Chapter Seventy-One: People Are Poor and Short-minded
After walking forward for a while, Luo Tian saw the post station at the South City Gate. The imperial capital has a radius of hundreds of miles, and people are not allowed to use the technique of taking off, so Luo Tian can only come here to rent a flying boat like a mortal.
This inn is a huge square, and you can see that there are flying boats lined up here. Luo Tian counted about it, and there were hundreds of them. And from time to time, you can also see flying boats rising and falling.
Seeing Luo Tian coming here, a few people came forward. They looked at Luo Tian's looking around, and it was probably the first time they came here, so they didn't know how to take the flying boat.
"Oh, this senior is the first time to come to the imperial capital. Why don't you do this, how about you be my flying boat and give you a nine-percent discount?" said a Ning Yuan Realm monk closest to Luo Tian.
"Fellow Daoist, use my flying boat, this is a medium-grade flying boat, and the speed is extremely fast wherever I go. β
The second person who caught up with the front turned out to be a real person from the Dan Yuan Realm. Luo Tian was very puzzled, could it be that this Danyuan Realm monk was also so short of Yuan Stones, and he actually wanted to be a "coachman". A monk with a medium-grade flying boat can't be regarded as poor no matter what. Even if it can't be called rich, at least the Yuan Stone should be enough.
"Excuse me, how many yuan stones do you need?" Luo Tian did not agree to go with any monk, but asked the price first.
There is a real difference in the price of this question. Lower-grade flying boats, ten medium-grade yuan stones, sent to any imperial capital coordinates you want to go. Twenty yuan stones of the medium-grade flying boat can not only be sent to any location, but also negotiate the time of arrival, that is, you can take you around to see the landform of the capital. If there is a monk in a hurry, you can use the high-quality flying boat.
According to these monks, there are very few high-quality flying boats here, but very few people can use them. Moreover, the price of a high-grade flying boat requires fifty medium-grade yuan stones at a time, which is really a waste. If there is something urgent, it can be used.
Some people will ask, if there are really 100,000 urgent things, I can't fly there with a high-quality flying boat myself. But the rules of the imperial capital are so strict. No matter what it is, as long as you violate the no-fly order, you will either be imprisoned or a thousand medium-grade yuan stones, and there is no negotiation. Even if the prince of the royal family comes, it will be carried out as it is.
However, there are exceptions to everything, and in this imperial capital, the only one who can fly freely in the air is estimated to be the emperor of the Daqian Empire. Except for the emperor of the empire, even the crown prince could not violate this prohibition.
Luo Tian also felt very novel when he heard it, but he didn't expect the prince to break the law and really sin the same crime as the common people. It is estimated that the emperor of the Great Qian Empire will not come out once in many years. So if you want to see the emperor flying in the sky, it is really a rare thing.
In addition to renting a flying boat, those monks also told sΓΉ Luotian that they could also charter a flying boat for a long time. It probably means that every day or a certain day, a certain flying boat can pick up a fixed person at a specified time and place. This is known as the "Three Rules" among these "coachman" monks.
After Luo Tian heard these three rules, he felt a little funny. However, there was one thing he didn't understand, that is, why did these monks still compete for guests, could it be that they did not belong to the royal power?
"Ladies and gentlemen, don't you all belong to the royal family, why do you still want to compete for customers?" asked Luo Tian.
Everyone saw that Luo Tian not only did not have the intention of renting a flying boat, but also asked questions. So they were all a little disappointed, and the next moment he asked the question, the monks scattered as birds and beasts.
However, there are really a few stubborn guys, and they feel that since Luo Tian is here, even if he doesn't have the idea of taking a flying boat, he has to provoke the other party's desire to ride.
"Senior, in fact, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other. A thin monk said.
"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Luo Tian heard someone answer, and he was even more curious.
The monk saw that Luo Tian was indeed coming to the imperial capital for the first time, and he must not know much about some things, so he patiently explained to Luo Tian. The point is that there aren't many monks here now, and he doesn't worry about missing out on guests.
The thin monk told Luo Tian that nominally these four post stations were indeed owned by the royal family. But with the passage of time, many big forces are very greedy for this "fat meat". Over time, everyone came and went, and the royal family made more money in other ways, so they didn't care much about this business.
So the royal family made a decision, that is, to reward those meritorious families and forces with a certain number of flying boats, so that they could earn some yuan stones here on their own. Over time, there were more and more forces and families here, and a situation of competition gradually formed. That's why this caused the kind of scene when Luo Tian first came.
"I see, that Daoyou, your family, how many flying boats are there here? Presumably, the strength of Daoyou's family is also very strong, right?" Luo Tian asked after understanding the reason.
"Well, in fact, the family of the younger generation has long since declined, and now we can only be allowed to be here, using a low-grade flying boat to attract guests. Although it is only a flying boat, in a month, if the business is good, you can earn a few hundred yuan stones. "Just listen to what the Ning Yuan Realm monk said. The yuan stone he said naturally refers to the medium-grade yuan stone.
Hearing that the other party was so hard, Luo Tian also felt that it was not easy for the other party. He calculated, hundreds of medium-grade yuan stones, that is, tens of thousands of medium-grade yuan stones. If it's in Los Angeles, it's really a lot of money. But in the imperial capital of the Great Qian Empire, there is a little less.
Just imagine, going out of the city gate will cost 5,000 medium-grade yuan stones. Coupled with the practice used in daily life, there is really not much left to buy pills and magic weapons. So he had the heart to help the other party once, Luo Tian thought about it for a while and spoke.
"In that case, then I'll rent your flying boat. It just so happens that I've been in the imperial capital for the last few days, and if I need a flying boat, I'll come to you. Luo Tian said.
"Ahh Senior, please come with me, the flying boat is there. When the thin monk had finished speaking, he pointed in a direction. Luo Tian also smiled when he saw the flying boat that was about ten zhang long, but he didn't say anything.
Because what Luo Tian saw was a flying boat that had been used for unknown decades. The flying boat looked very dilapidated, and it could even be said that it could be eliminated. Although the flying boat is a very practical flying magic weapon. But any flying boat has a process of attrition.
Like an ordinary low-grade flying boat, it will be eliminated after 50 years of use. The medium-grade flying boat takes a longer time and can be used for about a hundred years. And the high-grade flying boat can be used for 200 years. As for the best flying boat, it is said to last for 500 years. At the beginning, the best flying boat of the Dust Cloud Country was heard to be left behind by the ancestors of the Lord of the Dust Cloud Country hundreds of years ago.
The emaciated monk's flying boat was estimated to have been used for more than fifty years. But he is still reluctant to replace, presumably because the family is declining. Luo Tian was very curious about how this monk's family went into decline.
Luo Tian followed the monk to the flying boat and talked to him. From the conversation, it was learned that the other party's surname was Zhou Mingyan. Zhou Yan's family was a powerful immortal cultivator family that once dominated the entire Great Qian Empire tens of thousands of years ago, and there were several Lingyuan Realm cultivators alone during the same period. The Zhou family at that time was not weaker than the current Qin family.
But later, for unknown reasons, the entire Zhou family went into decline. Until now, the number of the Zhou family is only a dozen, and there are no monks in the Danyuan Realm.
Even so, Zhou Yan is still struggling to maintain the family. In addition to selling the family property, there is only one livelihood left to maintain the operation of the family.
Speaking of which, Zhou Yan is now the patriarch of the Zhou family. However, in charge of his patriarch, in addition to the two old men of the Ning Yuan Realm, the rest are some True Yuan Realm cultivators, and there are even three young juniors.
Zhou Yan is now at the realm of the middle stage of the Ning Yuan Realm, but he is now nearly forty years old. Although his qualifications can't be said to be good, they are not bad, at least he has a chance to become a monk in the Danyuan Realm.
The Ning Yuan Realm cultivator was three hundred and sixty years old, so he could use the remaining three hundred years to fight for a breakthrough to the Dan Yuan Realm. At that time, although it will not be able to restore the glory of the Zhou family back then, it will be much better than now.
Some people may be a little surprised, but Luo Tian broke through to the Danyuan Realm at the age of twenty-two. A group of young monks like Ouyang Mei'er, Qin Mubai and others all took several years, and at most only ten years broke through to the Danyuan Realm. But why does it take 300 years to do this?
It is because Zhou Yan's talent does not belong to the category of genius, and there are not many yuan stones. Sometimes he didn't have enough Yuan Shi for his own cultivation, but he still had to distribute them to his own people. As a patriarch, there are many things that need to be done. In this way, others can concentrate on cultivation, but Zhou Yan cannot. That's why, he needs longer.
Hearing the other party's life experience, Luo Tian also felt that the other party was even more difficult. In comparison, I am much happier. Although I lost my parents when I was a child, I didn't feel suffering or anything because I was taken care of by the elderly.
The two of them slowly walked towards the flying boat, and those who just thought that Luo Tian would not rent the flying boat were extremely annoyed. Unexpectedly, such a good source of customers was snatched away by the flying boat known as the most dilapidated in the Quannanmen Station. But speaking of which, it was also to blame for their bad vision, so those monks could only sigh for a long time.
"Zhou Yan, take me to the Welcome Building. When he came to the flying boat, Luo Tian told the other party his destination. Hearing Luo Tian's words, Zhou Yan controlled the flying boat to take off.
Luo Tian stood on this dilapidated flying boat, and he was really a little uneasy. Although even if the flying boat suddenly lost control, or lost power, it was impossible to fall him. But the ship seemed to shake a little, and it wasn't as smooth as some of the new ones.
Seeing Luo Tian's expression, Zhou Yan was also a little embarrassed. In fact, the reason why he earns less is also related to his flying boat. Many guests turn around and leave when they see their flying boats so dilapidated. If I could get a new flying boat, I might be able to make more money.
There is a good saying that people are poor and short-minded. A low-grade flying boat, saving for a year, it is estimated that you can buy a new flying boat. But a few years ago, because the flying boat was well maintained, he didn't think about changing it.
In the past two years, because the number of yuan stones needed by the monks of the family has increased, they are reluctant to change it. In this way, Zhou Yan's flying boat will look so dilapidated