South of Changshui, Yongchuan City.
"Potato glutinous rice cake! Fragrant potato glutinous rice cake!"
A stall was set up at the entrance of a shabby shop, and someone was selling a pot of potato glutinous rice cake on the side. The expression is rich and enthusiastic, but the business is not very good.
Is this potato glutinous rice cake not fragrant? No, it smells good.
Is it because passers-by don’t like this kind of food? No, everyone will swallow their saliva when they smell it.
So why doesn't anyone buy it? Because it’s expensive!
No one has used the money tickets for a long time. Copper coins, silver coins, and gold pieces are the mainstream currencies now.
However, the quality of copper coins is different, so although they are still circulating in the market, they cannot be sold by force. Many businesses do not accept copper coins.
So this potato glutinous rice cake has to be sold for silver, one dollar for a bowl of glutinous rice cake. At this price two years ago, you could buy hundreds of kilograms of potato glutinous rice cakes in Yongchuan City, and there might still be some leftovers.
But now the price is so expensive but no one complains. Because although the price is expensive, it is not outrageous at all at the moment.
Food is scarce, and even less can be sold as delicacies. Don't think it's too expensive for one silver coin per bowl. Looking at the entire south of Changshui, and even the entire Hong Dynasty, this is the only one.
Of course, ordinary people will not buy it to eat. Even if I have money, I won't buy it. Wouldn’t it be delicious to buy more potatoes with the same money? Now is not the time to satisfy your craving, filling your stomach is the most important thing.
"Have a bowl."
"Okay!"
Finally, a customer came to the stall, a middle-aged man wearing black robes and a pale face. I threw a broken piece of silver on the stall, which was much more than one piece of silver. The street vendors are not surprised either. There are many Qi practitioners outside Yongchuan City, and basically none of them have any money, but there are plenty of various kinds of broken silver and gold.
After a while, a bowl of steaming potato glutinous rice cake sprinkled with seasonings was handed to the man in black.
Perhaps he had never seen or eaten this kind of thing before, and he found that it was really delicious. A flash of surprise flashed across the face of the man in black, and then he picked up the spoon and took a bite. Then he raised his brows and began to eat faster. Get up quickly.
"Do you have anything else to sell in your business?"
"Yes, what does this gentleman want to buy?"
"Something?"
"Everything is basic, and some are relatively in-depth. All are guaranteed to be authentic and not adulterated!" The vendor kept smiling, taking back the other party's tableware after eating, and kept introducing the food.
"Both basic and in-depth ones are required. What's the price?"
"The basic one is one medium-grade spiritual stone. Going deeper requires five medium-grade spiritual stones. Of course, you can also exchange it for news that you think is suitable and that we don't have. At present, our valuation of news at the fairyland level is very high. .
Sir, which method are you going to choose? "
"Let's comment on the news first. How do you comment on this?" The man in black obviously knew about it and handed over a jade slip. Then he pointed to the potato glutinous rice cake in the pot and signaled for him another bowl.
The vendor called the people in the shop to take away the jade slips, and then he scooped a bowl of potato glutinous rice cake for the man in black. The other party's broken silver was still on the stall just now. After this bowl, the vendor took away the broken silver.
The man in black had just finished half of his second bowl of potato glutinous rice cake when the man who had taken away the jade slips came back. He put the jade slips back and said a few words in the street vendor's ear before leaving.
"Sir, we want your information. But some of it is duplicated, so you need to add two more middle-grade spiritual stones, and we can complete the business. Do you think it's okay?"
"Okay." The man in black answered simply, as if he was not only satisfied with the price but also a little surprised. He didn't expect that some of the not-so-secret information he handed over was actually quite valuable.
"Oh, by the way, this master, I have a message for you. Recently, there have been many powerful men from the Wanshi Sect staying on the other side of the mountain. Their intentions are not yet clear, so they just watched from the clouds and refused to go in. Some of the people who came out in front were I have been questioned but not embarrassed, so you should have an idea."
"Oh? Which ones are they from?"
"Yunmei Mountain, Xiaoyuan, Haoyue Gate, and some others follow. I heard that there are immortals."
The man in black nodded and left with satisfaction. Before leaving, he took out another piece of silver and packed away two bowls of potato glutinous rice cake.
The vendors nodded and bowed from behind to thank them for their patronage, while continuing to shout about buying and selling. At the same time, I was also thinking about the remaining potato glutinous rice cake in the pot, wondering if I could have some left over today to satisfy my craving.
In the shop behind the stall, several clerks were busy. He was busy collecting the few middle-grade spiritual stones that had just come in, and he was also busy summarizing the newly arrived information, removing duplicate parts, and then reporting it.
This entire process has long been familiar to me. Over the past year or so, a complete disposal system has been established.
This system also has a name given by Bai Lang: Daku.
It means "paper warehouse". It is also an important "ear" built by Zhou Dong under the guidance of Bailang and constantly improving the details. This ear is now an important source of information for the Knife Academy to understand the entire world of Immortal Kingdom.
The final products collected and sorted out from the warehouse will be regularly sent to the Queershan station by Zhou Dong himself, where they will be presented to Bailang, and then Liu Xu and other relevant red knives will be summoned for discussion.
Of course, discussions are divided into internal and external matters. Internally, only a few people can participate, and Bailang's existence needs to continue to be kept secret.
Externally, Bai Lang's younger brother Bai Yuankai came forward to preside over the deliberations as a "substitute sword". In Hong Dao's eyes, he would think that this is the new Zao Dao accumulating strength. When enough energy is accumulated, the word "dai" in front of it should be removed.
As for "White Waves", many red knives have forgotten about it at this time.
After Zhou Dong got the latest summary information, he took a rough look at it, and then quickly asked others to confirm the more prominent points before he rushed to Queer Mountain overnight. He has been making this trip every two months for more than a year. Along with him were three inner disciples who were in the middle stage of the Qi-entraining realm to protect his safety.
The kind of treatment Zhou Dong enjoyed was not available at the beginning. That is to say, now that there are more people in the inner hall and more masters, and there are gradually fewer things that require killing around Yongchuan City, it is possible to provide some guards for the red swords just in case. At the same time, it is also a kind of direct control from the knife studio.
As for why the number of masters in the inner hall can increase so quickly, there are even some faces that Zhou Dong and Liu Xu find unfamiliar. But smart people don’t ask nonsense questions. You can guess that Yang Xiu's ability and brains are not enough to make such a big change. He is just a superficial "in-house leader", and the only one who can really lead these changes is Bai Lang.
In fact, Zhou Dong and other senior officials in the knife studio have really felt the new atmosphere of the knife studio. Although the foundation is still in Yongchuan City, in terms of "power", the current sword hall has far surpassed that of the past.
Nowadays, the entire south of Changshui can be said to be under the influence of the Sword Hall.
(End of chapter)
