Kolma’s mission was more complicated than Zheng Qing expected.
In the next week, Zheng Qing and others had to go back and forth between the school and the North District of Beta Town to complete the witch's long parchment list - the reason why they chose to go back and forth was because on the third night of staying in the North District, Xiao Xiao
After doing some calculations, Zheng Qing realized that if he stayed in a luxury hotel while doing odd jobs, not only would he not gain anything in the end, but he would also end up paying some expenses.
This made the stingy captain of the Exoneration Hunting Team very distressed.
It wasn't until February 8th, the day before the Lantern Festival, that Zheng Qing finally had some free time and followed a few companions to do pre-school shopping in Beta Town.
Of course, while completing the Colma mission, Zheng Qing and Xiao Xiao also assisted Fatty Xin in his news investigation and constantly enriched his investigative report. It must be admitted that with the help of Gini Hut, Xin's investigation work was carried out smoothly
Very smooth.
The fat man had no doubt that he could get a golden quill with this report.
But Xiao Xiao had reservations about this report.
"It's very windy in the school right now... Do you still remember the group fight that occurred at Hunting Ground No. 1 during the school hunting party last semester?" Dr. Xiao Da was walking on the street while recording the scenery on both sides of the street and expressing himself.
Opinion: "I personally think that your report will never be out of date... You can choose a less sensitive time period before publishing it."
"What is the evil wind? Where is the evil wind?" Zheng Qing had just focused all his attention on a few passing centaurs, and could only hear a few words Xiao Xiao said: "Is time very sensitive now?"
Xiao Xiao put away his notebook and took a serious look at Zheng Qing to judge whether he was telling a joke.
"You are now the 'world', and you should observe the problem from a higher place." He finally shook his head and explained: "The accident at the school hunting party was not an accidental accident, but the accumulation of conflicts to a certain extent.
The subsequent outbreak is a preview of a larger-scale conflict in the future...any fortune teller with a little vision can see it. We must be prepared."
"Since you can see it, the school must have already made a plan, so don't worry." Fatty Xin waved his hand nonchalantly.
Xiao Xiao sighed softly.
"That's what I'm worried about." He stopped and looked around: "Wizards always believe too much in the power of magic, and students always believe too much in the power of the school... But the school, or those higher-level wizards
The blind followers at the bottom turn a blind eye to the forces they fear, such as fate and cause and effect. It’s very sad.”
"That kind of thing is not sad. We are all the same. There is no comparison, so there is no sadness." At this point, Zheng Qing changed the topic and looked at Xin mockingly: "The really sad thing is that the fat man has already prepared money.
But even after three days of staying at 'Yang-Peniel's Hotel', no mermaid sister came to knock on his door."
The so-called mermaid sister is naturally not a real mermaid or fish-man, but another name for a certain ancient profession.
"Nonsense." The fat man glanced at the two companions with a proud look, his tone was full of disdain, and his expression was unpredictable, which made Zheng Qing laugh secretly.
The three of them were walking in the forest goods market at the northern port of Beta Town, intending to prepare for the upcoming first semester of their freshman year.
Originally, such preparations were all carried out on the pedestrian street in the East District of Beta Town, or in the twelve Four Seasons Squares located around the world. However, after a week's trip to the North District, Zheng Qing and others were surprised to discover the magic raw materials here.
The price is only about 80% of that in other areas.
Although there are restrictions such as products of varying quality and merchants not conducting small transactions, these restrictions are not a problem for those who own a small shop and have a great doctor with them.
The only problem is that the amount of funds prepared by Zheng Qing and others is too small, and they can only watch packages of high-quality and low-priced goods being swept away by peer organizations such as Thor Alchemy Company and Green Grocery Store.
"With such money, isn't the Ummon Alliance afraid of monopoly?" Zheng Qing laboriously stuffed several cans of rare fire dragon bone powder into gray cloth bags and muttered angrily: "Monopoly will lead to market failure and then cause vicious economic accidents.
...Such as inflation! Just like what the US dollar and soft coins do!”
"What is inflation?" Fatty Xin was very interested in the new term that popped out of Zheng Qing's mouth: "Is Soft Girl Coin the name of your currency? Are there any Hard Man Coins?"
"There are no hard coins, but we have sand dollars." Zheng Qing explained to the fat man seriously: "As for inflation, it is an economic phenomenon in which the amount of currency circulating in the market exceeds actual demand, leading to currency devaluation and rising prices...
To paraphrase the situation in wizarding society, there are too many jade coins on the market. Dragon bone powder that was originally worth one jade coin now costs two jade coins to buy."
Fatty Xin shrugged.
"It sounds very complicated," he said in a blink of an eye, abandoning his curiosity to Java Island: "It is better to leave professional matters to professionals... We only need to create value."
"Such a classic statement, it doesn't sound like what you said." Zheng Qing raised his eyebrows.
"What he used was a certain sentence on the wall of the head office of Wizards United Bank." Xiao Xiao gave Zheng Qing the correct answer without any surprise: "Actually, that sentence is also an extension of 'specialization in the art', and it is not considered
A true classic."
"Wizards United Bank," Zheng Qing pinched his chin and murmured, "This name sounds familiar."
"It must sound familiar!" This time, even Fatty Xin couldn't help complaining: "This is the only wizard bank with a business license on Phuket Island... Whether it is Gringotts in Europe or Sam Chase in the United States,
Not allowed to conduct banking business on the island!”
"Oh!" Zheng Qing punched the palm of his hand and suddenly said: "It's not my fault... Who made the bank have abbreviations outside it! And didn't everyone call it 'Universal Bank'?... Speaking of which, this bank
It sounds awesome."
"Of course it's awesome." Xiao Xiao's eyes scanned the quotations on different containers. The quill in his hand quickly wrote in his notebook, and he could also answer Zheng Qing's unrelated questions at the same time:
"From the North Sea to the Sahara, from the Amazon to the source of the Three Rivers, from the New World to the depths of the stars, wherever wizards live, you can see the Wizards United Bank... In this bank, you can deposit gold coins, silver cakes, and copper coins.
; It can also store shells, stones, and wooden sticks; as well as potions, alchemy items, and magic weapons. As long as it is valuable, it can issue you an appropriate deposit receipt."
"But the rates are different." Fatty Xin looked at Zheng Qing who was eager to try, and warned: "I remember that the O'Brien family stored the coffins of their sixteen ancestors for a thousand years; for this reason, this family
Nearly one hundred tons of blood need to be paid as interest every year. However, Japan's Abe family entrusts their treasure house to them to take care of, but they can reap the interest of one dragon every year."
"What is the interest of a dragon?" Zheng Qing felt that he could not keep up with the topic.
"It means a lot...as valuable as a dragon." Fatty Xin looked contemptuous. He waved his fat short arms, tried hard to pull his temples, and shouted: "Are you completely incapable of understanding this?
Do you still need to explain what you are growing?”