Astral Gods

Chapter 18 Trading Square

When Zizhu brought the three little ones to Lord Zili, it initially disagreed, but eventually couldn't resist the mischievous little warriors and was worried that they would sneak away, so it finally agreed to their request.

"Purple Pearls, I'll take them to the trading square."

"Okay." Zizhu was a little worried: "Lord Zili, you must keep a close eye on them. The little warriors are too naughty."

"I don't need you to teach me."

Lord Purple Plum will also be going to the trade fair. Not only him, but also King Green Bamboo and the lords of several other peaks will be going to the trading square. They will not only be there to trade, but also to do work.

The situation is this: the total land area of ​​the Xiangjiao Island group reaches 18 square kilometers, which is a very large area.

Even a standard square would have a side length of over 400 kilometers. Moreover, the entire Xiangjiao Island is long and narrow, and with the addition of numerous island groups, its diameter from beginning to end exceeds 1000 kilometers.

Even if the trading plaza were placed in the very center of the island, the Zerg warriors at both ends would still have to fly over 500 kilometers to trade here.

This distance isn't far for lords and the Insect King, but for high-level warriors, and even some mid-level and low-level warriors, it's far too far.

The island has more than 2 Zerg warriors, most of whom are mid-to-high-level warriors and mountain lord-level warriors. The island chain structure means that a single trading plaza cannot meet everyone's needs.

Therefore, the 17 major tribes on the island, each possessing a Zerg King, established trading squares within their respective territories to attract Zerg warriors and Flame Spider traders to their territories for trade.

The Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Beetle tribe possesses an Insect King, but its own strength is insufficient. Most importantly, the tribe's production of Force food is inadequate. Therefore, it cooperated with two other large tribes to establish a large-scale trading plaza, which is responsible for the trading of various Force food items at the southern end of Banana Island.

They expend energy building trading squares, not out of charity or a willingness to help insects.

They set up many stalls in the trading square. Some small tribes could not sell all the Force food they produced at once, so they would rent stalls in the trading square to sell their produce.

In addition, some Zerg warriors made all sorts of interesting gadgets, which they also put on the stall for sale.

As long as there are enough people willing to rent, the three major tribes can earn a stall fee from the trading square. Even if the stall fee is only 100 raw stones per day, as long as twenty or thirty small tribes rent it for a month, they can earn fifty or sixty thousand raw stones.

Although this quantity is not large, it is equivalent to the annual output of a peak-level Mountain Lord Zerg warrior, or the annual output of a high-quality Mountain Lord-level Divine Blessed Seed. That's fifty to sixty thousand Origin Stones a year, and in ten or a hundred years, you can earn four to five million.

This was the year with the lowest returns; in some good years, some people received tens of thousands of yuan in rent annually.

Although the three major tribes divided the spoils and didn't make much profit, it still provided the tribal warriors with some extra income, earned them some hard-earned money, and increased the territory's revenue.

Although Lord Purple Plum agreed to take Purple Fir and the others to the trading square, they didn't go immediately.

It organized the many rhinoceros beetle warriors of the Purple Ridge lineage to calculate the price of the Force food they produced, collect it in a unified manner, sort it according to category and quality, and then pay the Spider King's Scroll to Purple Pearl and the others.

Next, Zizhu and the others only need to use the Spider King's Scroll to buy goods freely in the square, saving them the trouble of carrying large and small bags.

The acquired Force food, including dried fruit pulp, will be sold at the trading square by Lord Purple Plum or traded directly to the Flame Spider caravan, with which his tribe has a long-term cooperative relationship.

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Once all the preparations for the transaction were complete, Lord Zili led the rhinoceros beetle warriors who wanted to buy Force food to the trading square with their goods.

They went in two groups. The first group, led by Lord Zili, went to the trading square. They would buy Force food for themselves or their kind and return after purchasing the necessary Force food. Some of the Zerg warriors would stay there to maintain order in the trading square.

After the first batch of Zerg warriors returned to take over their duties of guarding the territory, the second batch of Zerg warriors were free to go to the trading square to choose the items they wanted to buy.

The Twin-Forked Rhinoceros Tortoise Tribe has over two hundred insect warriors, divided into four branches. The purple branch is not yet early, while the green branch is led by the Green Bamboo Armor King. Half of the insects had already passed by before the grand event even began.

At dawn, when the sun had only peeked out halfway, Lord Purple Plum had already spread his enormous membranous wings and taken off.

Six huge spider silk sacs were hooked on its six limbs, and several small soldiers quietly lay on its head, hiding behind its horns to avoid the huge wind barrier.

Behind it, a dozen or twenty rhinoceros beetle warriors of varying sizes also spread their membranous wings, their claws hooked with spider silk bags, following behind it like a huge flying combat formation.

Because they had a part in the construction of the trading plaza, and the construction distance was not very far from them, just outside their territory, only about 50 kilometers from their main peak of the Azure Vein and about 70 kilometers from Purple Ridge.

The distance was short enough for Lord Zili to fly over in half a day, but because they were carrying heavy cargo and had to keep up with the flight speed of the mountain lord-level warriors and high-level warriors, it took them a whole day to reach the area where the trading square was located.

"We're almost at the Trading Square." After flying to a fairly wide area, Lord Purple Plum reduced his flight speed and released his spiritual energy to remind everyone.

"Are we almost there?" The three little ones peeked out from behind the Purple Plum Lord's huge horns to check.

On a distant mountain peak, there was an extremely spacious circular area, which was located on the summit and covered an area of ​​nearly one square kilometer.

Furthermore, the entire site is very flat, without a single blade of grass or tree.

This is an extremely rare sight on an island that is a tropical rainforest.

Such a prominent landmark that even a Zerg warrior visiting for the first time, as long as they are not blind, would know where the Trading Square is.

Just as the little warrior was looking around the square, Lord Zi Li and his companions flew to the trading square and landed, carrying a lot of Force food.

Upon seeing their arrival, a rhinoceros beetle warrior immediately came to greet them: "Purple Plum, you've come."

"Green Fruit," Lord Purple Plum greeted, "Where is King Green Bamboo Armor?"

"They're resting in the temporary warehouse!"

The numerous Zerg warriors behind Lord Zili landed and greeted him.

"Green Fruit Lord".

"Good afternoon, Lord Green Fruit."

Lord Qingguo is a direct descendant of King Qingzhujia and the youngest lord in the tribe. He is said to have the potential to become the next insect king in the tribe, so everyone respects him greatly.

"Hello, Lord Green Fruit." The three little ones climbed to the top of Lord Purple Plum's horns, waving their tentacles to greet the giant rhinoceros beetle opposite them.

Upon seeing the three little ones, Lord Green Fruit was somewhat displeased: "Purple Plum, why did you bring these little warriors along?"

Lord Zili said indifferently, "Bring them here to broaden their horizons, and we'll send them back in a couple of days."

"Alright, enough nonsense, Qingguo, find me a stall, I want to set up a business."

Lord Green Fruit was speechless at Lord Purple Plum's perfunctory attitude, but the little warrior was not his junior. If his elders didn't care, he couldn't say anything either.

It casually pointed a paw at the side of the square and said, "Go to stall number five!"

"Let's go, let's go," Lord Zili commanded the other Zerg warriors to move the goods to stall number five.

Being a Zerg warrior among the three major tribes has one advantage: there are several stalls specifically designated for them in the trading square, which are free for them to set up shop.

Everyone moved all the Force food they brought to the warehouse of stall number 5, and selected samples according to category to place on the shelf at the entrance.

It was only then that the yews, arriving for the first time, discovered that a large area of ​​stalls had been set up around the entire circular plaza. Each stall had shelves in front of it, and above the shelves were stone slabs made of earth and stone to protect them from rain.

Behind the stalls, there is a warehouse for storing Force food. The facilities here are very complete, which can ensure that the Force food will not get damp or be stolen.

By the time everyone finished their work, it was already night. The three little ones hadn't expected that trading would be so boring, and they fell asleep early in a corner of the warehouse.

Seeing that they were sleeping soundly, Lord Purple Plum and the others did not disturb the three little ones. They left two mountain lords to guard the warehouse, and the other rhinoceros beetle warriors also found a place to sleep at will. Lord Purple Plum himself went to report to King Green Bamboo Armor.