They bartered, but this became insufficient in a more complex market structure
The King made this statement
Essential Oil Constituents (Fresh Leaves) Cyclohexane (8.43%), p-xylene (12.37%), 3-methyl-octane (0.88%), 1-ethyl-3-methylcyclohexane (2.59%), nonane (4.35%), 3,5-dimethyl-3-heptene (1.44%), (1-methylethyl)-cyclohexane (1.70%), propyl-cyclohexane (2.20%), 2,6-dimethyloctane (1.04%), propyl-benzene (1.64%), 1-ethyl-3-methylbenzene (2.19%), 1,3-dimethyl-2-cyclopentane (0.99%), octahydro-2,5-dimethyl-pentalene (1.80%), 1,2,3-trimethyl-benzene (8.73%), 1-methyl-2-propyl-cyclohexane (0.52%), decane (3.60%), 1,2,5-trimethyl-benzene (2.10%), 4-methyl-decane (1.02%), butyl-cyclohexane (0.76%), decahydronaphthalene (1.05%), 1-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-benzene (1.45%), E-2-tetradecaen-1-ol (1.00%), 1-ethyl-2,4-dimethylbenzene (0.80%), undecane (2.49%), 6,8-nonadien-2-one (2.63%), isocaryophyllene (0.54%), 2,6-dimethyl-heptadecane (0.52%), tridecanal (0.99%), 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol (16.37%), thunbergol (1.78%), 9-dodecyltradecahydroanthracene (0.73%), farnesol (3.08%), 1-naphthalenepropanol (3.08%), docosane (1.34%), 9-methyl-nonadecane (2.97%)
Less good tobacco but still acceptable to all but the true connoisseur, is produced in India, Japan, South Africa, Germany, Holland, Russia and Hungary
