Chapter 52 Catfish Effect

With the speech and support of the wizard Sen Jian, Yuzou went against all odds and tore the sacred book into pages, asking Yulian to study and compare.

The small green book icon in the [Gift] slot disappeared without a trace.

Lu Yao's experiment yielded results: the pixel people could not directly grasp things that they could not understand through the temple. They could only understand [Gift] based on their existing cognition.

Soon, a prompt appeared on the screen.

[Yulian invented paper. ]

[The Garlic Tribe learned to make and use paper, and their faith was improved. ]

[The Garlic Tribe learned to make and use books, and everyone's intelligence was slightly improved. ]

The invention and use of paper and books brought Lu Yao 400 points of faith.

Shortly after the paper appeared, the leader Yuzou passed away.

This young man who once said "God loves slippery fish", a hero who almost died in battle due to blind self-confidence, and a villain who took on the responsibility of leadership when he was old, ended his life.

The monument reads.

"Yuzou: One of the two earliest heroes of the tribe, he fought bravely against the devil believers and fought to defend the tribe and the cave monsters. He strongly advocated the construction of ships, spread the footprints of the Garlic Tribe on the water, integrated the East River Tribe and the cave monsters, and helped Yulian make paper. We will always miss him."

Yuzou's soul was taken away by Scott and came to Saniluo in the south, starting a new journey of life.

The era of the first generation of leaders and heroes of the Garlic Tribe has come to an end.

After Yuzou's death, the cave wizard Senjian took his place. Yulian was also recommended by Senjian and became the youngest leader in the history of the tribe.

The second generation of the Garlic Tribe's leadership class took shape.

The cave wizard Senjian was the decision maker of major events in the tribe.

Astrologist Shahan spent most of his time in the temple. As a servant of the gods, he was also responsible for the compilation of the tribe's texts and books.

Yulian was a new force among the leaders. He began to propose a series of reform plans to promote the tribe.

He said: "Our paddle boats have been to Saniluo, which is also the place of faith of Lord Yaoshen."

"The Apostle said that Saniluo is a city of ghosts, where many ghosts that we cannot see live. Many people who died in the tribe will be taken there."

"I have been to Saniluo by boat. It is an amazing city with clean streets and houses, roads that are not afraid of rain and mud, straight and flat streets, and tall and solid walls."

"The Garlic Tribe should also build such a city."

"The city will make our lives more comfortable, less prone to illness, and more able to consolidate our faith and confidence."

This suggestion was rejected by Mori Jian on the grounds that the tribe currently lacks manpower to support such a huge and time-consuming project.

It is commonly known as taking too big a step and pulling your balls.

However, Mori Jian agreed with some of Yu Lian's views.

The wizard believes that road construction is the tribe's top priority. The road between the Salt Pond settlement and the Garlic Tribe base camp must be opened so that goods can circulate quickly between the two places.

With the road, the two places can support each other if they encounter dangerous situations.

But building the road is more difficult than they expected.

Just to open a road from the mountain consumed the labor of all the cave monsters.

The cave monsters dug the mountain day and night. They were very experienced in digging holes, but even so, they encountered several landslides and several rainstorms, and several cave monsters died.

Lu Yao also lent a hand and used [Scorching Sun] to disperse the heavy rain, which allowed the road construction in the mountain to continue.

After the road between the two places was opened, the circulation speed of goods increased significantly, and more and more camels were transporting goods back and forth.

The merchants immediately became active. They targeted the profit difference between the two places and began to frequently resell feathers, salt and garlic in the two places, making a lot of profits.

Problems also followed.

The transportation of goods requires camels to carry them, or people to carry them on their backs. In the trade between the two places, the barter method is inefficient and has high losses, and the merchants have always been distressed.

Not long after, Lu Yao saw a prompt pop up on the screen.

[Shang Li invented the currency "seashell". ]

[The Garlic Tribe learned to make and use currency, their faith was improved, and everyone's intelligence was slightly improved. ]

——Great God, a believer has done a feat far beyond his peers. Do you need to convert him into a hero?

[Yes] [No]

Lu Yao clicked on the temple.

Shang Li stood in the temple.

He was only 18 years old, even younger than Yu Lian today.

Lu Yao converted him into a hero.

In the detailed personal panel, Shang Li was a handsome young man with tied hair.

He wore linen clothes and sheepskin boots. Shang Li was walking on the path with a camel, and the camel was carrying goods wrapped in cloth on its back.

Under the image portrait, there was his personal motto.

——I wish everything was a commodity, clearly marked with a price, and it belonged to me after paying the bill, and I would never worry about losing it.

……

[Hero Lv1] Shangli

Attack 0 Defense 0 Knowledge 2 Mana 1 Luck 2 Morale 0

[Ability]

Wisdom Lv1: Wisdom is the key for the Apostle to listen to the will of God. The higher the level of wisdom, the easier it is to improve and comprehend various abilities.

Trade Lv1: Good at trade, has better business ability, and has a certain probability of making business inventions.

……

The appearance of Shangli is a pleasant surprise.

Lu Yao originally thought that progress in the institutional level of tribal civilization might only occur after the development of iron tools or engineering.

Unexpectedly, the merchants stood up.

They were eager to make more profits from the transaction. The profit-seeking demand made them the most enthusiastic group to change. Shangli was a microcosm of the power of merchants to promote tribal civilization.

The seashells invented by Shangli were quickly popularized in the tribe with the permission of wizard Mori Jian and others.

Currency made transactions more efficient and clear, and bartering became a thing of the past.

The people in the tribe even learned to set up stalls and sell.

However, some disadvantages also arose.

"Mutton, 40 shells a piece."

"Mutton, 39 shells a piece."

The two little men selling mutton started a price war.

"Why do you have to be lower than me?"

"Stupid, of course it's because of this that you can sell it, you can also sell it at a lower price."

"Mutton, 38 shells a piece!"

"Mutton, 35 shells a piece!"

The two little men couldn't agree and almost fought. In the end, it was the fishing company that came out to negotiate and calmed the dispute.

In addition, currency transactions also lead to the classic problem of short weight.

"You sell less meat than others!"

"Nonsense, it's obviously the same."

"I just want less!"

"If you don't want to buy it, forget it."

"Give me back the seashells! I'll buy it somewhere else!"

"I've already bought it, how can I take it if you give me the damaged meat?"

"Damn it! You guy!"

"That's how transactions work, you see clearly."

Lu Yao also shook his head.

He wanted to use a lightning bolt to kill this tribal profiteer. The hard-earned fruits of the working people were just swindled into their pockets, which was really hateful.

But even if he killed this profiteer, it would be useless.

If one profiteer falls, there are still thousands of profiteers.

Lu Yao was curious and wondered if the Garlic Tribe had any way to deal with it.

Soon, the tribe gave a countermeasure.

[The Yulian invented the weight measurement unit: jin/liang. ]

[The Garlic Tribe unified the weight measurement. 】

【The Garlic Tribe has learned to formulate and use measurement units, and everyone's intelligence has improved slightly. 】

Lu Yao thought that this is right.

The merchants turned into catfish desperately fighting for food, stirring up this quiet pool of water, and also brought pressure and challenges to the tribal leaders.

The gears of the new era slowly turned under the impetus of countless people.