Before leaving for Rieteryode, William did not do any preparations. In fact, he single-handedly led www.biquge.info Russia's agrarian reform. At the same time, he dominated Russia's export trade, and knew exactly what the dwarves needed. Before leaving for Ritjord, they had already bought a sufficient amount of trade goods on the markets of Jutland.

These are the Russian chambers of commerce, and to be more precise, the stocks of the Hereford Complex. There is plenty of wheat, wool, salt and, above all, beer, although the dwarves think they are the best in the world. But that doesn't mean they reject wine made by other races. In fact, it's quite the opposite. The beer brewed by the Goths, as well as the spirits produced in Russia, were very popular among the dwarves.

"We've brought a lot of goodies!salt, wool, grain, frozen meat, and of course, wine!dwarves!Hurry up and open the door!," the Cheka agents shouted to the dwarves on the ramparts.

After hearing these shouts, the dwarves at the head of the city became even more excited—wine, wine. The dwarves' favorite necessity of life was wine. Without alcohol, the dwarven world would have collapsed in an instant. Many dwarves even believe that wine is more important than air.

The dwarves at the head of the city immediately responded positively: "Very good. Come in, merchants!The dwarves welcome any caravan, especially if they have brought wine!" After saying this, several dwarves hurried down the parapet, and with a rumbling sound, the dwarves' thick wood-clad iron gate slowly opened a gap under the great force of the steam engine, and the gears turned.

"Come in, merchants!" shouted the dwarves standing inside the wall, "Also, to prevent you from getting into trouble, I warn you as a matter of routine, don't try to play tricks here! I know that you humans who can come here to trade are not ordinary people! But remember, this is the territory of the dwarves!"

"Don't worry, don't worry! We know the rules!" the Cheka agent quickly replied.

"Hmm. The dwarf nodded, and then said, "The caravan charges about ten percent of the trade tax. However, the necessities of life are only three percent, and all alcohol is one percent. In a few moments, someone from customs will come and inspect your goods. Don't think about what to carry. ”

"No, no. Agent Cheka continued. As he spoke, he reached out and quietly handed over a small glass bottle.

The dwarves who guard the door of the "......" are also experienced - although it has been said before that the dwarves are a very harmonious race, but even the most harmonious race will be infected with all kinds of problems after interacting with humans for a long time.

The dwarf who was guarding the door looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, and immediately took the small glass bottle. Then I couldn't wait to open it and take a sip.

--Then I only felt like I had drunk a mouthful of fire, and a line of fire burned from my throat and eyes to my stomach.

Although I would love to describe it in this exaggerated rhetorical way, unfortunately it is not. Dwarves have distinctly different digestive systems than humans. What's more, the dwarves themselves brew spirits with frighteningly high content. They don't lose their temper like an uninformed, first-time SB who drinks high-purity sake.

Smacking his lips slightly, he felt a little unpleasant, and wanted to continue drinking. But I'm afraid of being discovered. At the same time, it is not good to think that you are standing guard. So the dwarf had no choice but to take back the bottle and wave his hand, urging the caravan to hurry in.

Seeing that everything was going well, William breathed a sigh of relief. With his sleigh procession, he slowly entered the so-called "dwarven village".

The dwarven customs officers are quite good in terms of ability and vision. Just took a cursory look, and then roughly estimated the number and value of the goods carried by William and his party. Immediately after that, these goods began to be weighed. At the same time, some dwarven merchants dressed in expensive furs and smoking pipes approached and began to negotiate with the caravan and tell them about the price.

In all fairness, the prices these guys give are very conscientious. Dwarves are not a good race for business. What these guys are thinking in their hearts is all written on their faces, and they can't hide it at all. Plus they're irritable and impatient. Therefore, if it were an ordinary merchant, he must have happily agreed to the purchase price of these merchants at this moment, and then left with the dwarf's gold and gems.

Some of the more intelligent ones will stay here for a while longer, exchanging some of the money for all sorts of cheap manufactured goods, crafts, and weapons made by the dwarves. These goods are then transported back to the human world.

The manufactured goods, crafts and weapons made by these dwarves can bring them new profits.

That's it, if you take a little risk and come to Ratjod to trade with the dwarves, successful merchants can make a lot of money. A back and forth, you can't say that you can earn several times or even more profits. This is also the reason why the businessmen know that Rieteryod is in danger, and they want to run here with their lives.

However, William's group was different. They're not real businessmen. So even though the dwarven merchants offered a good price, they still didn't sell all of their goods. Instead, he declared that he was ready to try his luck in the interior of Rieteryod.

Hearing these guys say this, the dwarven merchants are very unhappy. After the transaction, he blew his beard and left with a glare.

Originally, they also wanted to discuss with William and his party about buying back, that is, to ask William if they wanted to buy some industrial products, as well as art and weapons and equipment. But now I am completely out of the mood.

Although it is said that in recent times, the market for dwarven industrial products has shrunk, and all kinds of things are not easy to sell. But the dwarves are a poor people, so they will not accommodate their temper because of such a trivial matter.

...... Yes, that's how it came about. Taught the apprentice to starve the master. While the dwarves continue to earn money for machines, inventions, and engineers, they also cultivate a large number of competitors for themselves.

Briton, which already has a complete industrial system, and later, Russia, which is closely in pursuit, have basically realized the localization of basic industrial products. Whether it is light industry or daily necessities, there is no need to import large quantities from the dwarves, and can even be sold in large quantities.

In addition to these two countries, other human countries have more or less some factories and industries that can meet some of the needs of the people.

As a result, the Dwarven Factory has become increasingly difficult to do business in the last hundred or so decades. Those things that humans originally rushed to ask for are now somewhat unsellable...... And this situation is constantly expanding, expanding, expanding...... From the beginning, some dwarves did not look down on the bottles and cans with no technical content, and little by little they moved towards more and more high-tech, high-precision lathes, and machines such as steam engines.

There was nothing the dwarves could do about it, in fact they never thought anything like this would happen.

Speaking of bones, dwarves are actually very arrogant, and they look at humans more seriously than the discrimination that modern whites look at yellows in William's previous life. It's a kind of ingrained discrimination that thinks that their IQ is just not good, that they are industrialized or something, that they are monkey-like creatures.

However, thanks to this discrimination, they will sell all kinds of high-tech machinery and equipment that human beings need without any scruples...... That was, of course, in the beginning. In recent years, the dwarves have learned to be much smarter, and they have come to know the importance of secrecy. Even many scientific achievements in the human world have begun to act on the dwarf world in turn.

The dwarves finally realized that humans were actually very intelligent—maybe not as intelligent as the dwarves, but not the kind of primates they had imagined, similar to monkeys.

All in all, the dwarves began to adjust their strategies towards humans. In addition, the dwarven merchants have also begun to actively try to reach out to humans, hoping to sell more goods. And after the natural failure, these dwarves also felt very unhappy as well.

However, they were unhappy, but there was no reason to stop William and his party. The dwarves are very reasonable, and things like forced buying and selling rarely happen...... Of course, the exception is wine.

After passing through the dwarven "customs", all the caravanserais' alcoholic stuff vanished. This is one of the few things that dwarves would rather smash their own signs than get their hands on.

"All in all, everything went well. ”

As a "young master who followed the caravan and came out to see the world", William easily fooled the dwarves' reconnaissance. He is not a thief, and he is not a robber. The dwarves don't seem to be smart enough to understand what "spies" are all about—and of course, they don't show them their most sophisticated skills. This is certain.

In this way, William and his party stayed in the dwarven village for the time being.

The village...... Let's call it a village for the time being.

The village was often visited by caravans, so in addition to the dwarves themselves, there were many empty rooms for passing caravans. The cost of accommodation is not very high. Of course, even if it's high, it doesn't matter at all. William didn't care about that. Studying dwarven society, trading with dwarves, and obtaining more resources were only incidental to William.

What he really cares about is whether he can find genius inventors and engineers from the dwarven world who can help him design and build large difference machines.