Chapter 1854: Selling Pearls (2) (Three Changes)
Fifty years ago, Qingyang Town was doing a prosperous business, and although it was a small city near the sea, its economic capacity surpassed that of this outlying city.
The reason why the economy is so good is because of the pearls in the sea.
In the sea, there are countless pearls.
The pearls of Tianlan Continent are far from being comparable to ordinary pearls, such pearls, a kind of pearl that can be collected, are priceless, such as those night pearls in my hand.
There is also a smaller kind, which is also very loved by rich and beautiful women, which is very valuable and is used for viewing or collecting, and there is a smaller pearl, which can be used to make jewelry, or can be used to crush and make skin powder.
This kind of pearl powder, especially liked by the lady lady, is that many wealthy businessmen also like to use this pearl powder to nourish their skin.
Rich people never skimp on spending money when it comes to enjoyment.
Moreover, Qingyang Town, a small town, has a supply radius of thousands of miles, and the daily consumption of pearl powder in all the cities is huge.
Take the capital city as an example, the distance from the capital city is very large, even if I walked for half a day, I only walked for a tenth of the time.
And that's just the main city.
The population of the capital city is in the millions, and the rich are one-tenth.
In the homes of the wealthy, there are generally dozens of people who need these pearl powder, about one box a day, and one box needs ten pearls.
In addition, every year, a large amount of pearl powder needs to be transported from here to the imperial city to be used by the royal family, dignitaries, and ministers.
Such a demand makes the business in Qingyang Town very hot, because of the crazy supply of pearl powder, many people come here to pick pearls.
Most of the pearls are in the mussels, so in the sea near Qingyang Town, the mussels are disappearing rapidly.
In recent decades, picking has made many people rich.
Qingyang Town, at that time, there was no town at all, just a simple small village, and then it developed into a small town.
Then, there were more and more people.
A large amount of collection has brought great harm to the sea.
Countless pieces of garbage were thrown into the sea, and countless marine life was destroyed.
As a result, the sea breeze and waves increased, and every year, hundreds of people died in shipwrecks, but even this could not stop those people's thirst for money.
Instead of decreasing, the number of people is increasing.
The news that many people have made a fortune here has spread, attracting many young people.
The mussels are disappearing rapidly, and many people's hands are reaching out to the deep sea.
The equipment of the Tianlan Continent is difficult to support deep-sea operations, but this can't stop them, those people, and even invented a lot of deep-sea tools, indirectly, have made a great contribution to the development of the continent.
It's just that happiness gives birth to sorrow.
Another ten years later, fifty years ago, a major event happened in Qingyang Town.
That year, the storms became more frequent, the waves became bigger and bigger, and the town of Qingyang began to rumor that it was the endless logging for many years that made the sea angry and the sea god wanted to take revenge on humans.
Some chose to leave, while others stayed.
And at the end of that year, when many people were about to leave and go home for the New Year, an accident happened.
On that day, it was calm and calm, but suddenly a hurricane blew, and the whole sea was rough, and soon, the waves swept in.
According to the old man who survived, on that day, the lowest wave was more than ten meters, and the highest was hundreds of meters!
It was nothing short of earth-shattering!
Lightning and thunder, wind howling!
The hurricane soon swept through Qingyang Town, and more than 100,000 people were swept into the hurricane, and countless houses were swept to pieces. The entire town of Qingyang is being razed to the ground.
The waves quickly rushed up, flooding the entire Qingyang Town.
Then, the sea spread for hundreds of miles before stopping.
That time, the most violent hurricane, never before, the waves could sweep so far.
It took three months for the sea to recede, which was extremely abnormal.
There are only a few who have survived, and I have to say that it was a miracle.
After those people left, a few of them went crazy, leaving only two of them, and returned to their hometowns, becoming silent, and every time they were asked about the events of that day, they were very frightened.
After receding, the whole ground, densely packed, was full of corpses, men, women, and children.
It can be said to be a disaster.
Qingyang Town was scrapped, and it wasn't until thirty years ago that someone slowly rebuilt it and had people again.
However, there are no more pearls in a radius of thousands of miles, and no one dares to pick them.
That's why the pearls in my hand are very expensive.
Goatee said that over the years, people have begun to try to cultivate domestic pearls, but they are much worse than wild pearls.
Like the pearl in my hand, he hasn't seen it in a long time.
100,000 gold, still less.
He looked at me and said, "Guest, if you want to sell at a fair price, you can go to Zhenbao Zhai, where we specialize in big business, and we only have a small capital." ”
I smiled: "100,000 gold, you can take it out, and you still say that it is to cut the capital?" Okay, I'll sell you 100,000 gold, which can be exchanged for a silver ticket, right? ”
I still build the foundation, I haven't opened the valley yet, and when I get to Jindan, I can open the valley, and at that time, I don't need to eat human food.
It's not that you don't need to, but you don't have to eat three meals a day.
"Good, good!" The goatee was overjoyed, and 100,000 gold, all exchanged for silver tickets.
I kicked the silver ticket in my arms, and I was a lot happier in my heart, and this money should be enough for me to spend for a long time.
The goatee escorted me to the door, greeted me all the time, and after watching me leave, he rolled his eyes, closed the door and hurried away in one direction.
Just as I was talking about business with the goatee, in the city lord's mansion, dozens of miles away, a man in armor was saying something to a middle-aged man in a brocade robe.
The man in brocade, with a dignified face and not angry and arrogant, listened to the man's proclamation, and became more and more surprised.
"You mean, he is very strong, and he flew into the city on a white tiger?"
"Yes, city lord."
"Where are they now?"
"It's still in town, it should be easy to find."
"Okay, you go to him and invite him to come to the City Lord's Mansion to sit down." The man in brocade said.
"Yes!"
The man saluted and walked down.
The man in brocade began to fall into deep thought: "White hair, boy, white tiger, orangutan, it seems that this young man is not simple, I don't know, which sect of master disciple came here to play?" Or, is it a disciple of which Immortal Sect? ”
The more he thought about it, the more difficult it became, and at last he called out and said, "Come, prepare the carriage!" ”
Soon he got into the splendid carriage and went out the door, coming in the direction where I was.