Astral Cockroach

In early March, the Chonglou, Yuzhu, and Xianghun trade caravans arrived as scheduled.

Li Bamboo Peak's annual output wasn't low, and over the years, the Chonglou and Yuzhu caravans had earned enough origin stones through the sale of Spotted Bamboo.

The direct result of the caravans earning money was the improvement in the strength of their members.

Especially the Chonglou caravan, which not only earned origin stones from Banbu but also got in good graces with the Red Crow Ghost King. The number of high-level warriors in the team reached five. Luoshi was already an L8 high-level warrior, about to be promoted to Mountain Lord. Besides Xuemai and the little warrior who was born the year before last, the other three members of the caravan had their backs loaded with goods.

Banbu re-divided the share of territory output sold to each caravan, first considering relationships, and then the scale and financial resources of the caravans.

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Banbu opened up a flat square on the northwest side of Li Bamboo Peak specifically for trading, paved with a layer of blue flagstones, and also opened up several trade routes leading to the square, exclusively for caravans to travel on. He established a rule that future annual transactions would take place in the square.

This year's transaction was also related to the future interests of the caravans, so the atmosphere was relatively solemn.

Banbu moved all the goods down the mountain and lined them up.

"I will introduce the output of each God-given seed in detail, the unified unit price, and the allocation share. You can raise any objections you may have."

"Blood Thorns, 15,000 will be sold this year. The quality has slightly improved, but the selling price will not change. The unit price is still 6 origin stones. Each of the three caravans gets 5,000. Is this allocation acceptable?"

"Agreed."

"No problem."

Princess Xianghun and Chonglou immediately expressed their approval.

Yuzhu hesitated for a moment, but still agreed: "Acceptable."

Banbu continued, "Rain Bamboo Rice, the quality has also slightly improved, and the unit price remains unchanged at 10 origin stones. The total quantity is 8,000. The Xianghun and Chonglou caravans each get 2,000, and the Yuzhu caravan gets 4,000. Is there any problem with this allocation?"

"Acceptable!" Yuzhu agreed.

Chonglou and Princess Xianghun exchanged glances.

Princess Xianghun said, "Mountain Lord Banbu, you should pay attention to the strength of the caravans when allocating. Yuzhu has just been promoted to Mountain Lord. The small caravan may not be able to handle too many goods."

"Small caravan?" Yuzhu dissatisfied, shouted: "Fuling, Qingxiang, bring down the goods we prepared for Mountain Lord Banbu to see."

Fuling and Qingxiang immediately took action, moving down one spider silk bag after another, lining them up, and opening them one by one.

Yuzhu said, "Banbu, I guessed that you would purchase the best origin power food after being promoted to Mountain Lord to grow quickly. I have already prepared it for you. Each bag is one serving, priced at 10,000 origin stones, for a total of five servings."

"This is specially prepared for you by Mountain Lord Huangjing. It is the most suitable origin power food combination for you. Fuling, you can introduce it to Banbu in detail."

"Okay." Fuling readily agreed.

"Stop!" Banbu said, "Yuzhu, you've put in the effort. Your goods will be introduced later."

"Okay." Yuzhu said, "Banbu, our caravan also has a reserve of 100,000 origin stones. There is no need to question our financial resources."

A reserve of 100,000 origin stones, plus goods worth 50,000 origin stones, is almost all of the Yuzhu caravan's assets.

After all, it has only been developed for a few years.

Banbu thought for a while and continued to introduce, saying: "Green Bamboo Fruit, the quality has been improved to upper-middle, and the size of a single fruit has also increased, so the unit price needs to be greatly increased, priced at 35 origin stones."

After Banbu finished speaking, he waved his antennae.

Datou immediately directed the worker ants to send samples to Chonglou, Yuzhu, and Princess Xianghun for tasting.

Banbu continued to introduce: "The output of Green Bamboo Fruit has not changed. Only 500 can be sold. The total price is not high. It's meaningless to split it further. So, I mean, the share will not be changed, and all will be sold to the Chonglou caravan."

"Agreed." Chonglou agreed first, then tasted the bamboo fruit, and then said: "There is no objection to the price either."

Banbu added, "In the future, when I am promoted to County Lord, there will be changes in various God-given seeds. If the output of Green Bamboo Fruit increases, it will definitely be reallocated."

"The changes in God-given seeds will not be too great when promoted to County Lord." Princess Xianghun said, turning her gaze to the last spider silk bag and asking, "Banbu, your Purple Gold Bamboo Rice has improved in quality, right? How exactly?"

"The improvement is huge! It's close to the standard middle quality." Banbu opened the spider silk bag.

Datou immediately directed the worker ants to come forward, take out samples, and invite Chonglou, Yuzhu, and Princess Xianghun to taste them.

Banbu continued to introduce, saying: "I plan to sell 70,000, priced at 1 origin stone each. The Chonglou caravan gets 40,000, and the Yuzhu and Xianghun caravans each get 15,000."

"Agreed!" Chonglou took the lead in expressing his approval. His spiritual power swept across the Purple Gold Bamboo Rice sample, and he exclaimed: "Banbu, this Xun Grass God-given seed has undergone the greatest transformation since you were promoted to Mountain Lord! The annual harvest has almost doubled, which is quite considerable!"

"I was also very surprised. This thing divides a lot and has a particularly high yield. When calculated, the annual income is quite considerable." Banbu replied, and asked, "Mountain Lord Chonglou, do you have any objection to my pricing?"

Chonglou said: "Selling a single grain for 1 origin stone is a very fair price."

So far, Banbu had eaten more than 300 kinds of origin power food, and he was very familiar with the pricing rules. The stipulated price should ensure that both himself and the caravan would not suffer losses as much as possible.

Finally, Banbu said: "Green Bamboo and Rain Bamboo seeds, 30,000 each, each caravan gets 10,000."

"Princess Xianghun, you came here with Chonglou and Yuzhu. You should be clear about the rules of the Li Bamboo Peak seed trade, right?"

Princess Xianghun said: "Clear, a very clever way to sell."

Banbu nodded his antennae, and then said: "The year before last, Li Bamboo Peak cultivated a brand new bamboo species. After trial planting, it has been confirmed that it can flower and bear seeds every year. It will probably be sold in batches next year."

"It is named 'Little Fire Bamboo', a small bamboo species. It has a relatively strong adaptability to the environment and is resistant to low temperatures, but not resistant to drought. It is best to plant it near water sources."

"This year, there are only 3,000 samples, 1,000 for each caravan. You can take them to try if they are easy to sell. If they are easy to sell, I will consider cultivating more."

"Regardless of now or in the future, the unit price of all ordinary bamboo seeds sold from Li Bamboo Peak, regardless of quality, will not change, a unified 0.5 origin stones."

Banbu paused for two seconds and said: "For the time being, the sales allocation of all goods will be decided like this. In two years, when the Fire Oil Tea God-given seed recovers from the weakness of being catalyzed and begins to produce, if the quantity is large, I will reallocate it."

"Yuzhu, let's trade first."

Last year, the caravans paid a deposit according to the old sales plan. Banbu sold more goods this year, so the balance increased.

The Yuzhu caravan, with the balance plus the deposit, had a total transaction amount of 105,000 origin stones. This had already reached the limit of their caravan's ability to handle goods. Banbu intentionally supported Yuzhu, so he bought the origin power package worth 50,000 origin stones that they had prepared, giving them a lot of face.

The Chonglou caravan, with the balance plus the deposit, had a total transaction amount of 112,000 origin stones plus a few hundred odd stones. Banbu waved his hand and purchased a package of origin power food worth 50,000 origin stones to strengthen the basic physique, mainly for other members on the mountain to eat.

The transaction amount of the Xianghun caravan was much smaller, a total of 65,000 origin stones. Banbu didn't want to neglect such a strong large caravan, so he spent 60,000 origin stones to purchase a set of growth packages to accelerate the evolution of the Rat King and Fengling.

After all transactions were completed, there was a balance of 122,000 origin stones.

70,000 of them were sent to the Red Tangerine Mountains. This was the balance owed from the last 200-year catalysis opportunity.

With the remaining 50,000 origin stones, plus the 10,000 origin stones left over from the transaction with Mountain Lord Huabai last year, Li Bamboo Peak's origin stone reserves reached 60,000.

In the early summer season, catalyzing Fire Oil Tea was estimated to only require 10,000 origin stones.

In the autumn, when the bamboo fruits and bamboo rice matured, only 20,000 reserve origin stones would be enough.

The Blood Thorn God-given seed continued to grow, but after the rapid growth in the early stage of evolution, it was now tending to be stable and slow. It only needed to be supplemented every now and then, and the consumption was not large.

With nearly 30,000 extra origin stones and nowhere to spend them, Banbu's heart couldn't help but itch: It was necessary to spend a batch of origin stones to test the supernatural power patterns in the heart again. That was the highest secret technique of a Dominator realm expert!