Tower Defense Game: My Eternal Kingdom

Chapter 166 Ore Raw Materials
Cheng Shen didn't believe that the other party didn't understand the value of these ores.

But judging from their attire, it seems that the technological development of this gray-soil tribe is relatively backward, or extreme.

It is likely that they sell ore raw materials precisely because they do not have the corresponding refining capabilities.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shen had some ideas. He didn't answer the question about the earthen pot immediately, but stepped forward and picked up a few pieces of raw materials while the other party was watching. Lines of information appeared in front of his eyes.

【Wuyun iron ore】

【Raw Ore of Blood Qin Stone】

【Secret Gold Raw Ore】

【Magic silver ore】

……

The surprises in Cheng Shen's heart continued to increase. These ore raw materials contained quite precious metal materials.

Just like the black cloud iron among them, he heard Lawrence mention that this kind of iron ore can be refined to obtain black steel. If a little bit can be added in the process of forging equipment, the quality of the equipment can be greatly improved.

If there is enough black grain steel.

He is even sure that he can forge rare standard equipment!

In addition, other ore raw materials are also scarce materials needed for forging or territorial development.

According to the current transaction price among survivors, this box of ore raw materials alone is conservatively estimated to be worth thousands of gold!

Cheng Shen looked behind the pot.

In addition to the [-] or so people who came with him, there were also a few lizard-like scaly reptiles with a size comparable to that of a yak, pulling two carts full of people. ore!

Cheng Shen put down the raw materials in his hand, stood up, looked calmly at the earthen pot that was a head above him, and said with a smile, "It is indeed something I need more. How much food do you plan to use this box of ore raw materials for?"

He didn't try to lower the price, and the generous move of the Huitu tribe made him realize that the other party might have more than one rare vein.

And this is exactly the resource he lacks.

If he could establish a stable trade relationship with the other party, the only defect he had in the forest would be made up for.

This is a business worthy of his sincerity to maintain!
The earth pot was silent for a while, and looked at the clansmen behind him.

seems to be considering.

But Cheng Shen felt that his performance was actually hesitant, as if he was asking the opinion of a higher-status existence in the team.

And Cheng Shen followed his gaze, and immediately saw a slender girl in a tiger skin skirt with light brown skin in the crowd.

She has short, dark red hair, and a pair of shiny black eyes inlaid on her exquisite face with a hint of plateau red.

Noticing Cheng Shen's gaze, she turned her head and looked at him without hesitation, her thick eyebrows were raised and her white teeth were exposed.

"One thousand buckets!"

At this moment, Earth Can said as if making up his mind.

He was afraid that Cheng Shen would not understand the concept of a bucket, so he took a square container made of bamboo from the trailer.

Cheng Shen reached out to take it, gave Eugene some instructions, and he turned and left immediately. A moment later, Eugene returned with a farmer, and this farmer carried a bag of newly harvested wheat on his shoulders.

He put the bag on the ground, and in front of the earthen pot, Cheng Shen picked up the bamboo bucket and filled a container full of wheat grains.

"15 units..."

Cheng Shen glanced at the metering value of the system.

"One thousand buckets is [-] units of wheat. With the current output of the territory, it takes about three days to save enough..."

He counted.

After the number of recruits in the territory rose to 480, Cheng Shen expanded the area of ​​farmland again.

Now there are 121 farmers engaged in planting alone.

among them.

The number of people responsible for growing the main grain ash wheat is 80 people.

And one person can manage three wheat fields at the same time, and the basic grain output of one wheat field is 11 units of wheat.

However, after many improvements, the quality of gray wheat has been greatly improved.

Not only can the total output be increased by 30% on the original basis, but the loss rate of flour made from it has also been reduced by a full [-]%.

at the moment.

Cheng Shen's territory can produce 3440 units of high-quality wheat in one day.

It takes [-]% loss to make flour.

There are also 2752 units!

And his territory only needs to consume about 300 units of flour a day, and the rest is supplemented by various vegetables, meat, and fish he just brought back from the "sea". The living standards of the residents are quite good.

but.

Even if the food production capacity of his territory is enough to disdain all survivors.

But in the face of the deal from the Huitu tribe, it still seems stretched.

For just one box of ore, he had to make the residents of the territory save for three days.

And the earth pot came here,
It's definitely not just for exchanging a box of supplies...

Moreover, Cheng Shen is also calculating whether it is worthwhile to exchange [-] units of grain for this box of ore raw materials.

There is no shortage of food in his territory.

Therefore, it seems that the purchasing power of gold coins in his territory is extremely strong.

But that wasn't the case for other survivors.

The current market price of food,
It's 1:30.

In other words, one thousand gold coins can be exchanged for 30000 units of food.

It seems that he has double the profit margin.

But the ore in the earthen pot is a raw material after all, and it has to go through the most troublesome smelting and extraction steps.

Not only must the time cost be considered, but if the metal content in the ore is not ideal, he may lose money.

"I very much hope that this deal can be negotiated." Cheng Shen first revealed his sincerity, and then said: "However, the price you offered is unacceptable to me. I must first ensure that I will not lose money."

"Then how much food do you plan to exchange?"

The earth pot was a little breathless.

His eyes have been subconsciously glancing at the bag of wheat that Cheng Shen brought, showing eagerness, and so are most of the clansmen behind him.

Cheng Shen watched their performance calmly.

He deliberately asked someone to bring a bag of wheat and put it here.

On the one hand, it is implying to convey to them the confidence that he has no shortage of food.

Furthermore, it also meant to test them.

Of course, he didn't expect the results of the test to be so obvious. These gray earth people's ability to control their emotions is too poor.

All of a sudden, their dire situation of shortage of food was exposed...

"Cough." Cheng Shen coughed lightly, without changing his expression, he said, "Don't worry, I think it's necessary for me to explain the specific reason to you."

He turned his head and signaled Eugene to take a step forward.

The latter understood immediately, trying to squeeze out a kind smile on his fat face, and said: "Dear distinguished guests who have come from afar, I won't talk nonsense, the ore raw materials you brought are indeed precious.

But first of all, we need to take time to smelt and purify these ores. This step requires a lot of time and labor, and the final result may not meet the ideal standard.

We estimate in advance that the loss of this step will reach [-]%..."

He started talking unhurriedly, giving full play to his talents and bringing out his ability of bargaining and discounting to the extreme.

Cheng Shen listened with sincere agreement, but gradually the smile on his face became somewhat unnatural.

He doesn't know how to smelt.

I don't know how much loss will be achieved during the smelting process.

But the point is that the value he estimated was originally calculated based on smelting these raw ores into concentrates...

Cheng Shen has checked the metal content of this batch of raw materials through the system.

The quality is basically above 6.

Pretty good.

This also means that their smelting loss rate will not exceed [-]%.

But this [-]% is the loss of processing raw ore into concentrate, which is indispensable.

Cheng Shen had already included it when estimating the price.

But the conversion of Eugene's loss rate is directly added to the yield rate of fine materials...

As soon as he opened his mouth, Cheng Shen's expression became unnatural. When he heard that he planned to include the hoarding cost in the transaction, Cheng Shen hurriedly interrupted.

"Well, I think our friend has figured out why."

Cheng Shen said softly.

Then he glanced at Eugene with complicated eyes.

Seeing that he still has something to say and is talking too much, Cheng Shen seems to see an evil capitalist rising slowly.

He couldn't help thinking that maybe it was time to build streetlights in the territory...

"...you just tell me how much food you want to exchange!"

Tu Can said with a confused and uneasy look in his eyes.

It seems that he didn't understand Eugene's value conversion that intentionally included technical terms.

But at this moment, I instinctively feel bad.

"Five hundred buckets."

Cheng Shen summed up his psychological expectations and said.

According to Eugene's calculations, he even wanted to lower the price to a hundred buckets and exchange grain for ore raw materials at a ratio close to one to one.

But that was too much.

Cheng Shen was afraid of turning his face...

"It's a very reasonable price point," he repeated.

"Five hundred fights..."

Earth Pot looked relieved, as if the price hadn't exceeded his bottom line.

I just don't know if their original bottom line was not high, or because they were frightened by Eugene's advance preparation...

Tu Can turned his head and glanced at the wild girl. The latter's eyes were also full of shock at the moment. He didn't expect that a seemingly simple exchange of goods would involve so many ways, and his clear eyes were filled with confusion for a moment.

Seeing the gesture from the earth pot, she quickly recovered and nodded slightly.

"Okay, that's the price!"

Earth Can immediately said harshly.

"I'm glad we were able to reach a consensus."

Cheng Shen smiled.

"but……"

He hesitantly drew out his voice.

A group of members of the Huitu tribe on the opposite side suddenly became nervous, for fear that he would use various reasons to lower the price.

Cheng Shen smiled softly, "Don't be nervous, I just want to say that it is difficult to collect such a large amount of food in a short period of time, why don't you stay with me for three days, so that I can show my friendship as a landlord .”

Three days.

Cheng Shen's own output is definitely not enough to get all the food.

But behind him there is such a huge platform as the society, with the support of thousands of survivors, even if the amount of food transactions each person can provide is limited, when combined, it will be quite a huge sum.

"Three days, that's fine..." Tu Can glanced back at the girl, and then said sincerely, "We will bear the consumption of these three days by ourselves!"

Even if Cheng Shen didn't say anything, he would make corresponding demands.

It is not easy for them to reach this trade node.

To pass through the pale hills full of monsters and the bloody plain full of dangers, the fighting along the way has exhausted the clansmen. If they just go back like this, they will probably be wiped out within half the way.

"Of course I won't let you spend money on my territory."

Cheng Shen smiled calmly.

Subsequently.

He personally arranged for the Huitu people to stay.

Previous consideration was lacking.

Furthermore, Cheng Shen did not expect that a local caravan would come to trade so soon.

There are no buildings like post stations in the trade market.

But it just so happens that the completed arena is still empty, and there are separate rooms for distinguished guests, so the caravan will be allowed to live there first. There are eleven rooms in total. Fortunately, the rooms are spacious enough for two people to live in without being too crowded.

If possible, Cheng Shen even thought about bringing them into the territory.

Let them get in touch with more satisfied residents and experience the amazing benefits of his territory.

Maybe even recruit a group of Huitu people to join...

These guys are all powerful combat units, even the weakest one has the strength of a leader.

As the leader of the caravan, Earth Pot was even stronger than Arjieka, and Cheng Shen couldn't even see his attributes.

This shows that his level is at least ten levels higher than his own.

The other man whose attributes he couldn't see was also a taciturn strong man. He didn't have a giant python wrapped around his body like the clay pot, showing an astonishing aura.

But Cheng Shen happened to see a blue wolf head tattooed on his back, as if alive, and even glanced at him with that tattoo.

In other words, the caravan had no ill intentions towards him.

Otherwise, Cheng Shen deeply suspected that if they attacked his territory, even if he gathered all his troops and cooperated with the defensive towers, it would be difficult to withstand them.

And this is also one of his concerns about not taking the caravan to the territory.

Everything is arranged properly.

Cheng Shen said to the earthen pot: "You guys can take a stroll around the market these few days. If you like something, just take it and deduct it from the transaction money afterwards. Of course, the price will definitely be discounted!"

"We don't lack anything, except food."

The earth pot said in a deep voice.

The implication is that food is extremely important to them, and they will never waste the resources used to buy food to exchange for something insignificant.

Cheng Shen smiled and did not refute.

It is true that the Huitu people are powerful, but their equipment and living utensils are extremely simple.

He saw that the best weapon in their hands was just a battle ax polished from a whole piece of wild flame stone.

Wild Flame Stone is an excellent material.

Not too precious.

But a complete Huangyan stone the size of a whole washbasin is very rare.

If it was in Cheng Shen's hands, at least seven or eight excellent weapons with top-quality attributes could be made.

But falling into their hands can only be said to be reckless...

Of course, there are more Huitu people without weapons, and it seems that their fighting methods do not rely on weapons.

However, if you don't rely on weapons, must it be because you don't like to use them?
Cheng Shen had a delicate expression.

He could tell from the fact that the Huitu people were not good at smelting metals, they were quite backward in the field of technological development.

Isn't this a potential trading market?

"Leader, Lord Lord..."

At this moment, Earth Can spoke with some difficulty.

"Just call me 'Orange'."

Cheng Shen said.

"Orange?...Well, I want to trouble you with one thing. My people haven't eaten since they fought in the morning..."

Earth Pot's expression twisted.

"No problem, I'll prepare food for you right now. Speaking of which, I didn't greet well enough."

Cheng Shen interrupted with a smile before he finished speaking.

"……thanks."

Tu Can let out a sigh of relief, and sincerely thanked him. Because of Eugene's influence, his bad impression of Cheng Shen suddenly changed.

(End of this chapter)