Looking at the middle-aged Jindan monk in front of him who was slightly blessed and smiling, Zhao Ran stretched out his hand and asked, "Please take a seat." ”

After taking his seat, Zhao Ranyao pointed to the stone table, and the teapot on the table filled two cups of tea.

"Please. ”

Wang Chengyu took a sip and praised: "Good tea, isn't it brewed with five-flowered rue leaves? ”

Zhao Ran said: "There are a lot of plants planted in my family's Yam Garden, so it is used to make tea, which is of great benefit to practice. ”

Wang Chengyu hurriedly bowed his hand: "Thank you abbot, Wang has good tea, this time I also brought some, it is an overseas specialty, please taste it." ”

Zhao Ran looked at the tea leaves in the box, smelled the fragrance of tea, and nodded: "It seems to be a kind of pea leaves?"

Wang Chengyu nodded: "There is an island named Biluo on the sea, and there is a spiritual flower on the island, which is called Biluowei, and it can be used as medicine to help practice, but Wang prefers to make tea." ”

Wei is a pea, as the old saying goes, "picking peas and eating", it means picking wild peas for cooking. Biluowei must be a spiritual vetch, and Zhao Ran is also seeing it for the first time.

"Are there any fresh leaves, or bean seeds?" he wanted to collect and plant in the Junshan Yam Garden.

"It's not difficult, the owner of Biluo Island, Fairy Caiwei, is not a stingy person, and she doesn't have too many restrictions on picking tea on the island, there is only one thing, and she is not allowed to pick it indiscriminately. But after Biluowei left the island, it was difficult to survive, and Wang tried several times, but failed. ”

"Who is Fairy Caiwei?"

"But it's not a person, but a famous demon in the East China Sea, some people call her the pea fairy, although it is a little white, she herself doesn't mind, but feels kind. ”

"What is it?"

But I don't know. ”

After chatting for a few words, Zhao Ran raised the issue of Sulphur Island, and only after asking, did he learn that Wang Chengyu had not only been there, but he himself had personally trafficked a lot of spiritual sulfur and malachite on the island five years ago.

This time he finally found the right person, Zhao Ran hurriedly asked for detailed advice.

Indeed, as Qianxun Daotong said, Sulphur Island is an ownerless island, and Guy Island is full of two kinds of minerals, spirit sulfur and malachite, the taste is very strong, and there is even a fear of poisoning after staying for a long time.

Compared with other spiritual ores and spiritual materials produced in the East China Sea, the unit price of spiritual sulfur and malachite is not high, and often a shipload of minerals is pulled to the Central Plains, that is, 1,800 taels of silver, so there are not many maritime merchants who sell them.

Only those ships that pass by and happen to have spare space will land on the island and dig some for ballast.

Hearing this, Zhao Ran remained silent and did not explain too much. In the past, spirit sulfur and malachite were indeed not expensive, but starting this year, I am afraid that the price will rise.

In fact, it is not just a matter of price increases, in the future, until permanently, these two kinds of spiritual ore will become important strategic materials, and no amount of them will be enough to consume the Fu Gong Copying Law Table.

During the siege of the city, there are a hundred fire-breathing dragons and other battle formation weapons under the city, and a salvo is thousands of talismans, what kind of protective light shield can withstand it?

Such a spectacular scene, I can't help but feel a little excited when I think about it!

After Wang Chengyu finished his introduction, Zhao Ran had already understood that the massive spiritual ore on Sulphur Island could not be transported into the Central Plains Continent, and the reason for the hindrance was that he could not make money.

This problem cannot be solved simply by raising the price, and to what extent can the price of the two kinds of spiritual ore be raised by rashly raising it? A shipload of spiritual ore pulled to the Central Plains Continent is only worth 1,800 taels of silver at the current price, and if it is exchanged for other seafood, it can be sold for 10 times as much as 500 seagoing ships.

Zhao Ran's purpose is to achieve large-scale refining at the cost of one penny of silver per talisman, which is widely used in all aspects, and if he really wants to increase the price of these two kinds of spirit ores tenfold, the large-scale mass production of talismans can only be an empty word.

The most feasible way is to build its own fleet dedicated to the transfer of the two minerals of sulphur and malachite, and at the same time, the ships should have three characteristics: one is low cost, the second is large loading, and the third is fast and fast.

In other words, if someone else runs once, their own boat can run twice, someone else pulls two truckloads, and their own ship can be done with one, and others lose one boat so distressed that they jump to their feet, but they lose two ships but just laugh it off.

In this way, the current income of pulling a shipload of spiritual ore of 1,000 taels can be expanded to more than 8,000 taels, which is the real solution.

But this method is not destined to be achieved in the short term, and the top priority is to pull back the two spirit ores as soon as possible to temporarily meet the needs of the Ming Dynasty, who has already entered the era of runes with half a foot.

"The Jimingguan will issue an announcement in the "Junshan Notes" and "Inside and Outside the Imperial City" that for the construction of the bridge, the Jimingguan needs a lot of spirit sulfur and malachite. ”

Wang Chengyu suddenly became interested and asked, "What knight?"

Zhao Ran said: "I am going to suggest to the imperial court to take out the lieutenant of Fengguo, the lieutenant of the auxiliary state, and even the lieutenant of Zhenguo, and give it to those monks in the maritime merchants who have devoted themselves to the Ming Dynasty, obeyed the Taoist ancestors, and made important contributions to the Daomen." Of course, because the imperial court is reforming the supreme lords, these titles do not include knighthoods, but the rest of the positions they should have will not be less. ”

Jue Lu is not Jue Lu, Wang Chengyu doesn't care, for maritime merchants like them who have made enough, the net worth of tens of thousands of silver is just qualified, fifty or sixty thousand, seventy or eighty thousand is normal, and even more than 100,000 is not a few, Shi Juelu is really not worth mentioning in a hundred years, they care more about the name.

Later, when others see themselves, they will be honored with the title of Wang Fengguo, Wang Gong, etc., how beautiful it is!

Wang Chengyu was immediately tempted, and silently thought about it to see if he would spend some more money to get a few boats out.

"How much spirit sulfur and malachite do you have to transport to confer a knighthood, and how should these third-class titles be conferred?"

"At present, it will only be awarded to Lieutenant Fengguo, and the latter two will be determined in the future. The knighthood is not calculated by the amount of luck, the Jiming Guan will find a way to get three to five places from the imperial court, and the evaluation will be made at the end of the year, and whoever makes a great contribution will get the knighthood. ”

Li Dayin said with a smile on the side: "Is Lao Wang tempted? Abbot Zhao handed over the money detector to you to do, this is an exclusive business, now Abbot Zhao needs spirit sulfur and malachite, if Lao Wang can exert his strength on this, when measuring his merits, the title can still run?"

Seeing that Wang Chengyu was still thinking, Li Dayin added fire: "If Lao Wang is interested, my Yuanfu Palace will also set up a fleet, and it will be in one place with your Lao Wang's fleet, the sea is sinister, and there are more ships that can help each other, which is safer." But I can't do it alone in Yuanfu Palace, I have to rely on you, Lao Wang, your subordinates all know the sea route, but our eyes are dark. ”

As soon as Li Dayin said that he wanted to send a ship to join, Wang Chengyu immediately made up his mind: "Okay, then go again!"