Chapter Forty-Eight: The Undercurrent
"Recently, the price of food in the market has become much more expensive."
At dinner in the evening, Kyoko, who is now in charge of going out to buy ingredients every day, complained.
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.
Bai Ming, who was eating a piece of meat steak fried out of an unknown beast, raised his head, "When did the price increase of food start?" ”
"A week ago." Kyoko thought for a moment.
Bai Ming was thoughtful, didn't say anything, and continued to eat dinner.
After dinner, Bai Ming returned to the bedroom.
The bedroom was completely different from the previous period, with three extra bookshelves, and the shelves were filled with dense scrolls and all kinds of books and even newspapers.
Most of these scrolls or book skins appear to be new, and only a few appear to be somewhat old.
Twenty million taels.
Bai Ming touched these book scrolls, and a trace of distress flashed in his eyes.
He sold the two formulas for 40 million taels, and then these books and scrolls Rain Ninja Village sold himself for 20 million taels.
But compared to what I gained, it seemed to be worth it again.
Even if I know a little about this world because of that comic, how can a real world be told in detail by a comic.
This world is not the Internet information age in the previous life, as long as you want, you can always search for the information you want on the Internet.
The modes of transportation and scroll communication in the primitive era made information impossible to circulate in this world, and most people's perception of the world was limited to their own village and a small area nearby.
Even though Bai Ming has been collecting information from the outside world since he crossed over, he always lacks an overall understanding of the world.
But now, that realization has been filled.
Originating from the Rain Ninja Village's deals, he traded everything to the Rain Ninja Village that was not too secretive, necessary and relatively cheap for the Rain Ninja Village.
As a ninja with a special profession, the ability to collect all kinds of intelligence information is something that other professions don't have, so Bai Ming has traded a lot of information that is extremely useful to him.
Under this information, Bai Ming finally has a general understanding of the environment he is in.
All the countries in the current ninja world, the geographical location of each country, the past history, the current rulers, the human environment, and the customs...... It greatly enriched Bai Ming's knowledge reserves.
But the more I learned, the more doubts followed.
……
Lying down on a scroll, there was a rudimentary map drawing with the location of the country of rain where he was located, as well as the figurative locations of the rest of the countries such as the land of fire and the country of wind.
Bai Ming is not a dull person, or used to be a dull guy, but he is now used to thinking from multiple perspectives.
The so-called autumn is known when a leaf falls.
Bai Ming looked at the map with a serious expression.
"Is the war about to begin?"
With some kind of prophetic understanding, with intentional attention, he faintly grasped the tail of war.
It's not surprising that the Rain Ninja Village needs a lot of hemostatic medicine and medicinal wine, but the time limit needs so much in a short period of time, so buying it means that the batch of medicine is prepared for something.
The price of ingredients on the market has begun to rise for no reason, which can also be understood as a precursor.
Naturally, he boldly began to speculate that war was imminent.
"It's a bit of a headache."
Bai Ming pondered the possibility of war breaking out, and if war broke out, he would undoubtedly find himself in an even more dangerous environment.
But this danger cannot be avoided by avoiding other countries.
Bai Ming has never experienced war, but many novels, literature, films and television have long repeatedly told the cruelty of war.
Like the so-called lords, I like war, but I am a typical madman.
I'll have to start preparing.
……
"How?"
"The insects in the village have been almost cleared, and some of the remaining insects are too deep to dig."
Rain Ninja Village, Dark Side.
The captains of several dark teams talked to the captain of the dark department about the recent cleanup of hidden spies in the village.
War is inevitable and about to break out, and although the other countries know that the rain country is about to move, they don't know the specific time when the rain ninja village decided to start the war.
In this case, clearing out the hidden spies and protecting key information from leakage has become the main work of the dark department of Rain Ninja Village recently.
After the current situation was reported, Yamagata Masaki, who was one of the few civilian personnel and intelligence analysis experts in the dark department, began to read a series of intelligence information summaries of the recent events in the Rain Ninja Village.
When he saw a document mentioning that the fame of the Blue Medicine Workshop was gradually expanding in Rain Ninja Village, Yamagata Masato paused for a moment, remembering that the young man he had traded with not long ago seemed to be the owner of the Blue Medicine Workshop.
Although the other party's origin is not detailed, and it is a lie that he was born in the country of grass, he does not look like a spy in terms of behavior, after all, no spy will provide the rain ninja village with two formulas that can be compared to the top chakra secret medicine at a low price.
He remembered the impression he had made on the other party after a short period of contact, and although it was a bit mysterious in many ways, there was no doubt that the other party was a smart person.
Whether it's from decisively selling the recipe or spending a lot of money on some intelligence.
"Skilled doctors? Treating people at a low price? Noting down some of the key points mentioned in this information, Yamagata Masaki put aside the information in his hand.
……
The price of ingredients in the market continues to rise, and the increase is even higher, not only that, but some common essential daily necessities such as medicinal herbs have also risen again, and most people have begun to faintly realize that something is wrong.
After another day of observation, Bai Ming decisively invested one million taels in cash to buy a large number of daily necessities for backup, and after feeling that it was not very safe, he found a few businessmen to sign a total of five million taels of material procurement contracts.
He made a very high profit, but the only requirement was that the other party should deliver it as soon as possible.
"Hopefully, it's still too late." After looking at the several businessmen with happy faces and promising that it would be delivered within half a month, Bai Ming pressed a little irritability in his heart.
"In fact, the reserve of daily necessities is no longer a problem." Bai Ming thought carefully about his possible omissions, but there was another aspect that he was not ready for.
That is, I don't have another safe house.
Although the possibility of being directly implicated in the war is not very high, he still has to prepare a few safe houses for himself in case he leaves a way back.
As for leaving now, it would be unwise for Bai Ming to think about it, after all, as a major area for the concentration of military forces, the early stage of the war is generally the safest place.
But what would a war between ninjas look like?