When the prince of no descendants found out that he had a baby, he went crazy

Chapter 33 Barter
In front of a temporary felt tent on the Northern Barbarian Grassland, many people wearing thick gray robes gathered, and many animal furs were tied to the horses or carts behind them.

Gu Hua felt that it was too time-consuming and laborious to take the goods to each tribe for exchange, so he asked Balin to take his younger brothers to spread the news that things could be exchanged here to several surrounding pastoral tribes.

Since few people come to pastoral areas, they are generally self-sufficient. In some places, there is no market within hundreds of miles, and even if you have money, you may not be able to spend it.

I heard that Gu Hua has beautiful cloth, tea that can help you get rid of the ick for meat, and some daily necessities.

Those who have silver can use it to buy, and those who don’t have silver can also exchange goods for goods. How can the herdsmen not be happy with such convenient transactions?

As a result, many people came from tribes all over the place.

Gu Hua saw that there were too many people buying and exchanging things, and realized that Qi Yan and Balin were too busy, so he wanted to step forward to help.

Qi caught a glimpse of the pregnant woman walking over, handed the box of tea in his hand to the herdsman uncle, walked over quickly, and glanced at Gu Hua's big belly.

"If you're not afraid of being bumped into, just go over and help."

Gu Hua grinned and said, well, given her current situation it is indeed not suitable for her to go into the crowd and cause trouble to others.

Balin threw a few furs aside and yelled, "Get lost! You're trying to fool me with this rubbish. You woman, do you deserve a beating?"

Gu Hua had just sat aside to rest away from the crowd when he heard Balin howling in a hoarse voice. He turned around and saw an elderly woman pointing at him.

"Isn't this fur? Why can't it be changed?"

The woman with the triangular eyes pointed at Gu Hua and said loudly to the herdsmen who were looking at her, "It was the day before yesterday when you brought two trucks of goods to our tribe, and she exchanged the goods with the children of Ashina's family whose furs were of very poor quality."

As soon as the woman finished speaking, she was confronted by a man in the crowd.

"Toya, how can you compare yourself with Ashina's family?" The tall man frowned and looked at her disapprovingly, "Don't you know that his family has several children whose father has passed away and whose mother is not in good health.

The children had not yet learned the skill of tanning leather, and the female merchant from Daxuan who came to trade goods must have seen that the children were in difficulty, so she was kind enough to exchange things with them.

You deliberately brought a torn and bald skin to exchange for goods. You really brought shame to us grassland tribesmen."

Toya's face turned red because of what the man said and the herdsmen around him looked at him strangely. Balin raised his uninjured fist at the right time, and the woman instantly picked up her skin and ran away with her tail between her legs.

When the herders learned that Gu Hua had kindly exchanged the goods that she had transported with great difficulty with a few children who had lost their fathers and were in difficult financial circumstances, they looked at her with much friendlier eyes.

Originally, people who came here only to exchange goods did not pay attention to Gu Hua, a merchant who did not look like a northern barbarian. However, after this incident, many herdsmen would take the initiative to say hello to Gu Hua when they left.

Gu Hua saw some herdsmen picking out the skins with holes and bald hair from Qi Yan and Balin, and perhaps thinking that it was useless to take them back, they just threw them into a ditch nearby.

Gu Hua, who saw this scene, walked over, picked them up and took a look. The four or five sheepskins were in very good condition, but unfortunately there were several holes on them, and because they were not properly stored, the fur on them was also bald in a large area.

In the vast grasslands of the Northern Barbarians, where there are many cattle and sheep in the pastures, this kind of leather is indeed waste and should be thrown away.

However, before coming here, Gu Hua had inquired about it and found that the market for damaged low-quality leathers was actually quite good in Daxuan, a small pastoral area with not many cattle and sheep. At least many high-end shoemakers that made warm winter boots needed these leathers.

Gu Hua looked at the herdsman who was about to leave with other goods after throwing away a few inferior furs and shouted, "Wait a minute, big brother."

The big man turned around and looked at Gu Hua in confusion and asked, "Merchant from Daxuan, what can I do for you?"

Gu Hua pointed to the pieces of skin he had picked up with a smile on his face, "This is what you dropped."

"Yes." The honest herdsman said seriously, "There are still many damaged leathers at home.

There is no point in taking these back. If they are not stored properly in the summer, they will easily get infested with insects. So I don’t want to take those pictures.”

Gu Hua smiled and turned to Balin and said, "Tear three feet of cloth for this herdsman brother, and I will take these five damaged furs."

"No... no thanks." The honest herdsman waved his hands and said, "I've thrown away all these skins. If you want them, take them. No need to exchange them."

Balin also said, "Boss Gu, if you want these damaged skins, just take them. You don't need to exchange anything else with them."

Gu Hua didn't explain and glanced at Qi Yan beside him.

Although Qi Yan didn't understand what Gu Hua was going to do, he still tore off three feet of cloth from the ordinary cloth, walked over and stuffed it into the big man's arms.

"Take it. She is a very honest businessman and doesn't want to take advantage of us Northern Barbarian herdsmen brothers."

"Thank you...thank you." The big man didn't expect that those few pieces of fur could be exchanged for so much cloth, enough to make clothes for his two dolls. Someone saw Gu Hua accepting the fur, and asked in confusion: "Just now, that Tuoya also brought the fur to exchange, why didn't you accept it?"

Gu Hua smiled faintly, "Why should I exchange the goods that I brought from far away with great difficulty with someone who obviously wants to take advantage of me?"

Everyone then understood that Gu Hua was not unwilling to exchange the goods with Tuoya, but was unwilling to do business with someone with ulterior motives.

Soon, the news that Gu Hua also accepted damaged and low-quality furs spread quickly, but the items exchanged for the damaged furs were very few.

However, as long as Gu Hua is willing to exchange the broken leather that is of no use at home and just takes up space, the herdsmen will be very happy.

How could you complain that what you got in exchange was too little?

No matter how much goods there were, there were not enough people to support them. More than half of the goods were exchanged in just a few days, and the furs received in exchange almost piled up into a small mountain.

Just as Gu Hua expected that all the goods would be exchanged within three to five days, they had just finished their meal in the evening when they heard the sound of horse hooves galloping towards them.

Qi Yan held down Gu Hua who was about to stand up, "I'm going to go out and take a look, you stay inside and don't move."

Gu Hua had already learned not to be curious in the apocalypse, so he nodded and continued to sit in the yurt drinking the butter tea he had exchanged with the herdsmen.

After a moment, Qi Yan's tall body bent down and walked into the tent again. Gu Hua heard the noise and turned around, only to see two men in their thirties following him.

"Hua, they came here from Ergun City for business. They heard that merchants from Daxuan came here to trade goods, so they came here to ask if the things they brought can be exchanged with you."

Gu Hua nodded. "As long as what they bring is either precious, rare, or useful, I am willing to exchange with them."

There is no such thing as willingness or unwillingness in doing business. It only matters whether your products are good and whether it is worth it for others to trade with you.

When Gu Hua saw one of them open the box he brought and show the contents, his eyes widened instantly and his eyes flashed with cunning.

The two men in their thirties were so scared that they took a step back, fearing that she would turn into a bandit and steal their things.

A smile flashed across Qi Yan's eyes. He took the item from the man and handed it to the woman with golden eyes. "This is what they want to exchange. If you are willing, talk to them."

The two men seemed to trust Qi Yan very much, and when he stretched out his hand, they put the things they brought into his palm.

Gu Hua carefully took the palm-sized box, and a chill hit her face. If she didn't have ice-related abilities, the chill that penetrated her skin and spleen in an instant would have hurt her and the baby in her belly.

Qi Yan reacted and tried to take the box back, but Gu Hua stopped him, "It's okay, this little bit of cold air can't hurt me."

He looked in amazement at the five crystal clear, cold, lotus-seed-shaped objects inside, then raised his head to look at the two men who had brought these things.

He asked, "What is this? Why is it so cold?"

One of the tall and strong men with a square face replied, "I am Korle. This is the Tianyun Mountain where my brother Bilu and I went not long ago and where the snow never melts all year round.

I originally wanted to hunt a few snow foxes with expensive fur to make money, and I picked this by accident."

Before coming to Beiman, Gu Hua had only heard that there was a precious medicinal herb called ice snow lotus on the snowy mountains here. What was this thing that looked like lotus seeds?

"What does this thing do?"

"Uh...uh..."

Gu Hua looked at the big man named Korler scratching the back of his head, hesitating for a long time and unable to answer, and knew that he didn't know what the use of this thing was.

Gu Hua, who had experienced the end of the world, had little interest in exchanging things that looked good but were useless, so she shook her head and raised her hand to return the box to them.

The two rough and tall men glanced pitifully at Qi Yan standing aside.

Qi Yan glanced at the two men, and the two big men shrank slightly and lowered their heads.

If Gu Hua, who saw this scene, still couldn't guess that these people knew each other, she would be a complete fool.

However, Gu Hua did not expose the incident and continued to drink butter tea elegantly, pretending not to see the flirting and winking between the few people.

Anyway, asking her to exchange valuable goods for useless things is just a "no way" for her.

(End of this chapter)