work for you at that time!"
Listening to the officer's words, Zhou Tian smiled.
Of course, Zhou Tian didn't believe the other party's words too much, even if he helped the other party now, Zhou Tian believed that the so-called Thirteenth Legion would return the favor in small matters. But if you really want to ask for something that makes people embarrassed, then you may not be willing to give this face if you are afraid of convenience.
However, although Zhou Tian knew that there was a certain amount of water in the other party's words, he didn't take it seriously, but was happy because of the other party's assurance. Because for Zhou Tian at that time, it didn't matter if the legion didn't appreciate him at all, as long as they had a connection between the two of them because of today's incident, it would be a good thing for Zhou Tian.
Regardless of whether the soldiers and officers were truly grateful to Zhou Tian or not, Zhou Tian never thought that kindness could make much difference. Zhou Tian only needs a chance to contact them, and then he will find a way to win over those orcs, and as long as Zhou Tian has a way to make that legion have a relationship with his interests. Then when a legion has an interest in Zhou Tian from top to bottom, even if Emperor Bimeng wants to deal with Zhou Tian, it is estimated that that legion will still not agree.
Therefore, Zhou Tian did not take the officer's assurances too seriously at all, but he was happy that he had contact with the other party. Zhou Tian believed that according to his ability, now that he had a connection with this legion, it should not be possible for him to slowly corrupt the other party in the future.
There was a plan in his heart, and Zhou Tian's face immediately showed a 'sincere' smile, and after glancing at those orcs, Zhou Tian immediately assured them: "Okay, since you are really here to trade, then I have no reason to disagree, there is no problem with exchanging materials for salt, and we will trade here, right?"
"Here?" After glancing at Zhou Tian in surprise, the officer looked at him for a moment, and then couldn't help but suggest: "Forgive me for talking too much, you don't seem to have brought snow salt out! We are trading here, and you have no way to take these furs away, so I think it is better for us to transport these materials back to your territory first, and then notify us to come and transport salt when you have snow salt." ”
"No need. "That officer was kind, but when he dealt with them for the first time, Zhou Tian didn't mean to let the other party enter his territory. Although he knew that these orcs would not do anything to him, Zhou Tian still had to guard against the possibility that the other party might react. According to the situation at that time, if you want to avoid that situation, the most direct way is not to let the other party enter its territory.
No matter what the purpose of this orc army is, Zhou Tian does not let the other party enter his territory, then even if they have the heart to do something, they do not have the ability. As for trading, there is no problem for Sunday.
With a wave of his hand, he didn't see any movement from Zhou Tian, and there were a few more bags of salt in front of him, and after seeing Zhou Tian's movements, the officer directly gasped.
"Space equipment!"
No one knew about the existence of the Wanjie Supermarket, so no matter how many times Zhou Tian came to do it at that time, in the eyes of the creatures of that world at that time, it was all using space equipment. And there is no doubt that no matter what world it is in, space equipment will not be a big deal, and if you don't have a certain strength, you can't even think about it.
In other words, the orc nobles may not have much reaction after seeing Zhou Tian's actions, they will be surprised by the large capacity of Zhou Tian's 'space equipment', and will estimate the value of the 'space equipment' in Zhou Tian's hands. But even if they were 'greedy' to Zhou Tian because of his performance, those orc nobles would never be surprised by Zhou Tian's actions at that time.
But now in front of Zhou Tian is a group of poor Bs who can't even afford salt, so although Zhou Tian's actions they automatically analyze it as using space equipment. But because they had that kind of thought in their minds, they cast envious and jealous eyes at Zhou Tian instead.
But no matter what those orcs thought at the time, those orcs didn't forget the purpose of their group's visit this time. The previous suggestion to Zhou Tian was just that they didn't know that Zhou Tian had this ability, but now that they saw that Zhou Tian had directly taken out the salt, they saw what they needed, unless those orcs really had something unfavorable to Zhou Tian, otherwise they had no reason not to trade with Zhou Tian.
"Put things down and go back with snow salt. Without any hesitation, seeing that Zhou Tian had already taken out the salt, he didn't care whether he made or lost this transaction, and after ordering his soldiers to pile up all the materials brought this time, he carried away the salt, and the officer headed by him said to Zhou Tian: "Thank you very much for this transaction with us, if you have any needs in the future, you will meet our patrol team in this direction, and then you only need to report a letter, and our thirteenth legion will not postpone." After saying goodbye!" After speaking, the officer didn't wait for Zhou Tian to reply, and directly led the soldiers under him to leave like that.