Volume Fourteen, Chapter Three, Chamber of Commerce
"The Cromwell Chamber of Commerce is a large-scale commercial organization that spans thousands of planes. It has fixed strongholds in the Thirteen Imperial Cities. Because this organization has long provided a large amount of energy and other consumption to those high-level officials in the undead world.
brand, so in the imperial city, this merchant association also has considerable influence."
The language of the undead world is consistent with the universal language of the plane. Kaka also listened to what the vampire said. While explaining the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce to Nilac, he also suggested in his heart: "Master, what do you want?"
When looking for information about gods, these big business associations are most likely to have it, but generally they will not release this kind of information to outsiders. Even if you can get involved among them, the price will definitely not be low!"
The most common trading currency in the undead world is energy crystals, and the most common sources are the ore veins in the undead world itself, as well as plunder in plane wars.
In addition to these two things, the plane merchants provide the most. They bring in energy crystals and exchange them for the trophies obtained by conquering other planes in the world of the undead. They then use these trophies to exchange for energy crystals, thereby earning a lot of money.
the difference.
Of course, if you have great abilities, you can also directly refine energy crystals yourself, and the purity and properties of the energy crystals obtained directly in this way are generally much higher than those produced in mineral veins.
Energy crystals of different purity and properties have completely different values.
One-on-one may not be as good as the Immortal Emperor, Gammel and other beings, but even with the boundlessness of the undead world, Nilak is still a strong man. To refine energy crystals, for him at this time, it is just a matter of time.
Just a casual thing.
Without commenting on Kaka's asking price, Nilac responded calmly: "There is no need to rush this matter. Get familiar with this place first and then take your time. If it doesn't work, go to the Central Imperial City..."
For guests from another plane, the Imperial City is quite strange. In ordinary places, there will never be hotels, taverns and other places, and even in most areas, there is no concept of streets at all... But thinking about living in
After all, there are undead creatures here. Nilac was relieved. Can we force every undead creature to go shopping and drink like humans?
Through Kaka, they communicated with a skull and soon the two came to the nearest trade area, the Third Trade Area of Dongcheng District.
A very large circular area, with a total of eighteen rings. The main ring road of each ring is more than a hundred meters wide, and there are huge buildings on both sides of the ring road. These architectural styles are different, but they are ordinary to the Imperial City.
Compared with houses, it can definitely be called art.
"This is the most prosperous area of the Imperial City, how about it? I believe that the famous commercial streets on the mainland will not be any more lively than this one?"
Flying into the third trade area, looking at the endless flow of people coming and going in the ring road below, Kaka couldn't help but say a few more words: "I don't know how many trade areas there are in Luoying Imperial City.
However, in the Central Imperial City, there are more than 200 trade areas in the Xicheng District alone, and none of them is smaller than this."
"Plane trade is indeed a hugely profitable industry. Even the dead world of the dead can create such an atmosphere... I don't know how many plane merchants are enjoying it!"
Falling directly to the innermost ring, Nilac discovered that in addition to the big merchants with fixed strongholds, there were also many small merchants and more undead creatures setting up stalls on both sides of the ring road.
Small businessmen usually put a few energy crystals on the stall and wait for others to exchange them for things they are interested in.
Undead creatures are even simpler. Whether they are specialties from the undead world or trophies taken during plane wars, as long as there are still ones that have not been bought by the Chamber of Commerce, just throw them to the stall and then just sit there.
Absorbing the strong death power around... For undead creatures, there is not much difference between selling it in one day, selling it in one year, selling it in ten years, or even selling it in a hundred years.
"Two adults, do you have any goods to sell? We'll charge them at a high price." As soon as Nilac and Kaka landed, feeling the powerful aura of death on their bodies, several small-plane merchants of different races surrounded them.
...The stronger the power, the richer the loot captured during plane wars. If they can encounter one or two big fish who have just returned and have not yet sold their goods, maybe these small businessmen can make a profit in one go.
Profit ten times!
"Get out of the way, get out of the way. My master has something to do here, and if he comes to bother you again, I'll be careful to drag you into the isolation area." These small plane merchants are not very strong, so Kaka pushed them away casually and led Nilac.
, become familiar with the surrounding chambers of commerce that have strongholds.
Under normal circumstances, the imperial city has special protection regulations for plane merchants, but there are also special circumstances, such as the isolation field mentioned by Kaka. As long as you pay a large amount of energy crystals to the imperial ruling authority, you can apply for the use of isolation fields.
It forcefully pulls people into it, and no one cares about anything that happens in it.
Isolation fields are not only for plane merchants. Strong men and powerful people in the city can also apply for use if they want to have a life-and-death duel. However, the cheapest isolation fields are not affordable for ordinary people, let alone those that can support the power of the sanctuary.
High-end goods!
Hearing Kaka mention the isolation field, not only the small businessmen who were pushed away, but also the faces of those who were about to surround him changed their expressions and obediently stepped back again.
"There are special regulations on the location of trade zones. Generally speaking, only the largest trade union organizations can have strongholds in the innermost ring, and then the scale decreases gradually outward.
Master, you see, this is the stronghold of the St. Mellon Business Association. It is said that this business association ranks among the top seven in influence among the planes. It can be as large as a divine battleship or as small as the cheapest slave trade. As long as it can make money,
There's nothing they don't do.
Look here again. This is the stronghold of the Cromwell Merchants Association. That tree is their symbol. It seems to be called an oak tree. It is said that there is some meaning in it. Although it is not as big as the seven oldest ones.
The Federation of Merchants, but Cromwell can be regarded as one of the largest organizations in the past thousands of years, so he also has a place in this inner circle."
On the right side of the ring road is the business alliance organization that Nilac just heard about outside the city. Although this stronghold is not as good as the St. Mellon Business Association opposite, it occupies a quite large area. Along the ring road, there are several
Tall buildings within a kilometer range all belong to this stronghold. Perhaps in order to take care of some large undead creatures in the undead world, a huge gate with a width of 100 meters and a height of 100 meters was specially set up in the center of the stronghold.
"Sure enough, there is some momentum!"
Nilac glanced at it and couldn't help but admire a little. It was not because of the momentum of the merchant association building, but because he sensed the aura of some powerful people in this stronghold.
"I didn't expect that this chamber of commerce would invite some people from the vampire clan over so soon!" If Nilac's perception is correct, the two most powerful auras in the stronghold are clearly those soul waves that were watching the battle earlier.
of two.
"Master, why don't we go over and sit too?" Seeing that Nilac was a little interested in that place, Kaka said: "The place they are in seems to be a tavern open to the public in this stronghold... Although no one usually enters that place.
But if we want to go in, it’s hard for them to stop us."
There will always be contact sooner or later, so it is not unreasonable to meet them at this time... In Nikolak's perception, the atmosphere inside seems to be a little tense, but he doesn't know if his going will intensify the tension.
Well, it will still lighten the atmosphere a little bit.
Pubs are not a lively place in the Imperial City. The Cromwell Chamber of Commerce set up a tavern here, and it was basically only used to receive some guests with special needs, so they arranged the tavern on the second floor.
Nirak and Kaka walked in and were about to go upstairs when two waiters waiting at the escalator hurriedly stopped them. There were important figures from the business association talking about things above. How could they just let people go up at this time?
"Two adults, we are here..."
As soon as the words came out, a veiled aura suddenly enveloped them. With their mouths open, the two of them couldn't move at all. They couldn't say anything anymore.
Ignoring the two waiters, Nilac walked up slowly and unhurriedly.
"Meolis, if you have any conditions, just tell me. As long as I let that girl go, my old face will fade away today."
"Haha, old Frant, what you said is serious. What plans do I have for you, and why can I go to the prince to intercede? Hey, but you also know that I risked my life to recruit you.
Two opportunities... Moreover, Dreda has performed quite well in these several actions. The girl was also given to him by the prince himself. It is not easy for the prince to change his words, and it is not easy for him to make random decisions, right?"
The man called Old Frant was also an elf. At this time, his slightly old face showed a trace of embarrassment and helplessness: "Mayo, we are old friends who have been together for thousands of years, and I don't care either.
To tell you the truth, that girl is actually the development target of our business association. Chris originally planned to guide her to join the business association when she returned this time, but..."
Without a "but" to go on, the old elf suddenly rolled his eyelids and turned his gaze from the vampires opposite to the door of the tavern. I don't know when, two figures in black robes appeared at the door.
The old elf frowned slightly inadvertently: "You two, we are temporarily closed here today, please forgive me."