Chapter 732 Crazy Big Purchase
After bidding farewell to the Da family, Shang Ji went straight to Longmao City without stopping. The same routine as in Lulong Fortress, talk to senior generals one by one to check their loyalty.
After staying in Dragon Throat City for three days, Shang Ji set out on his way back after inspecting it, but the route was slightly different from when he came. After going around and wandering for more than half a month, Shang Ji finally returned to Xiangping!
During this period, he inspected the three giant cities and eight big cities in the original Koguryo, checked the loyalty of senior officials in each city one by one, and dismissed several officials whose loyalty was below the pass line.
It took more than half a month before the inspection work was really completed. The overall situation is fairly optimistic. Even in the former homeland of Koguryo, the loyalty of the city's people and senior officials is not too low. Under normal circumstances, there will be no betrayal and confusion.
As soon as he returned to Xiangping, before Shang Ji had time to take a breather, Liu Yi came to his door.
Liu Yi was one of the few senior generals who didn't go out to "earn extra money". The Pingzhou Army has such a big stall, and the daily affairs are quite heavy. If Shang Ji doesn't want to handle it himself, he can only let Liu Yi stay.
"My lord, Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, etc. have all contacted us. They are very interested in our proposal, but they still have some objections to the price, because the amount is too huge, and they will not dare to make a claim. , can only wait for the lord to come back and decide for himself.”
"Is the supply of goods sufficient? It is less than two months before the national war. Don't wait until we pay for their goods and they are not ready."
"The last general has confirmed it again and again. They have guaranteed that the quantity is very sufficient. As long as the agreement is reached, the goods will be delivered immediately, and the lord's expedition to foreign lands will never be delayed!"
"Very good." Shang Ji nodded, and then said: "Brother, please give me a list of supplies."
"It's here, my lord, please take a look!"
Liu Yi took out a directory on the spot and handed it to Shang Ji.
Shang Ji took it and looked it up carefully, only to see a large list of materials written on the list, which are:
Dong Zhuo: 50,000 altars of Tianyoude Highland Barley King, 5 million altars of Tianyoude Hero Wine, 2 million altars of Tianyoude Highland Barley Wine
Sun Jian: 50,000 Shanyue long swords
Yuan Shu: 500,000 Pots of Exploding Feather Arrows
Yuan Shao: 50,000 sets of cheat books for generals (including one for advanced internal skills and one for advanced spear/knife/arrow techniques) of different categories; 10,000 sets for cheats for civil servants (including one for emergency chapters, one for filial piety, and one for poetry); A total of 1,000 cheat books of human level and above
Cao Cao: 500, 200, and 50 law decrees for junior high school and high school, respectively
Liu Bei: 200 sets of Mohist characteristic defense equipment
Zhang Jiao: Yellow Turban Army, Yellow Turban Warriors, and Yellow Turban Lingwu three special arms training cheats, 500,000 copies of cinnabar, yellow paper, wolf hair, etc. required for making talismans
Others: grain, salt, tea and other materials totaling 150 million shi
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Shang Ji asked Liu Yi: "Why, Yuan Shu still doesn't agree to sell the secret recipe for making the Explosive Feather Arrow?"
Liu Yi gave a wry smile, shook his head and said, "Yuan Shu is not stupid. The Explosive Feather Arrow is such a powerful strategic equipment that it will never be sold unless it is absolutely necessary."
Shang Ji sighed helplessly, he also knew that this kind of thing cannot be forced. In the Battle of Xianbei, the effect of the Burst Feather Arrow was very obvious. Su Huan was able to take three thousand flying phoenix and fire cavalry to take the gate of Longcheng lightly. There are three most critical factors. As an extremely rare flying unit, it has a head start effect; the third point is to rely on the powerful bursting flying feather arrow.
Even regular archers, equipped with bursting feather arrows, are no less powerful than high-level special archers. If Xingyao Qiangbow or Sun Shooter can be replaced with Explosive Feather Arrows, then the combat effectiveness of these two parts will soar!
However, even with the sudden wealth of Shang Ji, it is impossible for the entire army to change into Bursting Flying Feather Arrows!
Yuan Shu's asking price for the Explosive Flying Feather Arrow was a piece of hardware. With the combat efficiency of a high-level archer, it is not uncommon for him to shoot five arrows in one breath.
Xingyao Qiang Gong and Sun Shooting Forces totaled 500,000 soldiers, and the entire army would go bankrupt after a big battle!
Of course, it was because Shang Ji was out of his mind to make himself feel uncomfortable, but Yuan Shu still didn't agree.
As one of Yuan Shu's trump cards, the Explosive Feather Arrow is very cautious in selling it to the outside world. If it weren't for the fact that Pingzhou was thousands of miles away from Nanyang, and that Shang Ji was going on an expedition to foreign lands, it was already well known that Yuan Shu would not have been able to provide Shang Ji with Explosive Flying Feather Arrows on a large scale.
This time, because of the huge amount of purchases and the stalking of the negotiators, Yuan Shu gave Shang Ji an unprecedented 20% discount, 500,000 pots (20 pieces per pot) for only 40 million gold!
Apart from the Explosive Feather Arrow, other princes from all walks of life sell quite good things. Dong Zhuo’s highland barley wine that can boost morale and speed up the recovery of physical strength and internal strength; the extremely sharp and cost-effective Shanyue long knife; a large-scale complete set of cheats; the effect is quite outstanding, a special defensive device made by the Mohist; it can quickly stabilize new occupations The laws of the city...
The stuff is good, but the corresponding price is also very high!
All things added up, the initial selling price of these items on the shopping list is as high as 320 million gold!
One-third of the national war reserves left by Shang Ji were used up at once. Although the final price has not yet been determined, and the relevant personnel are still negotiating hard on the price issue, but it will be a high incense to wipe out the 20 million fraction in the end.
These items are all exclusive products, if you want to buy them, you can buy them or not, there is not much room for negotiation. There are even some products that would not be killed by others if it wasn't for the merchant's special hole cards, such as Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Army training cheats and talisman-making materials.
For the talisman, Shang Ji was most worried about the manpower problem at first, but later discovered that the material was also a problem!
Although the materials are not expensive, the market is quite small and cannot withstand large-scale tossing by merchants. And the only one who hoarded cinnabar and yellow paper in large quantities was Zhang Jiao, the former leader of the Yellow Turban Army and now the Great Master of Protecting the Nation!
As a last resort, Shang Ji could only contact Zhang Jiao through Dong Zhuo, hoping to buy the cinnabar yellow paper in Zhang Jiao's hands.
Given the relationship between Zhang Jiao and Shang Ji, he rejected it without any surprise. Fortunately, Shang Ji still has a trump card in his hand—the yellow scarf general Sun Zhong!
Sun Zhong, a person who is almost forgotten. At the beginning, Shang Ji killed him on the battlefield and used him to test the resurrection effect of the Qiankun Good Fortune Ring. After the experiment, Sun Zhong came back to life.
At the beginning, Shang Ji tried to recruit Sun Zhong, but he is also a historical general, and he still has certain value. However, Sun Zhong was absolutely determined to Zhang Jiao and the Yellow Turban Army. Even though Zhang Jiao led the crowd to join Dong Zhuo, Sun Zhong still flatly rejected Shang Ji's recruitment.
And Sun Zhong was also imprisoned in the Xiangping prison for three years, and the merchants who imprisoned him almost forgot him!
It was after Zhang Jiao's setback, and after Liu Yi reminded Shang Ji that he remembered that he still had a high-ranking Yellow Turban prisoner here.
Although Sun Zhong was a role in history, he is a typical cannon fodder. But with Fenghuo's situation, any historical general can be called a high-level talent. At the beginning, the total strength of the Yellow Turban Army was over 100 million, and Sun Zhong was at least in the top 50 of them, which can be said to be the core high-level.
Another very important point is that Sun Zhong is absolutely loyal to Zhang Jiao, which is a very strong plus point. The three-year imprisonment did not change his ambition at all, and he repeatedly refused Shang Ji's offer to surrender. If Zhang Jiao, such a character, does not try to redeem him, will he still have the morale of the army?
The conditions for left and right merchants are very simple, sell 500,000 copies of talisman-making materials, plus the Yellow Turban Army series of special arms training cheats.
You must know that these merchants are all sold for real money, and handing over Sun Zhong is only a prerequisite for trade. Zhang Jiao gritted his teeth, suppressed his nausea, and sold Shang Ji what he needed.
As for Shang Ji's addition of the special units of the Yellow Turban Army in addition to the talisman-making materials, it was just in case. The most obvious feature of the Yellow Turban Army is the low cost of training, and it can quickly train in large quantities without using special military camps.
Of course, the price of obtaining these advantages is the relatively low combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army.
The future of the national war is uncertain, and Shang Ji is not sure what will happen, so he set up a special unit of the Yellow Turban Army to prevent extreme situations.
However, Zhang Jiao also kept his hand, resolutely refusing to sell the Yellow Turban Immortal Wu, the top special unit of the Yellow Turban Army, which made Shang Ji a little regretful.
Shang Ji put down the list of items in his hand, sighed and said: "Brother, send someone to discuss with them as much as possible. If you can save a little bit, it's a little bit. Although our funds are still abundant, we can't waste it, right?"
"Don't worry, my lord, I will understand in the end, and try my best to buy the necessary supplies at the lowest price."
"Well, brother, don't be too embarrassed. I am not so poor in Pingzhou that I have to beg for food. It's just that I try to buy as much food as possible. I always feel that the national war will not be so simple."
Liu's eyebrows were slightly frowned, and he raised his head and asked, "How much more do you think the lord needs to buy?"
"Add another 50 million stones, and make up 200 million!"
In fact, what Shang Ji wanted to say was to buy another 150 million stones to make up 300 million. According to the system prompt, the food production on the dead continent is three times that of normal conditions, and theoretically speaking, there should be no shortage of food. However, Shang Ji always felt something was wrong in his heart, coupled with Yanhuang's special reminder, he bought food like crazy.
However, food does not mean that you can buy it if you want. Although this kind of basic strategic material is not expensive to buy in small batches, once the quantity exceeds a certain limit, no matter how high the bid is, you will not be able to buy it!
The purchase of 150 million shi of grain in a short period of time has already caused the price of grain to rise in some areas such as Jizhou and Qingzhou. If the scale of purchase is further expanded, it is likely to lead to direct intervention by the local princes. Therefore, Shangji finally chose the relative Conservative 50 million stone.
In fact, because of the imminent national war, players are frantically hoarding food and other basic materials. If it weren't for the fact that the Huaxia District happened to be in a state of blessings, which led to a surge in grain production in a short period of time, I am afraid that the price of grain would have gone up to the sky long ago!
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