Celestial Mage

Chapter 346 The First Development of the Neighborhood Miner (23)

Half a day later, the trade of iron knives for food began.

According to the agreement, the leader Asak took 5000 iron knives and came to the open space near the city wall to wait.

After a while, I saw many southerners floating down from the top of the city wall, wrapping themselves tightly, with only one face exposed.

Then there are burlap sacks full of goods.

Behind the burlap sack, there were still big wooden boxes.

In addition, there are many tools for weighing.

Soon, the transaction between the two parties began.

Merchants weigh the ice dwarves with large scales.

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

"Yes, chief."

Trunks stepped forward, first to see if the scale was accurate, and after confirming that there was no problem, he carefully checked the grain in the sack.

They are all potatoes, each as big as a fist, with some unwashed floating soil on the surface, and a mixed aroma of soil and food, which makes people drool when they smell it.

Trunks took out a potato, casually wiped the floating dirt on the surface, and took a hard bite. He found it was quite fresh, and he was just a little hungry, so he ate it all up.

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

"My lord, this is for you. Mix it with potatoes and cook it. The boiled potatoes are delicious."

Trunks opened it and found that it was white salt, and such things are precious in the frosty land.

As soon as my heart moved, I asked, "Can we exchange the iron knife for other things?"

The person opposite him was Adali, who was originally a small businessman in the East Territory, but later joined the New Moon Territory.

He was soon discovered by Harrick because of his outstanding business ability, and after recommending it to Rosen, he was appointed as the head of dwarf trade.

He is a very shrewd person.

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

"for example?"

"Such as warm boots, hats, cloaks, cotton clothes. Also such as spices for cooking, tea for drinking, and various daily gadgets for use."

As he spoke, Adali brought a leather hat and handed it to Trunks: "My lord, you might as well try wearing it on your head, it's very warm."

Trunks looked at the hat over and over again, wanting to put it on his head, but he was a little afraid, fearing that there might be some soul magic hidden in the hat, which would confuse his sanity.

Seeing him hesitate, Adali immediately took out a pair of boots and handed them over.

"Why don't you try these boots first? After wearing them, you won't be afraid of the cold, and you won't have to worry about being cut by a stone knife when you walk on the gravel ground."

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

Adali glanced at the dwarf's feet, they were purple from the cold, and there were still several cracks. He knew that the so-called iron feet were actually made of poverty.

Then he insisted: "My lord, just try it, you don't have to wear it all the time."

The hospitality is hard to turn down, Trunks finally nodded: "Okay, I will try."

The ice dwarves like bare feet, and their feet are not afraid of the cold, but they are fleshy, and it still hurts to step on cold and hard stones.

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

"pretty good."

He was about to take off his boots.

Adali immediately said: "My lord, I will 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's your lord? Why didn't you show up?"

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

"Small thing?"

Trunks was taken aback, and also a little unhappy.

"Is it a trivial matter for one hundred thousand warriors to go south?"

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

"My lord, you don't know that our lord is now the Golden Baron. Not only is he deeply favored by the gods, but his reputation resounds 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 attack, just asked curiously.

"How big is the business?"

"Is it a big business that can buy hundreds of millions of Dila grains a year?"

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

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

Adali immediately corrected: "Please note, it's not the Baron, but the Golden Baron!"

"Is there a difference?"

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

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

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

"Southern hats are indeed a good thing."

So, he walked back to Asak: "Boss, the southerners have brought a lot of good things. Would you like to go and have a look?"

Asak and the other Beastmasters had been curious for a long time, but they were a little embarrassed to go and see.

Because they have a high status among the ice dwarves, they naturally have strong self-esteem. If you look at them in the past at this time, you are afraid that they will be ridiculed by the southerners as country bumpkins.

So they surrounded Trunks and asked questions in a hurry.

"How do you feel about those boots?"

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

While speaking, Trunks walked to an icy slag and stepped on it hard. The teeth of a group of country bumpkins were sore, and the soles of their feet twitched even more.

"It doesn't hurt, does it?"

"It doesn't hurt."

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

Soon, he will arrive, not only got leather boots, but also a hat and fur cape, not only to keep warm, but also to look very mighty.

He walked back happily, nodding in appreciation.

"Not bad~ really good~"

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

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

The few furs come from the dead beasts of the Beastmasters.

But these giant beasts are basically captured from the Snowfall Mountains, and the number is very limited. The entire ice dwarf race has more than 100 million people, and there are less than 500 in total.

He has a very deep relationship with the Beastmaster, and before he died of old age, no one dared to use it to peel the skin and make clothes.

Over time, he became poorer and poorer, so poor that he didn't even have shoes to wear.

Seeing that the southerner was so generous, more than [-] beast kings rushed over to beg for boots and hats.

In a short while, the upper echelons of the ice dwarves were transformed from barefoot savages to booted civilized people.

All of them felt very fresh, and they were discussing excitedly while looking around.

"Hey~ Although the southerners are cunning, the bootmaking skills are really good."

"Hey~ Did you hear that, they also brought tea."

"What is tea?"

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

"Then let's go to the merchant for it?"

"No, the other party has already given us so many good things."

"It's not easy, let's exchange it with an iron knife!"

A group of beast kings looked at me and I looked at you, and finally someone said suddenly: "Anyway, there is no war anymore, why don't you just replace all the iron knives?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the beast king yelled loudly.

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

"Of course elite warriors have weapons, but what iron knives do civilians bring? Besides, replace them now, and just hit another one when you go back. The iron knives are worthless."

This made a lot of sense, and everyone was very moved when they heard it.

Trunks also thought it made sense, so he began to count.

"If this is the case, then we can take out [-] iron knives."

"On average, an iron knife weighs 3 to 7 dilas. Even if it is 5 dilas, it can be exchanged for nearly 1000 million dilas in food."

As soon as it was calculated, everyone was shocked and speechless.

"More than 1 million!"

"Where can we eat so much food?"

Although they were affected by the disaster, they didn't have nothing to eat. The shortfall was only 600 million dilas, so they didn't need to exchange [-] million dilas.

If you exchange so much, you can’t take it back with you.

"Yes, yes, if you change too much and you can't eat it all, isn't that bad?"

A giant bear beast king said, "It's okay not only to eat, but also to make wine!"

"Brewing?!"

As soon as they heard the word wine, the eyes of the ice dwarves lit up several times, and several of them even began to swallow.

Although they are poor, they still brew some wine and drink it on weekdays and festivals, but because they are too poor, they can't drink it openly.

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

Trunks suddenly said, "I'll ask them if they sell alcohol."

He turned around and went to the businessman just now.

"Wine? Yes! Here, 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 taste right now."

Looking at the glass bottle, Trunks thought it was pretty, so he said, "Open it."

He was still vigilant, and after opening it, he said, "Take a sip yourself first."

Adali took a sip immediately.

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

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

"This is good wine~~ hiccup~ I've never had such a good wine."

Asak snatched the wine bottle, and after taking a few swigs, he raised his sleeve and wiped his sparse beard: "It really is a good wine!"

A Beastmaster next to him snatched the wine bottle, gulped down a few swigs, and nodded again and again.

"It's really delicious."

When the third beast king got the wine bottle, he drank only half a sip and it was gone. The rest of the beast kings could only stare at the empty wine bottle.

Trunks said: "Boss, just burp this wine~~ Take an iron knife for it!"

"I'll ask about the price."

Asak walked up to Adali: "How much is a bottle of this wine?"

Adali immediately said: "This wine is very difficult to brew. It takes 400 dilas of refined grains to brew a bottle, which is equivalent to 2000 dilases of coarse grains, which means eight or nine iron knives are enough for one bottle."

"2000 Dila for a bottle of food, it's really expensive! Are there any other wines?"

"Yes, there are apple mead, rye wine, oat wine, agate wine, strong fire wine, moonlight wine, etc. There are more than 20 kinds."

Asak's saliva almost ran out of the corner of his mouth.

"I drank southern rye once before. You give me a bottle of rye to taste. If it's authentic, I'll trade it for you with an iron knife."

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

"Our lord said that you are distinguished guests who have come all this way. Therefore, I will give you this barrel of rye wine to taste."

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

"Hmm~ This wine glass makes me happy just looking at it, let's serve it up."

After serving, let the other party take a sip as usual.

Adali took a big sip and smiled wryly: "My lord, there is no way this wine can contain poison."

"why?"

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

Asak was very happy to be praised: "You are right."

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

"Oh~ it smells so good~ the rye wine I drank 20 years ago was far less fragrant."

Adali smiled and said, "My lord, this is a new wine with improved craftsmanship. The new grain harvested this year is also used for brewing, so it is very fragrant."

After a pause, he said again: "Chief, we not only have wine, but also all kinds of good things, all of which are of good quality and low price. Would you like to take a look at them all?"

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

"Okay, let's take a look."

He just walked over to have a look.

When he saw it, he didn't pull it out for several hours.

Seeing that the leader watched with gusto, the other beast kings continued to play with some novelty gadgets, and finally gave up their guard and followed the past.

And with the gradual joining of high-level ice dwarves, the trade has gradually become 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.

See it written above.

"A total of sixty-six thousand crowns worth of goods have been paid."

"A total of 87 iron knives, 68 gold knives, 6 various gemstones, and 21 pieces of natural eternal gold meteorite were obtained, with a total price of about [-] crowns."

"A net profit of 15 crowns."

"The ice dwarves agree to set up a permanent trading post on the border, and exchange special products such as ores for food and daily necessities."

Rosen smiled satisfied: "Now there is no shortage of ore, at least there is no shortage of iron."

Then, as long as the plan is carried out step by step, the ice dwarves will be gradually domesticated by him into miners, providing him with a steady stream of various ores.

For at least the next 20 years, the ice dwarves will no longer be a threat to the Crescent Territory.

So now, only master-level logic spells remain.

In other words, this thing is really difficult!

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

"Master, Madam told you to go over and found a solution to the problem."

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

(End of this chapter)