Nightmare Era

Chapter 27 Eight Major Miners
"You want to come with me?" Xunhu saw Yang Ning at the door early in the morning.

He thought Yang Ning got up early, but he didn't know that Yang Ning didn't sleep at all, and came over after breathing out the purple air.

There are only 24 hours in a day, and it takes 8 hours to go to sleep, which is too wasteful.

"Xuanwu Breath Concentration Technique" can run 24 hours a day, and Yang Ning spends the spare time reading, researching, and studying.

He hasn't forgotten that he has a supreme Tao technique that needs to be translated.

"Yes, the plan has changed!" Yang Ning said: "I have to go to the market to see what the materials look like."

"Exactly, I don't know that much information, and you can prevent being scammed!" Xun Hu nodded: "Go and have breakfast first, and then I'll see if I can ask for a leave!"

Sure enough, Xun Hu received an elite education, and he still needs to ask for leave!
Ascension to Immortal Academy doesn't care about schoolboys like him. They don't forbid going out, doing business, accepting tasks, and don't care whether they attend class obediently.

It is possible that the Ascension to Immortal Academy doesn't care about the life and death of the book boy.

From the outside, Xunhu's classroom looks no different from the classroom where Yang Ning teaches, but this is the world of immortality, and Xumi meson formations can be set up.

What kind of world is on the other side after opening the door cannot be seen from the door.

"I'm sorry!" Xun Hu came out of the classroom after a while, with a dejected look on his face: "The teacher won't let you ask for leave, how about this, I'll transfer you 40 taels, and you can buy whatever you want!"

"Ah?" Yang Ning was stunned: "This is 40 taels, are you sure you want to give it to me?"

"What's the point!" Xun Hu patted Yang Ning's shoulder freely: "My father is willing to hand over tens of millions of dollars to you, I believe you!"

Yang Ning was immediately moved and nodded seriously: "I will use the money reasonably!"

"Well, it's transferred to you, then I'll go back to class first!"

"it is good!"

Looking at Xun Hu's back as he entered the classroom door, Yang Ning thought to himself: "It seems that they still teach the art of imperial servants, but Xun Hu's acting skills are not good, it all depends on the truth!"

He was in a calm mood, and he had no extra thoughts except for being a little curious about Xunhu's courses.

After all, he has already seen through the essence of Taiheng, so there is no need to worry about these details.

Looking at the jade card, the original balance of 45 assets instantly increased to [-].

I just don't know what the purchasing power of these silver taels is in Haiyun City?
As soon as Yang Ning left school, he saw a commercial street at the gate of the school. The street was full of stalls pulling carts, and there were big signs beside the stalls, which said the products he sold.

Sea fish are the most, because Haiyun City is right by the sea.

In addition, there are sea monsters, fierce beasts, monster meat, pills and herbs for body training.

There are also some organs, magical instruments, toys, clothing, books, and antiques that look like relics.

Yang Ning stopped in front of a stall. There was a huge cage on the stall's trolley. There were more than a dozen people in the cage who looked like they were only seven or eight years old. They had dark skin, skin and bones, and were dirty. Godless child!
"Hey, this son!" The boss saw Yang Ning who stopped, his eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly greeted: "Do you want to buy some servants, they are all the best slaves, including soul contracts, 500 taels each!"

"Is this from Jiang Yun?" Yang Ning asked.

"Sir, you have good eyesight!" The boss gave a thumbs up: "That's right, it's Jiang Yunren. As we all know, Jiang Yunren is ingenious, loyal and reliable, and he is the best candidate for slaves. I managed to grab these dozen or so."

Yang Ning frowned, as if thinking.

"How about this, if you buy ten children, how about I give you another girl?" Seeing Yang Ning's agitated look, the boss hurriedly said: "If you don't like this one, I have more over there, I will take you Go and see!"

Jiang Yun used to be a big country in the southwest of Taihengzong's territory, with a population of tens of billions, and its national strength was quite strong.

But Jiang Yun tried to use the state to rule the sect, and even asked the sect to hand over the skills inherited by his family. The sects in Jiang Yun's territory were powerless to resist, but Jiang Yun forgot that there are many great immortal sects outside, and there are countless sects !
So with the support of someone unknown, the huge Jiang Yun was overturned and fell into an endless war.

Up to now, Jiang Yunguo has formed a situation where the two sects of the Northern Ten Thousand Gods and the Southern Daluo are confronting each other. The two sects attack each other, plundering each other's population and selling it to the world.

The slave trade in Taiheng Realm has never stopped, but other places are not as chaotic as Jiang Yun, so that Jiang Yun people have become the most mainstream commodity in the slave market because of the huge number of slaves.

"Are these people reliable? Do you still remember your homeland?" Yang Ning asked, "I don't want them to betray me after I buy them back!"

"At their age, what can they remember?" The boss laughed and said, "If you are worried, we will also provide brainwashing services. It only costs five taels of silver per month for one year. Only as the master's superior slave!"

Yang Ning shook his head: "Forget it, I will eat enough for one person and the whole family will not be hungry, so I still don't buy it!"

"Oh, don't go, son, brother, big brother?" The slave trader tried hard to stay, but Yang Ning still moved away firmly.

He just wanted to know more about the world, but he never really thought about buying a slave.

He can't control this kind of thing, he can only do his part and refuse to buy.

There is no harm without buying and selling.

Yang Ning stopped in front of a stall selling materials. There were dozens of kinds of ores on the stall, and there was a label in front of the ores with the name of the ores written on it.

"My lord, do you want mines? These are all the best ores, and the price is the cheapest in Haiyun!" The boss is a middle-aged man with a warm smile. He pointed to a sign on the signboard next to him: "This is the Nangong family's mine." Industry, credit guarantee, no deception!"

"The Nangong family?" Yang Ning blinked: "What is the Nangong family?"

"The Nangong family is the head of the eight major mining families in Haiyun City!" The middle-aged man said proudly: "Looking at your age, you should have just entered school, so let me tell you, have you heard of "Going to the Sea?" The poem "Cloud"?"

Yang Ning shook his head, never heard of it.

"Nangong Luoheng night, Huangfushan is always bright, the moonlight is cold in late autumn, and the shadow of the lonely parasol tree.

The returning geese fly south, the lonely lamp illuminates the journey, the longing is hard to speak, and the love of the hometown is wet with tears. "

The middle-aged man read it in a rather sentimental tone, and then said: "The author of this poem, Nangong Yue, is the young master of my Nangong family. The first ten characters in the poem are the combination of the surnames of the eight major miners. Made it!"

"Our eight major miners have been operating Haiyun City's mines for hundreds of years. No matter what mine you want, we can find it!"

Yang Ning knows that there is a way of publicity, which is to gain fame. For example, if no one recognizes your emerging brand, you can advertise to industry giants and bring your own brand along with it.

Then customers will think that you are on the same level as those big names.

I wonder if these eight major miners are really powerful, or are they just taking advantage of others?
But it doesn’t matter, as long as there are mines.

"This is iron ore, this is black iron, one tael of silver per load." The boss pointed to the ore in front of him and said: "Pyrite, one tael of silver and three stones, marcasite, one tael of silver and two stones, and this , cherry red iron, ten taels of silver and one stone!"

"How much is one stone?" Yang Ning asked.

"That's it!" The boss pointed to a steel scale next to him. There was a huge package placed on one side of the scale.

Yang Ning stepped on it and felt it, it was about fifty pounds!

"1 tael is 2733 grams. If converted into RMB, it is about 700 yuan. The iron ore imported from Australia is generally 4 yuan a ton. One tael of silver should be able to buy 50 tons. In the end, it can only be bought here. [-] catties?"

Jin, not kilograms!
"This is a bit expensive!" Yang Ning said, and compared it with the iron ore data, and confirmed that the black iron is magnetite, which contains 70% iron.Pyrite should be opal iron ore, containing 25% iron, and marcasite should be siderite, containing 30~40% iron.

If you don't look at the price and only look at the ratio, the price is quite reasonable.

However, cherry red iron should be hematite, containing 40% to 60% iron. Why is it so expensive?

"Oh, how expensive is this? You know, minerals are hard to find, and it's very difficult to dig them out. It's also troublesome to dig them out and transport them here. We really don't make much money!" the boss said patiently.

Yang Ning ha ha, I believe you a ghost.

I'm not a simple person. During the years when I was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, I also learned about the cost of mining ore in Yue State.

Because human mining is required, it seems that the cost of ore is higher than that on the earth.

But people on earth need to be paid wages, machinery needs to eat oil, and equipment needs to be powered on.

This is a feudal dynasty, and there are so many slaves, three meals a day may not be guaranteed, and they are paid woolen wages?
So the labor cost is close to zero.

Not to mention the transportation cost, you can hold thousands of tons in a storage bag each time, and ride a flying bird or beast to go back and forth in three to five days, which is faster than trains and ships on the earth, and consumes five catties for a thousand kilometers Where is the high cost of feed?

Yang Ning didn't want to argue with him, so he pointed to the cherry red iron and asked, "Why is this kind of iron so expensive, ten times as expensive as black iron?"

"Oh, this is iron that can be refined into Scarlet Flame Steel!" said the boss.

"Feiyan steel?" Yang Ning asked, "Is this kind of steel very powerful?"

"It's not so powerful!" The boss said casually: "The main thing is that this thing is not produced by our eight families, but from a small family surnamed Bei. Take control of our eight major families, our eight major families will give him some benefits, let him know who is the boss of this industry!"

"Oh, that's it!" Yang Ning nodded and asked, "But if I want to buy it, will it always be so expensive?"

"You can use something else first and wait two months before buying again. The price of cherry red iron will drop!" the boss said.

"Why?" Yang Ning asked: "What big things will happen in the past two months?"

"It's not a big deal!" The boss said quite proudly: "It's just to teach that little family a lesson. We placed a large order for Feiyan Steel for him, and it was due to be delivered in two months, but it happened to be... The price of Yinghong Iron had not increased when the order was placed. Now the price of Yinghong Iron Ore is more expensive than Feiyan Steel. They will lose money if they do it, and they will lose money if they don't do it. They are destined to not be able to survive. After two months, they will Without this family, not only will the price of Yinghong Iron be reduced, but we will also have Feiyan Steel for sale here!"

"Hiss! Powerful!" Yang Ning gave a thumbs up. He heard the meaning of the boss. He didn't have a sense of confidentiality, but he deliberately showed off to show the strength of the eight major families.

As for the small family surnamed Bei, they are nothing more than small people who have been manipulated by the eight major families at will.

But the boss didn't know that after hearing this, Yang Ning would not only not worship them, but would empathize with that small family instead.

Because he also thought about selling materials to make money.

But now, the Bei family has taught him a vivid lesson. If he has no strength and has mastered the formula of metal materials, there will be no dregs left that will only be eaten by these big capitals!

"That's Bei's stall!" The boss pointed to a not-so-small car in the corner, and said, "You can also go to his house to buy. In order to raise money to buy mines, their other ores are selling at a reduced price. , just to take advantage of it.”

"How can there be any reason to drive customers out when doing business?" Yang Ning asked.

"It's very simple, you buy my black iron, one tael and one stone, but if you buy it from him, and he spends the money on us, it is equivalent to ten taels and one stone!",

(End of this chapter)