Under Zhou Ming's operation, the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect has grown as fast as a snowball, one day at a time.
Everything else is fine, except that the amount of food on Zheng Yi's side is slowly failing to keep up.
Although he is also trying his best to purchase food, food is very sensitive to begin with.
There is nothing wrong with small-scale movement.
But once a large-scale purchase is made, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of interested people.
The current development of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect is entirely supported by food.
Once there is a problem with the food supply, let alone continued development, the current situation may collapse in an instant.
As for stopping development, Zheng Yi has never thought about it.
The reason why the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect is able to expand at its current terrifying speed is not only because ordinary people live a really miserable life.
More importantly, Zhou Ming now has a strong momentum. As long as this momentum does not leak, he can keep charging forward.
But once his momentum is blocked, the achievements he can achieve may come to an end.
Therefore, Zheng Yi could not stop Zhou Ming no matter what.
"Zhao Tianming, I need your way to get food." Zheng Yi stared at Zhao Tianming with burning eyes.
"I...I don't know what you are talking about." Zhao Tianming's response was quite guilty.
The main reason is that recently, he has made a lot of money from Zheng Yi when it comes to food.
In order to obtain food and other materials, Zheng Yi's prices were very generous and he did not care about the price at all.
Even though he had already taught those black marketeers a lesson under Zhou Kunshan's force.
But the price of food has still increased a lot overtly and covertly.
However, these merchants were more covert this time and the price increase was relatively slow, so Zheng Yi turned a blind eye.
To be honest, if it weren't for the igneous rock veins in hand and the use of new mining tools, the output would increase significantly.
Zheng Yi couldn't bear the extremely high food prices now.
Zhao Tianming and his men were naturally among the beneficiaries.
Now Zheng Yi suddenly asked for his supply channels. No matter what he wanted to do, he didn't dare to agree directly.
"Or let's put it another way." Zheng Yi directly stretched out two fingers and said: "I will pay twenty times the price, and you can get me 100,000 shi of food."
Zhao Tianming's mouth was so wide that he could stuff two apples into it.
"You want so much food, are you crazy..." Zhao Tianming originally wanted to say, are you crazy?
But then he thought that the guy in front of him was indeed a lunatic.
If he wasn't a madman, why would he dare to kill even members of the Zhao family?
And judging from what he did, this guy was simply preparing for rebellion. It seemed normal for such a guy to need a lot of food.
"It's impossible for my people to get so much food." Zhao Tianming said dejectedly.
He does have some channels, but with such unreliable channels, it is okay to smuggle one or two hundred dan in a small way, but a hundred thousand dan is simply impossible.
"That's why I need your way to get food. Since you can't get it yourself, I have to get it myself."
Zhao Tianming pursed his lips, as if he wanted to persuade him to say something, but finally gave up: "Although I want to say that this matter is not that easy, I guess you won't listen, right?"
"Okay... tomorrow I will introduce you to the head of the Long family in Qingjiang City. Although he is not from the Zhao family, he is a big landowner in Qingjiang City, and he has at least thousands of hectares of fertile land in his hands."
"But I advise you to be mentally prepared. Although he has a lot of food, most of it must be handed over to the Zhao family. Even if you keep some for yourself, it will never be too much."
In the south of Qingjiang City, in a courtyard.
Zheng Yi met the head of the Long family, Long Aotian.
"I have met the Immortal, Long Okuda." As soon as they met, Long Okuda saw through the identity of Zhengyi.
Zhao Tianming, standing behind Zheng Yi, hurriedly explained to Zheng Yi: "I have never told anyone about the things in the mine, and the same goes for this guy."
"As for where he learned your identity, it has nothing to do with me."
Zheng Yi nodded slightly, not doubting Zhao Tianming's words.
After all, Zhao Tianming now has something in his hands. The safer he is, the safer he will be.
If anything happens to Zheng Yi, Zhao Tianming will be buried with him, okay?
Under such circumstances, it was too late for Zhao Tianming to hide his identity, so how could he dare to tell others about this easily?
Not to mention that he and this Long Okuda only have a cooperative relationship. Even if the other party is his biological father, Zhao Tianming will definitely keep these words in his stomach and will never tell anyone.
"The Ten Thousand Immortals Sect has been active in our county recently, and it's hard for an old man like me not to know about it." Long Aotian, who is in his sixties, looks energetic, smiling and stroking his beard, looking like he is at ease.
After all, the other party is a local snake, and many things cannot be hidden from their eyes.
"Since you already know, old man, I won't hide it anymore. The reason why I want to meet you is very simple. I need food."
Long Aotian's gaze shifted to Zhao Tianming, pretending to be surprised and said: "Strange, if I remember correctly, you should have accumulated a lot of food over there, right?"
"I have limited food here. If there is too much, I'm afraid it won't be able to meet your needs."
Zheng Yi secretly sneered. Long Aotian looked annoyed, but if he was not interested in this deal, he would not be here at all.
Even if people come, I'm afraid they will only be junior disciples, those who cannot make the decision.
"Mr. Long, I don't like beating around the bush. I know you have food. Even if you don't have enough yourself, you can get the food I need from other places."
"I'll give you twenty times the price. I don't care where your food comes from, and you don't have to worry about what the food is used for."
"As long as you bring food, I will buy it at this price. One hundred thousand stones is just the beginning. I can buy as much as you have in the future."
After finishing speaking, Zheng Yi took a sip from the teacup and waited for Long Aotian's answer.
Before today, Long Aotian always felt that his qi-nurturing skills had already been perfected, and he could survive a landslide without changing his expression.
But just now, after listening to Zheng Yi's quotation, he excitedly pulled off several strands of his beard.
A full twenty times the price.
You know, this is not a rare and valuable cargo, but food that can be seen everywhere.
Just these 100,000 stones would allow him to earn more money than he could lose in several lifetimes.
Not to mention, this is not a one-time deal. If there is food in the future, the Immortal can purchase it indefinitely.
This price indeed made him unable to resist being tempted, but considering the recent large-scale expansion of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect and the status of this so-called Supreme Immortal among the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect.
Long Okuda is not sure what trouble these people will cause in the future. What if... "I am indeed convinced by the Immortal Chief's suggestion..."
"Twenty-five times." Before Long Aotian could finish his words, Zheng Yi directly raised the price without blinking.
"I know it's not easy for Mr. Long to get so much food. Such a large-scale food transfer may cause some trouble."
"The extra price should be considered as a shock payment to Mr. Long."
In fact, Long Okuda didn't want to reject it completely, he just wanted to give it a try. As for whether Zheng Yi would raise prices, Long Aotian actually didn't even think about it.
This is food after all, so it can't really be sold as gold.
Twenty times, in Long Okuda's opinion, this price was already insane.
As a result, before he finished speaking, the other party actually increased the price.
Long Aotian, the self-proclaimed richest man in Qingjiang City, felt frightened by this appearance of not treating money as money.
"Okay...I...I agree." Long Aotian agreed with great difficulty.
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It's not like he hasn't thought about whether he should take another step.
Looking at the way the Immortal in front of him took the money as money, he estimated that even if it was thirty times the price, the other party might agree without hesitation.
But in the end, Long Okuda suppressed the greed in his heart.
When doing business, you must put profits first, but you should also know when to stop. There is some money that is really untouchable.
If the Immortal was offended too much, God knows whether the Long family would be annihilated because of it.
After all, it is impossible for these people to preach like this honestly in the future, right?
Even if they want to.
Once the Zhao family knew about the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, they would not be allowed to continue.
Conflicts are inevitable by then.
At that time, Qingjiang City, where the Long Family is located, is in the core area of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, so what good can it do?
"Very good!" Zheng Yi nodded with satisfaction: "In that case, I would like to thank the Long family for their generous intervention. The Long family must be better at handling the aftermath than us, so we, the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, will not interfere at will."
"However, if the Long family really encounters any problems that cannot be solved, you can always come to us. We, the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, will definitely help."
After the transaction was completed, Zheng Yi took Zhao Tianming and left directly.
He only has a cooperative relationship with the Long family. Now he needs food, and he has countless fire rock mines in his hands. No matter how expensive the price is, he can afford it.
But apart from that, there will be no more communication, and naturally there is no need to do that kind of superficiality.
"This old guy Long Aotian actually has so much food." Zhao Tianming gritted his teeth.
It's not like he hasn't discussed the issue of food supply with Ryu Okuda before, but every time he talks to Ryu Okuda, Ryu Okuda always acts like he is a big landowner, but he doesn't have any food left at home.
At that time, Zhao Tianming really believed it. After all, the two taxes collected by the Zhao family were never light. Almost 60% of the harvest was taxed every year.
The remaining farmers have to keep some for themselves, and the Zhao family may not be able to collect much.
Zheng Yi didn't know what Zhao Tianming was thinking. If he knew, he would definitely give him popular science on how these landlords evaded taxes.
But it doesn't seem to make any sense. Zhao Tianming is a monk after all. He has probably never cared about things outside the world of monks.
And with his status, it seemed that he would never need to worry about those problems.
Precisely because every monk thinks this way, it is easier for people like Long Okuda to use various means to conceal their land and evade taxes.
Therefore, Zheng Yi has long been sure that the food accumulated by these people is absolutely an astronomical figure.
One hundred thousand stones sounds like a lot, and I'm afraid one Long family can eat the amount he needs.
Of course, if Zheng Yi still has such a huge demand in the future, it will not be so easy for the Long family to satisfy it.
Long's house at night.
When Long Okuda talked about this transaction, his sons immediately fiercely opposed it.
"Father, this is too dangerous. What if something goes wrong when trading with people like the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect?"
"Yes, father, although the price they gave is high, we are not short of money. There is no need to take such risks, right?"
Long Aotian's youngest son even said solemnly: "Father, how about we report this matter to the court and let the court handle it?"
But as soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the room said in unison.
"Shut up."
The younger son was startled by the appearance of these people, and said aggrievedly: "The people of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect are obviously planning something evil, why can't they tell the court?"
"As long as the court destroys the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, won't there be no problems at all?
"You know nothing." Long Aotian said with hatred: "Tell the court that once the court traces it, our transactions with them in previous years will also be found out."
"You little bastard, do you want to kill the whole family?"
Long Aotian's other two sons also reprimanded him: "Don't think about it. Once this matter is discovered by the court, won't our Zhao family have to be executed?" Good
"You can't tell anyone about this matter, not anyone in the court."
The other one also yelled angrily: "You little bastard, are you filled with mud in your head? The people from the court are coming, do you think they can let you, a little traitor go?"
"Okay, okay!" Long Aotian said coldly: "Please be quiet, I will make a noise when something happens. What will happen?"
He looked around and said coldly: "Doesn't anyone have other ideas?"
At this time, a cold female voice sounded: "Father, I think we have done a great job in this business with Wanxianjiao."
"Our family currently has more than 300,000 dan in food storage. I think we might as well keep 100,000 dan in reserve and sell the rest to the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect."
Now the three men suddenly became angry with each other.
"Sister, my father is crazy, why are you going crazy with him?"
"Two hundred thousand orders, you can imagine it thanks to my second sister."
The youngest sons said one after another: "Second sister, you are simply helping the villain."
Long Aotian looked at his daughter Long Fangfang with admiration: "Tell me what you think."
As soon as Long Fangfang spoke, everyone, including Long Aotian, was stunned.
"I feel that the Zhao family may not be able to last long." (End of Chapter)