Chapter 43, Tasks of the Chamber of Commerce
Five days later, Tong Yinxin thoroughly "learned" the first four mace method primary cheats, and happily set off with the convoy and rushed west to Cuimu City, more than 800 kilometers away. After a few days of cultivation, his True Qi had broken through to the Fourth Order, and it was already very stable.
Qiwu City's proximity to the Moyuan Forest is a huge distribution center for raw materials, and the variety of materials is almost all-encompassing. There are all kinds of mortal-grade herbs, all kinds of mortal-grade metals, and the furs, bones, and blood of many beasts for ordinary mortals, all of which are necessary materials for medicine, refining weapons, and refining mortal-level talismans.
There are even more precious ones, materials that can be used for cultivators to refine pills, refining weapons, making talismans, and building formations, all of which are available in the depths of the Moyuan Forest. It's just that the higher the value, the higher the risk. The outermost part of the Moyuan Forest is just ordinary beasts, and if you go deeper, it is a world with high-level demon beasts and demonic beasts.
The former roughly corresponds to the rank of mortals, and the latter certainly corresponds to cultivators.
The No. 3 team of the Great Siyuan Chamber of Commerce went out on a mission this time, and it was claimed that it was still ordinary routine transportation. That is, entrusted by many merchants in the city, a large number of ordinary herbs and various materials in the city were transported to the nearest Cuimu City, and then a large amount of grain, wine and other daily necessities were transported back from there, and a high amount of shipping fees were earned.
The continent of the Xiuzhen Realm is boundless, and in a sense it is very similar to the ocean; big cities are like huge islands, towns and villages are like small islands and reefs, the wild is water, and the deep mountains and primeval forests are like the depths of the ocean. The Xiuzhen civilization has a huge gap between inside and outside the town.
The people in the towns and villages regard themselves as civilized people, and those outside regard themselves as savages and beasts. This is also the case in the Nether.
Qi Wu City's Dan Artifact Talisman Array and related various cultivation industries are very developed, but there are too many raw materials of all kinds, and most of them must be transported to other places to obtain a higher price difference.
This time, the task of the Great Four Yuan Chamber of Commerce was actually different from the past, they had already obtained a batch of god-level medicinal materials, the quality was extremely high, and it was very possible to meet a master and refine a high-level divine pill. They had always wanted to be transported, and they had not made up their minds for a long time.
The strength of the president is extremely strong, but he has reached the peak of the ninth order of the holy level, and he is in retreat to impact the god level. This is something that many people are watching. If nothing else, the promotion rate of the cultivation realm is even more fucked, and it is generally believed that except for the first promotion, the subsequent times will definitely not reach the so-called "one-tenth"!
It can be said that every promotion is a ghost gate for anyone! Moreover, the higher the level, the greater the difficulty. What happens if you fail to make the cut? Many people will go mad, get seriously injured, or even fall outright. The lucky few were not injured or died.
But there's nothing too much to be happy about, usually you don't get promoted, and at best, you're just waiting to die.
Usually people in the cultivation realm are very hardworking, and most of them are extremely enterprising when they are "young". Cultivating hard and striving to advance as soon as possible are the primary thoughts in people's minds. Generally, there is no hope for promotion, and people must be past middle age before they can consider getting married and having children.
This is the most obvious and biggest difference between the cultivation realm and the lower realm. Promotion means immortality! No one can ignore this big goal.
The promotion of the martial apprentice level to the martial artist level, and the promotion of the apprentice level to the division level, are both equivalent to extending the life limit to 200 years old; the former is easier, but the future is much worse; the latter is more difficult, and the future is much better. There are many more ordinary mortals who choose the former.
The several vice presidents are one of the high-level, two middle-level, and one low-level of the Martial Saint level. Vice President Wu is a third-order martial saint, but he is very close to the fourth-order. Among the fifteen archstewards, there are now two who have advanced to the first order of the Martial Saint level, which is very rare.
All the roads between towns and villages are actually very much like the large and small blood vessels of the human body, and the transportation of goods needed by each other is equivalent to the blood circulation of the human body.
Over time, the countless bandits in the vicinity understood the truth, at least now, they would not destroy the road at will. Moreover, even if they ambush caravans and dart games, they easily do not use bows and arrows, and most of them like to negotiate head-on, and then attack if they can't get along.
Some well-known thief leaders often have verbal expressions such as "convincing people with virtue, and thieves also have a way" on their lips. In fact, they need the roads to be clear, and the caravans are always coming, otherwise what would they do?
A mercenary team in the Moyuan Forest accidentally obtained a batch of priceless god-level medicinal materials; in the process of desperately escaping, almost all the troops were wiped out; in the end, there were survivors who successfully escaped and brought back this batch of goods.
This batch of goods finally fell into the hands of the city lord, and he kept a small part for himself, and entrusted most of the other to the Great Four Yuan Chamber of Commerce.
His request was to transport it to Emerald Wood City within a year. When the commission was issued, the chairman had not yet begun to attack the god level, and the commission was as high as 10,000 spirit stones, and he had planned to personally escort this batch of goods. Unexpectedly, when everything was ready to set off, I suddenly felt that the bottleneck of promotion was touched!
Under normal circumstances, he thinks he has at least a month or two to prepare. At this point, it was impossible to retreat and attack, so he had to put down his task, hastily retreat and gamble on his luck. There were three other vice presidents who were preparing to go out of the task, and they had no choice but to postpone the matter.
That said, it was seven months ago. There is less than half a year left before the deadline for the lord of the castle, and the president's situation is still unknown......
What's worse is that the entrusted deposit of 2,000 spirit stones has already been accepted, and it is almost impossible to return this task.
Suddenly, the face of Tong Yinxin fell from the sky, and after several vice presidents learned about it, they unanimously decided to simply bet on it again!
Their plan was simple and crude, and this mission was a heavy bet, and if they didn't succeed, they would become benevolent! Only the weakest Vice President Wu was left to "watch the house," and the other three vice presidents were all "on the expedition"; in addition, there were eight relatively strongest chief stewards and 20 relatively strong junior stewards to follow.
The No. 2 convoy was merged with the No. 3 convoy, with three captains and deputy captains of the escort team, six squadron leaders, 60 squad leaders, and more than 500 ordinary escorts. In the end, the extra is Tong Yinxin, who is the secret weapon with high hopes.
The three captains and deputy members of the brigade are all ninth and eighth orders of the martial arts level, the five squadron leaders are all the sixth order of the martial arts level, the squad leaders are all the third and fourth orders of the martial arts level, and the ordinary guards are the first and second orders of the martial arts level. There is also a great killing weapon, which is a hundred bows, a hundred amateur archers.
The vice-presidents were determined to break the boat, and they all agreed that the mission was clearly unusual, but by now, there was no way back for the chamber.
Chang Da Steward was not able to accompany him, his strength was still too weak, and his ability to kill the enemy was too limited.
On the contrary, the weak and poor Steward Liu was counted as a member of the team, and the reason was that he could command Tong Yinxin's actions at any time.
In the past ten years, the big four-yuan chamber of commerce and the thieves along the road have been at peace most of the time, and the small bandits dare not make trouble, and the large-scale ones often just ask for some money to buy the road. In recent years, friction has escalated, the price of buying roads has been rising, and the two sides have been fighting many times.
In general, the casualties of the thieves were much heavier than those of the Chamber of Commerce. However, thieves are like weeds, and they can't be killed. The strength of the Chamber of Commerce is a little unaffordable.
Speaking of which, the main role of the wagons of the convoy is not to transport goods, but to rely on the defense of the greater role. Today's large chambers of commerce generally use primary storage bags to pack goods in bulk, their load is not very large, and they also save space.
The cars behind the vehicles are thick rectangular iron shells, and if necessary, the convoy quickly forms a circle. A hundred carts formed a large circle, and the guards hid behind to defend it. The masters of the Chamber of Commerce are responsible for fighting with the opponent's masters, soldier against soldier, and general against general.
It is still rare to really fight to the death, after all, everyone is seeking money, and there are very few people who are willing to work hard and like to work hard.
People in the cultivation realm who think that they are martial artists and cultivators are generally not the most afraid of death, the most feared, the first is that there is no hope of advancement, and the second is that they are disabled.
Tong Yinxin wanted to take the lead on horseback, but was desperately dissuaded by Steward Liu, and finally came back unhappily and was forced to hide in the first big car.
Steward Liu babbled at him endlessly, repeatedly telling him that he must fight less hard with others and hurt the enemy with flying stones as much as possible. Tong Yinxin was very impatient and wanted to stay away from him, but Steward Liu stuck to him like a dog skin plaster.
The three vice presidents were also in the first and second carts, all closing their eyes and recuperating, and they were very aware of the two children's fighting, and they couldn't help but laugh in their hearts.
The ordinary guards didn't know the danger of this mission, and neither of them knew much about Tong Yinxin, and the higher-ups basically knew it.
The basic understanding means that it is important to understand that this mission is very important, and it is likely that you will face murder and vicious fighting, and you must be mentally prepared;
Everyone has no objection, since they have chosen to be a guard, of course they will face such a situation. How can you get a good reward if you don't go through the fight for your life? There's no need to know so much, you just need to fight hard.
In addition, everyone does have high expectations for Tongyinxin. Although he was only a small fourth-order martial artist, his true strength should have surpassed the first-order of the martial saint level, and this huge contrast was very likely to have a surprising effect, so it was also possible to turn the tide of the battle.
This kind of battle is far from a real war, and it is usually over when the winner is decided, and the people in the cultivation realm generally care more about their own lives.
In case Tong Yinxin can kill many bandit leaders unexpectedly, they are very likely to collapse in advance.
The best thing is that Tong Yinxin has just joined the Great Four Yuan Chamber of Commerce for a few days, and it stands to reason that it should be difficult for the outside world to understand this "strange soldier" from the sky when the Chamber of Commerce intends to block the news.