Lux's Farewell

Under Karya's guidance, the dialogue between Shyvana and the boss of the chamber of commerce could not be regarded as a chicken-to-duck conversation, but at least they talked about each other.

The boss of the chamber of commerce didn't seem to fully believe that Shivana was a merchant from Piltover, so he chose to use his little knowledge of Piltover to test it out—but Karya clearly knew the other party's purpose, but asked Shivana to " Focus on Ling Jiang, and don't actively respond to these temptations."

Shivana obviously didn't understand why Kalya made such demands on herself, but anyway, the present opportunity was created by Kalya, so she simply followed what Kalya said, and just kept the topic firmly on Ling Jiang.

You said that Piltover has an unusual appearance, but I said that Lingjiang, a spice, has a promising future.

You said that merchants in Piltover generally look down on the backwaters of Forsbarrow, but I said that Lingjiang's industry is currently too small.

You said that you have never seen such a proactive Mrs. Piltover. I said that there is a good port south of Fossbarrow for water transportation.

Under Karya's tutelage, Shyvana did not respond to anything about Piltover, but magically convinced the boss of the Chamber of Commerce that she was indeed from Piltover.

"What's the situation?" Shyvana, who kept answering the question, looked at the more and more enthusiastic Chamber of Commerce boss, and asked in confusion, "He was still testing me before, why is he talking about the tax advantage of local lords now? gone?"

"Because for him, what you want to buy is more important than where you come from." Carya explained, "For us, your status as a 'Piltover Merchant' is mainly about being able to carry out business smoothly. To investigate; and to him, the fact that you are willing to buy Ling Jiang in large quantities has little to do with whether you are from Piltover."

Shyvana thought about it blankly, and it took a while to realize that the other party was entangled in whether she was really from Piltover, and the essence was to determine whether she really wanted to buy Fossbarrow's bulk commodity.

In this case, answering the wrong question is the best answer. Don't tell me this, I'll just ask if you can buy a large batch of Ling Jiang!

Then, just after Shyvana came to understand a little bit, the other party finally pretended to be helpless and sighed, and brought the topic back to Ling Jiang herself.

"I'm sorry, Miss Shivana." The owner of the Chamber of Commerce seemed to be regretful, and finally spread his arms, "Although Lingjiang is a specialty of Forsbarrow, it's true, but it's a seasonal product, and it's long past now When Ling Jiang is harvested and sold."

"It doesn't matter." Shyvana waved her hand, "Seasonal products are not a problem. It is not difficult to store Lingjiang. If there is no one this year, it is not a problem to buy it in large quantities next year."

"Next year... next year is hard to say." Putting on a helpless look, the boss of the Chamber of Commerce shook his head slightly, "To tell you the truth, Miss Shivana, the ginger that Fossbarrow usually sells is picked by ginger pickers in the wild. It’s hard to say how much we can get, even if we want to accept large orders, we may not be able to supply them.”

"..."

Shyvana was a little surprised by the honesty of the boss of the chamber of commerce.

"However, apart from Ling Jiang, we at Fossbarrow have many other specialties. Since Miss Shivana is here, you might as well check it out—they also have great commercial potential..."

From the perspective of the owner of the chamber of commerce, the large Lingjiang trade was actually impossible at the beginning - the reason why he has been searching for Shyvana's identity is not only to confirm the purchase intention of the other party, but also to measure the other party's commercial weight.

If it is possible, the trade of Lingjiang cannot be done, but the trade of other commodities may not be impossible.

And judging from Shyvana's performance, she seems to be a guy with quite a lot of resources, she can open her mouth to a large number of Ling Jiang, and she can pay at least 30.00% of the price as a deposit - this is not a small number, according to the market price of Ling Jiang For example, the price of 30.00% of a hundred catties of Ling Jiang has exceeded three thousand Demacian gold coins.

In this case, although Ling Jiang's business cannot be done, since such a fat sheep has come, it is naturally impossible to let it go-although the other party seems to be too lazy to explain her identity as Mrs. Piltover, she thinks she has the ability and willingness to buy such a sheep. There are so many Ling Jiangs, as long as she is impressed, it is very possible to buy something else, right?
As a result, the boss of the chamber of commerce quickly changed his stance and started a very active promotion, trying to sell various special products of Forsbarrow to Shivana.

Fossbarrow didn't have such a thing as an expo, so he simply took Shivana to the warehouse of his chamber of commerce, displaying all kinds of special products that were concentrated here.

From spices to dyes, from ores to furs.

And Shyvana also seemed to be out of interest, asking for information about these things one after another, and then said that she needed to "understand more".

Her attitude made the boss of the chamber of commerce a little anxious - it seemed that this lady from Piltover had a vicious gaze, and she seemed to have identified Ling Jiang from the very beginning, and she was not very interested in the overstocked products in her warehouse.

But the problem is, he really didn't lie about Lingjiang. There is really no guarantee for the bulk of Lingjiang trade. Picking Lingjiang in spring is risky, and the yield is not guaranteed. The boss of the Chamber of Commerce does not want to leave with a deposit.

After all, he is Fossbarrow's "special product general agent", and he is a well-known and respectable figure in the local area. If possible, he also hopes that Fossbarrow's business can flourish.

In this case, he could only call a clerk and ask him to follow Shyvana "for consultation", but he called other people in the shop and began to look for a way to keep the Goddess of Fortune girl. .

On the surface Shivana looked very reluctant, but in her heart she let out a sigh of relief.

This kind of behavior of "knowing that the Lingjiang trade is not feasible, but insisting on killing Lingjiang trade, and then gaining the right to investigate the market on the sidelines" is quite awkward to Shivana. On the one hand, it is because she is not good at lying; on the other hand On the one hand, she always felt that it was weird to do so.

But fortunately, the result is always good. Now, with the witness of the Forsbarrow Chamber of Commerce, if she wants to conduct some economic investigations—especially market price investigations, everything will be logical.

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Although "Ms. Shivana from Piltover" "did not reach a large Lingjiang trade order" in the end, taking this as an opportunity and a breakthrough, Shyvana relied on the help of the Fossbarrow Chamber of Commerce to deal with this conducted a cursory survey of the city's economic situation.

In addition, Ino, who was familiar with the investigation on the other side, when Lux led a group of soldiers pulling the Colossus of Justice and a large number of demon-infested people, finally arrived at Fossbarrow, a report with detailed and rich content The first draft of the Forsbarrow Socio-Economic Inquiry Report has finally been formally completed.

According to Carya's request, the "Fossbarrow Socio-Economic Survey Report" should cover the entire Fossbarrow region and even the northwestern part of Demacia—however, due to restrictions, in the current draft, Ino and Shivana Only a small area of ​​Forsbarrow and the surrounding area was investigated.

However, this kind of small-scale socioeconomic survey also has a considerable degree of statistical and guiding significance.

The survey report shows that within a hundred miles of Fossbarrow City and its surroundings, Demacia has four large-scale settlements, of which Fossbarrow is a city, and the other three are located in the east of Fossbarrow, There are relatively small villages in the southeast and south.

The population of the entire Fossbarrow area is obviously insufficient compared to other areas of Demacia-although due to lack of authority, complete population statistics cannot be carried out, but even in the most populous city of Fossbarrow, housing prices The low price can also explain the problem.

According to the data obtained from Shivana's survey, in Fossbarrow, most of the "technical workers" such as ginger pickers, although their incomes are not stable, the annual income of the labor force in the prime of life should be roughly twelve Demacias. Gold coins are the median.

In Fossbarrow City, the price of most of the old houses that can accommodate a family is often less than thirty gold coins—and in contrast, it often costs a year to maintain a family's daily necessities for food, clothing, housing and transportation. Nearly ten Demacia gold coins.

High prices, low housing prices, and unstable income are the portrayal of the family economy of most families in Fossbarrow. Unlike most areas of Demacia, where "the taxation of nobles and lords is the biggest unstable factor in farmers' income", Fossbarrow Human beings have the obvious meaning of relying on the sky for food.

The Fossbarrow people, who depend on the sky, want to have enough food, and their food depends to a large extent on foreign trade purchases.

In trade, however, Fossbarrow was not easy.

In Fossbarrow and its surrounding areas, the roads are underdeveloped and the waterways are unstable. Although Fossbarrow City has small roads connecting other villages, if you want to transport goods and engage in trade on a large scale, caravans and pedestrians often have to Walk along the "river bed" left by the rolling of glaciers.

The abundance of snow-capped mountain melt water resources did not bring the people of Fossbarrow the same abundant water resources as Miriam City. In the absence of water storage capacity and low winter temperatures, snow-capped mountain melt water is only for Fossbarrow. Could mean terrible spring glaciers and ice floods.

Under such circumstances, the Fossbarrow people usually prefer to use the local chamber of commerce to purchase special products from Fossbarrow and the surrounding villages in the spring, and then sell them to the capital of Demacia. Go, exchange for gold coins.

Then, the Chamber of Commerce will buy large quantities of grain from some cities in the southeast after the autumn harvest in other places and before the winter in Forsbarrow, and then resell it to the Fossbarrow people for retail.

Judging from Fossbarrow's survey results, their main products for sale can be roughly divided into three types.

The first is special plant resources, which mainly include spice plants such as Ling Jiang and medicinal plants such as tea reed. Most of these plants are cold-resistant and adapt to high latitude and high altitude climates. Forsbarrow has A large number of people are specialized in picking and processing these plants. They will pick them in spring or autumn, and then spend a lot of time processing them into primary processed products, and then sell them to caravans for unified sales.

Among them, the trade volume of spice plants such as Lingjiang, Fuwucao, and Cassia Dorothy has increased year by year in recent years, while the market for medicinal plants is shrinking. For this reason, Foss Bayrow people are not very clear, they can only roughly think that "herbs with similar functions grown in other places have squeezed the market share of Fossbarrow", but for the specific situation, even Fossbarrow's The guys from the chamber of commerce couldn't tell.

The second specialty is the minerals of Forsbarrow, specifically blue ochre, which is mainly a dye mineral.

Blue ocher is a magical ore full of ice elemental abilities. According to the people of Fossbarrow, it is also the best source of civilian dyes in Demacia besides the royal blue dyes that are priceless. .

In the village of Velo in the east near Fossbarrow, the whole village was founded on the mining of blue ochre-- here, the old and the young in the village have been engaged in the mining and working of blue ochre for generations. mine developed.

Different from the initial processing of plant specialties, for blue ochre, Fossbarrow is only used as a source of raw materials and does not perform any processing. The mined blue ochre will be directly shipped to the southeast for dozens of years without even the simplest refining. miles away in the town of Seca, where further processing takes place.

Due to time constraints, Ino and Shivana did not have the opportunity to go to Seka Town to investigate the blue ochre processing process in detail, but according to the miners in Vero Village, the washing, crushing and grinding of blue ochre requires a lot of hands. The location here in Sibailuo is remote, the price is too high, so there is not enough manpower, and it is impossible to build a blue dye processing plant or a blue fabric printing and dyeing factory here, so they can only "tearfully" hand over the maximum profit to The people of Seka Town.

Besides plants and minerals, the third specialty of Forsbarrow is fur.

Due to the high latitude and altitude, and the lack of population density at all, the abundance of wildlife around Forsbarrow is quite impressive.

Although due to the initial development of Demacia and the regular cleanup by the local garrison, there are not large groups of dangerous animals that can threaten villages and towns, but there are northern snow sheep, Juvask wild boars, and large ferrets. Inside, the number of animals with thick fur is amazing.

Under such circumstances, Fossbarrow's hunting industry is also quite developed. Local hunters will use domesticated hounds to besiege and lay traps to catch these beasts without damaging the appearance of their fur as much as possible.

According to the old hunter, Fossbarrow is a "land that remains wild", and some people have tried to domesticate these beasts, but in the end they failed.

Through this investigation, Shivana and Ino had a basic impression of Forsbarrow's social and economic structure, and Lux, who got the report, finally let out a long sigh.