Section 35 Closing a Deal
Cui Ming closed his eyes and pondered, his mind kept deducing the scene of this weapon being used to attack by 10,000 people, whether it could pose a threat to the Golden Body Star Magician, and how much damage it would cause to the Cui family. People trust their own judgment more, and nothing convinces themselves more than the conclusions they come up with, and Cui Ming is like this.
However, the so-called difference is a thousand miles away, and there is no seeing to believe, and any imagination that has not been verified by reality may be far from reality. Especially after he had already seen the power of "primary products", he was led astray by Xin Yu's explicit hints. As a result, his imagination space suddenly "broadened" .......
Since even Chen Linqiang, who has a lot of experience, is interested in this kind of "foreign object", it means that what Xin Yu said about causing damage to high-level astromagicians should exist, and it may be a super weapon that Chen Linqiang has seen in other worlds.
As a member of the strife-fighting astral world, Cui Ming's personality has a general cautious factor. As long as the derivation that Xin Yu said existed theoretically, he would not think about the probability of such a thing happening, because every astrologist would not pin their hopes of survival on the stupidity and incompetence of their enemies.
So, Cui Ming was frightened by the result he imagined. If these weapons are really "upgraded" successfully, will there still be an astral world in the future? I'm afraid that these mortals will eventually rule the entire world in an all-round way? At that time, even if the astromagicians are not completely eradicated, they will no longer have the current transcendent status as high as in the clouds, and what is even more terrifying is that if some secular regimes have different ideas about astromagicians, will they break the astral monopoly of these big forces? or monopolize the supply of star stones......
After a series of "ends", Cui Ming didn't dare to think about it anymore, and after a shudder, a strong killing intent suddenly appeared in Cui Ming's eyes - as long as he killed Xin Yu and destroyed these weapons, everything should be fine, right? As for the big star magician behind Xin Yu...... A good man is a good man, as long as he admits that it is his own sin, presumably Chen Linqiang will not embarrass the Cui family, right?
Although he didn't expect that Cui Ming was preparing to sacrifice himself in obscurity, intending to be a lone hero who saved the astral world, Xin Yu still felt Cui Ming's killing intent.
After thinking about it, Xin Yu realized that he had just overblown himself, which made Cui Ming have a bad association. However, he didn't mean to change his words, and he didn't want to change his words, he needed this misunderstanding to help him support his illusory and powerful image. In this way, even without the existence of Chen Linqiang, the Ocean Country can make friends with the Cui family with a relatively equal status.
Of course, if you want to dispel Cui Ming's killing intent, it depends on Xin Yu's wrist. As an astrology master who had cultivated to the Flying Heaven realm at the age of twenty-six, Cui Ming was undoubtedly strong-willed, and he would not say anything to Xin Yu who he believed in. However, Xin Yu's conspiracy novels are not in vain, and at the moment when Cui Ming is unlikely to bring him harm, he can also calmly think about the wording of the organization's response.
"Don't think you'll be able to sit back and relax by obliterating me and these weapons. Not to mention that the old Chen seniors may always pay attention to me, these weapons can not only be used by mortals, but also can be made by ordinary people. I think you know what I mean, right? Even if the entire maritime nation is wiped out of the world, there will still be people who will follow this path. Xin Yu threatened unhurriedly, and then said with relief, "Of course, the reason why I show you these weapons is just to tell you that my Xin family and the Ocean Country are not weeds to be manipulated. It's not a demonstration or a provocation to you, and I'm not so arrogant as to think that I can sweep the world with weapons alone. After all, these weapons are okay as a means of defending and counterattacking, and if you want to take the initiative, it is a joke for a powerful astral magician. What's more, you are right, many friends and many roads, what do you want to get, as long as the conditions are fair and reasonable, we are happy to communicate with the Cui family. ”
In an indecent way, everything Xin Yu did before seemed to be suspected of taking off his pants and farting. Cui Ming was already going to have "multiple friends" with you, but he took the trouble to go around in a big circle, and then came back here, no matter how you look at it, it is a bit redundant.
Cui Ming understood Xin Yu's thoughts, just like when he first came to the Ocean Country, he sneaked into the palace without any notice, obviously not using bean bags as dry food. For the secular regime, not to mention the pride of the Cui family, even ordinary astromagicians will not be in their eyes. If it weren't for Chen Linqiang's backstage, he wouldn't even be interested in knowing where Xin Yu's green onion grew. Even if he was later defeated by Xin Yu, he still carried the superiority of the wealthy family, as if he was "a number of ordinary friends", and still promoted Xin Yu.
But at this time, Cui Ming began to face up to this force that was still holding the founding ceremony, which has proved that Xin Yu's measures are not to add to the snake, but to be targeted.
However, Cui Ming was still a little puzzled: "But before you said that you want to conquer everything you want to conquer, how can this be ......?"
Xin Yu laughed: "You see that my Ocean Country is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and the only border is the Great Liang Country, which is to expand the territory, and the first thing we have to face is also the territory of Chen's predecessors." Not to mention that it's impossible for us to turn against Old Chen seniors, it's not easy to expand to the Snow Desert, right?"
"Oh, then you still talk about conquering everything, don't you say that you are invincible in the world, but you can't do anything?" Cui Ming asked strangely.
Xin Yu explained in a good time: "Do you know what is the most difficult thing in the world? That is, without any force, putting other people's money into your own pocket, and putting your own thoughts into other people's heads. Is it necessary to use swords and guns to conquer? The future of me and the Sea Nation is to absorb the wealth of the whole world, and then belong to our own culture and way of life. It was likewise a conquest, an economic and intellectual conquest. What do you think?"
Cui Ming didn't know the history of the world in Xin Yu's previous life, so he naturally didn't know that this kind of soft conquest and soft aggression was a continuation of the Cold War mentality, and it was also the mainstream way of competition among the countries in the world in Xin Yu's previous life. However, Cui Ming still understands and admits that this can indeed be regarded as a kind of conquest, just like the various forces in the astral world will have some other aspects of competition in addition to the armed struggle, so as to enhance the influence and appeal of the various forces. So, he nodded approvingly: "Okay, uncover the topic." Tell me how you want to deal with my Cui family?"
Xin Yu glanced at Cui Ming, shook his head and said, "You came to me on behalf of the Cui family, I'm afraid you don't have nothing to do or want me to connect with the Great Star Warlock, right?"
"Oh, can you still guess why I'm here?" Cui Ming felt a little unimaginable, he was uninvited, and he didn't receive an invitation from the Ocean Nation to watch the ceremony. In other words, Xin Yu didn't know anything about the existence of the Cui family, but he shouldn't have studied it, how could he have an understanding of the purpose of his visit.
"What's so hard to guess, although your Cui family occupies tens of millions of square kilometers, it is close to the North Pole, and the entire snow desert is polar snow and ice fields, and what is most lacking is food. You came to find our Ocean Country, just to let us pay tribute for a long time. It's really hard for you to be far away from the boss, and you can still think of it, and you have a long-term vision. Xin Yu disdains to play this kind of guessing game, it is too obvious. Although he has not had the positive attitude of "destroying the country" before, it does not mean that he will "pick chrysanthemums and see Nanshan leisurely under the east fence".
Well, of course, Xin Yu doesn't have amplified paranoia of persecution. After all, he doesn't understand the forces that must not be provoked in this world, and his so-called detached posture of "sitting and watching the wind and clouds rise" is just a joke, just a player's wine-level yy.
Cui Ming said with some embarrassment: "Actually, we didn't think about anything at first, but we just heard that there are excellent sea ships in the southeast region, and the volume is large and fast, so I wondered if they could help us transport it." Didn't expect ......"
Maritime transport is a very advantageous mode of transportation even on the earth in Xin Yu's previous life, let alone in this world of backward transportation. It is tens of thousands of miles away from the sea country to the snow desert, which seems to be much farther than the countries around the snow desert...... It's literally from one corner of the world to another. However, in the case of smooth sailing, it takes less than two months to transport by sea, and the volume is large and the consumption is small. In terms of transportation efficiency, I have to say that the Cui family's idea is really not whimsical.
Xin Yu continued with some helplessness what Cui Ming didn't say: "I didn't expect that this is still a newly rising secular small regime, and the king is still born with good luck in mud legs, wouldn't it be better to spend less?"
Cui Ming was even more embarrassed when he heard Xin Yu say his unfinished meaning so bluntly: "This ......"
Xin Yu waved his hand very generously, as if the previous unpleasantness had just passed, since Cui Ming was guided by him to restrain his killing intent, he didn't care about himself, or he struck while the iron was hot to absorb this divergent topic deeply: "Actually, it is not very difficult to provide food to your Cui family, it depends on how you deal with the relationship between the two sides." ”
"Oh, tell me?" Sure enough, Cui Ming was still more concerned about the purpose of this trip, and his interest suddenly increased.
Xin Yu smiled and gave many options: "First of all, just like you originally planned, we can sell the sea ship to you, and then buy grain wherever you go; the second plan is that your Cui family will send people to collect grain in the southeast, and then we will take care of the transportation matters; the third plan is that we will organize the supply of goods and be responsible for sending them to the place designated by you in the snow desert, and then trade directly at the CIF price." Of course, I'm leaning towards the third option. ”
Cui Ming didn't ask stupid questions like why, no matter which aspect, the third option is the best. For the Cui family, there is no need to bother to build a fleet and raise food, as long as they hold the silver and wait, there will naturally be food delivered. For the maritime countries, the first plan is a hammer deal, the price of the ship is naturally more expensive than the timber, the Cui family will naturally imitate it after buying the sea boat, and the second plan is to make some hard money, far worse than the third plan can not only sit on the ground and start the price, but also be able to maintain it for a long time.
"There are two problems now, the first is that food is a strategic resource of various countries after all, and the Cui family may be able to buy enough amounts, but our maritime country may not be able to provide much, but we can provide other foods such as fish products. The second question is that business is business, in order to ensure that this transaction can continue, the Cui family must pay in full, and the brothers must settle the accounts, but they can't play the trick of forcing tribute. Xin Yu continued to fold his fingers and said slowly.
Raising his head angrily, Cui Ming seemed to be greatly insulted: "My Cui family will never repay the debt." ”
Xin Yu shrugged, he didn't feel that he was living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, these astral magicians were used to being worshipped, and if they wanted to pay money to mortals, I was afraid that they would ...... Aren't you used to it? Didn't Cui Ming come to menacing blackmail before? At that time, the astrologist of the Cui family who accepted the goods felt that asking mortals for something was to give them face, and paying for it was an insult to their identity, and Xin Yu would not feel so strange. However, today has stimulated Cui Ming enough, and he no longer has a poisonous tongue: "That's what I said, don't get excited...... Well, I apologize. ”
Cui Ming also knew that his anger was a little unreasonable. It's no wonder that Xin Yu is worried, it is really an astrology wizard, including him, whose consistent style is really unbearable, and his reputation among some mortals can even be described as the best of the best. So he borrowed the slope and went down the donkey and said: "Don't worry, even if there are not so many silver taels in the snow desert, we will use the kind to offset the payment." ”
Xin Yu's eyes lit up, the world has not yet reached the stage of extremely developed commodity economy, and there is no mature environment for international settlement and financial industry. Excessive receipt of silver or other precious metal currencies will inevitably cause domestic inflation. Bartering is the most practical form of transaction, especially in the case of such large transactions between countries.
"No problem. Xin Yu couldn't wait to agree.
Cui Ming didn't understand Xin Yu's thoughts, if it was said that buying and selling was indeed a good business that did not waste the return capacity, but at least he had to ask the Cui family what kind of goods he took to offset it, right? You must know that the scarce products of the snow desert are well known throughout the continent, leather, medicinal herbs, horses, and worthless wood.
The difference between the price of leather in the north and in the south...... Medicinal materials are a good trading material, and the snow desert produces several kinds of precious medicinal materials such as snow lotus and snow ginseng, but even if the Cui family is willing to trade this strategic material, there will not be much quantity, and except for a few particularly precious ones, other medicinal materials have no price advantage; as for horses, not to mention that only the scarce number of heavenly horses can be suitable for the climate of the south, just like wood, how much can be transported by sea.
Cui Ming felt that the Cui family had taken a big advantage in this kind of transaction, and it was a bit of a muffled way to make a fortune. However, he is not a roundworm in Xin Yu's stomach, and he doesn't know that Xin Yu feels that he is the one who takes advantage.
In the previous life, as long as you have money, you can buy anything, but if you have money, you can't talk about it. But even if there are mountains of gold and silver here, you may not be able to buy what you want. Xin Yu still remembers the experience of not being able to buy mountain ginseng with gold on his back a while ago, and the medicinal materials produced in the snow desert are good things that he has been coveting for a long time. Even if the amount can't be too large, but that's relative to a large transaction, if it's for him alone, it should be enough, right?
Also, the physical objects that Xin Yu needs may not be what other businessmen like, the Cui family occupies such a large piece of territory, presumably it is very rich in mineral resources, right?
The most important thing is that although the snow desert is more sparsely populated than overseas, the area of more than 10 million square kilometers, no matter how sparse, the total population is also very objective, estimated to be tens of millions. This is a huge market that no businessman with a normal IQ will ignore, how could Xin Yu not be tempted?
Moreover, there is only one overlord in the vast snow desert, and that is the Cui family. With the Cui family's god-like status in the hearts of the residents of the Snow Desert, as long as the relationship between the Cui family is passed, it will almost be recognized by the entire market, is there anything more refreshing than this?
Answer: Yes!
What's even better is that there are no secular political authorities on such a large territory, and with the Cui family's terrible and extensive family business model, there are not even customs duties. If it weren't for the inconvenience of transportation, I'm afraid it would be the turn of the maritime countries that pay attention to shipping...... It wasn't until the first transaction that Xin Yu knew that the distance from the core area of the snow desert to the sea was not a short one, so he let the Ocean Country seize this opportunity. Of course, the issue of transshipment by land will be discussed in the future.
"Since you said it's okay, then it's good, don't say that our Cui family bullies you mortals when the time comes. Cui Ming smiled weirdly. Although he has not experienced the experience of deception in the business field, Cui Ming will not admit that buyers will never be as good as sellers.
P.S.: At the end, it doesn't affect everyone's interest in reading, many people will miss it, but I still want to ask for support. Some people don't understand, there are so many people clicking for Mao, but there is only one hardcore collection...... The other is the author himself.