Inside the manor, Lawrence pondered about the caravan.

"We don't have that many things here, I haven't made an overnight pot since last year, and we only have three decks of playing cards."

Lawrence quickly said, "There seem to be more than two dozen people over there, and there are many mounts, and we have suffered too much from fighting them." ”

Hearing Lawrence's troubles, Sariel said directly, "Then we just don't do business with them." ”

Lawrence calculated the gains and losses, and if he refused, there was a good chance that the caravan would leave obediently, or a good chance of making trouble.

Thinking about it, I can't make a specific judgment.

No further hesitation was enough, and Lawrence quickly made up his mind.

"Sariel, Reglo, Mandelkru, gather twenty people, let's go down and have a look, Delen, you change into Emma's clothes!"

Lawrence looked at Emma, "Emma, give Delenn a set of your clothes, don't make her so conspicuous!" ”

Delenn frowned, but didn't refuse.

Lawrence reassured, "You wait and follow behind, and then rush up if you want to do it." ”

Sariel wondered, "What about me?" ”

"Ling's hair color and dress are similar to those of the Bhumixiu, and she has Northland blood, so you don't need to hide it."

Lawrence quickly arranged for someone to do the work, and asked Sophia to take down the playing cards, as well as the grated orange peel and the candle that Kenny had made last year.

Soon everyone began to load the cart and take up arms.

Lawrence looked at the contents of the car, "That's still too little, we don't seem to have any other specialties here?" Is there really none? ”

Sariel thought for a moment and said, "Is goat's milk okay?" ”

"Forget it." Lawrence sighed and looked at the forests and mountains in the distance.

It was disappointing that the crow didn't know how to come back to help.

If there are crows, it can cause a deterrent effect to a certain extent.

It's a pity that I'm not a real wizard, and I'm not a bird trainer.

"Let's go, that's pretty much it, it's not good if we're too rich here, and it will attract the robbers' covetousness."

Lawrence rode the moose, a larger moose with a bit more style.

Sariel's Domme Sheep is pregnant, and now rides Lawrence's previous mount, the Dom Sheep.

Now there are more than 20 domes and more than 50 common goats and sheep on the estate, which are usually kept in the livestock huts where the camp is.

The lumberyard was temporarily suspended, and Lawrence led a team of twenty people down the mountain.

To add to the persuasiveness, Lawrence also brought two hunting dogs.

The two sides soon met outside the town of Phumesius.

Rahn looked at the group and focused on the young man in charge.

The rest of the group stood up and gathered behind Rahne, some of whom had already taken up arms to face the unscrupulous Northerners.

Lawrence quickly reined in his mount, sat down on the moose, and said, "I'm Lawrence, and it's unfortunate that you're here, and I didn't know anyone wanted those night pots, so I didn't make them." ”

Rahn noticed that neither the Bhumitheus nor the people behind the boy looked against each other, and they all thought that the boy should make a decision, and knew that the boy was the leader of the group.

As strange as it was as strange as this was happening, Rahn accepted it.

"I've heard of fine playing cards here, as I remember calling them, and it was said that they could be exchanged with women for wheat."

Lawrence nodded, "I have three decks of playing cards here, they are made from the fangs of wild boars by the warriors of our tribe, which are very precious, what do you exchange them for?" ”

Rahn squinted his eyes and smiled, "We're willing to trade a basket of wheat for playing cards!" ”

"Not enough!" Lawrence said directly: "At least three baskets of wheat!" ”

Rahn did the math when he heard this, and had heard from the tavern about the value of a deck of playing cards, and Doug had traded a sheep for a deck of cards.

A sheep weighs forty or fifty pounds, and three baskets of wheat are about one hundred and twenty or thirty pounds.

Here in the north, the same weight of grain is more expensive than the same weight of meat, because it is easier to preserve.

In addition, meat is more difficult to sell, and it is not as easy to sell as grain.

"Yes, three baskets of wheat for a deck of cards, I want to see the playing cards you provide first."

Lawrence had long forgotten about the price of the deal with Doug, because most of the time it was a casual price and a random counteroffer.

Originally, he planned to exchange a deck of cards for a basket of wheat, but at this time, seeing that the man was willing to exchange three baskets for a deck of cards, Lawrence felt that his price was low.

"Reglo, give him the cards."

Reglo quickly handed over Lawrence's playing cards.

Fifty-four cards are placed in a laptop-like wooden clip.

When Reglo opened the wooden box, revealing the white dominoes polished from boar teeth, Rahn's eyes lit up.

This kind of elaborate card is not a low-level thing at first glance!

Lawrence saw Rahne's reaction and said decisively: "Reglo, get the things back, I changed my mind, three baskets of wheat are too little!" ”

Rahn instinctively wanted to reach out to stop him, but under the equally fierce gaze of Reglo, as well as the gaze of the barbarians around him, he held back.

"Don't do that, I can give two more baskets of wheat."

Lawrence squinted, "Not enough. ”

Rahn pretended to be distressed, "Eight baskets of wheat!" ”

Eight baskets of wheat for a deck of playing cards, and if it were Doug, Lawrence would have changed.

Don't say it's eight baskets, one basket is good.

The playing cards made of boar teeth are indeed very beautiful and have the beauty of the artwork, but for Lawrence it is still a basket of wheat.

A basket of wheat can grind twenty or thirty catties of flour, which can make oneself and the people around you eat bread for a week.

"Nine baskets!!" Rahn shouted loudly, "Nine baskets of wheat, plus a woman who can give birth!" ”

Rahn grabbed a woman by the hair from the side of the convoy and pulled her away from the procession.

The woman fell to the ground, but she was too frightened to cry.

"Yes." Lawrence nodded and agreed to the exchange, "Give it to him." ”

Reglo handed Ryan the box containing the dominoes, who carefully took it, tilted his head sideways and said to his men, "Bring the food down." ”

Rahn quickly kicked the woman next to him again, "Go to your new master!" ”

A teenage woman clutched her wrist in one hand, approaching a group of vicious northern barbarians with fear and nervousness.

However, there are also gentle teenagers like Lawrence, and girls like Sarile who are calm but seem to be good women.

Saliel said to the woman, "Go and sit in the car, don't run around, I'll give you food when I get back." ”

The woman nodded cautiously and walked past a group of barbarians to the car behind.

Rahn determined the fine quality of the dominoes and was very satisfied with the playing card.

"Chief, we don't have enough food here, but there are a lot of women here, beautiful, women who can have children."

"I'm willing to trade a woman for a deck of cards."

Lawrence thought about the price of goods, and felt that in the other party, women should be worth more than food, right?

Lawrence quickly shouted: "Three women, two decks of cards!" ”

Rahn quickly said, "Yes. ”

Soon both Larne and Lawrence regretted it.

Rahn regretted that he had promised too much, and Lawrence regretted that he had shouted too low.

"Yes." Lawrence said calmly: "A person can't regret it twice, I use the remaining playing cards in exchange for three obedient women." ”

Rahn breathed a sigh of relief, "These slaves are all slaves taken from the South, I promise they are very obedient, and they are all women who have given birth!" No problem for sure! ”

Lawrence nodded, "I like the merchants from the outside world to bring better things, and if you can bring wine and iron tools and male slaves next time, I am willing to give you five night pots for free this time." ”

Rahn quickly agreed, "I'm willing to accept this kindness!" ”

Lawrence quickly had five clay pots made of clay come out.

Originally, in order to sell for a good price, these pots were made relatively soft, but no matter how delicate they were, they were red clay colors.

Rahn was a little disappointed that the clay pots looked easy to make, not much different from the usual clay pots.

Lawrence knew it was bad, but kept silent and didn't take the rest out.

Ryan looked at the remaining slaves and food and asked, "Is there anything else here?" I've heard that there is a medicine here that can remove the curse of the sea god. ”

Lawrence nodded and pulled out a jar of grated orange peel.

"This is Ao Runzhi powder, you can take out a piece and sprinkle it in hot water after three days at sea, and then drink it to prevent the curse of the sea god."

"Be careful not to be infected by the sea, once it is eroded by the sea and something green grows, it is useless."

"This for wheat!"

Rahne didn't have much wheat left, just over two baskets.

Seeing that Lawrence only needed wheat, Rahn quickly agreed to the deal, and accepted a fist-sized jar of mystical powder.

After a month's journey, I exchanged worthless food and women for three pairs of aristocratic luxury goods and a very practical magic medicine, and this trip really made a lot of money!

Lawrence also felt that he had made a lot of money, there were already a lot of slaves, and the important thing was eleven baskets of grain!

With the three sets of dominoes made by constantly polishing and cutting the fangs of the sixty-pound wild boar, in exchange for these four or five hundred catties of grain, Lawrence felt that he had earned!

Lawrence knew that dominoes might be worth more, but Lawrence wanted bread!

This is the case in this era, where value and price only depend on their respective psychological acceptance, and it is difficult to have a unified standard.

(End of chapter)