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Chapter 4 Money is a Good Thing

Wang Hong's biological clock has been messed up during this period. If it weren't for the extremely powerful physical enhancement of the turtle template, I'm afraid he would have had various minor problems with his body.

Now that he has reached a relatively safe place, he naturally wants to adjust as much as possible. Therefore, Wang Hong did not return directly to Earth Star, but slept in an inn in this world for one night.

Of course, the most important thing is that time in the two worlds is relatively static. If you go back to the Earth to sleep, it will still be night here and you can't do anything.

Instead, rest here. Even if it is late at night when you return to Earth Star, there is no shortage of places to eat, drink and have fun in a big city like Furong City.

The next morning, Wang Hong began to wander around the town, paying attention to the language, behavioral habits, and various things that needed to be careful of people in this world.

Only by mastering all the details can you truly integrate into the world without leaving any trace.

There was a bookstore in the town, and Wang Hong discovered that there were actually martial arts skills for sale. Although they were just some basic fists, kicks, and swords, and the prices were quite high, he was overjoyed.

He couldn't get the secret book from the man in black before, but he did get a lot of banknotes, which totaled more than a thousand taels of silver. Naturally, he would not be stingy when buying these secret books that cost dozens of taels of silver.

The characters in this world are very similar to traditional Chinese characters, and Wang Hong can basically understand them. It is not difficult to ask someone for some characters that he does not understand.

However, in order to reduce the covetousness of others, Wang Hong only bought four secret books, namely "Tongmen Quan", "Iron Cloth Shirt", "Nanshan Sword Technique" and "Spiritual Snake Steps".

There are no internal skills and mental methods in the bookstore, which is also expected.

Otherwise, regardless of whether the store can keep it, even if it is sold to Wang Hong, he would not dare to hastily practice an unknown internal skill.

On the contrary, the four secret books he bought now are all the most common mass merchandise.

This technique may not be very powerful, but it certainly won't have any hidden dangers, otherwise it would be impossible for so many people to practice it.

Moreover, the sentences in the secret book are simple and easy to understand, and the accompanying humanoid illustrations make it easy for Wang Hong to learn.

Back at the inn, Wang Hong read through all four secret books. The other three could only be improved through years of hard practice. Only Tiebushan could improve at a faster speed through medicinal baths.

If a practitioner is really willing to spend money, he can achieve success in about half a year!

"If you don't have internal strength, practice external strength first. You need a lot of medicinal materials to practice Iron Clothes. Ping'an Town is close to the Ten Thousand Demons Forest, and the medicinal materials are relatively cheap. There is no need to go back to Earth Star and spend a lot of money to buy them."

Tiebushan's secret book provides three medicated bath formulas, among which the most effective one costs thirty taels of silver a day even if you buy the medicinal materials in Ping'an Town.

Practicing iron cloth shirt requires hitting some special acupuncture points on the body to stimulate the body's potential and enhance the body's resistance to blows. Therefore, medicinal baths are needed to nourish and repair the body.

The most expensive set of medicated baths can not only quickly repair injuries caused during practice, but also enhance the effect of external practice, allowing practitioners to take three days a day and greatly speed up their practice progress.

"We have to find ways to make money, otherwise both parties will be unable to afford to waste money like this."

At present, it seems that he is indeed not short of money, but the principle of poor culture and rich martial arts makes sense everywhere. Money may not be able to buy a master, but most masters need money.

Wang Hong has been wandering around the town these days and has discovered many ways to make money, but he doesn't like those who make little money. Making more money is risky and can easily provoke vested interests.

Now that cultivating Iron Clothes requires a lot of money, he can no longer afford to think ahead and has to take some risks.

Wang Hong made up his mind and immediately returned to Dixing. It was still past two o'clock in the morning here, and he was not sleepy, so he had to find a park nearby to practice the Tongmen Quan he had just acquired.

Tongmenquan is one of the most common boxing techniques in other worlds. Long-term practice can condense the strength, making the body strong and the strength transparent. Many unskilled individuals use it as their foundation.

The reason why Wang Hong chose this boxing method is that it is easy to learn and master. Although it does not have a broad future, it does not require too much energy.

The strongest thing about the Big Turtle Template is physical strength. Wang Hong practiced until seven in the morning and didn't feel tired at all.

After dinner, I found a grain and oil store, bought a whole sack of salt, found a deserted corner, and teleported to the Ping'an Town Inn in another world again.

Pingan Town is located on the southern border of the Tiannan Kingdom. It is neither close to the sea nor has salt wells. All edible salt is transported from other places, which is not only expensive but also very scarce.

Although the Tiannan Kingdom has laws regarding salt monopoly, it cannot control the various regions at all.

When Wang Hong was inquiring about the news in the tavern the day before yesterday, several salt dealers even dared to discuss the price in public, which shows that the local government should have a tacit attitude towards this matter.

There is no special salt shop in Ping'an Town, and most salt is sold in grain stores. Wang Hong walked into the shop carrying a sack.

"Is the shopkeeper here?"

After wandering around Ping'an Town for a few days, Wang Hong's accent has improved a lot. It's a pity that he didn't know that he could enter human society so quickly, otherwise he wouldn't have to go to Furong City to learn dialects.

A middle-aged man in a robe came out, cupped his hands and asked:

"I wonder what's important, sir?"

Seeing that there was no one else in the grain store at the moment, Wang Hong opened the sack, pinched out a pinch of salt, and sprinkled it on the small table next to him.

"this……"

The shopkeeper, who was still a little confused at first, was full of surprise when he saw the salt. He then put some on his finger and put it in his mouth to taste.

"Good salt!" the shopkeeper sighed softly.

The salt sold in their store is coarse salt with large particles and severe yellowing. It’s not that Tiannan doesn’t have better refined salt, but those high-quality products are only for wealthy families in the county and above. The big families in the county want to

It's a bit difficult to get it, let alone Ping'an Town.

The shopkeeper looked at the sack in Wang Hong's hand again and whispered, "Follow me to the back."

The two came to the warehouse behind the grain store. The shopkeeper looked at Wang Hong, frowned and said:

"Although the government doesn't care much about illegal salt sales, you are too blatant!"

Wang Hong ignored the opponent's knocking, gently put down the sack, and said concisely:

"Selling these to you, how much will you pay?"

The shopkeeper rummaged through the sack again and again, and after confirming that it was all refined salt, he said with a smile:

"This bag of yours weighs about two hundred kilograms, so let's count it as one hundred taels of silver."

When Wang Hong heard the mention of the sack, he was about to leave. The shopkeeper quickly stopped him and said:

"One hundred and fifty taels at most. It would take a lot of time and effort for me to sell it. You have to let me make money."

Because there is no salt produced locally, the coarse salt in the grain store sells for half a tael of silver per catty, but what Wang Hong brought was refined salt, and even the wholesale price should not be that low.

"There are ten bags in total this time. Can you eat them?"

Wang Hong thought for a while and stopped bargaining. Instead, he asked the other party how much he could charge.

Hearing this, the shopkeeper said excitedly: "No problem, the owner of our store has hundreds of grain stores in Jinghong County, and he can eat any amount of this kind of refined salt!"

If he could get one thousand five hundred taels of silver and two thousand kilograms of refined salt, he could be promoted to the county later. After all, the annual refined salt output was limited, and border counties like Jinghong received very little.

"Trade these first and discuss the rest tomorrow." Wang Hong nodded and said.

The shopkeeper looked a little hesitant and said hesitantly:

"The cash in the store is only over 500 taels. There is no problem in trading these. If there is more, you have to wait a few days."

Wang Hong looked around and found a lot of medicinal materials in the warehouse, and asked: "Do you collect medicinal materials?"

Although the shopkeeper was a little confused, he still nodded and said:

"Yes, there are a lot of medicinal materials in the Forest of Ten Thousand Demons. After receiving a certain amount, they will be sent to the county. Our boss has a pharmacy there."

Wang Hong asked what kind of medicinal materials Tie Bushan needed. All of them were available in the warehouse. In addition, there were two ginseng plants that were over a century old. Wang Hong was overjoyed.

When the shopkeeper saw that Wang Hong needed medicinal materials, he immediately felt relieved. Otherwise, if the other party was in a hurry to ship the goods and found someone else to sell the salt, his dream of increasing the price in the county would be in vain.

"Exchange that bag of salt for a ginseng plant."

When Wang Hong saw the two century-old ginseng plants that the shopkeeper took out, he immediately pointed at one of them and said.

"What a shame..."

The shopkeeper habitually wanted to bargain, but seeing that Wang Hong was a little impatient, he had to pretend to be unhappy and nodded, but in fact he was happy in his heart.

He had received this ginseng for only eighty taels, but now it was worth one hundred and fifty taels. He could have wiped the remaining seventy taels off his account and quietly stuffed it into his pocket.

The two agreed on a trading time tomorrow, and Wang Hong took the ginseng and the medicinal materials that Tiebushan had cultivated for half a month and left the grain store with satisfaction.

The owner of the grain store looked at Wang Hong's back, but hesitated. After a while, his expression became slightly ferocious, and with a heartache, he asked the store clerk to take a letter and leave Ping'an Town quickly.



After returning to the inn with ginseng and medicinal materials, Wang Hong tidied up and returned to Earth Star again.

"First ask my second uncle if they want ginseng in their factory, and don't ask the auction house to do it."

Uncle Wang Hong is an executive of a large pharmaceutical company in S Province. During the Chinese New Year dinner, I heard him complain that it is difficult to collect medicinal materials now, especially some high-end medicinal materials, 90% of which are fake.

Their boss has always wanted to get some valuable products for the factory, but scammers always come to sell them.

Wang Hong took a photo of the ginseng in the wooden box and sent it to his second uncle Yan Quan, along with a sentence:

“I just got a good thing, do you want it? (‐^▽^‐)”

Before Wang Hong could walk back to the hotel, his WeChat message started ringing.

Second uncle: Are you kidding? Where did you get this century-old ginseng?

Wang Hong: Anyway, it wasn’t stolen, it was a good thing from a legal transaction. Do you want it?

Second uncle: You really didn’t coax me? If it were true, I would go back to my hometown right now!

Wang Hong: It’s really in my hands, but I just came to Furong City, so why don’t we wait until I get back.

Second uncle: No, no, no, please send your location quickly and I will go find you tomorrow!

Wang Hong: Send a message before you get on the plane tomorrow and I will pick you up at the airport.
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