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Chapter 97 Salt and Iron

Woo~

The horn sounded again, and the long caravan stopped advancing a few hundred meters away from the village.

I saw the rear compartment of the animal cart at the front automatically lifted up.

Revealing what was hidden inside...

Mecha?

Gao Jing sat on Shan Guoer's shoulders, and Shan Guoer stood on the wall of the village dozens of meters high.

So he could see clearly from a high position.

Suddenly I felt ridiculous!

I feel like the style of painting is seriously wrong.

Along with a "ka ka ka" sound, the huge mecha that was originally lying flat on the beast car slowly sat up.

Then he turned over and jumped to the ground.

The movements are quite flexible!

Now Gao Jing could see its whole picture clearly.

It should be said that there is still a big gap between this big guy and the sci-fi mecha in Gao Jing's memory.

It is more like a wooden imitation, with a rough appearance and a strong steampunk style.

But there is neither steam nor thick steel armor.

Only the chest and back are equipped with silver-gray armor, and the head and limbs are made of wooden materials.

The square head is inlaid with two huge black eyes, which can turn left and right.

Its height is similar to that of the surrounding giants.

Although it was very different from the mecha in his memory, it still gave Gao Jing a great shock.

It also refreshed Gao Jing’s understanding of the wider world.

Mountain tribes and mountain villages obviously cannot represent the level of civilization of the wilderness human race.

"That's a psychic puppet."

Just as Gao Jing was carefully observing the big mecha-like thing, the sound of rocks suddenly sounded next to him.

The old wizard came to the wall of the village at some unknown time.

He reached out and touched the little girl's head, looking at the caravan not far away: "It's a very valuable thing."

Gao Jing understood the meaning.

The old wizard used the word "toy" to describe this kind of psychic puppet, obviously just treating it as a big toy.

It's just very valuable.

"High view."

The old wizard withdrew his eyes and lowered his head: "Our tribe will trade with the caravan tomorrow. Do you want to participate?"

Gao Jing replied without hesitation: "Okay!"

This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the outside world, and Gao Jing certainly cannot miss it.

It is impossible for him to stay in a mountain village all his life.

The current high profile is still very weak.

When he has a certain ability to protect himself in the future, he will definitely go to a bigger world.

The old wizard also knows this very well!

"Then you have to be prepared."

The old wizard showed a faint smile: "Their leader is a very interesting character."

Gao Ding nodded.

This caravan from Qinghe City set up camp outside the village.

The giants in the caravan formed a large circle around the cart.

They quickly set up tents inside, and then set up firewood piles outside the temporary camp.

The giant rhinoceros beast of burden was taken to forage.

When night falls, the woodpile turns into a blazing bonfire.

The giants in the mountain villages entertained these guests who came from afar with home-brewed fruit wine and animal meat.

They beat war drums, sang and danced, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Gao Jing did not attend the welcome banquet. He listened to the old wizard in the wooden house telling the origin of the caravan.

Qinghe City is the small city closest to the mountain villages, with a population of nearly 10,000.

There are countless small towns like this in the wilderness.

Most of them belong to different vassal states and have a high degree of autonomy.

But there is an obligation to pay tribute to the loyal lord and be drafted.

Qinghe City was founded by the Qinghe tribe and two other tribes.

Its city lord Qingkui possesses the strength of a high-level totem warrior and has hundreds of elite totem warriors under his command.

Within a radius of thousands of miles, the Qinghe tribe sitting in Qinghe City is the well-deserved overlord.

The Qinghe tribe controls many caravans and travels to different regions all year round to trade with other cities and tribes.

Make a lot of money.

"There are salt mines and black iron mines near Qinghe City..."

The old wizard smoked his pipe and said to Gao Jing: "Salt and iron are their main goods. In the past, we could only trade with them, but now we have enough salt."

Gao Jing was thoughtful and asked: "Do they do business according to the rules?"

Gao Jing already knew.

Although most of the tools usually used by mountain giants are stone tools, bone tools and wooden tools.

But they also have iron tools.

Iron tools are mainly weapons and are very, very precious.

Under normal circumstances, tribal warriors go out hunting and only use the most lethal iron weapons when hunting down ferocious beasts or monsters such as giant toothed tigers!

Especially for monsters, it is difficult to break through defenses without metal weapons.

The most important thing is that the mountain tribes do not have the skills and craftsmen to smelt and forge metal weapons. Once the weapons purchased from the caravan are damaged, they can only sell them back to the other party at a low price.

Once in and out, the mountain tribes paid a very high price.

Therefore, iron weapons are one of the most precious possessions of the tribe and are not usually used.

Gao Jing had thought about customizing a batch of large metal weapons for the mountain tribes in the main world.

However, according to the old wizard, the iron weapons they used were refined through witchcraft and had special powers that could cause harm to monsters.

And after being used many times, this special power will wear off and disappear.

This will lead to the complete destruction of the entire weapon.

It was precisely after understanding the characteristics of metal weapons in the big world that Gao Jing temporarily suppressed such thoughts.

Otherwise, he would have tried so hard to get a batch of swords, axes, guns and arrows, only to find that they were not as good as the stone weapons used by the giants.

That would be so funny.

In addition, the old wizard also said to Gao Jing.

Extracting better salt from salt stones also requires the ability of a wizard, and there is no simple and easy method.

And wizards who master this ability are also called refiners!

In the wilderness human race, the status of a refiner is very high, higher than that of wizards of the same level.

There is a refiner in the Qinghe tribe.

Shanyan is not a refiner, and there are no salt and iron deposits around the mountain villages.

Therefore, the important lifeline of the tribe has always been firmly controlled by Qinghe City.

The problem is that now Gao Jing has brought a large amount of coarse salt, so that the mountain tribes no longer need to risk hunting giant toothed tigers in exchange for the salt stones that were indispensable in the past.

Even the precious iron weapons were saved.

Then tomorrow's trading will definitely be very different from the past.

The Qinghe caravan had a great background, which inevitably made Gao Jing worried.

The mountain tribes did not have the skins of giant-toothed tigers to trade with each other.

In case the other party feels unhappy...

"you do not need to worry."

The old wizard put down his pipe and said with a smile: "I don't know if they do business with others in a regular manner, but here, they can only do business with regular methods."

Although what he said was a bit convoluted.

But Gao Jing understood instantly.

Shan Yan is not afraid of the Qinghe caravan with a strong background, nor is he afraid of their displeasure.

In turn, the old wizard was quite unhappy with the Qinghe caravan!

Rules do not mean there is no oppression.

Gao Jing immediately realized that he might have seriously underestimated the old giant in front of him!——

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