Dark Fairy

Chapter 137 Black Market
"Black market? You mean the undercover transactions in the East Market?" It was not the first time Bailang had 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 never cared about it.

Now hearing that the smuggler in front of him, who was selected as a matchmaker with Bailang, mentioned the "black market" and fell on the reason why there are more bandits in Yongchuan City today, it was really beyond Bailang's expectation.

The smuggler was Wang Lin, a small man in his early thirties, with a smooth tongue.And as the most daring person among the few people at the noon wine table, he naturally became the tongue of Bailang.

When it comes to the black market, Wang Lin is not timid.He knows the trade best.Seeing Bailang ask a question, he immediately explained.So that Bailang would know that the so-called black market is not just the sneaky tricks in the East Market, but a larger and larger transaction.

"The businesses behind the East Market that Bai Zhentang mentioned are indeed part of the black market, but only a very small part. The stolen goods that the thieves who came into the city in disorder this time also belonged to the black market. A large transaction category.

Specifically, it is robbing wealth, becoming dirty, selling stolen goods, and cleaning.The two most busy parts of these four parts are the two parts of "robbing money" and "selling 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 if there are some transactions in the East Market that can be called black markets, it doesn't mean that the black market transactions have to be opened up like the East Market.

Hehe, you also know that's impossible, if you don't want it for a day, it will be checked out.

So the black market is actually following the "news line", hidden among the interpersonal relationships that have serious business as a cover.The delivery of the sale is also done by guaranteeing various contacts in the interpersonal relationship.

In the end, the physical object is also to find a place to find a way to carry out the final handover after it is agreed.In many cases, it is not even the original buyers and sellers who are handed over at the end, and after many rounds of replacements and verbal sales, it is not surprising that things are even washed out.”

Following Wang Lin's narration, Bailang found that his previous understanding of the black market was still too superficial.Didn't expect it to look like this.

Even when Wang Lin talked about the final "cleaning" link, Bailang felt that "someone with official status must be involved".And the degree of perfection far exceeded Bailang's imagination.

"But the knife shop and the yamen are the locks on the black market. The town hall should understand that the black market cannot see the light after all, otherwise there will be big troubles.

Therefore, in places where the power of sword halls is very stable, the existence space of the black market is severely suppressed.Because the knife shop will go to warehouses in various places from time to time, and street wanderers will always collect some abnormal news.As a result, many black market transactions were directly messed up as "tax evasion" or "smuggling".

Especially the stolen goods around Yongchuan City.Because the owners of the lost property have to report to the police, once they are seized on the spot, it is easy to be identified. When the time comes, the crime of selling stolen goods or concealing stolen goods will cost them their heads.As a result, no one would dare to do this normally, and they would sell the stolen goods from Yongchuan City to other places.Take the things from other places to Yongchuan City to deal with.

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 [-] to [-]%.”

Wang Lin's narration opened up Bailang's new understanding of the world.He immediately became interested, and handed over the appearance description and roots of the thieves in the message to Zhang Wuna to screen the faces in the money workshop.

With these news, coupled with the continuous screening later, those who pretended to be bandits or passers-by sneaked into the city's Yuzhong knife shop with a fake face would have nowhere to hide.

This is much faster than relying on the street wanderers in the knife shop to distinguish one by one.It is also suitable for the situation that there may be drastic changes at any time.

As for what Wang Lin said about the sale of stolen goods, Bailang was very interested.He has a preference for all things that have not yet formed a fixed order in this world.

"What is the best thing to sell in the black market?"

"Food and cloth are the best products to sell, and the price is very stable whether it is selling stolen goods or cleaning. The worst products to sell are jewelry and calligraphy and paintings. These kinds of things are too eye-catching and risky. Therefore, they are usually sold at half the price. , when the wind is tight, even [-]% of them are walking."

"You seem to be very familiar with this method?" Bailang was already seriously examining Wang Lin in front of him.This little man surprised 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 who is official in the black market?"

Wang Lin chuckled and said, "The town hall doesn't know what to ask. There must be officials, but they won't step in by themselves. They will have their own gloves to handle business in the black market. And the things in these gloves are actually no worse than The influx of stolen goods is less, and sometimes more. Some special things are only available to them."

"Something special?"

"Well, things like crossbow arrows, steel shields and mail armor. And a stone that is said to be used only by Qi refiners."

"Huh?" Bailang was startled when he heard this.

Crossbow arrows, steel shields, and mail armor, these three are all military-style and strictly controlled things.Whoever has these three items, even if they are picked up on the road, as long as they don't report to the police, it is a crime.Bailang didn't expect the water in the black market to be so deep.

Not to mention the "stone" mentioned in the last sentence.

The "stone" used by qi practitioners is not referring to the spirit stone that Bailang got a piece of by relying on Huang Yi before!Has this stuff flowed into the black market?
Bailang's surprise was expected by Wang Lin.He even thought that Bailang was surprised that the few things controlled by the military could be bought on the black market.I don't know anything about the kind of stone behind.So it was explained.It means that the kind of stones that can only be used by Qi refiners are the most valuable goods, and they don't have to worry about selling them at all.As long as the wind is released, the price increase will be doubled or even tripled, and people will grab it.

"It's just a pity that very few of those stones come out, and it is said that there is only one way around Yongchuan City to get that kind of stone. It is a unique business, and no one else has a chance to touch it."

"Oh? You even know other people's unique business?"

"Hey, Xiaomen Xiaodao is just for fun. Anyway, it's on the side of Shuangqing City. I don't know who it is. But the middleman 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, the young one is willing to be a pawn of the town hall!"

Bai Lang looked at Wang Lin again in surprise, and now he understood why the other party so graciously told him the inside and outside of the black market to an outsider in this knife shop, and what he said in his words was "very profitable" These three words?Is this going to drag him into the water?
(End of this chapter)