Zhang Hao is usually so busy that he really doesn't notice the family's elixir situation. But in Zhang Hao's impression, the family's elixir reserves should be quite large.
Ever since the Zhang family began to officially sell black iron specially used for alchemy, the Zhang family's reserve of elixirs has always been a top priority. How could it suddenly be insufficient?
Zhang Shengde shook his head slightly and said with some emotion: "Now the price of a Yuan Pei Dan in China has risen to more than 100 spirit stones, which is almost the price of the Foundation Establishment Dan in the East in the past.
Now the price of Foundation Establishment Pills here has increased to more than 3,000, and sometimes even 5,000 spirit stones may not be available.
Nowadays, when people buy our black iron and so on, they would rather pay for spiritual stones than elixirs.
And our family is a booming family. The main members of the family have exceeded 5,000 people, and we need a large amount of elixirs every moment.
Now I can still hold on for half a month, which is pretty good. Now many small and medium-sized families have no elixirs available."
Zhang Hao's heart tightened: "Is the situation already so serious?"
Zhang Shengye nodded and sighed: "Since the beginning of the war, the Eastern trade routes have been completely blocked; and the country has experienced several fluctuations, coupled with the country's large-scale purchases regardless of cost. Now the elixir market in Qixia Country is on the verge of collapse.
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Domestically, it is almost impossible to obtain elixirs anymore.
There is also a very serious issue within our family, and that is: rewards.
Since you started using elixirs as rewards, almost one-tenth of the elixirs in the family have been rewarded. Although the elixir reward system has greatly promoted the development of the family, it has now become the biggest burden on the family.
Especially Huang Mingshan and others, the elixirs at home are said to be all over the floor. Do you think you should let Huang Mingshan and others take out the unnecessary elixirs first for emergency use?"
Zhang Hao shook his head: "Second uncle, you can't get the rewards back. Besides, even if you want to get them back, at what price should we buy them back? At the original price? Or at the current price?
The strict reward system is the foundation for the recent vigorous development of the Zhang family. This rule cannot be touched!"
As he spoke, Zhang Hao took a deep breath, but his eyes became firm: "If there is a lack of elixirs, we must open up sources. Looking at the current situation, we can only open up a new path for elixirs!
In half a month... it is obviously too late for the giant steel ship being built. Then we can only... buy it from the country of Canglan for the time being, and try our best to support it until the giant steel ship is launched into the sea. That is the real hope!"
Zhang Shengde and Zhang Shengye glanced at Zhang Hao and finally nodded together. Now the main person in charge of the Zhang family is Zhang Hao; however, Zhang Shengde will still pay attention to the dynamics of the Zhang family and check for leaks and fill in the gaps. Zhang Shengye is mainly responsible for family security and other issues.
This elixir crisis has completely endangered the safety and development of the Zhang family.
However, Zhang Hao did not rush around in a hurry, but came to the "Dayang Group Headquarters" in Ninghe County to discuss the situation of Dayang Group with the representatives of the parties who stayed here.
As expected, the pill problem is also the most serious problem for Dayang Group. In other words, pills have become a long-standing problem for the entire Qixia Kingdom.
For cultivators, without the elixir, the four dishes and one soup for three meals a day become the leftovers for two meals a day. Although practice can still continue, this is absolutely unacceptable.
This is not only a matter of going from luxury to frugality, but also a consideration of the progress of overall practice. If the overall practice of an area is pulled apart, it is a very dangerous thing in this world of practice.
For example, the Kingdom of Qixia may not be able to withstand the attack of the Kingdom of Jinyang - although it is very difficult now, at least it can still persevere.
After a moment of discussion, Zhang Hao proposed: "On behalf of the entire Dayang Group, I am going to go to Gu Xingdong from the Country of Canglan and personally go to the Country of Canglan to discuss the purchase of elixirs with the Country of Canglan."
As soon as Zhang Hao said this, everyone immediately calmed down, and a light flashed in their eyes. But Mei Qianyun was more attentive: "Zhang Hao, it seems that the country of Canglan is not having a good time now. It is said that their port has also been destroyed by Langya."
The country took it away."
Zhang Hao nodded, stood up slowly, walked to a copied and enlarged version of "Kuodi Xiang", and said slowly: "This news should be true. But we only need to obtain a few pills from the Kingdom of Canglan.
Just get through the current crisis.
It is expected that the first giant steel ship will be launched in three months. Now the craftsmen are almost sleepless and need a lot of elixir support.
And as long as three months later, we should be able to go to sea smoothly, and then we will follow the coastline of Danyang Kingdom and Canglan Kingdom until we arrive at Langya Kingdom. When we get there, we will not dock, but directly on the sea with the people from the east.
Shipping trade."
Zhang Hao's fingers moved slowly on "Kuo Di Xiang", "According to the information we collected and preliminary calculations, starting from the coast of the Zhang family to the coast of Langya Kingdom, it is about 8,000 kilometers.
Also according to Yeyuelou's investigation results, merchant ships from the East mainly need high-grade spiritual stones, some high-grade medicinal materials, fine gold, mithril and other high-grade spiritual materials.
The items we can trade with the East include high-grade spiritual stones, top-notch black iron specially used for alchemy, and steel.
According to the survey, the purity of black iron specially used for alchemy from the East rarely reaches 99.7%; so we can trade it with purity above 99.8%.
There is also steel. Everyone has seen the excellent properties of steel.
That’s all for now, do you have anything to add?”
At a time when the country of Qixia is facing the danger of national subjugation, in this temporary headquarters, in this somewhat simple conference room, everyone is discussing a transaction plan that transcends the traditional significance of the country.
"I have a question." Mu Pengcheng said, "I'm afraid it's going to be difficult for the country of Canglan now. How can we impress them and make them willing to exchange precious elixirs?"
Zhang Hao didn't even think about it: "High-purity black iron, steel, and... artillery! Especially artillery.
For the time being, the Zhang family does not plan to sell the artillery directly, but plans to sell the artillery to Dayang Group first and then sell it through Dayang Group."
This is the result of Zhang Hao's careful consideration. Today's Dayang Group still needs support. The most important thing is for everyone to get together and work together. Zhang Hao needs to use these means to tie everyone to his own chariot.
Also, foreign transactions require the help of collective strength. The Zhang family alone is a bit weak.
Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Hao spoke out, everyone was immediately happy. Black iron, steel, and artillery were all provided by the Zhang family. Although everyone was happy, they were not stingy. They had not been influenced by the commercial explosion, so everyone was more or less simple.
Other representatives all said that some provide high-grade spiritual stones, some provide medicinal materials, and some provide spiritual materials such as spiritual wood. Of course, fine gold, mithril, etc. are also indispensable. Even in the world of cultivation, fine gold and mithril are hard.
Currency, natural money, is equally scarce.
After discussing for a long time, the young master of the Zheng family, Zheng Shaojie, spoke up: "I think we have had enough contact with the Country of Canglan, maybe we can try to contact the Country of Taihua.
The country of Canglan had previously threatened Zhongshu Ling Guan Zhengqing, saying that the country of Qixia could only cooperate with them.
Now we are communicating in the name of Dayang Group, why don't we go to the country of Taihua?
We can’t put all our eggs in one basket, and we can’t just cooperate with the Country of Canglan!”
Zhang Hao slid his finger on "Kuo Di Xiang": "It's not that we don't want to, but it's temporarily inconvenient. If you want to go to the Kingdom of Taihua, you need to go north, around the Kingdom of Zhoushan and the Kingdom of Zhongshan, and then you can arrive.
The Kingdom of Taihua. And the result is still unknown.
In contrast, when we go to the Kingdom of Canglan, we only need to pass through the Kingdom of Danyang from the south. Moreover, we can move closer to the desolate area by the sea.
The result of heading to the Country of Canglan is predictable, and the process of progress is minimally dangerous; Gu Xingdong and others have already gone through it once.
Especially now that the army of Jinyang Kingdom has been deployed in large numbers to the battlefield of Qixia Kingdom, the resistance from Danyang Kingdom is also much smaller.
Moreover, there are five flying boats coming from the country of Canglan this time, which are the best means of transportation.
What we need now is to get through the most difficult three months. Therefore, I think we should not take risks and add additional changes for the time being.
Only when we open up the sea channel can we truly take the initiative."
"I agree with Zhang Hao's plan!" Mei Qianyun was the first to express her stance.
Then everyone started to vote by show of hands, and finally Zhang Hao won more than 80% support. The shareholders' representative meeting once again exerted its strong vitality at this moment.
Zhang Hao smiled: "Then, let's temporarily open up a path to the elixir, a temporary lifeline!"
(Double monthly pass from the 25th to the 30th of this month.)