The civilized race with a high level of technology has an indescribable sense of superiority. Those who traveled across the ocean to the American continent to make a living were just a group of prisoners, poor people, and poor people who could not make it on the island of England, but they had a strong desire to kill the Indians, believing that they were savages who were turned away by God.

The demise of the Inca Empire also originated from this concept of cultural superiority. Although the historical truth of the bloody battle between hundreds of people and tens of thousands of people still needs to be explored, no one can deny that the emperor's behavior of turning against others and killing was despicable and shameless. This is the collision between civilization and barbarism. The former despises the latter and never thinks that he is cruel and violent. He can only choose a monster. If he falls behind, he will be beaten, which will give enough space for other civilized races to survive.

The northern barbarians are at such a fork in the road.

As the national teacher, Wu Peng once considered using the Dragon Lock Pass caravan to exchange corn and potato seeds from the white people in the south.

The Lion King had long cut off the implementation of this plan. The caravan's transaction size may be very small every time, and both parties will make an agreement in advance. Most importantly, the barbarians know nothing about the white language, and the natural racial hatred, which led to the contacts of only a few people barely understand them after years of contact. Daily communications also require a lot of sign language to gesture.

This is also something that the great master found incredible. If Tianhao had not taken the initiative to speak out in the secret letter that he understood the white language, Wu Peng would not have left Heijiao City at this critical period and came to the distant Panshi City fishing village.

"Are you sure you can get corn and potatoes through these white people?" Wu Peng was a little worried: "When exactly?"

"The latest will not exceed next winter." Tianhao is very sure of this.

The great master looked at Tianhao for a long time, looking so carefully, as if he wanted to see through his skin and find the secret hidden inside.

"...You are real." He suddenly said such an inexplicable sentence, mixed with deep sighs.

Tianhao could only smile at this. He knew that the great masters were always aimless and would not have the time to make fun of them.

"I'm just going to be an audience today." Wu Peng rotated the half of the roasted shrimp that he pinched in his hand, slowly raised it up, and put it into his mouth. The cold shrimp meat was very hard, and his teeth could barely deal with it: "Tell me what you have done during this period! Others can tell me, but I think the words from your mouth are more real."

Tianhao smiled slightly, opened his mouth, revealing a mouthful of white and neat teeth.

"I have surrendered several deer villages and gathered many deer people."

"The use of paper has been fully rolled out, mainly the official documents between villages and Panshi City. Now we no longer use animal skins, and it is very convenient."

"There are currently 28 villages, with an average population of about 3,000, and half of them are pigs and ours. In addition, a new port was built on the northern seaside, which was expanded into a city based on this. The current fishing village is too small to accommodate more ships. Once there is a beginning of scale, I plan to move the dock and the main fishing base. Panshi City was built according to the standards of the fortress, and it cannot accommodate too many people here."

"We have managed the peat business of the Tiger and Lion tribes quite well. We have changed to a large amount of food and horses... Speaking of horses, we have to mention some of the people who are doing specific things below. They are very smart and loyal to His Majesty and the tribe. The problem that has troubled our ancestors for hundreds of years has finally solved one, and they are really..."

"Wait!" The great master suddenly spoke, interrupting Tianhao's words. He looked excited, his eyes trembled, and he asked anxiously: "Do you mean you got the stallion?"

Tianhao nodded: "Yes, they did."

"Smuggling? Or did you use some other means?" The great master felt his heart beating violently, and his thin hands couldn't help but tremble sharply: "How many people have they died? Did the tiger clan discover this secret?"

Wu Peng knew very well how strict the tiger clan was in managing horses. This was a kind of interest awareness formed by the entire ruling class of the tiger king to the nobles. No matter what form of bribery, it was impossible to lure the power of the tiger clan to loosen. This was not a question of whether it was money or not, but a sense of rigorous worship of ancestors and tribes from the bones.

"They are all very smart young people." Tianhao still smiled. He was never stingy in promoting his subordinates' achievements at this time: "They used some very special methods, and the Tiger people did not notice them from beginning to end."

Tianhao talked about Zumu and his "Shengxinglong" business for more than an hour. He spoke very carefully and did not miss a single link. The great master was fascinated by the hearing and kept marveling, and his expression also changed in laughter and seriousness. When he heard the funny part, he laughed happily and burst into tears.

"This method is not difficult at all, it's too simple." Wu Peng smiled so hard that his beard trembled: "They can think of it by making up excuses to trick the horse's semen (harmony) liquid from the groom."

Tianhao said meaningfully: "Extraordinary times, extraordinary means must be used. As long as the goal is achieved, the process is not important."

The great master put away his smile, his expression became solemn, showing an unprecedented solemnity: "They are all very outstanding young people. I want to ask His Majesty for them. With this, they are fully qualified to carve their names on the clay template and enter the Royal Archives so that their descendants can always remember them."

"It's not the time yet." Tianhao advised with a smile: "Their identities are confidential. It's not too late to write down the credit first, and it's not too late to give it back later."

Wu Peng nodded with emotion: "There was a saying from our ancestors that young people can create the future of this world. I have never understood it before, but now I truly understand the meaning of this sentence."

"I set up the horse farm in a hidden place in the north mountain, and you can go there tomorrow. But those horses are still small and cannot walk far away. I will keep them here for a year. When the weather is warm next year, I will take thirty stallions to visit His Majesty."

Tian Hao paused for a moment and changed the topic: "In addition, I want to talk to you about currency."

Wu Peng's expression did not change: "Say it, I'll listen."

"You are a wise sage. Without your guidance, the Cow Clan could not have gained a strong position on the northern continent. In our tribe, Your Majesty is the leader in everything. You are responsible for the overall arrangement and coordination of specific affairs. Both Your Majesty and You are indispensable and important figures. You have long-term vision on many issues, and have made plans early. It is no exaggeration to say: The reason why the Panshi Leader has today's grand occasion is closely related to Your Majesty and your help."

The great master couldn't help but smile: "It's really an unexpected surprise. I didn't expect to say these words from your mouth. I always thought you were a tough, strong and proud guy, haha... I'm not your style when I say flattery."

"I'm telling the truth." Tianhao's face was full of seriousness, and his eyes were sincere: "If you hadn't given me absolute trust, given Panshizhai five-year tax exemption period, and gave me absolute autonomy, I wouldn't have achieved what I have today."

Everyone loves to listen to flattery words. Although Wu Peng knew that there was something in Tianhao's words, he still felt happy and chuckled: "Before you were promoted to the city lord and went to Black Point City to receive the branding ceremony, Your Majesty had never heard of your name, let alone support it."

"It's all the same." Tianhao's eyes were full of admiration: "Your Majesty is a wise king. If you don't get your Majesty's approval, it will be useless even if I get your recommendation from the great master."

Wu Peng's smile became a little lighter than before. He picked up the teapot, filled his cup, and used this calm action to hide his thoughts.

"The trade method of directly exchanging goods is no longer applicable. I only take the current situation of the Rock Colonel as an example. Three thousand pieces of linen are a lot of money. I want to exchange food, and as long as the food is grain, other cities within the ethnic group are willing to exchange it. After all, the people below must wear clothes. The problem is that no city can produce so much food, and it is not possible to trade it in a dispersed manner, which will consume more energy and manpower."

"I have always been committed to establishing good relations with the surrounding villages and developing them together. The Panshige has fish and salt. I use these to exchange materials with them, mainly peat and iron ore. Taking Shanyuan Village as an example, this transaction has become their main source of income. With more food, the population in the village is also increasing. But every time they come, they ask for more, for example, last time they exchanged one kilogram of ore for one kilogram of grain, this time they asked for one liang, or two liang. This is a kind of favor business. Even if I set the price, they will always try to take advantage of it."

"Yonggang is the military commander of Panshi City. Last year, he took a hunting team out and walked very far. He hunted more than 100 horned sheep near a village under Mishui City. There were too many prey and the road was too far, so Yonggang had to take his people to carry the prey to the village and discuss with the local leader to exchange food. The fresh meat could not be stored, and it would smell bad in a few days if it was not processed. But the village had a bumper harvest last year and there was no shortage of food. The locals were not interested in mutton. The goods they wanted were cotton. In the end, there was no way, so Yonggang had to leave the prey and take away the food worth only half of it. It was not that he didn't want to ask for it, but that the other party only gave so much, and he said it very clearly. If you want it, don't want it."

“If we build a monetary system that everyone recognizes, we can avoid these troubles.”

Tianhao didn't say deeper that there were some things that could be pointed out, and with the wisdom of a great master, it should not be difficult to understand.

Wu Peng was silent for several minutes.

He finally opened his lips, but his expression was serious, and his slow speech showed that he was also thinking: "I understand all of what you said, including these examples, the Lion King has said similar things for many years, even more clearly than you said."

Tianhao's tone was very formal: "I am different from him, and there is a big difference. In addition to freedom of trade, the Lion King also wants to control everything by fully implementing the monetary system and plunder our wealth by minting coins."

"Did you see?" Wu Peng's words were mixed with a hint of sarcasm: "Then do you want to do the same thing with him?"

Tianhao did not answer.

He took out a silver coin from his pocket and took out a silver block that was equivalent to half the size of an adult's fist, and was cast into a cube.

"The monetary system must be based on gold and silver. The lion currency is useless to us." He pointed at the silver coin with his finger: "I carefully checked this thing. It was made in a crude way and had almost no silver content. The Lion King was very cunning. He used this trick to deceive many people's eyes. On the surface, it was to promote the currency system, but in fact he used a pile of waste money to exchange a large amount of resources. He even asked the lion people to use this currency, but hoarded the real gold and silver."

Wu Peng heard a lot of unusual meanings from these words, and couldn't help but be stunned, and then an anxious expression appeared on his face: "Ahao, you mean..."

"This is our opportunity." Tianhao smiled. The sense of superiority from the civilization era once again penetrated throughout his body and became the dominant decision: "We can mint our own exclusive currency, with a silver content of 70%, or 60%, which cannot be lower than this proportion. The value of money lies in circulation, not a large amount of hoarding. We do not recognize or accept the money of the Lion tribe. This brand new silver coins are only circulated in our cattle tribe territory."

"What should I do with foreign trade?" Wu Peng immediately frowned and blurted out the question.

"This is exactly what I will say next." Tianhao lowered his volume, put the silver coins and the lion clan silver coins, picked up chopsticks and crossed them, and made a simple equality sign: "This secret must be disclosed to all tribes to let everyone know the Lion King's conspiracy. We don't care what other tribes think, but as long as we trade, weapons, steel, armor... all commodities must be settled with our money. For example, a cotton cloth from the deer clan can be exchanged for a silver coin. If they want to buy a long knife with the same value as a silver coin, they must first trade the cotton cloth at our price, and then buy the long knife with the profit they get."

Wu Peng still frowned: "It's very troublesome to do this. Wouldn't it be better to exchange a long knife with cotton cloth?"

"This is just a transaction between a piece of cotton cloth and a long knife. The trade between ethnic groups will definitely not be the only quantity. If it is ten thousand pieces of cloth and ten thousand knives, the price will definitely change. Moreover, commodity production will be affected by various factors, such as weather will lead to a bumper or a bad harvest, and disease will lead to a decrease in the population of our ethnic group. If there is not enough manpower to mine, the price of weapons will rise accordingly. Therefore, the prices of various commodities are different every year. This kind of thing can never be agreed upon, and you can only go with the market."
Chapter completed!