forest kingdom

Chapter 201 Businessman Visits
Outside the town of Pumixiu, a truck loaded with grain stopped at the roadside.

After waiting patiently for three hours, the traveling merchant Dulu finally arrived at the lord here.

Lawrence rode the sheep and approached here, looking at the six people in front of him.

There were four men and two women. The man was wearing gray trousers and a coat, a pine bark hat on his head, and deerskin shoes. He looked to be in his 40s.

Du Lu took the initiative and said: "Hello, I am Du Lu, a businessman from Telangta City. These are my wife, son, daughter-in-law, and my brother's two young men."

Lawrence calmly looked at this family caravan.

"What do you want in exchange?"

Dulu said politely: "We want to exchange grain and iron pots for war playing cards made of bones."

"Please see, there are clean iron pots here, as well as very delicious wheat." Du Lu opened the linen cloth on the car, revealing the iron pots, grains and some bottles and cans inside.

Lawrence walked over.

Dulu's son, daughter-in-law and others looked at this young man, but they did not expect that the leader here would be so young.

Behind Lawrence, there were Friesen, Mandekru and others. These pure savages were all looking at Dulu's wife and daughter-in-law.

For most savages, the confrontation of many against few always exposes the simple inner thoughts.

Lawrence walked over to the truck with the fenders on all sides and looked at it.

Cloth, rice bowl, salt, stone, fur boots, tinder box, hat, kitchen knife, grain and iron pot.

Lawrence quickly said: "That kind of playing card is no longer available. It was given to the businessmen of Tlandahoe City before. Now there are only playing cards made of wood."

Lawrence walked back to the savage and asked Seravan to hand the playing cards to Dulou.

When Dulu saw the wood chips that Seravan took out from the frame, he immediately showed a disappointed look.

He decided to come here after hearing about the exquisite playing cards exchanged from wheat in the aristocratic circle of Telangta City, but the playing cards made of wood chips in front of him disappointed him.

Lawrence could guess what these people were thinking by seeing Du Lu's expression.

Of course I came all the way here to take advantage.

A businessman can't afford to go early if he has no profit. If he doesn't have enough profit, it's not worth walking half a month to come to this remote country.

After Lawrence and others fell silent, the atmosphere seemed very scary.

Dulu didn't want to offend these northern savages, so he continued: "I only need one set of these wooden signs. The price is much lower. Can I exchange them for a pair of rabbit skin boots?"

Lawrence nodded, "Okay."

Du Lu didn't want to go back just like that. Fortunately, this time besides poker, he was thinking about other transactions.

"Someone brought back powder from here that can dispel the curse of Poseidon. I am willing to exchange the food in the car for a bag of powder."

Lawrence said: "I brought a pack, what else do you need besides these?"

Dulu asked: "Can you take me to your territory to see if there is anything I need, I will exchange the treasures in the car for those things."

Lawrence refused directly: "No, I only welcome my friends into my home. I will not treat people who come to do business for the first time as friends. Before you gain my trust, I will not allow you to enter my home." territory."

Du Lu lowered his head, "Yes, you are right, we have nothing else to change for the time being."

Lawrence pondered for a moment and asked: "Our staple food here is potatoes and fish. There are not many wild beasts nearby, but there is some honey and beeswax. Do you need it?"

Du Lu didn't expect there to be honey here, "Of course. Is there anything besides honey? For example, fur? There should be a lot of fur here."

Furs are an important commodity, and although there are many wild animals in the wild, it is not easy to obtain these furs on a large scale.

Especially where there are more people, there are fewer wild animals and less output.

The northern border is not suitable for cattle and sheep to survive, nor is it suitable for growing crops. The long winter means that the cattle and sheep here cannot survive the winter on a large scale. At the same time, the fur production is not large because of the cold weather.

The Kingdom of Luofen mainly robbed furs and grains, such as sheepskins and wheat, from the southern region.

The main output was not iron but jewelry, such as raw amber and walrus tusks and boar tusks.

The barbarians in the Kingdom of Luofen have only four professions: navigators, pirates, merchants, and colonists.Basically there are not many serious people farming, and the climate here is not suitable for many people to live and work in peace and contentment.

Redbeard is now working as a colonist outside, using force to occupy the island and capture slaves to work for him.

Many barbarians will leave this unsuitable area to settle in better places.

Because of the superb shipbuilding technology, as well as the navigation technology that is ahead of the outside world and the unique waterway climate, merchants and navigators are common.

If someone robs someone, someone must write off the accounts. Pirates often rob things not for their own use, but to exchange them for more convenient currency.

If the income from doing business is faster and more stable than robbery, then more and more people will do business.

Lawrence: "We don't have much fur here, but I see that many of you don't have hair. People here cut off their hair once a year. I can exchange my hair for your grain and iron pots."

Du Lu looked at Lawrence in astonishment, "Hair?"

Lawrence nodded, "Yes, hair, hair that can be worn directly on the head. Whether you are bald or otherwise, wearing a hat made of hair will look good."

"And wearing such hair can prevent dust and debris from falling on the head and clothes, which is a symbol of fairness and decency."

Most of Lawrence's men are women, most of whom have long hair, and a lot of long hair is collected during haircuts.

The most beautiful thing is Sophia's natural long golden hair. Of course, Lawrence was reluctant to cut off Sophia's hair and chose the hair of village women.

Soon Lawrence pulled out three wigs.

The first wig is black and slightly curly.

The second wig is brown, very common for straight hair.

The third one has long wavy red hair, which Lawrence specially permed with an iron rod.

Most people's hair will be mixed with some gray and dull impurities. Natural and healthy golden long hair like Sophia's is very rare and very eye-catching.

However, Sophia has only gradually grown up her long hair in the past year or two. If she doesn't wash her hair often, eat well, drink well, and sleep well, her hair will become messy.

Du Lu looked at the three wigs in his hands and was a little unsure about this new business that he had never tried before.

"Then I'll trade an iron pot for these three wigs." Du Lu still planned to give it a try.

Lawrence said directly: "An iron pot can only be exchanged for one wig, and this is the current price. In the future, each wig will be exchanged for a slave between the ages of 13 and 25!"

Du Lu agreed after a little hesitation and continued: "Then let's exchange. I need more powder."

The annual expedition is about to begin again, and many navigators are inquiring about medicine to dispel the curse. Now there is an even greater need for those medicinal powders on the market.

Lawrence quickly traded for a pack of medicinal powder, which was equivalent to a basket of oranges. Lawrence still had a lot of reserves at home.

In order to make small profits but quick turnover, Lawrence did not set the price too high. Two hundred kilograms of grain could be exchanged for one kilogram of Orrunchi powder.

The price is very fair and very cheap. One pack is enough for a small group of pirates to go back and forth.

For many big pirates, this price is definitely acceptable.

Dulou quickly left with his family. When they were gone, Frison came over and asked, "Aren't you going to keep them?"

Lawrence shook his head, "No need, we want to do long-term business."

Seravan said with some disappointment: "Don't they like playing cards? They only bought one deck of cards."

Lawrence smiled, anyone can do this kind of unskilled thing.

Not only playing cards, but also chamber pots cannot be sold.

Barbarians are not stupid. People in this era don't care much about manual labor and will never buy anything they can do.

If you want to earn high-value profits, you need high-profit products, preferably with high-volume and low-price products that others cannot imitate.

Honey is the best commodity. Lawrence plans to expand the apiary. The beeswax can be sold to the western coast, and the honey can be sold to the Kingdom of Luofen, which lacks sweets.

The Western Kingdom needs a lot of high-quality candles because of the church. People there like to pray to God in a clean and bright room, so there is a strong demand for candles that is not found elsewhere.

(End of this chapter)