Otto didn't really plan to do anything with Ibarra, he just wanted to keep the price down.

Even after the other party relented, Otto took the initiative to give Ibarra something extra on top of the previous price.

It's not that Otto is a good man and a woman, and he is kind to Ibarra.

It's that Ibarra's cargo is too important for Otto, for the Allgao collar.

Ibarah sells iron pots, that is, iron.

Due to the difficulty of manufacturing iron ingots and other factors, merchants usually choose to cast iron into iron pots for sale.

And these iron pots, the biggest source, are naturally the distant Eastern Empire.

This top iron pot entered Eastern Europe from the distant East Asian continent through the steppes, and then entered Western Europe from Eastern Europe, forming a special "iron pot trade".

Salt and iron, arguably one of the most important strategic resources in this period, were gone.

It's a pity that the Allgao collar produces neither salt nor iron.

Salt is not hard to come by for the Allgaux collar, after all, there are still some salt mines in the Swiss region. But iron is difficult, and the huge Swiss region does not produce iron at all, and it relies entirely on imports.

If the war horse can still hold its nose and endure it, it is okay if there are no horses in the mountains. But no iron means no farming tools, no weapons, no armor, and so on.

This would not only bring down the daily productive life of the realm, but also shake the rule of the nobility.

It's a pity that the iron-rich region is completely out of reach for the current Otto.

Therefore, it is rare to have such a long-term cooperative and reliable supplier, how can Otto easily lose it.

Merchants who were willing to trade iron pots in the mountains of Switzerland were too rare, after all, there was no shortage of iron in Western Europe as a whole.

Ibarra had planned that this would be the last time to do business with Otto, so many lords in the Swiss mountains, and the iron-deficient ones did not know the Allgau collar.

Otto threatened him this time to make him make less money, so there was no need to continue this business relationship.

The cheap Lafite wanted to make up for his loss, and the Baron Otto took it for granted. Do you want to buy iron from him in the future? Dream on.

It's just that when he saw the crossbow and witnessed the power of the crossbow, Ibarra instantly came to his senses.

"This, this is the strong crossbow of the Eastern Empire?

Your Excellency, where did you get this thing from, and sell it? ”

Is it sold? Of course it has to be sold, otherwise Otto can send so many things, why did he choose the crossbow alone.

Otto knows very well that the crossbow really has no technical content, as long as someone gets the prototype, imitation is a matter of minutes.

After the Battle of Upper Bip, Otto's army was heavily equipped with crossbows, and it was impossible to hide the inquiries of those who were interested in it.

It's even harder to keep this thing a secret.

Even if Otto could control the craftsmen, could he control so many soldiers? You can't learn that kind of extremely advanced management method, and you don't issue weapons in normal times, but you can issue them again in wartime.

It is undoubtedly impossible to do so in this day and age.

While it hasn't become popular yet, Otto also wants to make a profit.

"What kind of oriental heavy crossbow, this is called a cross crossbow, which is the latest transformation of the craftsmen in the territory. The production of this weapon is limited, and now my soldiers are only equipped in small quantities.

Ten of them are also given to you, because we are friends, so that you can more easily defend against the bandits you will encounter along the way. ”

"That's it, I'm abrupt." Ibarra nodded, knowing it in her mind.

It seems that this cross crossbow should be relied on by Otto's force, and the nobles naturally want to cover this kind of thing as tightly as possible, and they will definitely not take it out and sell it.

But it doesn't matter, since you got a sample, you left Aargao Collar to find a craftsman to imitate it, you should be able to get it out.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your generosity, and I think the gods will bear witness to our friendship."

What gods, what gods do you believe in as an Arab, don't you believe in some Almighty God?

Otto complained in his heart, waiting for the other party's follow-up, the politeness is over, and next, it's time to open a high price.

Otto looked at Ibarra, and Ibarra also looked at Otto, wondering why Otto kept staring at him, could it be that there was something on his face?

Ibarra subconsciously wiped his sleeve on his face, and when he saw that Otto didn't move, he wiped it again.

Otto was speechless, what are you doing wiping your face, talking, you ask me again if I sell it, and I will agree if you ask me again.

It's bad, Otto thought of a possibility, could it be that the other party thought that he would not sell anyway, so he gave up?

Ya, you know too well how to do business and retreat, so how can you be a businessman and make a lot of money?

As a last resort, Otto could only cough lightly twice and speak for himself.

"Although this crossbow is very precious, Ibarra, my friend, if you want to buy it, you can't buy it."

At this point, if Ibarra was not sensible, then he was not worthy to engage in the iron trade, and immediately patted his chest and told Otto that he would come up with a price that would satisfy Otto.

Ibarra is also very simple, anyway, imitation also takes time, in the case of stock, what happened to the selling point spot. Besides, selling spot does not affect imitation.

After some fairly smooth haggling, both Otto and Ibarra were extremely satisfied.

Especially Ibarra, who originally thought that Otto was not kind, but now he also thinks that Otto can handle it, and he is quite sincere in doing business, and Algao can run more in the future.

Otto felt that he had made a lot of money, and that he would have had to pay a lot of cash to buy iron, but now he could save a lot of money just by giving raffite and crossbows, which was completely acceptable to him.

Neither raffite nor crossbow are good things, especially since the latter is still time-sensitive, and it is not too cost-effective to cash out at the stage when crossbow technology is relatively secret.

Now that this opening has been opened, Otto naturally will not treat them differently, and for those merchants who have come to the Allgao Collar trade many times, Otto "intimately" sells crossbows to them.

In this way, when many caravans left the Allgau Collar again, the caravan guards had already replaced the crossbows produced by the Allgau Collar, and they were more sure of dealing with the bandits who were not eye-catching on the way to the merchants.

Otto, on the other hand, made a small fortune, and both sides were happy.

Doing business, is to make everyone feel that the business can last, and the business can last, and the matter of fishing with all its might, it is okay to do it when there is a lack of capital in the early stage, and it is now now, and there is no need for this at all.

So, when Wade asked why he was selling crossbows, he heard Otto's answer.

"The crossbow making process is not complicated, it is not difficult for others to imitate it, and it is impossible for us to keep it completely secret. Since the crossbow will definitely be spread out in a large area in the end, why not make a profit while others can't make it.

Selling crossbows to caravans and increasing their defenses will not only make money, but also ensure that more caravans can safely reach our Allgaud for trade.

As for what to do with the crossbow after everyone is using it, it depends on the craftsmen in our territory. ”