The fishman lord Shakda had a nervous look on his face. He had already opened his treasury and put a lot of "unused garbage" in front of Lu.
There are obviously valuable specialty materials around the city and various deep-sea salvage items. The accumulation of this lord's "treasure trove" far exceeds expectations.
Looking at the hill in front of him, even Lu Mou, who had always been bloodless and tearless, was a little surprised.
"Are there so many pollutants?"
Among the piles of sealed "pollutants", he casually dug out two taboo items that were identified by his panel as "gold level".
He somewhat underestimated the accumulation of hundreds of years in this city.
The huge sea area, ancient ruins, and continuous wars ultimately shaped this world.
"Why, the local residents here are obviously so weak, why has this world not fallen yet?"
Before humans came, the world had fallen into despair, but there were always survivors and it was not completely destroyed.
But if you really look into it, the reason is actually quite simple. On the one hand, the world is large enough, with enough foundation and vast sea area, and has enough strategic depth. On the other hand, it is the main reason.
"Lots of battlefield loot"
Shakda said some helpless words intermittently.
Before humans came, this was actually a three-way war between the Three Kingdoms, the Abyss Zerg, the Eight-clawed Forces, and the Fire-born Gray Dwarfs. They only saw each other, and the indigenous people were actually extinct in their eyes.
In fact, this judgment is not wrong. The Changshou tribe who have lost their "civilization" and "technology" have lost the possibility of resistance. What's even more helpless is that the technological weapons in their heyday are no match for the three major disasters.
Naturally, patients don’t have to worry about their recovery.
Their enemies are always only each other!
During this process, it was because of the constant pressure from the other two tribes that the Ba Zhao continued to increase their troops, creating a new major ethnic group in this world - the original Ba Zhao tribe and their descendants who had escaped from control.
Based on the average lifespan of a mortal race, the war has been going on for too long and has spanned many generations. Naturally, there have been countless deserters and refugees, as well as too many "missing persons".
On the other hand, the reproductive capacity of the murlocs is also amazing, eventually creating a new main race in this world - the murlocs who are beaten every day.
They hide on the edge of the battlefield and try to avoid it all, but they are inevitably involved.
The most powerful among them even went to war with the Eight-claw System for the freedom of their own will, but some of them were coerced into joining it again.
"The goods you gave are beyond my value. Well, I don't have equivalent goods here. How about I give you some of our currency. In this way, you can go to our city to buy what you need.
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Lu Ping'an thought for a moment, and then said with a conscience.
But in fact, some things have a price but no market, and it is impossible for him to buy rule-level items at real market prices.
Giving money to humans is just a plan, accepting goods, understanding the culture and racial symbols contained in the goods, but compared to the "insidiousness" of accepting money, it is really just a fraction.
If you have money, you naturally want to use it. Then, as you go back and forth, you look at other people's wealth and big houses, and then look at your own cold lair, you will naturally have a gap and a yearning.
And this is really a beginning. After these fish people begin to accept human currency on a large scale, they will naturally use their own consumption and income to pay for human industry and industry, which is equivalent to comprehensive and deep integration and control.
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Of course, Ping An did not go too far, at least it did not come up with any CFA francs or Mercury 42 special coins.
What he took out was the professional's credit currency, which is also the hard currency that is getting more and more popular now.
In fact, with the spread of each profession, as well as the expansion of the earth's forces in the world outside the star domain, these "currencies" have also gained purchasing power in various star domains, gradually eliminating the problems that they cannot buy even though they are high in price.
The dilemma of quality goods.
In a sense, it can be regarded as a star colony, using "value (physical objects)" to offset the rapid currency inflation.
Lu Ping'an's use of credit coins is already the ultimate act of conscience. Even so, he has already made crazy money.
However, he is not worried at all that the fishmen who will know all this later will hate him. He is even sure that he will be recorded in their "history" and will probably have a good reputation.
"Of course I will make some money. After all, if I don't make a lot of money, there will be no new customers on this business route."
Lu Pingan said it very straightforwardly. He did not hide the essence of exchanging "glass beads" for "gems", but the other party not only had no choice, but was also worried that Lu Pingan would not make enough money and he/others would not come a second time.
He even took the initiative to give the other party a sea map, which marked his safe route and the coordinates of some human cities.
"These coins are enough to buy a cart of these snacks. Well, if we are in our homeland, the local food prices are actually a bit high. I would also recommend that you buy some industrial facilities to improve the local living conditions."
Very easily, Lu Ping An became a local "super VIP".
He even told the other party some of the value of his currency. After all, this thing couldn't be hidden for long. There were fish people living in human cities.
Perhaps there are not many goods purchased at the beginning, and they are only owned by some fishmen.
But the tendencies of the upper class will affect the ordinary people. When the people above are using new gadgets from humans, they will naturally ask and try to own them.
The composition of these refugees was so mixed that Lu Ping'an couldn't count how many ethnic groups he saw along the way, and the high-level bureaucrats under the lord could not distinguish between more than a dozen ethnic groups.
Most of them have lost their culture and heritage, so I, Ping Lu, will give you a new culture.
When they use human currency to trade with humans and imitate humans' way of survival, they naturally gradually become "foreign humans", or at least are linked to this tank.
Most humans will not feel uncomfortable because of the death of two insects. The hidden premise of their anger because of the injury and death of children is that they regard the victims as their own kind.
Those who commit the most cruel and evil deeds, and are more or less racist and exclusivist in nature, since they are "not the same kind but animals", naturally they can do whatever they want. This fanatical brainwashing model of self-deception has been used in history.
It has happened so many times, which is really sad.
What Lu Ping'an is doing now is just the beginning, the beginning of integrating all the scattered ethnic groups in this world.
This is not completely impossible, because there is always a "common enemy". The existence of the three major pests threatens all native creatures. As long as you fight against the three major pests, you will be a natural "one of our own".
Judging from the results, it is because of the existence of these "public enemies" that the Long-Handed Clan and the foreign races get along quite well.
Then, with the premise of "making a living together and defending against foreign enemies", the focus is now on what Lu Pingan is doing to "build a community of interests" and truly tie all ethnic groups into the human chariot.
These things may be destined to happen, but as long as Lu Ping'an, a "high-level human being," actively participates, they will happen much earlier, and they will be controllable at least in the early stage.
"Sir, don't you know that our food suits your taste?"
Lu Ping'an, who became a distinguished guest, naturally received warm hospitality from the local fish people.
But Lu Pingping felt more and more subtle when he saw those female fishmen dancing strange dances in front of him and spitting bubbles from time to time, causing real exclamations (Fish: So lustful).
But he knows better that some things are destined to happen
"How is the martial arts performance of our new generation? Would you be interested in giving some advice?"
Sure enough, some fish heads were still ready to move.
This is also in line with their logic. If they don't even have the ability to protect themselves, your goods will naturally be mine. Then they may not only rob them all, but they may even directly attack local cities in the future.
Civilization or barbarism may just depend on whether the opponent has a sharp enough sword.
"Of course, I also have some subordinates here who are quite interested in you."