Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

The barter fair was still proceeding as normal, but unlike before, the protagonist had changed from the Copper Ridge and Zhu River camps to the Great Xia camp alone.

Especially after Xia Chuan announced that the exchange ratio between Great Xia iron ore and coal was one to fifteen, the people from the other nine medium-sized camps, besides Zhu He and Meng Yuan's groups, almost all erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

Previously, Xia Chuan had said that giving all the camps in Five Ape Mountain a chance to merge was a blessing from Great Xia.

In their hearts, the crowd didn't really agree with this statement.

After all, they hadn't been to the Great Xia camp and didn't know the actual situation. Although they could infer that the Great Xia camp was very strong from the attire of Yu Wentao and his hundred men, as well as the weapons and iron ore that Xia Chuan brought.

However, taking their own people to merge into other camps couldn't just be about how strong they were.

No matter how strong Great Xia was, what if they didn't treat the people from their camps well?

Or even more extremely, what if Great Xia had a similar style to the Three Tiger camp?

But now it was different. Iron ore and weapons were real benefits.

An exchange ratio of one to fifteen was fully forty percent less than the pricing of the Copper Ridge and Zhu River camps. How much coal could this save them, how many supplies could it save, and how many more pounds of iron ore could they exchange for…

For them, these tangible benefits were the real blessing.

“Sir, this is Chen fruit, a specialty of our camp. The pulp is sweet and refreshing, and it has a unique fragrance. The previous exchange ratio with coal was 3 to 1, and with iron it should be 45 to 1. We have 45,000 pounds here and want to exchange it for 1,000 pounds of iron.”

“Sir, this is typhoid medicine produced by our camp. It can be used to treat headaches and fevers in some weak women and children. The previous ratio with coal was 1 to 1. We brought 1,200 pounds and want to exchange it all for iron.”

… … … …

When it came to the exchange of goods, Qiu Peng took the lead without hesitation.

He was the Director of the Camp Needs Department, in charge of all the camp's supplies. He was also responsible for bringing the goods this time, so he naturally had to preside over the exchange of goods with the eleven camps.

Xia Chuan didn't interfere, just watched quietly from the sidelines.

After watching for a while, he roughly understood.

Coal should be a common benchmark for pricing in the camps here in Five Ape Mountain.

Almost all materials are priced using coal.

Xia Chuan's eyes lit up slightly, and he showed a bit of appreciation for the command of these people in front of him.

It must be said that coal is indeed suitable for use as a benchmark.

First of all, it is also a necessity. The heat generated by warming is far greater than that of trees, and it also greatly improves the environment. Unlike wood, burning it produces a lot of smoke, and the burning efficiency is low.

Secondly, it can be used for iron smelting, medicine refining, softening the land, and even transforming the living environment. It has a wide range of uses, and every household can use it.

Finally, the threshold for its mining is also high. Like iron, the output is limited. Each family must invest manpower at the Digging Earth Realm to have output, and it just so happens that most of the eleven camps have this ability and have coal mines.

Of course, it's not that other things won't work, but comparatively speaking, iron and cold beast meat, these two necessities, are actually more suitable.

The problem is that these two things are scarce goods here in Five Ape Mountain.

… … … …

“Sir, this transaction is really too profitable for us. Not only did we exchange more than 40,000 pounds of iron ore for more than 500,000 coal, but we also got so many new things: Chen fruit, frozen beads, green water buffalo, fragrant cold fruit, typhoid medicine, and medicinal white angelica, jade bone grass, cold red powder…”

Cheng Feng just told me that after using a medicinal decoction pot to identify these things, there may be many new drug formulas!

Before the exchange of supplies was completed, Qiu Peng handed over the remaining matters to his subordinates, and with a face full of excitement, he took a few new things and went to Xia Chuan's side to report.

Xia Chuan took the few new things that Qiu Peng handed over, and his eyes lit up slightly.

For Great Xia, such a transaction was indeed cost-effective.

With so little iron ore, they could exchange for so many things. Even if they didn't know the difficulty of collecting these materials, at least in terms of quantity, Great Xia had earned an unknown amount.

Even if they were all used to exchange for coal, they would still make a lot of money.

“Sir, in my opinion, there is no need to take these people into the camp. Just leave them here, like the Zhu River and Copper Ridge camps, and release a certain amount of iron ore regularly. After such an exchange, in essence, they are actually collecting resources for our Great Xia. What do you think?”

Hearing Qiu Peng's words, Xia Chuan immediately frowned and asked:

“Do you think that I brought so many of you all the way to Five Ape Mountain just to earn these things?”

Qiu Peng was stunned at first, and then fell into thought.

Seeing that he hadn't figured out why for a long time, Xia Chuan shook his head, played with the new things in his hand a few times, and said directly:

“The value of these things, whether high or low, will only be known after we go back and identify them, but no matter what, it will definitely be useful to us, and since it's useful, we have to find a way to get it.

Do you think we need to adopt the same method as those two camps to get these things?”

This question was already very blunt.

Even if Qiu Peng was stupid, he would understand.

“Big brother sent us here to expand our territory. What Great Xia wants is not just these things, but the entire… Five Ape Mountain!”

Xia Chuan's expression was condescending. His long-term high position not only made his vision broader than Qiu Peng and others, but also gave him a deeper understanding of the relationship between the camps.

He turned his head to look at Zhu Xing and Meng Yuan, and found that they were admiring the weapons brought by Great Xia, with a sneer on their faces, and said in a low voice: “Don't you think that the Zhu River and Copper Ridge camps are using this method to exploit the nearby camps because they are kind-hearted?”

Of course not!

The reason why they adopted this method was because they didn't have the strength to annex the other nine camps.

Qiu Peng had now completely understood and nodded.

Seeing that he understood, Xia Chuan then changed the subject and smiled:

“Of course, the method you proposed is not applicable here in Five Ape Mountain, but it doesn't mean that it won't work in other places. The most core issue is…”

“Strength!”

Once his mind was open, Qiu Peng naturally realized the key to the problem. Seeing Xia Chuan's intentional questioning look, he directly said the answer.

“Unless Great Xia's strength cannot form crushing, in other words, it cannot take possession of the territory, then we can adopt this unequal transaction method to indirectly allow other camps to seize resources for our Great Xia!”

Big brother was right, talents must be cultivated.

Xia Chuan nodded, looking at Qiu Peng, and a hint of appreciation rose in his eyes.

“The camps in the Five Ape Mountain area are not qualified to trade with us. These 40,000 pounds of iron ore can only be regarded as Great Xia's goodwill. If they are smart, they should be able to figure it out after they go back.”

Hearing this, Qiu Peng's expression also became a little excited. He looked at the crowd who had already exchanged their supplies and were surrounding the hundreds of weapons. A strange expression suddenly appeared on his face, and he smiled: “Sir, did you already know that they couldn't exchange for these weapons? Bringing them here is just to show them, right?”

Xia Chuan nodded, and the corners of his mouth also curled up slightly.

He was not surprised that these people would react like this when they saw Great Xia's weapons. To be precise, he knew it when he contacted Xiao Kangcheng.

The level of weapon smelting here in Five Ape Mountain is too far behind Great Xia.

Both are tenth-grade iron, but the weapons here in Five Ape Mountain contain too many impurities, and the degree of condensation is not enough. Whether it is in terms of sharpness or hardness, it is not even a star and a half compared to Great Xia's weapons.

With poor weapons, it's no wonder that the hunting level of the camps here can't go up.

Xia Chuan's previous pricing for ordinary weapons was five times the weight.

That is to say, if a broadsword weighs 600 pounds, then it would take three times, or 3,000 pounds of iron ore, to exchange for it. According to the coal-iron exchange ratio here in Five Ape Mountain, it would take 45,000 pounds of coal to exchange for the lightest broadsword.

This is still an ordinary weapon, the price of special weapons such as bows and arrows is even more expensive.

A ten-stone iron tire bow costs 5,000 pounds of iron ore, which is equivalent to 75,000 pounds of coal.

Qiu Peng didn't understand it a little bit at first, but now he understands that Xia Chuan set the price so high because he didn't intend to let these people exchange for it at all.

He brought these weapons here just to show them to these people.

“First arouse their curiosity and awe of Great Xia, so that they will feel even deeper when they send people to visit Great Xia, and the speed of annexing these camps in the future will be faster.”

After Xia Chuan finished saying this softly, seeing that the exchange of supplies had ended and everyone was still surrounding the weapons, he walked directly to the front of the crowd.

“Everyone, this barter fair will end here for now. I know you want these weapons, but you don't have enough coal today, so how about this.”

Saying this, Xia Chuan paused, signaling Qiu Peng to put the weapons away first, and then continued with a smile: “I just said that each family can send three people to visit my Great Xia camp. At that time, let them bring supplies to exchange for them. These weapons are nothing special in my Great Xia. If you want to exchange for them, you can do so at any time.”

Hearing this, although everyone's expressions were a little regretful, they could only nod.

“Sir, may I ask when we can send people to visit, and how should we find the Great Xia camp?”

Chen Hua from the West Peak camp took the lead in asking this question.

Many people looked at him sideways, their expressions flickering slightly.

Xia Chuan raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at Chen Hua with a satisfied expression on his face.

Being able to proactively ask this question clearly shows that this West Peak camp is most interested in joining Great Xia, so they are also most eager to know the situation of Great Xia.

“Everyone, please rest assured, I have arranged everything. After nightfall tomorrow, I will send people to wait here. After all ten families have arrived, they will escort you to my Great Xia camp. After one day, they will send you back here by the same route.”

Ten families?

Aren't there eleven families here?

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Everyone looked at each other for a while. A few smart people immediately realized something and shifted their gazes to Xiao Kangcheng.

“Everyone, please forgive me, someone from my Xiaohe camp is already in Great Xia!”

Xiao Kangcheng cupped his hands and explained with a smile.

The others immediately reacted. He was the only one present who knew Xia Chuan, so obviously, the Xiaohe camp had already contacted Great Xia.

Seeing that the people from the Great Xia camp had already packed up, Xia Chuan had no intention of staying any longer. He signaled Yuwen Tao to lead the people to retreat first, then turned to look at the leaders of the Five Ape Mountain camp, cupped his hands, and laughed loudly:

“Everyone, let's call it a day for today! Tomorrow night, the Great Xia camp will be waiting for your esteemed presence.”

Thinking of something, he suddenly turned to look at Xiao Kangcheng and invited:

“Chief Xiao, it's on the way anyway, why don't you come with us? Xiao Yuan and the two girls, Xiao Ning and Xiao Yu, are waiting for us not far away. It's just right to hand them over to you.”

“Thank you, Lord Xia Chuan!”

Hearing that Xiao Yuan and his two daughters were not far away, Xiao Kangcheng nodded with a smile, and brought Lu Shun and Xiao Ping next to him, pushing the cart, and followed.

Once the people from the Great Xia camp left, the remaining ten camps naturally had no intention of staying any longer.

“Everyone, I'll take my leave first. I have to go back and discuss it. Five Ape Mountain is probably going to be uneasy recently!”

Meng Yuan, who was originally taciturn, unexpectedly took the lead in speaking and left with the three people.

Everyone was a little surprised, but they didn't say anything.

As soon as Meng Yuan left, Zhu He and the people from the remaining eight families also left one after another.

… … … …

On the east side of One Ape Peak, Meng Yuan led his three family members, speeding across the snow.

Although the four of them were carrying heavy bags, their speed was very fast, and their expressions were nervous, as if they were avoiding something, not daring to be slow for even a moment.

“Chief, it's almost a kilometer, we should be fine.”

Meng Yuan, who was running in front, immediately stopped upon hearing this, turned his head and glanced behind him, and felt that he was really far away from the cave, and the tension on his face gradually relaxed.

When his expression was completely relaxed, he turned to look at the person on the far left among the three people behind him, and said with a blaming expression:

“I told you not to come, but you insisted on coming, and you still wanted to save your two brothers and that large group of family members. Is the Great Xia camp easy to provoke?”

“That Yuwen Tao can capture all of you with just over thirty people. I don't know how strong Xia Chuan is, but his status is obviously higher than Yuwen Tao's. How could you possibly save people from his hands alone!”

“More than a hundred Earth Digging Realm cultivators, and each of them holding such good weapons. Fortunately, they didn't recognize you. If they had recognized you, our Tongling camp would have suffered tonight as well.”

“After cooperating with you for so many years, if we capsize in this gutter…”

“Shut up!”

Meng Yuan was interrupted by that person before he could finish his series of accusations.

That person raised his head, revealing an ordinary face, but the fierce light in his eyes and the fierce tone still shocked Meng Yuan, making his face turn pale and unable to speak for a long time.

“Cooperating with you? Haven't I been cooperating with you?

Without our three brothers, how could your Tongling camp have been able to safely exploit these camps below with iron ore for so many years?

Without our three brothers, where did all the people in your camp come from?

I've helped you do so many dirty things, and you won't even help me this once.

What are you whining about!”

Liu Dahu's eyes were gloomy as he looked at Meng Yuan. Remembering that his second and third brothers, and so many family members, were killed in front of him, the anger in his heart had already risen to the extreme.

At this moment, his desire to kill had soared to the top. If it weren't for the fact that Meng Yuan was useful, he really couldn't wait to kill him now.

Revenge, revenge, must take revenge!

Second brother, third brother, wife, son… Don't worry, Yuwen Tao, Xia Chuan, and everyone in the Great Xia camp, one day, I will make these people all be buried with you!

Liu Dahu's fists under his sleeves were about to clench blood, and he roared angrily in his heart.

After more than ten breaths, he turned to look at Meng Yuan, gradually restrained the emotions on his face, and said slowly: "Chief Meng, my relatives have all died in front of me, it is inevitable that my emotions are a little wrong, I have offended you, please forgive me!"

Hearing his inconsistent attitude, Meng Yuan was stunned, but his expression eased slightly, and said: "It's okay, our relationship has always been good for so many years, those things just now, indeed, alas… … … …"

Liu Dahu's expression completely relaxed, he gritted his teeth, as if he had considered something, bowed directly to Meng Yuan, and said respectfully: "Chief Meng, my family is all dead, and the Sanhu camp is gone. I have nowhere to go in the future, I can only join your Tongling camp.

From today onwards, I will change my name to Liu Biao, and from now on I will be an ordinary member of the Tongling camp. I hope Chief Meng can help me keep the secret. In the future, Liu will also be willing to be driven by the chief, how about it?"

Meng Yuan was stunned at first, and then, his expression suddenly became excited.

Looking at Great Xia's attitude towards Liu Erhu and others, once Liu Dahu's identity is revealed and Great Xia finds out, he will definitely die.

This is equivalent to holding a handle in his own hands, and this handle was voluntarily handed over by Liu Dahu.

Liu Dahu, this is surrendering to himself!

Thinking of Liu Dahu's strength, although a little worried, a touch of excitement flashed in Meng Yuan's eyes, and he quickly stepped forward to help him up:

“Liu Da… Brother Biao, you don't have to be so polite. It is a blessing for my Tongling camp to have your assistance. Rest assured, from now on, there will only be one person named Liu Biao in my Tongling camp. I don't know who Liu Dahu is, and no one knows.”

Liu Dahu, who was lowering his head, showed a smug smile on his face, raised his head and quickly changed his face, with a touch of gratitude: "Liu Biao, thank you Chief Meng!"

Looking at today's situation, Meng Yuan, this idiot, will definitely bring the people of the entire camp into Great Xia in the future, so I can sneak in with a new identity.

It is not difficult to get rid of this idiot when I find a chance. By then, there will be no one who knows my true identity.

Isn't the Great Xia camp very strong!

I will sneak in, use your resources to improve my strength, and after I become stronger, I will kill Yuwen Tao, Xia Chuan, and everyone else.

When that day comes, I want to see what your expressions will be!

Liu Dahu's face was normal, but he was roaring distortedly in his heart, as if he saw Yuwen Tao and Xia Chuan kneeling in front of him in the future, a few traces of blood rose in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth also slightly raised.

“I was just saying, this idiot, his strength is obviously not as strong as yours, how come he is the chief, but you are the subordinate? So it turns out that you are the escaped Dahu!”

A clear voice with some teasing suddenly came from the side, making Liu Dahu's face freeze instantly, and his heart trembled violently.

“Who is it!”

“Who is it!”

Meng Yuan and the other two subordinates were also taken aback. The three quickly turned their heads and shouted towards the direction of the voice, trying to find out who was coming.