Chapter 31 In-Depth Understanding
The Zhang family invited Sun Xiang to the banquet, but no one knew what the result was, because the Zhang family's secrecy work was too good. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info then the Zhang family disappeared, and did not participate in this price war, and was as low-key as the Bai family.
So some people said that the Zhang family and the Bai family gave up the competition for Astor City, and the bigwigs of the capital agreed that the two families had a place in Astor City.
In the following days, Sun Xiang did not go out, locked himself in the small courtyard, and ordered not to be disturbed.
As the saying goes, "you see the whole picture when you see it".
These days, accompanied by Bai Liping, Sun Xiang has basically visited the shops in Astor City. Now he is not the "little white" when he first met Bai Zhaoxuan. Through the Bai family's library pavilion, he already had a basic understanding of the cultivation materials of this world, and he could also correspond to the materials of Shenzhou. So while shopping, he did not forget Taobao, to be precise, "picking up treasures", just like picking up treasures on the street.
So Bai Liping always saw the same scene: Sun Xiang frantically bought all kinds of "garbage", and at the same time his face was so aggrieved, the more aggrieved he was, the more he bought, and the more he bought, the more aggrieved he became. He secretly calculated, the boss of the magic bag alone was filled with more than a dozen, and they were all the kind of super expensive magic bags of a dozen cubic meters. And the gold spent was not much, because the boss bought all the rubbish.
Thanks to the fact that the two of them only took to the streets after changing their faces every time, otherwise Boss Sun's defeat would definitely become the talk of Astor City again.
Sun Xiang is really aggrieved, the reason why he is aggrieved is that he has picked up so many treasures but he can't share them with those brothers of the same level in the Shenzhou Continent. It's as if you're wearing a name brand but standing in front of a group of people who are about to starve to death, there's no point in showing off at all. So he was aggrieved, so he wanted to buy these things back first and make them his own.
Because listening to Bai Liping, these "garbage" are rarely seen in big cities, and the reason is that they are not valuable.
Sun Xiang also felt sad for the alchemists and pharmacists of this world again, compared to the Shenzhou Continent, the refining tools and alchemy here could only be regarded as being in the stage of "drinking blood". The simplest example is the weapons used by the warriors, the weapons here are all made of metal, and they don't know how to depict the formation on them, which is almost the same as the weapons built by the secular world of the Shenzhou Continent, emphasizing strength and sharpness.
They rarely use Warcraft materials to make weapons, and even if they do, they only use them after simply polishing them, let alone refining and carving formations. Sun Xiang, on the other hand, tried his skills and used the sharp fangs of the first yellow-maned pig hunted in the valley to refine a pair of daggers, which were much better than all the daggers sold in the shops of Astor City.
Since no other auxiliary materials were added, although Sun Xiang was not very satisfied with the first weapon he made, it also made him very happy, because he felt that the laws of this heaven and earth had little impact on the Divine Alchemy.
The division of weapons in this world is relatively simple, divided into five types: primary, intermediate, advanced, saint-level, and god-level.
In fact, the first weapon he refined, that is, the pair of daggers, was already considered a saint-level weapon, which was very rare in Astor City, and was rare even in the Empire. It's a pity that Sun Xiang didn't know, and he didn't show it to others, so others didn't know either, let alone remind him.
There are no elixirs here, only elixirs. And the level of configuration of potions is also very low, and there are only a few simple ones. There are also some potions that can help martial artists improve their bodies, but they are all very expensive, and the recipes are in the hands of a very small number of people. Even these very expensive potions were very low-level in Sun Xiang's eyes.
The magic array here is relatively advanced, even more advanced than the formation of Shenzhou. It may be directly related to their focus on magical research.
Sun Xiang also has a clear understanding of this world. This is the same as the immortal cultivation realm in Shenzhou, it is a society where strength is respected, those who cannot cultivate are the lowest level of society, and cultivators speak with strength.
Astor City is the most remote small city in the eastern part of the Tetulai Empire, and the strength of the warriors here is generally not high, and the high-level warriors are already the most powerful existence. In other words, with his strength, he can walk sideways here, not to mention his background. He likes this feeling very much, after all, he has been the boss of the Shenzhou Realm for many years, how can he be inferior here, he will feel very uncomfortable. He desperately needs this transition period to complete his run-in with the world.
As for how to control Astor City and turn it into his base, Sun Xiang has already had a complete plan through investigation and research during this time.
Astor City is a city that mainly deals in Warcraft materials, and does not have its own leading industry.
It is now prosperous as an economic hub for newly developed towns such as Oar, but this prosperity is temporary. Fifty years, eighty years, or a hundred years, as towns like Oar prosper and the pace of adventurers continues to accelerate, its pivotal position will surely be replaced, and the city of Astor will be reduced to mediocrity.
Like other cities in the eastern part of the empire, they were barren and decaying. Although this time will be very long, Sun Xiang can be sure of the direction of development.
Therefore, in order to ensure the longevity of Astor City, he must establish a permanent foundation for Astor City. Therefore, after these days of investigation, Sun Xiang found two leading industries suitable for the development of this place, one is wine and the other is ceramics. And the two industries can complement each other.
The establishment of the brewing industry was thought of by Sun Xiang when he was in the Abel Mountains after accepting Bai Zhaoxuan's follow-up. When Bai Zhaoxuan gave him wine to drink, he felt very unhappy after taking a sip. Later, after knowing from Bai Zhaoxuan's mouth that it was the best wine in the capital, he had an idea, but he was a little uncertain at the time. The establishment of the ceramic industry was determined after he settled in the city of Astor after these days of investigation.
Sun Xiang wants to establish his own power mainly from two aspects, one is to let himself have a place to stay, although the Sun family in the capital is also his place to stay, but he has no sense of belonging. He knew that the relationships within that kind of superpower must be complicated, and he didn't want to waste time and energy getting involved.
The second is to establish a "blood supply" base for ourselves. In the Shenzhou Continent, he had already survived the Ninety-Nine Thunder Tribulation and found the feeling of ascension. Therefore, soaring again has become his only goal here. However, without strong financial support, it is unrealistic to achieve this goal as soon as possible.
When he was in Shenzhou, relying on the big tree of the Shushan faction, Sun Xiang could always obtain various cultivation resources through various means to meet his cultivation needs.
The Kuiyun Continent was a large untapped treasure trove for Sun Xiang, with all kinds of cultivation resources. However, he needs to take money to buy it or collect it himself, which will affect his cultivation speed. Therefore, he wanted to turn Astor City into his "blood supply" base to ensure the resources he needed for cultivation.
Sun Xiang, who has thousands of years of experience, found that the establishment of two industries, wine and porcelain, could help him achieve these two goals. The wine of this world is not only far inferior to the wine of the Shenzhou continent, but also has a strong sales radius limit.
For example, the wine in the city of Astor comes from small workshops. The wine they make will spoil if it doesn't sell in two or three months. For this reason, their liquor can only be sold within a hundred miles of the city of Aster. According to Sun Xiang's understanding, the wine of the entire Etullai Empire was like this, and it could only be sold in a certain area.
Even the so-called best liquor in the capital that Bai Zhaoxuan took out has a shelf life of only three or five years, and the sales radius is also limited.
The main reason for this situation is that the world's winemaking technology, quality retention, packaging, transportation and other aspects are very backward compared with the Shenzhou mainland.
The wine in Shenzhou Continent not only tastes good, but also has a much longer shelf life, even if it is a hundred years without problems, and the longer the time, the better the quality. If it is paired with a porcelain bottle, it can also solve the problem of packaging and transportation, so that this wine can be sold farther, and the problem of sales radius is completely solved.
What's more, people in this world seem to like to drink more. Especially those martial artists, more than ninety percent of them drink alcohol. This was also expected by Sun Xiang. Even in the Shenzhou Continent, for those martial artists who live a life of licking blood from the edge of the sword, wine is the best thing.
Sun Xiang himself is one of the representative figures.
And the richest people in this world are those martial artists who can cultivate, and with better wine, they will definitely not be stingy.
The implementation of this plan will definitely not be smooth sailing, which Sun Xiang has already thought of. Not to mention the intricate relationship between Astor City, the plan itself has several problems to solve, such as funding, talent, etc. Sun Xiang didn't think about how to solve these problems, but one thing he was sure of was that if this plan could be implemented, Astor City would be in his pocket sooner or later.
In addition, every time he thinks of the way he died in his "past life", Sun Xiang feels aggrieved. Not to mention being surrounded and killed, he was scared to death, so he wanted to take this breath. Bai Zhaoxuan has also become his follower, with his strength and power, it is far away to take revenge, and he has to help him.
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