Using commercial interests to win over, the wizards in Cold Wind City were almost wiped out by the Harmony Chamber of Commerce. 'Chief Energy Shaping' Rao was also very interested in Zhou Qingfeng. He heard his apprentice talk about the extremely busy warehouse of the Chamber of Commerce and wanted to take a bus there.
experience.
The construction of the warehouse was still in progress, and preparations for the Chamber of Commerce's open class had not yet been completed, but the market was becoming more and more lively. Rao did not want to lower his status and mix with the apprentices, so he only wandered around outside the warehouse and went back.
A quick glance was indeed impressive. But there were definitely many details that Rao didn't understand. For example, the unfinished warehouse opened up several trading areas that would not interfere with each other.
In addition to the spell and consumable shops frequented by wizards, adventurers in the city also found the Harmony Chamber of Commerce to be a good trading location. The most attractive ones are equipment and medicines.
As Rao's carriage rushed past, a group of hill dwarves carried gold sand mined from the mountains and were obsessed with the disinfectant alcohol sold by the Harmony Chamber of Commerce.
They were dressed in rags, had long beards and red rosacea, and kept asking about the price of spirits. In response to their inquiries, the vendor at the stall said bluntly: "That's for treating wound inflammation, not for drinking."
"I'm just asking if that's wine?" The hill dwarf with a white beard slammed his ax in front of the vendor and asked fiercely: "If it's wine, I'll take it. How much can you tell me?"
Food production in other worlds is low, and alcohol is a genuine luxury product. However, the living environment in the wild is harsh, and alcohol is the best way to relax the nerves when you are depressed. Almost all adventurers are addicted to alcohol, and there are countless heavy drinkers.
In Harmony Village, Zhou Qingfeng does not want to see residents in his territory getting drunk every day. His pub does not sell alcoholic beverages at all. Alcohol is a controlled substance and can only be used for medical purposes.
After the tree spirit Eileen returned, she used the abundant wild fruit resources in the Black Forest to brew wine, and finally managed to stably supply some low-alcohol wine.
But the supply of alcohol was large, but it was still a controlled substance. Arcee made an alcohol distiller to produce high-concentration medical alcohol, and the medical clinic in Harmony Village consumed a lot of it.
The more Zhou Qingfeng banned alcohol, the more alcohol smuggling was triggered. Now many businessmen know that the price of alcohol in Harmony Village is extremely high, and they are trying their best to sell alcohol into the Black Forest and sell it secretly.
It happened that at this time, the Harmony Chamber of Commerce bought the high-purity alcohol produced by itself as medical supplies to Cold Wind City. A group of hill dwarves appeared smelling the alcohol. When they arrived, their eyes lit up and they demanded to buy all the medical supplies.
Alcohol.
After all, they were goods for sale. When the hill dwarves took out the gold sand, the vendors from the Chamber of Commerce naturally sold the medicinal alcohol. The hill dwarves bought a few large bottles, uncorked them on the spot, and drank them down.
It's 75% medical alcohol. It's strong and spicy when you drink it.
The faces of several hill dwarves instantly turned red, as if they were filled with fire. They immediately howled, looked at each other, and cheered together.
"Ah..., this wine of yours is so powerful. It is stronger than the best wine in our tribe. Now I feel that my whole body is full of strength, and I am not afraid even if a black bear comes."
"What's a black bear? I dare to challenge the ogre now."
"Ogres are so rubbish, I'm going to slay the dragon!"
A bunch of dwarves drank too much and started bragging and arguing endlessly. In less than five minutes, they would create the world and become gods themselves.
The vendors from the Chamber of Commerce seemed to be used to it. When these 'cowhide kings' had enough bragging, he asked again, "Do you want anything else to buy?"
The dwarf with the white beard looked at the people twice, held the stall and asked: "Do you still have such good wine?"
"The wine is gone. But we still sell the best armor and weapons." The vendor said.
Hahaha..., several hill dwarves suddenly laughed, "We dwarves sell the best armor and weapons, and your human technology is far inferior to ours."
The vendor didn't say much and brought out a forged iron leaf armor. Zhou Qingfeng wanted to make plate armor, but he didn't have a stamping machine yet. The processing size of the forging machine was limited, so currently he could only produce iron leaf armor.
Iron leaf armor is inferior to plate armor in terms of both defense and weight. But the hill dwarves are quite knowledgeable, even if they all drink too much.
Observe with naked eyes, reach out to touch, and finally hit with a small hammer that I carry with me. Every iron leaf on the armor makes a crisp sound, and has enough elasticity when hit hard.
The drunken dwarves quickly regained their senses and crowded in front of the armors to glare at each other - among weapons and equipment, armors were more difficult and more important to make than swords. The armors sold by the Harmony Chamber of Commerce looked really good.
The vendor from the Chamber of Commerce pointed proudly to the other side of the market, "Look over there, adventurers from all over the city come to buy equipment from us. Even the knights of the city's main guard are our customers."
Just over ten meters away, another merchant from the Chamber of Commerce was receiving nobles who came to purchase. There were more than a dozen scabbard cavalry swords on the stall. The sword body was long and straight, with a slight curvature, single-sided blade, and made of clamped steel.
Made in France, it is both tough and sharp.
Each cavalry sword will be inspected, and the knight who purchased it will use the blade to chop a half-finger-thick pig iron bar on the spot. The brittle and hard pig iron bar will definitely break with one blow, and the visual effect is excellent, making people believe that the weapon is indeed of high quality.
Hearing the crisp sound of slashing, the hill dwarves were instantly frightened, and the strong wine they had just drank turned into cold sweat. The weapons and equipment business has always been the lifeblood of their dwarves, and Cold Wind City is their biggest
trade market.
The equipment of the city guard is almost monopolized by the hill dwarves. If these knight masters have better choices, the dwarf tribes around Coldwind City will probably have a hard time.
The vendor from the Chamber of Commerce seemed to feel that the information was not revealed enough, and continued to whisper: "The knights of Coldwind City really like doing business with us, because as long as you purchase our membership, all products can be discounted.
Not only do they buy our weapons and equipment, but they also buy all the metal tools in their territory from us. Because our prices are reasonable and the quality is better. We are also willing to accept barter trade, which the nobles like.
The nobles used the tools we produced to recruit more farmers and lumberjacks, cultivate more land, cut down more trees, and then sell the harvest to us and buy more tools.
Our iron-making furnaces and forges in Harmony Village work day and night to fully meet the needs of Hanfeng City. The master said this is called the 'scissors gap between industry and agriculture', and everyone can make money."
"Buy all the metal tools from your chamber of commerce?" The white-bearded dwarf was frightened. This almost cut off the hill dwarf's livelihood. "How do you have such good forging skills?"
"Just like the spirits you drink, our Mr. Hugo has the best technology." The vendor said with a smile: "The master said that the smelting industry is our priority industry in the future. If you want to get rich, you must develop this industry.
Be bigger and stronger.”
The dwarves don't quite understand the difference between industry and industry. But they all understand that they may not be able to survive in this industry.
Too old, the dwarves who are good at blacksmithing were actually defeated by humans in their most advantageous field.
The dwarves who were bragging just now were completely confused. One of the leaders even cried and said in frustration: "What can we do? How can we make money to buy wine in the future?"
Still thinking about wine? Think about eating first!
The vendor from the Chamber of Commerce smiled and said: "Do you want to join our Chamber of Commerce? We are open to purchasing all kinds of minerals. Let's be friends. Do you have gold or silver ore? Copper ore and iron ore are also fine, we all want them."