If you hand over a large piece of animal skin, you will get two small copper utensils in exchange.
Although I always thought it was unreliable, the leader of a tribe in charge of trading couldn't wait to take it to the Ba tribe, and actually got pottery and even salt in exchange.
As the news spread, the authenticity and validity of the copper coins were quickly recognized by all tribes, and they all began to seek to trade the items in their hands into copper coins.
Because copper coins are easy to carry and store, a pile of dozens of animal skins is heavy and takes up space. It is especially difficult to carry and pack away. Moreover, you have to be careful at all times to avoid being taken away secretly on the river beach. But if you exchange it for copper coins , only a small handful, stored in a small animal skin pocket, very safe and convenient to carry around.
And according to tribes such as the Uba and other tribes, these copper coins will never expire. Even if you take them back and keep them for ten or eight years, you can still exchange them for any items you want.
Since then, in just two or three days, copper coins have become the most sought-after items during the Mother's Day Convention. All the tribes are asking about it. In any transaction, they must first ask if there are any copper coins. If there are any, even There are also discounts.
This exquisite and beautiful small copperware can be exchanged for any goods. It is simply a universal exchange treasure. It is convenient and honorable to carry it with you.
If you see something you like or want at another stall, just pay for it directly. It is much more convenient than holding a big bundle of smelly animal skins to trade, and you don’t have to look at the other party’s critical eyes and sarcastic remarks. Tone.
Even when you can take out a few shining gold coins, the eyes of the other party looking at you are full of surprise and flattery. If you can throw out a bag of money, you will be the most beautiful savage kid in the whole trade fair, and everyone will watch. Everyone will look at her with envy, jealousy and lust.
What is this? This is the style.
If you have money, you can show off at this trading conference.
Instead of carrying bundles of animal skins like before, smelling like a coolie barbarian bargaining with others one by one.
Regarding the copper coins, Xu Chen did not take the initiative to promote it on a large scale.
He knew that this was a silent development process.
As the interactions between tribes become closer and transactions continue to increase, copper coins will naturally spread out, and their acceptance and recognition will slowly increase.
However, he never expected that all tribes would be so receptive and interested in copper coins.
In just two or three days before Mother's Day, as the tribe gradually gathered together, discussions and topics about copper coins did not reach his ears. Even a group of witches and a large number of clan leaders were asking him about copper coins. It is hoped that the Ba people can provide more copper coins for trading.
But Xu Chen couldn't agree to this.
The first is lack of preparation and a serious lack of copper coin reserves.
Second, the demand is too great and the casting speed cannot keep up.
There is also the fact that only the Ba tribe has the ability to absorb a large amount of wealth with copper coins. If all tribes want copper coins, they can only sell them to the Ba tribe temporarily. After the Ba tribe harvests this wave of wealth, other tribes will be poor. There is money left over, which is not conducive to the balanced development of each tribe.
Although each tribe came for the trade fair and would do what they could, the six major alliance tribes brought thousands of animal skins and other goods. Even if the Ba tribe could buy them all, there would be nowhere to put them. ah.
Besides, even if the Ba people eat so many animal skins, they won’t be able to use them all, and even most of them won’t be used. The horns, teeth, brocade feathers, and gems are of no use to birds and can only be kept in the warehouse.
Eat gray mold.
Therefore, Xu Chen would definitely not engage in such meaningless wealth harvesting.
What's more, the Ba people have completed the most primitive capital accumulation. The animal skins and linen in the warehouse and the gold and gemstones in the house are just numbers.
In addition, if too many copper coins are released at once, it will also cause price instability.
Mother's Day only lasts for two days, one day for sacrifices and marriage ceremonies, and the other day for the trading meeting.
When the trading conference is about to end, many tribes are too lazy to take back all the animal skins and other goods they brought. They all want to exchange them for copper coins. They may jump off the building and sell them. The animal skins usually cost two cents a piece, but in the end they may become
One article per article.
After all, it is no longer the case four or five years ago when Xu Chen first traveled through time and materials were in short supply, and animal skins were the hard currency that best represented wealth.
With the continuous popularization of bows and arrows and horses, hunting has become easier and easier, and animal skins are becoming more and more abundant in various tribes. Therefore, what each tribe can bring in exchange must be redundant. Animal skins are no longer forced through, but are
As wearing linen has become a habit and fashion, animal skins are quickly fading out of the ranks of daily clothing. Most animal skins are used to make pockets, leather armors, leather boots, belts, saddles, scabbards, water bladders and other items, and
Not all animal skins are acceptable for these items, but there are strict requirements.
For example, when making leather armor, scabbards, belts, etc., the thickest and hardest animal skins should be used, preferably cowhide and wild boar skin.
To make leather boots, saddle pockets, etc., slightly softer and more delicate animal skins such as donkey skin and deer skin are used.
As for the animal skins worn to keep warm in winter and spring, only sheepskin, mink, fox, and even tiger, leopard, wolf, and bear varieties with soft and thick fur are left.
In the past, all kinds of messy animal skins could be traded. Now, except for the poor tribe and the newly joined skin tribe, basically no tribe is willing to trade.
Because of this, as the supply of animal skins continues to become more abundant and the classification gradually becomes more refined, the value of animal skins continues to decrease.
If there are several rounds of sales at the party, many animal skins will soon turn from the little sweets they were a few years ago to Mrs. Cow, and no one will care about them anymore.
Although this is inevitable for historical progress and commercial development, this time came too quickly, catching all the tribes off guard.
Xu Chen was also caught off guard, so he could only postpone the promotion of the coin, trying not to let the property depreciate too fast in order to maintain the stability of the price in the trading market.
Otherwise, the skin tribe who have just joined the Grand Alliance and the poor tribe who have been participating in gatherings and transactions as allies will become increasingly poor, because they only have animal skins on their hands.
The most valuable items are depreciating rapidly, and there are fewer and fewer things to exchange for them.
Therefore, Xu Chen is more cautious about increasing the amount of copper coins put into market circulation. Currently, he will only fix the price of copper, with grain as the core anchor. Only as each tribe gradually becomes richer in food, will the supply of copper coins gradually become sufficient.
Only in this way will tribes not be forced to sell off their increasingly low-value animal skins in exchange for more copper coins.
In addition, in order to prevent tribes from having too much copper money, they buy a large number of Ba pottery, bronzes, vehicles, stone mills and other mid-to-high-end goods. Because the Ba tribe's output of these things is limited, they must not be supplied in large quantities.
Once the supply is insufficient and other tribes complain or are dissatisfied privately, the credibility of the copper coins will be questioned, and the status of the Ba tribe and the reputation Xu Chen has finally accumulated will be damaged, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
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Amidst all the noise and bustle, Mother's Day finally arrived as scheduled.
This is already the third Mother's Day sacrificial meeting held by the Ba people, so they are already familiar with it.
The preparations and the sequence of steps for various sacrificial activities have already been arranged. A group of great shamans and tribal chiefs led the arrangements, and there was no need for Xu Chen to personally participate in directing these matters.
Because this is the home court of witches, everything is carried out by the little witch, who is the big witch, leading a group of witches. Xu Chen is only responsible for arranging the hunter team to maintain the order of sacrifices and the security of gatherings.
In the early morning of March 16th, after breakfast.
There had just been a light rain last night. On the river beach covered with flowers and green grass, tents were densely packed. The earthen stoves and bonfires used for cooking were still glowing with smoke. Amidst the low and melodious sounds of horns and drums, Xu Chen rode with his horse.
A large group of hunters and a group of witches on horseback came out of the Ba ethnic compound in a car.
On the river beach, thousands of people lined up to welcome him.
More than a dozen ethnic flags were neatly inserted in a row of piles of stones, facing the early morning sun and gently rolling and swaying in the warm and humid spring breeze. The scene looked solemn and spectacular.
Dozens of mounted hunters, wearing leather armor and holding spears and bows, stood in a row in front of the clan flag. The horses under their crotches were screeching their hooves and snoring. Amidst the sound of horns and war drums, they became a little excited.
stand up.
The tribal chiefs and family leaders of each tribe, along with the young men and women from their respective tribes who were preparing to participate in sacrifices and marriage ceremonies, stood in front of each team with excited faces.
As Xu Chen and others got closer and closer, the atmosphere at the scene became more and more lively. When the carriage passed by the garrison site, men, women, and children from each tribe, led by the leader of the tribe, squatted down in rows.
Cheers of cheers came and went, resounding throughout the river beach.
Xu Chen was riding on the horse with a face filled with joy.
After several years of training, these primitive tribes have become more civilized and unified in command.
As the carriage rolled to the center of the venue, it stopped in front of the Ba national flag and the dragon flag. Almost all the people present squatted on the ground. Even the knights on horseback all dismounted and squatted on the ground, their faces full of expressions.
Excited and eager.
One year has passed, and Dawu has become much more mature. The childish face and nervous emotions before are now gone.
The most eye-catching thing is that the blue cloak on her body has been replaced by a golden cloak. Even the pattern on her white skirt has turned into gold, embroidered with various witchcraft and sun, moon and star patterns, which looks more exquisite.
Complex, adding more gorgeousness and noble temperament.
Several other great witches also put on brand new witch dresses, even the great witch from a poor family who has been a guest at the ceremony also did the same. This year, he received a set of white witch dresses as a gift.
The seven great witches appeared at the same time. The young and old gathered together and looked so imposing that the people squatting all over the place did not dare to raise their heads and could only bow and worship.