Planeswalker My Plane War

Chapter 319 Return Gift 1
It's just steel, what's so good about it.On Earth, steel is a basic material that can be found everywhere.Although the price changes with the market, it has never been a scarce thing.Zhang Cheng slandered, then closed his eyes slightly, and sure enough, he saw a task appear on his panel.

"Jiang Kao's re-invitation: Jiang Kao invited you to visit a certain caravan. You are free to choose to accept or decline. But you can be sure that there will be no problem in refusing."

The task reward is also a question mark, nothing.

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll come after I wash up." Zhang Cheng said.

The last "Jiang Kao's invitation" seemed to Zhang Cheng didn't get anything, but it was actually very important.Zhang Cheng has been wandering around Yingqiu for a while now, but the only news about the great witch he got was through Jiang Kao.

After a short period of time, several people took to the streets of Yingqiu again.This time, the two masters walk in front side by side, with their respective attendants following behind.

As mentioned earlier, Yingqiu is not so much a military fortress as it is a place rich in commodities, at least in Zhang Cheng's view.The market here is big enough, and there are enough business and tourist tourists.Of course, whether it is because of official regulations or the spontaneous formation of business travel, the overall market structure is naturally formed in a state where peers get together.For example, the area they are entering now is basically selling all kinds of metals.

The most common one is bronze ingots, but of course there are also gold, silver and copper.In fact, some iron can still be seen, which is of course only pig iron.Referring to the history on the earth, it can be seen that iron was actually discovered very early, but the early smelting technology was backward, and pig iron was basically produced.Pig iron can't be said to be useless, but it really can't replace bronze.The Bronze Age was replaced by the Iron Age, and it had to wait until the emergence of various steelmaking technologies.

Zhang Cheng's gaze was fixed on a piece of gold - surprisingly, there is no shortage of gold in this world.Although Zhang Cheng has always known that ancient gold can be obtained by "gold panning".But how should I put it... I didn't expect there to be so many.He had acquired a lot of gold not long ago, including some natural dog's head gold.It can be said that they bought all the gold on the market, but in just a day or two, some gold appeared in this place.

By the way, the price for Zhang Cheng to buy this is salt.

It is completely worthless on earth, and you can buy as much table salt as you want.In this world, it is a high-end rare commodity.

This is the technical difference between a barbaric society and a civilized society.In fact, according to geography, Yingqiu can be said to be a place close to the sea, but there is no shortage of salt.After all, the sea water in this world is also salty.But because of the underdeveloped technology, the world doesn't know how to dry salt, but only cook salt.In fact, by the standards of the earth, this world is not even qualified for the technology of boiling salt.Unqualified technology has resulted in a large number of impurities in the salt that is generally circulated in the market.On the one hand, this makes the salt look yellow or even black, and on the other hand, it makes the salt taste bitter and difficult to drink.

When Zhang Cheng took out those fine, snow-white salt with no impurities and pure taste, it shocked the audience.He easily traded for anything he wanted - including gold, without spending a single word.And both parties to the transaction feel that they are making a lot of money.

Now I can only talk about the three major artifacts of time travel: glass, pearls, and salt. They are indeed good things worthy of the name.

If Zhang Cheng was a little excited when he saw gold at first, he can take it calmly now.When you understand the power of the planeswalker more deeply and thoroughly, you will not care so much about many things.And that includes money.

Jiang Kao came to a caravan stall.

This is not a human team, but a lizardman—or according to the world, Huaiyi.Although Camp Hill is a human city, there are so many lizardfolk caravans in this place that no one is interested in mentioning them specifically.As we all know, there must be civilization and technical support behind the prosperity of business.The Lizardman is the most civilized, the most technologically advanced, and the most civilized race among the Dongyi races.So this thing is not surprising.

In front of the booth, metal ingots were neatly arranged.

"This is... that kind of special evil gold. It's so beautiful." Jiang Kao's eyes stayed on these steel ingots, and he was full of praise.The color and texture of steel ingots are different from those of pig iron and wrought iron.A person familiar with metallurgy can easily tell the difference.

That being said, Zhang Cheng felt that the bronze ingot looked more beautiful.

In addition to metal ingots, there are also weapons and tools made of metal, such as long swords placed on the side.However, compared to metal ingots, these weapons and tools are very small in number, and they are obviously only for demonstration purposes.Jiang Kao picked up a long sword from the stall.

Like literally a "long" sword.It is much longer than the bronze sword that Zhang Cheng is familiar with, and has exceeded the length level of the "three-foot long sword" on the earth.As we all know, due to the limitation of materials, bronze swords cannot be made too long, while steel has almost no such problem.In fact, craftsmen can make it longer as long as they want.On Earth, the island nation has historically produced "Nodachi" with exaggerated lengths.However, apart from the length, the sword itself was not exquisitely made, it could even be said to be made casually.

"Is this the latest 'Evil Gold' sword?" Jiang Kao asked.

"It's called a 'steel' sword." That Huai Yi said in a tone full of arrogance. "It's not ordinary evil gold. Even U.S. dollars can't be compared with steel. If you don't believe it, you can try it yourself." His finger pointed to the knife worn by Jiang Kao's belt.These days, nobles always carry this kind of small knife on their bodies. On the one hand, it can be used as a self-defense weapon, and on the other hand, it is also a very convenient tool in life.

Jiang Kao thought for a while, took out the small bronze knife on his body, and slashed against the sword.The two weapons clashed head-on, sparks came out.The victor was self-explanatory: his pocket knife had a nick in it, and the steel sword, at least, had no visible marks.

Under the premise of not being enchanted, steel and bronze are not of the same grade at all.

"Awesome! Awesome!" Others may have watched the excitement, but Jiang Kao was very clear in his mind.The emergence of this new technology and new material means that Dongyi will upgrade its military equipment to a higher level.If Zhu Xia fights Dongyi in the future, he will suffer a lot from weapons.

The only way to avoid losses on the battlefield is to buy this evil gold called "steel" on a large scale.But this is equivalent to sending money to Dongyi, which instead increases Dongyi's strength.So this is actually a multiple-choice question, no matter how you choose, it is not good.

"Where does this steel come from?" Jiang Kao asked seemingly casually.He had inquired about it before he came. In fact, this caravan would come here every one or two months to sell a large amount of steel ingots.Moreover, the reputation of this kind of "evil gold" has spread, as long as they don't deliberately raise the price, they will not worry about selling.

"We bought it from Guigui City." The Huaiyi businessman also looked indifferent.

"But Guicheng... It is said that it is not far from here?"

"Yeah, so although the price is expensive, it's because we didn't buy it cheaply. In fact, we can only say that we made a little profit," the Huaiyi businessman sighed.But no matter which world you are from, as long as you are not stupid and sweet, you can easily understand that this is just a bargaining strategy of businessmen.

"Do you know where it came from?"

"It is said that in the southern part of Yingqiu... there is a city in the southwest of Guicheng called Tangxi. It is near the sea and has evil gold production. It was originally the land between Zhuxia and Dongyi." Huaiyi merchant said. "It was the people who made the steel there."

"Tangxi?" Jiang Kao thought for a while, with a puzzled look on his face.

"Have you heard of Tangxi?" Zhang Cheng asked in a low voice.He was actually just a little curious.As mentioned earlier, he is not interested in steel ingots.As long as he wants, he can get some from the earth at any time, and the quality can only be better than this.

"I've heard of it," Jiang Kao was simply a man of knowledge. "There...there...in name, it should be the land of the State of Lu. Two years ago, I heard that Dongyi fell into Tangxi and killed the doctor of Tangxi. It was a local effort. Now it looks like that's far from the case."

There is such a thing?Zhang Cheng felt a little strange.But this matter involves the traversers, so anything can happen.To be honest, after that kind of robbery happened, it would be strange to say that the traversers did not take retaliation measures.The moral values ​​of people on earth do not emphasize the item of swallowing one's voice.In fact, unscrupulous revenge, even if it doesn't matter if the country is invaded by foreigners, is a more reasonable approach.After all, traversers don't have such a strong sense of belonging in this world.

"But not necessarily?" Zhang Cheng asked casually. "Those Huaiyi are just rumors, there is no real evidence. And... what makes me strange is that since Guicheng is not far from here, why only Huaiyi caravans come and go?"

"Well, Guicheng is a new city built by Laiyi after all. There are very few in Zhuxia. Because no one dares to go. Huaiyi is also the same as Laiyi. Xia is a little closer." Jiang Kao explained. "It may be difficult to say at the lower levels, but it is said that among the upper levels, Lai Yi and Huai Yi still maintain a relatively friendly relationship."

That is true.After all, Zhang Cheng knew that the murlocs were cannibals who drank blood, and they were like cannibals in the primitive forest on earth.Even if there are some good things in the cannibal village, normal people would not want to go there.

They had already left the booth where they bought steel ingots.Although Jiang Kao was very interested in steel ingots, he was just curious and didn't really want to buy a batch.This kind of guest is not the type welcomed by businessmen.So he was also very well-behaved, stopped for a while, tried the goods to prove that the rumors were true, and then left the booth.

"Sure enough... I still have to go to Guicheng to take a look." He said in a tone of self-talk.

"My lord!" Jiang Hei, who was behind him, couldn't help but stepped forward and shouted when he heard this.

"Ah," Jiang Kao didn't seem to hear Jiang Hei's voice at all. "By the way, there is something that I forgot to tell my brother. I wrote to my father a few days ago, telling me everything that happened along the way. My father is very grateful for my brother's saving me, so he asked me to tell it. You must thank my younger brother on his behalf."

This is not surprising. Although the transportation and communication conditions in this world are backward, they are much better than those in the ancient times of the earth.After all, there is magic.Zhang Cheng himself has seen more than one method.Jiang Kao is rich, so it is not surprising that he has any means.

"Well, it's just a meeting..." Zhang Cheng was naturally polite to such words.

"Well, in order to thank my virtuous brother, the family asked someone to bring two gifts." Jiang Kao said. "Father told me to give it to my virtuous brother to thank my virtuous brother for his great kindness."

At the time of saying this, they have reached the end of this area.There's a booth here that's obviously new.The booth is not big, about the level of a car... It's more like a traveling businessman.Jiang Hei stepped forward, and seemed to take out some token to compare with the other party.Then, the traveling merchant took out two boxes and handed them to Jiang Kao.

The box is not ordinary wood, but has intricate patterns carved on it.Zhang Cheng didn't bless himself with arcane vision, but even if he just looked at it with the naked eye, he could still feel the subtle magic glow on the box.There is no doubt that what is contained in this box is a gift.Regardless of what the gift is, the box itself is a magical item... You can't help but have high expectations for what's in the box.

Jiang Kao opened the first box in front of Zhang Cheng.There is a cloth cushion in the middle of the box, and on the cushion is a piece of inconspicuous jade.

"This is..." Zhang Cheng couldn't help being surprised when he saw the stone.

"Brother, do you know this thing?" Jiang Kao was rather complacent.This is also an indescribable state of mind. If a person can give a gift that the other party cannot understand, then he will sometimes have this condescending feeling.

"This..." Zhang Cheng took the box and closed most of it, leaving only a crack.Looking in through the cracks, this thing is indeed glowing slightly.That's right, this luster, this shape, this shimmering quality...it's...

Well, Zhang Cheng couldn't tell what it was.But he used to have one.A long time ago (in my personal opinion, it was indeed a long time ago), he once saw the ghost Tonglu who was on the verge of extinction in a dungeon.And Tong Lu once gave him such a piece of jade as a gift.At that time, Tong Lv had clearly stated that this thing could be sacrificed to gods or great spirits.At that time, Zhang Cheng really didn't understand the meaning of these words, and finally exchanged this thing with the yellow bear for the little bear.

If this is an investment, then Zhang Cheng has nothing to regret.

But now he also understands.This piece of jade is actually far more precious than he imagined, um, how should I put it, it is probably enough for him to ask the oracle once, let the god help him once, or ask a certain god to give him a special blessing (like Si Ming gave him the ability to temporarily immunize against death).All in all, it's definitely a good thing.

Then he clearly felt the "young god" in his arms trembling slightly.

(End of this chapter)