Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 184 What Daxia wants, Liu Dahu's ambition
The exchange meeting is still going on normally, but unlike in the past, the protagonists have changed from the Tongling and Zhuhe camps to the Daxia camp.

Especially after Xia Chuan announced that the exchange rate between Daxia's iron ore and coal was one to fifteen, except for Zhu He and Meng Yuan's groups, almost everyone in the other nine medium-sized camps burst into warm cheers.

Previously, Xia Chuan said that giving all the camps in Wuyuan Mountain a chance to merge was a blessing from Daxia.

In fact, people do not really agree with this statement.

After all, they had never been to the Daxia camp and did not know the actual situation. Although looking at the attire of Yuwen Tao's hundreds of people and the weapons and iron ore brought by Xia Chuan, it can be inferred that the Daxia camp is very powerful.

You can bring your own family members to join other camps, but you can't just consider how strong they are.

No matter how powerful Daxia is, what will happen if they treat the people in their camp badly?
Even more extremely, what if Daxia and the Sanhu Camp have similar styles?
But it’s different now. Iron ore and weapons are real benefits.

The exchange rate of 1:15 is 40% lower than the pricing of the two camps in Tongling and Zhuhe. How much coal and materials can they save? How much more iron ore can they get?

For them, these tangible benefits are the real gospel.

"Sir, this is a specialty of our camp, the fruit is sweet and has a unique fragrance. The exchange ratio with coal was 3 to 1 before, and it should be 45 to 1 with iron. We have 45000 kilograms of it here, and we want to exchange it for 1000 kilograms of iron."

"Sir, this is the typhoid medicine produced in our camp. Some weak women and children who have symptoms of headache and fever can use it to treat it. The ratio with coal was 1:1 before. We brought 1200 kilograms and want to exchange it all for iron."

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When it came to exchanging supplies, Qiu Peng naturally took on the leading role.

He is the director of the camp supply department, in charge of all the supplies in the camp. He is also responsible for the things brought this time. Naturally, he will also be in charge of the exchange of supplies with the eleven camps.

Xia Chuan did not intervene, but just watched quietly from the side.

After just a moment's reading, he roughly understood it.

Coal should be a common commodity in the camps around Wuyuan Mountain.

The price of almost any material is measured in coal.

Xia Chuan's eyes lit up slightly, and he showed some approval for the command of the people in front of him.

It’s true that coal is indeed suitable as a pricing commodity.

First of all, it is also a necessity. The heat generated by it for heating is far greater than that of trees, and it also greatly improves the environment. Unlike wood burning, it produces a lot of smoke and has low burning efficiency.

Secondly, it can be used in smelting iron, refining chemicals, softening soil, and even transforming the living environment. It has a wide range of uses and can be used by every household.

Finally, its mining threshold is high, and its output is limited, just like iron. Each company must invest manpower in digging to produce output. It happens that most of the eleven camps have this capability and have coal mines.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that other things are not good. In comparison, the two necessities, iron and cold beast meat, are actually more suitable.

The problem is that these two things are considered scarce in Wuyuan Mountain.

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"Sir, we made a lot of money from this deal. We exchanged more than 40,000 kilograms of iron ore for more than 500,000 coal stones, and got so many new things, including old fruit, frozen beads, green buffalo, fragrant cold fruit, cold medicine, and medicinal white angelica umbrella, jade bone grass, and cold powder...

Cheng Feng just told me that if we take these things back and use the medicine decoction pot to identify them, who knows, we might be able to come up with a lot of new medicine formulas!"

Before all the supplies were exchanged, Qiu Peng handed over the rest of the matters to his subordinates. With an excited look on his face, he took a few new things and walked to Xia Chuan to report.

Xia Chuan took the new things that Qiu Peng handed over, and his eyes lit up slightly.

For Daxia, such a deal is indeed a good deal.

Such a small amount of iron ore can be exchanged for so many things. Even if we don’t know the difficulty of collecting these materials, at least in terms of quantity, Daxia has made an unknown amount of money.

Even if they used all of it to exchange for coal, they wouldn't make much money.

"Sir, I would say there is no need to bring these people into the camp. Just leave them here, just like the two camps in Zhuhe and Tongling, and release a certain amount of iron ore regularly. After such an exchange, in essence, they are still collecting resources for Daxia. What do you think?"

Hearing Qiu Peng's words, Xia Chuan immediately frowned and asked back:
"Do you think I brought all of you all the way to Wuyuan Mountain just to earn these things?"

Qiu Peng was stunned at first, and then fell into deep thought.

Seeing that he hadn't figured it out for a long time, Xia Chuan shook his head, played with the new thing in his hand for a few times, and said directly:

“We won’t know the value of these things until we get back to identify them, but no matter what, they are definitely useful to us, so if they are useful, we must find a way to get them.

Do you think we need to adopt the same approach as those two camps to get these things? "

This question has been asked very bluntly.

No matter how stupid Qiu Peng was, he understood it.

"Brother sent us here to expand the territory. What Daxia wants is not just these things, but the entire... Five Ape Mountain!"

Xia Chuan looked disdainful. Having been in a high position for a long time, not only did his vision become much broader than that of people like Qiu Peng, but it also gave him a deeper understanding of the relationships between the camps.

He turned to look at Zhu Xing and Meng Yuan, and found that they were admiring the weapons brought by Da Xia. He sneered and whispered, "Do you think that the Zhuhe and Tongling camps are exploiting the nearby camps in this way because they are kind-hearted?"

Of course not!
The reason they took this approach was because they did not have the strength to annex the other nine camps.

Qiu Peng finally understood what was going on and nodded.

Seeing that he understood, Xia Chuan changed the subject and said with a smile:

"Of course, just because the method you proposed is not applicable in Wuyuan Mountain doesn't mean it won't work in other places. The core problem is..."

"strength!"

Once his thoughts became clear, Qiu Peng naturally realized the key to the problem. Seeing Xia Chuan's testing look, he directly gave the answer.

"Unless Daxia is unable to crush the enemy with its strength, in other words, it is impossible to seize the territory for itself, then we can adopt this unequal transaction method and let other camps seize resources for Daxia in disguise!"

What my brother said is indeed right, talents need to be cultivated.

Xia Chuan nodded and looked at Qiu Peng with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

"The camps in the Wuyuan Mountain area are not qualified to trade with us. These 40,000 kilograms of iron ore can only be regarded as a gesture of goodwill from Daxia. If they are smart, they should be able to figure it out after returning."

Qiu Peng's expression also cheered up after hearing this. Looking at the people who had already exchanged their supplies and were looking at the hundreds of weapons, a strange look suddenly appeared on his face. He smiled and said, "Sir, you knew a long time ago that they couldn't afford these weapons, and you brought them here just to show them, right?"

Xia Chuan nodded, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

He was not surprised that these people would show such a reaction when they saw the weapons of Da Xia. To be precise, he knew it when he came into contact with Xiao Kangcheng.

The level of weapons smelting in Wuyuan Mountain is far behind that of Daxia.

Although both are made of ten-forged iron, the weapons from the Five Ape Mountain contain too many impurities and are not condensed enough. Whether in terms of sharpness or hardness, they are far inferior to the weapons of Da Xia.

The weapons are poor, no wonder the hunting level in this camp is not up to par.

Xia Chuan previously priced ordinary weapons at five times their weight.

In other words, if a sword weighs 600 kilograms, it would take three times as much, or 3000 kilograms, of iron ore to exchange for it. According to the coal-iron exchange rate in Wuyuan Mountain, it would take 45000 kilograms of coal to exchange for the lightest sword.

This is the price of ordinary weapons. The price of special weapons such as bows and arrows is even more expensive.

A ten-stone iron-frame bow contains 5000 kilograms of iron ore, which is equivalent to 75000 kilograms of coal.

Qiu Peng didn't quite understand at first, but now he understands that Xia Chuan set the price so high and didn't intend to replace these people at all.

He brought these weapons here just to show them to this group of people.

"First, we can arouse their curiosity and awe of Daxia. This way, when they send people to visit Daxia, they will naturally have a deeper understanding of it. The speed of annexing these camps will also be faster."

Xia Chuan said this softly. Seeing that the exchange of materials had ended and everyone was still gathering around the weapons, he walked directly to the front of the crowd. "Everyone, this exchange meeting will end here. I know you want these weapons, but the coal and stone you brought today are not enough. How about this?"

Xia Chuan paused for a moment, motioned Qiu Peng to put away the weapons first, and then continued with a smile: "I just said that each family can send three people to visit my Great Xia camp, and then ask them to bring supplies to exchange. These weapons are common in my Great Xia. You can exchange them at any time."

When everyone heard this, they looked a little regretful, but they could only nod.

"Sir, may I ask when we can send someone to visit, and how we can find the Daxia camp?"

Chen Hua from Xifeng Camp was the first to ask this question.

Many people looked at him sideways, their expressions flickering slightly.

Xia Chuan raised his eyes slightly and looked at Chen Hua with a hint of satisfaction on his face.

Since they took the initiative to ask this question, it is obvious that the Xifeng camp is most interested in being incorporated into Daxia, and therefore is most eager to know about Daxia's situation.

"Don't worry, everyone. I have made all the arrangements. I will send people to wait here tomorrow night. When all ten of your families are together, they will escort you to my Daxia camp. One day later, they will send you back here by the same route."

Ten families?
Aren’t there eleven houses here?

Everyone looked at each other for a while, and the smart few immediately realized something and shifted their attention to Xiao Kangcheng.

"Excuse me, everyone. Someone from my Xiaohe camp is already in Daxia!"

Xiao Kangcheng bowed and explained with a smile.

The others immediately realized that he was the only person present who knew Xia Chuan. Obviously, Xiaohe Camp had already had contact with Daxia.

Seeing that everyone in the Great Xia camp had packed up, Xia Chuan had no intention of staying any longer. He signaled Yuwen Tao to lead his men to withdraw first, then turned to look at the leaders of the Five Ape Mountain camp, clasped his hands together, and laughed loudly:

"Everyone, that's all for today! Tomorrow night, we will be at the Daxia camp, waiting for your presence."

Thinking of something, he suddenly turned to look at Xiao Kangcheng and invited:

"Captain Xiao, we are on the way. Please come with us. Xiao Yuan and Xiao Ning and Xiao Yu are waiting for us not far away. I will leave the three of them to you."

"Thank you, Master Xiachuan!"

Hearing that Xiao Yuan and his two daughters were not far away, Xiao Kangcheng smiled and nodded, and followed with Lu Shun and Xiao Ping pushing the cart.

Once everyone from the Daxia camp left, the people from the remaining ten camps naturally had no intention of staying any longer.

"Everyone, I'm leaving now. I have to go back and discuss things. I'm afraid that things are not going to be peaceful in Wuyuan Mountain these days!"

Meng Yuan, who had been taciturn, took the lead in speaking and left with the three of them.

Everyone was a little surprised, but didn't say anything.

As soon as Meng Yuan left, Zhu He and the people from the remaining eight families also left one after another.

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On the east side of Yiyuan Peak, Meng Yuan and his three companions were galloping on the snow.

Although the four of them were carrying heavy bags on their backs, they moved very quickly with nervous expressions, as if they were avoiding something and did not dare to slow down for even a moment.

"Leader, we're almost a kilometer away, we should be fine."

Meng Yuan, who was running in front, stopped immediately when he heard the sound, turned around and looked behind him. He felt that he was really far away from the cave, and the tension on his face gradually relaxed.

After he was completely relaxed, he turned to look at the person on the far left of the three people behind him and said with a reproachful look:

"I told you not to come, but you insisted on coming, and you wanted to save your two brothers and your large group of family members. Is the Great Xia Camp easy to mess with?"

"That Yuwen Tao can catch you all in one fell swoop with more than 30 people. I don't know how strong Xia Chuan is, but his status is obviously higher than Yuwen Tao. How can you save people from him alone?"

"There are more than a hundred Digging Realm warriors, and each of them is armed with such a good weapon. Fortunately, they didn't recognize you. If they had recognized you, our Tongling camp would be in trouble tonight."

"I have cooperated with you for so many years, if I capsize in this gutter..."

"Shut up!"

Before Meng Yuan could finish his words of blame, he was directly scolded by the man.

The man raised his head, revealing an ordinary face, but the fierce light in his eyes and the fierce tone still frightened Meng Yuan, making his face turn pale and blue, and he was speechless for a long time.

"Cooperate with me, didn't I cooperate with you?
Without us three brothers, could you have been able to peacefully exploit the camps below with iron ore for so many years in Tongling Camp?
Without us three brothers, where would all those people in your camp come from?

I've done so many dirty things for you, so I'll just ask you to help me this time.

What are you talking about? "

Liu Dahu looked at Meng Yuan with a cold gaze. Thinking of his second and third brothers, and so many family members who had just been killed in front of him, the anger in his heart had reached its peak.

His desire to kill has reached its peak at this moment. If Meng Yuan was not useful, he would have wanted to kill him right now.

Revenge, revenge, revenge is a must!

Second brother, third brother, wife, son... Don't worry, Yuwen Tao, Xia Chuan, and everyone in the Daxia camp, one day, I will make them all be buried with you!

Liu Dahu's fists were clenched so tightly under his sleeves that they were about to bleed, and he was roaring angrily in his heart.

After more than ten breaths, he turned to look at Meng Yuan, gradually calming down the emotions on his face, and said slowly: "Captain Meng, my relatives just died in front of me, so it's inevitable that I feel a little weird. I'm sorry for offending you, please forgive me!"

Hearing his inconsistent attitude, Meng Yuan was stunned, but his expression eased a little and he said, "It's okay. We have had a good relationship over the years. What happened just now was indeed, hey..."

Liu Dahu looked completely relaxed, gritted his teeth, and as if he had thought it through, he bowed directly to Meng Yuan and said respectfully: "Captain Meng, my family members are all dead, the Sanhu Camp is gone, and I have nowhere to go in the future. I can only join your Tongling Camp.

From today on, I will change my name to Liu Biao, and I will be an ordinary member of the Tongling camp. I hope that Chief Meng can keep my secret. From now on, I am willing to be commanded by the chief. How do you think?"

Meng Yuan was stunned at first, and then his expression suddenly became excited.

Judging from Daxia's attitude towards Liu Erhu and others, once Liu Dahu's identity is leaked and Daxia knows it, he will definitely be killed.

This is equivalent to having a handle on him in his hand, and this handle was voluntarily handed over by Liu Dahu.

Liu Dahu, you are surrendering to me!
Thinking of Liu Dahu's strength, although he was a little worried, Meng Yuan's eyes also flashed with excitement, and he quickly stepped forward to help him up:
"Brother Liu Da... Biao, you don't have to be so polite. It is a blessing for my Tongling Camp to have your help. Don't worry, from now on, there will only be one person named Liu Biao in my Tongling Camp. I don't know who Liu Dahu is, and no one knows it either."

Liu Dahu, who had lowered his head, showed a triumphant smile on his face. He raised his head and quickly changed his expression, saying with a hint of gratitude: "Liu Biao, thank you, Chief Meng!"

Judging from today's situation, this idiot Meng Yuan will definitely bring everyone in the camp to merge into Daxia, so that I can sneak in with a new identity.

It’s not difficult to find an opportunity to get rid of this idiot. By then, there will be no one left who knows my true identity.

Isn’t the Daxia Camp very powerful?
I will sneak in and use your resources to improve my strength. Once I become stronger, I will kill Yuwen Tao, Xia Chuan, and everyone else.

When that day comes, I want to see what expressions you will have!
Liu Dahu's face looked normal, but his heart was twisted and roaring, as if he saw Xia Chuan, Yu Wentao and others kneeling in front of him in the future. His eyes turned bloodshot and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"I was saying, this idiot, he's obviously not as strong as you, how come he's the leader and you're the subordinate? It turns out you're the big tiger that escaped!"

A clear and teasing voice suddenly came from the side, causing Liu Dahu's face to freeze instantly, and his heart trembled violently.

"who!"

"who is it!"

Meng Yuan and his other two subordinates were also startled. The three of them quickly turned around and shouted in the direction of the voice, trying to find out who the person was.

(End of this chapter)