Chapter 793 Small and Large Offerings
Just then, a nearby vendor shouted, "The city management is here!"
The mad Taoist immediately jumped up as if he had been electrocuted, and hurriedly said, "Little kid, things are not going well, I'll leave first!" After that, he packed up his stall, turned around and ran, and his speed was faster than the young man who ran at the same time.
When the mad Taoist disappeared in the crowd, Zong Yuan said to himself, "I will get the three things that the mad Taoist said as soon as possible and give them to my dad, maybe I can use them."
When Zhang Xiaoqiang completely recovered, it was already noon the next day. He ate something casually and prepared to leave this place. Not long after, the young woman brought a package and said, "Brother Qiang, this is what the head asked me to send."
Zhang Xiaoqiang nodded, he opened the package, and saw a book, a painting, and an antique little tower. He placed the three things in front of him, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he said to himself, "These three things seem to be mysterious."
After some research, he decided not to leave for the time being, and stayed to practice for a while to see if he could hold the elixir. The first level of Baodan has three realms: heaven, earth, and man. He delayed Baodan in order to lay a more solid foundation. Now that he has these three things in his hand, he feels that it is necessary to make an impact once, and maybe he can reach the first level of heaven.
The Empty Mountain Picture is hung in the center of the study. He sits cross-legged on the couch, staring at the picture, and comprehending the mystery. The Empty Mountain Picture was created by Zhang Sanfeng, who is a great man of his generation and has a great reputation. The picture contains his understanding of Tao. A great man like him can engrave his spiritual will on the artifact, and this method is called "transmitting the spirit".
In fact, there are some calligraphy and painting masters in the folk. Although they have not practiced, they can also achieve "transmitting the spirit", but there are very few such people. For example, the painting saint Wu Daozi, the grass saint Zhang Xu, etc., their spiritual realm is not weaker than the supernatural power, and they belong to the folk wonders.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaoqiang stared at the painting, and the spiritual will in the painting was gradually perceived by him. His heart is like a child, ethereal and untainted, and his comprehension surpasses that of ordinary people. In addition, he had killed Ming Shao before and seized his luck. He had luck in his body, which also improved his perception. One day, two days, three days, unknowingly, seven days passed.
That day, the sun set, and Zhang Xiaoqiang closed his eyes. The spiritual will in the painting seemed to have been engraved in his heart. He murmured: "The empty mountain is not empty, and the heart of heaven is heartless."
After saying that, the empty mountain picture suddenly burned with a "whoosh" and turned into ashes in an instant.
In the Northwest Base, Bai Xuan, Yuwen Jinghua and others were staring at the big screen to observe Zhang Xiaoqiang's practice. Seeing the Empty Mountain Picture burning, Yuwen Jinghua clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Great! The master has truly comprehended the Empty Mountain Picture!"
Mei Susu asked in confusion: "Mr. Yuwen, as far as I know, Zhang Sanfeng's disciple once comprehended this picture and broke through to the half-step supernatural power. In this case, why didn't the picture burn at the beginning?"
Yuwen Jinghua laughed: "The insights of the ancestor Sanfeng are all in the painting. I guess his disciple comprehended less than one tenth. But the master is different. He has completely comprehended the true meaning of the picture. The true meaning of the Empty Mountain Picture has been engraved in his heart, so it has no value, so it burned to ashes."
On the eighth day, Zhang Xiaoqiang began to study the "Secret Book of the Art of Looking at Qi". This time it took longer. He stayed at home for more than two months. From the chapter of man, to the chapter of earth, and finally to the chapter of heaven. During the study, he suddenly felt that these three chapters were extremely consistent with the three realms of heaven, earth, and man, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
More than two months is a long time. Zhang Xiaoqiang is immersed in cultivation, and many things are happening outside.
The construction of the Northwest Machinery City has finally been completed. Wu Se, who has just come out of cultivation, is sitting in the machine room to help Xiaoqiang test the operation of the Machinery City. He stared at the rows of data on the screen, looking shocked, and asked: "Xiao Qiang, all the equipment is controlled by the central computer. How efficient is it when the raw materials are sufficient?"
"We can do an experiment." Xiao Qiang said, "Let's take the Leibao V7 produced by Tianxing Automobile as an example. This car is priced at two million. The production cycle of the whole car is about ten days, and the cost is about one million. If I produce it, the cycle is only a few minutes."
After Xiao Qiang finished speaking, Wu Se saw the Machinery City running through the monitoring screen. A small car has more than 20,000 parts on it, from the engine to the screws, all of which are made in the Machinery City. Various world-leading manufacturing processes are perfectly displayed here. The detection scale of large parts has reached the micron level, and the precision parts have even reached the nanometer level.
Seeing the complex production lines moving at the same time, Wu Se said: "Xiao Qiang, the Mechanical City is not a professional production line for a certain product after all, but its manufacturing speed still shocked me."
Xiao Qiang said: "The purpose of the Mechanical City is to manufacture professional production lines. It is a first-level heavy industry production line. If we build airplanes, we can use it to make airplane production lines; if we want to build tanks, we can make tank production lines. And you see, the Mechanical City is an organically unified whole, and all equipment is movable and disassembled. If necessary, the entire Mechanical City can be moved to Wose, which is very convenient."
Wu Se blinked: "In this case, I think you should first build a few heavy-duty machine production lines. In the future, there will be a large amount of material exchanges between the base and Wose, and sea transportation alone will not work."
"Your idea is already in the plan. The large transport aircraft production line is under construction and is expected to start production next month. With sufficient raw materials, one production line can produce one large transport aircraft per day. What we will produce will be the most advanced large transport aircraft in the world. The fuselage frame is made of lightweight high-tech materials, with a range of 23,000 kilometers, an empty weight of only 120 tons, and a maximum aircraft weight of 380 tons."
Wuse asked: "All high-tech materials are used, so the cost of this transport aircraft is very high, right?"
"The production cost is 930 million US dollars. If it refers to production, the cost can be reduced by about 20%." Xiaoqiang said, "To meet the air transport needs of Wose in the next ten years, at least 500 aircraft must be produced."
Wuse curled his lips. The cost of 500 aircraft is as high as 400 billion US dollars. I'm afraid only Xiaoqiang, a spendthrift, can do it. He couldn't help but ask again: "Since it is the most advanced in the world, why not export it? In this way, we can make money while producing, greatly saving costs."
"Yes, I decided to sell a streamlined version of the transport aircraft. Its manufacturing cost is only 150 million US dollars, which is far less than other transport aircraft of the same level in the world. The market potential is huge." Xiaoqiang said, "We not only sell large transport aircraft, but also regional airliners, fighter jets, helicopters, and business jets."
Wuse narrowed his eyes. He seemed to see a golden prospect and said: "I have seen a market assessment. In the next 20 years, the market size of civil aircraft will exceed 5 trillion US dollars. If military aircraft are included, the total size should be no less than 10 trillion US dollars. With our technical strength and cost advantage, it should not be difficult to occupy half of the market?"
Xiaoqiang: "In at most three years, we can occupy a place in the aircraft market."
When Xiaoqiang and Wuse were imagining the future, a group of uninvited guests came to Longhu Mountain. The three immortals of dragon and tiger, as well as the strongest masters of Zhang Di, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Ling, etc. in the sect all came out to greet them, because the background of the visitors was very great. They were from the upper-grade cultivation family Xiao Kunlun.
In the Dragon and Tiger Hall, three arrogant young men put their hands behind their backs and looked at the people of Longhu Mountain with a cold look. The fat Taoist stepped forward and bowed, saying with a smile: "I am sorry for not welcoming you, the three envoys."
"No need to welcome you." The young man in the middle, who had a red mole as big as a mung bean between his eyebrows, said in a cold tone, "We are here to collect offerings from Longhu Mountain on behalf of Xiao Kunlun. Are you ready?"
Offerings? The three immortals of Dragon and Tiger looked at each other, and the fat Taoist smiled reluctantly: "Please tell me clearly, what is this offering?"
The young man on the left had very thin lips, and he snorted coldly: "People from small sects are ignorant. Don't you know the truth that it is better to take shelter under a big tree? You Longhu Mountain have no foundation and no strength. If you encounter a strong enemy one day, how will you deal with it? Don't we need Kunlun Mountain to resist? Of course, Kunlun Mountain can't stand up for you for nothing. You have to make a small offering every year and a big offering every five years."
The three immortals of Dragon and Tiger had heard about the offering to the upper-class family, but they didn't expect it to happen so quickly. They sighed secretly, knowing that they couldn't avoid it, so they could only agree. The fat Taoist then asked: "Excuse me, three envoys, what is the small offering and what is the big offering?"
The young man with the red mole in the middle said: "The small offering is to hand over 20 low-grade elixirs and 5 medium-grade elixirs every year. If you don't have them, you can also convert them into cash, but we only accept US dollars. As for the big offering, it is handed over every five years, 10 medium-grade elixirs and one high-grade elixir, which can also be converted into cash."
When the three immortals of Longhu changed color when they heard that the amount of offering was so large, the crooked-mouthed Taoist trembled all over and said in a trembling voice: "Let the three envoys know that my Longhu Mountain has just reopened its gates and has a weak foundation. I'm afraid I can't produce so many elixirs!"
"It doesn't matter if you can't produce them, you can convert them into cash." The thin-lipped young man said, "One low-grade elixir is converted into 100 million, one medium-grade elixir is converted into 600 million, and one high-grade elixir is converted into 100 million. A top-grade elixir is worth 4 billion. "
Zhang Yuan was furious, stepped forward and shouted: "The small offering is 5 billion per year, and the large offering is 10 billion every five years, which is equivalent to Longhu Mountain paying 7 billion every year! You are simply going too far!"
The red-mole young man's face turned cold, staring at Zhang Yuan and said in a sinister voice: "Boy, you don't have the right to talk here, get out of the way!"
The three immortals of Longhu looked ugly, and the blind Taoist stopped Zhang Yuan from being impulsive. He said in a deep voice: "Three envoys, Longhu Mountain is a small family with a small business, and it really can't afford so many elixirs. Please be kind and reduce the number of offerings a little bit?"
"It can't be reduced." The thin-lipped young man said decisively, "We are just here to inform you today. Starting next year, Longhu Mountain will rely on Xiao Kunlun, and the small and large offerings must not be less. If you don't pay, hum, you should know the consequences of offending a top-grade cultivation family!"