After the boat passes Tianmen Pass, the rest of the waterway is easy to travel, all going down the river.
Sail along the canal for more than a hundred miles and enter the Yuemachuan River.
The upper reaches of the Yuemachuan River are only more than three feet wide.
After the canal merged, the width of the river suddenly expanded to nearly 30 feet.
The river channel downstream of the Yuemachuan River has also been artificially widened.
The river bank is very neat, and there is no situation where the river water is unfettered and flows in all directions.
After sailing westward for more than two thousand miles along the Yue Machuan River, we arrived at Heyun Lake.
Heyun Lake is roughly a circular lake with a small area and a diameter of less than two hundred miles.
This scale was only achieved after the canal was dug and the Zhuoshui River was poured into it.
Wang Daoyuan has stayed in Lvliuzhou for nearly twenty years and is used to seeing Baichuan Lake. Looking at Heyun Lake again, it is too small.
Near the shore, there is freshly submerged grass under the water.
It seems that after the canal was dug, the lake surface expanded a lot.
The water in the center of the lake is very deep, at least thirty or forty feet.
The place where Heyun Lake is located is a natural depression.
The terrain on its east, west and north sides is very high, and the rivers all converge towards Heyun Lake.
Only the southeast corner of the lake is low-lying, and the lake water flows out from here to form a stream called Heyun Creek.
Heyun River is five to six feet wide, only over one foot deep, and the water flow is very gentle.
This amount of flow is simply not comparable to the amount of water diverted from Tianmen Pass.
In the future, the water level of Heyun Lake will continue to rise, and the flow of Heyun Creek will become larger and larger until the water level of Heyun Lake becomes stable.
At this time, Wang Daoyuan finally understood that these families in Heyang County had big plans.
The purpose of digging through Tieping Mountain was not only to connect water transportation in the northern parts of the two counties, but also to allow for development to the south.
If half of the water in Zhuoshui Creek is diverted into Heyun Lake, the water flow in Heyun Creek will surge. Even in normal years, it can flow southward into Wanchuan River, so navigation is not a problem.
In this way, once the families in the northern part of Heyang County become stronger, they can also expand their business to the southern part of Heyang County through waterways.
Digging through Tieping Mountain solved the problem of lack of resources in the northern part of Heyang County, providing bright development prospects for the families in the northern part of Heyang County. It also solved the problem of resource backlog in Qingli County, killing three birds with one stone.
The ancestors of these families are really far-sighted!
Yuemachuan River joins from the east of Heyun Lake, and Heyun Creek is in the southeast corner of Heyun Lake.
Heyun Hufang City is being built on the shore of the lake between the mouth of the Yuemachuan River and Heyun Creek.
It is convenient to receive resources shipped from Qingli County and to do business with the forces in the southern part of Heyang County.
However, the market is not yet complete, and only dozens of shops near the mouth of the Yuemachuan River have been completed.
The layout of the market is very particular. The entire market looks like a rake, with the teeth of the rake extending into the lake.
There is a street on each rake tooth. There are shops on both sides of the street. Behind each shop is a small dock, which maximizes the function of water transportation.
There are only a few scattered shops on the lakeshore and a thoroughfare connecting the rakes.
These rake tines are paved with rocks and are more than two feet above the water surface, taking full account of the fact that the water level of Heyun Lake will continue to rise in the future.
As soon as the Wang family's spirit ship arrived, more than a dozen people immediately came to greet it. The five or six people in front were all foundation-building monks, and they should be the clan leaders of each family. The leader was none other than Li Xinghe.
The spirit boat docked at the first rake closest to the mouth of the Yuemachuan River, and the three members of the Wang family disembarked from the boat and landed.
Li Xinghe is a foundation-building monk, and Wang Daoyuan, as the only foundation-building monk in the Wang family on this trip, naturally has to be at the front.
Li Xinghe cupped his hands and said: "Young friend Wang, you are well. We are here, hoping for the stars and the moon, and finally our little friend is here."
Wang Daoyuan replied: "The mountains are high and the water is far away, and I am not familiar with the waterways. I walked slowly and kept you seniors waiting for a long time.
There are still important matters in the clan, and the clan leader cannot come in person. I hope all seniors will forgive me."
Li Xinghe waved his hand and said: "The Wang family has a big business and many affairs. How can the patriarch go out easily? We are very satisfied that my little friend can come.
Come on, please, let’s talk about business matters slowly.”
Under the guidance of Li Xinghe, Wang Daoyuan and the other three came to a hall that looked very much like the Wang family meeting hall.
Everyone sat down separately, and Li Xinghe asked: "I wonder, what spiritual objects did the Wang family bring with them here?"
Wang Daoyuan replied: "The Wang family is weak, with a small territory and few industries.
This time, only ten kinds of first-order ores and two kinds of second-order ores were brought; twelve kinds of first-order spiritual trees and one kind of second-order spiritual trees.
However, we don’t bring much of each resource, so the clan leader wants to bring samples first to see what the price is.”
When they heard that there were more than twenty kinds of resources, and three types of second-level ones, several foundation-building monks became excited at that time.
Li Xinghe asked: "I don't know what types they are. Can Xiaoyou Wang give me some answers?"
Wang Daoyuan introduced Wang Zhihe and Wang Daochang to everyone, saying: "This is my tenth uncle, the elder in charge of business in the Wang family.
This person is my second brother, the elder in charge of the mines and forestry of the Wang family.
If you want to ask about the types of ores and spiritual trees, my second brother can answer them.
Questions about transactions can be answered by my uncle, my tenth uncle."
Wang Daochang introduced the information about the ores and spiritual trees he brought in detail.
Li Xinghe asked: "I wonder how much of this green jade bamboo the Wang family can provide?
Although this thing is not rare in Qingli County, in the northern part of Heyang County, it is a rare good thing."
The second-level spiritual wood brought by the Wang family is the Green Jade Bamboo. Although this thing is not a tree, it is generally classified as a spiritual wood when traded.
Wang Daochang replied: "The Wang family has not been cultivating this jade bamboo for a long time, and only four or five mature bamboos are produced every year, and they are sold to the Yang family. At most two plants can be sold to Heyun Hufang City every year.
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It takes twenty years for the green jade bamboo to grow before it can be used to refine magic weapons.
A complete green jade bamboo can be used to refine up to five second-level low-grade swords.
Considering the success rate, the average weapon refiner can only produce two or three weapons, and the price of each weapon is about 2,000 spirit stones.
Over in Qinglifang City, the price of a green jade bamboo plant is generally around one thousand spiritual stones.
Wang Daoyuan ordered the boat people to carry a green jade bamboo to the door.
Several foundation-building monks immediately swept over with their spiritual consciousness, and then communicated through sound transmission with their spiritual consciousness.
Afterwards, Li Xinghe made a bid: "How about a green jade bamboo like this that costs two thousand spiritual stones?"
Of course, this was just to test the price. The three members of the Wang family just smiled and said nothing.
Li Xinghe sighed and said: "Three thousand at most. In Heyang County, although there were no outsiders selling resources before, there were still monks selling magic weapons.
A second-level low-grade magic weapon contains more than 3,000 spiritual stones.
If the price of green jade bamboo is higher, those of us who refine weapons will have no profit."
The three members of the Wang family communicated with each other with their spiritual consciousness and nodded in agreement with the price.