Chapter 10 Commerce

While Mike is messing around there, Sermena and Goku are talking business with Shadurella.

What Sermena wanted to sell was what the merchant group brought, 240 square meters of dried meat, soybeans, rice, and millet mixture, weighing about 300 tons, 8 square meters of cloth, about 20,000 square meters, 150 square meters of Longgong wood, 1,000 pieces of Dragon Palace red crystal, 400 large and small pearls, 200 kilograms of shells, as well as the armor that Mike had brushed out all the way through the construction technique and the fur bones that the merchant group had hunted all the way. At first, though, she didn't say exactly how much. I just took a part of the sample.

"These grains, the jerky and the three grains, are mixed up, and they don't taste the same as what we are used to eating...... "Shadurel picks up the problem. Fathuri is not rich in food, and in fact there is almost no place in the ground where it is abundant, and the Teslen family, which mainly produces grain from mining and metalworking, has always had to import from other families and neighboring cities. She has already tasted this batch of grain, the quality is very good, very good, and can be regarded as a fine product. And the other party has worked so hard to come here, obviously the things brought will not be too little, conservatively estimated, there should always be fifty to one hundred tons of grain, then the price is impossible to calculate according to the price of fine products, the family should buy all of them.

"It's still food when it's mixed together, and it's not all the same when it's eaten. Jerky can also be sifted out. Sermena didn't care, the mixed clothes were denser and the more outfits. She had already turned around a little, and had tasted the food of the dark elves, which was of poor quality and high in price.

"That being said, there are still some troubles. Let's take a look at the other goods first. Sadurilna said.

"This wood is all planks...... Sadurella frowned. In fact, wood planks are better, there are not many trees in the underground world, and even fewer can be used, and the supporting materials are all stone, and wood is only used to make high-end furniture. This batch of wood is of good quality, but the family is not good at wood processing, so most of them can only be resold after buying, look at the price.

"Isn't that good, I don't think the tables and chairs in your conference hall are made of wooden planks. Sermena didn't care. There are not a lot of wood in the world, and it is impossible to use a lot, so it is not easy to price, when the bulk commodities are a little lossy, when the luxury goods are too large for 150 square meters. But there is no way, this thing is cheap on the surface, and the Dragon Palace produced a lot of logging last year, but it was not very lucky, and it happened to be used by the merchant group to fill the warehouse.

"The quality of this cloth is relatively poor, and it is almost impossible to make clothes. Sadurilna said. Actually, it's not bad to that extent, but it's really much worse than spider silk cloth, and it should be able to be bought as ordinary cloth. It is quite good to make bedding and armor coverings lined with inner lining, and can also be given to civilians and servants. As long as the price can be reduced to the same level or even slightly higher than ordinary cloth, the family should buy it all.

"It's a lot worse than the fabric of your clothes, but there's always a lot more to it than you need. "It's true that this cloth is neither high nor low. The cloth of the dark elves is indeed very expensive, but because of this, the quality is very good, and the cloth used to make clothes is very small, and the warmth depends on enchantment. However, they could not use that kind of cloth for everything, and the cloth used for bedding and armor covers was not as good as the goods of the merchants.

"Red Crystal. Shadurellna nodded to herself. The Red Crystal is a low-grade magic crystal that needs a lot of magic processing to become a universal standard magic crystal. However, as long as it is a magic crystal, it is a good thing, and the family should buy it all.

"This pearl ......," Sadurellena wanted to find fault, but pearls were really good things. The best ones can be made into mana pearls, and the rest can be used as magic materials, or as jewelry, and the family should buy them all.

There are very few aquatic products in the underworld, and they don't use things like pearl powder as casting materials.

"These shells ......" Needless to say, there are definitely not many shells in the underworld, and they are very good for decorations. The quality of the caravan's shells is quite good, but the family has never made it before, and most of them can only be resold.

"Although these armors are very well made, the family also makes armor......" Shadurilna frowned, this time for a real frown. The sample was worn by two of Selmena's bodyguards, with the goblin wearing full-body plate armor and the bear goblin wearing three-quarter cuirass. In her opinion, although these equipment are not bad, they are only of the same quality as the armor made by the family, and there is no need to buy them at all.

"Mike knows how to construct arts, and being idle along the way is also idle. "Sermena doesn't care, these are the private property of Mike's younger brother, it's actually better if they can't be sold, you can arm the mercenary group cheaply.

"I see. Shadurellna nodded. Got some more information, the mage can construct magic. There are so many spell bits that make bread and armor, and it is really a double cultivation of spells.

"These furs and bones are not very well handled, but the family can collect them. "It doesn't matter if Sadurella is there, these things are neither too much nor precious, they obviously came by the way.

"That's all we have to offer, I wonder what you think?" asked Sermena.

"Price?"

"It's better to talk about the payment method first. Your coins are not directly circulated with us, so why don't you use other means, and I wonder what kind of payment you can take?" asked Sermena. This is only one aspect, and the other aspect is that the merchant group should of course carry goods back and forth. Instead of going to the trouble of finding a specialty, let them talk about it themselves. The magic material that Mike asked for must also be one of the specialties.

"Weapons, armor, magical items, slaves, steel, or some other mineral. What Shadurel said was a long-term sale of goods by the family. The Taysren family has an iron mine with a small amount of magical adamantite, so in addition to the common family specialty, they also produce steel and weapon armor.

Bartering is common in any inaccessible place, as is the case in the Underworld. However, since it is bartering, there must be many cases where the goods are not suitable or need to make up the price difference, and then the general equivalent is needed. Adamantite Mithril Crystal Gems and other general-purpose magic materials have a wide range of uses, high value, and the best liquidity, and then gold coins. However, under normal circumstances, no one would want to pay a large amount of general and strategic materials such as magic materials. Food is very important, but it is far from being easy to store and transport magic materials, if you wait for a buyer to come to your door, it is about the same as gold, if you send a caravan out to trade, it is almost the same as universal magic materials.

"Forget about weapons and armor, it's not easy to carry. Slaves probably can't either, it's too inconvenient, unless it's a very valuable craftsman or spellcaster. Sermena said.

"Neither can a warrior?" asked Saduriena. It was very troublesome to transport such goods as slaves, but since the merchant group had brought so many with them, and many of them were caught indiscriminately, I must have hoped to bring back some warriors. But listening to her, is it just to catch kobold warlocks?

"Unless they can be as elite as they are. "Sermena refers to the Knights of Truth.

"Well, let's do it another way. "It's too much to ask the slave warriors to be elite to that extent, the slave warriors sold by the Teslen family are mid-range, but there is still no way to compare, they are all wearing armor and holding weapons, and most of them are sold when they are guarded to the place.

"Magical items are fine, and minerals are fine, but they must be universal items that can be used on the surface and underground. But don't you have universal magic materials like Adamantite Mithril Crystal Gems or standard soul fragments?"

"Then use magic items and adamantite, and we'll talk about the price. Sadurella was helpless. The merchants of food and magic materials were the most troublesome, and most of the Teslon's Adamantite gold was earned by them.

The other party's payment method was already expected by Selmena. Goku had quietly turned into a dark elf before and had found some information in the city of Faturi.

There are a total of five ruling families in Faturi, except for the first family, the strength of the other four families is not much different. The specialties of the five families are different, but two of them are the most suitable for trade with the merchants. One is this third family, Taslon, there is an iron ore, all metal ores may be associated with a small amount of pure gold, and the probability of iron ore association is very high. The other is the fourth family, Ages, which has a copper mine, and judging by the products it sells, it should be accompanied by gemstones.

In terms of prices, Wukong already knows a little bit, at least he won't have a dark eye. He originally thought that Mike, the dark elf, should know, but when he asked, he found that he was also vague, so he knew in his heart: this guy has probably never talked about specific matters. For a long time, Mike has always talked about cooperation matters only at the beginning, and when he has a general intention, he leaves it to himself and Sermena to complete the details, and I think he has done this before. I had to find out for myself immediately.

When the price was discussed, the two sides were the first to reach an agreement on grain. The price of this essential commodity is highly transparent, and the quality judgment is not difficult. It was also easier to estimate the value of the cloth, and then an agreement was reached. Then the pearls were negotiated.

"In the case of red crystals, it should be easier for both parties to accept the standard magic crystals. Sermena made a suggestion. The Dark Elves are good at magic and can use the leyline nodes, and the cost of magic processing is low, which makes the price of magic crystals and Adamantite significantly lower than in the surface world. If it weren't for the Tayslon's refusal to pay with the Magic Crystal, Sermena would definitely not want Adamantite.

"Yes. Shadurirona agreed. In this way, it is equivalent to the family exchanging magic labor with magic crystals, which is quite cost-effective. "As for the armor, why don't we wait and see if we can help you find other buyers?"

"Well, let's not talk about that for now. Sermena agreed, Mike's brother's things could not be sold, and he could arm the mercenary group at a low price.

"We've been talking about wood and shells for a long time, so we're probably a little tired, so why don't you take a break?" Shadurellna suggested. These two items are not family necessities, and the progress of talking about them is relatively slow, especially the shells, which she has never bought and sell, and she is worried that the bid will be too high to get rid of.

"It's fine. Sermena also wanted to take a break. There is not much disagreement between the two sides on the wood, but since Goku has not figured out the price, it needs to be discussed according to the negotiations.

During the break, Sermena whispers a discussion with Goku.

"Aside from the wood, shells and armor, I think the price is pretty good. Do you want to wait a little longer or sell?"

Wukong said and thought for a moment and said, "The cloth and pearls can all be sold, and the red crystal can also be processed by them." Wood should still be taken out of hands as soon as possible, or at least find a place to put it, and take up too much of a spell slot. Shells can be looked at again. It's okay to use the armor for your own use, and it's a matter of whether Mike will continue to do it. Let's sell half of the grain first, and then buy some miscellaneous grains for the kobolds. It's impossible to leave right away when you come from afar, and you need food for whatever you want to do. ”

"I think so too. But do you want to ask Brother Mike?"

"No, he said let's take care of it, just leave fifty or sixty tons of grain and don't sell it. ”

"That's good. However, in this case, does he still want to open up trade routes?" The journey is too long and complicated, and most of the time you can't go back by walking, and I'm afraid you won't be able to get over it again.

"If he doesn't let him try, he won't give up, so let's talk about it then. Goku thinks it's possible. It's not surprising that Owo has any skills, and if he wants to trade, he might be able to. As for whether Owo wants to think about it or not, whether the lich thinks that there are many magic materials, he can figure it out with his toes, and it depends on whether there is enough benefit. "Look at Sal a little more during this time, and don't let him do anything. ”

"I know. "The captain of the nanny guard knows Sal too well, and after being idle for so long, he has to do something when he has nothing to do. He had already taken Haz 7 and ten Knights of Truth out with the Tesren family, saying that they would "explore the terrain".

Shadurilna, for her part, was exchanging information with Dahni. Among the important people on the other side, except for Sermena and Goku, who are negotiating, there are special contacts.

"According to the current information. Cecilia knew very little, she knew that she was coming to find the dark elves, and she knew that the goods included food and cloth, and the others either didn't know or wouldn't say. Thrall can't wait to catch the wild warlock. "How are you talking?"

"Not bad. The prices of grain, cloth, pearls, and red crystals have been negotiated about the same, and wood should be able to be negotiated, and armor is not ready to be asked. I can't tell the price of the shells, so I've already asked someone. Shadurellna gave a brief overview of the commodities and the negotiations.

"That's good. Did you talk about the exact amount?"

"Not yet, I hear it means more than two hundred cubic meters. ”

"It's a lot of money, but a mage of this level will definitely not be small if he makes a trip in person, so try to buy it all." ”

"Good. How's that going on over there?" asked Shadurilna, asking for the scriptures.

"The Master Mother and the Chief Mage are busy. But in any case, the product will never be fake, just check carefully. ”

"Yes, I know. ”

When we talk about it next, it's easy if one wants to buy and the other wants to sell.

"150 tons of grain, 20,000 square meters of cloth, 150 square meters of wood, 400 kilograms of red crystal, 1,000 large and small pearls. Can you buy them all?"

"No problem. Payment: Half of Adamantite and Half of Magic Items, plus 5 tons of food. Shadurellna replied briskly. These things are not too much, and the food that the mercenary group wants for the kobolds is not a hot item.