Chapter 30: The Old Bird
The old man looked at the camel team as he spoke, and when he saw Tao Qi, a stranger, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Old Cheng, there are new members of our mine transportation team?" ”
Cheng Muran seemed to have been friends with this old man for many years, and he didn't see him, and when he heard the old man ask, he replied kindly: "Isn't it?" If it weren't for this new little brother Tao Qi this time, I'm afraid Biaozi and I would have hung up on the road! ”
"Oh, how?" The old man asked with a look of surprise on his face.
At this time, Liu Biao took the towel and wiped his face, and immediately became excited when he heard the two talk about the experience on the road, and said loudly in his ugly voice: "Damn, old bird, this time we can be regarded as eye-opening!" We've met a monster! ”
Hearing the word demon beast, the old man was also taken aback and said, "Demon beast? So you, you managed to run away? Seeing Liu Biao's smug look, he suddenly realized something and asked even more surprised, "Could it be that you killed the demon beast?" ”
"Shut up! Let's go inside and talk. Cheng Muran was a person who had experienced strong winds and waves, looked around, and saw that this place was not a place to speak, so he said to the old man with a calm face but a decisive tone.
The old man also realized the importance of the problem, and hurriedly led a few people into the sand hut.
Cheng Muran and the three of them were not verbose, and carried the desert mirage beast that was tied like a dumpling into the house.
Everyone sat down and chatted as if they were talking about it. Cheng Muran first introduced Tao Qi to this old man who answered everyone, he was the contact person of the mine in Shura City, and he was the only leader in their oasis mine that Tao Qi had never met, and everyone called him Old Bird. His real name is no longer available, and he doesn't say it himself, and others won't ask, everyone here has their own past, has their own **, and no one cares if they don't want to mention it. Besides, a name or something is just a title, no one wants to stay in hell for a long time, such as Cheng Muran, Liu Biao, and Lao Niao are one of the few outliers who have stayed here for more than 20 years.
After Cheng Muran introduced Tao Qi to the old bird, everyone talked about their experiences along the way, and the three of them surprised the old bird and kept shouting "Really?" "I didn't expect that!" "Really?"
After listening to the three of them, the old bird frowned and bowed his head silently. After a while, he raised his head and said in a low voice: "It is said that demon beasts usually have no treasures, and the desert mirage beast you encountered this time is a relatively rare spiritual attack demon beast in the first layer of hell, and it usually rarely acts, could it be that there are any extremely precious goods in your goods this time?" ”
When the three of them heard the old bird say this, they also pondered, but after thinking about it for a long time, they still didn't have any clue.
Cheng Muran frowned and said: "This thing is indeed a little strange, the truth is true, but before we set off, I had carefully inspected the goods, and there was nothing better than the previous ones, not to mention the best goods that could make the demon beasts tempted, I really can't think of the reason why this demon beast attacked us." ”
"What a fucking weirdness!" Liu Biao couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.
"Hehe, whatever! Since it has happened, and nothing has happened to people, this is a blessing. The old bird smiled at this time and said, "But what should this Desert Mirage Beast do?" ”
"Aren't you going to give it to the Warden?" Tao Qi listened to the old bird's words and asked in surprise, "Is there anyone else who can afford to buy it?" ”
The old bird glanced at Tao Qi with a strange expression, and explained to him: "This is the cat you didn't understand when you first came, although in the end, the materials we produce or capture will definitely flow to the warden, but the route may not be directly handed over." ”
"Oh? What do you mean by that? Tauchi listened to the old bird's words and couldn't help but be curious.
At this time, the old bird also gushed endlessly: "If our mine is directly handed over to the minions under the warden, since we have never had any good things to honor, and we have not a close relationship with them, those minions will definitely keep the price of the purchased materials as low as possible; And if it is some other large mine, which has a close relationship with them and usually pays more filial piety, it is possible to get much higher returns than us, and even more than 50% higher. Therefore, we can secretly trade some uncommon and more precious things to the people of the big mines, and then they will hand them over to the minions of the warden, and most of the time the benefits will be greater than the direct handover. ”
"It turns out that there are these Taos among them, I really don't know it, I'm shocked when I say it!" Tao Qi couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Cheng Muran saw Tao Qi's appearance and smiled: "Hehe! In fact, it is like this everywhere, it is like this in the world before death, and it is still like this when you go to hell after death, so ah! Learn the study of thick black, and you can eat anywhere! ”
Tao Qi tilted his head and said, "Hey, it seems that you have to learn slowly!" I was just a student when I was alive, and I didn't have much exposure to these, so I need to mention more junior brothers. ”
Cheng looked at Tao Qi with a smile and said, "Student? You look like you're at least a high school student, right? I've heard that today's Huaxia has been doing this since kindergarten, don't tell me that you don't even know this. ”
Tao Qi couldn't help but blushed and sighed: "Alas! What do you want me to say? ”
Cheng Muran didn't want to entangle with him on this issue, and continued: "I think it's still the old way, find a reliable big dealer to sell the goods, if you hand it over directly, I don't know how much it will be picked up by those guys!" ”
Liu Biao also agreed: "Well, I think so too. ”
The old bird looked at the two of them, and then at Tao Qi, and saw that his face seemed to be a little strange, so he asked, "Little brother, what do you think?" ”
Tao Qi looked at the old bird, then at Cheng Liu, and said with some embarrassment: "I shouldn't say this, because if we hand it over directly to the warden, I'm afraid we will lose a lot." But Boss Cheng, you also know the purpose of my participation in the transportation, you said that if we directly hand over such a precious demon beast, will we have the opportunity to meet the warden? ”
"This ......" The three of them couldn't help but groan when they heard Tao Qi's words, of course Cheng Liu and the others knew that Tao Qi had come to do such a dangerous business to meet the warden, but this time they came and went, their losses were probably not small, and whether they could see the warden was still between the two, which made the two hesitate. After all, the value of a demon beast is really expensive, and it is even very likely that a person will complete the accumulation of merit points and return to reincarnation. The loss of several percent of the income made several people very reluctant. (To be continued.) )