Chapter 52 The Catfish Effect

With the speech and support of the wizard Mori Jian, Yu Zao defied all opinions and split the sacred book into pages for Yu Lian to study and compare.

  The little green book icon in the [Gift] slot disappeared without a trace.

Lu Yao’s experiment has produced results: the pixel villain cannot directly grasp things that cannot be understood through the temple. They can only understand [Gift] based on their existing knowledge.

 Soon, a prompt appears on the screen.

　　【Yu Lian invented paper. 】

  【The Garlic tribe learned to make and use paper, and their faith was improved. 】

　　【The Garlic Tribe has learned to make and use books, and everyone's intelligence has been slightly improved. 】

 Inventing and using paper and books, the Garlic Tribe brought 400 faith points to Lu Yao.

 Shortly after the advent of paper, the leader Yu Zong passed away.

This young man who once said that "gods love slippery fish", a hero who almost died in battle due to blind confidence, and a villain who took on the responsibility of a leader when he grew old, ended his life.

 It says on the monument.

"Yuzhao: One of the first two heroes of the tribe, he fought bravely against the demon believers and fought to protect the tribe and the cave monsters. He strongly advocated the construction of ships, spreading the footprints of the Garlic Tribe all over the water, integrating the East River tribe and the cave monsters , helped Yulian make paper, we will miss him forever."

Yuzao’s soul was picked up by Scott and brought to Sanilo in the south, where he started a new life journey.

The era of the first generation of leaders and heroes of the Garlic Tribe has come to an end.

 After Yuzai's death, the cave wizard Morimi took his place. Yulian was also recommended by Morimi and became the youngest leader in the history of the tribe.

 The leaders of the second generation of Garlic Tribe took shape.

The cave wizard Morimi is the decision-maker on major events for the tribe.

The astrologer Shahan spent most of his time in the temple, as a servant of the gods, and was also responsible for the compilation of tribal texts and books.

Yu Lian is a new force among leaders. He began to propose a series of reform plans to promote the tribe.

He said: "Our galleys have been to Sanilo, which is also the place of worship of Lord Yao."

“The Apostle said that Sanilo is a city of ghosts, inhabited by many ghosts that we cannot see. Many of the dead people of the tribe will be taken there.”

“I have been to Saniro by boat. It is a wonderful city with clean streets and houses, roads that are not afraid of rain and mud, straight and smooth streets, and tall and strong walls.”

“The Garlic tribe also wants to build such a city.”

“Cities will make our lives more comfortable, less likely to get sick, and more able to unite our faith and confidence.”

 This suggestion was rejected by Morimi on the grounds that the tribe currently lacks manpower to support such a huge and time-consuming project.

 It is commonly said that if the steps are too big, the **** will be pulled.

However, Morimi agreed with some of Yulian’s views.

Shamans believe that building roads is a top priority for the tribe. The road between the Yanchi settlement and the Garlic tribe's base camp must be opened so that goods from the two places can circulate quickly.

 With roads, the two places can support each other if they encounter dangerous situations.

 But building the road was more difficult than they expected.

 Just to carve a road out of the mountain took all the labor of the cave monsters.

 The cave dwellers are digging into the mountains day and night. They were very experienced in digging holes, but even so, they encountered several landslides and heavy rains, and several cave monsters died.

Lu Yao also helped and used the [scorching sun] to disperse the heavy rain, so that the road construction in the mountains could continue.

 After the road between the two places was opened, the circulation speed of goods has greatly increased, and more and more camels are transporting goods back and forth.

 The merchants immediately became active. They took aim at the profit difference between the two places and began to frequently resell feathers, salt and garlic from the two places, making a lot of profits.

  Problems also came one after another.

 Transporting goods requires camels or manpower. In the trade between the two places, the barter method is inefficient and costly, and merchants have always been troubled.

 Not long after, Lu Yao saw a prompt pop up on the screen.

　　【Shang Li invented the currency "sea shell". 】

　　【The Garlic Tribe has learned to make and use currency, their faith has been improved, and everyone's intelligence has been slightly improved. 】

—A great god. There is a believer who has performed feats far beyond those of his peers. Do you need to transform him into a hero?

【whether】

 Lu Yao clicked on the temple.

 Standing in the hall was Shang Li.

 He is only 18 years old, even younger than Yulian today.

 Lu Yao converted him into a hero.

 In the detailed personal panel, Shang Li is a handsome-looking young man with tied hair.

 He was wearing linen clothes and trousers and sheepskin boots. Shang Li led a camel and walked on the path. The camel carried goods wrapped in cloth on its back.

 Under the portrait is his personal motto.

I wish that everything was a commodity with a clearly marked price. Once I paid for it, it belonged to me, and I never had to worry about losing it.

 …

  【Hero Lv1】Business Profit

 Attack 0 Defense 0 Knowledge 2 Mana 1 Luck 2 Morale 0

【ability】

 Wisdom Lv1: Wisdom is the key for the apostle to listen to the will of God. The higher the level of wisdom, the easier it is to improve and understand various abilities.

 Trade Level 1: Good at trade, possessing better business capabilities, and a certain probability of making commercial inventions.

 …

 The emergence of business interests is an unexpected blessing.

 Lu Yao originally thought that progress at the institutional level of tribal civilization might require the development of iron tools or engineering.

Unexpectedly, the businessmen stood up.

 They are eager to get more profits from their transactions. The pursuit of profit has made them the group most enthusiastic about change. Business profit is an epitome of the power of businessmen to promote tribal civilization.

 The seashells invented by Shang Li quickly became popular among the tribes with the permission of the wizard Morimi and others.

 Currency makes transactions more efficient and clear, making barter for goods a thing of the past.

 The tribesmen even learned to set up stalls and sell food.

However, some disadvantages also arise from this.

 “Mutton, 40 shellfish per piece.”

 “Mutton, 39 shells per piece.”

 Two mutton sellers started a price war.

 “Why do you have to be lower than me?”

“Idiot, of course that’s why I can buy it, you can also sell it at a low price.”

 “Mutton, 38 shellfish per piece!”

 “Mutton, 35 shellfish per piece!”

 The two villains couldn't argue and almost fought. In the end, it was the fishing company who came forward to negotiate and the dispute was settled.

In addition, currency trading also raises the classic problem of missing a pound.

 “You sell less meat than others!”

 “Nonsense, it’s obviously the same.”

 “Just want less!”

“If you don’t want to buy it, forget it.”

 “Give me back the seashells! I’ll buy them elsewhere!”

“I’ve bought everything, but you give me the spoiled meat. How can I want it?”

 “Damn it! You guy!”

 “That’s how trading is, you see clearly.”

Lu Yao also shook his head.

 He wanted to strike this tribal profiteer with a [lightning] strike. It is really disgusting that the fruits of the hard work of the working people have been defrauded into their pockets like this.

 But even killing this profiteer is of no use.

 If one profiteer falls, there will still be thousands of profiteers.

 Lu Yao was curious, wondering if the Garlic Tribe had any way to deal with it.

 Soon, the tribe came up with countermeasures.

　　【Yu Lian invented the weight measurement unit: Jin/Liang. 】

  【The garlic tribe unified weights and measures. 】

  【The Garlic Tribe learned to formulate and use units of measurement, and everyone's intelligence improved slightly. 】

 Lu Yaoxin said that’s right.

The merchants turned into catfish desperately fighting for food, stirring up this quiet pool and bringing pressure and challenges to the tribal leaders.

 The gears of the new era are slowly turning with the help of countless people.

 (End of this chapter)