"Black market? You mean the secret transactions in the East Market?" This was not the first time Bai Lang heard the word black market, but he didn't know much about it. In his opinion, where can you go dark in a place covered by a knife shop? I've never cared about it.
Now it was beyond Bai Lang's expectation to hear that the smuggler in front of him, who was chosen to connect with Bai Lang, mentioned the "black market" and cited the reason for the increase in thieves in Yongchuan City today.
The smuggler's name is Wang Lin, a small man in his early thirties, smooth-tongued and well-spoken. And as the person who dared to show his face among the people at the lunch table, it was natural that he became the tongue that came into contact with Bailang.
When it comes to the black market, Wang Lin is no longer timid. He knows this business best. Seeing Bai Lang asking, he immediately started to explain. So Bai Lang knows that the so-called black market is not just the sneaky things in the East Market, but also involves larger and larger transactions.
"The businesses that Bai Zhentang mentioned behind closed doors in the East Market are indeed part of the black market, but only a very small part. The stolen goods that the thieves who came into the city this time wanted to take advantage of the chaos also belong to the black market, and they are a very small part of the black market. A large trading category.
Specifically, it means robbing wealth, becoming dirty, selling stolen goods, and cleaning. Of these four departments, the most busy ones are the "stealing of wealth" and the "disposal of stolen goods", which are also the most prosperous and variable parts of the black market.
The town hall may not know that there is no fixed place in the black market. Even though there are some transactions that can be called black market in the East Market, it does not mean that the black market transactions have to be open and crowded like the East Market.
Hehe, you also know that it's impossible. If you don't use it for a day, it will be checked out.
Therefore, the black market actually uses "information lines", hidden among interpersonal relationships with serious business as a cover. The settlement of transactions is also done with the guarantee of various connections in interpersonal relationships.
The final physical goods are also found in a place and method for final handover after negotiation. In many cases, the final handover is no longer the original buyer and seller. It is not surprising that after many rounds of replacements and verbal sales, things are even washed away."
Following Wang Lin's story, Bai Lang found that his previous understanding of the black market was still too superficial. I didn't expect it to look like this.
Even when Wang Lin talked about the final "cleaning" session, Bailang had the feeling that "someone with official status must be involved." And the degree of perfection far exceeded Bailang's imagination.
"But the sword shop and the government office are the locks on the black market. The town hall should understand that the black market cannot be exposed to the light after all, otherwise there will be big trouble.
Therefore, in places where the power of sword shops is generally very stable, the space for the existence of the black market is severely suppressed. Because the knife shop will visit warehouses in various places from time to time, and there will always be some unusual information collected by street wanderers. As a result, many black market transactions will be regarded as "tax evasion" or "smuggling" and directly disrupted.
Especially the stolen goods around Yongchuan City. Because the owner has reported the stolen goods to the police, once he is caught on the spot, he will be easily prosecuted. If he is charged with selling stolen goods or concealing stolen goods, he will lose his head. This led to the fact that no one would dare to do this, and they would just sell the stolen goods from Yongchuan City to other places. Take things from other places to Yongchuan City for processing.
Now there is a problem with a sword shop in Yongchuan City, and it is impossible to recover in the short term, and it may even become more chaotic. Such a great opportunity will naturally cause thieves around to swarm in and seize the time to ship goods. In this way, the money can be returned faster, and the shipping costs incurred by going to other places are eliminated. Income instantly increased by 20 to 30%.”
Wang Lin's narration opened up Bailang's new understanding of the world. He was immediately interested and gave Zhang Wu the physical description and basic information about the bandit in the message to screen the new faces in the money shop.
With this information and the successive screenings that followed, those who pretended to be thieves or passers-by and sneaked into the city's Yuzhong Swordsmanship Hall with unfamiliar faces would no longer be able to hide.
This is much faster than relying on streetwalkers in knife shops to distinguish one by one. It also corresponds to the situation that a sudden change in killing may occur at any time.
As for what Wang Lin said about selling stolen goods, Bai Lang was very interested. He has a preference for knowledge about things in this world that have not yet formed a fixed order.
“What’s the best thing to sell on the black market?”
"Grain and cloth are the best products to sell, and the prices are very stable whether it is selling stolen goods or cleaning them. The worst products to sell are jewelry, calligraphy and paintings. Such things are too eye-catching and the risk is high. Therefore, they are usually shipped at half price. , even 30% are walking when the wind is tight.”
"You seem to be very familiar with this art?" Bai Lang was already carefully examining Wang Lin in front of him. This little man impressed him a little.
"Hehe, to be honest with the town hall, before I started smuggling, I worked as an intermediary in the black market for six years. I did some small business and was not famous, but I was still familiar with the connections. Later, because of a mistake, my reputation It will be completely gone, and I will no longer be able to do it, and I will be forced to change my career.”
"No wonder. As far as you know, is there anyone in the officialdom who is messing around in the black market?"
Wang Lin chuckled and said, "You don't know what the town hall is asking. There must be official reports, but you won't step in by yourself. You will have your own gloves to handle business in the black market. And the things in the hands of these gloves are actually not as good as The amount of stolen goods flowing in is small, sometimes even more. Some special things are only available to them."
"Something special?"
"Well, for example, crossbow arrows, steel shields and mail armor. And a stone that is said to be only used by Qi Refiners."
"Huh?" Bai Lang was shocked when he heard this.
Crossbows, steel shields, and mail armor are all military-standard and strictly controlled items. Anyone who has these three things, even if they pick them up on the road, will be guilty of not reporting them to the official. Bailang didn't expect that the water in the black market could be so deep.
Not to mention the "stone" mentioned in the last sentence.
Doesn't the "stone" used by the Qi Refiner refer to the spiritual stone that Bai Lang got from Huang Yi before? Is this stuff also flowing into the black market?
Bai Lang's surprise was as expected by Wang Lin. He even thought that Bailang was surprised that the few items controlled by the military could be purchased on the black market. And I know nothing about the kind of stone behind. So I gave an explanation. It means that the kind of stone that is only used by Qi refiners is the most valuable thing, and there is no need to worry about selling it. As long as the publicity is revealed and the price is doubled or even tripled, people will grab it.
"It's just a pity that few of those stones have come out, and it is said that there is only one way around Yongchuan City where you can get that kind of stone. It is a unique business, and no one else has a chance to get involved."
"Oh? You even know other people's unique businesses?"
"Hehe, Xiaomen Trail is just for fun. Anyway, it's over there in Shuangqing City. I don't know who it is specifically. But the middleman among them is still very famous in the nearby black market."
After a pause, Wang Lin seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then suddenly said: "If the town hall is interested in getting involved in the black market, I am willing to serve as a pawn for the town hall!"
Bai Lang looked at Wang Lin again in surprise, and now he understood why the other party was so diligent in explaining the inside and outside of the black market to him, an outsider in the knife shop, and what he said in his words was not just "very profitable." These three words? Is this to drag him into trouble?
(End of chapter)
