Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

Under the guidance of Kalya, the conversation between Shyvana and the boss of the chamber of commerce could not be regarded as a common conversation, but at least each had his own talk.

The boss of the Chamber of Commerce did not seem to completely believe that Shyvana was a businessman from Piltover, so he chose to use his little knowledge of Piltover to test it - but Kalya knew the other party's purpose, but asked Shyvana to " Keep your attention on Ling Jiang and don’t respond to these temptations.”

Sivana obviously didn't understand why Kalya asked so much of her, but anyway, the current opportunity was created by Kalya, so she simply followed what Kalya said and just kept the topic firmly focused on Lingjiang.

You said that Piltover has an unusual appearance, but I said that the spice of lingjing has a promising future.

You said that Piltover merchants generally look down on the backwaters of Forsbarrow, but I said that Lingjiang's industry is currently too small.

You said you have never seen such a proactive Mrs. Piltover. I said there is a good port south of Forsbarrow for water transportation.

Under Kalya's guidance, Shyvana did not respond to anything about Piltover, but she miraculously convinced the boss of the Chamber of Commerce that she was really from Piltover.

"What's going on?" Shyvana, who kept answering questions, looked at the increasingly enthusiastic chamber of commerce boss and wondered, "He was clearly testing me before, so why is he talking about the tax advantage of not having a local lord? Already?"

"Because to him, what you want to buy is more important than where you come from." Kalya explained, "For us, your identity as a 'Piltover merchant' is mainly about being able to carry out business smoothly." Investigation; and for him, your willingness to buy Lingjiang in large quantities actually has little to do with whether you are from Piltover or not."

Shyvana thought expressionlessly, and it took her a while to realize that the other party was struggling with whether she was really from Piltover. The essence of it was that she wanted to make sure that she really wanted to buy Forsbarrow's bulk. commodity.

In this case, answering the question is the best response. Don't tell me this, I will ask you if you can buy a large amount of lingjiang!

Then, just after Shyvana understood a little bit, the other party finally sighed helplessly and brought the topic back to Lingjiang herself.

"I'm sorry, Miss Shivana." The boss of the Chamber of Commerce seemed to be regretful, and finally spread his arms, "Although lingging is a specialty of Forsbarrow, it is a seasonal product, and it has already expired. When ling ginger is harvested and sold.”

"It doesn't matter." Shyvana waved her hand, "Seasonal products are not a problem. It is not difficult to store lingjiang. If it is not available this year, it is not a problem to buy it in large quantities next year."

"Next year...it's hard to say next year." With a look of helplessness, the boss of the Chamber of Commerce shook his head slightly, "To be honest with Miss Sivana, the ginger that Forsbarrow usually sells is picked in the wild by ginger pickers. It’s hard to say how much we can procure, and even if we are willing to accept large-volume orders, we may not be able to provide them.”

"..."

Shyvana was a little surprised by the truthfulness of the Chamber of Commerce boss.

"However, in addition to lingjing, we have many other specialties in Fosbairo. Since Miss Shivana is here, she might as well learn about them - they also have great commercial prospects..."

From the perspective of the chamber of commerce boss, large-scale lingjiang trade was actually impossible from the beginning - the reason why he has been exploring Shyvana's identity is not only to confirm the other party's purchase intention, but also to measure the other party. of commercial weight.

If possible, trade in ginger cannot be done, but trade in other commodities may not be impossible.

Judging from Shyvana's performance, she seems to be a very resourceful guy. She can buy a lot of Lingjiang when she opens her mouth, and she can also afford to pay a deposit of at least 30% of the price - this is not a small number. According to Lingjiang In terms of the market price, the price of 30% of a hundred pounds of Lingjiang has exceeded three thousand Demacian gold coins.

In this case, although Lingjiang's business cannot be done, since such a fat sheep has come, it is naturally impossible to let it go. Although the other party seems to be too lazy to explain her identity as Mrs. Piltover, she thinks she has the ability and willingness to buy such a fat sheep. As long as the large amount of lingjiang impresses her, then it’s very possible to buy something else, right?

As a result, the boss of the Chamber of Commerce quickly changed his attitude and started a very active promotion, trying to sell various special products of Forsbarrow to Shyvana.

There was no such thing as an expo in Fosbairo, so he simply took Shyvana to the warehouse of his chamber of commerce, displaying the various specialties purchased here.

From spices to dyes, ores to furs.

Shyvana also seemed to be out of interest, asking for information about these things one after another, and then said that she needed to "learn more."

Her attitude made the boss of the Chamber of Commerce a little anxious - it seemed that this lady from Piltover had a very vicious gaze, and she seemed to have identified Ling Jiang from the beginning, and was not very interested in the overstocked products in her warehouse.

But the problem is, he really didn't lie about Lingjiang. There is really no guarantee for large-scale Lingjiang trade. Picking Lingjiang in spring is risky, and the output is not guaranteed. The boss of the chamber of commerce does not want to pay a deposit and leave.

After all, he is Fosbairo's "general agent of special products", and he is considered a well-known and respectable figure in the local area. If possible, he also hopes that Fosbairo's business can prosper.

In this case, he could only call a clerk and ask him to follow Shyvana "for consultation." He called other people in the store and began to look for ways to keep the God of Wealth girl. .

On the surface, Shyvana looked very reluctant, but in her heart she breathed a sigh of relief.

This kind of behavior of "knowing that the Lingjiang trade is not feasible, but insisting on killing the Lingjiang trade, and then obtaining market investigation rights through circumvention" is quite awkward for Shyvana, on the one hand, because she is not good at lying; on the other hand, she is not good at lying; On the one hand, she always felt that there was something strange about doing this.

But fortunately, the results are always good. Now, with the Forsbarrow Chamber of Commerce clerk beside her as a witness, if she wants to conduct some economic investigations - especially market price investigations, everything will fall into place.

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Although "Ms. Shyvana from Piltover" ultimately "failed to achieve a large trade order for lingjing", Shyvana took this as an opportunity and breakthrough, with the help of the Forsbarrow Chamber of Commerce. A rough survey was conducted on the city's economic situation.

Coupled with Ino, who was familiar with the investigation on the other side, when Lux led a group of soldiers, pulled the Colossus of Justice, and a large number of demon-infected people, and finally arrived at Forsbarrow, a detailed and informative report The first draft of the "Forsbarrow Social and Economic Survey Report" was finally officially completed.

According to Kalya's request, the "Forsbarrow Socioeconomic Survey Report" should include the entire Forsbarrow region and even northwest Demacia - however, due to restrictions, in the current draft, Ino and Shyvana The investigation was only carried out in Forsbarrow and a small surrounding area.

However, this small-scale socio-economic survey also has considerable statistical and guiding significance.

The investigation report shows that there are four large-scale settlements in Demacia within the city of Forsbarrow and the surrounding hundred miles. Among them, Forsbarrow is the city, and the other three are located east of Forsbarrow, The southeast and south are all smaller villages.

The population of the entire Forsbarrow region is obviously lower than that of other regions in Demacia - although due to insufficient authority, a complete population census cannot be carried out, but even in the most populous city of Forsbarrow, housing prices are The low price also speaks volumes.

According to the data obtained by Shyvana's survey, in Forsbarrow, most of the "skilled workers" such as ginger pickers have unstable incomes, but the annual income of the prime-age labor force should be roughly twelve Demacians. Gold coins are the median.

In Forsbarrow City, most of the old houses that are large enough to accommodate one family often cost less than thirty gold coins. In contrast, the daily food, clothing, housing and transportation required for a family often cost more than 30 gold coins in a year. Close to ten Demacian gold coins.

High prices, low housing prices, and unstable income are the reflection of the family economy of most families in Forsbarrow. Unlike most areas of Demacia, where "the taxes of noble lords are the biggest unstable factor in farmers' income," Forsbarrow People have an obvious intention of relying on heaven for their livelihood.

The Forsbarrow people who depend on the weather want to have enough to eat, and their food depends largely on foreign trade purchases.

However, it is not easy for Forsbarrow in terms of trade.

In Forsbarrow and its surrounding areas, the roads are underdeveloped and the waterways are unstable. Although the city of Forsbarrow has small roads connecting other villages, caravans and pedestrians often can only transport goods and engage in trade on a large scale. Walk along the "river bed" left by glaciers.

The abundance of melted water resources in the snow-capped mountains has not brought the people of Forsbarrow the same abundant water resources as Mithril City. Due to the lack of water storage capacity and the low temperature in winter, the melting water of the snow-capped mountains is only useful to the people of Forsbarrow. It can mean extremely bad spring glaciers and freezing floods.

In this case, the trading method that the Forsbarrow people usually prefer is for the local chamber of commerce to come forward to purchase special products from Forsbarrow and surrounding villages in the spring, and then sell them to the Demacian Capital. Go and get gold coins.

Then, the Chamber of Commerce will purchase large quantities of grain from some southeastern cities after the autumn harvest in other places and before the winter in Fosbarrow, and then resell it to the people of Fosbarrow for retail sale.

Judging from Fosbairo's survey results, their main products for sale are roughly divided into three types.

The first is specialty plant resources, which mainly include spice plants such as Lingzhi and medicinal plants such as Camellia sinensis. Most of these plants are cold-resistant and adapt to the climate of high latitudes and high altitudes. Fosbairo has A large number of people specialize in picking and processing these plants. They will pick them in spring or autumn, and then spend a lot of time processing them into primary processed products, and then sell them to caravans for unified sales.

Among them, the trade volume of spice plants such as lingzhi, poria, cassia rosea and other spice plants has increased year by year in recent years. In contrast, the market for medicinal plants is shrinking - and for this reason, Foss The people of Byro are not very clear. They can only roughly think that "herbal medicines grown in other places with similar functions have squeezed out Fos Bero's market share." But for the specific situation, even Fos Bero's The guys at the Chamber of Commerce couldn't tell clearly.

The second specialty is the minerals of Forsbarrow, specifically blue ocher as a dye mineral.

Blue ocher is an ore with magical power and full of ice element. According to the people of Forsbyro, it is also the best source of civilian dyes in Demacia besides the priceless royal blue dye. .

In the village of Vero in the east near Fosbello, the entire village is built on the mining of blue ocher - here, the old and young in the village have been engaged in mining and working of blue ocher for generations. This village is composed of a small Developed from the mine.

Different from the initial processing of plant specialties, Forsbarrow only serves as a source of raw materials for blue ocher and does not perform any processing. The mined blue ocher will be directly transported to the southeast for dozens of kilometers without even the simplest polishing. miles away in the town of Seka, where further processing takes place.

Due to time issues, Ino and Shyvana did not have the opportunity to go to Seka Town to investigate the processing process of blue ocher in detail. However, according to the miners in Vero Village, the refining, crushing and grinding of blue ocher requires a lot of manpower. Fu Sparrow is located in a remote location and prices are too high, so there is a shortage of manpower. It is impossible to build a blue dye processing plant or a blue fabric printing and dyeing factory here, so they can only "tearfully" give away the maximum profit. People from the town of Seka.

In addition to plants and minerals, Forsbarrow's third specialty product is fur.

Due to the high latitude and altitude, and the fact that it is not densely populated at all, the amount of wildlife around Forsbarrow is quite astonishing.

Although due to the initial development of Demacia and the regular cleaning up by the local garrison, there are not large groups of dangerous animals here that can threaten villages and towns, but there are such animals as northern snow sheep, Juvask wild boars, and giant ferrets. Inside, the number of animals with thick fur is astonishing.

Under this circumstance, the hunting industry in Forsbarrow is also quite developed. Local hunters will use domesticated hounds to surround and lay traps to capture these beasts without damaging the quality of the fur as much as possible.

According to the old hunter, Forsbarrow is a "remaining wild land". Someone once tried to tame these beasts, but ultimately failed.

Through this investigation, Shyvana and Ino had a basic impression of Forsbarrow's socioeconomic structure, and Lux, who got the report, finally let out a long sigh.