The time came after ten o'clock, and the curfew had started in Liyue Harbor an hour ago.
After sending Gan Yu away, Ouyang returned to the study.
"Do you need to go rest?"
"No, I'll just meditate."
"This is at home, you don't need to be around like this all the time."
"No, the Solstice Man is an unexpected threat this afternoon. Since the master asked me to protect you, I'd better stay here."
Looking at Shen He who looked matter-of-fact, Ouyang took out a blank piece of paper and began to calculate the formation chart.
He tried his best, but now he couldn't refuse forcefully.
He hasn't slept yet, but it doesn't mean that there is something wrong. The incident this time has been generally shared, and everyone is doing their own duties. What is left for Ouyang to do does not require him to worry much.
Mainly because he found a rather embarrassing problem - Shen He never left.
Originally, when she first came here, she would leave every night, but since she agreed to Gan Yu's appointment as Tianshu, Shen He never left again.
This made him a little embarrassed to go to bed.
Ouyang is not an innocent person, and he understands things about men and women. In the dead of night, alone, a man and a woman... there is nothing I can do if I can't sleep.
This is not like being in a coma like before. Men can't help but have wild thoughts in this situation.
There's no way, it's such a fool without Lin Zi Jue.
That is instinct and is not controlled by one's own will.
So I had to come to the study room to read. Fortunately, I wasn't bored. There were still many formation diagrams recorded in Guanhai Pavilion. I slowly learned through the system and passed the time.
Time passes slowly in the candlelight.
Shen He was meditating and resting on the other side of the study. She looked calm, but in fact, her mind was not as calm as it seemed.
At a certain moment, she opened her eyes and looked at Ouyang who was writing on the desk. She looked at his serious profile and gradually fell into a trance.
In just a few days, her feelings towards Ouyang have undergone earth-shaking changes. Of course, these changes have nothing to do with the relationship between men and women.
She found that Ouyang was not as unbearable as Ke Qing said before. Although he was lazy, he would still do what he promised seriously.
Seal the mine and start solving the Liyue crisis. After Ouyang agreed, he did not escape any trouble he encountered.
When Gan Yu came to talk to Ouyang tonight, she did not avoid suspicion and leave, but stood aside and listened to everything.
Although she didn't know much about development, differentiated positions, resource allocation, etc., it did not prevent her from understanding that this man in a wheelchair controlled extremely powerful power at this time.
And it can be seen from Gan Yu's demeanor that this incident was solved by Ouyang's method.
As she learned more about him, the image of Ouyang in her mind became more three-dimensional.
From a liar and a playboy, to now I am wise, serious, and gentle, understanding and tolerant towards my family.
Labels were torn off Ouyang one by one, and new labels were put on her one by one.
Of course, although the label of liar has been removed, she has not yet decided which label to put on the two labels of "hypocrisy" and "city".
The reason is very simple. Although Ouyang pretends to be very good, in some small details of life, she already knows that the other person is not disabled.
In other words, she is now an actor who cooperates with the other party's performance, but she has not revealed it.
Just when Shen He was lost in thought, Ouyang Ruojue turned to look at her.
"What are you looking at?"
"...nothing."
Shen He, whose thoughts were interrupted, came back to her senses. She glanced at the other person, replied, then closed her eyes again and started meditating.
ill?
Ouyang, who touched his face, looked at her with some confusion.
Time passed by little by little, and the next day came in the blink of an eye.
It was just dawn, and before the people from the General Affairs Department started working, there was a long queue in front of the door.
Sorensen was in the team, looking at the General Affairs Department with the closed door thoughtfully, his brows furrowed deeply.
He is very anxious. He has been anxious since yesterday.
After running around all day yesterday, he could not receive enough ore even after paying a high price. In addition, all kinds of unfavorable news were flying all over the sky, which made him even more anxious.
It was not until the evening that he was notified that the ore transaction had been handed over to the General Affairs Department, but it was too late at that time. After waiting all night, he went out before dawn.
But when he arrived, he discovered that he was not too early. There were already more than twenty people lined up at the door of the General Affairs Department.
After getting to know more, I found out that the most ruthless people actually dared to brave the pressure of the curfew and secretly squatted near the General Affairs Department, waiting for the curfew time to rush up and queue up.
Simply, simply!
Looking at the people in front of him, Sorensen was speechless and praying at the same time.
He hoped that this time the ore business would not cause heavy bleeding.
Although it has been written on the bulletin board that it will be sold at a fair price, but who can believe it at this time?
All kinds of rumors were going crazy in business circles yesterday.
Some people say that according to the current situation, a price higher than twice the original price is considered a conscience. As for why the purchase is restricted?
Doesn’t that mean that the price is so high that ordinary merchants can’t afford it, so they need to limit purchases as a blind eye? Gu Wei
All basic guarantees and so on are all false until businessmen see what they see.
The sun rose little by little from the sea, and the door of the General Affairs Department finally opened.
Chiayi, who was wearing military uniform and holding a long gun, spoke loudly while arranging people to control the scene.
"The General Affairs Department is open, because until today most of you are probably here to buy ore, so please line up your queue and enter ten by ten, we will have someone to talk to you. Don't worry, Liyue's ore reserves
It’s still enough.”
After speaking, he waved his hand, counted the number of people, and put ten people in.
As for those who want to get information from him, ignore them.
The people at the front were waiting anxiously, but as the line got longer and longer, the businessmen coming from behind began to have other thoughts.
"Why are there so many people here?"
"Don't cut in line, I'll be here at dawn."
"Brother, let's discuss it. Give me your position and I'll pay 50,000 molas!"
"I'll pay two hundred thousand, this is Mora, let's get married now!"
All kinds of low-level commotions were taking place in front of the General Affairs Department, but under the eager eyes of Qianyan Army, no one made a big fuss.
Sorensen was in the front and didn't pay attention to what was happening behind him.
Soon, without waiting long, it was his turn.
Follow the soldiers to the interior of the General Affairs Department, turn a few corners, and enter a small room.
The furnishings in the room were very simple, with almost no decorations, just a table and two chairs. After seeing him come in, a woman sitting there just raised her head and spoke directly.
"I'm sorry. You should have seen it. There are a lot of people queuing up today. I hope you won't waste time. So what do you want? How much do you want? Where is your ship? Have you brought your trade certificate? Do you have a tax return?"
"Well..."
A series of rapid-fire questions were asked, which immediately confused Sorensen.
"I want Mifune's crystal mine, a big ship with three sails."
"Where's the trade certificate? Where's the tax return?"
"At this."
After receiving various documents and vouchers, Xiao Zhao took notes and said: "Now you have two choices. One is that we sell the ore to you at a low price, but the goods will be handed over at Guyun Pavilion. You can use the order to
Receive the goods there.
Another option is for us to hand over the goods at Liyue Port, but the price is double the original price. Please choose."
Why are there so many twists and turns?
Sorensen couldn't control that much anymore. What he was most concerned about now was the goods, price, and speed, so he asked: "I heard that there is a purchase limit. Can the three ships of crystal mines I want be filled? What is the low price?"
?And I want it urgently, so the sooner the better.”
"There is a purchase limit. Each foreign businessman can only buy three shipments of goods, each with one hundred boxes, so you can still buy so much crystal ore. As for the price, it depends on your choice. The low price is one box of crystal ore.
Seventy thousand molasses.
In terms of speed, you need to wait until the day after tomorrow to hand over the goods from Guyun Pavilion. If it is traded at Liyue Port, it is 140,000 molas per box, so you can handle it now."
The low price actually only increased by 10%?
He glanced at the woman in front of him in disbelief, but the other person's words also calmed his anxious heart. From the current point of view, he will not go bankrupt in this crisis in Liyue.
"I'll buy it. I choose to trade it in Guyun Pavilion, just three ships."
"Okay, just wait a moment and I'll write you a note. Then you need to pay taxes first, otherwise you won't get the sea-going certificate."
"Ok, thanks."
He was not in a hurry for time. As long as the handover could be completed within a week, he would still have time to return.
Sorensen, who had settled down in his heart, looked at Xiao Zhao who was immersed in writing a note while waiting, and asked curiously.
"Can I ask, why do you need to go to Guyun Pavilion to trade? And it will be twice as expensive in Liyue Port?"
"I don't know either. We are also acting in accordance with the regulations. Last night, Yue Haiting's secretary summoned our people from the General Affairs Department to explain it."
Xiao Zhao said without raising her head. It could be heard from her tone that she was a little unhappy at being called up all night to work overtime.
After issuing various certificates, he continued: "Thank you for coming to Liyue Port for trading. Take these certificates and go out to pay the taxes. Don't forget that the day after tomorrow is the time for Guyun Pavilion to hand over to you. You
You can find people from the Southern Cross fleet there, and they will hand over the ore to you there."
Southern Cross Fleet? Beidou?!
This is another surprising news, but Beidou's name is still quite famous in Liyue and Haihai.
Sorensen took the certificate and turned to leave.
At the same time, at the platform of Qunyu Pavilion.
Ningguang and Beidou are sitting here again.
Different from the previous situation where they failed to reach an agreement, this time the two of them did not have so many arguments.
After briefly talking about the matter, Ningguang concluded.
"That's what happened. This time, we need the help of Captain Beidou to sit in Guyun Pavilion and help complete the ore business of foreign merchants in Liyue Port. Don't worry, it doesn't require much time from you, it will only take two weeks at most."
Facing Ning Guang, Beidou, who had long been tired of listening to the convoluted conversation, did not dwell on those things and asked directly.
