Chapter 1271: Discussion

There was only one small river in Ju City, right behind the shop where He Lingchuan had eaten the *manjian* cake last time. All around was quiet, with only a few women pounding clothes by the river, not even raising their heads.

The two walked for a while, and Yu Hai broke the silence first: "So, the Dou brothers are now working under you? Dou the elder is fine, he's easy-going; if Dou the second can go, your archipelago must not be simple."

In Lingxu City, the Dou brothers, Dou Wenguan and Dou Wuxing, had drunk with him. Yu Hai had an excellent memory and still remembered the temperaments of these two brothers.

He Lingchuan laughed: "It was truly a waste of talent for the Dou brothers to stay in their hometown; they can only show their talents on my island."

"I felt you weren't simple when I was in Lingxu City; now it seems, sigh, I still underestimated you back then." Yu Hai let out a long sigh, "You can take root and grow strong as soon as you go to a foreign land; how many people here are begging for that but can't get it?"

He Lingchuan was not humble: "I had no foundation at all when I first went to Yangshan, with only fourteen people by my side."

"How many people now?"

"All in all, there must be a hundred thousand or so." Honestly, He Lingchuan was dissatisfied with this number. But there really was no excess population near Yangshan to absorb. "Our place is small and has few people, unlike the Flash Gold Plain, where the population is vast."

He drooled at the number of people on the Flash Gold Plain.

When all is said and done, the most important thing is people.

Yu Hai gasped: "That's more than the number of people in Ju City. However, Brother He's ambition is not limited to a small archipelago."

Otherwise, why wouldn't He Lingchuan be his carefree Island Master on the island, but run to the Flash Gold Plain, which was plagued by war year after year? "This place, the Flash Gold Plain, others only see its poverty, but I think it has great potential and is worth developing." He Lingchuan said slowly, "I heard Brother Yu also organized a Hometown Association in Lingxu City; does this organization still exist?"

"It fell apart long ago." Yu Hai smiled bitterly, "After returning to the Flash Gold Plain, everyone hoped it could continue to be run, to exchange what one has for what one lacks, after all, there was the friendship of the past. But, sigh, I have some things here, so I couldn't take care of the Hometown Association."

He Lingchuan immediately said: "I also heard Boss Situ mention that the Yu family is now trapped in a whirlpool."

"A year ago, there were continuous heavy rains, causing the dikes to collapse and fields to be flooded, and more than three hundred people were swept away. That dike was supervised by my father, the opponent reported it, the monarch held him accountable, and my father has already been imprisoned and had to pay a large fine." Yu Hai rubbed his face with both hands, "My family raised money from many sources, sold all our fields and shops, and borrowed all the debts we could borrow. I'm not afraid of Brother He laughing, but to be able to pay this money, I have to thank several friends from the Hometown Association for their strong support. After finally paying it off, I am already penniless."

He was a man who cared about face, and he blushed when he talked about this.

He Lingchuan sighed: "In the past two years, Brother Yu has also had a hard time."

Yu Hai mocked himself: "Just treat it as losing wealth to avoid disaster."

The two were silent.

He Lingchuan waited for him to speak.

Yu Hai walked a few more steps and finally said: "Since Brother He said the Flash Gold Plain has great potential, where do you plan to start?"

"I just came over to investigate, seeing that the old land of Gaopu is rich in minerals and horses, all of which are needed where I am." He Lingchuan laughed, "Actually, the Flash Gold Plain is rich in products, many of which are needed by the outside world, but the world doesn't know, and logistics are inconvenient. I intend to open a trade route here. If I can do more business with the locals, even if it's all small business, I will be satisfied."

"Small business?" Yu Hai laughed.

"Hey, don't laugh, this is my sincere words." The Yangshan Archipelago is a newcomer and hasn't stood firm yet; how could it be my turn to do the easy business and make big money?

However, how can one do business in such a chaotic place as the Flash Gold Plain without a local force as a protective umbrella? This was his experience in the Peng Nation and the Boss Situ territory.

Yu Hai nodded: "Brother He has foresight. By the way, is the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce interested in the pearl and medicinal material business?"

"Where are there no pearls?" He Lingchuan said nonchalantly, "My Yangshan Archipelago produces pearls, with sea demons specifically diving into the deep sea to catch them, and sometimes they can even catch luminous pearls the size of broad beans."

"The Pei Nation has many lakes, two of which produce unique pearls, one called 'Peach Blossom,' and one called 'Clear Sky'."

After saying that, Yu Hai took two small brocade boxes from his bosom and opened them separately.

On the black velvet pad of the first brocade box lay three round pearls, each the size of an adzuki bean, pink and tender, like a young girl's cheeks glowing;

In the other brocade box also lay three pearls, the color of sky blue, just like the clear sky above the two of them.

People often say "pearl light and treasure *qi*," which is the luster of these two kinds of pearls.

Lustrous, restrained, soft.

He Lingchuan didn't care for pearls this big and round. What was rare was that the three pearls were identical in color and size, as if made from the same mold.

Making them into necklaces, earrings, forehead ornaments, or belts would be excellent.

"This quality is indeed acceptable." He Lingchuan was also an Island Master with a wealth of treasures, and his appraisal eye was not what it used to be. He didn't reach out to take them directly, but took out a pair of spider-silk gloves and put them on before carefully picking up the pearls to admire them, "Even if sold to Beijia, they would be rare goods."

"If Brother He doesn't mind, please accept these two boxes of precious pearls."

This pair of pearls wasn't cheap.

Yu Hai's family had fallen on hard times, and now his purse was cleaner than his face. How could he take out such valuable things? He Lingchuan said while admiring them, "I dare not refuse, Brother Yu has a heart."

Yu Hai laughed: "Where can I send this now? To tell Brother He the truth, this was gifted by my monarch."

He Lingchuan put the brocade box into his bosom, his face showing no surprise: "Then please ask Brother Yu to tell the monarch that I like this gift very much."

Yu Hai was slightly startled by his reaction, but continued to introduce the products of the Pei Nation.

He Lingchuan didn't expect that the Pei Nation was actually a production site for Ghost Shadow Cicada Sloughs!

This was a necessary material for him to perform the "Li Dai Tao Jiang" (substituting one thing for another), and it could be used to make various elixirs, which were hard to get elsewhere. Whether in the Panlong world or the Yangshan Archipelago, the price he paid to purchase Ghost Shadow Cicada Sloughs was never cheap.

This was one of the specialties of the Pei Nation.

Yu Hai then introduced several precious medicinal materials, one of which made He Lingchuan's heart bloom with joy:

That was the medicinal primer for refining Hundred Good Pills.

Hundred Good Pills were refined from *Diliujiang* (Emperor Flowing Pulp) and were specifically for the daily use of practitioners.

Daily use meant they had to be bought regularly, and the medicine couldn't be stopped.

The Yangshan Archipelago sold Hundred Good Pills, and the current price was as high as two hundred taels per pill, and it was still in short supply. Besides the preciousness of the *Diliujiang*, other medicinal materials weren't cheap either.

If the cost could be reduced, the profit would be increased.

After all, *Diliujiang* had been frequent lately, but the daily demand of practitioners for Hundred Good Pills had never weakened. If the price of Hundred Good Pills dropped later, even more people would buy them to take.

He calculated rapidly in his heart, while remaining calm and unfathomable on the surface.

Yu Hai felt uneasy, knowing that the other party was evaluating in his heart.

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