Chapter 80: My goal is to do spiritual vein business! Liu Quan was shocked!
"Let's talk about the first one first," Jiajing raised his finger, "You want to ask, is my purpose really as Huang Feng said, to get something for nothing, to promise benefits for nothing?"
"Besides, why did Huang Feng agree to it?"
Under Liu Quan's expectation, Jiajing paused and said, "It is normal for Huang Feng to have such considerations, but these are just excuses."
“It is true that it will take some time for the wild market to be established and for the market to mature and stabilize. This process will be long.”
"But the Great Wilderness has just been opened up, and there are many independent cultivators entrenched here, and many large sects from the Central Plains have also poured in."
"The Great Wilderness is a new land. All the sects established here are new. We are all fresh blood to the academy."
"This means that the big sects cannot open up wild markets except for occupying some markets in Sifang City."
"Because this will squeeze the living space of new sects."
Hearing Jiajing say this, Liu Quan nodded slightly. This is true. The academy will not allow the big sects to do this. If this is true, then there is no point in opening up the wilderness.
What the academy needs is fresh blood, not disorderly expansion.
“Therefore, once the Wild Market is established, the mortal families representing the Central Plains sects will move into the Sifang City.”
"After the war, won't there be a lot of stolen goods to sell? Rogue cultivators from all over the place will also flock in!"
"So the wild market will prosper in the shortest possible time." Jiajing looked at Liu Quan and asked:
"What Huang Feng said just now reminded me that after the Wild Market is opened, whoever provides the spiritual source to apply to the academy will be the owner of the Wild Market and have the decision-making power. This cannot be changed, right?"
"That's right," Liu Quan nodded seriously, "This is to prevent those big sects from using other means to oppress small sects."
"As long as the decision-making power of Yeshi is in hand, it doesn't matter if the small sects give up the management rights. As long as the restriction of this decision-making power exists, both sides will not tear each other apart."
"Because we have the power to make decisions, we have the power to decide whether to allow those sects to enter the wild market. As long as the wild market owner disagrees, others cannot enter the wild market to operate and do business."
"Some small sects with decision-making power can make money without having to worry about anything, which can be considered a benefit."
"Moreover, the academy will send people to investigate from time to time."
Jiajing nodded. He was not surprised by the academy's rules. After all, the loophole was too obvious.
Otherwise, the big sects have many ways to make the small sects compromise and make concessions, but whether it will be of much significance is another matter.
"So, if the Wild City is paid for jointly by us and the Beast Tamer Gate, it will belong to both of us."
"We gave the management rights to Yellow Wind Valley, which not only gave us power as a constraint, but also gave us free money."
"Of course, we won't deliberately block other sects from moving in, and the interests of the Yellow Wind Valley will not be harmed."
“Therefore, it is a win-win situation and everyone is happy.”
"In the southeast corner of the Great Wilderness, there are three cities. Each city is surrounded by fertile land, but the fertile land of Sifang City is on the side of Wuya Forest. What is the greatest benefit of Yeshi?"
Having said that, Jiajing looked at Liu Quan again.
"Hey," Liu Quan smiled complacently and said, "Of course it's a tacit agreement between all parties."
Jiajing nodded and explained Liu Quan's doubts step by step.
"The existence of the wild market is a product of the academy's rules. The academy is aware of this. After all, in the world of immortal cultivation, the strong prey on the weak, so the existence of some shady industries is inevitable."
"The academy understood this, and that's why the wild market came into being."
Listening to Jiajing's incisive analysis, Liu Quan nodded secretly. It was indeed true. In the wild market, as long as it was not the sale of spiritual veins, some stolen goods could be traded here.
Especially in the wild markets controlled by some of the super sects in the Central Plains, they are so complicated and intertwined that even the academies find it difficult to control them.
Of course, being difficult to control does not mean that there is no ability to control it, but rather that the interests involved are too great.
In a wild market of this level, even spirit veins are for sale.
"Back to the previous question..." As soon as Liu Quan mentioned the existence of the wild market, Jiajing understood what was going on.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was a market supervised by the imperial court, where illegal transactions were allowed, but the court would not care as long as it was not exposed.
This is true even for banned spiritual veins. It's the same as some merchants or gentry families in the southeast of Ming Dynasty who privately opened shipping routes for smuggling.
Before, Jiajing only cared about money as long as it didn’t affect his own interests, and he didn’t care what happened next.
"So, what Huang Feng said about the wild market needing long-term development to generate big profits is not true. He naturally understands that this point is untenable."
"Those words he said were naturally just to gain more benefits in the negotiations."
"So that's how it is," Liu Quan sat next to Jiajing and hammered the table angrily, "Old Huang Feng is so insidious!"
"Let's talk about your second question."
Jiajing didn't care about Liu Quan's anger, and continued to explain to him in a slow voice, saying: "Giving up the management rights of the wild market and cutting 40% of the profits, is it a loss..."
At this point, Jiajing suddenly stopped. Thinking that this was the White Horse Building, a property of the Academy, it was not appropriate to say the next words here, so he stood up and walked out the door.
Seeing this, Liu Quan was stunned, but he was not stupid. Thinking that the gentleman's next words must be of great importance, he hurried to follow.
The purpose of this trip has been achieved, it's time to return.
"Tsk, it's really expensive!" Liu Quan felt a little pained after coming out of the White Horse Building, and said, "Half an hour costs one thousand taels of spiritual energy. Fortunately, I didn't choose the daily package, otherwise it would be twenty-five thousand."
"One thousand taels for some spiritual fruits, spiritual tea and accommodation..."
Looking at Liu Quan's careful calculations, Jiajing couldn't help but feel emotional as he walked on the bustling streets of this immortal cultivation city.
In a world governed by rules, money is the only thing that matters. Without money, no matter how high your cultivation level is, you can only be frugal.
The two of them did not spend much time in the prosperous Sifang City, where every inch of land is valuable. However, when they passed by a shop selling storage bags, Jiajing spent six hundred taels and bought an eighth-grade storage bag.
He is now using a ninth-grade storage bag, an eighth-grade one, which has a capacity twice as large as the one he is using now.
If the space capacity of a storage bag is regarded as a cube, then the capacity of a ninth-grade storage bag is that of a cube with a side length of just over two meters, with a volume of approximately ten cubic meters.
The ninth-grade storage bag is priced at three hundred taels of spiritual energy. As the grade increases, the capacity doubles, and the price naturally doubles as well.
Without stopping along the way, the two arrived outside the city, got on the shuttle and started their return journey.
From beginning to end, Dugu Xiong did not show up.
After all, he was accompanying them for secret protection in case of any accidents. If he showed up, if someone really attacked them, they would definitely include him, who was in the late stage of foundation building, which would increase the risk unnecessarily.
The shuttle roared, rushed into the sky and then sailed smoothly above the clouds.
"Next, I will not show up for the negotiations with the Beast Taming Sect." Inside the shuttle cabin, on the couch by the window, Jiajing and Liu Quan sat cross-legged facing each other, with a small table between them.
"Sir, you won't show up?" Liu Quan was stunned when he heard Jiajing's words.
"The opening of the wild market is good for both parties. We will each contribute half of the spiritual energy to apply for registration with the academy," Jiajing took a sip of spiritual tea, "and they will share the management rights equally with the Yellow Wind Valley."
"With the background of 'Yellow Wind Valley', you go and explain it to them clearly. 'Beast Taming Sect' will certainly not refuse to cooperate." After hearing what Jiajing said, Liu Quan thought for a moment and nodded.
"If the Beast Tamer Gate has other conditions, you can propose that we pay all the application fees, but take a cut of the profits... You can consider these at your discretion. The important thing is to get their agreement."
"Okay, I know what to do." Liu Quan nodded seriously.
The entire Daming Immortal Sect has three hands-off managers who don't care about anything else except fighting and practicing. One of the stewards, Song Xinchai, is only responsible for the sect and the cultivation of spiritual fields. The other craftsman doesn't care about anything at all.
Therefore, the sect's management and development direction all fell on Jiajing and Liu Quan.
Jiajing himself had the Ming Dynasty to worry about, so he also wanted to train Liu Quan, who could handle some small matters.
"Let's talk about my other plan," Jiajing said at this time, in a gloomy tone: "I plan to gradually get involved in the spiritual vein business after the wild market is on the right track..."
"?!" Liu Quan was startled when he heard Jiajing actually said he wanted to do the spiritual vein business. He looked around subconsciously and lowered his voice a bit, saying, "Sir, are you serious?"
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