In the blink of an eye, it has been three years since Lu Zhong took office.
In another half month, it’s time to submit the task.
In the past two years, he has just completed the task, which is to submit 100,000 bottles of Qi refining period elixirs.
If you step on the line and complete it, your political performance will naturally only be guaranteed.
However, Lu Zhong is not in a hurry about this, including this submission.
After all, his purpose has never been for political achievements.
At present, by rebuilding the alchemy workshop, in just three years, the avatars have mastered the entire alchemy process and the construction method of each part.
As long as the Separation Spirit Reactor is purchased, Lu Zhong can build his own alchemy workshop in the small cave in the mountains and rivers.
Research on automatic alchemy factories can also be carried out at the same time.
Compared with the benefits that the above projects can bring, some political achievements are naturally not valued by Lu Zhong.
However, his indifference made Qing Nang in charge of the third government department feel uncomfortable.
"I really can't understand. Could it be that this person who serves as the Qingnang ruler just comes here to eat and wait for death? He doesn't want to take back his power, nor does he want to seize control of the elixir garden. He just wants to complete the task every year to ensure the bottom line." Wu Boyun.
He sighed and said that he couldn't understand Lu Zhong's actions at all.
"I think he must be planning something." Ning Daohe expressed his opinion.
Things are so abnormal, and when you think about it, you know that something is definitely wrong.
But he racked his brains and couldn't think of where it was.
As a result, Ning Daohe had no choice but to look at Yang Bingyan and asked:
"Yang Situ, can you see any clues?"
"No." Yang Bingyan shook her head.
She has been collecting information about Lu Zhong's actions.
But no matter how you look at it, this person's movements are very normal, and there is no fault at all.
Planning?
nonexistent.
It was precisely because of this that Yang Bingyan felt strongly uneasy.
"In my opinion, we need to try it out."
"Test, how to test?"
Wu Boyun raised his head, wanting to hear what Yang Bingyan was trying to do.
On the other side, Ning Daohe also cast an interested look.
"Throw out the bait. As long as Governor Lu has an idea, he will definitely take action." Yang Bingyan paused before continuing: "Not long ago, there were three elixir gardens in the west that fell into the hands of the Son of Changchun.
It has not yet been recaptured by the Qingnang Guards. It can be used as a bait to see if this law enforcement officer is really as good as he appears, and is really here to eat and wait to die."
In Yang Bingyan's opinion, as long as Lu Zhong is a little enterprising, he will definitely win the three elixir gardens.
"Three elixir gardens, aren't they... too much?" Wu Boyun frowned.
It's not that he is greedy, but each elixir garden has divided cakes. Giving out three cakes at once would be quite troublesome for him to balance the interests of all parties.
"Humph, if you don't lay heavy bait, how can you test the effect?" Yang Bingyan said displeased.
"I think we need three seats."
Ning Daohe expressed his opinion.
Later, he said that he would play a role in reconciling the interests of all parties, so that Wu Boyun came into contact with doubts.
...
Soon, the news about the spiritual medicine garden was released.
However, the development of things was far beyond the three people's expectations.
Lu Zhong didn't move at all.
Now, they really had to believe that this person was really just here to eat and wait.
But according to the information collected by the Third Division, how can someone who can cultivate to the late stage of divine transformation and collect high-level spiritual objects wantonly be a mediocre person?
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Temptation, again and again.
Without breaking through the bottom line, the three of them were still unable to produce satisfactory results. As a result, they had to temporarily believe that Lu Zhong was a bastard.
So gradually, the name "Qing Nang Hunzi" began to spread like wildfire in the Qing Nang area.
The Tu Palace has no objection to this. After all, Lu Zhong can complete the tasks according to the quota every year, and he can be regarded as a qualified ruler.
The person involved has been in seclusion and does not express his attitude.
Time flies and it’s the tenth year in a blink of an eye.
On this day, mountains, rivers, small caves and sky.
Lu Zhong looked at a factory-like building in front of him, with a smile on his face.
The building in front of him looks rough and crude on the surface, but it is actually an experimental alchemy factory that he built on the basis of the alchemy factory, combined with the experience of his previous life and carefully improved it, adding the Secret Formation of Creation and the Counter-Creation Formation.
Theoretically, as long as the raw materials are put into it, the finished elixir can be refined.
But this is just a theory.
For now, the factory is just a facade.
Whether it is possible to refine elixirs at will as is theoretically possible still needs to be verified before the answer can be obtained.
Without hesitation, he clicked his fingers to create the magic formula.
Suddenly, the factory started to roar.
Under the control of the incarnation, batches of elixirs were poured into the feed port.
There is no need for an alchemist to process, all the elixirs are transformed through the secret formation of creation, and are refined into pure medicinal auras, which are then input into the spirit-splitting reaction kettle through a specially-made sealed pipeline.
Automatic fusion and transformation begins, and the medicinal spiritual energy begins to react.
Soon, the original pill rolled out of the reactor.
The original pill passes through the track and quickly rolls into the spirit injection chamber in a sealed high-pressure spiritual energy environment.
This step is also performed automatically.
After the original pill was injected with spirit, the spiritual energy contained in it increased a lot.
After the spirit injection was completed, the spirit injection masters who had been well prepared waited for the original pill to roll out of the spirit injection room, and immediately used the pill dividing techniques to divide it into individual pills.
The whole process was as smooth as flowing clouds.
In terms of efficiency, it is more than twice as fast as the alchemy workshop.
However, Lu Zhong was not very satisfied with this.
Today's alchemy factories are essentially no different from alchemy workshops.
At best, it is just a step of processing and purifying the elixir, which is processed by the Secret Formation of Creation.
It is neither an assembly line nor an automatic alchemy.
"It seems that there is still room for improvement."
Lu Zhongmo thought.
Even if it is such an experimental factory, a semi-finished product that makes him dissatisfied in every aspect, it can still surpass the alchemy factory in terms of alchemy efficiency.
And this is the product of the combination of the Spirit Splitting Reactor and the Secret Formation of Creation.
Looking at the bottles of elixirs coming out of the production line, Lu Zhong began to estimate the costs.
For now, the efficiency of the Secret Formation of Creation has remained at 2.5% due to stagnant research. Therefore, the cost of materials is destined to be much higher than the traditional alchemy method, let alone compared with the large-scale alchemy method.
Although there are disadvantages, there are also advantages.
Although the efficiency of the Secret Formation of Creation is low, it does not require human maintenance at all.
Therefore, after calculation, the cost of the entire processing and purification step is close to that of the traditional alchemy method.
"The total cost is half of the traditional alchemy method, but 20% higher than the large-scale alchemy method..."
Lu Zhong could not be said to be satisfied with this result.
However, it is enough.
If the refined elixir is sold, even if it is calculated based on 80% of the market price, it will still make a 10% profit. If calculated based on the true cost, Lu Zhong only needs to exclude the factory losses, and the rest will be a net profit.
After all, the manpower and materials in Shanhe Xiaodongtian are all free of charge.
"Very good, we have finally opened up a source of income!"
Lu Zhong was very excited about this.
Ever since he entered the spirit world, he has only been able to get in and out. The occasional small amount of seizures may seem like a large amount, but in the long run, it is only a drop in the bucket for a very costly practice.
It's impossible not to feel worried when I see my waistline slimming down little by little.
Now that it's finally solved, how can people not be excited?
But soon, Lu Zhong calmed down.
Because of the way to obtain the elixir, he has not solved it yet.
It was only after he became the Qingnang ruler that Lu Zhong realized that the idea of submitting the elixir to the Tu Palace in exchange for political achievements was unrealistic. Without fully controlling the Qingnang territory, it was difficult for him to explain the origin of the elixir.
If it is to be sold directly into spiritual stones, it is necessary to find a force that can stably consume large quantities of elixirs.
The production efficiency of the alchemy factory, even in the experimental stage, is only higher than that of the alchemy factory. With such a huge production capacity, it is destined to be difficult to find an ideal partner for cooperation.
"It seems that I need to get some information."
Lu Zhong thought to himself.
Before that, we can only reduce the production capacity of the alchemy factory to avoid excessive inventory accumulation.
...
The days passed day by day.
The Qingnang Domain is in relative peace.
As for all the evil forces in the domain, Lu Zhong turned a blind eye when he did not control the Qingnang Guards. As long as they did not threaten the two alchemy workshops he controlled, he would ignore them.
After all, it was only the interests of the indigenous people that were harmed, so Ning Sima should naturally be responsible for handling it.
At the end of the year, it’s time to submit tasks again.
Lu Zhong is as always, one bottle is not too much and one bottle is not too little.
The elders of the Tu Palace who came to count the numbers had no temper at all about this.
In the past twenty years, the gangster's rule has never changed.
It's really just a salted fish.
After the handover, the elder of the Tu Palace thought for a moment and reminded him kindly: "The next year will be the twenty-first year for Lu. According to regulations, the amount of tasks next time will be increased by ten percent. I hope you can do it."
Be prepared."
He said this because he was afraid that this person would just dawdle and fail to complete his task.
"Thank you, Elder Li, for reminding me."
Lu Zhong smiled slightly and was not worried about this.
After sending this person away, he did not return to the quiet room to continue practicing as usual.
After some disguise, he turned around and came to the northwest of Qingnang Fairy City.
Lu Zhong got off the beast cart, looked at the bustling and noisy streets, felt the long-lost smell of fireworks, and then walked into a restaurant on the roadside without looking back.
I asked for a nice private room and ordered a table of delicious food.
After that, I drank alone and waited quietly.
What he is waiting for now is the elder of Shuofeng Chamber of Commerce.
Shuofeng Chamber of Commerce is a well-known large-scale chamber of commerce in the Qingnang region. It has opened stores all over the Qingnang region. It is said that it has recently spread to several nearby areas. There are monks in the integration stage sitting there, and its strength cannot be underestimated.
In fact, only this kind of cooperation partner can take advantage of the production capacity of the alchemy factory.
After a while, there were footsteps outside.
Lu Zhong stood up and happened to see a lady in palace clothes appearing at the door.
The visitor brought with him six maids, and the ostentation was quite impressive. The noble lady glanced at the dishes on the table, seeming to be a little dissatisfied, but she concealed it well and did not show it.
As a qualified chamber of commerce elder, it can be said that it is a necessary quality to face customers with a pleasant appearance.
After exchanging pleasantries, the two got down to business.
"Your Excellency, the Taoist friend introduced by the Taoist friend? I am Zong Yueru of the Shuofeng Chamber of Commerce, and I am currently serving as an elder. Since the Taoist friend said that there are batches of good goods to be sold, why not take them out now and let me take a closer look?"
The lady said calmly.
Before coming, she had not had the slightest hope of repaying this trip. She had to take time off to travel just to deal with a favor. As for what "Chen Dong" said about a large number of elixirs being used, she thought it was just an exaggeration.
Even if it lasts to death, there are only a thousand bottles.
But soon, the elder Zong changed his mind.
"Please take a look."
Lu Zhong was seen placing a storage ring lightly on the table.
Seeing that it was a storage ring, the sect elder's expression changed slightly, and he finally became serious. If you can use the storage ring to store it, you can imagine that the quantity of goods inside will not be small.
Even so, I still don’t think it’s a lot.
I just raised my expectations slightly, setting it at around 5,000 bottles.
Although the Shuofeng Chamber of Commerce is not a cross-border chamber of commerce, it is still a force that does business in seven large and small areas. It handles tens of thousands of elixirs every day, so five thousand bottles of elixirs is indeed not too much for her.
But when she opened it, she was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth.
All I could see was that the storage ring, which was a hundred feet square, was filled with pill bottles.
Packed in wooden boxes, placed horizontally and vertically, neatly.
Counting them together, there are a total of 10,000 boxes and 200,000 bottles of first-level elixirs.
Calculated based on a bottle of fifty spiritual stones, the value of the goods is ten million spiritual stones.
With so many elixirs, it would take a traditional 100-person alchemy workshop three years of non-stop production to get them all together. Even if the alchemy workshop adopts the large-scale alchemy method, the efficiency of alchemy has been greatly improved. With a scale of 100 people,
It also takes a year to produce.
Thinking of this, the sect elder made a special inspection.
By identifying the aroma of the elixirs and the dryness of the fire, she found that all the elixirs were produced within half a year.
"Hiss!" The sect elder took a deep breath.
She couldn't help but began to guess the identity of "Chen Dong".
At present, in the Qingnang region, only Qingnang is in charge and controls such production capacity.
However, according to what the elders know, the alchemy workshop under Qingnang's command currently has no production capacity but no raw materials for alchemy. Therefore, it has been processing on behalf of others all year round in exchange for a meager processing fee.
There is simply no way to sell so many elixirs.
Besides, she knew it very well.
For high-level monks, instead of selling the elixirs for spiritual stones, it is better to hand them over to the Tuwang Palace in exchange for political achievements.
And political achievements can be exchanged for many treasures.
These treasures are usually difficult to buy directly with spirit stones. Even if they can be bought occasionally, they usually appear at auctions, and they often have to bear a very high premium.
Therefore, both emotionally and rationally, it was impossible for Governor Lu to sell the elixirs for spiritual stones.
"So, who is this?"
Zong Yueru was thinking this in her heart, but she had a smile on her face.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, your action is indeed extraordinary."
"I think the quality of this batch of elixirs is very good. According to the price you proposed, fifty spirit stones per bottle, all of them will be purchased by Shuofeng Chamber of Commerce."
"This is a spiritual contract. If there are no problems, please sign here."
Lu Zhong checked it carefully and confirmed that there was no problem before signing the spiritual contract.
Once the contract is reached, both money and goods will be settled soon.
Before leaving, Zong Yueru handed over a dozen communication charms and said sincerely:
"Chen Daoyou, if there are still such benefits in the future, feel free to contact me. No matter how many there are, I guarantee that I can buy them at a preferential price."
"If there is anything else, I will consider it."
Lu Zhong said this, but he did not intend to continue to deal with Shuofeng Chamber of Commerce in a short period of time.
There is no other reason than that it is too conspicuous.
He estimated that after today's transaction is completed, many forces will turn their attention to this. If they continue to attract attention, it will easily cause more trouble than they need.
To be cautious, it is appropriate to wait for a while before shipping.