After the fog, I became a birdman

Chapter 159 The 2nd Year Rainy Season

The teleportation space inside the altar is a white room without a door. There is nothing here, and the outside cannot be seen from the inside. It is a completely enclosed space, just like a confinement room, but it is not like a confinement room. That creates psychological pressure on people.

Because he was alone and didn't know how long it would take to teleport, Liu Xingjie always felt that the time in it was extremely long.

When he stayed inside for about 25 seconds, he tentatively raised his head and shouted: "Hey, is there anyone?"

Of course no one here responded to him, and if they did, it would be a horror story.

"Have……"

Just as he was about to continue shouting, the scene in front of him suddenly changed. The sky was still dark and heavy with rain, but the altar under his feet was not in the stagnant water, and the surrounding valleys also turned into a vast wilderness.

In front of him was a group of men, women and children who were also wearing animal skin clothes and exuding a faint smell of the sea. Everyone was talking around the altar. When he came over, he happened to hear the last few words.

"……Bright."

What's on?

Before Liu Xingjie could figure it out, the group of people stared at him curiously again, as if they were looking at some alien species, and they were still talking.

"Someone really came over."

"Why are you alone?"

"Just now when the table is lit, is it teleportation?"

Liu Xingjie took a deep breath, glanced at the people in front of him, and raised his most cordial smile: "Hello everyone, I am Liu Xingjie from the Hope Base Management Department, are you?"

In front of the crowd, the acting mayor who had been silently observing Liu Xingjie heard that he was a member of the Hope Base, secretly thinking that Qi Jiang really didn't lie to them.

"We are island residents." The old man deliberately coughed lightly to shut everyone up, "Our town hasn't been named yet, and I'm the acting mayor of the town, Gu Hongguo."

"It turned out to be Mayor Gu. It's a pleasure to meet you." Liu Xingjie wrote down the name.

"Why do you want you to be the only one in the base?" Mayor Gu was a little curious, staring at Liu Xingjie with cloudy eyes, with a slight sense of oppression.

Liu Xingjie, who is more oppressive than him, has seen a lot, so naturally he will not feel pressured, so he replied very calmly: "I'll try this teleportation array to see if it works."

Mayor Gu's eyes lit up: "Is it easy to use?"

Liu Xingjie smiled and nodded: "It's very easy to use, just stay in it for less than half a minute and you can be teleported over."

"Is your base really that far away from our island? I heard it's [-] million kilometers." A man behind Mayor Gu asked suddenly.

Liu Xingjie was overwhelmed by the words "[-] million kilometers", subconsciously stunned for a moment, but soon came back to his senses, and still smiled as kindly as before: "I'm not sure how far it is, but before our base I have sent people out to sea, but have never found any other land.”

After he finished answering, he felt that it was not good to be asked all the time, and began to inquire about the situation of the island with some seemingly insignificant questions. However, Mayor Gu was also very shrewd, and only gave some ambiguous answers. Later, Liu Xingjie suddenly changed the subject of the question , and only then did I get some answers I wanted.

On the other hand, because he didn't go back for a while, Deputy Zhang subconsciously looked at the communication jade talisman that matched Liu Xingjie on his body, and found that it hadn't changed from stone to jade, and felt a little worried.

Now I don’t know what the teleportation is all about. It was agreed to teleport to the opposite side and come back. When the time comes, several teams will go over to check the situation first. It turns out that 5 minutes have passed and no one has come back.

Sensing his movements, Master Geng glanced at the worry on Deputy Zhang's face: "Xiao Zhang, stay safe and don't be impatient."

Deputy Zhang snorted, put down his hand, and looked at the teleportation array nervously.

Keeping in mind that Liu Xingjie, who came back after inquiring about the situation, did not keep them waiting for too long. About 5 minutes later, he clarified the situation with the island residents outside the teleportation array and teleported back with spirit stones.

It was still the same white room, this time Liu Xingjie had the bottom line in his mind, and began to count the seconds accurately. After 29 seconds passed, the scene in front of him changed again, and he met a bunch of people again.

The difference is that last time I saw a bunch of strangers, but this time I saw people I know well.

Liu Xingjie's eyes lit up: "Report to the officers, there is no problem with the teleportation array, the opposite is indeed an island, when I teleport to it..."

He carefully talked about everything during and after the teleportation, and Commander Geng nodded slightly when he heard someone waiting over there: "Okay, Xiao Liu, you take a group of people to the town to check the situation first, remember to take Take everyone away, Xiao Li, after 10 minutes, you lead a team of people to find out the situation of the island secretly."

Liu Xingjie and Li Wei said in unison: "Yes!"

Liu Xingjie quickly teleported back with his own people. Commander Geng looked at Deputy Commander Zhou, smiled and patted him on the shoulder in a good mood: "Vice Commander Zhou, I will trouble you for the next thing."

Deputy Commander Zhou nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, everyone, I will make arrangements."

The leaders were busy with their affairs, and after confirming that there was no problem with the teleportation array, they went back with their boats. Soon, only Li Wei and his subordinates were left in the small valley.

The small town and Hope Base are carefully starting their first contact, while on the other side, the airship that has been pretending to be a sea ship has been parked at the pier of the small town, which has been parked at sea for several days.

Just now, after Qi Jiang went to introduce the teleportation array to the people in the small town, Su Qing suggested that they buy some goods here, not for making money, but to make themselves more suitable for the status of the caravan, so as not to be caught by the people in the small town. After getting acquainted with the people in the Hope Base, a pair of information from both sides will make everyone feel that something is wrong.

After all, although Qi Jiang and the others have always claimed that they are a caravan, they have only sold some goods at the Hope Base so far. No higher-level teleportation array has been developed.

Since you can't use the teleportation array to contact the base, you have to be responsible for the cultivation resources and living resources. If there is no income, it will be too suspicious.

The two bases are alright, they just refused to admit it after killing them, and they will encounter more bases in the future, and there will be more people to deal with.

That being the case, it is better to remove this hidden danger from the beginning, so that you can fool others with confidence in the future.

After listening to Su Qing's explanation, Qi Jiang felt that this idea was very good, and he even thought of other aspects because of it: "When we reach the next base and sell the goods, we can completely confirm the identity of the caravan. When others come to ask us about other bases, we can bring the topic to the teleportation array."

This time they were able to successfully open up the business road between the Hope Base and the town because they had dealt with the Hope Base before, and they also knew that they could bring the Hope Base into the town when they communicated with the residents of the town.

But when it comes to the next base, they can't bring the Hope Base into it. If they continue to use the Hope Base as a reassuring guarantee to deal with the people in the next base, the Hope Base will definitely notice that something is wrong, and treat them There is no benefit for their future business, and the guarantee for the partners to feel at ease should come from themselves.

Therefore, some methods, once used, can no longer be used. New methods must be used, and it is best to use a stable method. The status of a caravan from a large base is very good, and it is definitely a unique existence in this time period. .

The two began to discuss what goods to buy. Regarding this, Su Qing could not give many suggestions, and most of them depended on what Qi Jiang thought.

Qi Jiang has a lot of experience in this, and he needs to buy in a targeted manner. It is best to buy something that is not available in other places, such as dried sea fish, which is not bad. If you go to the inland, this kind of seafood will definitely have a market Yes, even if you encounter another seaside base, the seafood in different sea areas is different, and you are not afraid that you will not be able to sell it.

However, the price of this kind of product is relatively cheap, and Qi Jiang doesn't want to waste time on selling cheap products, so he made a more detailed plan for the purchase.

He only plans to buy about [-] catties of various seafood, and he plans to buy some better products, such as tanned animal skins and sea fish skins, which can be used to make clothes or sew backpacks. Common but distinctive treasures such as sea pearls and corals are fresh enough so he doesn’t have to worry about sales. He doesn't want to buy too much, creating an effect that rare things are more expensive.

Qi Jiang didn't plan to buy more high-end goods, such as the treasure of heaven and earth. The island's resources are relatively poor, and the only one still in the desert has not been taken away. He decided to keep it for everyone.

After talking here, Qi Jiang couldn't help feeling: "I'm really different from before."

"Huh?" Su Qing was puzzled, "How to say?"

Qi Jiang smiled and shook his head. He was embarrassed to say that he was a pure capitalist before, and he would not give in if he could fight for a little more profit. How could he consider so much for others.

"Our caravan should have its own signboard." Qi Jiang changed the subject and discussed with Su Qing what goods they wanted to add.

While chatting, he found that although they had a lot of good things, they couldn't increase the output.

After all, they really don't like it if they spend their precious time and sell it for such a small price. If they have this time, they might as well read books to enrich their knowledge.

But if they don't sell things, their caravan has no core competitiveness, which makes Qi Jiang a bit of a headache.

"Why don't we spare a little time every day for production?" Su Qing came up with an idea, but after speaking, he himself felt that it was not very appropriate.

For them, time is too precious, and the time spent on the teleportation array is because it is worthwhile. They only need to arrange the array and they can lie down and make money, but other things like telephones are not like this.

Therefore, Qi Jiang did not adopt his suggestion.

Qi Jiang, who was a businessman, decided to use his own method: "Or, I'll think about a way during this time, whether I can use puppetry to get some production lines out."

"Production line?" Su Qing felt a little overwhelmed, "Is this feasible?"

Qi Jiang thought for a moment, then nodded slowly: "Actually, I think it is feasible."

"How to say?" Su Qing was a little curious, and sat obediently to listen to the lecture.

"Do you still remember how you taught Fengcheng's talisman master to draw talismans?" Qi Jiang sat down opposite Su Qing and said seriously, "Before you taught everyone how to draw talismans by hand, how much spiritual energy is used for each stroke, and the process of starting, inheriting, and closing. You explained everything very carefully, and finally you know that everyone can indeed draw as you said, like a robot. The same conditions can be applied to puppets, why not? The difference is only in the quality. "

Su Qing's eyes lit up, and he patted his thigh and made a crisp crackling sound: "Hiss~ it hurts!"

Qi Jiang suddenly laughed and took out the ointment: "Why did you hit yourself so hard? Go change your pants and apply the medicine."

"It doesn't need to be so exaggerated." Su Qing pushed the medicine back, frowned slightly and rubbed his thigh through his pants, "It will be fine in a while, don't rub it, it's troublesome."

There were no wounds on the left and right, so Qi Jiang gave up and sat down again: "What did you want to say just now?"

"What I want to say is, why did I forget this?" Su Qing replied with a bitter face, what was originally a happy thing, was made unhappy by his slap.

Qi Jiang laughed, and continued: "The simplest commodity we have now is all kinds of magic talismans, but the talisman papers are not enough. We can build another production line to produce talisman papers..."

In the end, he determined the production lines to be produced in the early stage, one for the production of talisman paper, eight for the drawing of five-element talismans and ice-wind-thunder-type talismans, and nine lines for the production line of talismans alone.

With the teleportation array, they also have to sell the subsidiary product phone, so as to maximize the benefits and allow the business to scale up faster.

When arriving at a new land, map exploration tools are indispensable, and Qianjizi mother bird has to make a few more batches, so as not to have to recycle each time before leaving, which seriously delays the progress of exploring the world.

In the end, Qi Jiang determined that there were eleven production lines to be produced in the early stage, and there were still several production lines that would need to be added one after another.

For example, the refining of five-element magical artifacts and ice-wind-thunder-type magical artifacts is another eight, and the refining of eight-element elixir is another eight.

As for the formation method... this is more complicated, and it needs to be combined with the right time and place. For example, the concentration of aura and even the weather in the local area and at that time are different, and the formation pattern will change. Therefore, it is more difficult to mass-produce the formation method. For relatively simple formations, such as other beginner formations, environmental changes have little effect on drawing, and they can also be mass-produced.

In fact, not only formations, but also in the manufacture of advanced instruments, panacea, and talismans, the processing methods must be changed according to the environment, which should not be mass-produced.

At least for the time being, they can't do it.

In the eleven production lines in the early stage, Qi Jiang only planned to produce some talismans that were easier to mass-produce. Phones needed to be combined with formations, which were more difficult to make, and the difficulties to be overcome were relatively large. Not low either.

Qi Jiang is not a timid person. Even though he knew that the production line would be very difficult, he did not intend to give up or postpone the plan. This kind of project that is known to be a huge profit at first sight, it is a fool to give up without trying.

The production line was confirmed, and they began to check whether the existing raw materials were enough. Fortunately, they had picked up a large number of unowned treasures in the sea before, and they had all the core raw materials. Collection so a little short.

This problem is easy to solve, just go back to the hope base and release some collection tasks later.

"Let's go down and buy some goods first." Qi Jiang covered the proposal and brought over the raincoat, "Do you want to wear a raincoat or not?"

"Put on a raincoat. The protective cover also uses energy. If you can't waste it, don't waste it." Su Qing wanted to develop a habit of maintaining a peak state at all times, "When you go out, pay more attention."

"Alright." Qi Jiang gave him a raincoat.

Su Qing asked while putting on the raincoat: "Should we buy separately or together?"

"Let's go together." Qi Jiang didn't want to be separated from Su Qing because of such a trivial matter, he could afford to delay this little time.

Xiang Shengshu was not very interested in this small town, and when he saw that they wanted to go down, he ran out of Su Qing's dantian: "I won't go, I'll take care of the house."

"I also watch the house and I also watch the house!" Dragon Soul was also not interested in getting off the boat.

Seeing this, the Creation Tree also came out: "Go on your own, we can just play cards on it."

"Alright then." Su Qing nodded lightly, then looked back at Qi Jiang, "Brother Jiang, let's go."

"Ah."

Qi Jiang and Su Qing disembarked together. After they left, a protective cover appeared on the flying boat parked at the pier. The sun umbrella that could be seen outside before was not only invisible now, but even the flying boat itself becomes blurred.

When he came to the small town, the town residents who had met Qi Jiang and were familiar with him nodded and greeted him out of politeness, but when they saw Su Qing, they were curious.

When they were far away, someone looked at their backs: "Then there are really other people on the boat. I thought Mr. Qi was the only one."

"To be honest, I realized it before. I really didn't feel any other aura on the boat, but I dared not say it because I was intimidated by Mr. Qi, for fear of causing trouble."

"Me too. I saw that he didn't look like a good friend. I didn't dare to mention it because I was afraid that he would kill me, so I just pretended not to know."

Someone patted his chest in fear: "Fortunately, I was not impulsive, otherwise it would be embarrassing to get on the boat."

Someone smiled awkwardly: "The key is that we don't dare."

Everyone looked at each other and smiled wryly, yes, no one on their island can knock everyone back with a wave of their hand, but how dare they go up.

They felt that the distance was far enough, and even with the special way of speaking, it would be difficult for people with hearing abilities to distinguish what they were talking about, but for Qi and Su, this simple encryption method was already left over by them. .

The two have always felt that there is someone outside the human world, and there is a sky outside the sky, so after changing the encryption method several times and found that they can be cracked, they use sound insulation to communicate whenever they are outside.

For example, now, when they chat, the people next to them can't hear them at all.

"You really guessed it right. There are indeed many people who have thought about robbing the ship." Su Qing was a little helpless, "Fortunately, we have high strength and are not afraid of robbing."

"It's human nature to bully the weak and fear the hard." Qi Jiang said in a normal way.

While talking, the two of them had come to a small store, which was the only store in the small town. The items were more complete than those on the street stalls, and the quality seemed to be a little better. Of course, the prices of certain items would be a little higher .

But on the whole, the price is still very cheap. There are very few people here, and every household is a fisherman. The things that are sold at home are also related to the ocean. When the supply is far greater than the demand, the price of the goods will naturally become lower. .

Qi Jiang came in and scanned around first. He didn't stop at any product, but he still thought about what he wanted to buy: "Boss, how do you sell everything?"

Su Qing, who was next to him, had a good grasp of Qi Jiang's eyes, and he knew what he was thinking easily, and he was also jotting down some tricks in his heart, preparing to use what he learned later.

"What do you want to buy?" The boss stood up from behind the counter, "Like this, live moray eels sell for one first-level beast pill, freshly dead ones sell for two first-level beast pills, and dried fish sells..."

Qi Jiang didn't respond when he heard this. This kind of moray eel is a strange beast without intelligence, and its own energy is about three-quarters less than that of the intelligent one. After the second awakening, it sells a first-level beast pill, and puts it in the future. The price of the hope base of the energy record unit is very low, but in a small town where there is no shortage of food and drink, the price is a bit high.

Afterwards, he asked about the prices of some products, and almost asked about all the items in the store. The boss's mouth was dry and his eyes were a little dissatisfied. Due to Qi Jiang's identity and strength, he didn't dare to lose his temper.

When he introduced it, only eight customers came to the store, and they left after shopping. Most of them bought salt, seasonings and other things, and the other three didn't buy anything, but put the fish that had been caught. It is sold on consignment in the store, and as for the street stalls outside, there are many people shopping, but not many people buying.

Qi Jiang probably grasped the situation here, and then began to lower the price: "Boss, the price you gave is a bit high, please give me a sincere price, you also know that we are running a business, if the price is right, I will buy a larger quantity. "

The boss took a sip of water, glanced at the goods in the store, and thought for a moment: "How much do you want to buy?"

"See how big the discount you give."

After another ten seconds, the boss frowned slightly, and tentatively said, "If so, I'll give you a [-]% discount."

This is a discount?

Qi Jiang didn't speak, and the boss wasn't stupid: "How much can you offer?"

Qi Jiang made a comparison of "four". When the boss saw it, his eyes widened immediately: "[-]% off?! Why don't you grab it? This price is not good, and I don't make any profit at all."

"Boss, I've been here for about [-] minutes, and you sold Wuzhucup condiments. Everyone knows how to fish, and everything is consigned to you, and most of them are dried smoked fish. There are not many fresh ones. Obviously other things can’t be sold.” Qi Jiang said swearingly while observing the boss’s expression, “If that’s the case, you might as well sell it to me.”

"But I can't lose money, can I?"

"If things break down and you lose a lot of money, why don't you sell them to me to make money?" Qi Jiang said confidently, "I've seen your catches when fishing. Except for a small number of commodities, the others are just for show.”

The boss's eyes flickered slightly: "This way, [-]% off."

"Boss, it's okay for me to go to other places to buy." Qi Jiang smiled, "I paid [-]% off. If it weren't for everyone's hard work in fishing, I would just ask for [-]% off."

"What's the difference between that and free gifts?!"

"Yes, you don't waste it, and you can get some hard-earned money." Qi Jiang was born as a businessman, so why didn't he know the difference, "I give [-]% off, which is a basic respect for labor, so that everyone can make a little bit of money."

The boss took out a piece of dried fish from the drawer and chewed it. He frowned and gritted his teeth: "[-]% off! [-]% off is too little, [-]% off!"

Qi Jiang looked at him silently, and after more than ten seconds, the boss was defeated: "Four to five, everyone take a step back."

This price is [-]% lower than Qi Jiang's original psychological price, but judging by the boss, the base price should be a little lower than [-], which is the [-]% discount Qi Jiang said.

After thinking about it, in order to cooperate better in the future, Qi Jiang still agreed, and collected half of the dried fish in the store, which weighed more than 1000 catties. He also reminded by the way: "Boss, if I were you, I will first send people to the base to find out the situation before doing business with them."

The boss's eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything, but asked Qi Jiang how to take it away, because the discount was too serious, he felt aggrieved and didn't give it away.

Qi Jiang didn't mind, and just waved his hand to put away all the things. The boss, who was still a little angry, was not surprised, and thought he was a space power user.

After paying the bill, Qi Jiang looked at the various sea pearls on the cabinet next to him: "Boss, bring me some of these too."

The boss's heart skipped a beat, and he erected his whole body to defend, his voice trembling: "This can't be [-]% off."

Qi Jiang laughed: "Just calculate the price according to the amount of energy, how about giving me a [-]% discount in the end?"

The boss cheered up: "No, no, [-]% off is really not possible."

Qi Jiang showed the confident smile just now, the boss secretly thought it was bad, and started to bargain with him again with a sour face.

Su Qing who was on the side exclaimed that it was wonderful, and kept observing the expressions of the two of them, and wrote down various bargaining techniques in the small notebook in his heart.