"Blessings of the Main God! If the opening of trade in the Western Sea keeps going smoothly, we'll need more gold and Silver Family goods... Mm, I have to write a letter and report directly to His Majesty. About the situation in the Western Sea, Zuwaro's expansion, the marriages with the God-descendants... and also ask His Majesty to send more gold, or some worthless silver! For example, twenty thousand catties of silver—about twice as large as twenty thousand catties of gold, roughly the size of an old-god statue. The silver mining on the Zacatecas Wasteland really can be laid out in advance..."
The long conversation that would affect Western Sea trade continued inside the Temple on Whale Island. A bonfire had been lit in the stone shrine, its faint light shining on the faces of the three priests. Chimer wore a riding-friendly bound robe, Miki was draped in a sacred dark cloak, and Losanda wore a thickened defensive leather robe. On all three of their heads sat long priestly crowns with bright feather ornaments, glowing and shimmering in the firelight.
"Losanda! For the great tribal alliances of the Western Sea Continent, aside from gold and silver, what other goods do they need?"
"Mm... Teachers, the great tribal alliances south of the Western Sea Continent—whether Wagoku, whose route has already been opened, Joseon, which produces physicians and shipwrights, or the powerful Great Ming of rumor—all regard gold and silver as the most precious 'gold-silver currency'! This little one-catty Gold Amulet alone can be exchanged for enough grain to feed several dozen people for a year!"
"Therefore, gold and silver will be the most 'portable' and most 'reliable' trade goods. And as long as we have this kind of 'gold-silver currency,' we can buy rice and Salt, armor and swords from the