498 Rare ores
Liao Wenyan talked in detail about the situation of the caravan she was in, and Ye Fan understood.
Wu Xiu's entry and exit from Emperor Valley City is very strict, but in many cities, out of a strong demand for large trade, large caravans will be given some "privileges", such as "fast pass, tax reduction rights", etc., caravans can enter and exit most of the cities very conveniently, and members do not have to be harshly checked by the guards.
The leader of the caravan is responsible for checking the identities of the members of the caravan, and if something happens, go directly to the leader.
Because of this, merchants like to form large caravans, and they get a lot of convenience by gathering in groups.
Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue discussed it a little and decided to join Liao Wenyan and their large caravan. Mixing in with such large caravans is also good for concealing their identity.
Moreover, apart from being mixed in the caravan, Ye Fan didn't come up with any other better way to get out of the customs and go to Zhongzhou for a while.
Liao Wenyan took Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue to find the leader of the large caravan they were in, a middle-aged wealthy businessman with a big belly, Li Qingyun.
"Brother Li, these two are friends from my hometown, and I happened to meet them in Emperor Valley City. I'll be their guarantors, I wonder if you can let the two of you join the caravan and go to Zhongzhou with us?"
As an introducer, she recommended the two of them to join this large caravan.
"You two want to join our caravan, but they don't look like merchants!"
The big businessman looked at Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue with puzzled eyes.
His caravan was recruiting merchants and bodyguards for long-distance trade between Dongzhou and Zhongzhou, and it was still short of some men. But not everyone will be recruited into the caravan.
The big merchant did not suspect that Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue had any plans to enter the caravan.
Liao Wenyan and Liao Hai are also well-known wealthy businessmen in the business community in Dongzhou, and they have made a lot of reputation. With her guarantee, these two people are naturally fine.
He just felt that Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue were extraordinary, with luxurious temperament, not very much like businessmen, but more like pampered young ladies and sons.
There is no mercenary atmosphere unique to merchants, and it is clearly the appearance of a pair of family partners traveling.
The most important thing is that Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue deliberately lowered the cultivation realm, and only showed the cultivation of Wuhou in the later period. The cultivation of the Wuhou period will not make the big merchants feel uneasy.
"The two of us have just studied business, so we don't know each other very well, and we plan to come out to do some business. But the family is not too supportive, so the two of us plan to go out to Zhongzhou to break through, and ask Brother Li to take care of it. ”
Ye Fan explained with a slight embarrassment on his face.
The middle-aged wealthy businessman looked at Ye Fan with a look of hesitation, and suddenly guessed something in his heart.
There is not much support from the family!
Could it be that the two of them eloped? It's just hard to say!
Some big families in Dongzhou, because of the feud between the families, or because the door is not a good match, oppose the marriage between their children, and as a result, the children simply eloped to Zhongzhou to avoid the family's obstruction.
elopement to go out to live, of course, you have to do some small business to make a living or something, and earn some money to live.
This kind of thing, he will not get to the bottom of it.
"Oh. Do those two plan to join the caravan as merchants or as bodyguards? If they are merchants, they must be wealthy merchants with more than 100,000 yuan stones or goods and property, and they will not be able to buy and sell at all if the capital is less.
The bodyguard does not have to have property, but has money to take. It is enough to have cultivation above the martial marquis period, but if you encounter any danger, you must rush to the front of the caravan. ”
Dahao Shang said.
For a wealthy businessman, having more than 100,000 yuan stones in financial assets is normal financial resources.
"Businessman! We all have some savings, and we're ready to do some business!"
Ye Fan immediately smiled.
The big merchant was even more confirmed, "Our caravan is going out of Imperial Valley City on this trip to Heishui Bay in Zhongzhou for a long-distance trade. You know, it's a lot of chaos in the kind of places in Zhongzhou, and dead people are a common thing. And you have to take a tenth of the profits you make from doing business with the caravan and use it to hire bodyguards. ”
"It's okay, both of us are martial arts cultivators, and we have some power to protect ourselves! ”
"Well, since we have Miss Liao's introduction, we still have a few merchant places in our caravan, so we can let the two of us join. However, the two of them should not cause any trouble to the caravan without permission, otherwise they can only ask the two of them to leave on their own.
Under Li Qingyun, he is the leader of this caravan, and he can come to me directly if he has anything. Miss Liao, tell them more about the rules of doing business, so that they don't suffer!"
The big merchant agreed to the two of them joining the caravan and admonished.
"Understood, thank you Brother Li!"
Liao Wenyan thanked him again and again.
Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue, under the recommendation of Liao Wenyan, successfully joined this large caravan and became two "merchants".
The scale of this caravan was quite large, with hundreds of large and small merchants. In addition, there were four or five Martial King-level bodyguards and more than a hundred Wuhou Realm bodyguards.
Unlike the Guards, the Merchant does not have to take on combat missions.
The more merchants in the caravan and the more money they raise together, the more bodyguards they can invite.
The larger the team, the more it will be able to resist all kinds of disasters and the risk of banditry. Therefore, many caravan leaders are willing to recruit more merchants to join the caravan.
After the caravan had gathered enough numbers, the leader of the caravan, Li Qingyun, led this huge caravan to prepare to pass through Imperial Valley City.
Imperial Valley City is the only safe passage between Dongzhou and Zhongzhou.
There were too many people queuing up to enter and leave Imperial Valley City, and the city guards had to check the identities of many martial cultivators, and the customs clearance speed was very slow. The long queue of people lined up for dozens of miles, slowly moving forward.
Although large caravans can be cleared without checking the identities of the members one by one, they cannot cut into the queue, and can only follow behind and line up slowly.
The merchants in the caravan had long been accustomed to this, and they were not anxious, while making friends and talking with each other. Even many wealthy businessmen are chatting, intentionally or unintentionally showing off their financial resources.
Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue just listened, didn't say much, just secretly laughed.
Jia Xu, who originally talked a lot and always liked to show off his skills, was also much quieter, and in front of Ye Fan and Gu Xinyue, he really didn't dare to show off.
Only Liao Wenyan chattered excitedly, talking about the many interesting things she had encountered in various vassal states in Dongzhou over the years. Over the years, she has become very rich in business
In this large caravan, several veteran merchants couldn't help but show a little joy when they saw two newcomers coming in to the caravan, and exchanged glances with each other.
This kind of new businessman who is not familiar with the situation in Zhongzhou is the easiest to be slaughtered.
One of the middle-aged businessmen had a smile on his face in the blink of an eye, walked towards Ye Fan, and said extremely enthusiastically: "In Xia Miaosheng, he often runs the trade route of Zhongzhou, this brother seems to be alive, he should have never been to Zhongzhou, right?"
"Miao Sheng, the two of them are my friends, what do you want to do?"
Liao Wenyan was suddenly vigilant, and stared at the middle-aged businessman with his eyes narrowed.
Although the territory of Shenwu Dongzhou is large, the business community is connected, and the information in a circle is very well-informed. Characters of the same class, a little inquiry can know the details of others.
Miao Sheng and others do not have a good reputation, and they often trick some novices. It's just that the means are very ingenious, and those who are cheated can't detect it.
"Miss Liao, where is this, in the next businessman, of course, she is talking about business. The more businessmen you know, the wider your way of doing business and the more money you make. You can't cut off someone's money just because they're your friend, right?"
Miao Sheng laughed and blocked Liao Wenyan with nothing to say.
"Under the surname Ye, it was the first time I went to Zhongzhou to do business. Brother Miao often goes to Zhongzhou, and must know the situation in Zhongzhou very well, and I will ask Brother Miao for more advice in the future. ”
Ye Fan didn't mind, and said lightly.
"Oh, it's the first time I've been there, no wonder I've never seen Brother Ye before! There are many business opportunities in Zhongzhou, and the profits are extremely high, and it is normal to transport a batch of urgently needed goods from Dongzhou to all parts of Zhongzhou to sell, and get twice as little, or even more than ten times the profit.
However, the war-torn place in Zhongzhou is very dangerous, and there are often worries about life. Therefore, the vision of picking goods is very important, fast and accurate, and you have to earn enough at one time. Running a trip to earn tens of thousands of yuan stones is all small money, and hundreds of thousands of dollars are also common.
If Brother Ye is interested, Brother Ye has a way here, but it is easy to do it if there are many people! There are already several big businessmen on our side who are ready to make a move, I wonder if Brother Ye is interested?"
Miao Sheng said with added vinegar.
"No, we're in our own business!"
Liao Wenyan suddenly became a little anxious, and frequently winked at Ye Fan and hinted to him not to participate in Miao Sheng's business, for fear that Ye Fan would be deceived.
Ye Fan didn't seem to hear Liao Wenyan's hint, and asked with a smile: "I don't know what Brother Miao is doing?"
"First of all, I purchased a batch of mystical artifacts and pills from Dongzhou and sold them to Heishui Bay in Zhongzhou, which made about 10% of the profit. Then from a place in Heishui Bay that produces rare ores, purchase some high-grade rare ores and resell them in Dongzhou, you can make huge profits!
This is a very high-quality ore with an extremely high price. A piece of such a fourth-order ore can earn thousands of yuan stones when it changes hands. Run a trip, tens of thousands of yuan stones can be easily obtained!
It is the owner of the mine in Zhongzhou who refuses to sell in bulk, and is only willing to sell tens of thousands of such mines in bulk at a time. A few of our wealthy businessmen can't eat so many goods, so we want to find more people to batch goods together. There is money to earn together!"
Miao Sheng showed a piece of red, almost blood-dripping ore from the storage bag, and gave Ye Fan a look, "Well, that's it, a fourth-order rare ore that I brought back from my last trip to Blackwater Bay. Do you know what kind of mine this is?"
Ye Fan took it and looked at it carefully, his eyes were slightly bright, his expression moved slightly, and he groaned.
"Let me see!"
Jia Xu quickly took the crimson ore in Ye Fan's hand from the side and rummaged it a few times.
Soon, he showed contempt, smiled at Liao Wenyan and the others around him quite proudly, and said coldly: "Miao Sheng, who are you blinding? Isn't this just a fourth-order fire candle mine? Although it is also a rare thing, it is not very useful, at most it is worth forty or fifty yuan stones, and you still want to sell it for thousands of yuan?"
"Fire Candle Mine, Brother Jia is so sure about identifying rare ores?"
Miao Sheng squinted a pair of sly eyes, and he was not in a hurry to refute, but the smile made Jia Xu's heart furious