In the past few days, Rolls Di's hair has turned gray, and the cargo ship is parked in Pisces Harbor, but he can't leave with the cargo ship. It was a terrible trip.

Rolls has been to Redstone more than a dozen times. The first month of each year, when the Fog Moon fades, and around the Sabbath in October, is the day when Rolls Di comes to Redstone.

In the ocean shipping industry, the food is not delicious. Except for the foggy weather in March, April and May, almost all the ocean-going businesses in the Mirage countries have to close down. On stormy days in July, August and September, there is also no way to go to sea. In addition, there are rampant pirates on the seas, and sometimes terrifying krakens......

To tell the truth, every time the seafarers go out, they tie their heads to the waistband of their trousers, and they are gambling with God with their lives.

The country of Red Stone, where the main running boats of the Rolls flute, is a rich country. Although the cultivators of the Red Rock Country are a bit fierce, especially their spirit pets, they are a little terrifying to look at. However, the profits on the side of the Red Rock Country are the most lucrative, as long as the Yuge Port is settled, the cultivator surnamed Liu who rides a flying leopard, basically every time he travels, he can get at least several times the profit.

The goods carried by the Rolls flute ship were sesame oil, which was sold to the Aragami Temple. The citizens of the Redstone Kingdom are all followers of the Aragami. They spend a lot of money every year to buy his incense oil to dedicate to the temple. It's a sure-fire deal. And the spirit stone mines, iron mines, and wonderful fragrant fruits on the side of the Red Rock Country...... The prices are extremely low, and a round trip will have about ten times the profit.

But this time, he came to Yuge Port, and the situation was very different from before. He didn't see the cultivator surnamed Liu, what he saw was the official of the Red Stone Country Customs. Moreover, Yuge Port has now been upgraded to Yuge City.

According to the boat boss under his command, the official of the customs seemed to be Su Fei, the red-haired ghost who was rampaging on Changting Island. But he didn't, most of all, because he saw that the official was carrying a small notebook, and he saw the official writing and drawing on it. If it was the red-haired ghost Su Fei, he definitely didn't have this ability.

The customs officer was quite polite, and after inspecting the goods, he did not make things difficult for him, and the customs duty paid was lower than before.

After entering the port, he found that the current model of Yuge Port was very different from before. In the past, he could follow the Chishui River and drive the boat all the way to Xihong City, but now it doesn't work.

All merchant ships were not allowed to enter the inland waterways, and they could only trade in Yuge Market, the newly opened foreign goods market. The price of the temporary shops in the foreign goods market is not too expensive, but the Rolls flute obviously feels that the popularity here is not very strong. Like him, taking advantage of the fact that the fog season had just passed, there were twenty or thirty merchant ships of all sizes that rushed to the Red Rock Country, and these merchant ships encountered the same situation as him.

Not only that, but they were also forbidden to leave Yuge City privately and enter the hinterland of the Red Rock Country. In addition, they have to exchange for the currency of the Redstone Kingdom first.

It must be admitted that the coinage process of the Red Stone Kingdom is much more sophisticated than that of other countries, and the fineness of gold coins, silver coins, and copper plates, as well as the inscriptions and patterns, are much higher than those of other countries.

The copper plate of the Red Stone Country is not the common style of all countries in the outer circle and the inner square, but a complex hexagon, with the inscription pattern on one side, the unique red-bellied brocade chicken of the Red Stone Country, and the other side is a god figure holding a sword in one hand and a book in the other. What kind of god is this?, no one can say.

The silver and gold coins are also hexagonal, and the god-man pattern remains the same, except that the other side of the silver coin is a cute dolphin, and the other side of the gold coin is a soaring golden dragon.

It's just that the currency conversion rate of Redstone is a bit scary. Depending on the currency of different countries, the conversion is somewhat different, with the maximum replacement rate being up to seven times and the conversion of ordinary countries being up to three times.

That is to say, to give Rolls Di their gold dollars in the Fushi Kingdom, it takes three yuan to be worth one gold dollar in the Red Rock Country, which is simply a robbery for money!

Moreover, there are regulations in Yuge City, which strictly prohibits exchanging goods, and merchants from other countries are not allowed to exchange with each other.

In addition, the spirit stone minerals, iron ore and other raw materials of the Red Rock Country are also regarded as strategic materials, and foreign merchants are strictly prohibited from purchasing them.

These regulations make them complain, which will greatly dilute their profits, making their trip unprofitable.

They stayed in the foreign goods market for seven or eight days, except for a few merchants, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone they sold were sold out, and most of the people's goods were basically sold very little.

Rolls Di stayed in Yuge City for eight days, except for the 500 catties of sesame oil that was sold to the customs without making money at the beginning, his goods were basically not sold. In desperation, he had to buy some wonderful fragrant fruits at the market and prepare to return.

As a result, they received a report from the Coast Guard that there had been pirates from the Black Flag Army in recent days......

Seeing that the storm season is coming, everyone is anxious like ants on a hot pot, but there is nothing they can do.

There were also merchant ships that did not believe in evil spirits, and they were forced to leave by relying on the cultivators who were accompanying them. A few days later, the goods of the merchant ship reappeared in the foreign goods market, but the owner of the goods became a bearded man. A merchant from the same country as the merchant ship approached the Coast Guard and reported the bearded man as a pirate, claiming that they might have murdered his fellow countrymen.

However, this businessman who fights for his fellow countrymen, his rhetoric does not work at all. The officials of the Coast Guard first asked the businessman to produce evidence, but of course the businessman did not. Then the official said that Yuge Harbor was a free port, and if there was no evidence that the pirates were in the territorial waters of the Redstone Nation, they robbed the merchant ship. As the spirit of the Free Port, pirates can also sell their looted goods here.

This remark made this businessman who wanted to stand up for his fellow countrymen unable to find the words to refute it for a while.

Yuge City is really not a place to stay, you can't find beautiful dancing girls here, and there is no good place to spend time. The Rolls Di gang of people, the boat can't go, the goods can't be sold, watching the wind and waves on the sea, they want to cry without tears.

More than two months passed, seeing that the storm at sea gradually stopped, everyone took stock of the remaining inventory, to be honest, they have repeatedly reduced prices in the past two months, and many goods have fallen below the cost, but there is no way. It costs money for a ship to be parked in a typhoon shelter, and the rent in the foreign market, the wages of the sailors on board, and the expenses of these days have all shrunk their wallets quite a bit.

Many people have already blacklisted the Red Rock Country, and they will not come here after they are ready to be killed. However, just as the merchants were about to return home, they received an invitation from the Ministry of Commerce of the Redstone Kingdom.

The venue of the banquet was in Yuge Harbor, a pleasure boat in the typhoon shelter, this cruise ship is different from the common painting boats in the general inland river, this boat is very large, larger than the average large cargo ship.

The ship is very richly decorated, with many extravagant ornaments and exquisite handicrafts, and there are exquisite palace lamps and embossed copper handles everywhere. The whole boat is beautifully furnished.

The Minister of Commerce of the Red Rock Country, they have been coming to the Red Rock Country for almost four months, and they have never known that there is such a number one person in the Red Stone Country. And this one is also very interesting, and it is only now that they are ready to leave for the return that this one invited them over.

Once on board, they were invited to a large cabin, which was also magnificently furnished. In particular, the chandeliers on the top of this cabin are all made of crystal lamps. The whole chandelier resembles a huge lotus flower, the diameter of this chandelier is almost five meters, and if you look closely, each petal of this crystal lotus flower has a very delicate design. Inlaid with gold wire, walking silver line, each petal faintly has some colorful flashes, I don't know whether these crystal lotus petals are embellished with gems or other treasures, this crystal lamp exudes a soft white light, it looks so gorgeous and elegant.

There are knowledgeable people among the merchants.

"This is the Baolian Lantern refined by the cultivator!"

"Master Mu, please be more detailed. A few businessmen humbly asked this Master Mu for advice.

Master Mu was a low-level wood cultivator, and he was a bodyguard hired by a big businessman at a high price.

Master Mu said: "I'm not good at refining, but this is the most exquisite Baolian lamp I've ever seen, and I think such a work is worth at least 500,000 gold yuan!"

After a while, Master Mu said again: "I am referring to the Jin Yuan of the Red Stone Country. ”

Everyone gasped.

A merchant said: "If I can take this Baolian lantern, whether it is to go to Tianlong Country or Hailan Country, as long as it changes hands, five million gold dollars will be easy." ”

All the merchants sighed, they didn't expect that the Ministry of Commerce of the Red Rock Country would be so rich, whether it was the luxurious cruise ship itself, or the various decorative items inside, even if they were maritime merchants who had traveled north and south and seen a lot of the world, they couldn't help but feel a little jealous when they saw such a scene for the first time.

"Welcome to the Dream, to this reception, I am Li Hui, the Minister of Commerce of the Red Rock Country, I wish you all a pleasant afternoon!" A lean man walked slowly from outside.

"Li Hui, big bad wolf?" a businessman couldn't help but shout.

This is a merchant from the country of Fulong, apparently a merchant who has dealt with the seven wolves of Fubang.

Li Hui was a little embarrassed by being called out of his nickname, and he took a closer look at the businessman who called out his nickname.

"It turned out to be Mr. An from Qianlong City, and he met his old acquaintance in another country, which is really a great joy in life, and later, we will have a drink in private. Li Hui smiled and gestured to the man.

The businessman of the Fulong Kingdom didn't expect that the person in front of him was really a person from their Fulong Kingdom. He had a lot of questions in his heart and wanted to ask Li Hui, but now was definitely not the time, besides, Li Hui was no longer a prankster entrenched in Fubang Gangshan, and he was also the minister of commerce of a kingdom, so of course he couldn't deal with him like before.

Li Hui said: "I know that in the past few months, you have not eaten well and slept restlessly. Actually, I should have met with you earlier. But I was so busy, so busy, so busy that I couldn't get out, for months on end, and the creator god could testify! Finally, when the storm season was about to end, I was busy with the work at hand, so I hurried over, forgive my sins, forgive my sins!" Li Hui said pretendedly.

Speaking of this, Li Hui seemed to think of something, slapped his forehead, and apologized repeatedly: "Everyone must not have enjoyed it very well these days, these days must be a little uncomfortable, no way, Hongshi Country is a poor place, and there is nothing good to entertain everyone, everyone please sit down first, drink a glass of water and wine to suppress the shock, what is there to talk about at the table." ”

After speaking, Li Hui clapped his hands, only to see that the floor in the middle of the hall slowly shrank in, and a large red jade table rose from under the floor in a moment, and at the same time, he heard a few 'clicks', and countless exquisite wooden chairs popped out from under the table.

This big red jade table has a diameter of about seven or eight meters, and in the middle is a round hole with a diameter of about three meters. Everyone heard another sound of a machine, and an old man in a white shirt slowly rose from the center of the circle.

The old man's beard was white, and he looked like a fairy wind and bones, and the merchant surnamed An from Fulong Kingdom shouted again.

"Immortal Master Zhang, how could it be you!"

This elder is naturally Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi saw the businessman surnamed An among the guests, and smiled kindly: "It turned out to be Qianlong Ansu! I have met the old man here, fortunately, fortunately, Xiao An, you will taste my craftsmanship in a while, today I am just a cook, and the protagonist of the banquet is Minister Li." ”

Everyone was a little flattered, you must know that in overseas countries, the status of cultivators is extremely high, and there are definitely no cultivators who are engaged in cooks and manufacturing and processing industries like the Shenwu Empire.

Zhang Chi beckoned everyone to sit down at the table, and everyone found the redstone desktop again circled one by one, and according to a certain tone, several concentric circles were drawn on the tabletop. Everyone had never seen such a big table, nor had they eaten the food cooked by the cultivators, this strange table, although everyone was curious, but it was still not as shocking as Zhang Chi personally took charge.

Li Hui was the host, and after he invited all these merchants to sit down, he briefly introduced the skills of this meal. Li Hui personally demonstrated how to take out the dishes and chopsticks from under the table, and he showed the audience how to use the tabletop.

At this time, Zhang Chi had already operated in the inner circle, and there was another sound of the machine, raising a circle of white porcelain surface tabletops in the inner circle, and this time there was also a copper stove, all kinds of cooking utensils, and kitchenware. Zhang Chi began to get busy.

There were 34 people at the banquet, and the table was so large that even 100 people could sit at the same time.

Zhang Chi had eight copper stoves in front of him, and he was making eight dishes at the same time. All kinds of ingredients in the innermost circle have gone through the process of purifying vegetables, although some ingredients still have to undergo complex processing, but Zhang Chi is a cultivator, and these jobs are difficult for him.

This time, these businessmen are invited, and Zhang Chi is still doing Haibaxian. In the past few months, Zhang Chi has put a lot of thought into these sixty-four dishes, and his skills are getting better and better.

Everyone saw Zhang Chi like a gust of wind, operating quickly, dazzling to show everyone's cooking skills. It's like a trick, and it quickly cooks delicious dishes. After the plates of delicacies were put on the plate, everyone was surprised to find that the inner rings on the original table could be rotated automatically.

Li Hui said: "There is no banquet without wine, this time, please try the wine of our Red Stone Country, I guarantee that you will not be able to drink such a delicious elixir and jade liquid outside......"

After that, Li Hui activated the mechanism, and the red stone table rose up ten centimeters high, and each small grid contained a fine white jade porcelain vase. Li Hui motioned for everyone to take out the wine bottles, and those small grids sank again.

Li Hui sighed: "Such a small bottle is worth ten gold yuan, alas! In order to drink such a small bottle of wine every day, half a month's salary can be spent on it." He was a little overwhelmed.

Everyone saw that his tone was sincere, not like a hypocrisy, and those who were anxious couldn't help but unplug the cork.

Suddenly a strange fragrance came to the nose, there was a good wine among the merchants, knowledgeable, sniffed carefully, only felt that the fragrance was rich, mellow and lingering, and hurriedly poured a glass, only to see that the wine was clear, without a trace of impurities, but it was as viscous as honey.

When I took a sip, I felt a strange fragrance, from the tip of my tongue to my abdomen and six internal organs, and I felt that every pore was stretched, and my whole body was filled with the mellow aroma of this wine. Then I felt that there was a fire, all the way down my throat, as if I wanted to ignite myself, the wine reached the stomach, as if the thunder of the sky hooked the earth's fire, and the whole body couldn't help but tremble, and the flame turned into countless warm currents to flow to the limbs and bones, and suddenly all kinds of uncomfortable feelings disappeared, and the whole body was warm and comfortable.

Master Mu, took a sip of wine, squinted, and savored it for more than ten seconds, then put down the wine glass and shouted: "Good wine! I, Mu Ziye, have traveled south and north for decades, drank countless treasured wines, and participated in a hundred and ten state banquets in various countries, but I have never drunk such good wine, enjoyable!"

Zhang Chi was so busy that he was almost gone, but then he said: "Don't patronize and drink, try the old man's dishes." ”

Mu Ziye confessed his guilt, hurriedly picked up the chopsticks, picked up the dishes uploaded on the table, took a bite of food into his mouth, chewed gently, and experienced the deliciousness of this dish. After a while, Mu Ziye put down his chopsticks, stood up, and bowed deeply to Zhang Chi and Li Hui.

"Master Zhang, Minister Li, this is the most mellow and genuine wine and the most delicious food that Lao Yu has ever tasted in his life, this is not a flattery. ”

Zhang Chi said: "Your wine is just a lip, the dish is only two flavors, the subtlety of this banquet, you haven't tasted it at all, sit down and enjoy it, and all of you are the same, in other places, you don't have this kind of good luck." ”