Half a day later, the trade of iron knives for grain began.

According to the agreement, the leader Asak first took 5,000 iron knives and waited in the open space near the city wall.

After waiting for a while, I saw a lot of southerners floating down from the top of the city wall, wrapping themselves tightly and showing only one face outside.

Then there were the sacks of bulging goods.

Behind the coarse sacks, there are still large wooden boxes.

In addition to this, there are many tools for weighing.

Soon, the two-sided transaction began.

The merchants weighed the ice dwarves with large scales.

In the end, it was the first time to make an exchange with the Terrans, and Asak was afraid of being deceived, so he said to Tenanx: "You are familiar with the southerners, you go up and keep an eye on it." ”

"Yes, Chief."

Tenanx stepped forward, first checked the scales to see if they were correct, and then carefully checked the grain in the sack.

They were all potatoes, each the size of a fist, with some unwashed floating dirt on the surface, and an aroma of mud and food mixed with it, making people drool when they smelled it.

Tenanx took out a potato, wiped the floating soil on the surface, took a hard bite, and found that it was quite fresh, and happened to be a little hungry, so he ate it all.

At this moment, a shrewd-looking southerner walked over with a smile on his face and handed Tenanx a small bag.

"My lord, this is for you, mixed with potatoes and boiled, the boiled potatoes are delicious."

When Tenanx opened it, he found that it was white salt, and such a thing was precious in the Frost Lands.

As soon as his heart moved, he asked, "Can we exchange the iron knife for something else?" ”

The man across from him was Adaali, who was originally a small merchant in the East, but later took refuge in the Crescent Lord.

Soon because of his outstanding business talents, Harrick was discovered, and after being recommended to Lawson, he was appointed head of the dwarven trade.

He was a very shrewd man.

At this time, he smiled gently: "Naturally, in fact, we brought a lot of good things, all of which were packed in wooden boxes." ”

"For example?"

"Like warm boots, hats, capes, cotton clothes. Another example is the spices used for cooking, the tea drunk, and the various daily gadgets used. ”

As he spoke, Adali brought a fur hat and handed it to Tenanx: "Your Excellency might as well try it on your head, it's very warm." ”

Tenanx looked over and over with his hat, wanting to put it on his head, but he was a little scared, afraid that there was some soul spell hidden in the hat that would bewitch his mind.

Seeing that he hesitated, Adali immediately took out a pair of boots and handed them over.

"It's better to try these boots first, after putting them on, you are not afraid of the cold, walking on the stone ground, and you will not worry about being cut by a stone knife."

Tenanx subconsciously refused: "No, we northerners have double iron feet, unlike you southerners with soft feet."

Adali looked at the dwarf's feet, which were purple from the cold, and there were several cracks and tears, and knew that the so-called iron feet were actually poor.

So he insisted: "My lord, you can try it, and you don't have to wear it all the time."

Tenanx finally nodded, "Okay, I'll try."

They ice dwarves like to be barefoot, and their feet are not very afraid of the cold, but in the end, they are fleshy, and it still hurts to step on cold hard stones.

When I tried to put my boots on my bare feet, I found that it was indeed very warm, and after walking back and forth a few steps, I didn't feel very flexible, but I was really not afraid of stones.

"It's good."

He's going to take his boots off.

Adali immediately said, "My lord, I'll give it to you." ”

"Oh~ thank you then."

It's very warm indeed, and it's nice to wear it a little longer.

Tenanx turned his head around again and asked, "What about your lords?" Why doesn't it show up? ”

Adali's face immediately showed reverence: "Our lord is very busy, how can we take care of this trivial matter." ”

"A trifle?"

Tenanx was stunned, also a little unhappy.

"Is it a trivial matter for me to go south with 100,000 warriors?"

Adali coughed hurriedly, trying to hide the contempt on her face.

"Your Excellency, you don't know, our lord is now a golden baron, not only is he deeply favored by the gods, but his reputation is resounding throughout the Golden Land, and he is doing great business with the entire Golden Land."

Tenanx felt the other party's contempt, but he did feel a huge gap, so he didn't have a seizure, just asked curiously.

"How big a business?"

"A business that can buy hundreds of millions of dira grain a year, is it big?"

Tenanx was shocked, and nodded in agreement: "Big ~ really big!" ”

But some people didn't believe it: "Your lord should be just a baron."

Adali immediately corrected: "Please note, it's not a baron, it's a golden baron!" ”

"Is there a difference?"

"It's a big difference. Barons are everywhere, and there are only a few of them in the entire Golden Land. ”

Tenanx was shocked again, and said secretly in his heart: "Hmm~ This mage is really powerful, in a short period of time, his status has climbed to such a high level." ”

At this time, he found that his feet were warm and indescribably comfortable, and then looked at the leather hat in his hand, and couldn't help but put it on his head.

He is a bald head, and he is also middle-aged, and his head will be uncomfortable and even headache when the cold wind blows for a long time, but now that he wears it, not only is his head very warm, but his mind is much clearer.

"Southerners' hats are really good."

So, he walked back to Asak: "Chief, the southerners have brought a lot of good things, do you want to go and see them too?" ”

Asak and the other beastmasters had long been curious, but some were too embarrassed to look at it.

Because they have a very high status among the ice dwarves, their self-esteem is naturally very strong, and if they look at it in the past, they are afraid of being ridiculed as a hillbilly by the southerners.

So he surrounded Tenanx and asked.

"How do these boots feel?"

"I was a little uncomfortable at first, but after a long time, I felt okay, and most importantly, I wasn't afraid to walk on the ice slag and gravel ground."

As he spoke, Tenanx walked to a slag of ice and stepped on it so hard that he saw that the teeth of the hillbillies were sore, and the soles of their feet were twitching.

"It really doesn't hurt, does it?"

"It doesn't hurt."

Asak is not young either: "I also went to him to ask for it." ”

Soon he arrived, and was given not only leather boots, but also a hat and a fur cape, which not only kept him warm, but also looked very powerful.

He walked back happily and nodded his head in appreciation.

"Not bad~Really good~"

In fact, the ice dwarves used to wear shoes.

But the land of frost is too barren, there are no land creatures with thick fur, and the few warm places are used to grow food, and there is no place to grow fiber plants.

The few furs come from the dead beasts of the beastmasters.

But these giant beasts are basically captured from the Falling Snow Mountains, and their number is also very limited, the entire ice dwarf race, more than a million people, a total of less than 500.

He has a very deep relationship with the beastmaster, and before he dies of old age, no one dares to use it to skin and make clothes.

Over time, they became poorer and poorer, so poor that they didn't have any shoes to wear.

Seeing that the southerner was so generous, more than thirty beast kings rushed over to ask for boots and hats.

In a few moments, the upper echelons of the Ice Dwarves were transformed from barefoot barbarians to civilized people in boots.

They all felt very fresh, and they were looking around and discussing excitedly.

"Huh~ Although the southerners are cunning, this boot-making craft is really good."

"Hey~ You've heard, they also brought tea."

"What is tea?"

"It's just for drinking, and it smells so good."

"Then let's go to the merchant and ask for it?"

"No, the other party has already given us so many good things."

"It's not easy, let's exchange it for an iron knife!"

A group of beastmasters, you look at me, I look at you, and finally someone suddenly said: "Anyway, there is no war again, why don't you just replace all the iron knives?" ”

As soon as the words were spoken, the beast king shouted loudly.

"What are you talking about? How can you change all your weapons in a war?! ”

"Of course, the weapons of the elite samurai must be necessary, but what kind of iron knives do civilians bring? Besides, replace it now, and then fight it when you go back, this iron knife is worthless. ”

This is very reasonable, and everyone is very moved to hear it.

Tenanx also felt that it made sense, and began to count it.

"If that's the case, then we'll be able to come up with eighty-nine thousand iron knives."

"On average, an iron knife weighs 3 to 7 dirás, even if it is 5 dirás, it can be exchanged for nearly 110 million dila of food."

As soon as it was calculated, everyone was shocked and speechless.

"More than 100 million!"

"How can I finish eating so much food?"

Although they were affected, they were not completely without food, and the shortfall was only five or six million dilas, so why do they need to exchange them for 100 million dilas.

If you really change so much, you can't bring it back.

"Yes, yes, I can't eat it all if I change it too much, isn't that rotten?"

A giant bear beast king said, "It doesn't matter if you can't eat it, you can also use it to make wine!" ”

"Brewing?!"

As soon as they heard the word wine, the ice dwarves' eyes lit up several degrees, and several of them even began to swallow.

Although they are poor, they still make some wine and drink it on weekdays, but because they are too poor, they can't drink it openly.

At this time, I suddenly saw the hope of opening up for drinking, and my heart beat faster!

Tenanx suddenly said, "I'll ask them if they sell alcohol." ”

He turned around and went to look for the merchant he had just had.

"Wine? Yes! Here, I'll give you a bottle of good wine! ”

Adari immediately gave Tenanx a bottle of moonshine.

"This is the highest grade moonshine in our Highlands, if you are interested, I will open it for you to taste now."

Tenanx looked at the glass bottle and thought it looked good, so he said, "Open it." ”

He was still vigilant, and after opening it, he said, "You take a sip yourself." ”

Adali immediately took a sip.

Tenanx was relieved, picked up the bottle and took a sip, as soon as the wine entered his mouth, his eyes suddenly lit up, so he couldn't stop, and drank five or six sips in a row.

Soon, he returned to his clan with the glass bottle he had opened.

"It's good wine~~Burp~ I've never drunk such good wine."

Asak snatched the wine bottle, drank a few big sips, raised his sleeve and wiped his sparse beard: "It's really good wine!" ”

A beastmaster beside him snatched the wine bottle, took a few big sips, and nodded again and again.

"It's very tasty."

When the third Beastmaster got the wine bottle, he only drank half a sip and it was gone, and the rest of the Beastmaster could only stare at the empty wine bottle.

Tenanx said: "Chief, just burp this wine~~ Take the iron knife and change it!" ”

"I'll ask for the price."

Asak walked up to Adali: "How many iron knives are a bottle of this wine?" ”

Adali immediately said: "This wine is very difficult to brew, and it costs 400 diira grains to brew one bottle, which is equivalent to 2,000 dira coarse grains, that is, it takes eight or nine iron knives to reach a bottle." ”

"2,000 dira for a bottle of grain, it's really expensive! Are there any other liquors then? ”

"Yes, there are more than 20 kinds of cider, rye, oat, agate, spirit, moonshine, etc."

Asak was about to salivate from the corners of his mouth when he heard it.

"I've had a Southerner's rye wine once before. You give me a bottle of rye wine to taste. If it's authentic, I'll trade it with you with an iron knife. ”

Soon, Adali had a wooden barrel of rye wine brought in.

"Our lord said, You have come all the way to be honored guests. So, this barrel of rye wine is given to you to taste. ”

"By the way, these are all large wooden wine glasses, shall I serve you a glass first?"

"Hmm~ This wine glass is happy to look at, let's put it on."

After serving, let the other person take a sip as usual.

Adali took a big sip and smiled bitterly: "My lord, it is impossible for this wine to be poisoned." ”

"Why?"

"Because poison is much, much more expensive than wine, and if you put poison, the taste is not right, with the sensitive tongue of adults, you must know it as soon as you taste it."

Asak was pleased: "That's a good thing you say. ”

He took a big sip from the wooden wine glass, and his eyes lit up.

"Hmm~ It's so fragrant~ The rye wine I drank twenty years ago was far less fragrant."

Adali smiled: "My lord, this is a new wine with improved technology, and the new grain harvested this year is also used for winemaking, so it is very fragrant." ”

After a pause, he said: "Chief, we not only have wine, but also all kinds of good things, all of which are good and cheap, do you want to take a look at them one by one?" ”

Asak was already quite curious, and the other party's attitude was also good, so he nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's take a look."

And he went over and looked.

He didn't pull it out for the next few hours.

The other beast kings saw that the leader watched it with relish, and continued to play some novelties, and finally gave up their guard and followed the past.

And with the addition of the Ice Dwarves higher-ups, trade has gradually become more and more hot.

In the evening, a statistical document was placed on Rosen's desk.

Lawson opened it, glanced at the details quickly, and then looked at the conclusion.

And it was written.

"A total of 66,000 kilograms worth of goods."

"A total of 83,65 iron knives, 87 golden knives, 68 gems of various kinds, and 6 pieces of natural eternal gold meteorite were obtained, with a total price of about 217,000 kilograms."

"Net profit of 150,000 kilograms."

"The Ice Dwarves agreed to set up permanent trading posts on the border, exchanging ore and other specialties for food and daily necessities."

Rosen smiled with satisfaction: "There is no shortage of ore now, at least there is no shortage of iron." ”

Then, as long as the plan progresses step by step, the ice dwarf will gradually be domesticated by him into miners, providing him with a constant supply of various ores.

For at least the next twenty years, the Ice Dwarves will no longer be a threat to the Crescent.

Now, all that's left is the master logic spell.

Anyway, this thing is really hard!

Just as Lawson pondered how to solve it, a maid approached him.

"Master, Madame said to let you go, saying that she had found a solution to the problem."

Rosen immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "It's still my baby." ”

(End of chapter)