forest kingdom

Chapter 191 Trading
In the manor, Lawrence thought about the caravan.

"We haven't prepared so many things here. I haven't made a chamber pot since last year, and we only have three decks of playing cards."

Lawrence quickly said: "There seem to be more than twenty people over there, and there are many mounts. We would be at a disadvantage fighting them."

Salil heard Lawrence's troubles and said directly: "Then we just don't do business with them."

Lawrence calculated the gains and losses. If he refused, would the caravan have a higher chance of leaving obediently, or would there be a higher chance of causing trouble.

After much deliberation, I can't make a specific judgment.

There was no point in continuing to hesitate, Lawrence quickly made a decision.

"Sariel, Reglo, Manderkru, gather twenty people and let's go down and have a look. Delenn, change into Emma's clothes!"

Lawrence looked at Emma, ​​"Emma, ​​give Derren a set of your clothes, don't make her so conspicuous!"

Delen frowned, but didn't refuse.

Lawrence reassured: "You can follow me later, and then rush forward if you want to take action."

Salil asked in confusion: "What about me?"

"Your hair color and clothing are similar to those of the Pumixiu people. You have northern blood. There is no need to hide it."

Lawrence quickly arranged for people to do things, and asked Sophia to take down the playing cards, grated orange peels, and candles that Kenny made last year.

Soon everyone began to load their cars, lead their sheep, and pick up weapons.

Lawrence looked at the things on the car, "These alone are still too few. It seems that we have no other specialties here? Are they really gone?"

Salil thought for a while and said, "Is goat milk okay?"

"Forget it." Lawrence sighed and looked at the forest and mountains in the distance again.

The crow didn't know how to come back to help, which was really disappointing.

The presence of crows can create a deterrent effect to a certain extent.

It's a pity that he is not a real wizard or a bird tamer.

"Let's go, that's enough. It wouldn't be good if we were too wealthy here, as it would attract the covetousness of bandits."

Lawrence mounted the moose, a larger one with more grace.

Sariel's Dom is pregnant and is now riding Lawrence's previous mount, Dom.

Now there are more than 20 Dom sheep and more than 50 ordinary goats and sheep in the manor, which are usually kept in the livestock hut in the camp.

The lumberyard temporarily stopped working, and Lawrence led a team of 20 people towards the bottom of the mountain.

To increase his persuasiveness, Lawrence also brought two hunting dogs.

The two sides soon met outside the town of Pumixiu.

Rahn looked at the approaching team and focused on the young man at the head.

The rest of the team stood up and gathered behind Rahn, some of whom had already taken up arms to face these unkind northern savages.

Lawrence quickly reined in his mount, sat on the moose and said, "I am Lawrence. It's a bad luck for you to come. I didn't know anyone wanted those chamber pots, so I didn't make them."

Rahn found that neither Pumi Xiu nor the people behind the boy showed any objection. They all thought that the boy should make the decision, so he knew that this boy was the leader of the group.

Although he wondered why this happened, Rahn accepted it.

"I heard that there are exquisite playing cards here. I remember they were called this. It is said that you can exchange wheat and women for them."

Lawrence nodded, "I have three decks of playing cards here. They are made from wild boar tusks by the warriors of our tribe. They are very precious. What do you exchange for them?"

Rahn narrowed his eyes and smiled: "We are willing to exchange a basket of wheat for playing cards!"

"Not enough!" Lawrence said directly: "At least three baskets of wheat!"

After hearing this, Rahn calculated. He had heard about the value of a deck of playing cards from the tavern before, and Doug exchanged a sheep for a deck of playing cards.

A sheep weighs forty or fifty kilograms, and three baskets of wheat weigh about one hundred twenty or thirty kilograms.

Here in the north, the same weight of grain is more expensive than the same weight of meat because it is easier to preserve.

Also, meat is more difficult to sell than grain.

"Okay, three baskets of wheat in exchange for a deck of cards. I want to see the playing cards you provided first."

Lawrence had long forgotten the transaction price with Doug, because most of the time he set the price casually and made haphazard counter-offers.

Originally, he planned to exchange a deck of cards for a basket of wheat, but now seeing that the man was willing to trade three baskets for a deck of cards, Lawrence suddenly felt that his price was low.

"Reglo, give him the cards."

Regglo quickly handed Lawrence his own playing cards.

54 cards are placed in a wooden holder similar to a laptop computer.

When Reglo opened the wooden box and revealed the white dominoes polished with wild boar teeth inside, Larn's eyes suddenly lit up.This kind of carefully crafted card is not low-level at first glance!

Lawrence saw Larne's reaction and said decisively: "Reglo, take the things back. I changed my mind. Three baskets of wheat are too little!"

Rahn instinctively wanted to reach out to stop him, but under the equally fierce gaze of Reglo and the gazes of the surrounding barbarians, he still held back.

"Don't be like this, I can give you two more baskets of wheat."

Lawrence squinted his eyes, "Not enough."

Larn pretended to be distressed, "Eight baskets of wheat!!"

Eight baskets of wheat were exchanged for a deck of playing cards, and if it had been Doug, Lawrence would have exchanged it.

Not to mention eight baskets, one basket is good.

The playing cards made of wild boar teeth are indeed very beautiful and have the exquisiteness of works of art, but for Lawrence, a basket of wheat is better.

A basket of wheat can be ground into twenty or thirty kilograms of flour, which can feed yourself and the people around you for a week.

"Nine baskets!!" Rahn shouted loudly: "Nine baskets of wheat, plus a woman who can give birth to children!"

Rahn grabbed a woman by the hair from the side of the convoy and pulled her away from the group.

The woman fell to the ground, but was too scared to cry.

"Okay." Lawrence nodded and agreed to the exchange, "Give it to him."

Reglo handed the box containing the dominoes to Larn. Larn took it carefully, tilted his head and said to his men: "Move the food down."

Rahn quickly kicked the woman next to him, "Go over to your new master!"

The teenage woman grabbed her wrist with one hand and approached a group of ferocious northern barbarians with fear and nervousness.

But there are also young men with a gentle temperament like Lawrence, and girls like Saryl who are calm but seem to be good women.

Salil said to the woman: "Go and sit in the car, don't run around, I will give you food when I get back."

The woman nodded carefully and walked around a group of barbarians towards the car behind.

Rahn confirmed the exquisite quality of the domino and put away the playing card with great satisfaction.

"Chief, we don't have enough food here, but there are many women here, beautiful women who can give birth to children."

"I'd trade a woman for a deck of cards."

Lawrence thought about the price of goods and felt that to the other party, women should be worth more than food, right?
Lawrence quickly called out the price: "Three women, two decks of cards!"

Rahn said quickly: "Okay."

Both Rahne and Lawrence soon regretted their decision.

Rahn regretted that he agreed too readily, and Lawrence regretted that he shouted low.

"Okay." Lawrence said calmly: "One cannot regret twice. I will use the remaining playing cards to exchange for three obedient women."

Rahn breathed a sigh of relief, "These slaves are all slaves caught from the south. I guarantee that they are very obedient, and they are all women who have given birth to children! There must be no problem!"

Lawrence nodded, "I like outside businessmen to bring better things. If you can bring wine, ironware and male slaves next time, I am willing to give you five chamber pots for free this time."

Rahn quickly agreed: "I am willing to accept this kindness!"

Lawrence quickly had five clay pots brought out.

In order to sell them at a good price, these pots were made relatively soft, but no matter how delicate they were, they were still red clay.

Rahn was a little disappointed. These clay pots looked easy to make and were not much different from ordinary clay pots.

Lawrence also knew that these things were not good, but he kept silent and did not take out the rest.

Rahn looked at the remaining slaves and food and asked, "Is there anything else here? I heard that there is medicine here that can remove the curse of Poseidon."

Lawrence nodded and pulled out a jar of grated orange peels.

"This is auranthus twig powder. Three days after going to sea, you can take out a piece and sprinkle it in hot water, and then drink it to prevent the curse of the sea god."

"Be careful not to be infested by the sea water. Once it is eroded by the sea water and green things grow, it will be useless."

"Exchange this for wheat!"

There wasn't much wheat left in Larn, just more than two baskets.

Seeing that Lawrence only needed wheat, Larn quickly agreed to the deal and happily accepted a fist-sized jar of mysterious powder.

In a month's journey, I exchanged worthless food and women for three noble luxuries and a jar of very practical magical medicine. This trip was really profitable!
Lawrence also felt that he had made a lot of money, there were already many slaves, and the important thing was the eleven baskets of food!
Using sixty kilograms of wild boar tusks to continuously polish and cut the three sets of dominoes, in exchange for these four to five hundred kilograms of grain, Lawrence felt that he had made a profit!

Lawrence knew that the dominoes might be worth more, but Lawrence wanted to eat the bread!
This is the case in this era. Value and price only depend on each individual's psychological acceptance, and it is difficult to have a unified standard.

(End of this chapter)