Chapter 54: Sacks of ginseng
The next day, the sun was shining, the sky was clear, Ning Caichen, who had returned to the manor, had breakfast and let his subordinates spread a mat in the courtyard, sit on it, and wait for the visitors to come while practicing.
The seven-day period has arrived, and today should be the day of the Treasure Ginseng Festival, and the nine visitors should arrive as promised.
He didn't have to wait long, and half an hour later, eight men in brown clothes came to the courtyard under the leadership of the leader of the visitors, and bowed to him: "The grass people greet your lordship." ”
Ning Caichen stood up with a smile and walked over to help the leader of the guests up: "We are all people in the rivers and lakes, so we don't have to be bound by court etiquette. Ladies and gentlemen, what is the situation of the Treasure Ginseng Festival now?"
"When we came, there were already a lot of people in Baoshen County, and there were many people in the rivers and lakes, and they were masters of cultivation. Some big traders and firms are also in the process of temporarily moving in; the simplest barter trading platform has already been set up, and some big forces will arrive in the county by tomorrow or so at the latest. The leader of the visitors straightened up and said with a smile.
Ning Caichen carried his bookcase full of pill wooden boxes on his back: "Without further ado, we have to rush to the county before some big forces arrive, and see if we can get some good things from the hands of Sanxiu before they do." ”
Generally speaking, in this kind of primitive trading market created by the gathering of monks, some casual cultivators with treasures will choose big forces to trade, wanting to get big profits. And when some big forces arrive at the trading market, they will send treasure judges, and if they encounter valuable treasures, they will directly take them into their pockets.
Therefore, Ning Caichen had to rush there in advance before those big forces arrived in Baoshen County to 'cut off the hu'.
On the way to Baoshen County on horseback, Ning Caichen secretly thought to himself: there are only two kinds of items he urgently needs at present. One of them is the Dragon Tiger Pill, which is used to break through the knots and improve cultivation, and the second is a magic weapon of the space class, whether it is a Qiankun bag or a Nasumeru ring, it can bring great help to yourself. After all, it's not only troublesome but also unsafe to travel with a bookcase on your back.
Baoshen County is not far from Jinhua, so when the sun is in the sky, a group of people traveling from Jinhua came to the outside of the county, turned over and dismounted, and led the reins into the county town full of people.
"On weekdays, there are not so many people in Baoshen County, these bustling crowds, and the ninth floor and above are all outsiders. Leading the horse and walking beside Ning Caichen, the leader of the guests spoke.
"How do you sell ginseng here?" Ning Caichen nodded and asked curiously.
"The place where the barter was traded was on a huge square in the east of the county seat. This plaza was built for the Treasure Ginseng Festival, where not only visitors but also passers-by can take up a spot, set up stalls, and sell their own things. The leader of the visitors replied.
Ning Caichen pondered for a moment: "Is there any other way to sell your own things other than Exchange Square?"
"Every year, the Jinwu Trading House holds an auction in the Treasure Ginseng Festival, and if the seller can't negotiate the price in the square, he can send the item to the auction to test the value and leave it for tomorrow's auction. ”
"Test value?" Ning Caichen was stunned: "Do you have to meet any requirements for the items to be auctioned?"
"That's nature. The leader of the visitors said with a smile: "The Treasure Ginseng Festival is held for three days, and the auction generally starts from the second day and lasts until the evening of the third day. In such a short period of time, there are many breaks in between, and it is impossible to auction all the monks' belongings, so it is necessary to select the best in advance. ”
"In other words, if I want to auction something, I have to send it to the auction for testing now?"
"By this evening. The leader of the visitors said: "When the auction officially starts tomorrow, unless the value of the item is high enough to be auctioned, the auction house will not accept the lot." ”
As they spoke, the group came to a large white stone square. The horses were left at the entrance, and the ten men stepped into the square.
In this huge space, countless stalls of all sizes occupy everyone's attention, and the things placed on the stalls are varied, colorful and smelly.
Warrior monks dressed in a variety of costumes wander from booth to stall, picking out what interests them.
"If you want to buy ginseng at a relatively low price, you have to come here, and the ginseng auctioned at auction is too expensive. The leader of the visitors pointed to a stall full of ginseng and said seriously.
Ning Caichen nodded, raised his eyes and said, "Can the leader send some people to help me find spatial magic weapons and high-quality ginseng in these stalls?"
Without the slightest hesitation, the leader of the visitors ordered the eight visitors who followed them to complete the task, while he himself continued to take Ning Caichen in search of the necessary items in the square.
"Although the magic weapon of the small space is not very precious, it is really impossible to take out the ordinary casual cultivation, and only the disciples of those big forces can take out this kind of treasure. After passing through several stalls, seeing that Ning Caichen did not have the slightest tendency to stop, the leader of the participants spoke.
Ning Caichen looked around at the stall items around him: "Then will there be a magic weapon of space in the auction?"
"It's hard to say. The leader of the participants shook his head and said, "To be honest, whether or not you can get this kind of treasure depends on luck. ”
"Hopefully I'll have good luck this time, even if it's a one-cubic-meter Nasumeru ring. Ning Caichen said with a sigh.
Passing through dozens of stalls along the way, the space magic weapon was not touched, and there was no trace of the Dragon and Tiger Pill, but Ning Caichen was with the help of the leader of the participants, and exchanged for a lot of high-grade and even top-quality ginseng with the Cleansing Pill, Shangqing Pill, and Yuanqi Pill, and the bookbox behind him was completely filled, and in desperation, the two had to take a sack by themselves, which was very exaggerated to use to install ginseng.
His large-scale buying behavior first attracted the attention of the ginseng sellers, and one after another, ginseng sellers began to approach him and sell their ginseng. Half an hour later, Ning Caichen was already surrounded by groups of ginseng and vendors, as if he was stuck in a deep quagmire, unable to move an inch.
And this peculiar phenomenon attracted the attention of passers-by, and slowly, the three sects and nine streams, martial arts and monks on the entire square, all looked at the crowded crowd, with different expressions.
"Everyone, I'm almost done buying ginseng, I don't need this kind of spiritual object anymore, please spread some of it, don't delay your business." After filling the two bags of marijuana, Ning Caichen didn't have time to sigh anything, and hurriedly spoke to the vendors around him.
Seeing that he really had no desire to buy, the vendors scattered and made way for the two people carrying the sacks.
In the eyes of countless people looking at the nouveau riche, Ning Caichen hurriedly left the square with the leader of the visitors and came to a house where no one was around.
"There is no magic weapon of space, and it is too ostentatious to use ginseng in a sack, and now I don't know how many people have bad intentions towards me. Putting the sack on the ground, Ning Caichen sighed.
"Isn't there no way to do it? We can still hold one or two plants in our hands, but there are so many of them that we can only use sacks. The leader of the visitors wiped the sweat from his forehead: "But fortunately, these ginseng we bought are not priceless things, strong people will not covet it, as long as the people who are not strong come here, I believe that the adults can handle it casually." ”
Ning Caichen thought for a moment: "Having said that, I can't be so swaggering anymore, otherwise some monks will probably be tempted by my wealth." You send these ginseng to your home first, and then I'll find out if there is a space magic weapon. ”