Trading raw materials for pills, weaponry, and other processed goods.
Between Dashun and the Mermaids, there was a factual "industrial and agricultural scissors gap."
Therefore,
It was inevitable for the Mermaid tribe to be harvested by this invisible pair of scissors.
Even because the value of things could not be measured directly, they were being cut without even realizing it.
For a while,
Quan Linghan and many Hunting Tiger Mermaids still did not understand.
Quan Guangqin, however, roughly understood and described it to everyone present in plain language.
Simply put, in a vertical comparison, the Mermaids indeed earn and their standard of living has improved, but from the perspective of a fair trade, the Mermaids are far from earning the profit they deserve.
With each trade, they "lose" once.
Liang Qu raised his thumb in praise, "As expected of the youth, such a nimble mind."
Quan Guangqin bowed respectfully, "It is your great wisdom, sir, that I have managed to glean."