Chapter 558 【0552】Another Unequal Negotiation

For the next negotiations, Ashe can be said to be full of confidence - after the collapse of Winter's Claw, due to Avarosa's special reputation, small tribes that have production capabilities but are not good at producing warriors are very happy. Going to her, the Avarosa tribe had a lot of miscellaneous resources in a short period of time.

These resources are somewhat difficult to integrate in Freljord, but if they are packaged and sold to the Demacians in the south, the food and hobbies obtained in exchange will greatly enhance the strength of Avarosa, allowing the tribe to Further expansion can be said to be very profitable.

However, what Ai Xi didn't expect was that Lux, who was negotiating with a translator, seemed to be prepared for everything. Although she politely expressed her "willingness to cooperate" at the beginning, the price was so high that she could only do it with frenzy. describe.

Herbal medicine?

Demacia needs herbal medicine, but most of the herbal medicines in Freljord are used to treat trauma. Demacia does not need so many trauma medicines; moreover, the Demacia people's physiques are not strong enough to have ice blood. , many herbs are used by the Freljordians as ordinary wound medicine, but when put on Demacians, they are like tiger and wolf medicine, the kind that can easily kill people!

But, I also know that the Avarosa tribe is a peace-loving tribe and does not need these herbs, so we can buy some high-yield herbs at low prices and buy them back to treat our livestock. Of course, since they are for veterinary medicine, then The price... naturally cannot be high.

nut?

Nuts are a good thing. We in Forsbarrow are right next to the Dragon's Back Mountains. We usually eat hazelnuts, acorns, and pine nuts. If there are a lot of nuts for sale in Freljord, we are willing to use equal weight instead of equal volume. In exchange for the grain, is it a very sincere price?

Animal bones?

I'm afraid not many people in Demacia need this stuff. We don't need animal bones as tool materials. So, I can buy some animal bones from magical beasts. They have more commemorative value and can be sold to nobles, Foreign mages can offer higher prices for this part!

mane?

Our hunters don't use it as a material for triggering traps. If it must be said, the bristles of these Juvask wild boars can be used as brush materials. However, except for the mine in Vero Village, there is currently no such thing in Forsbarrow. Brushes that can use Juvasque boar bristles, so our demand for this part is very low, we are very sorry.

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From the initial excitement, Ashe gradually began to have some doubts about life. No matter how she preached how useful an item was, Lux could always quickly point out that it "is not that suitable in Demacia" or "is not that suitable in Demacia". Sia already has something more suitable." It seemed that if he wanted to sell these raw materials to Lux, he could only accept the terrible price she said.

However, Lux's words were not offensive at all, and were even vaguely complimentary. Every time Ashe said something, she would say "Wow" as if her eyes were shining brightly, and then she said how inappropriate and pity this thing was in Demacia. , as if unless they were cheap enough, Demacians would have no reason to choose them.

After some negotiation, Ai Xi's brows became more and more frowning.

At this moment, she was facing a difficult decision: Should these rare specialties really be sold to Demacians at a cheap price?

Fortunately, negotiations don't need to be concluded in one go, so Ai Xi still has a long time to think about this issue, and on the first night of the negotiation, she had already realized her lack of preparation.

Due to her lack of understanding of Demacia, she was unable to judge whether Lux's words were true or false, and she lacked any counter-arguments to Lux's price reduction. She had clearly overestimated the price that the Demacians would offer. No, Laxana is obviously more difficult to deal with. She is not even willing to learn Freljordian, but is looking for someone to translate!

(Actually, Lux can speak Freljord, but due to her status, as the lord of Forthbarrow and the representative of Demacia, she cannot speak foreign languages ​​and can only speak her own native language. The so-called translation is just for work. He looks like someone who puts a little pressure on Ai Xi.)

From Ashe's point of view, if everything goes according to Lux's price, she will hardly be able to exchange for much tea and tobacco on the premise of ensuring that she can exchange enough oats for the Enuk calf and Yukar calf to survive the winter!

You know, in the past year, tea and tobacco have become completely popular within Avarosa. These hobbies can not only alleviate the tribe's addiction to alcohol when they are not drinking, but also allow them to alleviate their hatred of witch doctors and witch doctors. Full of dependence, and in the view of Ashe, who had been betrayed by the Frostguard Priest, those mysterious guys were untrustworthy, and it would be a good thing to keep the tribe away from them.

That's why Ashe urgently needs more tobacco and tea to fill the barren spiritual realm of the Avarosans.

But judging from the current situation, things are not going well at all!

Helplessly rubbing her swollen temples, Ai Xi could only squat alone outside the tent, casually broke off a branch and wrote on the ground to estimate where his bottom line was.

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On the other side, Lux was in a good mood after finishing the first day of negotiations.

Although the leader of this negotiation was actually Karya, a considerable part of the content was Lux's own performance. This part of the improvisation was good, and Karya gave her a rare praise.

Judging from the results of today's negotiation, Ashe has been completely suppressed. She doesn't understand the situation in Demacia, so she has no idea that the product in her hand is not as "general" as Lux said.

Just like the bristles of Juvask wild boar, Lux was right, brushes made of these hard bristles were only used in the mines in Vero Village.

However, what she didn't say was that with this kind of brush that is as hard as iron wire, tough, wear-resistant and strong, the cleaning speed of the mine will be increased several times - the most troublesome thing about the blue ocher mine is cleaning, using regular A broom cannot sweep away the slag with extremely high blue ocher content scattered in the mine. If you can use a Juvask boar bristle brush that is like an iron grate, the cleaning work of the mine will be much easier!

If Ashe knew this, she could have opened her mouth and asked Lux ​​to increase her purchase price, but unfortunately, she didn't know. She had no idea what the Demacians needed, so she could only say blankly. The price of these precious raw material resources has been driven down to a crazy level by the lion of Lux.

Exchange the same weight of nuts for the same weight of grain... If you were to say this in Demacia, you would be considered a fool!

But when talking about it with Ashe, her face clearly showed an expression of emotion - for the Avarosans, nuts are just "the most hungry food to eat", and their value and "energy" There is absolutely no comparison between the oats that keep Jukal calves and Enuk calves going through the winter.

"Do you think Ashe will directly accept the entire offer tomorrow?" Lux, who was in a good mood, hummed a little tune and said to Kalya, "I feel that judging from today's situation, she doesn't seem to have any room for counter-offering. "

"You are quite proud." Kalya snorted, "This is all the credit of the intelligence team. Moreover, what we are doing is not a one-time deal. Even if she is unable to bargain tomorrow, we must show our sincerity!"

"Is sincerity the food of real money?" When it comes to this question, Lux actually has a headache. "The price of food this year has gone up significantly, Misilver City has reduced production, and the situation in Xiongdu is tense. Although it is not too expensive, it is not very expensive." Sparrow relies on purchasing most of its food from elsewhere, so it won’t be a problem if this continues!”

"Of course the issue of food security is important." When it comes to this topic, Kalya is also helpless, "But the problem is that Forsbarrow is really not a good place to grow food. There is alkaline frozen soil all over the ground. If you want to grow food It’s better to develop something else and use the profits to buy food.”

"But it's not an option to continue like this." Lux shook her head, "If there is a war or some other situation, and we can't buy enough food, wouldn't there be a famine in Forsbarrow? ?”

"So, we need to hoard food as much as possible." Kalya said earnestly, "The food trade with Freljord, plus the food we buy daily, can allow a large amount of food to flow through Forsbarrow, so Just like an artificial lake, we also need to accumulate food and grass."

"But how to calculate grain depreciation? We can't let everyone eat old grain, right?"

"Didn't I say, Freljord grain trade!" Kalya snorted, "Tell Ashe tomorrow that we can sell the old grain more cheaply, and then ask her to purchase Enuk and Judah at the same time. Carl!”

"Buy new grain and store it just in case, depreciate it and sell it to the Freljordians?" Lux's eyes widened in shock, "Is this still possible?"

"Anyway, they use it to feed big livestock." Kalya said in a matter-of-fact tone, "This is low-priced food!"

"So you specially asked someone to bring some of the old grain here?"

"if not?"

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The next day, negotiations started as scheduled.

After half a night of calculation, Ai Xi has drawn a bottom line for herself. She cannot accept the current purchase price of the Demacians. It must be increased by at least about one-third to meet her requirements. Therefore, she plans to pay the price no matter what. If you want to increase the selling price, you won't hesitate even if you break your skin.

However, what Ai Xi did not expect was that after the negotiations began, Lux did not agree to increase the purchase price, but chose to lower the selling price of her own products.

"We can provide another option." Lux placed a bag of oats on the negotiation table. "This type of oats is only two-thirds of the original price."

Ashley carefully observed the oats in the bag with curiosity, and selected a few grains to chew in his mouth for a while. Then he was surprised to find that there seemed to be no problem with these oats.

"Why are these oats cheaper?" Ash wondered. "What's wrong with them?"

"This is oatmeal that has been stored for two years." Lux was very frank. "If people eat it, the texture and taste will be much different, and it will be dry. But if it is eaten by livestock, it is not much different from new oats."

Ashe is a little strange. She can't understand Demacia's complicated drying and storage technology, so she doesn't know why the oats can be kept intact for two years, and she can't understand why the price of oats is so much cheaper if it's just a little dry - but this It didn't stop her from being overjoyed.

Cheap oats, what a good thing?

Ai Xi, who was still a little dissatisfied, began to ask if there was any "old tea" or "old tobacco", but unfortunately, Demacia didn't have these either.

Tobacco is fine, but Demacia's tea is old stuff.

Seeing that there was no advantage to take advantage of the old goods, Ai Xi quickly adjusted her mentality and planned to start raising the price of her own goods. Then, before she could say anything, Lux proposed a new trade.

"If possible, I hope to purchase a batch of large, domesticated Ernuk and Yukal from the Freljord."

After hearing this request, Ai Xi's eyes clearly lit up.

Although the sale of large animals is not common in Freljord (most of the time large animals are the core assets of the tribe), it does happen from time to time. Although Lux can crazy low prices for other products prepared by Ashe, she It’s hard to lower the price for big animals!

The taming of Ernuk and the taming of Jukar are both Freljord's unique skills. Only experienced old furnace owners know how to guide and tame these weird-tempered big guys. Without these professionals, even if they are The second generation of Erniuk calves or Yukal calves will quickly become wild after adulthood and will no longer obey discipline!

Now Lux wants to buy a big livestock?

OK, sell!

When these Demacians get used to using these big animals, they will find that without professional furnace owners, they can't control the calves of the big animals!

At that time, as long as the method of domestication is not spread to outsiders, the Avarosa tribe can continue to sell large animals, earn more oats, and raise more large animals!

Perfect!

Realizing this, Ai Xi's attitude quickly became enthusiastic, and he simply gave up the last part of his demand for a price increase.

In this way, after three days of formal negotiations, Lux and Ashe finally reached a series of new agreements regarding the expansion of northern trade this year.

Compared with the past northern trade, Forsbarrow's import list has added items such as herbs, nuts, animal bones, animal teeth, manes, adult Erniuk, and adult Jukar, while on the export list, tobacco, The quantity of tea and oats has increased by nearly 1,200% compared to last year.

And if these goods can be successfully sold, according to Kalya's estimation, the gross profit will be no less than 100,000 Demacia standard gold coins.

What is the concept of one hundred thousand Demacian standard gold coins?

Last year, in the entire Mithril City, the total financial income of all branches of the Crown Guard family, including taxes, tenant rent, shop rent, port fees, etc., was only 30,000 Demacia standard gold coins.

The profits from government-run monopoly trade are so insane.

Kalya's Little Classroom and Demacia's Granary:

Demacians have always had the habit of building granaries. They harvest and thresh the grain, expose it to the sun, and then put the dry, unshelled grain into specially built granaries based on magic stone. .

The preservation effect of this kind of granary is excellent, and the spoilage rate within three years does not exceed 13%. It is an important dual-use facility for both military and civilian use and has been built in every legion station.