Tower Defense Game: My Kingdom of Eternal Life

Cheng Shen didn't believe that the other party didn't understand the value of these ores.

But judging from their attire, it seems that the technological development of this gray earth tribe is relatively backward, or in other words extreme.

They sell ore raw materials probably because they do not have the corresponding refining capabilities.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shen had some ideas. He did not immediately answer the earthen jar's question. He stepped forward and picked up a few pieces of raw materials while the other party was looking at him. Lines of information immediately appeared in front of his eyes.

【Wuyun Iron Mine】

【Xueqin Stone Raw Ore】

[Secret Gold Mineral Ore]

【Magic Silver Mineral】

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Cheng Shen's surprises continued to increase. These ore raw materials contained quite precious metal materials.

Just like the black cloud iron among them, he had heard Lawrence mention that after refining this iron ore, black-grained steel can be obtained. If a little bit can be added during the forging process of equipment, the quality of the equipment can be greatly improved.

If there is enough corrugated steel.

He is even sure that he can forge rare-level standard equipment!

In addition, other ore raw materials are also rare materials needed for forging or territory development.

If based on the current transaction price among survivors, this box of ore raw materials alone would be conservatively estimated to be worth thousands of gold!

Cheng Shen looked behind the earthen pot.

In addition to the twenty or so people who came with him, there were also several scaly reptiles that looked like lizards but were as big as yaks, pulling two carts, and the carts were full of people.

ore!

Cheng Shen put down the raw materials in his hands, stood up, looked calmly at the earthen jar that was higher than him, and said with a smile: "It is indeed something I need more. How much food do you plan to exchange for this box of ore raw materials?"

He didn't try to lower the price. The Gray Earth Tribe's generous offer made him realize that the other party probably held more than one rare mineral vein.

And this is the resource he lacks.

If a stable trade relationship can be established with the other party, the only flaw he had in the forest will be made up for.

This is a business worthy of his sincerity to maintain!

Tu Guan was silent for a while and looked at the tribesmen behind him.

He seems to be considering it.

But Cheng Shen felt that his performance was actually that of being undecided, as if he was asking for the opinion of someone with a higher status than himself in the team.

Cheng Shen followed his gaze and immediately saw a slender girl in the crowd, wearing a tiger skin skirt and with slightly brown skin.

She has short, dark red hair, and a pair of shiny black eyes on her delicate face with a hint of plateau red.

Noticing Cheng Shen's gaze, she turned her head to look at him without timidity, her thick eyebrows raised high, revealing her white teeth.

"A thousand buckets!"

Tu Guan said decisively at this time.

He was afraid that Cheng Shen would not understand the concept of a bucket, so he took down a square container made of bamboo from the trailer.

Cheng Shen reached out to take it and gave Eugene a few instructions. He immediately turned and left. A moment later, Eugene returned again with a farmer, and this farmer carried a bag of newly produced wheat on his shoulders.

He put the bag on the ground, and Cheng Shen picked up the bamboo bucket in front of the earthen pot and filled a container full of wheat grains.

"15 units..."

Cheng Shen glanced at the system's measurement values.

"One thousand dou is 15,000 units of wheat. With the current output of the territory, it will take about three days to save enough..."

He calculated.

After the territory's recruitment population increased to 480 people, Cheng Shen once again expanded the farmland planting area.

Now there are 121 farmers involved in planting alone.

in.

The number of people responsible for growing gray wheat, the main grain, is 80.

One person can manage three wheat fields at the same time, and the basic grain output of one wheat field is 11 units of wheat.

However, after many improvements, the quality of gray wheat seeds has been greatly improved.

Not only can the total output increase by 30% on the original basis, but the loss rate of flour is also reduced by a full 20%.

at the moment.

Cheng Shen's territory can produce 3440 units of high-quality wheat in one day.

There is a 20% loss in making flour.

There are also 2752 units!

His territory only consumes about 300 units of flour a day, and the rest is made up of various vegetables, meat and fish he just brought back from "going to the sea". The living standards of the residents are quite good.

but.

Even though the food production capacity of his territory is enough to dwarf all survivors.

But facing the trade from the Gray Earth Tribe, it still seems to be stretched thin.

For just one box of ore, he had to make the residents of the territory save money and save food for three days.

And the earthen pot came on this trip,

It's definitely not just for exchanging a box of supplies...

Moreover, Cheng Shen was also calculating whether it would be worthwhile to exchange 15,000 units of grain for this box of ore raw materials.

There is no shortage of food in his territory.

Therefore, it seems that the purchasing power of gold coins in his territory is extremely strong.

But this is not the case for other survivors.

The current market price of food,

It's 1:30.

In other words, one thousand gold coins can be exchanged for 30,000 units of food.

It seems that he has doubled the profit margin.

But the box of ore in the earthen jar is a raw material after all, and it has to go through the most troublesome smelting and extraction steps.

Not only does the time cost have to be considered, but if the metal content in the ore is not ideal, he may lose money.

"I very much hope to negotiate this deal." Cheng Shen first showed his sincerity, and then said: "However, the price you offered is unacceptable to me. I first have to ensure that I will not lose money."

"Then how much food do you plan to exchange?"

The earthen jar is somewhat unable to contain the airway.

His eyes had been unconsciously glancing at the bag of wheat that Cheng Shen had fetched, showing longing for it, as were most of the tribesmen behind him.

Cheng Shen watched their performance calmly.

He deliberately asked someone to fetch a bag of wheat and placed it here.

On the one hand, it is a hint to convey to them the confidence that he is not short of food.

Moreover, it also means to test them.

Of course, he did not expect that the results of the test would be so significant. These Gray Earth people's ability to control their emotions was too poor.

Their desperate situation of being short of food was immediately exposed...

"Ahem." Cheng Shen coughed lightly and said without changing his expression: "Don't be anxious yet. I think it is necessary for me to explain to you the specific reasons."

He turned and motioned for Eugene to take a step forward.

The latter immediately understood, and tried his best to put on a kind smile on his fat face, and said: "Dear distinguished guests who have come from afar, I won't say any more nonsense. The ore raw materials you brought are indeed precious.

But first, when we receive these ores, we have to spend time smelting and purifying them. This step requires a lot of time and labor investment, and the final result may not reach the ideal standard.

We estimate in advance that the loss in this step will reach 30%..."

He started talking slowly, giving full play to his talents and his ability to bargain at low prices to the extreme.

Cheng Shen listened with sincere agreement, but gradually the smile on his face became somewhat unnatural.

He doesn't know how to smelt.

I don’t know exactly how much loss will occur during the smelting process.

But the key point is that the value he estimated was originally calculated based on smelting these raw ores into fine materials...

Cheng Shen has checked the metal content of this batch of raw materials through the system.

The quality is basically above 6.

Pretty good.

This also means that their smelting loss rate will not exceed 50%.

But this 50% is the loss from processing raw ore into fine materials, which is indispensable.

Cheng Shen had already taken it into account when estimating the price.

However, Eugene's loss rate is directly added to the yield rate of fine materials...

As soon as he spoke, Cheng Shen's expression began to look unnatural. When he heard that he was planning to include the hoarding cost in the transaction, Cheng Shen quickly interrupted.

"Well, I think our friends have figured out why."

Cheng Shen said softly.

Then he glanced at Eugene with complicated eyes.

Seeing that he still had some unfinished ideas and was boasting, Cheng Shen seemed to see an evil capitalist rising up.

He couldn't help but wonder that maybe it was time to build street lights in the territory...

"...Just tell me how much food you want to exchange for!"

Tu Guan said with a confused and uneasy look in his eyes.

It seems that he did not understand Eugene's value conversion that was deliberately mixed with professional jargon.

But at this moment, I instinctively felt that something was wrong.

"Five hundred buckets."

Cheng Shen said after summarizing his psychological expectations.

If Eugene's calculations were followed, he would even want to lower the price to one hundred buckets, exchanging grain for ore raw materials at a ratio close to one to one.

But that was too much.

Cheng Shen was afraid that the other party would fall out...

"It's a very reasonable price," he repeated.

"Five hundred buckets..."

Tu Guan looked like he was relieved, as if the price had not exceeded his bottom line.

I just don’t know whether they didn’t have a high bottom line or were frightened by Eugene’s advance preparation...

Tu Can turned back and glanced at the wild girl, who was also shocked at the moment. She didn't expect that a seemingly simple exchange of supplies could involve so many things, and her clear eyes were filled with confusion for a moment.

Seeing Tu Guan's signal, she quickly came back to her senses and nodded slightly.

"Okay, that's the price!"

Tu Guan immediately said harshly.

"I'm glad we were able to come to an agreement."

Cheng Shen smiled.

"but……"

He hesitated and drew out his voice.

A group of people from the Gray Earth Tribe opposite suddenly became nervous, fearing that he would use various excuses to lower the price again.

Cheng Shen smiled softly, "Don't be nervous. I want to say that it is difficult to collect such a large amount of food in a short period of time. Why don't you stay with me for three days first so that I can fulfill my duty as a landlord?"

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Three days.

Cheng Shen's own output alone would definitely not be enough to collect all the food.

But he has a huge platform like the society behind him, and has the support of thousands of survivors. Even if the amount of food trade that each person can provide is limited, the total amount will be quite huge.

"Three days, that's fine..." Tu Can looked back at the girl, and then said sincerely: "We will bear the consumption of these three days ourselves!"

Even if Cheng Shen doesn't say anything, he will make corresponding requests.

It is not easy for them to reach this trade node.

They have to pass through the pale hills filled with monsters and the dangerous blood plains. The battles along the way have exhausted the tribesmen. If they go back directly like this, they may be wiped out before they get halfway through.

"Of course I won't let you spend money on my territory."

Cheng Shen smiled calmly.

Later.

He personally arranged for the Gray Earth people to move in.

There was a lack of consideration before.

Furthermore, Cheng Shen did not expect that local caravans would come to trade so soon.

There is no building like a post station built in the trade market.

But it happened that the completed arena was still empty, and there were separate rooms to accommodate distinguished guests, so the caravan was allowed to stay first. There were eleven rooms in total. Fortunately, the rooms were spacious enough for two people to live there without being too crowded.

If possible, Cheng Shen even thought of bringing them into the territory.

Let them get in touch with more satisfied residents and experience the amazing benefits of his territory.

Maybe, we can also recruit a group of Gray Earth tribesmen to join...

All of these guys are powerful combat units, even the weakest one has leader-level strength.

As the leader of the caravan, Tuguan is even stronger than Aljieka, and even Cheng Shen can't see his attributes.

This shows that his level is at least ten levels higher than mine.

The other person whose attributes he couldn't see was also a taciturn and strong man. He was not like Tu Gu. He had a giant python wrapped around his body and showed an astonishing momentum.

But Cheng Shen accidentally saw a green wolf head tattoo on his back, which looked like a living thing. The tattoo even glanced at him.

In other words, this caravan has no ill intentions towards him.

Otherwise, Cheng Shen deeply doubted that if they attacked his territory, even if he summoned all his troops and cooperated with the defense towers, it would be difficult to withstand them.

And this was one of his concerns for not bringing the caravan to his territory.

Everything is well arranged.

Cheng Shen said to the earthen pot: "You can take a relaxing stroll in the market these days. If you like something, just take it and deduct it from the transaction amount afterwards. Of course, the price will definitely be favorable!"

"We don't lack anything except food."

Tu Guan said in a deep voice.

The implication is that food is extremely important to them, and they will never waste the resources to buy food in exchange for something insignificant.

Cheng Shen smiled and did not refute.

It is true that the Gray Earth Tribe is powerful, but their equipment and living utensils are extremely crude.

He saw that the best weapon in their hands was just a battle ax ground from a piece of wild flame stone.

Wild flame stone is an excellent material.

Not very precious.

But a complete piece of wild flame stone the size of a washbasin is very rare.

If it were in Cheng Shen's hands, he would be able to make at least seven or eight excellent weapons with the best attributes.

But if it falls into their hands, it can only be said to be a waste of natural resources...

Of course, more Gray Earth tribesmen do not have weapons. It seems that their fighting methods do not rely on weapons.

However, does not relying on weapons necessarily mean that you don’t like using them?

Cheng Shen's expression was subtle.

He could tell from the fact that the Gray Earth Tribe was not good at smelting metals. They were quite backward in the field of technological development.

Isn't this a potential trading market?

"Lord, Lord Lord..."

Tu Guan spoke with some difficulty at this time.

"Just call me 'Orange'."

Cheng Shen said.

"Orange?...Well, I want to trouble you with something. My people haven't eaten since the morning battle..."

Tu Guan’s expression was twisted.

"No problem, I'll prepare food for you right now. Speaking of which, I didn't greet you well enough."

Cheng Shen interrupted and laughed before he could finish.

"……Thanks."

Tu Guan breathed out and thanked him sincerely. Due to Eugene's influence, his poor impression of Cheng Shen suddenly changed.