TRADE ?

[ShadesWolf]

So how do you think trade will be handled ?

[Hirosito]

in order to trade you will have to be allied or on good terms with everyone on the way making alliances much more important.

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Hirosito Mori

Gentile or Jew
O you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.

[Vanya]

Trade:

[Buyer]: I'll give you these 50 donkeys for those 2 fine women you have there!
[Merchant]: GAH! These are FINE women too! 50 donkeys? I don't think so!
[Buyer]: OK, OK. 70 donkeys...
[Merchant]: [Shakes head]
[Buyer]: ... and I'll throw in 1 shovel and a load of dirt!
[Merchant]: You take me for a fool? I want GOLD for these women!
[Buyer]: GAH! How much?
[Merchant]: 50 coins!
[Buyer]: 50? Thats it?!? Why, my load of dirt will have 10 times that easy!
[Merchant]: Well, then. Bring your dirt and we can trade!
[Buyer]: We're standing on it!
[Merchant]: Standing on what?
[Buyer]: We're standing on my dirt!
[Merchant]: [Looks down, then looks back up] Surely, you must be kidding...
[Buyer]: Oh no! Want me to start digging now?
[Merchant]: OK. Keep your dirt. I tell you what. You are taking way too much of my time. I'll take your 50 donkeys and I'll give you 2 fine women.
[Buyer]: Great! [Whistles. His associates bring in the burros] Here are the donkeys.
[Merchant]: The women will meet you behind tent #3. Just go! And please take them far away from here!
[Buyer]: [Strolls into tent #3] Hello, ladies! Here's daddy!
[The buyer then sees the women in tent #3. His expression of joy quickly turns to a frown, and his jaw hangs open...]
[Buyer]: GAH! Get away from me! Hideous! How could the gods forsake me with these... these... VILE things!
[Buyer runs out of the tent, chased by the 2 ugliest women in all creation. The two women are starved for "male companionship". The Buyer flees with all his might...]
[Merchant]: He he. Finally, the curse has been lifted off my back! And I got 50 asses out of it!

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[Sir Kuma of The Org]

Being master of provinces with trade routes or master of part of the seas (Water is divided with boundaries as provinces-countries) will give you an $$$$ advantage, you will find that you have a lot of friends.

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Ils sont grands seulement parce que nous sommes à genoux. Alors levons-nous debout!!!