After leaving the military camp in the North District, Hua Xi and Bai Zhan went straight in the opposite direction to the market in the south.
As a large-scale market of the Changyang tribe, it can fully accommodate and provide enough space for nearly 10,000 people of all ethnic groups in the city and surrounding areas to conduct transactions here.
Now it happens to be the time to go to the market. Many craftsmen and farmers have found a good location to sell their goods on the street stalls in exchange for the daily necessities they need. As soon as Hua Xi came in, he saw a lot of people bargaining.
The constant quarreling and shouting here gave Hua Xi a feeling of returning to China. The liveliness of the markets in the two places seemed to be about the same, and the buds of business were growing vigorously.
Hua Xi and Bai Zhan walked around the market in a hurry, looking at all the products in the market.
There are many types of commodities, mainly made of wood and stone tools and items obtained from hunting and gathering, such as stone axes, stone hoes, stone mills; pottery bowls, pots and other pottery products; linen, cloth, bamboo slips; animals;
Meat, fish, animal skins, bones; wine, millet, rice, wheat, sericulture, hemp, fruits, vegetables; horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, dogs, pigs, etc. A bag of rice is expensive
It sells for 2 copper coins, a bag of wheat for 1.8 coppers (weighing a bag in your hand, it is estimated to be only two or three pounds), and a cheap ordinary horse used for pack transportation also sells for as high as 300 coppers.
Judging from the grains and grains, the Shennong family has indeed brought indescribable influence to mankind as it has in history. Without Shennong, those mountainous areas with barren land and lack of water would not be able to survive at all (similar to Australia, the United States and Africa)
The ancestors of the mainland race also migrated from Asia) Like many tribes Hua Xi has seen, copper coins can be used here, and items of equal value can be exchanged with the ethnic people temporarily called "merchants".
As long as they are willing to accept the items
Hua Xi walked to a farmer selling rice, leaned over and picked up a spoonful of rice in his hands and looked at it carefully. The rice was white and the grains were plump, not bad!
"Old man! Why is this rice so expensive at 2 copper coins?" Hua Xi remembered that some of the northerners' words were probably like this. They also did the same thing on TV, asking in uncertain voices.
But he was hit with cow excrement and dung. Although the old man didn't understand the word "咥" very well, he understood it. After taking a look at Hua Xi's clothes, he sighed and said: "Oh, uncle!
You must not be a local?"
Hua Xi nodded
"You don't know something. Last year, our tribe fought with the Xuanyuan tribe, and the food doubled and tripled. Fortunately, the weather here has been good all year round. Recently, there is no shortage of food, so the price has dropped. If you buy food elsewhere,
Ah, that’s two or three times more expensive than this.”
Hua Xi nodded, and had a plan in his mind. Maybe he could start a business here, and gradually attract the attention of Emperor Yan. In the future, he would compete with the three major tribes of Yan, Huang, and Chi You in the Central Plains, and play together in this ancient mysterious scroll. It would not be bad.
Market transaction prices are floating, so profits naturally vary. There is naturally room for manipulation of prices. The premise is that you must have enough capital to control the entire market and at the same time suppress competing opponents. Otherwise, it will be impossible to control prices.
It's just nonsense. At most, you just earn a few small bucks through hard work.
In the corner market area near the handicraft workshop, there are actually dozens of ethnic people who specialize in purchasing various raw materials with prices marked on them. It can be said that the prices are clear and honest.
"Brother, what are you collecting those animal bones for?" Hua Xi said strangely when she saw a sign saying "Purchase animal bones, ten pounds for one copper..."
Since Hua Xi's clothes were obviously more high-end, (joke, could the clothes of the leader of a country be animal skins?), he flattered and replied: "Sir, these animal bones can be processed into weapons and sold to the army.
I sent it to the wizard at the ancestral temple, and I heard it can be used to make a magical medicine that can bring the dead back to life!"
Hua Xi understood now. It seemed that the Shennong clan indeed had more knowledge than many tribes at the same time. The abundance of goods and trade circulation were also relatively high.
Hua Xi chatted with the little brother for a while and learned that this place was a walled city or a purchasing point for workshop owners from some large tribes. They were workers sent here by the workshop owners to be responsible for daily purchasing.
The purchase prices and quantities purchased by these buyers are also slightly different. 10 kilograms of fish are exchanged for 23 copper coins, 60 kilograms of wood are exchanged for 0.91 copper coins, 50 kilograms of stone are exchanged for 0.91 copper coins, and 1 kilogram of silver ore (still has many impurities)
Raw ore) for 0.91 copper coins, 5 kilograms of copper ore for 0.91 copper coins
Hua Xi didn't bring many things, just a few exquisite small porcelains, a plain knife, a telescope, and the bronze sword that Bai Zhan wore.
In addition to the three small porcelains, the only things that can be exchanged are the common clothes on the body. As for the binoculars and weapons, they are the foundation of "settlement and survival". Without these things, you may encounter several bad guys on the road without knowing it.
Why are you resisting? Although Hua Xi is good at martial arts and has a hundred battles, she still suffers a lot with her bare hands. This is a bit like a game where a high-level ID takes off all its equipment. Even when facing a low-level ID in their twenties and thirties, they can only
Got beaten
Armed police soldiers who are as powerful as later generations may die at any time when facing three or four fierce gangsters with knives. Hua Xi naturally does not think that Bai Zhan is more powerful than armed police soldiers and has a TV in his mouth. How can the protagonist in novels and movies do it with his bare hands?
Hua Xi had seen a lot of beating up a group of knife-wielding gangsters, but in reality, he didn't find such a person. Even the soldiers of the special forces probably only had to run away when facing several armed gangsters.
Of course, the premise is that these gangsters are desperate in cold blood, otherwise they will run away after being beaten a few times, and of course the only ones left behind will be captured.
At this time, the clerk who had left earlier found Hua Xi and the two of them again: "Oh, you two made it easy for me to find it! It turned out to be here, haha——"
Hua Xi hurriedly greeted him with a haha. Finally, Hua Xi took out one of the porcelains from his arms and put it in front of him and said: "I left in a hurry just now and forgot to dedicate this to the chief. Look -"
As soon as he saw the lifelike porcelain tiger, which looked like a ferocious tiger descending from the mountain and arrogantly looking down at all the beasts, the clerk's eyes almost fell out and he couldn't help but say hello.
"Sir, please rest assured. I will definitely help you forward this generous gift to the chief. This tiger is so... so... so vivid!" The clerk kept stroking the porcelain tiger, seemingly unable to put it down.
Hua Xi's title has also been raised from clan leader to adult.
When Hua Xi saw this, he winked at Bai Zhan, and the two of them took the clerk to a secluded corner. Hua Xi took out a small porcelain from his arms that was half the size of the tiger, but it was a rooster crowing.
"Sir, during this migration to the north, many of the supplies I carried were lost. I only have this 'rooster's crowing' that I can give to you, sir," Hua Xi said respectfully.
"Ah, this, this..." The little official stuttered several times in a row. It can be seen that he was excited to have the craftsmanship and fire to make such exquisite porcelain. Even the world-famous King of Tao couldn't make it. Look at the light shining through the porcelain body.
The flowing light and crimson color that comes out is not something that ordinary people can make. In the impression of the little official, even the pottery king can only make the same pottery with a similar look, but to make the pottery body have such brilliance, it is
a bit impossible
Hua Xi secretly laughed, how could he know that this was porcelain, which was fired at a higher temperature than pottery?
The reason why he wanted to give a piece of porcelain to the small official was because Hua Xi was wondering about the value of this kind of porcelain in the tribe, so he sighed and said: "Alas, although I have joined the tribe now, I have no money.
Wen, let’s not talk about recruiting clan slaves, even our life tomorrow may be a problem.”
When the clerk heard this, he was shocked for a moment, and then laughed loudly and said: "Haha, sir, don't worry about the exquisite workmanship of your pottery. It is of the highest quality. Many chiefs and slave owners like it very much. As long as the opportunity is right, it is not a big deal to sell it for a good price."
"It's a difficult matter." After saying that, the clerk thought for a while and then stuffed the 'rooster crowing' in his hand back to Hua Xi, saying something like "I don't dare to accept this...", but Hua Xi looked at him.
But it seems like the arm can't be stretched long. If he wants to get the porcelain back, he may have to take a step forward.
"Hey, sir, why are you looking down on me, a foreigner? Are you unwilling to make friends with me?" Hua Xi said solemnly, pretending to be angry.
"No, no, no!" When will the little official's tricks catch up with Hua Xi's? Seeing that Hua Xi seemed really angry, he quickly said no.
"Then please accept my small kindness, sir. Hua Xi is deeply honored!"
"In this case, I will accept the younger brother. The elder brother really makes me ashamed!" The title changed again, from adult to elder brother, and it seemed more intimate.
The reason why Hua Xi repeatedly gave porcelain to small officials was that there was a deeper meaning. As the saying goes, "A strong dragon cannot overwhelm local snakes, but a blind man must have a blind man's bamboo."
Even though the junior official in front of you does not have a big official position, but looking at his ghostly appearance, he must be well-versed in the Changyang tribe. A tribesman who can step into the aristocratic class and serve in the "imperial court", if he doesn't have any skills.
At least I will have some background. I am new here. With someone to protect me, I won’t run around like a blind man. God knows if there are any taboos in this Changyang tribe. If one day I bump into it, I will really be a mute eating coptis.
However, before the little official had time to take a closer look at the porcelain in his arms, another soldier came over and reported that several tribes from the nearby Tianshui tribe (the tribe of the chief, where the Chu tribe is) were going to migrate over, and wanted the little official to