Chapter 224
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Chapter 224: A Win-Win Situation
Ye Qingxuan didn’t show much surprise upon seeing this message because it was an expected situation.
Earlier, Luo Ji had already told her that his entry into the Bronze Age was only a matter of time and urged her to seize the opportunity to develop.
“Congratulations.”
Ye Qingxuan quickly replied after receiving the confirmed news.
“So, are you ready?”
“Once I advance to the Bronze tier, it will be difficult for me to attack unranked players.”
Luo Ji’s reply quickly came.
“Don’t worry, I feel like I can protect myself now, but if possible, it would be best if you could trade me a batch of weapons and equipment.”
“I still haven’t found copper ore (sobbing loudly).”
At the end of the message, Ye Qingxuan even added a crying emoji, which made Luo Ji smile wryly.
He then replied.
“The trade function can only trade items opened from treasure chests.”
“It’s fine, I can trade these things.”
“???”
Luo Ji immediately sent a string of question marks after seeing this message.
“Remember those two first-win golden treasure chests you helped me get?”
Seeing this message, Luo Ji’s expression suddenly became subtle.
“(startled) You’re not going to tell me…”
“Yeah, I opened a world fragment (blushing). I accidentally met a hidden requirement while promoting the commercial system, and it triggered.”
“(facepalm) Say no more, I should’ve thought of it earlier. It was my fault for forgetting your max-level luck aura. So what did you get??”
“It unlocked a new panel. There’s a skill inside called ‘Merchant Empire.’ Currently, I can establish long-term trade relations with two players simultaneously, and it seems all resource items can be traded.”
“Hiss—”
Luo Ji gasped on the spot after seeing this message.
This skill was powerful.
Although it limited the number of trade partners, the point was that it could trade any resource item!
In other words, if Ye Qingxuan could acquire a large amount of bronze weapons, she could make her civilization enter the Bronze Age in minutes!
At the same time, as the skill level increased, the number of partners would definitely grow.
As long as she developed her commercial talent and advantages well, Ye Qingxuan could entirely rely on this ability to become a middleman between players, dealing with all sides, and building a civilization similar to a commercial empire.
Realizing this, Luo Ji also recognized the hidden dangers beneath this commercial civilization.
For players who couldn’t trade ordinary resources with each other, many would need such a middleman who could trade resources, but at the same time, many players would see her as a thorn in their side!
The key was to grasp the right balance and utilize the agreement terms to hide her existence before her own civilization grew strong!
Thinking of this, Luo Ji quickly sent a message to remind Ye Qingxuan.
Ye Qingxuan sent an ‘OK’ gesture back.
“Don’t worry, I’m at least a quasi-doctorate in business. I’m very professional when it comes to commerce.”
Looking at this message, Luo Ji also thought so.
Ye Qingxuan knew much more about commerce than he did.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have directly triggered a commercial civilization after using a world fragment.
So, he quickly brought the conversation back to trading weapons and equipment.
“Regarding weapon trading, entering a Bronze Civilization all at once is too early for you. I’ll give you a batch of brass weapons first. You should stay in the unranked tier and develop for a while longer, accumulate some experience.”
“Mhm, then what do you need now? I’ve also acquired quite a few good things after developing for some time.”
“No need, I’m not lacking anything for now. Anyway, for me, those brass weapons are just weapons and equipment that have been phased out after an upgrade.”
Luo Ji, who hadn’t intended to take anything from Ye Qingxuan from the start, replied quite directly.
“That won’t do.”
“Even if you enter the Bronze Age, the brass weapons that are phased out can still be used after being remelted into copper ingots.”
“It’s just an extra melting step, so don’t try to fool me with that!”
“I plan to conduct long-term trades in the future.”
“If you do this, I’ll be embarrassed to trade with you again.”
“Besides, I have linen, poultry like chickens and ducks, and a whole bunch of vegetables, fruits, and medicinal herbs here.”
“Are you sure you don’t need any? (wry smile)”
Seeing Ye Qingxuan send a couple messages in a row, the large number of temptations flashing before him made Luo Ji immediately give in.
Chickens, ducks, and other poultry, vegetables, fruits, and medicinal herbs go without saying, they are all important resources.
He also greatly needed linen because he was still wearing animal hides and leather armor.
Although summer was almost over, the weather was still very hot, and he was quite desperate wearing animal hides!
“Consider what I said before unsaid, Boss Ye, please trade those resources to me!”
“I want as much as you have!!”
Recently, he had been so engrossed in his own tribe’s farming development that he almost forgot that the other party had done even better farming than him in the early stages.
Now that she mentioned it, he realized Ye Qingxuan had quite a lot of good things.
From the smelting of bronze to the forging of weapons, and then to the popularization of bronze weapons and the upgrading of weapons for all civilization soldiers, Luo Ji would still need a considerable amount of time.
In his current state, he definitely couldn’t directly trade large amounts of brass weapons to Ye Qingxuan.
However, given their relationship and friendship, there was no need to be so troublesome.
Just trade whatever they had now, and make up for the rest later.
Being fixated on this now would only make them seem distant.
After simply signing the ‘Trade Alliance’ terms, Luo Ji quickly opened the trade panel.
As expected, the spare weapons and various resources stockpiled in his tribal warehouse had changed from ‘untradable’ to ‘tradable!’
Without thinking too much, he placed 15 spare brass battle axes and 10 spare brass spears on the trade slot.
He also casually asked Ye Qingxuan.
“Do you want round leather shields?”
“Yes!”
Just like that, Luo Ji placed 15 spare round leather shields there…
And Ye Qingxuan was quite straightforward.
She directly put all the linen, poultry, and some vegetables, fruits, and medicinal herbs that Luo Ji didn’t have up for trade.
This transaction, while called a win-win, from Luo Ji’s personal perspective, he gained immensely!
The increase in new varieties of vegetables, fruits, and medicinal herbs went without saying.
Having acquired many chickens and ducks, his tribe’s poultry industry also finally began to take off.
This single transaction almost directly boosted the development of three industries within his tribe: agriculture, poultry, and medicine!
It also made Luo Ji more clearly realize the terrifying potential of Ye Qingxuan’s commercial civilization!
