Merchant refers to a group of people who are engaged in commodity trading, exchange and transportation of goods, so that commercial goods can flow widely and obtain benefits from them.

Where there are interests, there are businessmen.

Interstellar merchants, not much different from traditional merchants, are also a group of profit-seeking creatures.

The interstellar merchants sell everything from agricultural products, industrial products, knowledge-based, cultural and entertainment products, whether it is physical or spiritual, they can meet your needs.

As long as you have a "currency" in your hand that can be traded.

However, there are some differences between interstellar merchants and traditional merchants.

Interstellar merchants trade goods over a wider range, with more variety, and over greater distances, mostly bartering.

The galaxy is so big that there are countless civilizations that it is impossible to achieve monetary unity, and the vast majority of money is a financial product, some of which are only circulating properties, rather than having a high actual value - unless there is a strong civilization that can provide credit for such currency.

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, bartering is the most common way of trading for most interstellar merchants.

Of course, in a free trading star like the City of a Thousand Planets, the role of the official currency "Star Coins" is still very huge, at least most of the interstellar merchants' goods accept the currency "Star Coins" and buy them at the right price.

Naturally, the issuance of "Star Coins" allows the official of the City of a Thousand Stars to reap huge benefits every year.

So, what goods are more valuable to interstellar merchants?

There are mainly four categories.

One, knowledge and technical materials.

There is no doubt that information, especially technical information, will always be the most popular commodity for interstellar merchants.

Imagine for those first, second, and third-level civilizations that are in the technological bottleneck period, if the technological bombs in the hands of interstellar merchants can help their civilization achieve level improvement and breakthrough, how much are these technological bombs and these civilizations willing to spend to buy?

It is bound to smash the pot and sell iron, and all the things in the pocket must be bought.

And the storage medium of technical data has the characteristics of small size, light weight, easy to carry, and can be sold indefinitely, once the transaction is successful, the rate of return is extremely high, so it is the interstellar businessmen, the most favorite goods for trading.

However, the higher civilizations do not want the civilization of the same level of science and technology to become more and more numerous, threatening their own status, so they have joined forces to formulate the "Technology Non-Proliferation Convention" to strictly restrict the flow of technological data to the lower civilizations and severely crack down on the trade of sensitive technological data.

Techno-businessmen, in particular, are under the watchful eye of these civilizations.

Two, energy.

Before the invention of the perpetual motion machine, the energy industry was a permanent industry, from the "firewood" of ancient civilizations, the "coal" and "oil" of modern civilizations, and then to the "nuclear fuel" and "energy blocks" of the interstellar age...... The energy industry, like human food, is in constant demand.

Three, food, minerals, mechanical and electrical equipment, munitions and weapons, flying boats, and other "tangible" commodities.

Fourth, "intangible" spiritual commodities such as culture, film and television, games, and art.

These four categories contain everything that a civilization needs.

And Yun Xinghe, who plans to change from an "explorer" to an "interstellar merchant" for a while, the first industry they focus on can of course be the energy industry.

Generally speaking, the higher the energy density, the higher the value of the block.

Low energy density, such as common hydrogen elements, is distributed everywhere in the universe, not to mention, the energy density is not high, and the volume is large, and the cargo spacecraft powered by this kind of energy is a bit like a train in the steam age, half loaded with cargo and half loaded with coal.

The civilizations around the City of a Thousand Stars are mostly second-level civilizations and few third-level civilizations, so the Zerg energy core, which is equivalent to a third-level energy block, is very popular among these civilizations.

Therefore, Yun Xinghe saw in the dynamic price panel of the energy trading market of the City of Thousand Stars: 1 standard volume of third-level energy blocks can be sold for 190 star coins.

To be honest, at this price, Yun Xinghe feels that it is a bit low, you must know that a palm-sized third-level energy core contains enough energy to meet the electricity needs of a first-level civilization of tens of billions of people for a year, but it can only change the 11 crew members of the Feitian (except for the three-eyed people who don't eat or drink), and live in the City of Thousand Stars for two or three days.

This shows the high price of goods here.

Outside the City of a Thousand Planets, the thousands of second-level spaceships suspended around can know that these spaceships must have chosen to anchor outside the well-equipped spaceport because they can't afford the high daily expenses.

But you can't eat a fat man in one bite, although the price of the third-level energy core is not as high as imagined, but with the amount carried by the Feitian, it is certain that you will make a lot of money in the end.

Make up your mind, and then it's time to go your separate ways.

The first is to rent a warehouse to store goods at the spaceport, and remove the two large containers hanging under the belly of the Feitian and store them properly.

Yun Xinghe personally took Gu Fan and Du Xiaopang to find the star government, and easily borrowed a low-interest loan of 100,000 star coins with the two containers of energy cores as collateral, and then rented the warehouse at a price of 100 star coins per 24 hours, and put the container in.

The warehouse is there.

The second is to set up a company.

Regarding "company", different civilizations have different names for different civilizations, some are called "chambers of commerce", some are called "shopkeepers", and some are called "traveling merchants...... But the essence is the same, they are all commercial institutions that buy low and sell high.

So Lan Xiulong took Sugaru and Berekov to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Star City, spent 1,000 star coins, and registered a "company".

And the name of the company, Feitian Trading Co., Ltd., directly lazily used the name of the spaceship.

So, the company also has it.

In the bustling city center, at a price of 500 star coins per week, I rented a 180-square-meter office office as an office location, Feitian Trading Co., Ltd., which can basically carry out the company's business.

And the business, Luo Xin is responsible for taking Yun Qiaoqiao, Xianglan Mikoto, and Uehara Aijia, the female crew members, and the business model is also very simple, Luo Xin is responsible for finding channels and advertising, Yun Qiaoqiao and the three of them only need to sit in the office, be customer service, and answer the phone.

Once a customer is interested in the goods and wants to see the goods, finally the product consultant Xia Xingkong will take the customer over or check the quality of the "goods", so that the customer can rest assured and satisfied.

After such a whole arrangement, a small but well-equipped trading company was established in just two days.

The business was also carried out in full swing.

In the corporate conference room.

Yunxing River: "Luo Xin, all the remaining 80,000 star coins will be given to you, and more advertisements will be placed on the open-air advertising platform, online platform, and trading market to make the company's reputation, attract the attention of customers, and strive to sell most of the energy cores in a relatively short period of time." ”

"Yes, Captain. ”

……

A few days after that.

In the trading world and interstellar merchant circles of the City of a Thousand Planets, a newly emerged "Feitian Trading Co., Ltd." has attracted the attention of many businessmen with a keen sense of business opportunities.

In all corners of Star City, there were some voices of discussion.

"I heard that this new trading company mainly deals in the goods of the Zerg energy core, and in the trading market, it is said that the amount they can supply is more than 1 million, all of which are high-grade energy cores. ”

"1 million? How did they get it? It is estimated that it would take the Zerg on one planet to get so many energy cores, right?"

"This is actually not much, a dozen third-level civilization spaceships passing by can be bought, and the exaggerated thing is that in their tone, 'how much do you want, how much you supply, don't worry about us running out of goods, let's see if the star coins in our hands are enough'...... Isn't this laughing at us for having no money? We interstellar merchants, who own private galaxies and private planets, dare to question whether we have enough star coins in our hands? I really can't stand it!"

A fat interstellar merchant with beads of all kinds of value on his body dissatisfied.

"I sent someone to inquire, the founder of this company is the civilization that came to the City of a Thousand Stars for the first time some time ago, and there is only a small and medium-sized spaceship, but he dares to say such a thing...... Typical hubris, never seen in the world!"

"I feel like they only have a maximum of 1 million energy cores, and they can't get more than that. ”

"Energy accounting is a relatively high-value cargo, you must know that an advanced third-level civilization spaceship is only sold for 30 million star coins. ”

"This type of energy core generally has only two uses, one is used as the core power energy source of high-speed spacecraft, and the other is used as a battery for high-power shipborne weapons...... But in peacetime, there is not much demand for such energy nuclei. ”

"I think there are quite a lot of them, at least we interstellar merchants, most of the ships use energy cores...... Time is money, and whoever runs the fastest earns more. ”

"I plan to go to that company tomorrow to take a look, if there are really so many energy cores, I plan to buy a batch, the Green Immortal Civilization is preparing for a war against the Zerg, recovering the dozen or so border leaders that have fallen over the years, third-level energy cores, they need a lot. ”

"So, I'm going to buy a batch of ...... too."

One of them held up a wine glass and muttered, as for the use, this is a trade secret.