"The Lion Camel Country has its own independent economic system, in fact, not only the Lion Camel Country, but also Jiao's Nest, Bird Mountain, and Withered Leaf Ze, as the territory of each demon king, each has its own independent economic system, but it is much smaller than the demon capital. ”

"Take casting armor, for example. Ordinary armor, in fact, can be completed completely independently from mining to processing anywhere, but the cost is different. After all, the products are different in each place. Thus, there was trade. It's something that each place extends out of itself in order to make up for its own shortcomings. The trade within the demon kingdom does not require the participation of outsiders, and the external trade is monopolized by the dragon clan. ”

At night, the camp was devoid of gambling stalls and was eerily quiet. Except for some demon soldiers in charge of the sentry, there was hardly anyone on the school grounds.

The monkey and the horn rarely sat together and chatted.

"Then why give dragons a monopoly?" the monkey asked.

After thinking for a moment, Qijiao replied, "Because the main content of foreign trade is actually trade with Heavenly Court. The various forces in the Three Realms, only Heavenly Court can afford to supply the needs of the demon capital, even if it is only some single products. For example, Yinning leaves are used to make runes, although the best Yinning leaves are produced in Wanshou Mountain, but even if the entire Wanshou Mountain is turned over, it is impossible to produce Yinning leaves that meet the needs of the demon capital. It is even more unlikely that there are so many people planting in Wuzhuangguan. Therefore, only on the most important runes, Yinning leaves will be used, and the rest of the runes are used as substitutes. ”

"If you really want to talk about it, Heavenly Court and Demon Capital actually need each other, and trade is actually an inevitability. However, the war of fairies and demons lasted for 10,000 years, and the time of the truce during the period was less than a thousand years. How could two factions that were often at war trade with each other? This is tacitly approved by both the demon capital and the heavenly court. ”

"Almost anywhere in the Three Realms, as long as there is no conclusive evidence, the forces of all parties will generally not embarrass the Dragon Clan, after all, the trade of the Dragon Clan is also serving itself. It is also because of this convenience that the Dragon Clan has accumulated a lot of wealth, so there is a saying that the Dragon Palace is rich in the world. But in order to maintain this convenience, the dragons must also remain neutral at all times and try not to get caught. ”

Listening to this, the monkey couldn't help but sigh: "If you say this, the dragon clan is really powerful. I think he's supposed to be the strongest, after all, he's rich, isn't he?"

"Huh?"

"Isn't it powerful to be rich in the world?" the monkey spread his hands and said, "I have deeply experienced the role of money. You see, in my small camp, I opened a casino, and I made a little money before, but if I wanted pills, I had pills, and if I wanted weapons, I had weapons. ”

"And what about helpers?" asked Qijiao casually.

This question, the monkey was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Isn't this looking for the wrong person, who knew that he was so greedy? But then again, I still don't know why Spotted let me go. ”

Taking a deep breath, Qijiao sighed lightly: "It's not that he's greedy, it's that you don't have enough strength, and he has a reason to do it to you." As long as you don't have enough strength, but you have wealth, then, if you don't do it to you today, someone else will naturally do it to you tomorrow. Because the profit of doing it to you is higher than the pay. In the words of mortals, it is 'guilty of guilt', but in fact, the status of the dragon clan is not much different from what you used to be. ”

"The reason why the dragons are able to control trade is because both the heavenly court and the demon capital need him. But this need is fragile. Regardless of whether it is the Heavenly Court or the Demon Capital, either side can stop trading with the Dragons at any time, so that although they will lose the property obtained from the enemy, at the same time, the enemy will not be able to obtain their own property. At the end of the day, each other's losses are the same. And they will not let their side fall into disadvantage because they have stopped trading. In order to maintain this fragile balance, the dragons must work hard to mediate between the parties, and once broken, the dragons lose the meaning of their existence. When the time comes, the dragons will be even more dangerous. ”

After thinking about it, the monkey seemed to understand, but he still had a question to ask: "Since the dragon clan is already rich in the world, why don't you want to cultivate your own power?" After all, if you have money, you have pills, you have an army, and you have everything. ”

Hearing this, Qijiao laughed and said, "What is money?"

"Huh?"

"I ask you, what is the money?"

The monkey's brows furrowed slowly, and he asked tentatively, "Silverpaw?"

Hearing this, Qijiao nodded silently, and then said: "Money, it is silver claw, it is gold essence. One is the money of the demon capital, and the other is the money of the heavenly court. In the final analysis, it's just something that the demon capital and the heavenly court designed and used separately. One day the demon suddenly announced that Silver Claw was no longer money, so it was no longer money. The golden essence on the other side of the Heavenly Court is actually the same. Do you think that Heavenly Court or the Demon Capital will allow the Dragon Clan, which is parasitic in the trade between the two parties, to develop into a real third force that can be equal to itself? To put it mildly, the so-called 'richness' of the Dragon Clan is only because both Heavenly Court and the Demon admit that he is rich, and if he does not admit it, he will have no money. Besides, I heard that the dragon clan has to pay tribute to the heavenly court and the demon capital every year, and what they send is gold essence and silver claws, to put it bluntly, how much 'money' is in the hands of the dragon palace, heaven and earth, which one has not counted in his heart? In fact, it is still the same problem, 'guilty'. ”

"Besides, having 'money' only works for those below the Demon King, because they need less things, and as long as they have 'money', they can buy it. If you reach the level of the Lion Camel King...... The Demon King's shopping is different from our shopping. For example, if you originally needed 100,000 sets of armor, each set of 300 silver claws, a total of 30 million silver claws. Do you think that if you get 60 million silver claws, you can buy 200,000 sets right away? No, there are only so many craftsmen, and the armor produced every year is a fixed number, and if you buy more, other demon kings will have to buy less, and in the end, there will be price increases, followed by battles between different armies. There are many problems. ”

"Whether it's the Demon Kingdom, the Heavenly Court, or even the Three Realms, it's actually a huge machine, and the movement of every part in it will bring a lot of variables. The reason why we can toss and turn casually is because we are too small to set off the wind and waves. But from the dragon's point of view, it's not that simple. ”

"At the end of the day, it all comes down to strength. At best, the dragon clan is the 'porter' between the heavenly court and the demon capital, how much do you think these two parties will allow the 'porter' to profit from themselves?"

With that, Qijiao couldn't help but laugh.

The monkey frowned and pondered for a long time before sighing softly: "There is still this truth in it......

It was only at this time that he slightly understood what the "burden" Ao Tingxin was talking about. Things are countless times more complicated than the monkey originally imagined, and the entire dragon clan is actually walking on a tightrope, and if you are not careful, it will be the end of breaking your bones.

Glossy, just the surface.

After a moment of silence, the monkey turned his head and patted the corner sitting beside him, and said with a grin: "Yes, I didn't expect you to understand these things." It's not in vain that the first time I saw you, I thought you were very special!"

"You're also special. Bowing his head and sipping his saliva, Qijiao smiled faintly: "No one has ever wanted to listen to me say this, after all, it's too boring." Not only did you listen patiently, but you also seemed to understand. ”

The monkey nodded triumphantly, thought for a moment, and said, "Did you figure these things out on your own?

Hearing this, Qijiao's gaze couldn't help but dim a little, and said, "I stayed in the demon capital for a while. ”

"Have you ever been to the demon capital?" the monkey exclaimed, "Then why are you still here? Aren't the demons very good?"

"Every race must coordinate its relationship with the major demon kings who hold military power. So, sometimes we send troops to all sides, and that's how I was sent. I was very unhappy at first, but I didn't expect that in the end, it was this armor that saved my life. ”

"I see, no wonder you see differently than everyone else. The monkey nodded silently and said, "Then I will ask you any questions in the future?"

In the darkness of the night, a row of demon soldiers slowly walked past them with torches.

For a long time, Qijiao stared into the distance and replied softly: "I know everything, I can't say anything." ”

Among the demon army, whether it is the demon soldiers or the vast majority of the demon generals, they are actually big bosses, and all they know is their own one-third of an acre. Among them, the ambiguity is definitely an outlier.

In a way, he is more prominent than the monkey, but in comparison, the monkey can toss, and he is more low-key.

With no military salaries, not even military rations, and relying on their own savings, the deer demons finally settled down temporarily in the monkey camp.

Although the entire Lion Camel Country had countless pairs of eyes on this camp, there was surprisingly no one looking for trouble.

However, just ten days later, a new problem began to emerge - the monkeys could not afford to support so many people, and their savings would be spent......

Looking at the ledger provided by Qijiao, the monkey's eyebrows were furrowed.

"So, how long can it last?"

"If you save a little, you can last for a month. ”

"Is there anything you can do about it?"

"There are several ways to do this. The easiest way is to fight a war, and if you win, you will make military achievements and become a general. Then all the problems are solved at once. ”

"That's a lot of credit. The monkey shook his head in denial.

It's not that the monkey thinks he doesn't have the ability, the key is that he has to fight. The Lion Camel Country experienced the last time, and is still recuperating. Could it be that he took more than 2,000 monsters to deliver food to Yang Jian?

"On top of that, we can make some lucrative business like your previous casino. As for what, I didn't think of it for the time being. ”

"And what?" asked the monkey again.

After being silent for a long time, Qijiao could only whisper: "Otherwise, you can only move the camp." It's so crowded that there's barely any grass, and it's almost impossible to find food or do something. But just change the station...... After all, isn't the little demon born and raised? There is no reason why you can't live. ”