Chapter 372 Differences in Demand

"Too expensive!" Carl Sippenpas shook his head repeatedly.

Themispros said nothing, looking at the almost empty syrup in the jar, thoughtfully.

"Loctias, what happened to what I mentioned to you last time?" Calsipempas quickly changed the subject. He was afraid that if he talked about honey again, he could not help but drool.

"Lord Pygris has reported your request to Chief Maximus. The leader held a political meeting specifically for this purpose. However, in the end, he decided not to open the exchange of banknotes to your Ardie tribe for the time being, mainly because... "

Loktias said with a serious face: "The production of paper money is time-consuming, and the current output is not enough. If the people of the Aldi tribe are allowed to use paper money, the goods in the market will be destroyed due to the serious shortage of paper money. causing prices to skyrocket...

But you don’t have to worry. The leader has already issued an order to the mint workshop to speed up the production of banknotes. I believe that in a few years, you will be able to use banknotes. "

What Locteas said was reasonable, and Chalsipempas immediately said he understood.

But he didn't actually know that the papermaking workshop of the Nyx tribe had long been able to provide a large amount of special paper for banknotes, and the minting workshop that specialized in manufacturing banknotes had long been able to skillfully use engraving printing technology, and after long-term exploration, They have also formulated more suitable inks for printing banknotes, and manufacturing large quantities of banknotes is no problem at all.

The only problem is that Maximus doesn't plan to let the banknotes flow out of the country at this stage, because he doesn't think it's time yet.

Themispoulos coughed a few times and said: "Last year, Chief Alistakas attended your ceremony. When he came back, Chief Maximus gave him a statue of the goddess Danu. The other elders of the tribe Later, they all saw the statue and thought it was very good, and they all wanted to get one...well, so that they could be placed at home for worship. I mentioned this to you before, but I wonder if Chief Maximus agreed? "

"Elder Themispros." Loktias said solemnly: "The leader is very grateful for your respect for the goddess Danu, but the goddess Danu is the main god of our Nyx tribe. Only the leader of the entire tribe has the right to carve. The statue of the goddess! Only the leader who is the son of God can carve the look of Goddess Danu! However, carving the statue will consume a lot of the leader's energy and time, and the leader has to deal with many tribal affairs every day and has no more energy to do it. You go and carve—"

"We can buy it with money! In exchange for enough iron ore, flax, and wood you need!" Themisproos said loudly.

"Shut up! This is blasphemy! A blasphemy against the goddess Danu that we admire!" Loktias suddenly changed his color and shouted sternly.

Faced with the rebuke of a small port steward from the Nyx tribe, the dignified elder of the Ardei tribe did not dare to look at him under his angry eyes. Themispoulos muttered with a guilty conscience: "We There’s no other meaning, we just think this statue——”

"Wealth cannot buy Goddess Danu's blessing. Only devout faith will attract her attention!" Loktias put away his anger and said solemnly: "The leader said that he cannot carve for each of you. But if you really want to worship the goddess Danu, he will help you build a temple on the territory of Ardiyi, which will enshrine the statue of the goddess Danu carved by him himself, so that the people of Ardiyi You can also gain the blessing of the goddess through worship!”

Themispros was stunned for a moment, and then stammered in response: "This... building a temple is a big deal, and it can only be decided after... holding a tribal meeting to discuss it."

Carl Sipenpas looked at his slightly embarrassed and nervous look, and sneered in his heart.

He knew very well why the elders of the southern tribe wanted the statue of the goddess Danu. It was because after Maximus presented the statue to Alistakas, Alistakas cherished it extremely, and every time he convened During tribal meetings, it must be placed on the wooden table in front of you to show off. The statue is really well carved and always attracts everyone's attention...

In the final analysis, these guys are too greedy. They would rather exchange so many supplies for the statues than use these supplies to benefit the people.

However, since the construction of the Danu Temple near Snodia, more and more Aldiyi people believe in the goddess Danu in the past two years. It is said that many ethnic groups have to pay homage to the goddess Danu every time they come to Snodia. First go to the temple to worship, and then go to the market to buy and sell...

Just when Kalsi Pampas was thinking about it, the men of Locteas, the dock steward, came in: "Sir, the iron ore shipped has been weighed, and the total is twenty-one tons and seven hundred and fifty kilograms."

"It's really good. It's four hundred kilograms more than last time." Locteas said, looking at the two Ardei elders.

Kalsipempas and Themispoulos looked at the two men who followed them into the room. Seeing them nodding solemnly, they responded: "We agree, it is twenty-one tons and seven hundred and fifty kilograms." !”

"Well, let's follow the old rules. Elder Carlsipempas obtained..." Roctias took the bill handed over by his subordinates and read: "Fifteen tons and two hundred and twenty-five tons were obtained. The profit from the iron ore, Elder Themispros, is the profit from the six tons and 525 kilograms of iron ore. Do you two have any different opinions?"

Calsipempas quickly calculated in his mind and responded: "No."

"Me neither."

Rocteas asked again: "Elder Chalcipempas, are you still going to use all the iron ore income to buy wheat as before?"

"Eighty percent for wheat and twenty percent for linen." Chalcipempas had already considered it before he set out. The land in the mountains is barren and food is insufficient. It is a common practice to exchange iron ore for food. At the same time, the harsh environment in the mountains also leads to greater wear and tear on clothing. In the past, most of the tribesmen in the mountains had no choice but to simply wrap the key parts with peeled animal skins. Now the Nix tribe can supply a large amount of cheap cloth, and they are willing to improve their living conditions.

Roctias glanced at his subordinates who were lying on the table and calculating, and said seriously: "The autumn harvest is coming soon, and many tribesmen's grain reserves are almost exhausted, so the price of wheat in the city is higher than before, but our two families have an agreement to always trade at the rate of one kilogram of wheat for fifteen kilograms of ore.

And Elder Carlosipampas used 80% of the ore to exchange for wheat this time, so the wheat you got this time is-"

"Eight hundred and twelve kilograms." The subordinate next to him answered in time.

Carlosipampas counted carefully with his fingers, and then nodded: "Yes, it is eight hundred and twelve kilograms."

"Because you came early, we haven't started to buy food here, and there are not many tribesmen selling food in the market recently. We need to go to Westney and Todlido to buy wheat to make up this amount, so you need to wait here for a day or two. I hope you can understand." Roctias said apologetically.

Karsipoppas frowned, because the fleet had to wait for one or two more days, which meant that the fleet members could only stay in the hotel in Snotia. Although they were old customers, they had a big discount on food and accommodation, but they still had to spend money, and this fee would be deducted from the next ore transaction.

Karsipoppas felt a little painful, but he could only nod helplessly.

In fact, Snotia has a special granary that stores a large amount of wheat, which is the land tax paid by the tribesmen every year and is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance.

The ore transaction at the port falls within the scope of the Ministry of Commerce. The tribe will have a special allocation every year. If the wheat in the granary is to be used, the procedures between the two departments are more complicated, so it is more convenient to buy grain directly at the market.

Most of the residents in Slotia and Westney have more land, more fields, and are relatively wealthy. They are more willing to take out excess grain to sell to Rocktias at this port instead of going to the exchange office, because they can get more banknotes to buy the items they want to buy.

But Rocteas's Ministry of Commerce did not suffer any loss. Although the price of wheat purchased at this time was relatively high, the price of wheat fell sharply after the autumn harvest. With Rocteas's shrewd mind, the ore trading would not only not exceed the budget in a year, but also make a small profit.

Moreover, under the pretext of raising wheat, the Aldei fleet personnel were allowed to stay here for one or two more days. The food and accommodation in the hotel and the consumption in the market were all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Commerce, killing two birds with one stone.

"The rest..." Rocteas glanced at the data calculated by his men, and then said to Calsippampus: "3,045 kilograms of iron ore, you want to exchange it for linen, which kind of linen do you want? There are four prices of cloth in the market now-"

"The cheapest one." Calsippampus responded without hesitation.

"Do you want one meter wide? Or two meters wide?"

"One meter wide."

"For linen, the price we agreed on before was 40 kilograms of iron ore for a piece of cloth that was one meter long and one meter wide, so 3,045 kilograms of iron ore can be exchanged for... a cloth that is one meter wide and seventy-six meters long."

Chalsipompas calculated again and nodded in approval.

After dealing with Chalsipompas, Roctius looked at another person: "Elder Themisprous, you have 6,525 kilograms of iron ore income here, what do you want in exchange?"

"Five large pottery jars with exquisite vase paintings, three lounge chairs, four woolen blankets, two meters wide and twenty meters long embroidered fine cloth... Oh, and a kilogram of honey." Themisprous said all the high-end products sold in the market.