Chapter 1116: Trade and Advancement (10)

Tang Ruan really hadn't lied.

Her stomach was already growling.

Zhao Chi smiled and said, "Tang Ruan, hurry to the kitchen and eat. Let Squad Leader Chu Shi help you make it, then get some rest right away."

Tang Ruan swallowed and said, "Then I'm off."

"Go, go."

Zhao Chi waved his hand.

Gu Qing said, "My lord, since you've returned safely, we can set our minds at ease. The gifts we just bought haven't been handed out yet. We'll go distribute them so they don't take up system space."

Zhao Chi nodded. "Good, go quickly. Let everyone be happy too."

"Come on, you two help me hand them out." Gu Qing called out to Qi Yue and Zhuang Ya.

The two of them answered and followed.

Soon, the territory was filled with delighted voices everywhere.

"Ah? A whole set of cosmetics? They're all mine?"

"Of course. Didn't Sister Gu Qing say it? Every one of us gets a whole set. The Lord bought them all."

"The Lord is so good, but what if I can't bear to use them?"

"Then just save them."

"But I also want to use them."

"No way. I'm not letting you use mine either. I can't bear to use them either."

"Hehe, how do you know?"

"Of course I know."

"Wow, it's so complete?"

"Right? Amazing. The Lord actually knows how to pick cosmetics?"

"Of course he does. The Lord knows everything."

"But I'm not great at makeup. What do I do?"

"Find Sister Gu Qing to teach you."

"But she's so busy. I feel bad bothering her."

"Sister Zhuang Ya is also really good at it. Go to her, you can't go wrong!"

"Right! Great idea! Oh no, look at them, they've all crowded over. Let's hurry too!"

The women passing by Zhao Chi all happily thanked him.

Zhao Chi was puzzled, but he responded to each of them in turn.

Why are they thanking me?

They should be thanking Gu Qing and the others.

It doesn't matter.

There are more important things.

First, he wanted to scroll through the merchant group's chat for recent messages.

All several hundred members of the merchant group were in the chat, with all kinds of information.

But the most common were shared product listings.

Of the three large trading houses in this town, the one closest to the merchant group's camp was just a few streets away—the most crowded of all, the "Gude Trading House."

This trading house was basically all big fellows.

Most of the goods traded were also bulk commodities.

For example, batch raw materials, timber, ore, furs, grain, and so on.

The unit price wasn't high, but the quantities were large.

At the same time, these were also the goods in greatest demand.

The oldest, the "Black Crystal Town Trading House," was the most comprehensive.

Although the Black Crystal Town Trading House wasn't a large building, the goods registered there were quite numerous.

All kinds of goods were available.

There was no obvious focus.

The prices were also very normal.

Coming to Black Crystal Town, this trading house was a must-visit.

The southernmost one, the "Ruby Trading House," was relatively more upscale.

The decor here was the best.

It wasn't too crowded either, and there were many women. The overall feel was the best.

What they mainly sold here were props and equipment, mostly retail, not many bulk goods.

Equipment and fashion were also the most plentiful and the best.

But the prices weren't cheap.

But the customers who came here to buy supplies were also buying piecemeal, so the higher prices were acceptable.

After all, for most people, being able to buy something was more important than how cheaply they bought it.

There were also a few small trading houses.

Nothing special, and not many goods.

But occasionally one could find a good deal.

If he had time, Zhao Chi wanted to go take a look too.

But this time, let it go.

There are quite a few merchants in the communication group; they scurry all over the town, and whenever they spot anything unusual, they send word over.

In the past, Zhao Chi would have taken the time to read through them carefully.

But now his attention was not on that — it was on whether any public order incidents or search operations had occurred in town.

But there was nothing.

Not a single piece of relevant information.

This Blackstone Town was not small, and the Jade Merchant Group Zhao Chi belonged to had close to a thousand members.

Even if 300 of them had gone to the Fallen Red Tower, there were still several hundred active throughout Black Crystal Town.

If anything had really happened, they could not possibly be unaware.

So the Nais Auction House had not made any large-scale moves.

But they would certainly make some move.

After all, that was goods worth 30,000 to 40,000 gold coins.

Back when the Zhao clan was extorted for 25,000 gold coins, the whole clan had to pool their money to cover it.

Zhao Chi's haul this time was equivalent to directly plundering an ordinary family's entire cash reserves.

Even for an auction house, that was absolutely a large sum.

So, no matter what was happening outside, Zhao Chi absolutely would not go out this time.