I don’t know whether it is the ingenuity of the planners of Barbarian Goulian or God’s deliberate joke. Viewed from the air, the shape of the entire Barbarian Goulian looks like an upright bull. The Daxing Hall occupies the most unique piece of land - the bull head.
At the neck of the cow is the comprehensive artistic conception academy directly connected to the barbarians - Jie Qianyuan. Further back, the body and belly of the cow is the most prosperous place in the entire northwest region - Xiaman.
The history of Xiaman is very ancient. According to legend, Jiang'an, one of the Nine Sages of the Yu Sect, settled here in his later years and finally lived here. If this legend is true, then Xiaman has a history of nearly three thousand years, nearly
Twice the size of the shape.
There is also a very ridiculous saying that the reason why the barbarians have such a strange terrain is because a great master once cast a huge iron plow and plowed here repeatedly for thirty years, with the purpose of finding
The inheritance of Jiang An.
It was already dusk when we came out of the Feilong Post at Niubu. The dusk was closing, and several flying dragons were circling and landing in the gray sky. Their slightly sad chirps made the travelers feel a little more desolate in the evening.
Following the flow of people heading north for less than 200 meters, they walked onto a lively street. People were coming and going. The cries of merchants and the heroic laughter of cultivators mingled with each other on the street, and hung in various places.
The ambient light in front of the se store gradually lights up, illuminating the majestic and ostentatious plaques, emitting a dazzling light.
As a corpse hunter who has been traveling alone for decades, Wu Ma Xi resists this suffocating bustling and tries his best to choose dimly lit routes, like a gray wild rat walking on the edge of bustling.
Due to the existence of the Daxing Hall next to it, Xiaman has naturally become a city of artistic conception. The hundreds of shops on this street are all related to the artistic conception. In this short Yiqian Road, there are plaques one after another.
, the word artistic conception appears frequently in it.
There is an artistic conception material store called "Qicai Palace" in the street. Two waiters stand at the door, singing and singing to attract customers.
"There are many wonderful materials in the Palace of Wonderful Materials~"
"There are so many wonderful materials~"
“Don’t miss it if you’re passing by~”
"Don't miss it~"
"Pick up the pole and weigh two baskets, don't take advantage of the stupid goose~"
"Hey silly goose~oh hey~"
…
Their voices were loud and their songs were catchy, attracting many onlookers.
Wu Ma Xi's attitude towards the excitement was always to avoid walking. In order to avoid the crowd of onlookers that blocked half of the street, she made a large circle and passed under the street lamp on the opposite side of the street.
A man came rushing towards her, holding up his belt and running wildly along the street. Wu Ma Xi stepped to the left, and the man wiped his body and jumped over.
Wu Maxi looked at his back for a moment, and suddenly heard shouts of death coming from behind.
Turning around, he saw six or seven big men on the street rushing over like wild horses. The first one raised his sword and pointed it in the direction of Wuma Xi, shouting: "That's that bastard!"
Wu Maxi's heart tightened.
"If I don't castrate you, I will take your surname."
Wuma Xi stood on his side with concentration, ready to take action, but he saw the seven men rushing past him like water, chasing the man in front of him with his trousers.
It is a place of right and wrong, and it is not advisable to stay for a long time.
Wuma Xi turned around and walked away. Suddenly she felt her sleeves being pulled tightly, and a voice sounded from the left side: "Xiao Guo, do you want to tell your fortune?"
Wu Maxi turned around and saw a colorful little guise spread out in front of her eyes. On it were four crooked big characters like "immortal guides the way" like crawling earthworms. Looking down, she saw that the person holding the guise was a small mouse-like figure.
old man.
The old man was three sizes smaller than the average person, with a pair of slender eyes that smiled like a weasel. He pulled Wu Ma Xi's sleeves and said in his strangely undulating tone: "Xiao Guo, I'm sorry!"
This... dialect from where?
Wu Maxi thought about it for a long time and finally realized that the old man should be talking about "marriage".
Having lived with the old liar for so long, Wu Ma Xi had already understood the meaning of fortune telling, which was nothing more than cheating one by one.
According to legend, there were some strange people in the ancient times who knew life and death through their yin and yang. The common vocabulary for their records in unofficial history is that they are immortal and unfathomable. But the little old man in front of him has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and his whole body is full of aura.
Philistines are smart and obviously have nothing to do with that kind of weirdo.
Wu Maxi ignored him and continued to move forward.
"Xiaoguo, I see your face is blooming with peach blossoms. Is this a secret grudge?" The little old man still persisted in pestering you.
Because she was an old liar, Wu Ma Xi had a good impression of the "skilled profession" of liars. She casually took out a gold coin and threw it to him, then turned around and entered a nearby artistic conception material store.
The little old man tried to follow him under the pretense, but was stopped by a big and round guard, who carried him out like a chicken.
The little old man dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. He lowered his head and walked out for dozens of steps. When he reached a safe distance, he turned back and cursed in a low voice: "A dog looks down on people!" After that, he spit out a mouthful of phlegm thick enough to drown a mouse.
, carrying the guise and quickly merged into the crowd, looking for the next customer.
It is a very annoying attribute for a dog to look down on others, but most stores with this attribute are of high quality, such as this one.
This store is called Jinyoulou, which is a very confident name.
The entrance is a bright and elegant lobby. The decoration is very simple. The light brown walls are all bare. Only some valuable objects are hung in a few clever places, which instantly embellishes the entire lobby with style.
Bufan. Wu Maxi has become very discerning in the past two years. After glancing at the decorations on the wall, he knew that this store was very rich and the quality was much higher than those in Xiqu.
Wu Ma Xi had already made a complete purchase plan when she came this time. She took out a purchase list from her arms and handed it to the beautiful waitress who had just walked over to speak. She preemptively said: "Give me a quotation based on this list.
Give it to me tomorrow morning."
After saying that, he didn't wait for the other party to talk nonsense, and walked straight out of the store and went straight to the next material store.
Most of the material stores in Manrengoulian were concentrated near the cow buttocks in the south. Wu Ma Xi spent about two hours selecting a dozen good-sized material stores, handed over the same list, and then found an inn nearby.
Rest your feet.
Manrengoulian is a city that never sleeps, and the hustle and bustle lasted until the early morning before gradually quieting down.
Wuma Xi finished her training and sat quietly leaning against the window, looking at the sleeping city.
A faint white mist surrounds the sesame seeds in the cup.
There are gentle fluctuations floating in my mind, which are the fluctuations of Ling Shile's cultivation artistic conception.
Wu Maxi once watched Ling Shile's cultivation artistic conception. It was an eight-clawed octopus-shaped structure. The weaving style was very similar to that of the sky. It mostly used long and gentle arcs. Only some small details used a unique pattern.
Folding shock.
He has roughly analyzed the structure of this artistic conception. Although it is not as clever as Xia Yeyingyu, it can still be regarded as a good artistic conception. The entire structure is rigorous and accurate, and the interference and pulling are handled very cleverly.
However, Wu Maxi always felt that there was something wrong with this artistic conception. She couldn't explain it specifically, but it could only be attributed to the fact that Scorpio represents a sixth sense that is far superior to ordinary people.
Early the next morning, Wu Maxi went to those material stores to collect quotations.
The types of materials he wanted to purchase this time were relatively complex, with more than thirty kinds, including all commonly used materials. In addition to arranging the array guides that had been prepared, he was mainly making some material reserves.
For an interior materials store, his purchase volume was actually not large, but he couldn't help but add a zero after the quantity of materials, so the entire purchase order became quite considerable, and several interior materials stores sent out
The important person entertained him personally and showed great hospitality. Wu Ma Xi did not stay long and quickly returned to the inn with the quotation, spreading several documents on the table for comparison.
Nine of the dozen material stores have given quotations, and they are generally close, with only some minor discrepancies. Jun Youlou's quotation is considered to be moderately high, but considering the speed of shipment and reputation of service, Wu Maxi is still prepared to give it to him.
The purchase is scheduled to be completed, we just have to lower the price with them.
On these quotations, three materials are marked as out of stock. Among them, the locust can be replaced. The setting sun dye is not urgently needed, but the withered finger of the god of death is a necessary material for the star array and is indispensable. Xiaman is
The city in the center of the northwest gathers the essence of the northwest. Materials that cannot be found here may not be easy to find.
Wu Maxi felt a little regretful, it seemed that the array guide of Dangxingchen had to be abandoned.
“Tuk-tuk-tuk.”
A clear rhythmic knock on the door suddenly came, and Wuma Xi heard the approaching cold front in his ears, making him suddenly alert.
He had no friends in the northwest, and he had already told the waiter not to disturb him. Who could be outside the door?
Wu Maxi put away her things, slowly approached the window, and looked down the window.
Outside the window is a narrow and winding street, and next to it is a group of messy buildings. When she checked in yesterday, Wu Ma Xi had already planned three or four escape routes by looking at the lights below, and now she was confirming them with her eyes again.
"Old Han Zhizong, I have something to discuss. I would like to ask you to spare a moment of leisure." A calm voice came from outside the door.
"Han Zhizong?" Wu Maxi thought about the unfamiliar name, but did not open the door immediately and asked: "What's the matter?"
"I accidentally learned that the young master is purchasing environmental materials, which happens to be one of my main businesses, so I came here specially. I hope that the young master will not blame me for being presumptuous."
Are you selling environmental materials? If you buy some materials, material dealers will come to your doorstep.
Wu Maxi still did not dare to ignore it and asked: "What is the name of your shop?"
"My name is 'Huizhen Pavilion'. I am old and incapable, and I only hold the position of third shopkeeper."
"Huizhen Pavilion" These three words were the only ones echoing in Wu Ma Xi's mind.
If it hadn't been for Huizhen Pavilion as a troublemaker two years ago, the fight in Xiqu might not have been possible. Although all the troublemakers died in the end, Wu Maxi still had hatred for Huizhen Pavilion in her heart.
Yin shadow.
He loosened his clenched fists and asked with a cold face: "It's just a small order, why do you bother shopkeeper Han to come to the door in person?"
It's not surprising that the orders made by Wuma Xi attracted a few small-scale material dealers, but why would a big firm like Huizhen Pavilion come to the door in such a humble manner?
"Young Master is joking, how can an order worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins be considered a small order?" Han Zhizong's tone was calm and sincere, "A big customer with potential like Young Master is exactly our favorite partner."
Wu Maxi sneered and was about to scold the old salesman away. Then he changed his mind and walked to the door and opened it.
Standing outside the door was an old man in his early fifties, wearing a dark blue robe, with a medium build and average appearance.
Wu Maxi's impression of the shopkeeper of Huizhen Pavilion still rested on Chen Cangman's tacky big gold teeth and Si Ying's sexy long legs. She looked at this old man with a mediocre figure, appearance and tone, and after looking at him for a long time, he
Invited him in.
"I'm taking the liberty of paying you a visit. I hope you won't take offense, sir." As soon as he entered the door, Han Zhizong expressed his modesty again. He was truly a good gentleman.
"It's okay. But some of you don't quite understand. Huizhen Pavilion is a well-known large business in Tianshu. Why are you so concerned about the small order you place?"
"Young Master has been praised too much. How can you dare to be famous as a commoner in the world?" Han Zhizong smiled a little bitterly.
In the past, Huizhen Pavilion was barely well-known among the common people, but now it is even more famous, but it is just because of the unlucky reputation gained by the Cha family.
The original Huizhen Pavilion stayed firmly in the Central Plains and set foot in the Southwest, with a very good development momentum. However, due to the Xiqu incident, the business in the Southwest was forcibly divided and swallowed up by the Cha family. Years of layout and investment were instantly wiped out, and even the Central Plains people were
The business has also been greatly affected, which can be said to be a serious loss of vitality.
Although the relationship with the Cha family has eased slightly over the years, I don't dare to think about doing business in Southwest China again.
So the top management of Huizhen Pavilion formulated a new development plan - to attack the northwest.
The resources in the northwest are slightly poor, the folk customs are strong, and the local forces are xenophobic. The original Huizhen Pavilion was really unwilling to get involved, but after losing the southwest, Huizhen Pavilion had to find new markets and development soil, so
So they had to march into the northwest with great fanfare, and opened ten branches in Xiaman in one day, and the Manbutt branch was one of them.
Han Zhizong laughed awkwardly a few times. Seeing that the other party was looking at him without speaking, he knew that he couldn't get past the ambiguity, so he said: "Our store opened last month. At the beginning of everything, we need a group of partners with strength and sincerity. You can do business neatly."
, has huge purchasing potential, and is exactly the partner our store needs.”
After Han Zhizong finished speaking, he took out a list from his sleeve and handed it to Wuma Xi, saying: "I am lucky enough to have seen the list of the young master. I have specially drawn up a quotation list. Please take a look at it."
Putting storage bags in sleeves is a unique habit in the Central Plains region.
Wu Ma Xi didn't say anything. She took her eyes back from the opponent's sleeve, took the quotation and read it.
Huizhenge's quotation is relatively low, on average half a percent lower than that of Jinyoulou. The year and place of production are also very detailed. They are indeed very sincere. Moreover, there are more sunset dyes and moths on this list than other merchants. Some people
This is enough to show its strength.
With sincerity and strength, if you really want to do business, Huizhenge is obviously the best partner.
"As for the withered fingers of the god of death mentioned in the Young Master's list, all merchants in the lower barbarians probably don't have them in stock, but I know where to buy such materials." Han Zhizong took out another pamphlet from his sleeve and handed it to Wuma.
On the evening of the same day, "Two days after tomorrow, Huizhen Pavilion and several colleagues will hold a large-scale artistic conception auction in Manrengoulian. The withered finger of the god of death is one of the auction items. If you are interested in participating, I can arrange it for you."