Although Gavin's main focus during this period was on the Eagle Cliff Cave, the development of the Black Well Tribe has not stagnated at all.
The population also exceeded the 2,500 mark.
Compared with the explosive growth in Yingya Cave, the growth here is indeed a bit slow, but stability is more important.
There is another reason that slows down the development of Heijing. Heijing needs blood transfusions, not only to transport food to the Yingya Cave, but also to transport people to the sinkhole tribes.
As a built-in subsidiary, the Pit has a certain degree of confidentiality and closure, and implements closed-loop management. It does not directly recruit kobolds from the outside, but carefully selects them through the black well, and then transfuses blood here.
So far, the population of the Trap Tribe is only about 800, but they are all professionals in digging and trapping. The number of spirit crystals produced in the spirit crystal mines has been twice that of the goblin era.
The biggest change in the Black Well Tribe is in the outer square.
Two rows of stone houses have already risen from the ground, and they have begun to function as hotels and shops, not only trading with human merchants, but also with surrounding kobold tribes.
Gavin's thunderous tactics against Clay had the desired effect of killing chickens and warning monkeys.
Even if there are merchants from other kobold tribes, the human merchants headed by Bede only do business with Gavin and Black Well, and ignore the other kobolds.
Perhaps Gavin's method of killing Clay was too brutal and frightened the merchants. It is also possible that he had an effect in awakening Bede, and it is also possible that the trade here has become relatively stable.
Anyway, those business owners make fewer and fewer trips to the black well in person, and more of them are left to agents to take care of it. The outline of a chamber of commerce has already begun to take shape.
Gavin doesn't care about this, as long as those merchants can transport their goods out and bring in the materials they need.
There are currently two most diligent business owners who go to the Black Well Tribe, one is Bede and the other is Hansen.
Gavin returned to Heijing this time mainly to meet these two people.
When Gavin entered the house, the two business owners were leisurely eating barbecue and drinking ale.
"Brother Gavin, you are finally back. Fortunately, Brother Hansen came with me this time, otherwise I would be bored here." Bede's enthusiasm remained the same, and he rushed up and gave Gavin a big hug.
, couldn't help but gestured at the height of the two of them and said, "Brother Gavin, have you grown taller recently? Uncle can hardly reach your shoulders."
Gavin couldn't help but smile and said: "I don't know if I have grown taller, but my uncle's belly must have grown, making your arms look shorter."
"It's not impossible." Bede touched his round belly and said, "It's all thanks to you. Business is easy, I eat well, sleep soundly, and my weight will naturally increase."
"I'm telling you, Uncle Bede, you should exercise properly. If you keep getting fat like this, you will really become a ball."
"Who said I don't exercise?" Bede tried his best to widen his squinted eyes, "I can't compare to Brother Gavin's diligence, but most people still don't train as much as me, you
Feel it and see how strong it is, it’s not all fat, but the belly is getting bigger and bigger, and there’s nothing I can do about it.”
"That still shows that he didn't work hard enough. He only moved his legs and didn't keep his mouth shut." Gavin hit the nail on the head, "If Uncle Bede really wants to relax, take three months to come to my place and share the same food with me."
Go to sleep, and I promise to give you a strong body."
Thinking of Gavin's abnormal training intensity, Bede couldn't help but shuddered, shook his head and said: "Forget it, we haven't reached this point yet, there are still many deals waiting for me to make, let's talk first
Let’s talk about business first.”
Gavin was just talking about it. If Bede really wanted to come, he didn't have time to accompany him. Let alone three months, three days was too much.
After sitting down again, Gavin greeted Hansen, another business owner, in a nonchalant manner.
Every time he saw Hansen, Gavin couldn't help but lament that things were changing. The person he thought was a thorn in the side was now sitting with him discussing business, but instead he was the peacemaker, the most greedy one.
The grass on the grave is almost half a foot tall.
"Tell me, you asked us to wait for you to come back. Is there any big business you want to talk to us about?" Bede couldn't help but asked, glancing at the small wooden box that Gavin had brought in.
"I can't hide anything from Uncle Bede. There is indeed a batch of special goods that need to be sold." Gavin was certainly not just reminiscing about old times, "Let's take a look at the goods first."
Gavin didn't continue to talk nonsense, and directly opened the small wooden box he carried with him. It was stuffed with silk wool, and in the middle was a giant egg the size of a head, covered with patterns like eagle feathers.
The two big heads of Bede and Hansen came up at the same time.
Bede asked with some uncertainty: "Is this the egg of the harpy?"
Gavin nodded and praised sincerely, "Uncle Bede, you are really knowledgeable. This is indeed the egg of the harpy. I wonder if you are interested in getting it?"
Looking at the expressions on the faces of Bede and Hansen, you knew that your last question was in vain. They were not only interested, but also very interested.
Bede said excitedly: "How much of this kind of goods do you have in hand? What is the psychological price?"
"Uncle Bede, how much can you sell?" Gavin asked without answering. This kind of goods is quite special, and it is indeed difficult to measure the price.
This little fox.
Bede couldn't help but glance at Hansen, knowing that once he chose to argue, the guy in front of him, who was younger than his own son, could argue better than him, and stretched out three fingers towards Gavin.
Gavin raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't do charades and report the numbers directly. Otherwise, don't blame me for following you in circles."
This little bastard.
Bede bared his teeth and said, "Three thousand gold coins. I can get three thousand gold coins out of each. How many there are, I will eat as much as I can."
"Five thousand gold coins, eight in total, I will package them all and sell them to you." Gavin counter-offered on the spot.
"Five thousand? Why don't you grab it?" Bede shook his head repeatedly and said, "Three thousand is already the price I can give you. You have to know that the merchants who can afford it and like this kind of product are relatively limited.
, this kind of goods cannot be stockpiled yet, we must sell them as soon as possible. I don’t know how much I can make from it.”
"Uncle Bede, don't talk to me here. There is no shortage of curious merchants in Sambia who are interested in this kind of goods. At worst, they can transport it to Sale and sell it to those red-robed mages.
The price of each pill will not be lower than 6,000, so let me take a step back and give you 35,000, eight pills in a package." Gavin began to talk nonsense based on the limited knowledge he had in his previous life.
"Thirty thousand, eight thirty thousand." Bede also took a step back.
"Thirty-two thousand, if it works, we'll make the deal. If it doesn't work, I'll keep it and hatch it for myself." Gavin looked like he would break up if it didn't work out.
"Deal." Bede raised his big, fat hands with a smile on his face.
Gavin smiled and high-fived him, concluding the deal. "Let me tell you in advance, for this deal, I don't want goods in exchange, I want cash, preferably gold coins. As for which country doesn't care, Cormyr's
The Golden Lion, Sambia's Nubao, or Waterdeep's Zhuo Gen are all fine, as long as they are of equal value."
"What do you want so many gold coins for?" Bede was shocked.
Then he remembered Gavin's rules, pretended to slap himself in the face and said: "I forgot, I forgot, I don't ask about your business. It's not impossible to ask for gold coins. It's just that I need time to prepare for so many gold coins."
"No problem, you can take the goods away first. Uncle Bede is right. This kind of goods has a shelf life, so we can't wait. The cash can be shipped with the next shipment. If you are in a hurry and can't prepare so much, first
Just give me half of it." Gavin was very considerate of Bede's difficulties.
Most of the commerce in Faerûn is still bartering, and there are relatively few places where large amounts of cash are used.
This is a three-month commission prepared for the young dragon Ivinsa, and it does not need to be obtained at once.
Bede laughed loudly and said: "Brother Gavin trusts your uncle so much. You, Uncle Bede, can't be too cowardly. Thirty-two thousand gold coins are not enough for me. Next time, the goods will be delivered together."
"Then I'll trouble Uncle Bede." Gavin didn't continue to be polite to him, and said a little more clearly, "From now on, I will need at least ten thousand gold coins every month. Uncle Bede will pay more attention to it and prepare it.
"
"No problem." Bede said generously, "As long as you don't eat a lot in a short period of time, ten thousand gold coins per month is not a difficult task. As long as you have the goods, I will have enough gold coins."
"With Uncle Bede's words, I feel relieved." Gavin said sincerely, "There is one more thing that I need Uncle Bede's help to pay attention to."
"What is it? As long as I can do it, I will do my best." Bede, who had just completed a business that was sure to make a profit without losing money, was in a good mood.
"Help me pay attention to a magic item, the Wind Ball. The price does not exceed 50,000, and you can buy it." When Gavin was sweeping the young red dragon's nest, he suddenly remembered a common magic item in the dragon's nest.
The greatest function of this magic item is to control the weather, allowing it to maintain a mild and pleasant climate within a five-kilometer radius where it is placed.
For ordinary people, this is a super large central air conditioner. With this thing, they will not be afraid of the scorching heat and severe cold.
But for the kobolds, it is a winter artifact, allowing them to avoid the fatal effects of winter on them.
Especially this winter, he will organize an army of kobolds to follow the United Expeditionary Force in the expedition to Sesk. The Whispering Ball will be indispensable, and he must prepare for a rainy day.
"Okay, I've written this down." Bede took out a small notebook and carefully wrote down Gavin's needs. His success was not just luck. "Do you have any other needs?
Talk about it."
"There is no special demand for the time being. Of course, there is still a big gap in food. The more we can bring in in the future, the better." Gavin also didn't expect that the kobold population in his hands would grow so fast, and food would start to be a little stretched.
.
"There must be no problem with the food. We can transport as much as you can eat." Bede rolled his eyes and said, "It's best to have special products like harpy eggs. If you get more, then
Better.”
"Stop dreaming, these eight are purely an unexpected harvest." Gavin shook his head without hesitation. Although the eggs of the harpy are valuable, he will not hunt all over the world just for them.
.
If we meet him by the way, he won't mind getting a windfall.
"Actually, there is a market not only for harpy eggs, but also for kobold eggs." Bede said tentatively.
Gavin's face suddenly became solemn and he said: "Uncle Bede, I take what you just said as a joke and don't mention it again in the future. The harpy is a monster and the kobold is now my tribe. The nature of the two is
It's different, of course. If you have a kobold slave or a kobold egg in your hand, bring it to me and I'll be willing to buy it at the market price."