Master Tongtian

Chapter 346 The first training of the miner next door (23)

Half a day later, the exchange of iron knives for grain began.

According to the agreement, the leader Asak first took 5,000 iron knives and came to the open space near the city wall to wait.

After waiting for a while, I saw many southerners floating down from the city wall, wrapped up tightly, with only one face exposed.

Then came the burlap bags filled with bulging goods.

After the burlap bags, there were also large wooden boxes.

In addition, there are many tools used for weighing.

Soon, the transaction between the two parties began.

The merchants weighed the ice dwarves' food with large scales.

After all, this was his first exchange with the human race. Asak was afraid of being cheated, so he said to Trunks: "You are familiar with the southerners, go up and keep an eye on them."

"Yes, chief."

Trunks stepped forward and first checked whether the scale was accurate. After confirming that there was no problem, he carefully checked the grain in the sack.

They were all potatoes, each as big as a fist, with some unwashed floating soil on the surface, and exuding a scent of soil and food that made people drool when they smelled it.

Trunks took out a potato, wiped off the loose soil on the surface, and took a bite. He found that it was quite fresh. He happened to be a little hungry, so he ate it all.

At this time, a shrewd-looking southerner came over with a smile on his face and handed Trunks a small bag.

"Sir, this is for you. Mix it with potatoes and cook it. The cooked potatoes will be delicious."

Trunks opened it and found that it was white salt, and this kind of thing was a treasure in the frost land.

With a thought in his mind, he asked, "Can we exchange the iron knife for something else?"

The man opposite him was called Adali. He was originally a small businessman in the Eastern Territory, but later he joined the Crescent Territory.

He was soon discovered by Harric for his outstanding business talents, and after being recommended to Rosen, he was appointed as the director of dwarf trade.

He is a very shrewd person.

At this time, he smiled gently: "Of course you can. In fact, we brought a lot of good things and packed them in wooden boxes."

"for example?"

"For example, warm boots, hats, cloaks, and cotton clothes. Also, spices for cooking, tea for drinking, and various daily gadgets."

With that said, Adali brought a leather hat and handed it to Trunks: "You might as well try it on your head, it's very warm."

Trunks turned the hat over and over, wanting to put it on his head, but he was a little afraid, fearing that there was some soul magic hidden in the hat that would confuse his mind.

Seeing his hesitation, Adali immediately took out a pair of boots and handed them over.

"Why don't you try these boots first? After putting them on, you won't be afraid of the cold, and you won't have to worry about the soles of your feet being cut by stone knives when walking on gravel."

Trunks subconsciously refused: "No, we northerners have iron feet, unlike you southerners who have weak feet."

Adali took a look at the dwarf's feet. They were purple from the cold and had several cracks. He knew that the so-called iron feet were actually made from poverty.

Then he insisted: "Sir, just give it a try. You don't have to wear it all the time."

Unable to refuse the hospitality, Trunks finally nodded: "Okay, I'll give it a try."

They ice dwarves like to go barefoot, and their feet are not very afraid of the cold, but after all, they are made of flesh, and it still hurts a bit when they step on cold hard stones.

I tried to put the boots on my bare feet and found that they were indeed very warm. After taking a few steps back and forth, I felt that I was not very flexible, but I was not afraid of stones hitting my feet.

"fine."

He was about to take off his boots.

Adali immediately said: "Sir, I'll give this to you."

"Oh~ thank you then."

It is indeed very warm, and it is good to wear it for a while.

Trunks turned around again and asked, "Where are your lords? Why don't you show up?"

Adali's face immediately showed a look of reverence: "Our lord is very busy, how can we have time to take care of such a small matter."

"Little things?"

Trunks was startled and a little unhappy.

"Is it a small matter that my 100,000 warriors went south?"

Adali coughed hurriedly, trying his best to hide the contempt on his face.

"Sir, you don't know that our lord is now a Golden Baron. Not only is he favored by the gods, his reputation is resounding throughout the Golden Land, and he is doing big business with the entire Golden Land."

Trunks felt the other party's contempt, but he also felt a huge gap, so he didn't get angry and just asked.

"How big of a business is it?"

"Is it a big business to buy hundreds of millions of diras of grain a year?"

Trunks was shocked and nodded in agreement: "Big~ really big!"

But he still didn't believe it: "Your lord should be just a baron."

Adali immediately corrected him: "Please note, it's not a baron, it's a golden baron!"

"Is there a difference?"

"The difference is huge. Barons are everywhere, but there are only a few Golden Barons in the entire Golden Land."

Trunks was shocked again and thought to himself: "Hmm~ This mage is really powerful. In such a short period of time, his status has climbed to such a high level."

At this time, he found that his feet were warm and indescribably comfortable. Looking at the leather hat in his hand, he couldn't help but put it on his head.

He is bald and middle-aged. If the cold wind blows for a long time, his head will feel uncomfortable and even have a headache. But now that he is wearing it, not only his head is very warm, but his mind is also much clearer.

"Southern hats are really good things."

So, he walked back to Asak: "Chief, the southerners have brought a lot of good things. Do you want to go and see them too?"

Asak and other beast kings have been curious for a long time, but they are a little embarrassed to go and take a look.

Because they all have a high status among the ice dwarves, their self-esteem is naturally very strong. If they went to see them at this time, they would be afraid of being laughed at by the southerners as country bumpkins.

So they surrounded Trunks and asked all sorts of questions.

"How do these boots feel?"

"It was a little uncomfortable at first, but after a while, I felt okay. The most important thing is that I am not afraid of walking on ice and gravel."

While talking, Trunks walked to an icy ground and stepped on it so hard that the teeth of a group of country bumpkins were sore and the soles of their feet were throbbing.

"It doesn't really hurt?"

"It really doesn't hurt."

Asak is not young anymore: "I'll ask him for it too."

Soon, he was about to arrive. Not only did he get leather boots, but he also got a hat and fur cloak, which not only kept him warm, but also looked very powerful.

He came back happily, nodding in appreciation.

“Not bad~really good~”

In fact, ice dwarves in the past also wore shoes.

But the Frost Land is too barren, and there are no land creatures with thick fur. The few warm places are used to grow food, and there is no place to grow fibrous plants at all.

The few furs are all from the dead giant beasts of the beast kings.

But these giant beasts are basically captured from the Luoxue Mountains, and the number is very limited. The entire ice dwarf race has more than one million people, with a total of less than 500.

I have a very deep relationship with the Beast King. No one dares to use his skin to make clothes until he dies of old age.

As time goes by, he becomes poorer and poorer, so poor that he has no shoes to wear.

Seeing how generous the southerner was, more than thirty beast kings rushed over to ask for boots and hats.

After a while, the upper echelons of the ice dwarves took on a new look, transforming from barefoot barbarians to civilized people wearing boots.

Everyone felt very fresh, looking around and discussing excitedly.

"Hey, although southerners are cunning, their bootmaking skills are really good."

"Hey~ Did you hear that? They even brought tea."

"What is tea?"

"It's just for drinking. It smells really good."

"Then let's go find the businessman and ask for it?"

"Well, the other party has already given us so many good things."

"This is not easy, let's exchange it for an iron knife!"

A group of beast kings, you look at me, I look at you, and finally someone suddenly said: "We are not going to fight anymore, why not just replace all the iron knives?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the Beast King shouted loudly.

"What are you talking about? How can you exchange all your weapons during a war?!"

"Of course the elite warriors must have weapons, but what kind of iron swords do civilians carry? Besides, replace them now, and then get another one when you go back. This iron sword is not valuable."

This makes sense, and everyone was very moved when they heard it.

Trunks also thought it made sense and began to calculate.

"If that's the case, then we can come up with 89,000 iron knives."

"On average, an iron knife weighs 3 to 7 diras. Let's say it's 5 diras, which can be exchanged for nearly 110 million diras in food."

Once it was calculated, everyone was shocked and speechless.

"More than 100 million!"

"How can you eat all this food?"

Although they were affected by the disaster, they were not completely without food. The shortfall was only five to six million diras, so there was no need to replace it with 100 million diras.

If you really exchange so much, you won't be able to take it back with you.

"Yes, that's right. If you change too much and can't eat it all, wouldn't it be a waste of money?"

A giant bear beast king said: "It doesn't matter if you eat it all, you can also use it to make wine!"

"Wine brewing?!"

Upon hearing the word wine, the ice dwarves' eyes lit up several times, and several of them even started to swallow their saliva.

Although they are poor, they can still make some wine and drink it on weekdays during festivals, but because they are too poor, they cannot drink it openly.

At this moment, I suddenly saw the hope of drinking, and my heart beat faster!

Trunks suddenly said: "I'm going to ask them if they sell alcohol."

He turned around and went to find the businessman from earlier.

"Wine? Yes! Come on, I'll give you a bottle of good wine!"

Adali immediately gave Trunks a bottle of moonshine wine.

"This is the highest grade moonshine wine in our highlands. If you are interested, I will open it for you to try now."

Trunks looked at the glass bottle and thought it looked very nice, so he said, "Open it."

He was still wary. After opening it, he said, "Take a sip first."

Adali took a sip immediately.

Trunks felt relieved, picked up the bottle and took a sip. As soon as the wine entered his mouth, his eyes suddenly lit up, so he couldn't stop and drank five or six gulps in a row.

Soon, he returned to his compatriots with the opened glass bottle.

"This is good wine~~burp~I have never drunk such good wine."

Asak grabbed the wine bottle, took a few sips, raised his sleeve and wiped his sparse beard: "It is indeed a good wine!"

A beast king next to him grabbed the wine bottle and took a few gulps while nodding his head.

"It tastes really good."

When the third beast king got the wine bottle, he only drank half a sip and then drank it away. The remaining beast kings could only stare at the empty bottle.

Trunks said: "Chief, just burp this wine~~Exchange it with an iron knife!"

"I'll ask about the price."

Asak walked to Adali and asked, "How many iron knives does a bottle of this wine cost?"

Adali immediately said: "This wine is very difficult to brew. It costs 400 dira of refined grains to brew a bottle, which is equivalent to 2,000 dira of coarse grains. In other words, it takes eight or nine iron knives to make one bottle."

"2,000 dira for a bottle of grain is indeed expensive enough! Are there any other wines?"

"Yes, there are apple wine, rye wine, oat wine, agate wine, fire wine, moonshine wine, etc. There are more than twenty kinds."

Asak was so drooling that he almost drooled from the corners of his mouth.

"I drank southern rye once before. Give me a bottle of rye to try. If it's authentic, I'll trade it with you for the iron knife."

Soon, Adali asked someone to bring a barrel of rye.

"Our lord said that you have come all the way here and are distinguished guests. Therefore, I will give you this barrel of rye to try."

"By the way, these are large wooden wine glasses. Can I serve you a glass first?"

"Hmm~ This wine glass makes you happy just looking at it. Please fill it up."

After serving it, let the other person take a sip first as usual.

Adali took a big sip and said with a wry smile: "Sir, there is no way this wine contains poison."

"why?"

"Because poison is much more expensive than wine, and if poison is added, the taste will be wrong. With the sensitive tongues of adults, you will definitely know it as soon as you taste it."

Asak was very happy to be praised: "What you said is quite good."

He took the wooden wine glass and took a long sip, his eyes suddenly brightened.

"Hmm~ It smells so good~ The rye I drank twenty years ago was far less fragrant."

Adali smiled and said: "Sir, this is a new wine with improved technology. The new grain harvested this year is used to make the wine, so it is particularly fragrant."

After a pause, he continued: "Chief, we not only have wine, but we also have all kinds of good things, all of which are of high quality and low price. Do you want to take a look at them one by one?"

Asak was quite curious and the other party had a good attitude, so he nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's take a look."

He walked over and took a look.

As soon as he saw it, he didn't pull it out for several hours.

When the other beast kings saw that their leader was looking at it with great interest and kept playing with some novel gadgets, they finally gave up their guard and followed him to take a look.

With the gradual addition of high-level ice dwarves, the trade gradually became more and more popular.

In the evening, a statistical document was placed on Rosen's desk.

Rosen opened it, quickly glanced at the details, and then looked at the conclusion.

Just see it written above.

"The total amount paid was goods worth sixty-six thousand crowns."

"A total of 83,655 iron knives, 87 gold knives, 68 various gemstones, and 6 pieces of natural eternite were obtained, with a total price of approximately 217,000 crowns."

"Net profit of one hundred and fifty-one thousand crowns."

"The ice dwarves agreed to set up a permanent trading post on the border, exchanging ore and other special products for food and daily necessities."

Rosen smiled with satisfaction: "There is no shortage of ore now, at least there is no shortage of iron."

Then, as long as the plan proceeds step by step, the ice dwarf will be gradually domesticated by him into a miner, providing him with a steady supply of various ores.

For at least the next twenty years, the ice dwarves will no longer be a threat to the Crescent Territory.

So now, only the master logic spell is left to be solved.

By the way, this thing is really difficult!

Just as Rosen was thinking about how to solve the problem, a maid came over.

"Master, Madam asked you to come over and said she found a solution to the problem."

Rosen immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "My baby is still amazing."