Chapter 178 Talking about business
“Uh-huh.”
Standing nearby, Drogo coughed heavily. After brewing in his heart for a while, he slowly spoke.
"The wild horse herd has now moved and left this area. I'm afraid we won't be able to do business in this area from now on."
"Yeah"
Hearing this, Zhou Xu nodded expressionlessly, and then nothing more happened.
Winter is about to come in this climate. Due to the change of seasons, there is a lot of work to be done. Zhou Xu is sorting out his thoughts in his mind at the moment.
At this moment, I really didn’t pay much attention to Drogo’s reaction.
After all, the two of them are now semi-acquaintances. After working together for a while, he also has an understanding of Drogo's character, and when they get along with each other, they are no longer as reserved as they were at the beginning.
In response to this situation, Zhuo Ge quickly glanced at Zhou Xu, and then found that he was obviously distracted, and a row of black lines suddenly hung on his forehead.
"Uh-huh!"
"..."
"Uh-huh!!"
"What's wrong? Is your throat uncomfortable?"
" …”
Amidst Zhuo Ge's persistent coughing, Zhou Xu finally came back to his senses and cares about the other party's body. However, it made Zhuo Ge even more speechless.
In the end, he simply showed off his cards.
“I mean, does your tribe have any other business?”
At this time, Zhou Xu finally came to his senses.
“You want more arrows?”
After reacting, his words can be regarded as knowingly asking.
On this grassland, bows and arrows can be said to be very important weapons, so the quantity and quality of arrows are naturally particularly important.
Now that the words have been said, Zhuoge naturally no longer intends to be subtle with Zhou Xu, and directly nods his head openly.
"So, what else do you want? We can basically catch everything in this grassland area."
Behind this sentence, what is revealed It is the powerful strength of their centaur clan.
In this grassland area, the centaur clan and the hyena clan are the two strongest forces. At the moment when the hyena clan is seriously weakened, Drogo undoubtedly has the confidence to say this.
“Actually, apart from the wild horse, I really don’t have anything in particular that I want.”
Zhou Xu’s words made Drogo feel helpless, but at this moment, he The conversation suddenly changed.
“However, if you help me catch it, it would be good for us to save some energy ourselves.”
“…”
[Zhou Xu, why do you still breathe heavily when you talk? 】
Drogo couldn't help but complain in his heart, but what he didn't know was that these were all Zhou Xu's preparations for what he would say next.
"Bison, what you have seen, one bison, three arrows."
"Only three? The fur of the bison is stronger and more durable than that of the wild horse, and the meat is edible, even the wild horse. If you can exchange for five, why are there only three bison? How can you exchange for seven or eight?”
Drogo, who still didn’t know the value of the horses, couldn’t help but wonder at this moment.
From his perspective, this matter is simply incomprehensible.
At the same time, I don’t know if he has done too much business with Zhou Xu. Invisibly, Zhuo Ge also mastered some bargaining skills.
On the other hand, Zhou Xu was very calm...
"Because our tribe does not lack this, and it doesn't take much effort to catch it ourselves." "..."
Combined with what he had prepared before, Drogo was so stunned that he couldn't even say a word of rebuttal.
"Okay, three is three."
The purpose is to let Drogo know that he does not actually have to trade these things, they can also catch them themselves, at most That means putting in more effort.
Invisibly, the price was lowered.
Although arrows are not as laborious to make as he said, this does not mean that arrows are not valuable.
Take arrow feathers as an example, you need to use thick feathers, and arrowheads, which are cast from copper.
All the weapons and even farm tools of their tribe currently require copper, and the current mining of copper mines relies solely on manpower, which is not very efficient.
Their friendship is a friendship, and business is a business. Of course, the price can be kept as low as possible.
After all, they are the only ones in the known area that can produce copper arrowheads, so it is not up to him to decide how much this thing is worth?
"Besides, have you ever seen an animal called a donkey that looks somewhat similar to a horse, but is smaller than a horse?"
Zhou Xu was making gestures while questioning Zhuo Ge.
If you can catch a wild donkey, it is also a good agricultural animal, not to mention that after mating between a horse and a donkey, you can breed a mule.
But unfortunately, listening to his description, Drogo shook his head and said he had never seen it.
"Then you can pay attention. This donkey can be exchanged for two arrows. In addition, have you ever seen an animal like a sheep? It looks somewhat similar to an antelope, but its head There are no horns on it, the legs are not that long, and the whole body is covered with thick white hair..."
For these animals described by Zhou Xu, the donkey and Drogo have no impression at all, but this sheep.
"I don't know if it's the same kind as you are talking about. I may have seen this sheep before. Its meat is quite delicious and its fur is very soft."
"..."
Zhou Xu discovered that Drogo's knowledge of the animals on the grassland was all about the quality of their fur and whether their meat was delicious.
But after thinking about it, there seems to be nothing wrong with it.
For people in this era, animal fur is an important resource, and meat is an important food.
Besides, what value do animals have to them?
When Zhou Xu wants sheep, he mainly wants their wool, which is a very warm material. If they can get the wool, it will undoubtedly be good for them to keep out the cold in the next winter.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu quickly asked...
"Can you catch the sheep you saw somewhere?"
Faced with this problem, Zhuo Ge's face showed a distressed look for the first time.
"I'm afraid I can't catch him."
"The reason?"
Zhou Xu, who didn't intend to give up, asked about the reason.
In this regard, Drogo did not intend to hide it, and said directly...
"I have only seen the sheep you mentioned once, but their activity area is not here. But in another area, they ran to the junction and just happened to hit me, so I shot one.”
Of course, Zhou Xu would not naively think that this entire grassland was the territory of centaurs and hyenas. There must be other forces entrenched in this grassland.
It's just that he couldn't even deal with hyenas and centaurs before, so naturally he didn't have the time to think about things in other areas.
But now that Zhuo Ge took the initiative to bring up this matter, Zhou Xu naturally took advantage of the situation and asked.
"Whose territory is that area over there?"
"A group of guys who look similar to you, ugly and with a pair of long ears, are very difficult to deal with."
"..."
(End of this chapter)