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Chapter 398 [Exorbitant Profits]

[Daily Intelligence ③ (Green), One month later, due to the targeting of bandits and robbers, the Giant Whale Gate’s foreign caravans were blocked, and the prices of musk, pepper, and cinnamon skyrocketed. The increase period is expected to be: seven to thirty days.]

"???"

Three big question marks slowly emerged on He Sheng's forehead. The information related to the exercises, cultivation methods, pill recipes, etc. were green information, which he could understand personally.

When can money-making activities be evaluated as green?
The daily message system is divided into levels of importance based on color, from low to high: gray, white, blue, green. I don't know if there are higher levels later, but there should be.

In the past, Blue News successively unearthed his enlightenment teacher Zhao Gong, the boxing technique "Vortex Wave Fist" that was once buried by the Giant Whale Sect, and the attitude and concern of the Ninth Elder towards him.

Why are the prices of spices skyrocketing?

Unless the increase is exaggerated.

These three spices are extremely popular in Sanshui City. They are exclusive consumables for wealthy families, prominent families, and business tycoons. One ounce of gold can buy one of the three spices. The price is not expensive, it is purely market price.

"I can operate it."

If it was just a leader, he really wouldn't dare to touch him. If it was just a hall master, he wouldn't dare to touch him either. Or, he could touch him but not make it too big, just to make some pocket money.

Now, with the support of the Ninth Elder, it is not impossible for me to get involved.

After all, if you compete for the position of sect leader in the future, the revenue of the hall must also account for a part of it. Otherwise, if the revenue is not up to standard, you will not even be qualified as a candidate.

“Half a year.”

The Ninth Elder promised that he would be transferred to a place with lucrative income in half a year.

"Let's wait and see. If the daily news system can continue to provide various business news, there is no need to transfer for the time being."

The next day, early in the morning.

He Sheng personally investigated the prices of the three spices and went to a place with a lot of business. Guangdefang was a shabby place full of ordinary people. Who would spend the same weight of gold to buy the same weight of spices?

After a round, the prices are basically the same, one ounce of gold, one ounce of spices, no bargaining. The three spices are in short supply, people still buy them even if you increase the price. Bargaining? It's just a waste of time.

The composition of the caravans in Sanshui City is very interesting. Most of the merchants in the city are attached to the caravans of the Giant Whale Gate. Outside, it is not safe, and there are many people who have become bandits.

Only a small number of them have their own guards. But, generally they are all big businessmen, people that the Giant Whale Gate has to sit down and have a good discussion with.

However, according to the news, all the caravans in Sanshui City have been frustrated. Otherwise, if the trade route of Jujingmen alone was interrupted, even if the prices of the three spices skyrocketed, they would never rise to the green news level.

"I just want to make a few hundred million dollars."

The recipe for the modified Naqi Pill contains a lot of medicinal materials from water. They are rare and their prices are shocking, much more terrifying than the price of spices.

It is conceivable that when practicing "Giant Whale Swallowing the Ocean Style: Qi Training" in the future, I will definitely become a ruthless drug-taking machine, and the money consumed every day will be enormous.

The little money embezzled from the Giant Whale Sect would probably not be enough to buy the medicinal materials.

"Raise money. We must raise money."

The three spices were purchased in large quantities, and the shipment was handed over to the Ninth Elder. He was just a hall master, and the big merchants who could afford the large shipments of the three spices that had skyrocketed in price must have a pig-killing smile.

Do you really think that the merchants who can become big and powerful in Sanshui City are soft persimmons and have no backing? You are kidding. If a coin falls from the sky, it has to be the city of the big family behind the Giant Whale Gate. They will take a share of it. Their background is not bad, okay?

The Ninth Elder was different, as his status and position were there. Merchants with a background of famous families would definitely stick to business and not dare to rip people off or bargain at will.

Otherwise, what do you think of the local tyrants in Sanshui City?

"Go practice first, then go to the Ninth Elder's place."

Lao Deng had been an elder for decades, so he definitely had a lot of money. As he was his first-line heir, he would definitely not be stingy with money.

The Ninth Elder himself never expected that before he died, someone would start to covet his pension money.

Sanshui City, South Pier.

This pier was artificially dug and connected to the Endless Sea. It would take a long time to go by land, so it would be better to go by water. With the "Giant Whale Swallowing the Sea Style", his speed in the water is even several times faster than that of a red whale.

After half an hour, he successfully swam from underwater to the Endless Sea. The river was winding and it took a lot of time. If it was a straight line, he could at least cut the time in half.

Three thousand six hundred meters!
It must be said that 3,600 meters was definitely his limit. Or it could be said that it was the limit for people who practiced the "Giant Whale Swallowing the Ocean Style".

Even with his current physical strength, he still felt the immense pressure. No wonder, no wonder the daily message system only gave one hour a day.

If it lasted more than an hour, he would probably die under the sea.

An hour later, he suddenly broke out of the sea and floated on the surface. After a long while, he dived again and swam towards the dock of Sanshui City.

At noon, He Sheng returned to Guangde Hall all wet.

There was no other way, as he had not cultivated the "Qi", so he could only let it dry naturally.

In the afternoon, we took a horse-drawn carriage to Anrenfang, where the headquarters is located.

Among the ten numbered elders, nine live in Anrenfang.

A better place?

No more.

If the district where the rich and powerful live is the best, then I'm sorry, the numbered elders are not qualified to live there.

There is a saying that goes, we all drive Mercedes-Benz and Rolls-Royce, but you drive a Mazda, no wonder you are stuck in traffic! Who are you to live in the same neighborhood as me?

Oh, the numbered elder of the Giant Whale Sect, isn’t that a little punk?

About an hour later, Mr. He returned to Guangde Hall with bulging sleeves.

He borrowed a full 100,000 taels in one go.

Originally, I wanted to borrow more.

Unfortunately, the Ninth Elder held his hand and told him how difficult it was for half an hour. The entire power that depended on him, including food, drink, defecation, etc., was all spent money. Especially the silver spent in a year to train several promising successors was staggering.

Anyway, the total amount is only 100,000 taels of silver notes, it’s up to you to take it or not.

One hundred thousand is one hundred thousand, it’s better than not giving a penny, right?
On the way, he suddenly had an idea and went back to Anrenfang. The driver was speechless and could only turn around.

Half an hour later, he came out of the Tenth Elder's residence with a smile on his face.

As expected, he is the most greedy and incompetent elder who accepts anything for money. His pockets are very rich.

He mortgaged the invitation to the Ascension Conference for 500,000 taels of silver, and the interest was a bit high. But, as long as he could sell the spices successfully in a month, would that little interest still be considered money?

Of course, 500,000 taels of silver is not the limit for the invitation to the Ascension Conference, but the limit for the ten elders. In other people's words, there are only so many silver notes, you can choose whether to buy it or not.

In this regard, the tenth elder was thinking of buying it back with money, and the two did not sign any contract. Given their status, if they really wanted to cheat, a contract would not be able to restrain them at all. "Finally redeemed it!"

"Make a big profit."

Inside and outside the palace, the two expressed different feelings.

As for whether the ten elders who took back the invitation will deny it in the future.

Haha, with He Sheng’s strength + the power of the Ninth Elder, the other party dare not deny it.

After that, his days were very regular.

In the morning, he swam from the pier to the Endless Sea to practice martial arts, and in the afternoon he secretly purchased three spices: musk, pepper, and cinnamon.

Outside, rumors about the fight between the ten elders and him were spreading like wildfire, with details and details. Naturally, there were many derivative versions, and each version was different, which was a mess.

The parties involved didn't care and just thought they were making a fuss.

Recently, many invitations from hall masters have been delivered to my door.

Haha, a bunch of people who practice martial arts to make money, or even don't practice martial arts but just make money, why learn the elegance of the rich families. He directly rejected them all, delaying my practice to make money, and treated them all as garbage.

As a result, all the hall masters who sent invitations were dissatisfied with him. Although they were dissatisfied in their hearts, they certainly did not dare to say it out loud.

Didn't you see the tenth elder, still lying at home recovering from his injuries? As everyone knows, the head of Guangde Hall is a tiger coin, and the elders with numbers will be beaten without mercy, not to mention that they are a group of hall masters.

Moreover, he has a backer. At that time, it was said that the Ninth Elder had a long secret conversation with him on the sixth floor of Dewang Tower. The relationship between the two parties was definitely not comparable to that of these people who gave money to their backers.

A month later, some of the wealthier people in Sanshui City suddenly found that prices had gone up! The things in the water were the same price as before, but the prices of goods shipped from other places, no matter what they were, had all gone up a lot.

In particular, the prices of some consumables, which were in short supply, doubled. Musk, pepper, and cinnamon were the most aggressive, increasing more than fivefold.

In the morning, the price soared to five taels of gold for one tael, and in the afternoon it simply rose to ten taels of gold for one tael. There must be some news that they didn't know about, otherwise it would be impossible for all the shops to raise prices at the same time.

after?

He Sheng went to Anrenfang and handed all the goods to the Ninth Elder. The Ninth Elder looked at the warehouse address in his hand and heard that the three spices were worth 600,000 silver coins, and his head was full of confusion.

"???"

No, why did you start stockpiling a month ago? As a top figure in the Giant Whale Sect, he only learned seven days ago that the troops sent by the headquarters to suppress the bandits had returned in defeat. Several leaders were seriously injured and were carried back.

The caravans in the city couldn't leave, and the caravans outside couldn't come in, so they naturally knew that the prices of things in the city would go up. He even secretly stocked up some things.

Of course, it wasn't just the Ninth Elder who was secretly hoarding goods. The rest of the elders and hall masters also started hoarding things in secret, waiting for the prices to go up and make a profit.

As a result, the person who made the most money was actually his first heir?
"You chose something really well."

In Sanshui City, the Giant Whale Sect is not all-powerful. Or rather, the powerful people in Sanshui City are not all-powerful. The powerful people in other cities, and even the royal family of Qing Country, also have businesses in the city.

Naturally, the concessions made by the powerful people in Sanshui City allowed their caravans to move freely and do business in some cities with peace of mind. In short, it was all about mutual benefit.

As it happens, the business of the three spices is not done by the local dignitaries. With the status of the Ninth Elder, he can barely talk to those people, but the price is not as crazy as that in the market.

But even so, it is still an astronomical figure.

"The goods worth 60,000 taels of gold, according to the current increase in price, can earn at least 300,000 taels of gold. As for how much we can earn in the end, it depends on the increase in the market."

"???"

This time, it was He Sheng's turn to be a little confused.

No, now the price outside is 10 taels of gold for 1 tael of spices. The increase is ten times, so it should be 600,000 taels of gold.

"What are you thinking, kid? Who do you think I'm negotiating business with? Let me tell you, if I weren't the Tenth Elder, they would give face to the forces behind us.

Believe it or not, they will buy your stuff at the original price? Giving you half the market price is considered conscientious. Besides, if you want them to buy it, why don’t you give them some benefits? "

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Well, who knows how much higher the price the merchant responsible for purchasing this batch of goods will offer.

He earns money through hard work, while the other party earns quick money.

"Hey~~~"

Damn, this is so annoying.

"Don't think of any crooked ways. You don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is just because you defeated the ten elders once. What's the point of your fighting? Are you a cultivator? No way? Any cultivator can kill you with just one spell."

Seeing his angry expression, the Ninth Elder could not help but warn him. He had seen lawless people who thought it was awesome to know martial arts. Then, they died tragically at the hands of a teenage boy's magic.

A cultivator is not someone that a martial artist can fight against. Even if they have reached the highest level of Qi training, the only difference is whether they will die sooner or later.

"Okay, I understand."

Before He Sheng left, he gave one more instruction.

"Old man, you must trade all of them on the seventh day."

"Okay, okay, old man, am I not more informed than you? Because the main hall suffered heavy losses, the leader was furious. He decided to take the people from the punishment hall and go out to suppress the bandits himself.

In half a month at most, all the bandits within a radius of 800 miles will be wiped out. If the leader fails, then the higher-ups will have to send people over."

Obviously, the above the old man was referring to should be the practitioners of Bailang Sect.

"The Giant Whale Sect has to hand over 80% of its profits every year, and also hand over a large amount of herbs, minerals, and people every year. It's not their turn to contribute, so they can't just stand back and do nothing."

Leaving the Ninth Elder’s residence, he headed directly to the main hall.

His unfortunate brother Wang is back. It is said that he entered the city last night. He is fine, but he has to lie in bed to recover.

After a while, a man named He came out from the main hall with a complicated expression.

"There are masters in the inner training realm, but they are just worthless bandits."

Wang Xiao led the main hall to attack a hill, and suddenly a master in the inner training realm appeared on the other side. If he had not spent money to buy a set of armor before leaving, he would probably have started planning to burn the seventh day of mourning.

People like mountain bandits can at most do a few farm tricks, and at most they are people in the training stage who become bandits and become kings of the mountains.

Inner training realm?
Look at the hall masters of the Giant Whale Sect, which one of them lives a less comfortable life than back in the mountains.

"Someone is targeting the Giant Whale Sect!"

Next, we need to see whether the leader returns victorious or in defeat.

(End of this chapter)