"Overall, with the most pessimistic data, it is estimated that as long as the cultivation resources keep up, it is 10 Zhuji Dan, which can make an ordinary person with no talent become a cultivator within five months, and in addition to the labor cost of the alchemist, refining a standard Zhuji Dan requires 0.1 grams of pure amethyst, 0.5 grams of Longling fruit, 0.7g of ring lang leaves, and 0.65g of Yunhuan root ......."

"Of course, there are some miscellaneous traditional medicinal materials as the main body, such as thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, hundred-year-old ginseng, etc., but they can be replaced by synthetic drugs, and the cost can be completely ignored, so it will not be included in the cost of refining Zhuji Dan."

Since we currently do not have the cultivation technology of elixir and the mining technology of spirit crystals, we can only rely on the most primitive hunting and gathering to obtain raw materials, plus its rarity, so the cost of raw materials for Zhuji Dan is still high, with an average material cost of about 900,000 yuan per piece. ”

However, this is due to the fact that we are still in the early stages of spiritual energy recovery, and as the spiritual power is abundant, and when we master the large-scale cultivation of elixirs and the mining of spiritual crystals, the cost of raw materials will drop significantly.

According to the model established by the Academy of Social Sciences, if the density of spiritual energy on the earth is the same as that of the Kunlun realm, and Donglian has a mature cultivation resource development technology, then the material cost of Zhuji Dan will fall by 5,000 yuan/piece to 10,000 yuan/piece. ”

If it is placed in the Kunlun realm, the value of the raw materials of the Zhuji Dan is indeed not high, taking the Biyun Immortal Sect where Zhou Xinming was located in his previous life as an example, if the amount of cultivation resources obtained by the Biyun Immortal Sect in a year is all used to refine the Zhuji Dan, it is enough to refine tens of millions of Zhuji Dan.

It's just a pity that it doesn't mean that if you have the materials, you can directly produce the pill, the alchemist is the big one, and the rest of the Biyun Immortal Sect also have to cultivate, so it is impossible to smash all the resources on the Zhuji Dan.

At this time, after Wen Yabo organized the language, he suddenly said: "Speaking of this, Minister Zhou, I have a question. ”

"Please."

"After our analysis, the cost of Zhuji Dan doesn't look very high, and the difficulty of refining is not very high, even if you add the cost of alchemists, it is only about 100,000 Donglian Yuan, why is the production quantity in the Kunlun realm so small? At least according to the analysis of the Kunlun social model we have established, the yield of this thing is absolutely impossible. ”

But the cost of this thing is not high, why don't the major sects and cultivation families cultivate more low-level cultivators through Zhuji Dan? At least according to Minister Zhou's words, many high-level cultivators need cultivation resources that need to be collected by low-level cultivators, right? ”

Many people nodded, this number is indeed not comparable to the productivity of the Kunlun realm, it seems to be too low.

Because the Longqing switch allowed the private sector to carry out transactions with overseas, the development of domestic commerce and handicrafts was stimulated to a certain extent, and in the 28th year of Wanli, that is, in 1600 AD, the GDP of the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to 96 billion Keen yuan. [Note]

If this money is converted into Donglian Yuan, it will be about 576 billion Donglian Yuan! Even if it is not a small amount of money now, most single government departments do not have so much allocation, including the 125 department, which can approve any high-end equipment, and there is not so much money.

(In reality, 1 US dollar can be exchanged for 6.36 yuan, at least this is the exchange rate when I write this chapter, but the value of the Oriental Union dollar is relatively high, so take 1:6)

And because of the increase in crop yield by spiritual energy, the population of Kunlun is about 1.7-2 billion, about ten to twenty times that of the Ming Dynasty, plus the increase in productivity of Xiuzhen technology is also not small.

Therefore, according to a set of economic algorithm models, the total GDP of Kunlun is at least nearly one trillion yuan, which is equivalent to about one-twentieth of the GDP of the Eastern Union Union.

And no matter how expensive the labor cost of Zhujidan is, it is only about 100,000 yuan a piece, which is still overestimated, after all, there are no technical barriers or cutting-edge technology for this thing, and it is impossible to engage in any scissors or monopoly, and the alchemist can only make a little money honestly.

Through the calculation of the model based on these data, if the annual expenditure of the major immortal sects in the Kunlun Realm in Zhuji Dan can reach hundreds of billions of Donglian Yuan, it is enough to refine more than one million Zhuji Dan.

This expenditure is not outrageous, after all, Zhuji Dan is the foundation of the cultivators, without the assistance of the Zhuji Dan, a lot of the time of the cultivators will be wasted, and even the cultivators who had the hope of impacting the Yuan Ying can only cultivate to the Jindan because they have been delayed and precious time, so this is no less than the education, military and people's livelihood expenses of the Eastern Union.

But in fact, even if the hundred immortal sects are combined, the annual consumption of Zhuji Dan is less than 30,000, this is still a big sect that likes to use Zhuji Dan to cultivate, and other small sects are naturally even less, and the total amount of Zhuji Dan refined in the Kunlun Realm will definitely not exceed 50,000.

"Hmm...... This is indeed a good question, the difficulty of refining Zhuji Dan is indeed not very high, the raw materials are also very cheap, and there is a high fault tolerance rate, even if the alchemist fails to refin, he will not feel sorry for the material fee, basically this is the entry pill of the alchemist. ”

Everyone can understand this, Zhou Xinming said before, there is an unwritten rule in the Kunlun world, that is, unless it is a grandmaster-level big man, he refines what elixir will not come out of 10,000 years, and ordinary alchemists have to pay for various raw materials when refining pills, and other customers are not responsible for these raw materials.

To put it mildly, an alchemist who can refine these low-level pills....... Don't say it's like a dog, but it's definitely not a scarce commodity, there are too many cultivators who want to make this money, you love to practice or not, you don't want to practice Lao Tzu to change to an alchemist.

"But there is a problem, although the refining cost of Zhuji Dan is not high, it takes a lot of time, so its main cost is concentrated on labor costs, after all, there is no industrial mass production in the Kunlun realm, and no matter how low-level the pill is, it is all painstakingly refined by alchemists."

"And in addition to Zhuji Dan, there are other types of pills in the Kunlun Realm, and the consumption of pills by cultivators is very large, comrades, think about it carefully, which one has stronger consumption power, cultivators or ordinary people? I have the energy to refine the Ji Dan, wouldn't it be more profitable to refine some other pills? ”

"In this way, many alchemists see a lot of this profit, there are no producers at all, and the market is not thriving, so how can the industry of refining Zhuji Dan be developed? No matter how high the total GDP of Kunlun is, it is a matter of other pills, and it has nothing to do with the output of Zhuji Dan. ”

In addition, an important point is that the Zhuji Dan is only useful for ordinary people who have not opened the pulse, and no cultivator can use this elixir, and the only reason why the cultivator will buy the Zhuji Dan is to use it for the younger generations in his family who do not have the open pulse. ”

Generally speaking, ordinary cultivators, I mean here there are three-digit cultivators in charge, who can have at least 100,000 acres of fertile land, lead one to many mortal cities with a population of more than 10,000, and there are elders in the clan who can speak in the nearby immortal gates. ”

Such a big clan will consume 200-300 Zhuji Dan a year, after all, cultivators don't need to use Zhuji Dan, and it is enough for the family to cultivate dozens of disciples a year to become cultivators. ”

"Then in this way, Zhuji Dan is in an awkward position, the Xiuzhen family and the Immortal Sect do not have a high demand for this, and they will not regulate its price, it is ordinary people who really can't afford Zhuji Dan, of course, Academician Wen also mentioned the sect's cultivation of cultivators just now."

"But the problem is that the amount of Zhuji Dan consumed by the sect and the Xiuzhen family before was not high, so even if the Zhuji Dan was more expensive because of the labor cost, people didn't care, but if it was expanded to a huge number, then the cost of such an elixir would be too great, and it would likely become a loss-making business."

And from a relatively dark point of view, cultivators need cultivation resources to maintain cultivation, especially ordinary people who have never been in contact with cultivation or even can't eat enough, then they need a lot of elixir to make up for their previous deficit, and cultivate so many cultivators who will compete with their descendants for resources, that is something that only a fool can do. ”

"You must know that the Kunlun Realm Immortal Sect is not our Eastern Union, and it will not spend a lot of money to engage in literacy, let alone open the people's wisdom to threaten their hegemony, and the monopoly of powerful magic and magic powers is the cornerstone of their rule, without this, why should the mortal city honestly tax the sect?"