The East China Sea is vast, rich in products, and has many chambers of commerce.
The most powerful one at the moment is the Whale Sea Chamber of Commerce, which dominates the three continents of Whale Sea. It was founded by the Sima family and has always been controlled by this family. I heard that there are four earthly immortals sitting in the association, and there are many outstanding people among their heirs in the past generations. Spread far and wide.
Others, such as the Qibao Chamber of Commerce, the Yasha Chamber of Commerce, the Kamikaze Chamber of Commerce, etc., also have their own strengths, and more or less earthly immortals are in charge. However, these chambers of commerce are either controlled by aristocratic families or run by sects.
Only Wanchuan Haiji was originally jointly founded by three earthly immortals who were born among casual cultivators. They had no family, no sect, and were not from aristocratic families. They were extremely kind to the casual cultivators of the East China Sea, and they were fair and very prestigious. In just two years, In thirty years, it has become very popular. Smaller merchants in Middle-earth and Eastern Wasteland also love to trade in places like this.
The three casual cultivators in the Earth Immortal Realm are Lin, Kong, and Xiao. They are sworn brothers to Jinlan and call each other brothers.
The leader, Lin Zhiyuan, mastered Nanming Lihuo. He was a master craftsman in weapon refining, and his level of alchemy was also quite extraordinary.
Kong, who ranks second in the list, is able to make good decisions and make good decisions. As long as he intervenes in disputes caused by transactions in Wanchuan Haiji, he will definitely mediate fairly and win over the public.
Xiao Fangshu, ranked third, has a fragrant sword in his hand. He is extraordinary handsome, affectionate and affectionate. He is also good at cultivating exotic flowers and rare herbs.
However, after the chaos half a year ago, when it was heard that Lin Zhiyuan was dead, Xiao Fangshu exposed his demonic cultivation, was seriously injured, and was suppressed by the Sima family.
As expected, the only Earth Immortal master who presides over affairs in Xuanran Garden now is Kong Pianlan.
When Yu Xiangdou, Guan Luoyang and Yuan Taixi arrived at Xuanran Garden, they were led to a vast courtyard.
In the center of the courtyard, there is a high platform, surrounded by many flowers and trees. Between the flowers and trees, there is a jade terrace, where tables, refreshments, and couches are arranged.
Looking around, there are more than a thousand flowers and trees surrounding the high platform, and more than a thousand tables, more than half of which are already occupied.
Yu Xiangdou didn't go forward. After entering the courtyard, he directly found a seat at the outermost edge and called Guan Luoyang and Yuan Taixi to sit nearby.
He looked from a distance and found that most of the people around Kong Pinglan had become unfamiliar faces. The only one who was somewhat familiar was not from Wanchuan Haiji.
"The Sima family has indeed reached out to Wanchuan Haiji."
Yu Xiangdou whispered to himself quietly, looking in the direction of an old man in silver robes on the left side of Kong Pinglan.
The old man had silver hair and silver robes, black eyebrows and black beard, a high nose and protruding eyes. His eyes, which looked a little swollen, were overflowing with light when he looked at them. His pupils were like bright golden light spots. He obviously cultivated some kind of advanced Dharma vision. .
After waiting for a while, although the seats were not full, people seemed to have arrived.
Kong stood on the stage leaning on the railing, wearing a coarse gray robe, a fierce face, and a beard like a dark, slightly curled iron wire. As soon as he opened his mouth, he suppressed the faint discussion in the entire Xuanran Garden.
He said a few words and then got to the point.
"...Today's Wanchuanhaiji is no longer the Wanchuan of yesterday. Things have changed, people have changed, and the rules will naturally have to be changed."
Kong Pinglan said, "In previous years, Wanchuan Haiji only collected taxes and did not know how to adapt. It was really irresponsible to the comrades who came and went here. From this year on, we will carefully evaluate and reprice the goods brought by our comrades here." , all transactions in Wanchuan Haiji shall be carried out according to the price set by us."
As soon as these words came out, the many merchants who were invited couldn't hold it any longer and started talking about it.
Kong leaned on the railing and turned a deaf ear, then invited the silver-robed old man to the stage and said, "This is Master Sima Huiming from the Jinghai Chamber of Commerce. I believe many fellow Taoists have heard about it or have met him a few times."
"Master Huiming's cultivation has reached the peak of loose immortality. Although he has not become an earthly immortal, he is knowledgeable about the past and the present, and his divine eye skills are superb. He can identify the world's products and judge the good and bad. In terms of knowledge, Kong Mou is willing to be inferior."
"In the Jinghai Chamber of Commerce, Master Huiming is responsible for evaluating goods. It has been a hundred years without any mistakes. This time, Kong asked several Taoist friends from the Sima family in the Jinghai Chamber of Commerce to invite Master Huiming and He has a group of proud disciples who want to stay permanently in Wanchuan Haiji and benefit the vast number of comrades who come to Wanchuan Haiji."
After saying this, an old man in blue robe stood up near the high platform.
"Senior Kong's thoughts, Pindao is naturally deeply grateful. However, the rules of Wanchuan Haiji, both large and small, were slowly revised over many years through our transactions and suggestions. Now they have been changed hastily. It’s inevitable that we won’t be able to adapt.”
The old saying was humble and polite, "I wonder if you can explain the specific changes first, and then give me some time to think about it in detail?"
"Hehehehe."
Sima Huiming laughed, "No matter how the rules change, it is still simple. Just give a demonstration. This fellow Taoist, I don't know what kind of goods you are selling. Please bring it up and let me take a look."
The blue-robed old Taoist looked around and saw that everyone was looking at him, so he turned over his hand and took out a Taoist statue from the Qiankun brocade pouch at his waist.
"Pindao has brought the statues of all the saints and ancestors as a gift to fellow Taoists from the East China Sea. Please return them to your home to increase your blessings."
The old Taoist priest came to the stage holding the statue in his hands.
Sima Huiming's face moved slightly and he took it with both hands.
It would be fine if it were any other statue, but this one is in the shape of a turtle with a crane's back, thick beard and hair, and is dressed in black. It sits on a lying black cow, resting its cheeks on its hands, as if sleeping but not sleeping.
"It turns out to be the statue of Patriarch Beihai Qingtian."
Sima Huiming's tone was slightly respectful, and he bowed his head in greeting, "The Patriarch Qingtian is a living immortal with supreme merits and virtues, which should not be mentioned lightly."
"but……"
He changed the subject and said, "Master Qingtian does not follow the path of incense. As far as your statue itself is concerned, the material is only five-hundred-year-old peach wood. Some spirituality is transformed by the sculptor and the consecration spell. Please come back. I worship it at home every day, and I can only rely on this little spirituality to predict misfortune and fortune, and to guard against the curses among low-level qi-refiners."
"In my opinion, the statue itself, including shipping costs, is worth about six spiritual jade coins. How much are you going to offer?"
The old man in blue robe said: "Eight spiritual jade."
"Okay!" Sima Huiming said, "Then you can offer twenty spiritual jade at Wanchuan Haiji this year."
The old man in blue robe was stunned.
Sima Huiming returned the statue to him and said with a smile: "After you sell it, Wanchuan Haiji will take 50% of the profit. In other words, if you take away your seven spiritual jade, you can still make a net profit of seven spiritual jade."
"This this……"
The old man in blue robe thought that the new rules of Wanchuan Haiji might be to lower the price, but he didn't expect that the price would increase so much at once. He was instinctively happy in his heart, but he felt that something was wrong.
Sima Huiming said again: "Why, aren't you satisfied? You originally only planned to earn two spiritual jade, but now you can earn seven. As long as you sell one, it will be more than the three you sold before."
The old man in blue robe came back to his senses and said, "But the asking price is so high, how can it still be sold?"
Sima Huiming laughed loudly: "I can eliminate all your worries in this regard."
"We, the Whale Sea Chamber of Commerce, will soon form alliances with Qibao, Yasha, Kamikaze and other chambers of commerce. From now on, all aspects of pricing will be managed by us."
"The prices of products on the East China Sea and goods traveling to and from the East China Sea are all about the same. They are absolutely impartial. There is no need to worry about which place will fail to sell."
After the words fell, there was silence.
Among all the merchants around, some of them couldn't turn around, felt a little happy, and were doubtful. However, those who can come to the East China Sea to do business are not smart people.
Most people's faces didn't look good when they heard this "great news".
Yu Xiangdou's expression was dull.
The price increase sounds like a good thing, and the goods at their Santai Pavilion can also go up significantly.
But when people like them do business in the East China Sea, they never just sell but don't buy. Everyone has to sell goods as well as purchase goods.
According to Sima Huiming's approach, when selling things, everyone may feel that they are making a profit, but when it comes time to purchase goods, they will find that the prices of the things they want to purchase have also increased significantly.
In the end, the merchant fleet that came to Wanchuan Haiji would not only not make more money, but would make less money than in previous years, and might even lose money.
The casual cultivators who came to buy things were all going to bleed a lot, and the small and medium-sized caravans that came to sell things didn't make any money either.
In the end all I earned was...
Guan Luoyang looked at the people on the stage, silently picked up the teacup and took a sip, wanting to laugh a little.
The existence of profiteers is really everywhere. Even in this world where Taoism is prosperous, there is still room for these big profiteers to cause trouble.
Even because of the existence of Taoism, forces like the Sima family appear to be more straightforward and rough.
Also, more bloody!
If we were in a world where the overall situation was relatively stable, and everyone was just an ordinary person, the impact of big profiteers of this level might still be subtle, slowly eroding away, and it would take more than ten or decades to kill people invisible through pressure. among.
But in this kind of world, just judging from the information Guan Luoyang exchanged with the ship passengers on the ship, when those ship passengers came to the East China Sea, many of them wanted to go to Wanchuan Haiji to purchase some protective items and go to some places. Explore dangerous places.
Or purchase some elixirs and spiritual herbs to help you pass through the small hurdles in your cultivation, heal your relatives and friends, and prepare medicinal fragrances for your hometown to suppress miasma and expel monsters.
Now that Wanchuan Haiji has seen such a huge price increase, there must be many boat passengers and casual cultivators who are reluctant to purchase supplies as they originally expected.
In this way, when they return, what was originally a difficult situation may turn into a desperate situation.
Moreover, if the Sima family's wishful thinking is carried out in this way, it will not only affect the East China Sea.
The caravans traveling to and from the East China Sea have not made any profit here. When they return to Middle-earth and the Eastern Wasteland, they will only increase the prices of the East China Sea's specialty products to make up for the profits.
It is best not to test the heart of a businessman.
For a person like Yu Xiangdou who has repented of his past mistakes, when the environment is relaxed, he can take care of his conscience a little. But when the future is serious, it is relatively naive to rely on his own moral consciousness.
"Establish a sect..."
Guan Luoyang's thoughts were surging in his heart. Based on all the information he had gathered during this period, he made a decision, "Then let's tentatively open a sect in the East China Sea."
He looked at the two people on the high platform, "In this kind of world, this kind of chamber of commerce, it's not surprising that there are so many damn places if you dig deeper, but it's a pity that it's too troublesome to dig and it's a waste of my time."
"I'm a thin-skinned person, so I just met him, and because of his remarks, I suppressed them and took over their territory... Well, should I sell them the Xuanmen of Heaven and Earth, or should I sell them two fairy beans..."
Kong, who was leaning on the railing on the high platform, suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He frowned and looked around. He didn't find anything strange, and his eyes scanned the surroundings.
"Hey, Yuan Taixi, who is on the list of loose immortals, was at the peak level of loose immortals many years ago. Now it seems that he has a hint of earthly immortality. It seems that he will go through the third Yin Demon Tribulation soon. , this is a good customer, and he will probably purchase a lot of elixirs that can help resist evil spirits."
Kong Pinglan turned his eyes and glanced at the two people next to Yuantai River, "Yu Xiangdou of Santai Pavilion, and a Second Tribulation Sanxian. Such a childish Second Tribulation Sansian, which famous family is a disciple?"
He didn't pay too much attention to it. No matter which sect he belonged to, if he didn't become an Earth Immortal, there was nothing to care about.
Seeing him withdraw his gaze, Yuan Taixi felt a little relieved. He had just stepped into the realm of Earth Immortal, and he did not dare to forcefully pretend to be an Immortal. He was afraid that it would be self-defeating and reveal flaws, so he tried his best to obscure his cultivation level. It seemed that he was hiding it. It's past.
However, when Yuan Taixi noticed Guan Luoyang not far away, he felt a little weird.
This fellow Taoist Guan, whom he could not see through at all, suddenly became able to see through it at a glance, as if he was really just an ordinary Sanxian who had just entered the Second Tribulation.
Yuantaixi thought to himself: 'What is he doing? '
Of course, Guan Luoyang was planning to wait for everyone to disperse, and as a Second Tribulation Loose Immortal, he would privately ask Master Sima Huiming to identify the valuable treasure he had inadvertently obtained.
However, Sima Huiming actually had no intention of letting the merchants go back and think about it carefully.
Instead, he took out a bright mirror and said: "Everyone, as the saying goes, if you don't take it, you will be blamed. Such a great thing is ahead of you. If you don't know how to seize the opportunity, you will still hesitate and miss the opening of Wanchuan Haiji. During the market time, I am afraid that in the future, you will no longer be welcomed by Donghai merchants."
While he was talking, the bright mirror had already projected images of more than a dozen large flags, floating in the air and making a fierce sound.
These flags are different, such as Whale Sea, Qibao, Yaosha, Divine Wind, etc. Each flag exudes the aura of the Earth Immortal, and they are different.
This is obviously the imprint left by the earthly immortals of major chambers of commerce.
It was said that they formed an alliance soon, but now it seems that they are clearly colluding.
At this time, Kong Pinglan flicked his finger, and the flag representing Wanchuan Haiji was also mixed in.
Everyone no longer dared to raise any objections, and only secretly figured out how to make up for the shortfall.
Just when Sima Huiming's disciples came up to collect their catalogs and samples and reprice them, a person came outside Xuanran Garden.
"Huh? I heard that Master Huiming is appraising treasures here. Why is it that there are so many banners on the stage but no one is offering treasures in the audience?"
Wan Mi Zhai walked straight to the high platform and said with a smile, "I am old and incompetent. I have a few bottles of pills. I would like to ask Master Huiming to evaluate the price."
Sima Huiming was looking unhappy because someone was disturbing the atmosphere. But when Wan Mi Zhai took out the bluestone medicine bottle, he suddenly became moved, handed the mirror to the disciples around him, and walked forward quickly to greet him.
"Could it be the Great Zhou Medical Sage, Brother Wan Mi Zhai Wan Dao?"
Sima Huiming was beaming with joy and said, "Brother Wan Dao has traveled all over China, and has also been to the southern border overseas. Now he finally comes to the East China Sea. Why don't you spread the news first so that our Sima family can sweep up the couch to welcome you."
Many businessmen stood up one after another, and many of them saluted Wanmi Zhai, calling him a miracle doctor and a benefactor.
Even Kong, who was leaning on the railing, took a step forward and called him fellow Taoist.
Looking at the world, as a Sanxian, Wan Mi Zhai is probably the only one with such dignity.
He has excellent medical skills. Although he is only a loose immortal, he can not only treat the injuries of earth immortals, but is also especially good at treating young children.
It is also very common for practitioners to fight openly and secretly to defeat their enemies. It is also very common for them to assassinate the descendants of their opponents.
Children are immature, and their souls are pure and weak. Once they are severely injured by insidious means, even if the earthly immortal takes action, it will be difficult to guarantee that their future and intelligence will not be affected and that they can be cured.
But Wan Mi Zhai can.
At that time, Dong Ao, the ancestor of the Xuanjun Divine Sect in China, personally cast a curse to kill the prince, prince, and princess of the Zhou Dynasty. The imperial city formation, the civil and military forces of the dynasty, failed to guard against it, and it was even more difficult to save it afterwards.
It was the Grand Master of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Huang Jue Zhenren, who went to southern Xinjiang to invite Wan Mi Zhai back to save those children, and the prince back then was the current Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Moreover, when Wan Mi Zhai saves people, the poor will receive nothing from him, and the rich will receive thousands of jade. People from all walks of life and all kinds of wealth may receive his favor.
Sima Huiming said that if he went to Sima's house, the Sima family would also sweep up the couch to welcome him. This was by no means an empty talk.
"You're welcome."
After returning the gift, Wan Mi Zhai gave the pill bottle, "Master, please take a look at this bottle of pills."
Sima Huiming took it carefully, examined it for a moment, and said: "Konggu Weiyu Pill, I have heard for a long time that it can weaken the evil spirits when the immortals go through the tribulation, so that they are prepared for any trouble. It is worth up to five hundred spirit jade."
Wan Mi Zhai smiled and said, "What's the price?"
Sima Huiming pondered: "It will make it easier for loose immortals to survive the second Yin Demon Catastrophe, which is enough to make some small families bankrupt. I want to get this thing, two thousand spiritual jade."
Wan Mi Zhai did not comment and took out another medicine bottle: "Please take a look at this medicine."
Sima Huiming said decisively: "Peach Capital Divine Incense, lighting this incense can make the ghosts of Sanxian Dao clear in mind, can make the monsters who have just entered the Sanxian realm turn into humans in advance, and can help the peak Sanxian heal their soul injuries. This bottle of The weight is worth one thousand spiritual jade, and the price is three thousand five hundred."
Wan Mi Zhai took out the third bottle, the fourth bottle, and the fifth bottle of elixir and asked about them one by one.
Although Sima Huiming answered everything, the atmosphere became a little subtle.
Kong leaned on the railing and said, "My fellow Taoists are taking the medicine one by one. What do you want?"
Wan Mi Zhai chuckled and said: "I would like to ask, with the value of these elixirs, can I exchange them for the Likan Shuanggong Dragon Bait Divine Furnace in Wanchuan Haiji and run it for me for two months?"
Sima Huiming's eyes moved slightly and said: "The Dragon Bait Divine Furnace is where Lin Zhiyuan used to refine weapons and elixirs. However, this person has secretly fallen into the devil's way. Even if he is killed, there is no guarantee that the Divine Furnace has not been touched by him. What are the hands and feet, what does Brother Wan Dao want to do with the divine furnace?"
Wan Mi Zhai said: "I want to borrow the divine furnace to refine... Huangliang Zhouhuan elixir."
A dream in Huangliang, a hundred tests of light from the universe, and the illusion of immortality comes true.
It was a magical elixir that, according to legend, could transform a loose immortal into the realm of an earthly immortal with just one pill.
(End of chapter)
