"Captain," said Kos, who was squatting next to the stall, as he had finished selling the wakame he had collected and dried, and some skins made of fish skins, and now crouched next to Quess, and said with some envy, "If you continue like this, you will be able to collect all the timber you need to build a new ship in two days." ”

He was right, the bone carvings brought by the young blue dragon were selling very well - the skull of the hard-headed trout used to carve the ornament looked very similar to the protruding teeth of an ancient prismatic tooth that had become extinct in the island world.

It was an extremely expensive ornamental material, and was often only afforded by the great nobles of the camels. At Quest's stall, this small object of bone carving can be exchanged for some ordinary wood abundant in the central oasis, and the camel people naturally flock to it.

Of course, it's not just hard-headed trout skulls that are in demand at the market. Unlike some of the older merchants, the young camel warriors preferred steel coins that could be smelted into armor.

It's just that the ring base also has a demand for materials such as steel, so the shipment volume is not much, and each stall will only sell about a few dozen pieces of inventory at most.

Twin Peaks is also searching for more than enough steel coins, and like some other camels, he is also scavenging for these metal items produced by the vanished human empire.

He already had an axe made of steel, which he had repeatedly achieved success in jousting tournaments, but the armor on his body was still heavy and difficult to maintain, so the young Bactrian nobleman wanted to collect enough steel coins to upgrade his armor.

To tell the truth, a child like him, who came from a noble family of Twin Peaks, could have obtained such a scarce material as steel from the gifts of his elders, the material for the Proud Twin Peaks to forge a steel axe, which was originally obtained in the first place.

However, he was already an adult at the age of last year, and it was neither in the tradition nor honor of the camel people to accept the gift. Moreover, his teacher Gelsang took this very seriously, and if he dared to disobey, the consequence would probably be that all the efforts he had made to worship his disciples would be in vain.

"What is this?" asked Quest, who was observing the Twin Peaks, "Is it some kind of fresh food with a special flavor?" or is it a material that can be made into something that can be processed?"

The hump who made the noise was wearing a hooded burqa, and when he moved slightly, there was a subtle sound of metal rubbing - it was supposed to be lined with a set of chain mail, and it was much taller than the average dromedary, almost the same as Quiss's ogre companions.

One of his eyes was cloudy, as if he had been blinded by a sharp weapon or a claw. In his right hand, he carried a straight beech cane, and a copper-tipped angular hammer pinned to his waist.

If it's not Gersan, who can it be?

And the goods that the old camel man was asking about had not been able to sell a single papyrus at the stall, which made the young blue dragon feel quite curious.

"This is papyrus, which can be used to write and draw," said Quis, picking up a piece of blackened charcoal, he wanted to write some words, but remembered the pitifully low literacy rate in the island world, and there were almost no people who knew how to write among the raft people, so he drew some images instead, "With patience and some skill, you can express the meaning you want to convey on the papyrus." ”

"You're drawing flowers, isn't that right...... Is it a windmill?"

The young blue dragon's drawing skills were so good at his shooting skills that after picking up his work, Gersang recognized the abstract geometric figures on the papyrus for a while.

The Twin Peaks, who were well-known in the Camel Empire, were not annoyed, but rolled up the papyrus with great interest, and took it in one hand and tossed it upside down. Then he pulled out a small stalk of sedge from the paper and put it in his mouth and tasted it.

"How much does this paper cost? Oh, you say you want to change as much wood as you want. Gersang thought that for the raft people, the cost was only equivalent to the time and effort required to make and collect the raw materials—it was not easy to judge, so he asked Quiz to give a piece of papyrus in exchange for the amount of wood as a cost reference, "If I bought all your papyrus, can you calculate it cheaper?" Or if you don't need to give me papyrus, but teach me how to make it and how to make it, how much wood do you need in exchange?"

I have to admit that this old camel man is very shrewd in his thinking. It's just a pity that he doesn't know that papyrus is not produced in the island world, and he doesn't know the difference between "CIF and FOB".

Quest didn't answer his question immediately, but thought for a while and asked a new question: "I've already obtained enough wood for this transaction, if I don't want to exchange it for wood, but directly collect your gold coins, do you think it's okay?"

In the aftermath of the Cataclysm, the most valuable currency in the island world was steel coins made from steel artifacts that were once produced by the human kingdom from the sea, while less valuable gold coins were often used between the Polar Bear Federation and the Camel Empire.

Because of the high quality gold mines scattered across the two main landmasses, this inherently monetary metal has naturally become the preferred material for general currency. It's just that gold can't directly change the living conditions of the rafters, so when logging in to trade, usually no one chooses to settle with gold coins.

"Yes, no problem," Gelsang picked up a few bundles of papyrus from the stall, patiently checked for defects, and then took out a few pieces of camel empire gold coins that had been hammered into square flakes and engraved with inscribed runes and handed them to Queth, "Refund more and make up less, you can make an offer." ”

Papyrus can be exchanged for gold, and the merchants of Medici are afraid that they will have to come to the island world when they break their heads.

Not to mention how high the profits are, let's first say that gold, a precious metal, has very little circulation in the ash world, including Medici and U-Sang, most countries still use silver with a lower value as currency.

There were a total of three bundles of papyrus on the stall, more than 150 pieces of papyrus, and Quisi took the "camel gold" handed over by Kelsang, clenched his fists and said: "Thank you for taking care of the business, I will collect so much from you at a loss, no need to give more." ”

Both parties were satisfied, and the old camel man hurried away with the freshly bought produce. The young blue dragon also put away his stall, took the gold coins and walked to the trading house opened by the camel merchant - he wanted to test it out and see the real purchasing power of gold in the island world.

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