Chapter 8: Making Money (Part I)
It was a young man, in his twenties, and the identity tag showed that he was a Fu Dan apprentice, with an honest appearance and an honest appearance. He asked sneakily, "First time coming to Fu Dan Pavilion?"
Guo Twelve nodded and said, "Yes, uncle, are you in trouble?"
The man suddenly made a bitter face and said, "Little brother, am I that old?" Don't call me uncle, just call me big brother!" Then he said, "You're here to change things, right?"
Guo Twelve was surprised: "What are you doing?
Wei Xian smiled: "I have meat here, a total of two thousand catties, what can you exchange?"
Guo Twelve was slightly stunned and asked, "How much is a catty?"
Wei Xian said: "If you don't sell it, you only exchange things." ”
Guo Twelve said: "I know you have to change things, but your meat ...... There's at least a yardstick, right? How much is a pound?"
Wei Xian said very simply: "A big rune is a catty, but if you want to spend money to buy it, it will be more than that, at least a few silver runes will be added." ”
He reacted after speaking: "Hey, what is my meat...... No, it's my flesh...... Hey, how do you talk kid......" he wondered how awkward.
Zhang Dakui, who was following behind Guo Twelve, had already opened his mouth wide, and he didn't know what to say. Usually two or three small dollars a pound of meat, it has risen forty or fifty times, this is not counted, it is not possible to buy it with money, it can only be exchanged, which is too exaggerated.
Guo Twelve couldn't help but laugh and said, "Oh, I don't have anything good, hehe, your meat...... I'm not interested. ”
Zhang Dakui couldn't help but laugh secretly, this is really not good.
Wei Xian sighed and said, "Alas, you...... Forget it, it's not my meat. Disappointed, he hung the talisman bag in his hand around his waist and said, "You're not here to exchange food, so what are you doing here?"
Guo Twelve smiled and said, "I'm here to buy cultivation talismans." ”
Wei Xian was surprised: "Isn't it, come to buy cultivation talismans at this time?" even if you grow the ingredients immediately, it's useless, the ingredients are just delicious, and they can't be used as staple food...... Uh, do you want to buy a special cultivation talisman? Hey, listen to me, there are a lot of these things now, but they are all used in exchange for food, and no one wants to sell them. ”
In fact, Guo Twelve had no money in his hands at all, and all his money was used to buy food. He whispered a few words in Zhang Dakui's ear, Zhang Dakui nodded, and turned to leave.
Guo Twelve smiled and said, "Brother Wei, are all the people here here to exchange food?"
Wei Xian sighed and said, "It's not, it's been more than a month...... Most people run out of food at home, and they don't have enough food to eat by relying on the food distributed, so they have to exchange things for them. ”
Guo Twelve asked, "Brother Wei, why do you have so much meat?"
Wei Xian had a feeling of madness, and he said, "I said little brother, this is not my meat ......"
Guo Twelve smiled happily: "Really?"
Wei Xian sighed and said, "Little brother, it's so tiring to talk to you. ”
Guo Twelve laughed and said, "Just kidding, Brother Wei, who is selling here...... Uh, exchange cultivation talismans?"
Wei Xian said: "There are many ...... They have eaten all the ingredients grown in the cultivation talisman, and they have no time to plant the next wave, and if they can change to the staple food, they are still willing to exchange it. ”
Guo Twelve asked, "Why is there no one who exchanges flour?"
Wei Xian said: "Yes, but rarely...... Flour is already expensive, but now it's frighteningly high. ”
Guo Twelve said: "Brother Wei, you are busy, I'll take a look." ”
Wei Xian smiled: "I'm idle, let's go with you." ”
Guo Twelve nodded indifferently and said, "Okay, then let's go together." ”
The trading area of Fu Dan Pavilion is not large, it is divided into two venues, inside and outside, most of the people who come here to trade are Fu Dan apprentices, there are also Fu Shi apprentices, and there are a small number of Fu Dan and Fu Shi apprentices who come to Taobao like Guo Twelve, and there are only a very small number of Fu Dan and Fu Shi.
Setting up a stall is also very simple, spread a piece of animal skin on the ground, put the things that need to be sold on it, wait for others to ask, and there are some anxious people who bring things to each stall to exchange.
Guo Twelve patiently searched carefully from stall to stall, and he found a lot of cultivation talismans, and the prices were not high, mainly in exchange for food, and no one wanted to sell them, because now they couldn't buy food even if they had money.
These stalls are very shabby, some stalls only have a few pieces of Fu Dan on them, and some only have a few pieces of materials. Guo Twelve squatted in front of a small stall, with two palm-sized talismans on the animal skin. Guo Twelve asked, "Is this a cultivation talisman?"
The stall was set up by a Fu Danshi, who sat lazily on the ground and said weakly: "You can only grow ingredients, not anything else...... This is a Tibetan talisman specially used to grow ingredients, and it is only exchanged for non-sale...... 500 catties of meat, or 100 catties of flour, you can do it. This guy was so hungry that his face turned yellow, and his hands were still trembling slightly.
Guo Twelve said: "Five hundred catties of meat for two Tibetan talismans." ”
"You go and grab it! One talisman is worth at least 500 talismans! Two talismans are exchanged for 900 catties of meat, or 180 catties of flour, and the price is not bargained!"
Guo Twelve smiled slightly, he would not suffer a loss in such an exchange, but if he waited for a few more days, the exchange conditions would be absolutely the same, no one could withstand the fear of starvation, and at that time, maybe ten catties of meat would be able to exchange these two cultivation talismans. He was not in a hurry to make a move, nodded and said, "I'll take a look." ”
Fu Danshi sighed and continued to sit and wait for someone to change. It's a pity that almost no one is interested in cultivating Tibetan talismans now, not because cultivating Tibetan talismans is not good, but only people in the talisman and spell master professions will play this thing, and people in other professions can't play even if they give it to him, and now they can't even fill their stomachs, who is still interested in playing cultivating Tibetan talismans.
Originally, Guo Twelve estimated that cultivating Tibetan talismans would be very valuable, because this thing was equivalent to a production area and could grow a lot of things, but after contact, he learned that although cultivating Tibetan talismans could produce vegetable plants, the area was small, there were many career restrictions, and the things produced were limited. The people here are all big-bellied men, and they are very good at eating, and there are too few things to produce by cultivating Tibetan talismans, which are far from enough to eat, so the price naturally drops.
Wei Xian followed Guo Twelve around for a long time, but nothing was changed. He couldn't help but ask, "Little brother, why don't you change anything?"
Guo Twelve smiled and said, "I have neither money nor food on me, how can I change it?"
Wei Xian glared angrily, and after a while, he said, "You...... You...... Alas, why am I so stupid......"
Guo Twelve said: "It's not that you're stupid, but you're pondering...... This kid should be easy to deceive, right, Brother Wei! Unfortunately, I'm a poor man, a child much poorer than you, aren't you disappointed? Hehe, hey, by the way, I want to thank Brother Wei for being with me for so long, thank you. ”
Wei Xian was said to be blind, he did have this thought. Generally speaking, a young apprentice always has a few good things from the master in his hand, and if he is lucky, he may be able to cheat one or two, and then he will make a lot of money, who knows that this child will see through his intentions at a glance. He is not angry, he can deceive the best, and if he can't deceive, there is nothing to lose, but it is a little embarrassing to be ridiculed by a child.
"Nonsense! When did I lie to you?"
Guo Twelve smiled and said, "Okay, after following me for so long, you should know that I am poor, you see...... There's an apprentice over there, go ahead and wish you success......"
Wei Xian smiled bitterly, he couldn't deceive even if he wanted to, and sighed: "Alas, it's hard to be a good person......"
Guo Twelve couldn't stop laughing, and he said: "If Brother Wei goes to act, he must not be a good actor, and he won't even deceive people." ”
Sure enough, Wei Xian was fooled again, and said, "What? I won't lie to people? Could it be that I have a liar written on my face? That is, you kid has sharp eyes and sharp teeth...... Uh, little rabbit, I've fallen for you!" he reacted suddenly. If you say that you are a good actor, then you are a good liar, if you say that you are a bad actor, it is even worse, you are a stupid liar, and the most infuriating thing is that you are a liar no matter whether you are good or bad.
Zhang Dakui came in from outside, came to Guo Twelve's side, and whispered a few words. Guo Twelve nodded and said, "Uncle Zhang, come with me." He walked towards a stall. Wei Xian followed curiously, he didn't expect to deceive people, he just wanted to see what Guo Twelve, a poor bastard, was going to do.
Guo Twelve came to the Fu Danshi who had two cultivation talismans, and he didn't bargain, and directly exchanged flour. Then, as long as he has seen and asked about the terms of exchange, he will exchange them one by one. In just a short period of time, he had changed to eight cultivation talismans, six of which were ordinary cultivation talismans and two were cultivation talismans for cultivating elixirs.
Then, Guo Twelve stood in the middle of the trading hall and shouted: "Whoever has a book on cultivation can exchange it at a high price!
Wei Xian watched dumbfounded, and then he realized that the little guy had been teasing himself all along. Where is he poor, he is much richer than himself.
"If you want to change it, it's faster...... Tomorrow won't be the price......"
The people here are more subtle, and few people shout in the market, but Guo Twelve is different, he knows the importance of propaganda, and before he can't find a more suitable means of publicity, shouting is also a kind of propaganda, plus he is the image of a child, and he doesn't have to care about other people's eyes.
The crisp children's voice broke the dull atmosphere in the market. Several people gathered around, and one of them said, "I have a cultivation talisman, how are you going to exchange it?"
"Four hundred pounds of meat, or eighty pounds of flour!"
The man obviously didn't bargain, and said, "Then I will exchange two hundred catties of meat and forty catties of flour, will I exchange it?"
Almost no one knew about Guo Twelve's transaction just now, so the price he gave did not seem low. He said, "In other words, you first show me the cultivation talisman, what kind of thing is planted?"
The man said, "It's a cultivation talisman for planting the northern birch tree." ”
Guo Twelve was overjoyed in his heart, the leaves of the North Birch Tree are the famous North Birch Leaves, and there is such a cultivation talisman. He said, "Take it, change it!"