Chapter 292: A Small Step
When everyone calmed down, Zhang Hao first thanked everyone for coming, expressed his welcome, and made it clear that we are also here for trade. Then, Zhang Hao gave a general introduction to the country of Qixia and so on.
After the introduction, everyone was immediately excited. In everyone's mind, they sketched such an image:
A country that has been trapped on the edge of the known world, a country that has struggled unyieldingly for thousands of years, has resolutely decided in desperation: to open up a lifeline from the green sea of death!
After countless arduous attempts, they finally built a steel battleship, broke through the dangerous sea, and ushered in their own light.
This light is also for all mankind. Because, the appearance of the steel giant ship means that human beings can finally sail in the open sea, and its significance can be regarded as Armstrong's first step on the moon.
This small progress is the height of civilization.
"Let's go, I'll take you to visit the battleship Zhiyuan.
Yes, this is a battleship, not a warship. It's a brand new kind of ship. Compared to warships, battleships themselves have great combat effectiveness. Zhang Hao didn't talk about business, but led everyone to visit first.
Compared with those ocean-going merchant ships, the Zhiyuan is not very large, and of course more than 200 people cannot act together; Zhang Hao leads 30 or 40 people to visit each time.
It took half a day to visit, and when I returned to the restaurant, everyone was whispering. Yes, it's shocking.
Although this ship is a large ocean-going merchant ship, its entire body is made of steel that is higher grade than Xuantie...... It's a mountain of wealth!
Even the railing was 99 percent pure! And the gun's chamber was 99.5 percent pure. As far as the eye can see, it is all a world of dark iron.
"Such a steel battleship, even if it is in the Transformation Period, it can't be moved, right?" Leng Qingsong, the young master of the Seven Star Trading House, was communicating with the people next to him. We often meet at sea, sometimes competitively, sometimes cooperatively, even if we can't say that we are acquaintances, but we also know each other basically.
But now everyone is working together again, and everyone is together and shocked.
In the past, they had also heard a little bit of the name of the country of Qixia, but whenever they mentioned this country, they were all with the six Western countries, and they were exploited and blockaded by the country of Canglan. In everyone's impression, the country of Qixia is a world located outside the circle of civilization.
In the words of the people of Langya, they are envious and jealous of the geographical location of the country of Canglan, and envy that the country of Canglan can exploit the six Western countries unscrupulously.
I can remember the words 'the country of perched clouds' because legend has it that this is the end of the known world and the place where the sunset returns. Because of this, everyone knows the names of the six Western countries and the country of Qixia, but not much is known about the other five countries.
But on the whole, in everyone's impression, the country of perched Xia = the edge of the world, where is the end of the earth, where the light of civilization cannot shine.
But today, the country of Qixia suddenly appeared strongly, and in just a few hours, it buried the first water division of the country of Langya and bombarded the most prosperous port of Surabaya in the country of Langya.
This is seriously inconsistent with the legend!
Zhang Hao finally walked into the restaurant and clapped his palms, "Thank you for coming, the country of Qixia is also here for trade this time." Let's take a look at the goods from the country of Qixia, we take the form of bidding.
We used spirit stones to denominate stones, and finally traded for various pills. ”
Then Zhang Hao took out a note and said with a smile: "When I visited just now, I also asked everyone about the price of the pill by the way.
Pei Yuan Dan, ordinary Pei Yuan Dan price, 0.6 spirit stones, the best and perfect Pei Yuan Dan 2 spirit stones.
Tsukidan, ordinary Tsukidan, 50 spirit stones, 70 spirit stones of the highest grade, and 100 spirit stones of excellence.
The price of Xiaoling Yuan Dan ......
The price of Zhenyuan Dan ......"
Zhang Hao read for more than ten minutes, involving hundreds of commonly used pills, and it was also the most needed pill in the country of Qixia. These pills are common and relatively stable, but they are very important to the foundation of a cultivating society.
This transaction, Zhang Hao, Dayang Group, and even the entire Qixia Country came for these basic pills. For those special, top-notch pills, there is not much needed for the time being.
There is a way to know etiquette, and the world of cultivation is the same, only after satisfying the basic pills, can you pursue those high-level pills.
The price announced by Zhang Hao is reasonable on the whole. It's just that everyone looked at Zhang Hao's eyes, and they were a little wary of the little fox!
It turns out that you just took us to visit separately, there is a purpose, can you be more treacherous?
But everyone has no problem with the price. The merchant ships from the East mainly used their elixirs, magic weapons, talismans, etc., to trade high-grade raw materials such as spirit stones, precious spiritual materials, and medicinal materials in the Fertile Earth Continent.
There was not much arrangement, and in this humble canteen, Zhang Hao started a bidding.
The auctions are all treasures from the royal family of the country of Qixia. Precious medicinal herbs, rare spiritual materials, and so on. The trading is intense.
The treasures accumulated by a country over thousands of years, although only a part of it has been taken out, are crazy enough.
A auction lasted until the evening, and the total transaction volume was as high as tens of millions of high-grade spirit stones, and these would be exchanged for a large number of commonly used pills. Just more than sixty boxes of top-grade medicinal materials and spiritual materials were exchanged for more than two hundred tons of pills.
The density of Peiyuan Dan is relatively low, and the density of some pills is even comparable to lead pills, but the average weight of a pill is in the shape of two coins, that is, 10 grams, which is the weight of Zhuji Dan. Generally speaking, the higher the level of the elixir, the denser it is.
Of course, the size of the pill is uncertain. After all, the pill is hand-refined, and there is no production line in these years, so it is inevitable that there will be a slight gap. But because of this, the large-scale trade of pills is all about the pound.
Take Tsukidan as an example, 50 pieces per catty, and when trading on a large scale, this standard is followed. As for how many Tsukidan there are, no one counts them.
More than 200 tons of pills, even if they are calculated only according to the average weight, are still 20 million Zhuji Dan! It is enough for all the Qi refining periods in the country of Qixia, and everyone has one!
Just one transaction is enough to change the cultivation environment of the entire Qixia Country.
And that's just the beginning.
In the evening, Feng Zhiling cut out more than 200 catties of octopus fillets very painfully, and every representative who came to trade could get a pound of grilled octopus fillets. The atmosphere was very warm. After dinner, move on to the next stage of trading:
Dark iron, steel.
According to the information that Zhang Hao got during the day, although the eastern countries could refine the special dark iron for alchemy, their dark iron was forged, which was time-consuming, laborious, expensive, and uneven in quality.
The price of the special dark iron for alchemy in the East is: 40 high-grade spirit stones start at one catty, with a purity of less than 99.3%, and for each additional point of purity, 5 high-grade spirit stones are added. Below 99.5% purity, for each additional point of purity, 10 high-grade spirit stones will be added. Wait until it is above 99.6%, and the price will ...... It's a matter of fate.
And the highest purity in the East, only a very small amount of dark iron purity can reach 99.7%, and it has to be refined in the god transformation period, can it be successful...... It also follows fate.
To name a few:
99.0%, 40 high-grade spirit stones.
99.1%, 45 high-grade spirit stones.
99.2%, 50 high-grade spirit stones
99.3%, 55 high-grade spirit stones.
99.4%, 65 high-grade spirit stones.
99.5%, 75 high-grade spirit stones.
99.6%, it is starting to be scarce, you need to bid, and the price is naturally not accurate, but there is no problem at all if you exceed 100 high-grade spirit stones.
As for the 99.7%, it is impossible to find it.
You know, according to what Feng Zhiling said, the head of the Xuanzhen Sect was overjoyed to get a pound of 99.7% Xuantie, and he was reluctant to use it when he was excited, but after a few days of happiness, he was taken away by an unscrupulous elder.
In the purification of materials, when the purity exceeds 99%, the cost price may double for each improvement.
And the price above is still the "docking" price. With the addition of tariffs, ushering in and sending, bidding, etc., it is too easy to add five or six spirit stones to the price.
And now what Zhang Hao wants to sell is ...... 99.7% purity ingots, one ton each!
Seeing that 60 tons of dark iron were put out, and these dark iron barriers were built into a 'wall' two meters high and more than seven meters long, everyone was a little stunned.
The blackiron has been finely polished, and at this time, it shimmers with a pale cyan glow under the light. Tonight's lights are also specially modulated, with a little more imperceptible blue. This kind of light will appear extraordinarily bright, but it will also make the darkiron show a more brilliant brilliance.
"That's right, this is Xuantie!" Zhang Hao looked at everyone's puzzled eyes and said with a faint smile, "Seeing the Zhiyuan battleship, I believe that everyone should have a relatively clear understanding of the smelting technology of the Qixia Country."
These are all purity...... 99.7% dark iron. Specifically, it could reach around 99.75%.
High-purity dark iron will bring exceptionally excellent performance. According to our repeated verification, the ability of a spiritual weapon made of 99.7% dark iron is more than 10% higher than that of a 99.6% artifact.
The difference of one percent is enough to divide life and death!
Compared with the traditional forged black iron, the black iron smelted by the new method has fewer impurities and fewer types of impurities. We have removed some of the corrosive components from the impurities, such as phosphorus, sulfur, etc., so these dark iron are more durable.
Moreover, compared with the forged black iron, the texture of these dark iron is more uniform, and there is no need to re-melt and adjust it in the later stage, and it can be used immediately.
Technology...... Confidentiality for the time being. But you can test it casually. ”
99.7% of the dark iron, that's still so much! Everyone hesitated for a moment, and finally swarmed up and began to use their own means to identify. Compared with the country of Qixia, the identification methods of these people in the east are more mature and efficient. In a moment, there was a lot of exclamation.
As Zhang Hao said, the texture of these dark irons in the country of Qixia is uniform, and some corrosive impurities in the dark iron are almost impossible to identify.
In particular, the uniform texture is the most precious.
In the past, if you wanted to refine magic weapons, especially the complete set of magic weapons, the purchased dark iron needed to be remelted and stirred before it could be used. Otherwise, if the texture of the set of magic weapons is uneven, it will cause many small problems. At critical times, these small problems may be fatal.
And at present, these dark iron do not need to consider the problem of uneven texture, sixty tons of dark iron, it is all the same, only subtle differences can be ignored!
Even Feng Liye, the shopkeeper of the Seven Star Commercial Bank, was surprised to find that the purity of the dark iron he had identified was as high as 99.76%!
After a while, everyone gradually returned to their seats, and they all looked at Zhang Hao without speaking, and they didn't know what the price of these dark irons was, so if the price was right, they were ready to buy them in bulk.
As a long-distance maritime trade, they can travel back and forth for a year or more, which requires them to purchase items of sufficient value and as small a size as possible.
And the current Xuantie makes them see such potential. 99.7% of Xuan Iron, even in Kunlun Continent, is extremely rare, and there is no pressure at all to sell three or five hundred high-grade spirit stones for a catty.
The only question now is: how much is the price! Looking at the steel giant, the smelting technology of this country of Qixia should be very mature, and the cost should not be high. But everyone is a businessman, and of course we understand that the relationship between cost and selling price is really not big, especially for high-end goods.
Zhang Hao looked at everyone's expressions in his eyes and smiled faintly: "What do you think of these Xuantie?"
Everyone didn't speak, they all looked at Zhang Hao with their eyes. In the past half a day, everyone has a completely different understanding of this teenager who seems to be only at the peak of the foundation building period.
Disciple of the Holy Land, Deputy Prime Minister of the Land of Qixia, President of Dayang Group...... A series of names are really blinding.
It's a standard little fox, so if you can't open your mouth, you won't open your mouth.
Zhang Hao paused for a moment and continued: "One price: 80 high-grade spirit stones per catty. As much as you want!"
"How much do you want?" everyone was shocked by Zhang Hao's tone, and then they were attracted by the price of 80 high-grade spirit stones.
According to the price of the Xuantie from the East, their 99.5% purity Xuantie will reach 75 high-grade spirit stones, plus tariffs and so on, which is more than 80. So Zhang Hao's offer is really low.
In fact, considering the transportation costs, long-term development, etc., Zhang Hao set the price at 80 high-grade spirit stones.
And if the merchants from the east traded with pills, their cost price was estimated to be reduced even more, or even half!
Everyone discussed for a while, but they raised questions one after another: In the past, high-purity dark iron was of course very valuable, but if it appeared in large quantities, it would inevitably depreciate. Everyone is in business, Master Zhang, you can give a real price.
Of course, Zhang Hao also argued on the basis of reason, how big is the world, how many cultivators are spicy, how much dark iron can be produced in the country of Qixia?
Everyone is arguing with each other and not giving in to each other. After intense discussions, the price of Xuantie was finally stabilized at 70 high-grade spirit stones.
Zhang Hao wiped a cold sweat, it is not easy to reason with so many people.
But it doesn't matter, anyway, the Zhang family's high-purity dark iron, except for 99.9% of which needs to be refined separately, the cost price of the rest is about the same, just a few low-grade spirit stones. As Feng Zhiling said, in order to smelt the black iron with a purity of less than 99.7%, the Zhang family also deliberately added impurities to the molten iron.
And as the Zhang family becomes more and more proficient in the use of oil, this cost is still falling off a cliff.
Finally, the negotiation was over, and Feng Yeli, the shopkeeper of the Seven Star Trading House, came to the meeting, brought a lot of good wine from his ship, as well as a lot of spiritual fruits, and everyone celebrated on the deck of the Zhiyuan battleship.
By the way, everyone also experienced a cannon.
The next day, everyone began to discuss a new topic: whether the artillery and steel could be sold.
Needless to say, it was another heated discussion.
Steel, it's on board. The price is more than three times that of the same black iron, and this is a truly exclusive product without bargaining. For example, for 99.7% purity steel, the quotation is directly 250 high-grade spirit stones a catty, love it or not.
But even so, everyone still rushed to the front.
Until the evening of this day, more than 60 boxes of medicinal materials and spiritual materials belonging to the royal family, as well as dark iron ingots and steel ingots belonging to the Dayang Group, were transported on the battleship Zhiyuan, and a total of almost 500 tons of materials were sold. In exchange, it was more than 600 tons of pills.
Most of these pills belong to common pills, and there are only a few precious and special pills. For example, there is a life-saving Erjin Pill, such as the 'Life Creation Pill' that has the regeneration of limbs and repairs dark injuries and internal injuries.
These pills are scarce even in the East, and the price is very expensive. A ton of dark iron can be exchanged for a dozen. But such an elixir is also a life-saving medicine that must be stockpiled, and the more the better. If the Zhang family wants to develop in the future, such a reserve of pills is indispensable.
In addition, there is also the 'Infant Pill' that must be used at the peak of the Jindan period. This kind of elixir is also said to be a conventional elixir, but the price is very expensive. The infant period is the main pillar of a country. Therefore, Huaying Pill is also a relatively special pill and is expensive.
After another transaction, more than 70 representatives of the trading houses from the East were not satisfied with their goods, and there were many, many more. And after seeing the Zhang family's dark iron and steel, their vision has improved a lot, and they don't want to cooperate with Langya Zhiguo and others.
They, they want more.
No, the young master of the Seven Star Commercial Bank, Leng Qingsong, spoke: "Zhang Hao, are you going to return?"
Zhang Hao nodded, all the goods had been emptied, and he had to return home.
Leng Qingsong asked: "Look, can we follow the boat and go to the country of Qixia to have a look?"
In an instant, many eyes stared at Zhang Hao.
Facing everyone's eyes, Zhang Hao smiled: "Welcome, very welcome! But now if you want to cross the green sea of death, that is, the open sea, only our Zhiyuan battleship can do it."
Therefore, if you want to go to the country of Qixia, you can only follow our ship for the time being.
You have so many goods......"
Leng Qingsong was overjoyed: "Haha, it's okay. Our boat can be parked at the surface of the sea and handed over to the relevant deacon to be in charge of the transaction. ”
Zhang Hao smiled: "Then, on behalf of the country of Qixia, I welcome you to go." I'd like to tell you a piece of good news. The country of Qixia has just completed the transformation, and we take the development of industry and commerce as our national policy!"