Chapter 228 Tiannan Trade Fair Merchants Safety Transportation Flights

The six factions of Yue State received a letter from the Ten-Nation Alliance.

It turns out that the Tiannan Continent holds a trade fair every hundred years.
In the past, it was held in turn by Fengdu Kingdom of the Righteous Alliance and Tianluo Kingdom of the Six Sects of Demonic Path.

After all, the Tiandao League in the north of Tiannan Continent was established after the six sects of the Demonic Path invaded the Kingdom of Yue.
Previously, the Nine-Nation Alliance was busy fighting the Mulan people and was even driven to the city of Khotan. They only repelled the Mulan attack with the help of the "Shangyuan Extinguishing Light Array".

But now the situation has changed!
As the Righteous Alliance and the Six Demonic Sects annexed the surrounding countries,

The countries represented by the newly formed Tiandao League in the northern part of Tiannan Continent are not confident in participating in the trade fair hosted by either the righteous or the evil.
However, the Tiandao League itself does not have a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage, and its strength is not enough to control the situation.

I don't have the strength to host it, and I don't trust either the righteous or evil side.
Therefore, the Tiandao Alliance simply proposed that the next Centennial Trade Conference be hosted by the Ten-Nation Alliance!

The organizers of such a trading event would make staggering profits, so the Ten-Nation Alliance would naturally be very happy about it.

I am writing now to ask for the opinions of the six factions of Yue State on this matter.

It’s actually just canvassing for votes.

Wouldn't it be better to hold it in Yue State? It happens to be the center of the entire Tiannan Continent.

However, Sun Zecheng also understood that this was just wishful thinking.

Geographic location is only one consideration.

The key is to have a big boss who can control the situation!
Otherwise, the Tiandao League would have applied to host the event itself and would not have nominated the Ten-Nation Alliance.

After all, the Tiandao Alliance has dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators. What it lacks is just a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage.

Think about it, the six sects of Yue State have less than ten Nascent Souls in total, which is not good enough.

The power is still very weak!

There is no way. The Six Demonic Sects have a grudge against each other, but the Righteous Alliance has no contact with them at all. They are also the same group that is expanding everywhere. They are the same in essence as the Six Demonic Sects, with only a difference in name.

We can only support the Ten-Nation Alliance.

"Support. Huangfeng Valley supports the Ten-Nation Alliance to host the trade conference." Sun Zecheng expressed his opinion on the spot.

The six factions of Yue State were once members of the Ten-Nation Alliance, and were familiar with Tiantian City, which was not far away.
Huang Fenggu, the new leader of the six factions of Yue State, expressed his agreement first, and the remaining five factions were easy to deal with.

"The Six Factions of Yue State support the Ten-Nation Alliance in hosting the Tiannan Centennial Trade Conference!"

The envoys of the Ten-Nation Alliance returned with satisfied replies from the six factions of Yue State.

……

When it comes to the century-old trade fair in Tiannan Continent, Sun Zecheng finds it puzzling.

It only happens once every hundred years, the time interval is ridiculously long!

Could it be that if you are short of a certain elixir or material and you miss a trading conference, you will have to wait for decades or even a hundred years?

What do the immortal cultivators in Tiannan Continent think?

Shouldn’t the demand for transactions exist at all times?

Also, there are auctions or swap meets going on all day long.

These trading methods are extremely inefficient!

auctions,
It would take a whole day to auction a dozen or dozens of items at a time!
In fact, the sellers and auction houses teamed up to rip off the buyers who were eager to buy the goods.
Sun Zecheng himself never buys anything at auctions!
Of course, after the flow of people increases, Huangfeng Valley will still open an auction house.

Not buying it yourself is one thing, and making money from it is another.

As for exchange meetings, they are usually very small circles.
A few or a dozen Yuanying-stage monsters sneak around like thieves. If you take something out, they will take something out too.

Anyone who says they want to exchange something is what it is.

In this kind of direct exchange, the mutual demand matching may be extremely low.
To make a deal, you need to have something that the other party lacks and wants, while what the other party has is exactly what you want!
How can there be so many coincidences?
There is also valuation, which means what you bring out has to be exactly equal to what the other party brings out!
Your Geng Jing is what I need, and my Yao Dan is what you want.
The problem is that Geng Jing is worth one hundred thousand, and my demon pill is worth seventy or eighty thousand. Will you exchange it with me?
How can everything be just right? Are you writing a novel?

Originally, the spiritual stones naturally formed in the world of immortal cultivation were used as a currency, a pricing basis, and the most ideal medium of exchange.

Now that we have spirit stones as currency, we are going to return them and hold an exchange meeting?

We are falling further and further behind!
But others' backwardness is our opportunity!

So what if the once-in-a-century Tiannan Trade Fair is hosted by your Ten-Nation Alliance?
The Spiritual Beast Mountain Safe Trade Zone of my Huangfeng Valley does not trade once every 100 years.
What I want to create is a normal market where transactions are conducted every day, 365 days a year!
I don’t organize any auctions or exchanges. All my goods are clearly priced in Spirit Stones!
The products in my market are mainly materials and spiritual medicines commonly used by cultivators, and they are mainly aimed at cultivators below the Golden Core stage!
When the flow of people increases and more people come and go, if there is a need for scarce materials or some rare goods to sell, isn't it just a matter of listing them for purchase or sale?
In short, the most important thing is to create a market with the largest normalized flow of people!

Sun Zecheng's originally calm heart suddenly became hot again.

……

The State of Yue is located in the center of the Tiannan Continent, making it the most ideal commodity distribution center!

The lack of traffic is simply due to insufficient publicity and lack of investment attraction!

Since the Ten-Nation Alliance is here to canvass for votes, we can also go out and attract investment!
Do it!
Attract investment!

Set up the Lingshou Mountain Safe Trade Zone!

Sun Zecheng took the map of the Lingshou Mountain Safe Trade Zone.

According to the natural locations of the four major forces, a large reserved area was demarcated in the southeast, northwest, and northeast of the safe trade zone.

It is envisioned that these are the four major development zones reserved for the Ten-Nation Alliance, the Righteous Alliance, the Heavenly Alliance, and the Six Demonic Sects.

But there is always a big problem.

It's a question of strength.

What makes Huangfeng Valley unable to compare with Tianxing City is that under Tianxing City, the Twin Saints of Tianxing are invincible!
But Huang Fenggu can't do that!
Take this imagined development zone for example. How many Yuanying-level monsters from the four major forces would be allowed to move in?
These four major forces each have between eighty and one hundred Nascent Souls.

Just a few Nascent Souls stationed there would be enough to make Huangfeng Valley nervous!
What if there are more than a dozen Yuanying?
Grand planning and vision must be matched with strength!
If you take big steps, you may break your balls easily, so start with small steps.

Sun Zecheng turned his attention to the Yuanwu Kingdom in the north.
After all, the Yuanwu Kingdom originally helped the Yue Kingdom to resist the six sects of the evil way. After the Yue Kingdom was restored, it also helped the three sects of the Yuanwu Kingdom to restore the Yuanwu Kingdom.

It can be said to be a half-alliance relationship.

Let's start with this friendly country.

Diplomacy is about doing business, and it is appropriate to give this job to Elder Yang.
Call Master Li Huayuan and Elder Yang,
Let Master Li Huayuan take over Elder Yang's work of patrolling the southern line and maintaining public order, and let Elder Yang go north to Yuanwu State to solicit investment.

Who knew that just as Sun Zecheng finished speaking,

Master Li Huayuan immediately said that he had many acquaintances and friends in Yuanwu Country.

He had lived by the Panlong River in Yuanwu Kingdom for thirty years and had seen many Jindan elders from the three sects of Yuanwu Kingdom.

Just leave the matter of attracting investment for Yuanwu Kingdom to him!

Sun Zecheng was unsure whether Master Li Huayuan could do it, and was hesitating.

When Elder Yang heard what Li Huayuan said, he went with the flow and said that he had no acquaintances in the three sects of Yuanwu Kingdom. Since Elder Li had acquaintances, then Elder Li was more suitable than me.

The Yang family has always been the second-hand dealer of Fenglin Pavilion. Elder Yang's patrol of the southern line is just to ensure the safety of his own trafficking team, which is a combination of public and private interests.

Li Huayuan saw that Sun Zecheng was silent and knew that he was worried, so he immediately said, "Master, don't worry. We at Fenglin Pavilion have demon pills for sale. This alone is definitely enough to convince Yuanwu Nation."

All right, anyway, the three sects of Yuanwu Kingdom have a good relationship and are easy to deal with.

"The key is not to sell goods. Demonic pills are scarce in Tiannan Continent, so selling goods is easy. The key is to get the three sects of Yuanwu Country to settle in our safe trade zone."

"The three sects of Yuanwu State each have their own specialties in talismans, formations, and refining equipment, which can just enrich the variety of goods in the safe trade zone."

"They will definitely be happy! The problem is that if we allow them to settle in and sell goods directly, they will snatch away our Huangfeng Valley's business of producing talismans, formations, and refining equipment. Master, you should think twice," said Li Huayuan.

"This question..." Sun Zecheng pondered for a moment and continued:

"If the products of our Yellow Maple Valley are not good, outsiders will not buy them. Even if we are behind closed doors, our own family will still pay a high price for inferior products."

“If you can’t compare performance, then compare price. If you can’t compare both performance and price, you will naturally be eliminated.”

"That's it."

"That's good, Master. I'll set off now." Li Huayuan was about to say goodbye.

"Wait, there is one more thing. Regardless of whether the three sects of Yuanwu Kingdom move in or not, we will work with the three sects of Yuanwu Kingdom to open a safe transportation flight from Lingshou Mountain to the three sects of Yuanwu Kingdom." "Safe transportation flight?"

Sun Zecheng pointed at Elder Yang and said, "Elder Yang is now patrolling back and forth between the safe trade zone and the border post of Zijin Country. In this way, merchants traveling between the two places can follow Elder Yang's patrol team to ensure the safety of the merchants on the road."

"The so-called safe transportation flight means that we will order a large flying magic tool and have it operated by the patrol team. After collecting some spirit stones, everyone can ride on the flying magic tool."

"We will both set up a large post station at the border and transfer at the border. We will be responsible for safety when entering Yue State, while the three clans of Yuanwu State will be responsible for the Yuanwu State section."

"This way, the guests can take the large flying instruments regularly, and the Golden Core Elders will protect their safety. Even those in the Qi Refining Stage with extremely slow flight speeds can take the flying instruments to travel safely and quickly between the Three Sects of Yuanwu State and Spirit Beast Mountain."

"Good idea!" The Yang family is a middleman and they deeply understand what safe round-trip transportation means. As soon as Sun Zecheng finished speaking, Elder Yang couldn't help but praise him.

"Since Elder Li has applied to go to Yuanwu Country, Elder Yang will go to the Ten-Nation Alliance on my behalf and discuss with them about opening a safe transportation flight from Lingshou Mountain to Tiantian City."

"Yes, sir!" Elder Li and Elder Yang said in unison.

……

Elder Yang went to the Ten Nations Alliance to communicate.
The attitude of the Ten-Nation Alliance was ambiguous. They neither rejected it outright nor agreed. They just said they would consider it, and the matter was left unanswered.

However, Master Li Huayuan's mission to the three sects of Yuanwu Kingdom went surprisingly smoothly.

Most of the formations, talismans, and magic tools are produced for sale.

As a production-oriented sect, upon hearing the invitation to move into the safe trade zone, we immediately agreed in principle.

In addition to the warm hospitality, the three sects were also very considerate and selected some of their own products as gifts for the visiting Elder Li and Sect Leader Sun!
And sent the Jindan Elder to accompany Elder Li to the Lingshou Mountain Safe Trade Zone to discuss the details.

Sun Zecheng was still moved after receiving three gifts, although they were not worth much, only about five or six hundred yuan.

Speaking of which, the six sects of Yue State had the most exchanges. As soon as Sun Zecheng became the head of the sect, the golden elixir elders of the other five sects came to visit him.

But always come empty-handed and return empty-handed!

Even earlier, the seven sects of Yue State met in the Bloody Forbidden Land.

As the host of Huangfeng Valley, only Li Huayuan led his disciples to arrive early, and they just chatted and that was it!

Not to mention gifts, there's not even a cup of spiritual tea!

This is what we call playing the role of a good host!

This production-oriented sect is different!
It’s both a treat and a gift!
Reciprocity,
Since Master Li Huayuan was warmly received in Yuanwu Kingdom, Sect Leader Sun also warmly entertained the visiting Jindan elders from the three sects of Yuanwu Kingdom.

Among the Jindan elders at Lingshou Mountain, except for Elder Lei who was in seclusion, Elder Li, Elder Huang, and Elder Yang were all there to accompany him.

By the way, invite the leaders of the other five sects of Yue State to accompany you.

In the meeting hall of Lingshou Mountain,

In addition to spiritual tea, spiritual wine and spiritual fruit,

Sun Zecheng also took out two level five monsters, the Green Scaled Fish Monster, weighing two to three hundred kilograms, and a level six monster, the Glazed Beast, weighing over a thousand kilograms, from his storage bag.

"This was purchased by this leader from a sea merchant. It's a rare occasion that a distinguished guest has come to visit us today, so let's share it together." In fact, it was left by Sun Zecheng himself while hunting.

Sun Zecheng processed it on the spot, took out the demon pill, and peeled the skin directly with scales. The fifth-level demon beast skin is the material for making intermediate talismans.
The remaining meat will be the delicacy for entertaining guests.

Each portion contained about ten pounds of fish meat and about twenty pounds of glazed beast meat, which were placed on jade plates in front of the Jindan elders.

how to eat?
Sun Zecheng doesn’t know how to cook, so naturally he could only make the simplest barbecue.

"Grill it yourself!" Sun Zecheng said as he took out the red Luotian furnace used for refining tools.

"There are various seasonings on everyone's table. If you like spicy food, add spicy, if you like salty, add salt, if you don't like fishy food, add spirit wine. In short, you can adjust the taste according to your own taste."

Every Jindan elder has to refine magic weapons, so naturally they all have their own refining furnaces.

They followed suit and used their refining furnaces to barbecue on the spot.

The Xianjia storage bag has a strong fresh-keeping function. Although it has been stored for almost a year, it is still fresh.

Soon, the entire Lingshou Mountain meeting hall was filled with fragrance.

……

"It smells really good," said Elder Hu of the Tianxing Sect.

"It's delicious!" said Elder Bai from the Divine Weapon Sect.

"Delicious!" said Cangsongzi from Wanmiao Temple.

"This fish is so fresh." said Elder Xiao of Tianque Castle.

"How can fish meat be as fragrant as the meat of this beast! Master Sun, what is the name of this beast?" said Elder Hu of the Tianxing Sect.

"I think it's called Glazed Beast? I don't know much about these seafood." Sun Zecheng said casually
"It doesn't matter what kind of beast it is, as long as it tastes good!" said Elder Bai from the Divine Weapon Sect.

"It's delicious, eat as much as you can. As you can see, there is still a lot of meat left," Sun Zecheng greeted warmly.

"Speaking of which, we have been fasting for a long time, but I didn't expect that we could eat so much today." Fu Yunzi said.

"You are fasting on ordinary grains, but this is spiritual flesh that contains the essence, blood and spiritual energy of monsters. How can they be compared?" Elder Qian of Huadaowu said.

"Thank you, Master Sun, for your hospitality. These sea beasts are rare to see!" said Elder Hu of the Tianxing Sect.

"Not to mention sea beasts, even the monsters on land are hard to come by," said Elder Qi from the Divine Weapon Sect.

"Master Sun is really capable of getting these seafood," said Fu Yunzi of Qingxu Sect.

"It's just a coincidence. What can I do about it?"

Sun Zecheng said calmly, then picked up the cup: "Drink!"

"Drink!" Everyone picked up their cups and drank them all.

……

After three rounds of wine, they had eaten most of the meal.

Sun Zecheng spoke casually, starting with the launch of flights:
"Elder Hu, Elder Bai, Cang Songzi, the three elders, regarding the opening of safe transportation flights..." At this point, Sun Zecheng deliberately paused.
Elder Bai of the Divine Weapon Sect immediately rushed to speak up, "No problem! This is a great thing, and we at the Divine Weapon Sect absolutely support it! And moving in is also supported, but we hope that Sect Leader Sun can lower the rent and collect less tax."

Elder Hu of Tianxing Sect and Cangsongzi of Wanmiao Temple also echoed: "Yes, we are absolutely supportive, and we just want to specify the land rent and taxes for settlement."

If he hadn't mentioned it, Sun Zecheng wouldn't have realized that the Tiannan Continent had no standards for taxes, land rents, etc., and everyone did their own thing.

Maple Forest Pavilion did not collect taxes when it went to Tiantian City before, but at that time it was a member of the Ten-Nation Alliance in Beiliang Kingdom.

Of course, most places prohibit outside sects from opening shops and selling goods.

The market town of a sect is the sect and its vassal families, or at most, allies like the Six Sects of Yue State. Only those who are highly trusted can go there.

"We will specially allocate a piece of land to you three families. The first hundred years will be free of rent, and the tax will only be a percentage point from the seller." Sun Zecheng said straightforwardly.

There is no land rent and the tax is only one percent, which is really favorable!
"Okay! Thank you, Master Sun!" Cangsongzi of Wanmiao Temple said happily.

"Master Sun is so generous!" said Elder Bai of the Divine Weapon Sect.

"Thank you so much. Which piece of land? Where is it located?" Elder Hu of Tianxing Sect asked impatiently.
Sun Zecheng took out a map and marked out three adjacent plots of land in the northern part of the safe trade zone in the reserved development area reserved for the Tiandao League.

Elder Hu also asked about the restrictions on permanent personnel, such as the number of people allowed, the cultivation level limit, and other regulations.

It just so happened that Sun Zecheng had been worried that there were too many Nascent Souls coming, which would put a lot of pressure on the safety of Spirit Beast Mountain.
Taking this opportunity, we simply limit the residence level to Jindan. Jindan doesn’t matter.

"The cultivation level of the stationed personnel is limited to Jindan or below. Each sect can send a maximum of two Jindan."

“As for other regulations”

I also gave them three copies of "Instructions for Entering the Area". Since they came back with Li Huayuan as guests, they were not given these.

"After the three companies move in, we will add corresponding content to the introduction of the trade zone."

(End of this chapter)