Towards dusk, at the end of the field of vision, there is a green field, which is an artificially cultivated cactus, and beyond the "jungle" is the famous shipwreck village.

"Ding, ding, ......" camel bells rang from behind the dunes, and the children playing in the sand cheered and hurried to the front to watch.

"Look! It's the caravan of the Green Ark. Great, my mother will definitely buy me a lot of sugar to eat. ”

"That's right! There's a night market! There's candy to eat! The children jumped and followed the white camels through the low fence to the widest street in the village.

In the middle of the village stands a unique structure, a mottled ancient spaceship, only the tail of which is exposed above the surface, and the rest of it has long since sunk into the yellow sand with the passage of time, hence the name of the shipwreck village.

The merchants unloaded their goods, turned on the biogas lamps, and set up stalls with the cool breeze at dusk, and it was not easy for many villagers to gather.

The shouts came one after another: "Come and see, the most famous fruit of the Green Ark, walk by, pass by, don't miss it." ”

"Take a look, take a look, a folding crossbow equipped with an infrared sight, which can be called a gerbil terminator."

The village was bustling with activity due to the arrival of the caravans, but the real bulk trade did not take place here. The leader of the caravan was a sturdy man with a slashed face. Being able to lead a caravan to the shipwreck village must not be a simple person.

The leader of the caravan was helping to unload the caravan, when suddenly someone greeted, "Hehe, isn't this dear President Wood?" I haven't seen you for half a year, where did you get rich? Your caravan is getting bigger, and it's great to congratulate you. ”

Wood turned around and smiled slightly: "Oh, it turned out to be Councillor Gore, it's nice to meet you, this is a bottle of Green Ark Special Brew Rum, I'm sure you must like it." ”

As he spoke, Wood handed over a glass bottle filled with pale green liquid. It's still a problem for people to eat in the middle of nowhere, let alone make wine, so it's a nice luxury.

"Hehe, old friend, you are so polite! Tsk, rum! My favorite. ”

Councillor Gore took the bottle with a smile and said in a low voice, "This year's harvest is not very good, but there is a little imp who is very remarkable and has a good harvest. A few days ago, the village chief was trying to get the mycelium from him, but he didn't succeed yet. So you have to work a little bit harder to find that little ghost as soon as possible, his name is Linciso, and I heard that he lives at the bottom of the shipwreck. ”

Wood was stunned and exclaimed, "The bottom of the shipwreck? That's the most dangerous place, what about his family? Is it just watching a child go on an adventure? ”

"Listen to me, if his family is still around, how can he let a child live at the bottom of the wreck? Do you remember the cave collapse five years ago? Councillor Gore asked with a wink.

"Of course I remember, it was that landslide that caused me to run in vain, and the mycelium I collected was less than half of that of previous years."

"Yes, it was that disaster, this little ghost's parents were killed and injured, and in order to heal his mother, he spent all his family savings, and even owed a lot of debt. Later, the poor woman still did not survive, and under the pressure of life, the little ghost of the Lin family had to live at the bottom of the shipwreck, and often went deep into the crypt to collect mycelium in order to pay off the debt. To be honest, no one was optimistic about him in the past few years, and they all thought that this kid would die, but I didn't expect him not to die, but he was quite lucky recently! Some time ago, I brought back a large number of premium mycelium. As you know, cultivated mycelium and wild mycelium are two very different concepts, so don't miss your chance. ”

Gore bites the word "Premium", and Wood looks excited, feeling that the bottle of rum is worth it. You know, it's definitely a sought-after commodity to sell premium mycelium to the Capital Star, and those ladies and ladies are proud to own a box of cigarettes made with premium mycelium. Although the business tax rate is relatively high, it is still very profitable.

Wood said to himself, "Look around! No one likes to live in the yellow sand of the earth ring for a long time, but those who have some ability have long since left, what is the purpose of working hard for more than 30 years? Don't want to settle on a planet with a privileged environment as soon as possible? Maybe this batch of super-grade mycelium is a stepping stone to open the door of the Immigration Department! ”

Worthy of the leader of the caravan, Wood instantly returned to normal, and promised graciously: "Thank you very much, dear old friend. Intelligence is very important to a businessman, and when I find this Linsiso, I will definitely not forget your suggestion, and I will thank you very much. Okay, we can't keep the village waiting, let's talk again. ”

"Hehe, I wish you all the best." Gore was very satisfied, he was one of the seven councilors in the village, and naturally no one would come to grab a job. Why not provide a small amount of information that can reap tangible benefits?

After all, the shipwreck village is a poor and remote place after all, and even because of the presence of mycelium, it cannot get out of the difficult situation. Many villagers knew that mycelium could be exchanged for high returns on the alien planet, but they had to sell it to merchants at a low price, because there were only one in ten thousand who had the opportunity to get out of the earth ring, and the villagers' biggest expectation was to go to the surrounding oases to catch the market, and they really didn't dare to hope for anything else.

Saying goodbye to Gore, Wood walked ahead with his retinue. The price at which he bought mycelium was the most generous of all the merchants, so he established a good reputation and reputation in the village. As the most extensive oasis of the Earth Ring, the Green Ark is relatively rich in resources, and exchanging a few bottles of rum or a few bags of fruit for business information is not a loss, but a lot of help.

Moments later, the group entered the iconic "building" of the Shipwreck Village, the huge ancient spaceship.

After nearly a thousand years of remodeling, the interior of the wreck has long been unrecognizable, and it is more like a skyscraper or underground bunker that slopes down than a wreck. Almost half of the villagers live inside the ship's hull, and the neighbors are quite close to each other in the dim light.

Wood and his party walked about 100 meters on the road, and then took the elevator down to enter the core area of the village.

The village chief's house is located in the original restaurant of the shipship, which is the most luxurious area of the entire shipwreck. One can't help but sigh that the privileged class exists everywhere.

Entering the village chief's house, there was a white-haired old man with retro-style glasses sitting in the reception room. It was not easy to deal with this man, and it was only when Wood's entourage gave him ten bottles of rum and five bags of fruit that he satisfied.

"Alas! President Wood is not hiding! This year, the artificially planted mycelium was tragically destroyed by gerbils, and I am afraid that it will not be able to meet the needs of your chamber of commerce. And the wild mycelium that is collected in private is not in large quantities. People are old and their prestige is not there, so some people are not subject to control, and life is not as good as before! ”

The village chief sighed for a while, but scolded secretly in his heart: "Damn the little cub of the Lin family, after paying off the public debt, he is unwilling to sell the mycelium to the village." The thugs who were released suffered at the bottom of the wreck, where the environment was complicated and it was difficult to succeed. Knowing this, five years ago, he should have lent him an extra sum of money, instead of a symbolic allocation from the village relief fund, who would have thought that the salted fish would also turn over one day. So many agile adults didn't collect the super-grade mycelium, but a thirteen-year-old ghost was blinded. Since I ascended to the throne of village chief, I have monopolized the mycelium business and made profits from it. Are the good days coming to an end? As soon as someone dares to resist a 'reasonable' takeover. This case will be very troublesome as soon as it is opened. ”

At this moment, Wood bowed slightly, and said quietly: "The village chief doesn't need to mind, we will buy as much mycelium as there are in the village, and we can't run in vain." According to the old rules, one hundred and twenty credits worth one kilogram of secondary mycelium, three hundred and twenty credits for one kilogram of intermediate mycelium, and seven hundred and twenty credits for the price of high-grade mycelium. It's a little late today, and you can trade tomorrow, what do you think? ”

The village chief was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked for a long time, "What about the super-grade mycelium?" Although the quantity is scarce, our village did collect some. ”

"Premium hyphae?" Wood's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he looked at the village chief with interest, and thought for a moment before replying, "Shipwreck Village hasn't collected super-grade mycelium for about seven or eight years, and several other villages with crypts are also facing the dilemma of overexploitation. So premium mycelium has always had a price. I'm willing to pay five times the price of high-grade mycelium, which means three thousand six hundred credits. ”

"Five-fold? 3,600 credits per kilogram. Well, that's a full 20 percent higher than the price seven years ago! ”

The village chief was obviously satisfied, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, give me three days, and we will trade again in three days, and we will not disappoint President Wood." ”

"Well said! I hope the village chief will raise it as soon as possible! By the way, the situation has been unstable recently, and the notorious Red Storm has entered the Ninth Star Domain, and the Capital Star is not afraid, but some resource stars are spending a lot of money to invite interstellar mercenaries. It's better to be careful, Red Storm will rob whatever it sees, and women and children will not let go. Personally, I think that the Green Ark is already very unsafe, so I took this trip to take refuge with the caravan, hoping that the village chief would prepare as soon as possible. ”

The village chief was stunned when he heard this, and then he laughed out loud and said playfully: "You are too humorous, are you Red Storm of the Star Thief Gang?" Tuhuanxing is located in a remote area, and our shipwreck village is even poorer, except for the lavish women, there are only some naughty children left, and all the materials together are not enough for them to travel hundreds of kilometers! Don't worry, no one will grab our shipwreck village. ”

Wood smiled knowingly, feeling that his worries were indeed unnecessary. Located in the northwest corner of the Ninth Domain of the Third Milky Way, the Earth Ring is an early immigrant star with a total population of less than 3 million today, with an infinitely close development degree and an infinitely close to zero environmental index. Even if the Red Storm comes to raid, at most a visit to the large oasis, the chance of coming to the Shipwreck Village is close to zero.

At this moment, the village chief and Wood did not know that what they said reached the ears of the third party word for word. In a crooked room at the bottom of the wreck, the black-haired boy put down his headphones and muttered, "The price is fair, it seems that the money owed to the uncle and aunt has finally been settled!" ”