From a carp to a dragon god

Chapter 34 Cousin's Troubles

At the Beifang Timber Factory, logs piled up like more than a dozen small hills were sorted and stacked. The entire area north of Yushan was almost deforested.

"Why were they all cut down? Didn't they say there were stocks in the warehouse?" Li Zhen asked his cousin in confusion.

“It’s a long story, but the trees here are so dense that they have to be cut down every once in a while.

There was so much wood piled up and nowhere to store it, so Manager Xia just raised a cow and ate it all." Yu Shuyang smiled sheepishly and explained a few words.

He had anticipated that there would be a lot of wood, and felt that the Ximu business could be a long-term cooperation, so he promised it to his cousin.

"So, there are changes all the time, and doing business is not easy." Li Zhen was wearing a fish-skin coat, looking like a child imitating others.

"What's wrong? Is business not going well?"

Yu Shuyang guessed it immediately. Others didn't know, but he got Bai Dan's turtle bead and knew about the business dealings between Wu and Bei.

“Yes, I originally thought that I could use money to buy goods, but this is not an easy business.

Who would have thought that the immortal family does not deal with outsiders. They only interact with their in-laws. People like us who come to buy have to wait in line for an opportunity.

We were unfamiliar with the place and were fooled by local businesses several times before we understood the ins and outs. Unfortunately, it was too late and most of the output had been sold out.

I can only wait until next year to come back. If it weren’t for my second uncle’s help, this trip would have been a complete empty boat.”

Li Zhen felt very upset and understood what his mother said. After trying many times in Wu without success, they went to his uncle to seek help.

The eldest uncle has become the water god of Jinjian Lake. Back then, Yu Fu, Zhu Sanniang and her two siblings became sworn brothers, and they were as close as brothers and shared weal and woe.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Sanniang was turned away at that time. She waited there for three days before she was able to see him. The man served her tea and sent her away without saying a few words.

Jinjian Lake is eight hundred miles long, and the eldest brother of the Golden Deer is no longer the youngest son of the Lake God. He looks down upon the poor brothers and sisters of the past.

"I just recently found out that in Wu, chambers of commerce and business groups are very popular. They control all profitable businesses.

If you go directly to the immortal family, it would be no less than digging out their flesh and drinking their blood, which is equivalent to you coming here in a treasure ship.

If I were to act alone, it's not impossible that they would unite and harm me."

Yu Shuyang had seen Bai Dan's altar and knew that Wu and Bei had secretly joined forces several times to crack down on large foreign merchants.

As the saying goes, black eyes cannot stand silver. All the chambers of commerce, big and small, are interconnected. If you barge in without knowing the truth, you will end up with a broken head and a bleak ending.

"My cousin is the one who sees things clearly. What should we do? We can't just let the business go like this.

I really can't accept this, cousin, do you have any ideas?" Li Zhen saw that his cousin was clear in what he said, and guessed that he had heard some inside information.

"This is easy to say, but you got the order wrong. You should bring a shipload of rare treasures from the East China Sea.

At that time, the Chamber of Commerce would have been begging you to sell them, instead of trying to trip you up behind your back like they do now."

This method was used by several successful merchants in the north that Yu Shuyang had seen in his turtle beads.

It means using force to defeat cleverness. If the chambers of commerce don't want to do business with them, then they will use rare treasures to disrupt their business and force them to do business with them.

"Cousin, you don't know that all the business in the East China Sea is owned by someone else. The Dragon Palace and the sea merchants are all long-time customers, and they can't interfere at all. Kuhai Cliff Island, Dongling Island, and Qingqiu Fox Country also support the opening of new trade routes for this very reason.

If there were a treasure ship with cargo, we could sell it right here and make a profit without having to go to the East China Sea, and we wouldn't have to go out and open up trade routes."

Li Zhen's expression was a little sad. This time, to open up a trade route, Mrs. Zhu San had been secretly preparing for several years, with Yu Jixiang's support.

Only then did he rent a treasure ship. The cost of the ship and the people was 500,000 talismans. He would lose all his money just by relying on Ximu and fish scale armor.

Fortunately, there are still the Hujin and Lingsha from the embroidery academy. Zhu Sanniang has calculated that if the goods are shipped quickly, she can barely make a profit. If they are left unsold, a loss of hundreds of thousands of yuan would be a small matter.

"If that's the case, there's another way. Go to Huaishui... my eighth brother-in-law's house."

Yu Shuyang originally wanted to talk about the Huaishui Dragon Palace. The cargoes of all the large and small chambers of commerce in Wu were all delivered to the north through the Huaishui River. He knew a few secret agents who could help adjust a batch of goods.

He couldn't tell this to anyone, so he thought about the Huaishui Heshi Red-chained Snake. His family was also involved in it, so he could take the opportunity to do business.

"Eighth brother-in-law's family? Can it really work?" Li Zhen looked hesitant. He had suffered a few losses this time, and he also knew to be cautious.

"It's not difficult at all for Eighth Brother-in-law's family to handle this matter. You don't know the seriousness of the matter.

The Huaishui Zhe clan, the Red Chain Snake Clan, is a third-grade demon immortal family. While borrowing money and people might be difficult, helping out with some goods is no problem."

Yu Shuyang had a plan in mind. He knew the secrets of several companies, so it would not be difficult to find anyone to pick up the goods. He didn't care about what he said and was not afraid of taking on too much.

"If that's the case, that's great, cousin, you are really my benefactor." What Li Zhen didn't expect was that after a while, there is always a bright future.

Xia Jueming saw that the two brothers were talking endlessly and became impatient. He couldn't let people load the magic weapon warehouse without agreeing on the price.

“Can we discuss the price so I can arrange for them to be loaded into the warehouse, then moved to the hardware station, and then taken to the ship for loading and unloading.

We can't finish all the work in a short time, so why not negotiate the price first? We'll have plenty of time to catch up later."

"Manager Xia, I've thought about this a long time ago. Your Ximu wood isn't considered a spiritual wood, and the wood materials aren't uniform, so it's not realistic to price them individually.

Why not calculate the price based on the quantity of wood? Let's set a flat price: 10,000 talismans for 100,000 pieces. Do you think this price is acceptable?"

Li Zhen now had the aura of a wealthy businessman and spoke with great confidence.

"Then it's settled. I wonder when will you come next time, Mr. Li? We can prepare in advance." Xia Jueming's eyes lit up as he spoke.

"It can be done quickly. If it is convenient, we can come once every two or three months. I'm afraid you won't be able to provide wood by then." Li Zhen was not sure about the next sailing time, but that didn't stop him from making trouble.

The forest has been deforested and turned into barren land. Even if the wood is strong, it will take two or three years for it to grow into timber. This requires the blessing of the blessed land.

"Don't worry about this, Mr. Li. We have already planted the spiritual tree, the plum tree. There will be no shortage of wood for growth in the future." Xia Jueming also invested a lot of money.

The stupid plum is a fifth-grade spiritual plant that is best at growing wildly, especially in places where the wood element is strong. Similar to bamboo, it can mature into a useful material in one day.

This stupid plum tree grows in a blessed land and can be called a wood disaster. If it is allowed to grow, it can suck up the spiritual energy in the blessed land and is a very dangerous spiritual plant.

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