Chapter 852: About Trade
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After Stuart checked all the Spirit Void Rings, he saw the food and weapons that Wang Yong had just casually said inside, and even Stuart, who had seen countless big scenes, couldn't help but be shocked on the spot.
In the space of 10,000 cubic meters of the two high-grade spirit void rings, food accounts for more than half, and all kinds of crossbows, leather armor, ballista carts and other equipment neatly stacked together are also piled up.
Compared with these equipment to improve combat effectiveness, in fact, Stuart is most concerned about the mountains of grain, the Xinghai grassland is not suitable for planting, there is no grain production, the tribes and inhabitants of the grassland, all live by grazing.
In the minds of others, the life of herding is to be able to eat fresh meat every day, but Stuart, who knows the inside story of the Xinghai Grassland, knows that the life of those tribes and herdsmen is not as rich as outsiders imagine, on the contrary, Stuart feels that the herdsmen are not as good as the coolies of the major empires.
Although there are herds of cattle and sheep and countless horses grazing on the grasslands, the herdsmen are not willing to slaughter any livestock to feed themselves, because they want to exchange these herds for iron weapons, some inferior leather armor and unpalatable rough grain at unimaginably low prices, so as to strengthen their own strength and avoid being invaded by other tribes.
However, these herdsmen don't know that what they exchange for a large number of cattle, sheep and horses is only the equipment that has been eliminated by the surrounding human countries, and they don't know the real price of meat in other countries, but even if they know this, it is useless, because they have no channels to sell, and they do not have the strength to sell fat cattle and sheep to various places through neighboring countries.
Stuart knew all this, and he knew what kind of life the herders lived, and he also knew that the surrounding countries would not form enough forces to negotiate with them head-on in order to prevent the unity of the grasslands. They constantly sent people to divide the various tribes on the grassland, and sometimes disguised themselves as grassland herdsmen to attack and plunder some small tribes, provoking conflicts between other tribes, so as to achieve their semi-servitude goal of exchanging almost abandoned equipment for a large number of cattle and sheep.
Stuart decided to go to the Xinghai Grassland, which was to unify all the tribes on the grassland, unite the herdsmen living on the grassland, resist the enslavement of the surrounding countries, and let all the herdsmen live a stable and harmonious life.
Wang Yong didn't give a lot of food to Stuart, but it was enough for five thousand people to eat for a month, and. These grains are all high-quality fine noodles. Stuart didn't thank Wang Yong because he took it for granted because they were brothers.
Bat Xin thought for a moment and proposed: "The cattle and sheep in the Xinghai Grassland are fat, and the horses are strong, but they can't be sold for a price, if you can, Ivan, I hope you can set up some teleportation arrays in the Xinghai Grassland to promote business cooperation between the two places." ”
Yukina nodded and said, "Yes, the meat here is so expensive. And we need a lot of food and weapons there, Ivan, why don't we sell you all the cattle, sheep and horses in the future, and you can help us buy food and metal weapons? And our herdsmen in the Xinghai Grassland can also strengthen their own strength and no longer be oppressed by those countries, which is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. ”
Seeing that Wang Yong hesitated for a long time and didn't speak, Stuart thought that Wang Yong had some scruples about himself and the Xinghai Grassland. So he swore and promised: "Stephanie, Ivan, don't worry, I promise, no matter how strong the strength of the Xinghai Grassland is in the future." We will not invade the Empire of Ireland and the Seaside Province for generations. Yukina nodded in agreement.
Wang Yong rolled his eyes when he heard this, gave Stuart a middle finger and said, "I don't worry that you will break your oath." ”
Stuart seemed to have seen the pouting of the Xinghai Grassland, and asked a little urgently: "Ivan, then you should give a word, did you agree or not to Yukina's proposal just now?"
Wang Yong shrugged and said: "I think, we should be formal in this matter, after all, the amount of materials needed in the two places is not a small number, I need to be responsible for the people of the coastal province, Stephanie needs to be responsible for the people of the entire empire, and you are also responsible for the herdsmen of the Xinghai grassland, so I think this matter will be carried out with formal trade, so that the interests of both sides are protected." When Bazin and Stuart heard this, they nodded their heads one after another, feeling that what Wang Yong said was very reasonable.
However, Yukina, who grew up on the grassland and had no business experience, didn't understand this, and asked a little uncontrollably: "What kind of trade? You are all patriotic leaders, as long as you agree, and then we will exchange cattle, sheep and horses with you for food and weapons?"
Stuart shook his head and explained, "Yukina, these are not as simple as you think. Let's put it this way, after the start of formal trade between the two places, both sides will have a basic price for their goods according to the market price, and then exchange them at a price acceptable to both sides, so that neither side will suffer losses due to the price difference. Also, it doesn't mean that we can go back with enough food and weapons if we transport cattle, sheep and horses to the Aier Empire, or that Stephanie and Ivan can exchange for enough cattle and sheep if they go to the Xinghai Grassland with a large amount of food and weapons, and we must also take into account the bearing capacity of both sides, otherwise it is easy to drag each other down. ”
Yukina was not familiar with these and was not interested, and Yukina was dizzy when she heard Stuart's words, so she had to say 'oh' and say to Stuart, "Then you can handle this matter." ”
Stuart nodded, and said to Wang Yong with some embarrassment: "It was my impulse and I didn't think it through." Let's do it, Stephanie, Ivan, wait for this matter for a while, and when we have a firm foothold in the Xinghai Grassland and have a certain strength, how about we formally negotiate the exchange of materials?"
Wang Yong nodded without hesitation and said: "This is the best, but one yard is one yard, if you need something, just ask, Stephanie and I will definitely go all out." Stuart nodded and patted Wang Yong on the shoulder.
Next, Stuart handed over the two high-grade Spiritual Void Rings to the Black Armor Guards, and asked them to collect all the items they were carrying into the Spiritual Void Rings, so that the team would not be too bloated and delay the teleportation and subsequent rush. (To be continued......)