Gourd of Douluo

Chapter 558 Black Market
  After Shui Bing'er left, Wang Xiaofeng turned back and dived into the food pile. White plates quickly piled up on both sides of Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun.

In order not to affect the impression of other nobles, the person in charge of the banquet had to send ten waiters to serve Wang Xiaofeng and the others, so that the speed of serving food could barely keep up with their speed of liquidation.

Then, the banquet that was supposed to last until the evening was forced to end early at noon.

All the high-end ingredients for three hundred people that were brought from other places were eaten by the two of them, leaving only some side dishes and seasonings in the kitchen.

After being informed by the waiter that the banquet was ending early, some confused nobles looked at each other with contempt after knowing the reason, thinking that country people are indeed country people and have never seen good things.

Emperor Xue Ye was quite personable. He smiled at Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun and said that he underestimated their appetite this time and would definitely prepare enough ingredients in advance to satisfy them next time.

When he returned, Wang Xiaofeng did not go back to the academy with everyone, but got off the carriage early at the gate of Tiandou City.

It was still early at this time, just in time to see how the internal affairs manager he had chosen was planning the situation in Tiandou City.

"Taihe Road, No. 115 Yiju Hotel." Wang Xiaofeng followed the address written on the note in his hand and searched from room to room along the street.

The livable hotel was not difficult to find, and the huge and conspicuous signboard quickly attracted his attention.

The hotel is three stories high and not large in scale. The old exterior wall is covered with vines. It is a very old hotel.

"Hello, please tell me how to get to No. 307."

The waitress at the front desk raised her head warily and glanced at Wang Xiaofeng, "Are you here to find someone?"

"Yes" Wang Xiaofeng nodded. Just as he was about to say something, he saw a blond strong man walking down the stairs nearby.

"The person I'm looking for is here."

Gref whistled and walked down, and at a glance he saw the longing figure standing in front of the counter.

He wiped his eyes, trotted up to Wang Xiaofeng in disbelief, and said excitedly: "Boss, you came to see me. I thought you had forgotten me."

Wang Xiaofeng looked up and down. He no longer had a unique accent when speaking, his face was rosy, and he was not acclimatized.

Wang Xiaofeng patted his shoulder with satisfaction: "You seem to be adapting well. Are you ready for a big fight?"

"I've been waiting for your words for a long time, boss." Gref nodded enthusiastically, then took Wang Xiaofeng back to his room and took out a thick manuscript paper from the cabinet.

The above record is a survey of the prices of various commodities in Tiandou City, from the cost of each stage of production to the final sales price, which is very detailed.

Wang Xiaofeng scanned it quickly, "What's going on with prices? Last year they increased by at least 30% compared to the year before."

The most exaggerated thing is sugar food, which has increased by 200%.

Greif shrugged, "The weather was dry last year, and the overall grain harvests in the major duchy kingdoms declined somewhat.

Coupled with the sudden problem at the borders of the Star Luo Empire, trade with surrounding countries was inevitably restricted.

The combination of various problems has led to skyrocketing prices. "

Wang Xiaofeng was very satisfied with this investigation report, and Gref's ability was fully demonstrated in it.

"It seems that turning the territory into a large breeding farm and plantation is not a bad move. After meeting my own needs, I can still make a little profit."

Seeing that his boss was very satisfied, Gref carefully revealed the small problem that could not be solved at work: "Boss, I just encountered a little trouble when recruiting workers.

Many workers stopped working as soon as they heard that the place we worked was not in Tiandou City, and it was useless to pay more. "

"This must be a bit troublesome." Wang Xiaofeng pondered for a moment, "Do you have any good ideas?"

Gref said in a low voice: "My suggestion is to buy some slaves first to serve as manpower."

Wang Xiaofeng looked at him with a half-smile: "Isn't the empire explicitly prohibiting the sale of slaves?"

Gref explained: "So this kind of shameless transactions are all conducted in the black market, and with your character, boss, these slaves are not bought back by the nobles and work day and night to death, or they are exhausted He was tortured until he died like a human being.

It's better to make a living in your hands, the boss. " ˆ ˆ ˆ "That makes sense. "Wang Xiaofeng nodded.

"In that case, you should go to the black market as soon as possible to gather the people."

Gref smiled coquettishly: "What about the boss? Why don't we do it together?"

Greif was embarrassed by Wang Xiaofeng, "I'm just an unarmed ordinary person. Isn't it normal that I haven't been to that kind of place?"

Wang Xiaofeng rolled his eyes, never pretending to be a big-tailed wolf.

In the evening, Gref took Wang Xiaofeng on foot to Dongcheng District.

The two walked all the way there, and when they arrived, they found that it was a little early. There was only a dim oil lamp on the black market, a few people gathered together to chat, and there were some packages piled around them.

Since it was a black market, it was natural that it was a waste of time. Gref himself also brought a candle lantern with him and enough candles.

As for Wang Xiaofeng, moonlight is enough.

After about an hour, the number of people started to increase.

The vendors also began to spread a piece of cloth or a straw mat on the ground, laying out the items they wanted to sell, allowing customers to watch and choose, while the stall owners hid in the darkness.

Wang Xiaofeng grabbed the excited Gref and said, "Don't forget our purpose this time. There will be plenty of time for you to stroll around slowly."

The imperceptible mental power quickly swept through the entire street, and then was scattered.

"A 79-level soul saint can actually allow such a high-level soul master to take charge. It seems that the black market background is quite big." Wang Xiaofeng, who didn't want to get into trouble for nothing, took Greif in advance before the other party counter-positioned him. Take a step away from where you are and walk towards a place where you can detect a denser aura of life.

As you walk inside, the small stalls gradually disappear and are replaced by neat shops.

"There are so many shops, do we have to go through them one by one?" Gref said softly.

"Don't worry, there will be no shortage of brokers in this place." Wang Xiaofeng said calmly.

Sure enough, after waiting on the spot for more than ten seconds, a thin old man stopped the two of them in the darkness: "The two adults seem a little unfamiliar. Old Bud is willing to provide any help to the two adults, and only needs to pay a small amount." A small reward.”

Gref looked at his boss and then at himself. They were all wearing black cloaks. How could the old man tell that it was their first time here?

Wang Xiaofeng was not surprised and threw a gold soul coin over, "I want to buy a group of slaves, the quality must be high."

This is a donor who is not short of money.

Old Bard happily put away the gold soul coins in his hands and led the two of them to a somewhat old two-story building.

A two-meter-tall man happened to escort two cloaked men out. He was obviously stunned when he saw the three people. He first sent the guests away respectfully, and then said to the old man: "Old Bud, it seems that you are lucky today. Guests are coming.

Go away quickly, I will give the reward to Lieyan Casino. "

The strong man looked at Wang Xiaofeng and Gref, and bowed respectfully: "Two guests, please come in."

After the two of them entered and sat down, the strong man made a pot of tea for them, "What do you two guests need?"

"I need 50 farmers, 30 soldiers, 10 carpenters, 5 hunters, and two physician apprentices who understand pharmacology."

Wang Xiaofeng stated his needs, and the strong man wrote them down one by one, and asked for more specific requirements from time to time.

"Based on your needs, this batch of goods is valued at 5319 gold soul coins. You have paid a deposit of 319 gold soul coins." The strong man handed a gold card to Wang Xiaofeng, "This is the receipt for picking up the goods. You will arrive in the northwest in three days. You can pick up the goods after paying the final payment at Wanbao Pavilion in the city."

After completing the transaction, Gref suddenly lost interest in wandering around the black market and was depressed on the way back.

This is just an act of empathy when seeing the miserable appearance of similar people.

Just have a big meal.

(End of this chapter)