Chapter 610 Good Stuff, Good Stuff!
Seeing these giant turtle transport ships docking slowly on the shore, Lu Yiming was wearing a translator helmet and waiting eagerly in the dock area.
It feels weird.
He couldn't help but sigh to Shi Dayong beside him: "Why do I feel that the atmosphere is a bit rough... The original Bolier civilization also had this scene when they received us in the same place."
Shi Dayong said angrily: "Don't think too much, we don't have any bad intentions."
"The Bolir people had very bad intentions at the time. They wanted to keep us here and sacrifice us after the evil god summoned us. There are fundamental differences between the two sides."
"And here we just want to trade fairly and accumulate some knowledge."
"If the giant turtle civilization wants to live here, we can also sell them a piece of land, provided they abide by our rules."
While waiting, visitors from the Giant Turtle Civilization boarded the dock.
The dock was full of soldiers and no one else was there, but it had been cleared out.
After all, the other party is a relatively powerful civilization, and the etiquette that should be shown must still be shown.
Lu Yiming leaned forward and said to them: "Hello, friends who have come from afar. Welcome to the central island of this world. The city you see is called the City of Clouds and the Sea of Clouds. The core area of the alliance.”
"The area we are currently in is the dock area. This is the freight center and the place where various civilizations conduct transactions."
"In the square in front, there are seven civilized embassies. You can contact them as you like."
"I have to inform you in advance that there are certain rules and regulations that need to be followed here."
"The first is that each embassy is regarded as the territory of that civilization. Entering these embassies, you are not allowed to carry any thermal weapons, and forcefully enter the other party's embassy, otherwise it can be considered a hostile act."
"Second, it is not allowed to sell addictive drugs at will. In order to ensure the food security of each country, tobacco, alcohol, food, military weapons and other materials are not included in the free trade category, and each country can set tariffs at will."
"The third point is that the area outside the embassy is regarded as the territory of the City of Clouds and needs to abide by the laws and regulations of the Cloud Sea Civilization. Of course, there are no special laws, as long as there are no serious crimes such as robbery, theft, murder, and rape. , there will basically be no problems.”
These regulations are within a reasonable range. The Giant Turtle Civilization was originally here to visit and had no intention of causing trouble.
The elder Prime Minister Zhang asked shamelessly: "Dear Mr. Lu, I have a big question that I don't know if I can answer. Is it... that this is a safe world? Can we live there for a long time?"
His heart was beating wildly when he asked this question.
"Safe?" Lu Yiming smiled and threatened: "Where is the pure land in this world? Two years ago, there were 22 civilizations living on this land. After a war, only 2.5 civilizations survived. Now it has become After seven civilizations, do you think it’s safe here?”
"It's going to be dark soon in Yanghe. Maybe some monster will come in. Our current world and Yanghe are connected to each other. Do you think it's completely safe?"
Yes, it is impossible to be completely safe if it is connected to Yanghe.
"The safety regulations we have formulated are all to prevent problems before they occur. It's not that we don't trust you, but that all civilizations that come here have received corresponding safety inspections, and boarding inspections are required."
"Otherwise, if there is some special crisis, a lot of people may die."
Prime Minister Zhang looked a little embarrassed, but he keenly grasped the key points.
Two years ago, 22 civilizations became 2.5. Although I don’t know what 0.5 civilizations means, the disaster that occurred was absolutely terrifying!
When he thought about the special strangeness of this planet, there were many oceans, few land masses, and suppressed superpowers... Well, even if he thought about it, he couldn't possibly think that this was a planetary fortress. He has no such concept at all.
"It was later increased to seven civilizations, which means... no matter what, people can indeed live here!"
"Since there is so little land, land must be precious! Very precious!"
He silently kept this information in his heart.
The young emperor was very curious about everything around him. The solid cement road under his feet was the land they had been pursuing for more than 20 years!
Far, far away, there are rows of high-rise buildings, and a large number of cars can be seen passing on the overpass. However, that area will not be open to outsiders like them.
The large square in front of me is quite strange. The houses are all made of reinforced concrete.
"This is the commodity exchange. The number displayed on the screen you see now is the futures price of commodities."
The City of Clouds adopts a digital and information-based management system. Since each ancient civilization was developing its own characteristic industries, the futures trading market for bulk commodities naturally appeared.
There is such a trade market, which controls pricing power to a certain extent.
This exchange alone made these foreign visitors study for a long time...
But they still don't understand what the purpose of this thing is.
I was confused and just saw a lot of people in strange clothes gathered here, sharing some information with each other, but I couldn't understand what they were talking about.
What the Giant Turtle Man didn't expect was that the person being discussed by this group of people was exactly them!
"Haha, did you see it? Another civilization has arrived! We can give them a lot of money again... I don't know what their specialty is. The sum of the two of us makes a lot of money, right?"
A businessman from the Jin Dynasty winked and said happily, "We can purchase a large amount of goods! When the time comes, we can take advantage of their confusion and buy some special products."
"If anyone has special news, please tell me quickly and get ready early!"
"I heard that this civilization is very powerful! They didn't even want to undergo security inspection before entering our world! I don't know what specialties they have there..." said a well-informed person.
"It's a civilization with a profound foundation anyway!"
"How powerful can it be? Is it still comparable to the Cloud Sea Alliance?" Was it a businessman from a small country who spoke? "Haha, I don't believe it anyway."
Their own country is a loser and is in a state of chaos. Because the rulers are corrupt, many people simply run away and wait until a suitable leader is elected before returning.
But when talking about the Yunhai Alliance, everyone is very excited, as if it is really an unbreakable alliance...
"Definitely not as good as the Yunhai Alliance! Not accepting inspection? No, absolutely not. If another wave of evil gods invades, it will really... kill people. Even if they are rushed, we must drive them out." This middle-aged man from Jin Kingdom When people recalled the past, they turned pale and shook their heads.
He thinks that the current order is very good and life is good, but he really doesn't want to live the kind of life he used to.
"Old Ma, what happened two years ago?" People from other countries had never experienced what happened two years ago, and they all asked curiously.
But this period of history is also of great value. Even because of this war, the relationship between the Jin Kingdom and Yunhai Civilization took a further step.
The middle-aged businessman refused to say anything, he just whetted everyone's appetite.
What they didn't expect was that all their conversations would be heard by visitors from the Giant Turtle Civilization. The old Heavenly Master frowned, turned his head slightly, and eavesdropped on the conversation of these people from a hundred meters away. He did not understand Chinese, and could only vaguely sense that these people were discussing their giant tortoise civilization.
Of course, these businessmen don’t have much malicious intent, they just want to seize opportunities to make money...
This made him feel relieved, but also a little confused about the strong business atmosphere in this world.
"Let's go, walking forward is the exhibition hall of the Jin Empire. There are some local specialties." Lu Yiming introduced.
The delegation from the Giant Turtle Kingdom continued to visit, and they found that the styles of each trading venue were also different. For example, the embassy of the Jin Empire looked like a giant dragon, and various high-quality grains were sold in the venue.
"Hey, this kind of rice... seems to be rich in spiritual energy?" The old master took the rice as big as a peanut and pondered it for a long time, and finally determined that it was definitely a good thing.
Long-term consumption of this kind of rice can not only prolong life, but is also beneficial to the growth of physical strength!
"Master Tian, what do you think..." Prime Minister Zhang asked.
"Good stuff, good stuff." The old master said, "According to my estimation, our best spiritual rice is only half as effective!"
The Giant Turtle Civilization once purchased a food called "Lingmi" in a certain transaction, but it was a pity that the seeds of this magical plant were deteriorating from generation to generation, probably because they were far away from their hometown. It is precisely because of long-term consumption of "spiritual rice" that they can cultivate more powerful soldiers.
And now, they've discovered even better food!
"How much does this rice cost?"
"200 yuan per pound!" The diplomat from the Jin Kingdom, with a parrot in charge of translation standing on his shoulder, said with a smile, with a kind expression on his face.
He smiled on the surface, but secretly he quadrupled the price!
Other civilization purchases only cost 50 yuan per pound.
Lu Yiming, who was standing aside, didn't care. Trading here can guarantee safety and there will be a small tax, about 3%. It is not expensive and all civilizations can afford it.
The City of Clouds adopts an information-based management system, uses digital currency, and rarely uses cash.
With computer accounting, there is almost no possibility of tax evasion.
Of course, there is no need to evade taxes on this tax. At least it guarantees safety. The City of Clouds is the biggest purchasing customer. If you want to evade taxes, you have to be able to sell it.