These technologies allow a player to buy trade items to store gold instead of keeping their gold out in the open to be stolen. These technologies are fairly important, but can be passed up for other techs if they are better.
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- Trade
- This tech allows you to buy salt to store gold. Salt can be sold for 65% of the current buying price. The base cost of salt is 1,000 gold.
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- Caravan
- This tech allows you to buy oil to store gold. Oil can be sold for 70% of the current buying price. The base cost of oil is 1,000 gold.
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- Navigation
- This tech allows you to buy silk to store gold. Silk can be sold for 75% of the current buying price. The base cost of silk is 2,500 gold.
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- Long Distance Trade
- This tech allows you to buy spice to store gold. Spice can be sold for 80% of the current buying price. The base cost of spice is 5,000 gold.
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- Food Market
- This tech allows a player to sell the food they produce. A player will receive 15 gold per 100 food sold.
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- Advanced Food Market
- This tech allows a player to sell the food they produce. A player will receive 20 gold per 100 food sold.
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- Food Commerce
- This tech allows a player to sell the food they produce. A player will receive 25 gold per 100 food sold.
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- Advanced Food Commerce
- This tech allows a player to sell the food they produce. A player will receive 30 gold per 100 food sold.