Chapter 287 Nine Out and Thirteen Back
"Master, Guanshan Town is a village close to the Black Soil Plain. It is also the only way from Ye Ning City to Xuan Tie City. From March to September every year, the trade route is the busiest, with almost two caravans passing by every day. However, since these caravans have paid taxes in Ye Ning City or Xuan Tie City, Guanshan Town is not eligible to collect tolls from them."
"But Ye Ning City is 20,000 miles away from Xuan Tie City. There are about 3,000 miles of wilderness before and after passing through our Guanshan Town. These caravans must take a short rest and get the necessary supplies in our Guanshan Town. The net profit of this part of the income is about 1,500 immortal stones per year."
"In addition, there are 500 mu of fairy rice fields planted in Guanshan Town. Guanshan Town has a specialty, that is the mountain stream snow spring water. Although this water is not as magical as the spiritual spring water, it is also very good for irrigating crops. A thousand years ago, the ancestors of the four major families of Kou, Jiang, Li, and Dong were outer disciples of the Great Dream Sword Sect. They were ordered to go to the Black Soil Plain to establish a village and town, and later discovered the mountain stream snow spring water in Guanshan Town."
"For this reason, the four family ancestors decided to build a village here and construct 500 acres of fairy rice fields. With the fairy rice fields, we can exchange for the support of the Great Dream Sword Sect. Over the past thousand years, our Guanshan Town has used 80% of the harvest from the fairy rice fields to exchange for the protection of the Great Dream Sword Sect. We have also experienced life and death and opened up trade routes to Ye Ning City and Xuan Tie City."
"Our four major families also have businesses on these two trade routes, and the net profit they can provide each year is about 5,000 immortal stones."
"The above are all the income of Guanshan Town, but we have to deduct the immortal stones that the Earth Spirit Hub needs to maintain its operation every year. After all, this is an acquired Earth Spirit Hub. While constantly absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, we have to invest one thousand immortal stones into it every year to maintain its operation. The Earth Spirit Hub can release about 3.5 times the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."
"Also, 20 courtyards in Guanshan Town will be transferred to Tianjianmen, 5 shops along the street, 500 mu of open space around the original land temple, and 3,000 immortal stones will be offered in the next three years. As for the mature immortal rice, I hope that the master can forgive Guanshan Town 10%, 10% for seeds, 10% for the Daqi Dynasty, and 70% for Tianjianmen."
"And the above requires Tianjianmen to provide basic protection for Guanshan Town, including possible criticism from the Dameng Sword Sect, the difficulties from the Daqi Dynasty, the hostility from Ye Ning City and Xuantie City, and the normal operation of the two 3,000-mile north-south trade routes of Guanshan Town. I wonder if the master has any other opinions?"
After a round of discussion, the heads of the four major families in Guanshan Town stood in front of Zhang Yang again and revealed all the details of the offerings in Guanshan Town.
Their sincerity is good.
The five hundred acres of fairy rice fields have a season every two years, with a harvest of 70%, plus an annual offering of 1,000 fairy stones, not to mention the shops, courtyards, open spaces, etc.
"Where are the 1,000 immortal stones that the Earth Spirit Hub needs to keep running every year?"
Zhang Yang asked again, he was busy purchasing the buildings that came with the Xianxia Village Building Order, but the four major families ended up crying poor to him.
But think about it, the resources needed by mortal rich people and immortal cultivators are completely different.
100 immortal stones are enough for a village to live on for ten years.
"Reporting to the master, the Earth Spirit Hub was originally managed by the land god. If the villagers wanted to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, they also needed to hand in immortal stones. Now that the Earth Spirit Hub has been donated to the Tianjian Sect, we suggest that this rule should remain the same."
Zhang Yang nodded. The Earth Spirit Hub is the core of a sect. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth generated is absorbed by the disciples of the sect for cultivation. So they can no longer ask Guanshan Town to provide immortal stones for operation. One should not go too far.
"I have no objection, everything is fine as it is."
But Guanshan Town couldn't help him, so what about buying buildings? "Forbidden buildings, the Sword Immortal Hall is out of the question. I can't get one million immortal stones even if I spend all my money, unless I turn on the background editor, but the consequences will be very serious."
Zhang Yang shook his head and dismissed this seemingly beautiful idea.
When he was in Black Earth Plain before, he took advantage of the sleepless night and the special location of Black Earth Plain to make some slight modifications. As a result, this modification immediately led to him being targeted and hunted. If he had not saved Liu Xueli and Qian Muyun, the two heavenly masters, who displayed their magical powers along the way, he would not have been able to escape from Black Earth Plain successfully in the end.
Therefore, if Zhang Yang is asked to modify the backend again now, he would never do it even if he is beaten to death.
Because by then, he will not only be hunted down by the camp where the village construction order belongs, but he will even be hunted down by the entire fairy world.
"The Xuan-level buildings, the Dissociation Palace and the Sword Soul Palace, are must-haves. The former can condense the Dissociation Illusion, and the latter can revive. As for the four ordinary-level buildings, the Broken Love Valley, the Life and Death Platform, the Spiritual Sea Pavilion, and the Sword Casting House are all very useful. So in total, the total is 25,000 immortal stones, and the current gap is 21,000 immortal stones."
Zhang Yang was a bit upset. For a moment, he was at a loss. But at this time, the old man named Kou from the four major families came over cautiously and saluted, saying, "Master, I dare to ask if you are willing to sell the bodies of the demon soldiers and generals just now?"
"Well, what do you mean?"
"Reporting to the master, all parts of these monsters' bodies are valuable to cultivators, and my family happens to have two caravans. I dare not say that I can offer you the highest price in the market, but it can definitely be comparable to the prices offered by Ye Ning City and Xuan Tie City. At least this can save you time."
"Okay, let someone take a look."
Zhang Yang nodded. This was a good idea. When the village construction order was connected to the Internet, he could sell the looted spoils directly through the golden scale. But now he dared not connect to the Internet. That would be equivalent to directly exposing his IP address to his mortal enemy. The other party could really come over and hack him to death along the Internet cable.
Hearing Zhang Yang's agreement, the old man Kou was unexpectedly excited. He thanked him repeatedly, then waved his hand and dozens of his children, grandchildren and friends rushed out. The bodies of the demon generals and soldiers killed by Zhang Yang before were not plundered, but just neatly placed there. Only the body of the demon commander Huang Gu was plundered, and this plundering would cost Zhang Yang 100 fairy stones, unlike before, when it was free for a ray of light to go directly into the storage space.
Zhang Yang was an outsider, so he didn't care how those people identified, authenticated, and negotiated prices.
He only needs to prepare a few mind-confusing spells according to the situation at the last moment, in case the Kou family dares to play any tricks.
However, to Zhang Yang's surprise, the Kou family was truly professional. The entire selection and identification process took a full day, because they also had to do cutting and collection, secondary processing, and tertiary processing, and they were more than just skilled in their work.
"Master, I am sorry to have kept you waiting. This is the list of this acquisition. Please have a look."
In the evening, Old Man Kou came over with a bill. Zhang Yang didn't even look at the details, only the general ledger.
"Fifteen thousand immortal stones?"
Zhang Yang had no expression on his face, but he was shouting in his heart, No way, so many! The damn village construction order had cheated him so much before. You know, he had killed two Jindan stage monsters before.
Zhang Yang heaved a sigh of relief. After staring at Old Man Kou for a full ten seconds, he finally gave up the idea of using mind control. Forget it, he was very satisfied with the price.
"Well, can we pay the goods in full at once?"
"Of course, if the master needs it, we can also use some other materials, such as ordinary iron, ordinary copper, ordinary silver, and even ordinary gold that every cultivator must use."
Old Man Kou looked really bold at this moment, with a complete businessman's face.
"What are the prices of iron and copper?" Zhang Yang asked again. He would go to Ye Ning City or Xuan Tie City to inquire about these prices in person in the future. If Old Man Kou dared to fool him, he would just have to wait for the reckoning in the future.
"Reporting to the master, one catty of iron is one immortal stone, one catty of copper is three immortal stones, one catty of silver is ten immortal stones, one catty of gold is thirty immortal stones. In addition, one catty of black iron is one hundred immortal stones, one catty of black copper is three hundred immortal stones, one catty of black silver is one thousand immortal stones, and one catty of black gold is three thousand immortal stones. These are the market prices, and there has not been much fluctuation in decades."
"Xuanjin is so expensive?"
Zhang Yang was very surprised. He immediately thought of the ghost that he and Qian Muyun had killed together. That thing was made of a full 1,000 kilograms of black gold.
"Tsk tsk, Qian Muyun is truly unfathomable. Or to be more precise, the value of the Heart-Confusing Magic Words is even more unfathomable. Otherwise, he would not have given up half of the Black Gold."
"In addition, the value of that ghost is too high. The cost of three million immortal stones will definitely make the last pursuer unwilling. Therefore, I have to be more careful. Either continue to hide, or I have to improve my strength as soon as possible."
"Old man, as the head of the Tianjian Sect, can I lend you some immortal stones for your daily necessities?"
Of course, Zhang Yang would not sell the black gold, nor would he sell the body of the demon commander Huang Gu. Selling things of that level would mean a loss, no matter how much they were worth.
"Well, borrowing? Master, my Kou family is not very good at this. But the Jiang family can borrow up to 10,000 immortal stones. According to the rules of the industry, nine out of 13 will be returned."
"Nine out and thirteen back? Are you sure?"
Zhang Yang was very surprised. The four major families in Guanshan Town were really interesting. When they were not negotiating business with them, they were scared to death. But when they did some business with them, they were arrogant and domineering. Is this the nature of merchants, or is there another reason? As if seeing Zhang Yang's doubts, the old Kou head carefully reminded him: "Let the head know that although the Jiang family made their fortune in Guanshan Town, their main business is in Ye Ning City."
Understood.
The Jiang family’s backers are in Ye Ning City. If it were just other things, such as the current crisis in Guanshan Town, the Jiang family’s backers would not be able to take care of it.
But within the rules of the industry, that is, the lending business, if Zhang Yang dared to default on his debt, the Jiang family's backers would definitely be able to find a way.
(End of this chapter)
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