Chapter 443: Another Country, Old People
It is not strange for Tianyou to know those dirty things between the forces of the Immortal Buddha, after all, he is a registered disciple of Zhenyuan Shangxian, Ji Yao thought that these secrets were told to Tianyou by Zhenyuan Shangxian, so he didn't care.
With the intention of taking the three-point examination, Ji Yao asked a lot of questions about how the Xianmen should deal with Buddhism, but Tianyou did not hide it, and gave answers one by one, and Ji Yao, who listened, nodded. But I don't know why, Ji Yao, who had always been excited about Tianyou's performance, suddenly cooled down, and seemed to have suddenly lost interest in talking, and barely coped with a few words before using the excuse that there were still things to deal with and sent Tianyou away.
Ji Yao's moodiness always makes Tianyou feel confused, just like the strange way of acting in the neutral zone before. But at least so far, her actions have been for the sake of Tianyou, so Tianyou has no suspicions about her.
After separating from Ji Yao, Tianyou didn't stay in the house, but called Qi Xiaomei and Hu Niu, and they went out for a spin together.
Tianyou came out with his own purpose, not wanting to be stuffed in the house is just one thing, the more important thing is to understand the situation in the Chu State. Although he is not interested in the position of King of Chu, it does not mean that Tianyou can avoid this identity. And, to be honest, Tianyou is actually not disgusted with the matter of succeeding to the throne of King Chu. First, it is a throne after all, and all kinds of benefits do not need to be repeated, especially if you have been suffering from not being able to find the whereabouts of Xiyan today, with the hosting power brought by this throne, it is better to mobilize the power of the entire Chu State to help him find it, which is always better than him alone.
Is this the second coming...... The king of Chu himself has cultivation in his body, and his lifespan cannot be calculated according to ordinary people, so in a short period of time, Tianyou is actually just an additional identity, and he doesn't need to really think about inheriting things like the unification.
As for the third, it is still Tianyou's careful thinking about Ying Ying. In this Shenzhou Continent where he doesn't know what equality is, without a prominent identity, he really doesn't have anything to do with Ying Ying, the queen reserve. Of course, now that he is the doorman of Zixiao Palace, and he has been appreciated by Zhenyuan Shangxian and other immortals, he is not inferior, but Yingying is the ninth princess of Qin after all, and she is more likely to succeed to the throne as the queen in the future.
Wandering away from the residence, a waiter immediately came up to the door to ask him what he needed, and learned that he was just casually strolling around, but the waiter did not stop him, and carefully told him what good places to go nearby, and reminded Tianyou how to find it if he got lost.
Speaking of which, this Dragon's Tooth Fort seems to have the feeling of not having a store in front of the village, but in fact, it is a model of a store in the front of the village. Because of the efforts of the people and past merchants, a large number of residential areas have been built around Longya Fort, and Longchuandu in the north and Daxing Town in the southeast are both large-scale settlements. There are even slight signs of convergence on the border between the three places.
Tianyou didn't plan to go to Daxing Town, but went to Longchuan Ferry in the opposite direction. The crane device on the ship before was still in mind, and it should be possible to hear some news at this ferry.
Chu is merchant-oriented, which is very different from that of Qin. There are also ferries in Qin, but none of them are as prosperous as dragon boat ferries. It feels like merchants from all over the continent have gathered in this small dragon boat ferry, and you can see all kinds of goods and merchants in the chaotic dock area, and even some merchants from the Western Regions with high noses, blue eyes, and curly hair like the golden lion king.
The "old liar ......" was walking, but Tianyou suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted.
A curly-haired and blue-eyed merchant from the Western Regions glanced back at the sound, then was stunned for a moment, and then snatched back the goods that the guests were looking at in front of him as if he had been stepped on by his tail.
Tianyou's side reacted faster than the other party, and before the other party could run, he had already run wildly.
There were a lot of people in the market, and it was not very convenient for the two of them to move, but the merchant of the Western Regions was carrying a big box, but Tianyou was empty-handed, and he was already athletic, so his speed of dodging left and right in the crowd was not very affected.
In fact, someone moves faster than God You. The merchant from the Western Regions had just rushed out of the street and was about to avoid an alley, but suddenly saw a woman in a green shirt spinning like a fairy falling from the sky, just intercepting his way.
"This street, it's closed. Hu Qingxuan spit out a few words with a smile on his face, but the merchant from the Western Regions was panicked and turned around to find a new way to escape, but when he turned around, he happened to see a row of big white teeth from Tianyou.
"Haha...... It turned out to be God blessed. It makes Avanti very happy to meet old friends in this kind of place. Avanti, who changed his expression in an instant, came up enthusiastically and wanted to hug Tianyou.
Tianyou didn't look like before at all, he also smiled and opened his arms to hug him, and then said in the tone of an old friend: "Haha, I really can't imagine that the world is so big, so let's meet again, it's really happy." To be honest, I thought I had recognized the wrong person just now, but I didn't expect it to be you, my old friend Avanti. Don't leave in a hurry this time, I'm going to talk to you about business. ”
Avanti smiled in a strange Chinese accent and said "Yes, yes, let's talk about business." Are you an old friend of my Avanti, I will definitely give you the fairest price. You can rest assured, I, Avanti, have always been sincere to my friends. ”
Tianyou didn't refute, but echoed him and said: "Well, of course I know the character of our old Avanti father, and I feel most at ease when I buy things from you." As he spoke, he also pulled Avantiran and he followed him, while saying, "Don't worry, I won't pit you this time, I'll pay." Tianyou said and took out a gold ingot and shook it in front of Avanti, and then stuffed the gold ingot that almost stuck Avanti's eyes together into his pocket.
Seeing the gold ingot, Avanti's expression changed significantly, at least now he doesn't have to be pulled away by Tianyou.
In fact, the two are really old friends, and even Yu Tianyou actually lived with Avanti for more than two months. Of course, this is Tianyou's idea, Avanti Jue is not called living together, but he took care of Tianyou for more than two months, after all, Tianyou was only more than three years old at that time, according to the standards of normal people, isn't it just to take a child?
Avanti's identity is actually obvious, he is a merchant from the Western Regions, and he specially brought in some strange things from the Western Regions that were not available in the Shenzhou Continent to sell around. Of course, he would also collect some things that he thought were valuable all over the Shenzhou Continent, and then sell them appropriately when he met someone with the right price. Most of the things that Tianyou mastered before joining Zixiao Palace, which could not be called chemistry or pharmacy, or alchemy, actually came from the young merchant of the Western Regions in front of him.
If you want to talk about people, Avanti is really not a bad person, and even a rare good person with a good heart and conscience. But this old man has a lot of small problems, likes to drink, and he drinks a lot, and he is a little rough, and occasionally there are some small problems of cheating and stealing, in short, a good person is a really good person, and a bad person can be regarded as a bad person.
However, although Tianyou thinks that Avanti is still a good person, people don't think so about him.
In Avanti's eyes, Tianyou is a little demon, a demon who should be punished by the gods and his old man. This kid is supposed to take care of his own business, but in fact he always exchanges some strange things from him for those precious materials and medicines, although it later turned out that the things sold to him by Tianyou are indeed valuable, but these things are often difficult to get rid of, and the value is extremely unstable. In short, although he didn't suffer, it always made him uncomfortable to death.
Therefore, the last time we met, Avanti did not say goodbye. He secretly mixed two drops of Qianri drunk in the wine that Tianyou drank, and Tianyou slept for three days, and when he woke up, he found that the little valuable things around him were swept away by the old guy. Fortunately, the old thing still has a little conscience, and the goods sold to Tianyou are indeed left. Otherwise, when he sees God bless him now, he will not run away in the alley, but go straight to the dock and find the boat that searches the port, and climb up first.
Tianyou didn't want Avanti to appear in the place where they stayed, and Tianyou didn't want his past life to be too exposed in front of Ji Yao, so he didn't take Avanti back to his residence, and it was a little farther away.
They found an inn on the nearby street and chartered a private room, anyway, there are countless merchants coming and going in places like Dragon Boat Ferry, and the most important thing is a place to discuss business.
This inn is a place dedicated to people to talk about business, and the so-called private room actually has the meaning of a conference hall itself. The house was divided into two rooms, the one by the door was a place to eat, and there was a larger room inside. There is nothing else in this room, just a large square table, and the chairs are arranged in a row by the wall, and the central area is deliberately vacated for everyone to display the goods.
After entering the room, Tianyou ordered some food first, let Qi Xiaomei and Hu Niu eat outside first, and he went into the room with Avanti. Hu Qingxuan was a little curious, so he didn't sit outside, but followed in. She used to mingle in the world, but she wasn't very interested in the food in these hotels. Of course, I have been learning art with Liu Meiniang recently, and even my appetite has been raised, which is probably the main reason.
"Come, come, come. Let me see what you've brought with you this time. As soon as Tianyou entered the room, he asked Avanti to put the big box on his back on the table, and began to help him unpack the box himself.
Avanti hurriedly protected his box, and asked Tianyou with some worry: "Did you really pay this time?"
Boom...... Tianyou directly lined up a certain gold ingots on the table, "Open and open, the master is rich now, I won't rob you." ”
It was really poor before, and God blessed it with no choice. Besides, he is not an open robbery, and every time he gives Avanti something, he can actually sell it for money. It's just that his bartering method will make Avanti run a lot more, plus delay a lot of things, so Avanti is a little reluctant to do his business. After all, a businessman like him has one of the most important costs for his own living expenses.
"Come on, let me see what you've brought with you this time. Tianyou asked while opening Avanti's back box by himself.
At first glance, Avanti's back box looks like a backpack covered with rags, but in fact, this thing has a lot inside.
Lift the rag on top, open the lid on top, and pull the back panel of the case open to both sides. The small back box immediately unfolded layers of complicated frames, and dozens of small cloth bags were densely hung on each layer of frame.
That's right. These cloth bags are all worry-free bags, but they are not complete versions, but defective worry-free bags with a grade of defective, which are much more inferior than the defective products that Lu Meng gave to Tianyou.
The worry-free bag that Lu Meng gave to Tianyou still has 8 spaces of space, and the largest of the worry-free bags in Avanti's back box is only three or four spaces, and even most of them only have one or two spaces of space.
However, even if there is only 1 space in the space, the worry-free bag is still a worry-free bag after all, and the capacity is still considerable.
The volume of each compartment of the standard worry-free bag is about 0.25 cubic meters, which is a defective product, and the actual space of each compartment is only about 0.2 cubic meters. It doesn't sound very big, but if you convert it, you will find that it is actually quite a small space.
We all know that the specific gravity of human beings is very close to that of water, and the weight of 1 cubic meter of water is exactly 1 ton. From this, it can be reversed that a big fat man weighing 100 kilograms has an actual volume of only about 0.1 cubic meters. Of course, even a Jiu-Jitsu master can't really group himself into a 0.1 cubic cube, this is only the absolute volume of a person, not the outer size. In other words, for equipment such as worry-free bags, which do not need to consider space utilization, 0.2 cubic meters of space is actually enough to fit two people. This is still calculated according to the big fat man weighing 100 kilograms, if it is a slender little girl, it is enough to stuff 4 people.
With this data, it is not difficult to imagine how large the volume of this defective worry-free bag is. Basically, this small worry-free bag can top a large hiking bag, and some may be more than that.
However, there is not only one such worry-free bag in Avanti's back box, but at least hundreds of such worry-free bags are densely hung. Regardless of the fact that there are a few 4 to 5 compartments of slightly better residual secondary worry-free bags, even if only according to the minimum standard, assuming that each worry-free bag is only 1 compartment, the capacity of this box of worry-free bags is at least the top of a standard container. Moreover, because the container needs to consider the size of the goods, it is impossible to use every inch of space inside, and the worry-free bag is completely based on the displacement of the object to calculate the volume, so in fact, Avanti's back box can not only hold far more than the container, but may even top a small barge.
Although this back box seems to be a little too luxurious compared to Avanti's embarrassing shape, but think about it from another angle, a person from the Western Regions, who traveled thousands of miles through the terrible wilderness to the Shenzhou Continent, if he really only carried an ordinary back box, then even if he was not eaten by demons and monsters, he would definitely die of poverty. After all, if calculated according to the volume of an ordinary back box, the cost of his trip is inevitably too high. Even if the things he sells are strange and habitable, I am afraid that he will not be able to rely on the volume of ordinary back boxes to meet his profit needs, at least there must be a caravan of hundreds of carriages to make a profit.
Therefore, Avanti's back box is actually the key to his ability to become a merchant in the Western Regions.
"Let me see what good stuff you've brought with you. ”
Tianyou was about to turn over the cargo box, but was suddenly pushed away by Avanti.
"Don't move, tell me what you want, I'll show you if I want it, I've got a lot of dangerous goods this time, but I can't move around." Avanti guarded the back box like a baby, for fear that it would be damaged by God's blessing. After all, this kind of thing is Godless, but there is a criminal record, and you have to guard against it.
Tianyou ignored him, and said while squeezing Avanti away: "Oh, don't be so stingy." Don't worry, I'm with you if it's broken. With that, he forcibly regained control of the back box, and then rummaged through it.
In fact, Avanti looks sloppy, but he is actually a very particular person. His clothes looked tattered but they were very clean, and the reason why he felt dirty was mainly because the burqa outside was too torn. As a merchant in the Western Regions who travels south and north, eats and sleeps, and is the kind of businessman who works alone. Avanti can maintain his current appearance, it should be said that he is not sloppy, but pays great attention to his appearance. Otherwise, the mud he stained every day would never be what he sees today.
People who love cleanliness tend to be very organized. Although there are many things in Avanti's back box, they are all classified into categories and secret tricks with certain rules. For example, there is a special area for medicines and materials, as well as a special place for weapons and armor. If you want to find anything, just open the corresponding worry-free bag according to the classification and take a look, and even some worry-free bags are directly hung with a small sign like a peace charm, which is written what is in the bag.
Tianyou quickly found the material area, and his fingers slid along the rope on a row of worry-free bags, and soon clicked on one of the worry-free bags and took it off. Carefully opened the mouth of the bag, pulled out a long-handled tweezer from the slot in the lower part of the back box, poked into the worry-free bag, and carefully pinched out a dark red stamen.
The petals of this flower are very strange, not as big as ordinary petals, but somewhat similar to chrysanthemums, each petal is very thin, and there are many petals densely packed, and the row is a half-open pumpkin-shaped flower bone, which is not beautiful to look at, but a little ugly.
However, although the flower was not good-looking, Tianyou looked at the flower with great pleasure, and then carefully blew hot air on the petals.
As if it suddenly came to life, as the breath of God blesses the petals, the budding flowers instantly unfolded with the air current. The original dark brown flower bones with black spots seemed to be electrified, and the whole light from the outside to the inside was a vermilion fluorescence, and the black spots on it were as bright and dazzling as the starlight.
"Good Manju Sahua. Where did you get this thing?" Tianyou said and suddenly squinted at Avanti: "You will dig someone's ancestral grave, right?"
Manzhu Sawa is also known as the flower of the other side, which is said to be the flower of the dead that grows on both sides of Huangquan Road, so it is named the flower of the other side, which means the flower that grows on the other side of life and death.
Of course, the above are legends. In fact, there are quite a lot of these things in the Divine Continent, but they are not so easy to find. Because the flowers on the other side like yin and have a special preference for blood, yin, and evil qi, the most common place for this thing is in the pile of dead people, preferably under the dark and damp mountain stream or a natural cave where many people have died. However, these kinds of places are usually accompanied by the spirits of the dead, which is commonly known as haunting. Considering Avanti's personal strength, Tianyou didn't think he would go to that kind of place to collect flowers from the other side. And if you exclude that kind of place, the only place where you can safely get high-quality flowers is probably the old tomb.
"How many times have I told you, where to buy is my trade secret, tell you how else to do business?" Avanti squeezed away Tianyou, snatched the tweezers holding the flower on the other side, and then carefully put it back in the worry-free bag. "If you want to buy it, buy it, don't look at it if you don't buy it. How am I going to sell it if I'm angry with you?"
"Okay, okay, you can make a price. "When I went down to the Valley of Beasts to catch the fire fox before, the last bottle of Luna Tears was also used up, and Tianyou really needs to replenish some Manzhu Sawah. "I can tell you, I'm also a connoisseur, you just give me a real price, and I won't waste my tongue bargaining with you, you see, okay?"
Avanti thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and stretched out four fingers.
"A total of 4 taels of silver? Well, the price is quite fair. ”
Avanti hurriedly shook his head, "It's not a total of 4 taels, it's a flower of 4 taels." ”
"What? Why don't you grab it?"
Both of them are obviously not stupid, one bites the price to the death, and the other desperately bargains the price, which is like a quarrel. However, in the end, Tianyou was a little more powerful, and successfully pressed the price to 1 tael of silver and 1 flower.
Buying half of the Manzhu Sawa at this price is a bit high, but the rare goods that Avanti brought this time are in super good condition, and they can be bought at the market price of 2 taels and one flowers. Tianyou cut to 1 tael, one flower is definitely the bottom price of the bottom price. It is estimated that Avanti must have earned something, otherwise he would not have sold it, but it is estimated that the income is just a hard fee. Or that he doesn't want to do business with Tianyou. This kid is too fine, and doing business with him can only earn a hard fee, and there is really no oil and water. If it weren't for the things that Tianyou gave him that occasionally made him a big profit, he really didn't want to deal with Tianyou.
"I want this bag, and I'll count the money together when I go back. Tianyou directly took off the worry-free bag containing Manzhu Sawa and stuffed it on his body, but Avanti, who flew over, grabbed the worry-free bag in his hand. "This pack of Manzhu Sawa is only sold for a few dollars, do you still want to trick me into a worry-free bag?"
Tianyou smirked and hurriedly said politely: "Oops." Mistakes and mistakes made mistakes, and forgot about this stubble. This guy laughed so fakely, of course Avanti could see at a glance that he was doing it on purpose. But I know that I can't help it, and I can't really fight him. Besides, now that Tianyou has joined Zixiao Palace, Avanti really doesn't know if he can beat Tianyou.