Chapter 21 Buying and Selling

Where is the black market or secret meeting place in 'Mountain City'?

Jason knew it.

I was looking for prey in the 'Mountain City' last night. Although Jason did not find the prey, Jason has confirmed some places that look normal but have hidden mysteries.

One is the perfume rouge shop on Wuguan Street: Hongxiangfang.

One is the inn in Dongcheng: Yuelai Inn.

The former still had people coming in and out in the middle of the night.

The latter is a sound coming from the ground, which is inaudible to ordinary people, but it is very noisy to Jason.

Without any stop, Jason went straight to Yuelai Inn.

Because, Yuelai Inn is close to Jason at this moment.

A string of three lanterns hung high on the poles, making the surroundings bright. The door of the hall was open, and Xiaoer sat in front of the door, seemingly dozing off, but squinting his eyes to scan the surroundings.

Inside the counter, the shopkeeper is fiddling with the abacus and keeping accounts.

In the corner of the hall, three strong men sat drinking and eating meat, but the wine did not smell like wine, but instead smelled like tea.

As soon as Jason entered the door, he swept his eyes and roughly understood.

Xiaoer is sentry and reception.

The three men in one corner of the hall are thugs and bodyguards.

And the shopkeeper should be one of the people in charge here.

"My lord, what's the matter with you?"

Looking at Jason who was wearing a mask and covering his face, Xiao Er was not surprised at all. Except for the normal guests, all the people who came to their place were covered up like this, and he had long been used to it.

And the three thugs didn't even raise their heads.

For them, as long as they don't cause trouble, nothing will happen.

"Buy goods."

Jason said under his breath, and then threw a piece of ocean at the counter.

Sure enough, the piece of ocean fell into the money box behind the counter with a crisp sound.

Last night, after Jason discovered that the Yuelai Inn was strange, he carefully checked the people coming in and out here, as well as the "rules" here. , not to the thugs, nor to the shopkeeper, but to the money box behind the counter.

Of course, there were also those who walked over and put in the money box.

During the whole process, the money did not come into contact with the people in the inn.

‘It should be the rules set by the real boss here. '

'Of course also in case there are other things in the ocean. '

The ocean is not big, but it shouldn't be difficult to apply some venom or tracking powder.

Moreover, in the dungeon world in front of me, there might be some strange secret technique.

Therefore, Jason is not surprised by such rules.

"Master, please come inside."

Seeing Jason's familiar appearance, the waiter smiled and bowed to lead him. A shop waiter walked out from behind the inn, leading Jason to a room in the backyard.

It looks like a guest room, but the interior looks like a guest room.

But there were traces of the bed moving frequently on the ground, and under Jason's gaze, such traces were extremely clear.

Crunch, crunch.

Xiao Er walked to the side of the bed, raised his hands, and moved the bed away.

A downward step about five meters long appeared.

Two torches were stuck on the wall, illuminating the passage brightly. The two thugs leaned against the wall, seeing that Jason was brought in by their own people, they didn't take another look.

Jason stepped down, and the noise became clearer.

When he came to the end, the thugs at the door pushed the door open.

Suddenly, suddenly enlightened.

A space the size of half a football field emerges.

There are both vacant lots and houses.

There are stalls in the open space, and pedestrians come and go.

The signboard in front of the house is clear, but the door is closed and locked.

Obviously, this should be a black market, or a secret gathering.

Jason stood at the entrance and scanned, and saw more than one place before trading.

He subconsciously moved his nostrils.

A faint smell of food pervades here.

and,

More than one.

Immediately, the corner of Jason's mouth curled up.

'Sure enough, 'secret medicine' and the like are preserved by special means. '

‘Are you worried that the medicine will wear off? '

Thinking about it, Jason began to move around in this black market.

Don't speak, don't ask, keep silent.

Just listen and watch more.

For Jason, this was not the first time he had participated in such a secret gathering, and he knew exactly what to do in such a place without 'any guarantee'.

Turned for half an hour.

Jason had a general understanding of the market in front of him.

The location of the stall is a public trading area, and anyone can buy and sell, as long as the two parties reach an agreement.

The housing office is a 'shop' that is only opened during the big gatherings every year, and you need to pay a certain amount of rent to use it. Now it is not when there are big gatherings, and they are all closed.

However, there are also a wide variety of goods sold at the stalls.

But the most popular are two things.

'Secret Medicine' and 'Secret Biography'.

Naturally, the price is also extremely high.

However, it is not constant.

The 'secret medicine' will be affected by the length of time, whether it is stored properly, etc., and the potency of the medicine is different.

The 'secret biography' will also have incompleteness and so on.

Taking 'Peiyuan Dan' as an example, the normal price of a pill of Peiyuan Dan is 100 yuan, but here it fluctuates between 90-120 yuan, and the efficacy of the medicine is good or bad.

The reason why I understand it so clearly is because when someone bought the 'Peiyuan Pill' just now, they directly yelled, 'A piece of Peiyuan Pill outside is only 100 oceans, how dare you buy 120 here? '

The voice is high and loud.

Naturally, it attracted the attention of many people.

The stall owner who sold the medicine was wrapped in a black cloak, and he couldn't see his face clearly when he sat there. The stall in front of him was just a rag with the words 'Sell Peiyuan Dan 10 pills, 120 oceans a pill'.

And standing in front of the other party's booth was a man wearing a big opera face and his figure was also covered by a cloak.

"My medicine is refined by myself, and the medicine is more powerful. Why can't I sell it for 120 oceans?"

The stall owner asked coldly.

"Is it okay if you say yes?"

"What proof?"

"Why don't you let me taste one?"

The man with the painted face yelled again.

"Ah."

The stall owner sneered and stopped talking.

People around are watching here.

Some people are watching the fun.

Some people have contempt in their eyes.

Some people frowned secretly, then began to retreat.

Secret gatherings, although secret, are not safe.

Jason also followed these retreating people.

The eyes hidden in the hockey mask glanced at the stall owner, the customer, and a few people around them. These people seemed to be watching the excitement, but their eyes intersected with the stall owner and the customer from time to time.

Obviously recognized.

And the loud customer was supposed to be staring at the stall owner, but he glanced around, obviously not paying attention to the stall owner.

As for the stall owner itself?

You can't see anything wrapped in the cloak, but there is no smell of food on your body.

Even if the 'secret medicine' is stored in a special way, how can the person who refines the medicine not be contaminated with a little bit of 'taste'.

Therefore, it is obvious that the scene in front of him is a 'game'.

Stall owners and customers are a group, including the few people around them, in order to select 'fat sheep'.

And the means of selection?

It is nothing more than finding a bystander as a 'referee'.

After taking the medicine from the stall owner, he said whether the medicine is good or not.

If it's good, the customer pays.

If it is not good, the stall owner admits defeat.

Even, for the sake of being real, three 'referees' were selected at the beginning, and these three 'referees' were undoubtedly the people around them who had ambushed a long time ago.

Then, one of the three people said vaguely that it felt better than the general 'Peiyuan Pill', the other said it was the same as the general 'Peiyuan Pill', and the last one said it was better than the 'Peiyuan Pill'. Dan' poor.

When there is no dispute, the referee will come again.

This time, it was a 'referee' in the true sense.

When someone 'proves' that it is indeed 'Peiyuan Pill', and the stall owner's signboard says, 'Peiyuan Pill' ten pills, there will definitely be people who are greedy for cheap.

After all, it is a fact that a grain of 'Peiyuan Pill' costs 100 yuan.

People who can't help being greedy will eventually fall into the trap of this group of people.

You are staring at a 100-yuan ‘Pei Yuan Pill’.

This group of people is staring at your entire net worth.

It's like in Jason's hometown, "You stare at the interest that others give you, but others want your principal".

Very basic scam.

But many are fooled.

Greed is one of the original sins.

Of course, because the layout is real.

Jason glanced at the two thugs standing at the entrance, and the two stared at it indifferently, neither seeming to be gloating at the misfortune of the people around them, nor intending to stop them.

"This group of people gave a high share?"

"still……"

"Is this group of people themselves from this hidden market?"

Although there is no security guarantee in the hidden market, there must be order.

Or more precisely, rules.

Without rules, the hidden bazaar cannot be established at all.

And under such rules, if this group of people had nothing to do with the people in this secret market, it would be impossible for them to do so.

However, this has nothing to do with Jason.

Those who are fooled?

It has nothing to do with him either.

According to the taste of the 'food', he began to wander around the entire market to buy these 'secret medicines'.

With the 500 gold notes, 100 ocean notes and 230 60 cents 4% paper notes just found from Li Bin, Jason's funds are quite sufficient.

You know, a piece of gold leaf is 5 oceans.

And one tael of gold can be exchanged for 10 gold leaves.

To put it simply, the 500 gold ticket in Jason's hand can be exchanged for 5,000 gold leaves, and this is 25,000 yuan. If the market price is used, it is 75 'Peiyuan Pills'.

Calculated based on 10 points of satiety for a grain of 'Peiyuan Pill', this is 750 points of satiety.

Maybe ordinary people would be reluctant to have such a huge sum of money, but for Jason, there is no problem in completely switching to satiety.

Don't forget, Jason also got a golden ticket of 1,000 yuan from the senior brother who took over the city from the "Department Cult".

'The other party brought such a large amount of money, apparently to reward themselves and appease the people in the city after capturing the 'Mountain City', but in the end it was easier for me. '

Jason just thought about it for a while, and he understood why the so-called master of the state capital of the "Death Cult" brought so much money.

Now he can't wait to exchange all the golden tickets for 'secret medicine'.

However, to Jason's disappointment, he searched the entire hidden market, and only bought 15 'Peiyuan Pills' and 30 'Xiao Peiyuan Pills'.

'Xiao Pei Yuan Dan', as the name suggests, is a weakened version of 'Pei Yuan Dan', and the price is between 40-60 oceans.

And after purchasing these'secret medicines', Jason spent a full 3000 oceans.

The gold ticket was changed from one five hundred denomination to four one hundred and four ten tael gold tickets.

Unknowingly, everyone's eyes were on Jason.

In fact, when Jason started buying 'Peiyuan Pill' and 'Xiao Peiyuan Pill' almost without bargaining, many people had already paid attention to him.

And when Jason took out the five-hundred-dollar gold ticket and confirmed that it was not a fake, the whole market became quiet.

Everyone's attention was completely attracted by Jason.

They watched Jason put the'secret medicine' into his arms.

They watched Jason pass the golden ticket into his arms.

Even the people in the 'layout' in the distance are staring at this place.

Jason in the hockey mask smiled.

He just did it on purpose.

From the current situation, the effect is very good.

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"I'm posting a commission here: offering a reward for the head of the owner of the Mushi Martial Art Museum on Wuguan Street."

"Bounty—"

"One hundred taels of gold."

Jason looked around, coughed lightly and said.

Suddenly, the crowd in front of them exploded like a pot.

One hundred taels of gold.

That is five thousand oceans!

Enough for them to go to the state capital to buy a house, and then spend the rest of their lives comfortably.

Everyone is excited.

Everyone's eyes became hot.

There are both pairs of bonuses.

But more to Jason.

They didn't forget that Jason now had four hundred and forty taels of gold in his arms.

"The reward will last for two days!"

"Two days later, I will come again."

"Whoever takes Mubai's head, I will give him money."

After speaking, Jason turned and left.

Put a deposit?

nonexistent.

He came to fish.

Not to feed the fish.

'Hope these guys have some money and don't let me down. '

Jason thought silently.

After some previous battles, Jason has already understood that these guys who are lurking in the dark are more willing to carry all their wealth with them, and he hopes that these people have a stronger foundation.

Then, Jason suddenly thought of something.

‘Am I taking someone else’s money? '

'Certainly not. '

‘After all, I don’t even pay interest. '

Jason thought with certainty.

Then, he went straight out of the Yuelai Inn.

Jason didn't walk in the direction of Wuguan Street.

Instead, he walked towards Beicheng.

After a while, footsteps came from behind him.

Jason stopped in his tracks, and when he turned around, he saw the stall owner.

When the stall owner saw Jason stop, he immediately spoke.

"Your Excellency, please wait a moment."

"I have a 'secret medicine' here, do you want it?"

"want."

Jason said with certainty.

"One grain is 120 oceans, and I have 10 grains here."

The stall owner said seriously, as if he was going to do business.

"too expensive."

Unexpectedly, Jason, who had never bargained in the market, shook his head, which made the stall owner frown. While looking at his accomplices hiding in the night, he pretended to ask, "How much can you offer?"

Jason held up a finger.

"100 oceans?"

"No, too little."

"At least 115 oceans."

The stall owner looked at his companion who was approaching slowly and quietly, and continued to pretend to bargain.

Jason shook his head again, and said in a calm voice——

"No, you misunderstood me."

"I mean……"

"One life."