sugar cane

The beast world has always been a place of barter. With the development of the Wood Tribe, all the surrounding tribes became its subsidiaries.

Although the tribes have not yet reached the point where they will never have to worry about food and clothing, Shen Nong also discovered that the orcs in these tribes would use the meat and skins they get to exchange for various furniture, seasonings, and earthen and brick houses.

Barter becomes less suitable for transactions between tribes nowadays.

Shen Nong brought the concept of "money" to the attention of all the tribes.

From now on, all the orcs working in the Mu tribe will no longer be given pickled meat or animal skins, but silver and copper coins.

You can use silver and copper coins to trade various things at the Mu tribe market. All items are clearly marked with prices. The more silver you have, the more things you can exchange for, and the less silver you have, the fewer things you can exchange for.

You can also use silver to hire craftsmen from the Mu tribe to build houses in your respective tribes. If you want to build roads in your tribe, you can also spend silver to buy cement from the Mu tribe.

Since no gold mines had been discovered, Shen Nong traded the gold mines of the Stone Tribe. The orcs of the Feather Tribe flew to the marginal tribes in groups. Now the Stone Tribe has changed a lot and is just a replica of the Small Wood Tribe.

Shen Shi was also sent by Shen Nong to build a mine. Gold and jade are now the main sources of Shen Nong's infrastructure. Shen Nong decided that before he was completely settled, only silver and copper coins would be used in transactions.

When Shen Nong announced that silver and copper coins would replace pickled meat and animal skins, the orcs from various tribes were still somewhat reluctant.

How could the stones and flakes compare to pickled meat and animal skins? These two things could neither be eaten nor worn, and the beastmen felt light and unsure when holding them in their hands.

The Mu tribe had long been distributing meat and animal skins once a month, and now they have changed to distributing silver and copper coins, naturally also once a month.

The orcs, who had been notified early on that they would no longer receive meat, still held on to a glimmer of hope and finally the day came when they received their wages.

When they didn't see the meat cart and the hide cart, the orcs lost their last hope. They looked at their palms worriedly. They used to carry a lot of meat and hides back to the tribe, but now they only got a few pieces of broken stones.

The captains of each team listened to Shen Nong's instructions and emphasized the value of silver again, "Listen carefully, one copper coin is one penny, one string of copper coins is one thousand pennies, and one thousand pennies is one tael of silver.

There is pickled meat for sale at the Mu Tribe market, and one kilogram of pickled meat is five copper coins. The orcs in our construction team are paid well, five taels of silver per person per month, and we can trade one thousand kilograms of pickled meat.

In the past, we only had 20 catties of salted meat a day, and in a month, we could have 600 catties of salted meat, plus two medium-sized animal skins. But think about it, now the broken stones in your hands can be traded for 1,000 catties of salted meat, 400 catties more than before, and the extra salted meat can be exchanged for two large whole animal skins.

The high priest is giving us a raise!"

The orcs of the construction team were stunned when they heard this. They subconsciously clenched the rubble tightly, thinking that the high priest would not lie to them.

The wages of other teams were also converted into silver or copper coins according to the previous payment standards, and a little more was added on this basis.

The day after the salaries of the teams in the Mu tribe were paid was a rest day. The orcs from all tribes came to the market early and waited for it to open.

The orcs guarding the market were awakened by a loud noise. It was just dawn and the market was not open yet. There was a lot of noise outside, and the orcs, fearing something was wrong, quickly got up and looked out the window.

A group of orcs were clinging to the wall of the market, huddled together, and tilting their heads to look into the market.

The orc guarding the market was shocked by the scene, thinking that the orcs were going to climb over the wall to steal things. He quickly woke up the other orcs guarding the market, "Oh no! Get up! A group of orcs are coming to rob the market!"

This shout made all the orcs shout. They picked up their bows and arrows and walked out. They put their sharp arrows on the strings and pointed the cold and sharp iron arrowheads at the outside of the wall. The orcs guarding the market warned loudly: "If you dare to climb over the wall to rob the market, this arrow will shoot into your head!"

Grab the market? What do you mean by grab the market?

The orcs from various tribes were all confused. They also knew that the Wood Tribe's iron arrows were no joke. If they shot into the head, the person would definitely die.

The quick-witted orc recognized who was calling out and quickly shouted, "Master Fox! We are not here to rob the market, we are here to trade!"

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The market of the Wood Tribe was usually not very busy, and the busiest time was only on trading days. Today, I didn't know what was wrong with these orcs, not only did they all come, but they also came so early.

In the past, stall owners would open their shops and wait for orcs to come and trade, but today, the orcs have to wait at the market for stall owners to open their shops.

When the stall owners arrived, they were also shocked by the orcs that filled the market. The market of the Wood Tribe was built very large. Except on trading days, you would never see so many people on other days. The market was almost full.

To be honest, even on trading days there aren't as many people as today.

"Hey, didn't you say you wanted to buy all pickled meat?" The orc from the Grass Tribe asked the orc from the Rain Tribe who was drooling in front of the meat pie stall.

The meat patties at the market are all made, and now it's just the beginning, the oil pan is just getting hot. The meat patties are generously seasoned, and when they are put into the oil pan, the sizzling sound comes out, and the fragrance is stimulated to drift far away.

The orc of the Rain Tribe swallowed his saliva and held up two fingers. "You can buy two of these meat patties for one copper coin."

The aroma of the meat pie stall was so alluring that orcs soon gathered in front of the stall.

"I want four fish patties."

"I want six beef patties! Two fish patties!"

"Give me two of those meat patties with all that meat!"

"Me too!"

In the animal world, wild vegetables are more expensive than meat. Meat in the market is very cheap, but seasonings, animal skins, backpacks, animal skin clothes, fish skin clothes, straw raincoats and hats are not cheap.

Paper, pens, mineral pigments, and furniture were not to be mentioned. The cheapest chair cost two hundred coins. If it was coated with tung oil, an additional 150 coins would be added to the original price. Tung oil was in short supply now, and it was expensive because it was scarce.

The orcs who came to the market were all looking to exchange their silver and copper coins for pickled meat and animal skins. But after they really started to visit the market, they forgot their initial thoughts in the morning.

Some people stayed in front of the barbecue stalls and meat pie stalls, some spent huge amounts of money to buy jam at the jam stall, and all the other stalls were visited by the orcs.

Since there was enough pickled meat and animal skins stored previously, not many orcs visited these two stalls.

However, some orcs only bought cheap meat patties and some pickled meat, and just looked at the other stalls.

The orcs working in the Wood Tribe do not receive their own wages entirely.

At the beginning, the orcs had to hand over the salted meat and animal skins they received as wages every month to the tribe. Later, when the tribes had enough supplies, their priests allowed the orcs to keep some for themselves instead of handing it all over.

Even though it has now been converted into silver and copper coins, everything remains the same. Therefore, the more the orcs earn, the more they can keep.

Xiong Qi from the Grass Tribe stood in front of the jam stall, moving his nose from time to time in an attempt to smell the sweet smell of the jam. He was rewarded with a bowl of jam sweet water for his good performance at the beginning of the spring work, and Xiong Qi thought about that smell every night in his dreams.

Now when he sees it at the market, he can't move his feet. But he doesn't have enough money to buy jam...

Xiong Qi held the copper coins in his hand. He didn't feel disappointed for long before he cheered up. Copper coins are not like pickled meat. They will not go bad no matter how long they are kept. As long as he saves them long enough, he will definitely be able to buy a jar of jam!

After this fair, although the beastmen still didn't quite understand what money was, they vaguely knew in their hearts that money was better than directly giving them pickled meat and animal skins.

They can trade money for anything they want directly, and everything has a set price, and as long as they save up that money, they can trade it.

In the past, the beasts used hides to pickle meat. The pickled meat could be stored for a long time, but it also had a limit. If the hides were stored for too long, they would also go bad. Money was different. It would never go bad. Because of this, the beastmen all thought about saving money.

Some wanted to buy some expensive things that they couldn't normally eat, and many orcs wanted to save money to build a house. If a brick house was not an option, then they could think of a mud house.

The thought of this made the orcs feel full of energy, as if they had no idea of ​​tiredness.

Silver and copper coins became the currency in circulation between the Mu tribe and the surrounding tribes.

Since the construction started in early spring this year, all the orcs from the tribes have come to the Wood Tribe to work. The road construction that had been delayed for various reasons has been put on the agenda and is progressing rapidly.

There was enough cement and enough manpower, and since a portion of the road had already been built before, a large amount of manpower was invested this time, and the cement roads leading to various tribes were built very quickly.

Spring and autumn are not long. It is already the end of spring, and it is still cool in the morning and evening. The sun is very strong at noon. Unless it rains, the cement road will dry in three or four days.

After the cement road was built, the orcs no longer transformed to transport things back and forth but used flatbed trucks instead. This was easier and faster, and things could be placed more stably.

Shen Nong stood on the observation tower and looked at the road built in front of the wall of the Mu tribe. People and cars were walking on it, and it seemed that a new social civilization was approaching.

He walked down from the observation tower and remembered that when he first traveled through time, the system told him to lead this primitive era into a higher social civilization.

Ever since he confirmed through Cao Qing some time ago that Ze was not immune to wood-related abilities but was immune to his wood-related abilities, this realization made Shen Nong even more confused, and his doubts about his travel to the Beast World grew deeper and deeper.

Shen Nong also knew that he had no place to investigate these mysteries unless the system told him.

Shen Nong always couldn't help thinking that when the beast world completely entered a new civilization, the beastmen no longer ate raw meat and drank blood, learned writing, learned skills, and achieved everything, his ultimate mission would be completed.

At that time, would the system send him back to the interstellar space or continue to stay in the beast world? Shen Nong initially thought that it was a fantasy to allow the beast world to enter a new social civilization, at least it would not be realized in his lifetime.

Therefore, he never thought about what would happen to him if it came true.

Now according to the development of the Mu tribe, he is very likely to complete the system's tasks while he is alive.

After this question came up, Shen Nong asked the system, but the system only said that it had no authority to answer and could only ask the main system. Shen Nong had cheated the main system before and knew that it was more vindictive than himself, so the other party would definitely not tell him easily.

Shen Nong was thinking about something and didn't pay much attention to the road when walking. His feet were tied up by something. If he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have fallen to the ground.

After he stood firm, he looked down at what was binding him to the ground.

The orcs from the food-making team saw that the high priest was almost tripped by the purple bamboo they had piled up, so they quickly put down the food in their hands and ran to Shen Nong, asking anxiously, "High priest, did you fall?"

"It's okay." Shen Nong didn't look up, and picked up a purple bamboo with his hand, "Where did this come from?"

When asked about this, the orcs from the food-making team couldn't help but sigh, "This is the bamboo cut by the production team. It was originally intended to be made into bamboo tubes, but who knew that this purple bamboo is solid and thin-skinned. It's completely different from green bamboo and can't be used.

They didn't want to just throw them all away, so they dragged them over and said they would use them for burning. But who knew that the purple bamboo was full of water and couldn't burn fire at all. The captain said to drag them out and put them in the sun, and use them after they were dry.

"Bring me a knife." Shen Nong, who had some guesses in his mind, became more certain of his thoughts after listening to the orc's description.

The orc came back quickly, Shen Nong took the kitchen knife, and with a swipe of the knife, the "purple bamboo" was cut in half. The cross-section fibers were cut flat, and a trace of juice oozed out, which quickly disappeared.

But the sweet fragrance lingers on the nose for a long time.

This is not bamboo at all, it's clearly sugarcane!

"Put all these sugarcanes in a place sheltered from the wind and with soil. Sprinkle some water on the soil to make it moist. Then add a layer of soil on the sugarcanes." Shen Nong said as he bought a primitive juicer design made of wood from the system mall.

The orcs in the food-making team heard from Shen Nong that the purple bamboo was called sugar cane, and it was very important. He did not dare to delay and quickly called other orcs to preserve the sugar cane according to Shen Nong's instructions.

This method of preservation can keep the unpeeled sugarcane for a month. During this time, it is enough to study the blueprint and develop a juicer.

With sugarcane, we can have brown sugar, rock sugar, and white sugar. From now on, the Mu tribe will no longer have to worry about sugar!

A hundred miles away from the Mu tribe, a group of orcs led by Shelin from the Beast City were stopping there to rest.

Captain Shi Lei looked around the surrounding mountains and felt that someone was watching them. He felt a little worried, "Yingshan, transform yourself and go find out."

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For information on sugarcane preservation, please refer to Baidu.