Be a legal businessman in Liyue!

These words really touched their hearts.

In the current desert, there are probably only two places that value books.

One is the Aru village and the other is the Tanit tribe.

As the gateway to the outside world of the desert, the people of Aru Village are the ones who know best the importance of books.

"How many books are you willing to give us?" asked Amp.

Wang Que thought for a moment and said, "A set of books on the basics of elements. I think you should need this. Add some books about travels to various countries to help broaden your children's horizons."

After a slight pause, Wang Que continued, "Of course, if you want more profound books, I have them too, but you may not be able to understand them."

His tone was full of arrogance.

This is not contempt, but telling the truth.

The profound knowledge in Wang Que's hands was so profound that even if he took it to the Aru Village in the desert, even if he took it to the Ministry of Education, the scholars there would be like reading a book in heaven.

Amp and Candice didn't seem offended and looked at each other, exchanging glances.

"Okay, let's do as you say and exchange these basic books for a map. Don't worry, we will definitely give you the clearest map."

Anpu makes a decision.

Wang Que nodded slightly: "In addition, I also want to purchase some meat. I can use Mora or pens, ink and paper as payment."

This is to purchase supplies for the floating city.

It's funny to say that the floating city does carry food as a commodity.

But they are mainly storable foods such as grains.

Fresh meat, on the other hand, needs to be supplied along the way.

After two stops at Xumi City and Omos Port, many people got on and off the floating city.

But there are still more than a hundred staff members there.

The amount of supplies needed every day is a huge amount.

This is the consumption after Wang Que replaced a large number of manpower with self-regulatory agencies.

As the Jinqian Chamber of Commerce expanded, Wang Que finally understood what a behemoth like the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce represented.

This means that every day when you open your eyes, you will experience terrible consumption.

He also realized how terrifying the country was before he traveled through time.

With 1.4 billion people, and based on the calculation that each person consumes about 1 kilogram of food per day, it means that every time we open our eyes, we have to consume 700,000 tons of food. This is just food. If we count other things... 98,000 tons of cooking oil, 192 million tons of vegetables, and 230,000 tons of meat.

A huge society is a real resource-devouring monster.

Of course, Wang Que is not under that much pressure now.

There are about a hundred people in the floating city, and it is expected that they will be active in the desert for seven to fifteen days.

He only needs to prepare a few thousand kilograms of meat.

As for food, they already have it themselves, and as for vegetables, there is a plant cultivation room in the floating city.

"Of course not, we have plenty of meat."

Anpu smiled.

Aru Village is not short of food, at least not now.

As a trading hub, we make a lot of money just from the commission.

They also have their own industries such as pack animal breeding and date palm planting.

Compared to their poor relatives in the desert, they are very rich.

It is very profitable to trade meat for pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

"Then it's settled. We'll stay here for a day and set off for the depths of the desert tomorrow. We'd also like to borrow your grain drying yard. We'll display our wares, and we hope the villagers of Aru Village can come and take a look."

Wang Que said.

This pattern was formed when the city was being transformed.

Wang Que thought it was pretty good, so he inherited it.

From now on, wherever the floating city goes, it can form a small market.

If the benefits are good, airships can be arranged to form fixed trade routes.

Previously in Liyue, the Chamber of Commerce absorbed a lot of traveling merchants and arranged new jobs for them.

"Of course, I'll notify everyone shortly. Do you need me to notify other merchants?" Amp agreed without hesitation.

Wang Que nodded: "Of course, we also hope to trade with other merchants."

"Okay." Anpu nodded and looked at Candice. "Candice, I'll go inform everyone. Please arrange for Liyue's distinguished guests to go to the grain drying ground in the east."

Candice stood up: "Okay."

The tone was gentle, soft as water.

It is hard to imagine that this gentle woman actually guarded Aru Village, the pearl of the desert, with a pistol in one hand and a shield in the other.

"Xingqiu left and started doing business."

Wang Que greeted him.

Xingqiu and the other children waved their hands, "I'm going to get busy now. You can come over and play later."

"Brother Xingqiu, let's come and help."

A few children were playing and instead of leaving, they followed a few people.

The child couldn't hide the truth, and the village chief also spread the news.

Soon, everyone in Aru Village knew that the Jinqian Chamber of Commerce from Liyue would open a market in the open space east of the village.

As floating platforms continued to descend from the floating city, a large amount of cargo was moved down, forming an exhibition area on the open space.

The villagers of Aru Village gathered around, with curiosity and amazement in their eyes.

The Liyue merchants brought a wide variety of goods, from delicate and soft silks to sturdy and durable ironware, from crystal clear Liyue porcelain to exquisite mechanical creations, each of which dazzled the villagers.

"These fabrics feel so comfortable, much better than the linen we usually use!"

A middle-aged woman gently stroked the silk on the stand and couldn't help but admire it.

Her companions also came over and discussed in a low voice whether they should buy some to make new clothes.

Although silk does not seem to be very resistant to wind and sand, it is still a face-saving thing to have a good piece of clothing at home.

On the other side, several young men gathered in front of an ironware stall, picked up a sharp blade and examined it carefully.

"This blade is really sharp. If I use it to fight monsters, it will definitely be twice as effective with half the effort!"

One of them said excitedly. Seeing this, the stall attendant immediately enthusiastically introduced the advantages of Liyue ironware, especially the story of Hanfeng ironware, which made everyone nod repeatedly.

Of course, in reality, most of these ironware were produced after Wang Que built the automatic production line of Fontaine.

It has nothing to do with Hanfeng Ironware.

However, the desert people didn’t understand what Hanfeng Ironware was; they just heard from the stories that it was really powerful.

In addition, the quality of the ironware was indeed good, so people donated generously.

The children who had followed Xingqiu before were attracted by the colorful cakes and exquisite toys.

They had never seen so many treats and toys.

At the same time, some businessmen with a keen sense of smell have already noticed the business opportunity.

They came up to the stall clerk and began to ask about the purchasing prices and rules.

A corner of the market.

Wang Que stood in the shadow, avoiding the scorching sun, watching the transaction scene with a smile on his face.

"It's lively, isn't it?"

Xingqiu nodded slightly: "People here are too closed off..."

After sighing, Xingqiu continued, "I've done some research and found out there are several prominent forces in the desert."

"The Rahman Brigade, a group of fanatical followers of the Red King, would trade with Aru Village. However, they were very dissatisfied with Aru Village's hosting of rainforest merchants. They had a conflict with Aru Village before, but were eventually suppressed by the guardian."

"Thutmose, a group of gilded brigades searching for relics. They are relatively well-organized, and few people can get inside information. Even this name was overheard by a child."

"The Tanit tribe is the one most often mentioned by children. It's a powerful desert tribe with many subordinate tribes. Their reputation in the desert isn't great, and they're quite bloody internally, but they do communicate with the outside world. Furthermore... they don't believe in the Scarlet King, but in a being called the Flower God."

"Finally, there's the Gilded Brigade called the Blazing Beast Hunters. They're the ones the kids talk about the most, and most of them praise them, saying they're good people."

After listening to Xingqiu's words, Wang Que looked at him with some surprise: "Did you learn this from Ningguang?"

Asking children for information is Ningguang's forte.

Xingqiu rolled his eyes.

But he did not deny that his move was indeed somewhat similar to Ningguang's.

Chapter 353 Open the Door, Free Trade

The information Xingqiu had inquired about actually meant little to Wang Que.

Because he knows this information himself.

Wang Que also knew about the Relics of the God-King and the Palace of Silence.

However, we must not discourage Xingqiu's desire to help.

So, Wang Que praised Xingqiu several more times, and only after he felt a little embarrassed by the praise did he return to the topic.

He took out a roll of maps.

This is the desert map given by the village chief, which is the latest version.

Because of the wind and sand, the terrain in the desert is very changeable, and old maps may lead people to death.

Of course, this doesn't matter to the floating city.

Wang Que was not looking for the latest road, he just wanted to find out the latest locations of different tribes in the desert.

He pointed his finger and saw the location of a small tribe in the middle of the Great Red Sand Sea.

"I plan to go and take a look at this tribe tomorrow."

Xingqiu took a look. "Cassia Tribe? What's here?"

According to his understanding of Wang Que, shouldn't Wang Que go directly to the largest tribe?

"This is a branch of the tribe controlled by the [Relics of the God King]. They are also a tribe that plunders the desert and are definitely bad people."

"According to the information Dolly provided, the main members of the tribe that tried to rob our Eye of Akhmar were from this tribe."

"As a believer in the Red King, I want to see if they have a firm faith," Wang Que said.

Many people think that the Gilded Brigade has no faith.

But this is just because the outside world subconsciously thinks that these people have no faith because they do things for money.

In fact, some of them have faith.

Not only do they have different beliefs, but they also have different beliefs.

Some desert tribes believe in the Red King and believe that the Red King can be resurrected.

There are also other tribes that believe in the flower god and pursue the so-called eternal oasis.

There is one biggest difference between the two.

Those who believe in the Red King are often men.

For those who believe in the goddess of flowers, the Great Mistress is in charge.

It can be regarded as a different social system that grew up in the desert.

The Cassia tribe was considered a test subject chosen by Wang Que.

He wanted to see how steadfast their faith in the Red King would be in the face of foreign artillery fire.