Chapter 383: Chapter 224 Things Brought by the Long Journey Team
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The delicacies of the Vine Tribe, combined with the rich experience brought by Jiang Xuan from his past life, were truly a feast for the eyes, nose, and palate.
Everything is fearful when compared.
After Wu Yu had tasted the food of the Vine Tribe and then thought of the food of other tribes, the gap was just too vast.
In this Primordial World, the living conditions of the tribal people were too poor.
With the problem of being unable to even fill their stomachs, most people simply didn’t have the leisure to think about how to make food taste good.
What they thought about most each day was how to fill their bellies and stay alive. Whether or not it tasted good was only something they would consider after food was no longer a worry.
After being well-fed and satiated, Wu Yu looked at the empty pottery basin and pottery cauldron, patted his tummy, and gave Jiang Xuan a shy smile.
“The food of your Vine Tribe is simply too delicious. I accidentally ate it all.”
Jiang Xuan smiled understandingly and said, “As long as Leader Wu Yu is full.”
“By the way, earlier I saw many people carrying small golden knives to make trades. What are those things?”
Wu Yu had a sharp eye. As soon as he entered the trading area, he noticed many people carrying small golden knives. Some had them boldly in their hands, while others kept them tucked away in beast hide bags.
After entering this inn, Wu Yu saw even more people directly using the small golden knives to exchange for food or to stay inside.
“Those are called knife coins, small knives made from a special type of stone by our Vine Tribe. In the trading area of our Vine Tribe, as long as you have enough knife coins, you can exchange them for all goods.”
“Available for all goods?”
Wu Yu was astonished. Having traded freely among various tribes for a long time, he was well aware of the drawbacks of bartering.
In a barter system, both parties in the trade must happen to need what the other offers; otherwise, it’s difficult to make a deal.
If there were something that could be exchanged for all goods, it would greatly facilitate trade.
Jiang Xuan affirmed, “Indeed, as long as you are in the trading area of the Vine Tribe, knife coins can be exchanged for all goods, though I can’t guarantee it outside the trading area.”
Wu Yu exclaimed, “Even if it can only be exchanged for all goods within the trading area, that’s quite remarkable.”
Wu Yu looked at Jiang Xuan with bright eyes and said, “Chief Xuan, may I see that knife coin?”
“Of course, you can.”
Jiang Xuan readily took out a large knife coin and a small knife coin from his beast hide bag and handed them over to Wu Yu.
Both knife coins had not been sharpened or used and were in very good condition.
Wu Yu examined them carefully and felt that besides the material, there wasn’t anything particularly special about them.
In fact, the knife coin had a high level of hardness. Although sharp, it was also prone to breaking or chipping, requiring careful use.
Knife coins could circulate not only because of their practicality but also because the strength and credit of the entire Vine Tribe backed them.
When everyone learned that this thing could be used to exchange for goods in the Vine Tribe and that the Vine Tribe would always accept them, it could circulate within a certain scope.
The stronger the Vine Tribe, the broader its influence, the larger the circulation range of the knife coin would become.
Conversely, if the Vine Tribe were to weaken someday, or even be destroyed, the circulation area of the knife coin would be greatly reduced or even stop altogether.
Although Wu Yu was smart, he didn’t understand the principles behind the currency system due to his limited knowledge.
So he just thought the knife coin was pretty, a good thing, but didn’t comprehend its circulation principle.
“Chief Xuan, I want to trade for some knife coins with your Vine Tribe. Do you think it’s possible?”
Wu Yu was a businessman. When he first saw these shiny golden knife coins, he knew the big tribes would definitely like them.
As long as he could take the knife coins to other big tribes, he could surely make a huge profit.
“Of course, but the knife coins of our Vine Tribe are of very high value.”
“No problem; we can exchange them with other goods. We brought quite a bit of good stuff this time, and Chief Xuan will surely like it.”
“Is that so? Then I must take a good look.”
Jiang Xuan and Wu Yu chatted as they walked, leaving the inn and arriving at an open space within the trading area.
“Go bring over the goods.”
On Wu Yu’s command, those warriors immediately went outside the Vine Tribe, where the Black-toothed Birds were stopped, to move the goods.
This time they brought a lot of goods, unloading a portion of each to the trading area of the Vine Tribe.
After the goods were moved over, Wu Yu opened a beast hide bag and started introducing the good things they brought to Jiang Xuan.
“Chief Xuan, I know you like seeds, so this time I specially collected many seeds of edible plants.”
Wu Yu picked up a dried melon and said, “This is called a Lightning Melon. It grows on vines and is especially sweet when ripe.”
The Lightning Melon was spherical, with a deep green skin marked with many lightning-like streaks.
The Lightning Melon Wu Yu brought was about the size of a soup pot and seemed to have been picked for a long time, with all the moisture completely dried out.
Jiang Xuan received the dried Lightning Melon, gave it a shake, and could hear many seeds rattling inside like a bunch of small stones.
Wu Yu pointed to the Lightning Melon and said to Jiang Xuan, “This Lightning Melon contains many seeds, exchanged for ten knife coins!”
“Ten coins? No, no!”