Cheng Xuzhi spent more than ten days exchanging salt along the way, which can be said to be full of twists and turns.

The orcs boiled the sea and the lake into salt, and a big river cut off the salt road. Only the tribes on the other side of the river have the resources to exchange salt with the big tribes in the south. Before the long winter, the tribes here always have to cross the river to exchange salt.

In the original book, the tribe formed by Rui Nuo and Ai Luo later suffered a loss in exchange for salt after a beast tide migrated to the other side of the river—the tribe that took the salt road severely skinned it.Later, they gained a firm foothold by virtue of their strength and got to know friends from the seaside tribes. Only then did they take control of the Salt Road steadily, and expanded their tribal influence for the first time by relying on this resource.

After Cheng Xuzhi arrived, he discovered that changing the salt ahead of time did not mean that he had avoided the pit this time, but that the pit was ahead of schedule.

"Cheng, this year a bamboo tube of salt requires a wolf's skin." The honest orc squeezed the animal skin he brought with a bitter face, and stammered, "It's much less than last year, when only a rabbit skin was needed last year." If you are lucky, a piece of squirrel skin will also work."

"How could this be!" The young orc stood up angrily, "We don't have so many animal skins at all."

"Don't, don't be angry." The orc who spoke just now thought about it, and argued, "It may be that they exchanged less salt this year, and they don't have so much salt to exchange for animal skins for the winter..."

This is what most simple orcs think.

If you exchange more salt, it will be cheaper, and if you have less salt, it will be more expensive. Anyway, you only need to exchange enough supplies for the winter.

They don't wonder if there are orcs who want to hoard.

But Cheng Xuzhi is different. He is a black-hearted fake orc. After hearing the news, he asked: "Do you know that besides animal skins, there are other things that can be exchanged for salt? Are there any nearby tribes that can exchange salt? What do they exchange for? Don’t worry, just ask them all.”

Although the other orcs didn't know why they did this, they nodded in view of Cheng Xuzhi's current prestige.

The other orcs stayed here temporarily, stationed nearby, following Cheng Xuzhi's arrangement to keep an eye on the tribes who came and went for salt.

During the breeding season, those who have to travel thousands of miles to exchange salt are mostly tribes that lack salt.With such a high price, some orcs gritted their teeth and changed, but some orcs couldn't afford the animal skins.

Cheng Xuzhi noticed that a minor orc squatted at the door for two days, begging behind an orc.

"Uncle Hut, when my father came here, he always gave us rabbit skins. Something happened to the tribe, and there are no wolf skins to exchange. There are only seventeen rabbit skins. You can exchange some for me."

The orc named Hut looked at a loss and stopped his feet: "Aqiu, it's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't control it. Now the matter of exchanging salt in the tribe is handed over to Alan. He said it must be wolf skin. It seems that the salt department in the south wanted thick leather for the winter, so it was specially mentioned.”

The little orc named Aqiu looked down and almost cried as he watched Hu Te walk away.

Their tribe lost two hunting teams in the flood, and it was very difficult for a tribe without male orcs to get together rabbit skins, and the only old skins they had were still needed to keep out the cold in winter.

Ah Qiu went back with his head down.

Cheng Xuzhi, who was watching from a distance, had some thoughts, but the little orc squatting next to him said excitedly: "Cheng, so they want thick skin for salt! Didn't you beat a black bear before? The bear skin is so— —Big, much better than wolf fur, it must be enough, I just bring it with me, why don't I exchange it..."

"That's for ironware." Cheng Xuzhi shook his head.

When the little orc thought of Sinan's precious iron pot for cooking, he hesitated and regretted for a while.

Hey, I also want to eat stir-fried vegetables, and I also need salt, but there is only one bear skin, so difficult.

And Cheng Xuzhi thought it was very interesting——

The salt department in the south wanted thicker hides, so of course they had to give more salt in exchange. This "Yaran" can be priced at two cylinders of salt for one animal hide, which is not the reason for the increase in salt prices.

If it wasn't for the Ministry of Salt's intentional embarrassment, it was because Yalan wanted to take the opportunity to raise prices.From this point of view, their tribe should be the biggest seller in the salt exchange market.

Sure enough, the results reported by other people five days later were almost the same as what Cheng Xuzhi had guessed.

The Salt Department in the south exchanged salt with thirteen nearby tribes this year, and only the tribe of Alan got the most, and the other tribes did not have much excess loose salt.But they all said that this year's salt replacement standard has not changed.Even in a few distant places, the price of salt in the tribe is still the same as before.

"No wonder Cheng asked us to ask a few more places. It turns out that only Alan has more money. I ran for three days and went to two tribes outside the mountain. I found that the salt that can be exchanged for a piece of skin is still so much in a place so far away. "The leopard-shaped orc relied on his quick movements and went all the way to a very far place, "It's not much, but it's enough for us to eat."

"In this case, let's go to them to exchange salt?" The orc rubbed his hands and said excitedly, "Although it takes half a month to go back and forth, it's not a loss!"

That's right, they don't lose money.

But Cheng Xuzhi thought of the little orc who was going back with his head down, and suddenly felt that he didn't want to leave easily.

I finally met a guy with a business mind in the primitive tribe. It was so interesting, how could he not join in the fun?

He asked carefully again, the salt exchange standard for other items except animal skins.The tribes in the north almost brought animal skins in exchange for salt—this was their specialty and something they could save, so they seldom cared about the standards for exchanging salt with other things.

This time, I found out after inquiring that, except for animal skins, other utensils are exchanged for salt, and the price increase is uncertain, and the rarer the more stable.

For example, iron products, only one or two tribes can make them, and the surplus is exchanged.Therefore, iron products are here in Yalan, and the standard for changing salt is still the same as before.

This is interesting.

Strictly speaking, it is not that the price of salt has risen, but that animal skins and certain utensils have fallen in some markets.

The monopoly has not yet been formed. Perhaps the price of salt in Aram will be fully settled when those small remote tribes sell out the loose salt, but there is still a chance.Moreover, salt is not an exchange equivalent, and the standards are still different for different goods.

It’s just that most of the orcs are too honest, they trade here this year, and come back next year; they trade whatever they have in hand, and care about whatever they have, without noticing market changes at all.

In such an environment, everything is available, and there is one less middleman to make the difference.

Cheng Xuzhi: Here I come!

He quickly took out all the animal skins, and first ran to two tribes to exchange iron tools.

There were not enough animal skins, so he asked other orcs to "sell salt" from nearby tribes and collect the animal skins first.

"Where did we get the salt, Cheng?" The simple and honest orc didn't understand, "Are you crazy?"

"Wait, there will be salt." Cheng Xuzhi's face was not blushing, and his heart was not beating. "First collect the animal skins, and the salt will be delivered in five days."

"I don't think they are willing to do this. Although the beast god is above, no one dares to lie, but who is willing to pay such a big risk to give the animal skin in advance?"

"They will." Cheng Xuzhi patted each other's shoulders with unchanged expression, "Because you will stay and mortgage them first."

Orc: "..."

Not feeling well.

Relying on a group of meat tickets as collateral, Cheng Xuzhi exchanged white wolves for animal skins, sent them to remote tribes for cheap salt, and then sold them to the locals at a slightly higher price.

The price difference left in his hand - the extra salt, was all exchanged for ironware.

Buying and selling only happened a few times, and all the small tribes around knew that there was a mysterious benevolent orc, and the price of salt was much better than the standard given by Lan.

Everyone rejoiced and was very satisfied, and the middleman was also very happy to make the difference.

And the Arran tribe, who might be dissatisfied, doesn't know anything now.

Because there were too many meat tickets mortgaged and when there was not enough manpower, he found the boy named Aqiu and exchanged salt for the help of their tribe.

The cubs went out with Cheng Xuzhi, and they didn't dare to do anything dangerous, and they regarded him as a good orc who would give charcoal in a timely manner, and they liked him very much.

After all, they haven't heard of it. Working for others, you can get salt and animal skins. Orcs don't need to hunt in the wild, they just need to move things to get them!

No one is so generous except the patriarch of his own tribe.

And the cunning Cheng middleman quickly emptied all the cheap tribal salt, and exchanged the difference for all the ironware.

He became the monopoly of this year's ironware.

Even if there are new iron tools, they will not be produced until after winter.

However, the tribes in Aram found that the salt market was shrinking, and some faces who hesitated to change salt before disappeared.

The high price of salt is hanging, but there is not enough goods in exchange for what it should get.

Sooner or later, they would lower the price, but Cheng Xuzhi couldn't stand it and gave the final blow.

He asked Ah Qiu to find the orc named Hu Te, and pretended to tell him casually that he had bought salt from another salt department.

"That uncle is very good. A rabbit can be exchanged for a barrel of salt, and there is so much salt that you can exchange it anytime!"

Ah Qiu had changed so much that Hu Te couldn't help being nervous, but after they asked, they found that there was indeed someone around who was changing the salt, and it was indeed very cheap!

And if Cheng Xuzhi stayed on purpose before, it is true that he will come again in a few days.

Alan was stunned.

Say that your own tribe is the biggest salt-changing tribe?

The problem now is, that person will come again, and it will be cheaper and cheaper!what to do?

After all, Alan was just a smarter orc. When he encountered this kind of thing, he was very frightened and full of leek mentality, which made him frantically sell the salt in his hand after knowing the news.

It's getting cheaper every day.

At the cheapest time, Cheng Xu went to the door and exchanged ironware for a cart full of salt.

"But now, I have to decide the standard for ironware to be exchanged for salt."

He finally showed his rabbit tail.

After this exchange, the surrounding tribes were more or less cheated, but they were all very grateful to Cheng Xuzhi, after all, the standard he set was only to make a little money.

And Alan's tribe didn't make any money, but they couldn't think of anything to do with this iron-changing orc, and they were even grateful that he was willing to buy their own salt.

Ironware is inherently expensive, and tribes buy one or two as a luxury, and a price increase is not as unacceptable as an increase in the price of salt.

The orc tribe still doesn't understand that merchants who monopolize diamonds can make money, but merchants who monopolize food will definitely be liquidated.So he will only be the one who monopolizes diamonds and will not block other people's way of life.

Yalan's tribe was busy, and the wool of both buyers and sellers was taken away by Cheng Xuzhi.

The evil middleman shines brightly in the world of orcs ahead of time.

Cheng Xuzhi wandered around various tribes and gained a lot in the end. Not only was he not scolded, but he also got friendly eyes from many tribes like "anti-monopoly guards".

But the price is that a small tribe follows behind.

Almost back to the tribe, Cheng Xuzhi sighed, this is not in his plan...

"Leader, we must work hard!" Aqiu, who turned into a beast and carried salt, turned out to be a dwarf elephant, and he happily showed his hospitality by the side, "Talk about the things in the tribe, although we can't hunt yet. Wolves, but they can kill other animals, so they won't eat for nothing!"

"What will you fight?" An orc who came to exchange salt with Cheng Xuzhi asked curiously.

The old guys in the tribe pay great attention to the newcomers.

Ah Qiu thought for a while, then swung his nose and puffed out his chest: "I, we did a good job at hunting rabbits!"

Orc: "..."

Cheng Xuzhi was slightly silent when he thought of the dozen or so rabbit skins that Ah Qiu had exchanged for salt.

"Really, I am very good at hunting rabbits. I have a little white rabbit with one foot! It's a pity that all the rabbits have been caught in our place, otherwise it wouldn't be so difficult."

Beastman: "This...will enter the tribe later, you'd better not say that."

Ah Qiu: "Huh? Why?"

The straightforward orc became wise for the first time, and looked at him very seriously: "You may be trampled to death one by one."

Aqiu: "..."

This doubt, he didn't understand until he entered the tribe.

I was too scared to speak in front of the majestic gate, but after entering the gate, I was so startled by the bustling breeding pens on both sides of the city wall that I almost cried out.

The scariest thing is the rabbits that are locked up everywhere.

Ah Qiu didn't know how many rabbits there were, he couldn't count so many, but he thought, if they were released, probably everyone in this tribe could have a little white rabbit on their feet.

Too much, too much!

The advantages of their tribe are completely useless T^T

The leader's tribe, shouldn't it be called the Tutu tribe?

The author has something to say: Cheng Xuzhi, a small peddler who worked hard to earn the price difference, brought new year's goods home to reunite with his wife.

I didn't expect to bring back a tribe of goods that killed rabbits and lost money.

small theater:

Sinan: Huh?After changing so many things, why are you so careful this time?

Cheng Xuzhi whispered in Sinan's ear: Don't you understand why?

Sinan was taken aback, embarrassed: What do you mean...

Cheng Xuzhi stared out of the phone screen, very sincerely: Please monitor, I am not a soft rice bunny!

The New Year is coming~ These two days have been a little busy. Under my persistent refusal, most of the New Year's greetings were canceled in the end, but relatives still came...

Our tribal life has finally entered into refined farming. In the future, we will not eat wild game, starting from me.I hope you all have a happy and healthy Chinese New Year. I wish you a happy Year of the Rat.

Stay at home and eat hot pot, and share it with everyone remotely. I hope that food and health belong to each of you.The comment area distributes small red envelopes to celebrate the New Year~

Thanks to the little angels of the irrigation nutrient solution: 10 bottles of Moonlight at Four Points, Nanjie Chaojiu, Tiantian, and Xuelan; 9 bottles of Maple; 5 bottles of Yunze, Nanke, etc.; 1 bottle of Azheng;

I love you guys, Sinan grabbed a masked Cheng Tutu and wished everyone New Year's greetings (Jiegejing was also the first to rush to the front line of body disinfection today, and issued a shout to you to pay attention to wearing masks, disinfection and protection~ )

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