The Taxing civilization is composed of hundreds of clans and tribes, among which the fifteen most powerful tribes control the spiritual gate of Taxing, "Tara Tsonai", divide the territory and establish trade markets. Among these fifteen tribes, The ancient Tata Moro clan was the first to discover the Gate of Spirituality and established diplomatic relations with the Terrantha Empire, allowing the Tata Star Civilization to successfully join the Terrantha Sacred Carbon-based Alliance, thus taking control of the anchor space and establishing Tarazonai. The largest trade market "Samaqiyue gathering place".
In the "Samaqi Gathering Area", spirit beads and spirit cores are hard currency, but Tower Star products are very cheap, and the purchasing power of a spirit bead is quite amazing. Therefore, visitors who come here to make purchases will exchange their spirit beads for local products in advance. currency.
The "exchange rate" of each clan is different. According to Allen, "exchanging money" with Tata Moro is the most uneconomical.
Currently unable to go to other markets, the human tour group has no choice but to "take advantage".
Walking into the exchange point, Li Liang noticed that this tent looked ordinary, but it was actually a small magic space. There were more than ten exchange windows lined up, which showed that there was usually a lot of business.
Cain rushed forward excitedly, took out a handful of beads, and put them into the tray on the counter.
I saw the old man Ta Xing behind the counter holding a slender metal rod and pushing the spiritual beads aside one by one. Every time he moved one, the metal rod would vibrate. He counted seventeen in total and took out another A small wooden steelyard, with a spade hanging on one end of the scaled beam and a weight hanging on the other.
Then, the old man took out a leather bag from under the counter, carefully dug out a shovelful of fine blue sand with a spatula, moved the weight, and weighed it. He seemed to find that the weight was not enough, so he dug out twice more, and finally poured it into a square In a small box.
When the old man pushed the box out, Li Liang realized that the blue sand was the currency of Tower Star, and the weight was the "denomination".
Cain was confused: "How does this work?"
The old man from Tower Star showed no response. He obviously could not understand human language and was not wearing a translation device.
"This is an automatic dosing device," Alan Probe explained. "Did you see that button? There is a scale on it. Turn to the corresponding number and press it, and the same unit of 'Latsonexa' will flow out of the box."
"Why don't they print money?" Cain weighed the box, which was so heavy that it weighed on his hand.
"Ta Xing people only recognize this kind of sand," Allen shook his head: "It's good to have a quantifier. When I first came here, I had to weigh it every time I bought something."
Li Liang took the quantifier and saw that there were protruding floating points on the knob. The value was represented by the number of floating points. He poured a cluster of blue sand into the palm of his hand and twisted it with his thumb. It felt like fine mineral sand.
"Set off!"
After the other "tourists" in the human tour group began to exchange their spiritual beads for "Lacso Nesa", Cain picked up Li and walked out of the exchange point at the lead.
The apron where the special service ship landed, including the exchange point and the previous big tent, all belong to the "reception center" of the Tata Moro clan, which can barely be called tidy. Once you leave this area, you will truly enter the "Samach gathering place" , Li Liang found that this place was even more chaotic than imagined.
The entire market has no plan and is like a large maze. Foreign civilizations or organizations randomly choose the places they like to "build houses". Those buildings with strange shapes and different internal environments are like shrubs in the jungle, occupying the space in a disorderly manner.
The only thing the Tower Star people can do is to build low tribal stone houses in the gaps, and then use long colorful streamers to cover all the buildings, so that at least they still have a unified style when viewed from a high altitude.
In addition to stone houses made of white stones, Taxing people also set up stalls on the ground in every possible way, causing the already narrow and winding "streets" to become even more congested.
Li Liang noticed several times that whenever someone set up a stall at the entrance of a foreign building, they would be violently driven away. However, the Tower Star people didn't care and just moved to the side slowly.
Tarazonai has a long history, and tourists come here of all kinds. Most of them are inorganic creatures. At a glance, they are full of shining crystals and weird structures. There are also some creatures that are demanding on the environment and wear protective equipment and move slowly, such as plasma creatures, electromagnetic creatures, certain fungal creatures, etc. There are also many aboriginal people. The tall Sayad demon rides a rock beast and runs rampant.
Li Liang originally expected to treat a few Cybertronians or two-dimensional creatures from the Conway Alliance, but was quite disappointed. After asking Allen, he found out that mechanical life and two-dimensional life were not interested in carbon-based civilization. Even Makosik They are rarely seen in the city, and usually only appear in the Undercity, the main city of the undead.
Cain was in great spirits. She already liked noisy places, so she dragged Child Li along to hang out at various stalls.
The most common goods on the stalls are ores, which are obviously mined by manpower. They come in different colors and lustres and fill pockets. According to Allen, these ores are mainly sold to inorganic creatures.
Cain came across a kind of fiery red transparent ore at a certain stall. He thought it looked good and picked a few pieces. When "checking out", the Ta Xing man setting up the stall held up a container shaped like a horn and made three fingers.
"Tsk," Allen rolled his eyes and spoke a string of Ta Star language, and the translator in everyone's ears translated it in real time, "Three clusters of Latso Nesa can buy a bag of this stuff and trick friends from far away, Zina It'll bite your spine."
Hearing this, the Ta Xing people silently raised their middle fingers.
"Hey?" Cain raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"
Allen snorted, turned around and smiled: "This gesture means you can make any price you want."
"That's it." Cain threw the ore in his hand into the bag and changed it for a few larger ones before turning the knob and pouring a bunch of Lazuonisha into the "horn pot". Unexpectedly, the Ta star man opposite him He put away the pot happily, still looking like he had made a lot of money.
When leaving the stall, Li Liang asked casually: "What is Zina?"
"There are three stars that can be seen on the Tower Star. The dimmest one is called 'Zina' in the Tower Star religion, which is responsible for punishment," Allen explained. "According to the definition of human classical science, Zina is actually An active high-temperature star with strong radiation, which makes the people of the Tower easily get skin cancer, so every Tower Star you will see puts a layer of mineral mud on their skin. By the way, 'Tata Moro' is in the Tower. In the star language, it represents the people Zina gave birth to."
Li Liang suddenly realized that when he received the Ta Xing delegation before, he noticed that the cement color on the bodies of the Ta Xing people was applied later. It turned out to be to protect the skin.
Next, the "human tour group" continued to wander around the crowded market.
Wide or narrow colored streamers cover the top of the head. The air is filled with the salty smell of minerals and the peculiar fragrance of Tower Star spices. The ears are filled with all kinds of strange sounds, including the jabbering of foreign languages, the movement of machinery. Buzzing sounds, the chirping of fungal creatures, and the occasional low bark of a "beast" could be heard from a distance.
At a certain moment, a parade appeared from the corner. It was a team composed of dozens of Tower Star people. They carried a huge golden statue with their bare arms and jumped forward in a very rhythmic rhythm accompanied by intensive drumbeats.
On both sides of the street, people setting up stalls stood up one after another, grabbed various spices from their waist pockets, and threw them into the air.
For a time, the color dust was hazy and strange.
