Chapter 493 [0488] The Framework of Trade

There is no universal exclusive currency in Freljord. Small-scale transactions are all barter, while large-scale transactions are based on barter and use precious metals to make up the difference.

However, as long as she thinks about it for a moment, Ashe will understand that there is a profit in minting coins. In her opinion, if Forsbarrow mints the currency traded between the two parties, it will be a pure loss.

However, in the face of Ashe's doubts, Ino made a suggestion that she had never expected: the two parties jointly minted coins.

"This is more fair!" Speaking of joint minting, Ino spread his hands, "Use Zhenbing and gold to create a currency specifically used to make up for the price difference. This will be acceptable to both of us."

"Sounds okay." Ai Xi nodded first, and then a look of confusion appeared on his face, "But why don't we just use gold to make up the price difference, and we must add a time-wasting link?"

"Gold is very precious, but everyone has it, and the price is very unstable." Ino obviously understands why Ashe insists on trading with gold, "And, as far as I know, Freljord's gold reserves should be Not enough to support the deal between us.”

"How is this possible!" Ashe was the first to express disbelief in Ino's statement. "Avarosa will also trade with other tribes on a small scale. In these trades, we have accumulated a large amount of gold reserves. !”

"That's a Freljordian mass." Regarding Ashe's vague description that lacked specific data, Ino gave a very direct evaluation, "Forsbarrow's caravan traveled hundreds of miles of wind and snow to arrive. The price of bringing urgently needed supplies to Avarosa cannot be lower than what is sold locally, right?"

"This is natural." Although Ashe is very happy to carry out trade, it is obvious that she has no idea about the prices of items, especially the prices in Demacia. "Although the issue of price has not been discussed yet, but Avarosa will never let his friends suffer."

"That's the problem." Ino nodded, "I heard that Avarosa once purchased a batch of oats from Walrus Tusk. The price is the same as the same weight of meat?"

"This has happened before." Ai Xi is extremely knowledgeable in the internal affairs of the tribe. She even remembered the details of a transaction that took place several months ago. "A transaction of equal weight is about as important as ten people. It is used to feed a few people." The head is too thin after weaning.”

"So, if we use gold, how much gold do these oats cost?" Ino asked, "According to the general situation in Freljord."

General situation?

Although under normal circumstances, there is no need to use gold to buy some oats, but after thinking for a moment, Ai Xi still gave the answer.

"Probably, a hand-heavy amount of gold?"

Ino rubbed the center of his eyebrows. The Freljord, who lacked accurate weights and measures, always liked to use these strange units when describing weight.

"So, are you willing to use gold as heavy as a hundred hands to buy oats?" After a little calculation, Ino gave an answer that made Ashe fall into silence, "There are many others. Forsbarrow has plenty of goods, but if we just use gold, I’m afraid Avarosa doesn’t have enough gold.”

Hearing what Ino said, Avarosa finally realized the seriousness of the problem. If what the other party said was true, then I am afraid that its own gold reserves are not sufficient!

"Avarosa also has goods that can be exchanged." After thinking for a moment, Ashe finally came around and said, "As long as the price difference is not so big, then isn't there no problem?"

"The road from Fosbello to Avarosa is not easy." Ino shook his head and said in a helpless tone, "Avarosa needs food in the winter, but furs are needed in the summer. The quality is the best, and the trade between us may not be completed at the same time.”

"..."

Ashe had never thought about this problem at all - or in other words, this kind of transaction across time had never happened in Freljord.

The transactions between the two tribes have always been about delivery with one hand and delivery with the other hand. At most, they can add a little gold. There is almost no situation of "what do you give me in spring and what do I give you in winter"? Many tribes have this winter. It’s hard to say!

"So, we need a currency, a currency that is made by both parties and is valuable to both parties." Looking at Ashe who was lost in thought and reached a blind spot, Eno continued with a smile, "Use gold to make coins. Package Zhenbing, this is my suggestion.”

"But how to do it?" The problem here was a little complicated, and Ai Xi couldn't react at the first time. "Each of us will send some craftsmen?"

"In order to show sincerity, in the first trade, we will accept small pieces of Zhenbing that can't even be made into arrows for you, as a supplement to the price difference." Ino continued to describe his solution. , "Then using these Zhenbing, we will mint a batch of currency and bring it during the second trade."

Ai Xi narrowed his eyes and fell into thinking.

Behind her, several negotiating assistants looked at each other, and they all seemed a little confused - wasn't it a sign indicating how much money was lost during the transaction? Why does Ino make it so complicated?

The same goes for Your Excellency Zhan Mu. It is clear that according to the other party's wishes, the unused fine ice can be used and exchanged for marks. This is obviously a good thing. Why does she still seem so hesitant?

"Do you have a way to process Zhenbing?" After a moment of silence, Ashe finally raised her head, "Only Zhenbing can process Zhenbing."

"I can use Zhenbing." Ino took a dagger in his hand, and pinched the back of the dagger with his fingers without pressure, "Although I don't use it often."

Ashe nodded, and after thinking for a while, she raised the question about currency price evaluation.

"We can negotiate about this when we trade for the second time." Ino smiled, "When we have two trade experiences, we can give open suggestions on the specific value of these currencies."

Ashe nodded, fell into thought again, and then raised the question about currency specifications again.

Then there was the question of the minimum value of the currency, the scope of use of the currency...

However, no matter what she asked, as long as Ino understood it, he could always answer it flawlessly.

Obviously, Ino had a very detailed plan for currency-related issues, and this plan fully met Avarosa's needs and seemed fair.

But the more this plan is without problems, the more Ashe feels strange - her intuition tells her that this kind of coinage that seems to be a step-by-step process that neither side will suffer from must have some secrets behind it.

This Demacian who has been smiling from beginning to end has spent so much time preparing a plan for joint coinage. There must be a purpose behind it, but Ashe can't find it.

Such a situation makes Ashe, who always likes to think, quite uncomfortable. However, after some inquiries, she found that this plan has no problem for Avarosa, so she can only reluctantly admit that the other party's proposal for joint coinage should be related to Demacia's own situation.

Unfortunately, these Demacians have come all the way through the wind and snow, and have learned a lot about Freljord; but in Demacia, the towering walls stopped the Freljord people, and Ashe has no idea about the internal situation of Demacia.

Fortunately, Ashe is not a suspicious person, and Inno's attitude has always been very frank, so she will not give up because she can't figure out the content and logic behind the joint coinage. As Inno said, when the two sides have not yet established trust and trade takes a long time, this joint coinage is the best way to lubricate trade.

As for what the other party wants to do with this special currency with Zhenbing...

Let them do it themselves.

So, why does Inno insist on joint coinage?

There are three main reasons.

First, the trade in the North does need currency. As she said, since the time of shipment of Fosbyro and Freljord does not match, currency is necessary to lubricate this transaction. And joint coinage is a condition that both parties can accept.

Second, Fosbyro needs to firmly control the trade entrances and exits on Fosbyro's side, and use the profits brought by this trade as political capital when necessary.

Trade can bring profits and promote the development of Fosbyro, but if there is a channel of joint coinage, Fosbyro will have a wider operating space compared to direct money.

Third, Karya needs to collect True Ice - or in other words, the pure element of True Ice is of great benefit to the Archers in further mastering magic.

Ashe thought that Ino would personally spend time processing True Ice, but in fact, Karya has already thought of processing the first batch of fine True Ice as the main content of subsequent Archers' learning and assessment.

That's right, it is impossible for non-ice blood to directly contact True Ice, which will cause severe frostbite, which is inevitable for extraordinary people.

But if through magic, True Ice can be indirectly contacted and carefully processed.

The process of processing True Ice is a very good way to learn magic without fighting!

Although the simulation training effect is very good, it is the real "one-to-one ace tutoring". Now there are more than 900 Archers in Fosbyro. If you want to do simulation training, you can't support it even if Karya and Lux ​​are squeezed dry!

Moreover, the purpose of the Archons learning magic is not all for fighting. Although in the future of Fosbyro, some of the Archons will join the army and form the Fosbyro Mage Corps, more of them will become magic engineers or even magic theorists and engage in more peaceful work.

The former can be practiced through simulation training, but it is very difficult for the latter to improve.

During the Shurima Empire, Shurima University occupied more than 100,000 hectares of sand outside the city of Shurima, and there were a lot of space extensions and distortions, which barely supported the magic theory research and magic technology progress of Shurima University.

Even for freshmen, they need to conduct a series of complex magic experiments and exercises-in addition to theory, magic also needs practice!

The artificial lake project in Fosbyro is only the most basic magic practice. If you want the Archons, these talented mages, to become the seeds of Demacia's magic civilization, you must give these seeds sufficient watering.

For the next stage of the Archons, there is no better practice than "processing ice through magic"!

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After agreeing on the issue of joint coinage, the subsequent negotiations went very smoothly.

After all, both Fosbyro and Avarosa really need this trade channel for mutual exchange, and both have hope for peaceful development and exchange.

In addition, the first trade was originally contact and tentative, and the psychological expectations of both parties were not high. After the framework of the trade was established, the speed of subsequent negotiations could only be described as fast.

In this way, on the fifth day after the Warriors' Banquet, Ino and Ashe truly finalized the specific content and process of the first trade exchange in the North.

Then, the day before Ashe announced that she would swear the blood alliance, she and Ino, the "plenipotentiary envoy", recorded the results of the negotiation on a rough Enyuk leather, cut their index fingers, and printed bloody handprints at the end.

After the specially treated Enyuk leather came into contact with the blood of the ice bloodline, it turned black. Then a professional leatherworker cut the leather open, and each side held a piece and formally made an oath.

Declining Ashe's invitation to witness the Blood Alliance's oath, Ino led forty ice mages on the road back to Fosbyro that night. Just like in Port Borel, a seven-member intelligence team was left in Frost Harbor.

They would stay here to further collect information about Frost Harbor and even Freljord, and also serve as Fosbyro's contact person, and could communicate through Iva when necessary.

After leaving enough paper and charcoal pencils to record information, Ino said goodbye to the ice mages he had carefully selected, and finally set out on the return journey to Fosbyro with the others.

The wind was still howling, and the snow was already heavy.

Most of the ice mages only did some trivial work along the way. They did not have the extraordinary talent for intelligence work like magic.

But when they look back and think about it, they will find that even if the traces of their work disappear quickly in the wind and snow like footprints on the snowfield, when they look at the vast snowfield again, they no longer have the previous confusion and fear in their hearts.

Some things can only be known after they have truly experienced and done them.

Perhaps, this is the meaning of practice.

Karya's small class·Freljord's True Ice Processing:

The way the Freljord people process True Ice is usually to directly hit True Ice with True Ice and sharpen True Ice with True Ice, so in most tribes, True Ice is getting smaller and thinner as it is passed on.

So, why are there still people using large True Ice weapons now?

That's because Lissandra will select warriors loyal to the Frostguard tribe and give them True Ice.

As for where the True Ice of the Frostguard tribe comes from, no one knows.

PS.90k/200k, my stomach is better, but I'm still a little weak... Come on and warm up!

PSS. I was not optimistic about RNG, and it was true. But RNG was so bad, and it only made it to the quarterfinals. Now thinking about TES, I still think it is a heavyweight.