As night falls slowly, the sailors on the battleship are running and jumping excitedly. The climate here is much warmer, which is about the same as the breath of spring. The green trees on the shore are lush, and there are even birds and animals. Such climate phenomena make many people excited.
Zhang Hao looked at everyone, just smiled, and stood at the bow of the ship, continuing to chat with Zhao Dahe. The warm weather made Zhao Dahe think more, and Zhang Hao also took the opportunity to give some guidance. For such a
Zhang Hao cherished being an expert in astronomy.
Zhang Hao knows very well that his own abilities are limited after all, and he will ultimately have to rely on a large number of talents to realize his plan of touching the starry sky.
Because there were people on the shore, Zhang Hao asked the shopkeeper who came with the battleship to try to set up a stall on the shore, conduct transactions, and inquire about news and prices here.
The transaction process was relatively smooth. During the day, the battleship showed its strength, and everyone became more honest at night. Through some basic transactions, the shopkeepers gradually obtained a lot of useful information. The transaction continued until dawn, and both parties were very satisfied with the results of the transaction.
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And Zhang Hao also had a general understanding of the situation in Taotu Continent.
Unlike Fertile Continent, although Taotu Continent also has countries, the influence of sects is obviously higher than that of countries. The countries here are all affiliated with sects.
There are a total of nine large 'super holy places', or 'religions'. Most of the other sects, countries, etc. surround these religions.
Among them, the Ming Sect, the Xuan Ming Sect, the Daluo Sect, and the Jiuyou Sect have firmly controlled the trade in the east and northeast. The four major sects have jointly blocked the trade routes in the west and southwest.
Among them, Mingjiao and Xuanmingjiao are the most powerful.
The Lieyan Snow Mountain Sect is a bit special and somewhat mysterious.
The Holy Fire Sect, the Red Lotus Sect, the Inanimate Tianluo Sect, and the Heavenly Demon Sect are in an absolute and exploited position. They have also made expeditions to the East, but they can only be said to be brave. This is the same as the situation of the six Western countries such as Qixia Kingdom.
So similar.
It's just that there is still some room for exploitation by several sects in the East. The price of Peiyuan Dan fluctuates between about 5 spiritual stones to 8 spiritual stones. It is a bit expensive, but it is not unbearable and is lower than the cost of war.
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In addition, the reason why the Skeleton River has this name is because it flows through the Xuanming Sect and Wusheng Tianluo Sect, and the war between these two sects is the most intense. Corpses often float along the river into the sea. Over time,
, then the "Skeleton River" became such an "appropriate" name.
Zhang Hao and others discussed all this information for a long time, and before they knew it, it was already dawn.
The two warships waited at the mouth of the Skull River until the next morning, and the woman finally returned; but now she changed into a white dress, which made her look a little more cool. She also brought some people with her.
She came to the front of the battleship and said to Zhang Hao: "Master agrees to the transaction. But the price you gave yesterday... is a bit high! Master said, although your price is not bad, if it is as big as you said,
We cannot afford this price for a large-scale transaction!"
Zhang Hao smiled: "Then let the professionals talk. Senior, please come aboard and have a rest."
The woman suddenly smiled, a bit coquettishly: "Oh...you dare to let me go on the boat?"
"Um...don't you dare to board the ship, senior?"
"Humph!" The woman snorted and flew towards the bow of the Iron Duke battleship where Zhang Hao was. The barrier slowly faded, and the woman and the people around her also landed on the deck.
Zhang Hao kept smiling and welcoming on the surface, but he was full of vigilance in his heart. However, sometimes necessary risks are necessary, and Zhang Hao felt that this Red Lotus sect even brought negotiators and did not play tricks like summoning them.
, it still looks relatively credible.
The most important thing is that Zhang Hao has the confidence that the other party has already expressed his expectations for this transaction and even for future transactions in his words.
In fact, the situation in the West of the Taotu Continent and the Kingdom of Qixia are almost as urgent as the need for a lifeline of their own.
The woman slowly came to Zhang Hao. When Zhang Hao looked at it from a close distance, he was suddenly a little surprised. This woman had a long figure, but also plump and voluptuous. Her slightly cold face seemed to
He wore a dangerous smile. This look and demeanor made Zhang Hao's heart skip a beat: This feeling was like a ghost poppy grass, making people feel a little uneasy in his heart.
The woman slowly approached Zhang Hao, which made Chen Yansong behind Zhang Hao alert.
Finally, the woman stood about two meters in front of Zhang Hao, and her voice was a little cold: "Formal introduction, Hua Baixiang, the left protector of the Red Lotus Sect, in the middle stage of divine transformation!"
"Zhang Hao, the person in charge of Dayang Group...ah..."
Hua Baixiang suddenly took action, and her majestic momentum made Chen Yansong retreat. She grabbed Zhang Hao.
"Stop!" Chen Yansong was shocked, but couldn't get closer due to Hua Baixiang's momentum.
Zhang Hao was even more stupid. He didn't expect that the other party would actually take action? It was completely unexpected!
But the next moment, Zhang Hao's eyes widened.
Hua Baixiang grabbed Zhang Hao with one hand and spanked her ass. While spanking, she sneered, "Grandma? I asked you to call me grandma! I said yesterday that I was going to spank you. Didn't you forget? Little fart."
Boy, it’s okay to be so naughty.
After I enter the stage of becoming a god, you are the first one to disrespectfully call me Dharma protector or grandma when I meet you. If I don’t teach you a lesson, you don’t know how high the sky is!”
Zhang Hao is about to cry but has no tears. Damn...what the hell is this! It doesn't really hurt, but...it's embarrassing!
"That's enough!"
“Don’t you dare anymore!”
"If you don't let me down, I'll fight back!"
"Okay, you fight back and show me...if you dare to reach out and try it, believe it or not, I will break off your claws!"
Zhang Hao had to retract his half-stretched paw, and then glanced at Hua Baixiang over and over again with his powerful 'Ah Q Spirit' eyes. It must be said that this is a mature peach, which is bigger than
Young girls are even more exciting. Unfortunately, they dare not move...
Finally, Hua Baixiang threw Zhang Hao to Chen Yansong and snorted: "Boy, next time I hear you call me grandma, I will strip you naked and hang you at the intersection!"
Zhang Hao's face turned purple and he turned around and left: "You guys talk, I'll be quiet for a while..."
It was really embarrassing today. I was hung up and spanked in public... Young Master Zhang felt that his heart, liver and lungs had been severely bruised.
Next to them, the negotiators from both sides were stunned for a while, and finally continued.
The prices offered by Dayang Group are quite reasonable. For example, the most common Pei Yuan Dan costs 1 spiritual stone. The original Pei Yuan Dan costs 5 to 8 spiritual stones.
The black iron specially used for alchemy with a purity of 99% starts at 30 for high-grade spiritual stones. The original black iron used for alchemy here starts at more than 60, and the quality is far inferior to the black iron from Dayang Group.
There is also steel. The price is three times that of black iron of the same purity. This is the temporary market price, and the price is set by Dayang Group.
In addition, the two parties also proposed a cooperation agreement to exchange precious medicinal materials. Some precious medicinal materials that can refine elixirs above the Nascent Soul stage are often bartered.
The negotiation lasted for more than two days, and it basically ended at noon on the third day. The two parties negotiated each commodity separately. They also agreed that if new commodities appeared in the future, they would only be priced after negotiation.
In the afternoon, Master Zhang Hao walked to the deck with a straight face, and happened to see Hua Baixiang setting up a deck chair on the bow of the ship, leisurely watching the negotiations next to her. At this time, the negotiations were coming to an end, and the two sides were discussing the final details.
The one who signed the agreement on Zhang Hao's side was Dayang Group, and the one who signed the agreement on Red Lotus Sect's side was Hua Baixiang. If both of them signed the agreement, the agreement was considered completed. As for swearing, there is no such thing.
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However, Zhang Hao avoided talking about the artillery issue that Hua Baixiang asked about. This made Hua Baixiang look at Master Zhang with a... gloomy look!
A long time later, the "Skull River Trade Agreement" was highly praised. But along with the news of the agreement, there was also... the incident of Zhang Hao being spanked by Hua Baixiang~
The agreement was signed, and the warship officially entered the Skull River and sailed upstream.
Dugu Junjie flew ahead, responsible for observing the waterway. The Skull River has a high terrain, and it was quite difficult for the warship to go upstream. The warship could barely sail after turning on the water repellent formation.
Fortunately, the Skull River is a large river, with a width of about two kilometers and a narrowest point of 700 to 800 meters. After countless years of erosion, nature has opened up a channel on its own.
The boat walked about ten kilometers inland, and Zhang Hao saw that there seemed to be a large number of people on both sides of the strait busy, seeming to be arranging formations. He suddenly asked out of curiosity.
Zhang Hao had some doubts before. The beach is usually relatively desolate, but there are people here who don't say that Hua Baixiang, the left guardian, is still here.
"It's a coincidence that fine gold mines have been discovered here recently. Our Red Lotus Sect uses the flame formation to mine the mines. We directly smelt the mines to extract spiritual materials!"
"Ah..." Zhang Hao was shocked. At this moment, Zhang Hao suddenly realized: This is the world of cultivation, and the country of Qixia has been blocked in the past, with almost no contact with the outside world. So, was he a little arrogant in the past?
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After thinking for a moment, Zhang Hao asked: "Can I go up and take a look?"
"Let's go!" Hua Baixiang waved her hand, and a red flame lotus suddenly appeared and slowly floated in front of Zhang Hao. The flame lotus was crystal clear, like a crystal carving, and you couldn't feel the slightest warmth when you touched it lightly.
Zhang Hao carefully stepped onto the lotus platform, and one appeared at Hua Baixiang's feet. The two slowly floated forward, and Zhang Hao saw a scene that shocked him.
A huge formation is moving in mid-air. It is a piece of blooming lotus. It is nothing but a red lotus, a flaming red lotus. These lotus flowers are big and small, the big one is tens of meters, and the small one is more than ten meters.
However, only a small part of the lotus formation is working at this time.
The rocks or ores on the ground were swept up into the sky by spells and fell into the lotus; then they turned into rolling magma. The magma flowed into a magma pool along the grooves. The magma pool remained in a blazing white molten state and seemed to be waiting.
precipitation.
There are already several cooling magma pools nearby. In one of the solidified magma pools, craftsmen are using magic tools to carve out the rock. As the rock layer is broken, a layer of golden light appears below.
Hua Baixiang was very proud: "Adamantine is much heavier than rock. As long as the ore is melted, precipitated, and cooled, fine gold can be obtained. Using this method, when the formation is fully operational, we can dig out a building in a month
mine!"
Zhang Hao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, the world of cultivation... is really crazy! At this point, it is a bit difficult to achieve it with industrial means. But the formation... can really do it!
This gave Zhang Hao new thoughts: It seems that the Zhang family’s technology needs to be developed more boldly. Although the recent development is good, it can be faster!
Wait, all the practices and spells of the Red Lotus Sect seem to be related to flames. If we can get this information from the Red Lotus Sect...it's exciting to think about it. What is needed most for industrial development?
energy!
But most of the energy in industry is linked to high temperature. Smelting, casting, welding, distillation, steam turbines, etc., mostly use heat and high temperature!
Zhang Hao feels that this may be the next opportunity for Dayang Group to explode!
After returning to the battleship, the concept of 'welding' echoed in Zhang Hao's mind; but before, he searched all the training materials that could be found in Qixia Country and could not find any reference. Welding was not needed at all in the past.
Naturally, technology has not developed yet.
It is not that simple to develop welding technology out of thin air. Zhang Hao has to admit that he has heard of welding, but he has no idea about the principles of welding. After all, he is not omnipotent, and I envy those people.
Bring your own mobile phone with Internet connection after time travel.
Seeing Zhang Hao thoughtful, Hua Baixiang suddenly asked: "How do you open a mine there?"
Zhang Hao said casually: "We use explosives, which are the explosives inside the artillery. We drill holes in the mountains, put the explosives in them, and when they hit the mountain, they turn into powder. Then we can dig like sand.
But we mainly smelt black iron, and the separation of iron ore is a little more troublesome."
"Explosives...are you selling this explosive? I'm already very annoyed if the artillery is not for sale. If you dare to say no again, I will hang you up and hang you on the roadside!"
Zhang Ao:...This is not your attitude towards negotiation.
Well, Zhang Hao has now changed his mind, "Hua Hufa, it's not that I don't want to sell artillery, but... it's really inconvenient. I think this way:
You see, if all the cannonballs had to be purchased from us, we wouldn't be able to transport many cannonballs at one time.
The two ships combined can deliver 3,000 tons of artillery shells. A round trip will take at least 20 days.
And how many artillery shells are used in a war? In a war involving 100,000 people, we can fire 2,000 to 5,000 tons overnight!
So I’m thinking, it’s better to teach people to fish than to give them fish. But artillery technology is our core technology after all. This..."
Hua Baixiang looked at Zhang Hao with side eyes: "Boy, don't play tricks in front of me, you are still young. Tell me, why do you like us? Don't be careless, but you only have one chance!"
"Old... ahem... Protector Hua, if you speak so directly, it will be difficult for people to answer."
"Really, but you are so hypocritical, I don't even want to talk to you!"
"..." Zhang Hao took a deep breath, then another deep breath, and a stiff smile appeared on his face, "Okay, I'll just say it straight. I want some of your basic cultivation methods, formations, spells, and some production techniques.
wait."
"You want too much!"
"Artillery technology is not simple, it involves a lot of knowledge and secrets. Moreover, artillery is our core technology, and all I need is your general knowledge. We should be able to buy these things from the private sector!"
Hua Baixiang suddenly stopped talking. She turned to look at the artillery on the bow of the ship. The barrel of the 460mm artillery could fit a person into it, and the base of the barrel could almost hold two people together. Hua Baixiang's soul glanced at it carefully.
After observing the artillery for a long time, he finally nodded: "This... can be considered. But you have to report it to the master."
The battleship continued to move forward, and finally the river began to calm down, and a boundless lake appeared in front of everyone. There were also a few small islands on the lake. Flowers were blooming on the islands.
"What a beautiful lake!" Zhang Hao couldn't help but sigh.
"Beautiful?" Hua Baixiang smiled, and suddenly fired a fireball and flew to a small island ahead.
(Happy new week. The first update, 4500 words, awesome. I got up at 6:30.)