Isn’t this the end of the war? Coldwind City and Banshee Castle have ‘restored normal business relations’. Businessmen are the most hungry and intolerant. As long as they have enough profits, they are willing to risk being hanged.
Zhou Qingfeng needs food and is extremely short of food. Farming his own land is not enough, he must engage in foreign trade. The Banshee Castle in the south blocks the trade route, but if the trade route is really cut off, there will be no money to be made.
Not long after the war ended, the town of Dense Fog, which was originally a battlefield, ushered in new prosperity. The dilapidated buildings were repaired, the blocked roads were cleared, and there was a constant flow of motorcades coming and going, bringing new popularity to the town.
The Principality of Os in the south is at war, but agricultural products are still being transported to the north in a steady stream.
Cold Wind City has been continuously upgrading its manufacturing industry. Not only metal products, but also glass has recently begun to be supplied in small batches. It is much cheaper than the utensils exclusively used by wizards.
If the cement is produced again, Uncle Zhou will have to gather the three artifacts of time travel.
Nowadays, the profits of running the north-south trade route are extremely high. Zhou Qingfeng deliberately gave up the profits, attracting a large number of merchants to flock here. Hanfeng City became a rapidly rising business center in the North.
When the conflict eased, Powell and Johnson came again. Their guise was to spy on the enemy, but in fact they used Banshee Castle's funds as capital and prepared to do business.
Just when they arrived at Cold Wind City, the two of them encountered something unexpected. In the past six months, the city had completely changed. Even the roads had been re-planned and the urban layout had been greatly adjusted.
In addition, Lord Hugo's rule was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Ordinary people have been relieved of the heavy pressure they had been burdened with in the past. The taxes, labor, and status of residents have undergone tremendous changes. Everyone feels a sense of relief and sincerely supports the new ruler.
The two of them went to the city with all their belongings and met with disappointment at the bus terminal. However, they hurried towards the market without making any arrangements for accommodation.
Since the food in Banshee Castle is controlled by big merchants, the two of them can't get the goods at all, so they can only try their luck in Cold Wind City. Before coming, they knew clearly that a trip from north to south would cost them at least a hundred dollars.
Fifty percent.
If you can get in-demand goods, it's not impossible to make several times the profit.
The market in the city is currently controlled by the 'Harmony Chamber of Commerce', which has stores for buying and selling different types of goods. Johnson is a spellcaster, so he first goes to the magic material store.
The store is in the central square of the city, and the Wizard's Tower is nearby. The two of them drove overnight and entered the city early in the morning. The store opened at ten o'clock, and they immediately rushed in to pick out the goods they wanted.
The store is like a chemical storage warehouse, with hundreds of sealed vials for display on the shelves. Each vial is labeled with the name, type and nature.
Johnson cheered when he came in. Regardless of the robe stumbling, he staggered to the cabinet on the shelf. A wizard apprentice came over to take a look, and asked without surprise: "Sir, what do you need?"
Johnson's hands and feet were shaking wildly, his eyes widening as he glanced back and forth at the category names on the shelves, mumbling the names of various spell-casting materials while breathing heavily.
Powell followed behind and asked hurriedly: "How is it? Do you have the goods? Don't go in vain. We borrowed a loan shark, and the interest is calculated on a daily basis. If we lose money, we are afraid that we will not be able to go back.
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Johnson didn't speak, just stared at the exhibits in the container.
Behind him, Powell's face turned red with anxiety. He simply took out a leaflet from his pocket and asked the wizard apprentice in the store: "Do you have all the goods on this?"
The wizard apprentice only glanced at them and knew what these two people were doing.
Arcee recently completed the coking process, and took advantage of the situation to re-distill the coal tar and wood tar collected at high temperature.
The composition of tar is complex, with tens of thousands of different chemical substances.
Mo Ji and Shu Mei trained a group of chemical apprentices to separate thousands of compounds such as phenols, hydrocarbons, benzene, and naphthalene from tar through heating, evaporation, condensation, and extraction.
Many of these compounds have magical effects in other worlds, which makes them extremely precious.
Normal wizards rely on extraction from natural animals, plants or minerals. The purity of magic materials is in the multiple digits, or even a few tenths, and most of them are impurities.
The magic materials produced by Arcee can be one or two orders of magnitude higher in purity, and their effectiveness reaches the point where quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.
The wizards of Cold Wind City are 'first come first to the moon', so they have obtained far more advanced materials than usual. Their spellcasting level has been greatly improved recently, and some people continue to advance to master stronger arcane spells and touch deeper magic nets.
In order to establish a strong image of himself, Zhou Qingfeng decided to sell some of the more 'common' pharmaceutical materials. He even made special advertising flyers and distributed them to the outside world in order to make more money.
The advertising flyers were spread. The wizards in the North didn't believe it at first, but they inevitably asked the merchants to buy some of them to try. After they confirmed the effect, they immediately swarmed in and couldn't stop them.
Nowadays, the Wizarding Tower in Cold Wind City is crowded with people, welcoming wizards who keep coming every day. Everyone wants to know where this high-purity magic material comes from?
Even if you can't get the secret recipe, it will be very convenient to conduct research nearby.
Wizards seem to be rich, but in fact they consume too much research, and just missing something on hand is enough for other classes to make a lot of money. But they themselves are also caught in a huge imbalance between costs and returns.
To conduct advanced experiments, high-end materials must be used, but high-end materials also mean high costs. The problem of the closed wizarding circle also means that there is too little comparison and exchange, and everyone is "reinventing the wheel."
Zhou Qingfeng only needs to reduce the price of materials to half of the 'normal' level, and all wizards in the North will be unable to sit still. If Cold Wind City implements a slightly more open policy, it will be able to harvest the talents that others have cultivated for decades.
The wizard apprentices in the store had already seen Powell's eagerness. He only nodded slightly and said: "Currently, all magic materials are in sufficient supply, but the price has increased by 20% compared to last week."
Hearing this, Johnson, who had been staring at the shelves, quickly turned around and looked at Powell. Both of them nodded sharply in unison - the price was still within the affordable range, and some were profitable.
"We need 'Oil of Naraku', 'Lemur Saliva', 'Pistil Extract of Piranha'..." Johnson named a dozen materials in one go.
These materials have long been circled on the flyer, and they are currently the best-selling goods. Transporting them to the Banshee Castle can increase the value two to three times. If they are transported to the war-torn Principality of Os, the value will increase even ten times.
Down.
The wizard apprentice curled his lips every time he heard a name. When he finally heard it, he couldn't help but say, "When purchasing goods in the future, don't use informal names. Noble wizards should use formal names, such as 'highly aromatic hydrocarbons'"
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It’s cool...
Both Johnson and Powell were sullen and silent. Only Dudu stood above his master at some point and shouted loudly: "Master, this apprentice is mocking you. He deliberately said that you don't understand to show that he is smarter."
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The apprentice's little thoughts were broken, and he was a little embarrassed. Johnson even shouted "Shut up", not wanting to hear his pet expose his shortcomings. The two parties did not want to argue, and it was serious to get the deal done quickly.
The transaction was carried out in the back room of the store. The apprentice brought the products in glass bottles, and Johnson appraised them on the spot. Each appraisal made him inexplicably excited.
Powell took out a small bag, which contained an easy-to-carry magic gem. The two of them misappropriated the intelligence funds given by the Banshee Castle, put all their wealth in advance, and even borrowed a loan shark at daily interest rates to collect 1,500 gold coins.
Seeing that the two of them were nervous and serious, but only took out so little money, the apprentice curled his lips again. This expression was caught by Dudu, and he yelled again - Master, he is calling you two poor people.