People who haven't been out on the sea would never know how boring it was to sail on the sea. At the same time, it was also very stressful.
On the seemingly calm sea, one could encounter all kinds of dangers at any time. Undercurrents, storms, and so on. This was especially true when there were no radars. When sailing on the continent, the chances of encountering dangers would be greatly increased.
Most importantly, the ships in the Ark Continent weren't as developed as the ships in the continent. The ships here were very boring. Just sailing on the sea was enough to make one go crazy.
Fortunately, Zhao Hai's ship was filled with undead. Because of this, they could sail for a long time. Although these undead were Advanced Undead, they didn't have any feelings for humans. They were more like advanced robots. Zhao Hai's ship was filled with undead. Although they were Advanced Undead, they didn't have any feelings for humans. They were more like advanced robots.
This time, their target was Rising Water City. Rising Water City and Jade Water City were famous port cities on the eastern coast of the Rosen Empire. But for people from other countries, Sky Water City was the best port city. It had the best location and the best transportation. Because of this, even if Rising Water City and Jade Water City had lower taxes compared to Sky Water City, there weren't many people who would go there.
Although the Rosen Empire's Imperial Clan was very annoyed by this situation, it was useless. This was because Sky Water City wasn't very prosperous in the beginning. It was only after the Calci Family took over that it slowly became like this. It can be said that this was the result of several generations of the family's efforts.
On the other hand, although Rising Water City and Jade Water City were greatly developed by the Rosen Empire, there were times when the Imperial Clan handled matters. Compared to a family, the internal struggles of the Imperial Clan were much more intense. It was because of this that Rising Water City and Jade Water City couldn't compete with Sky Water City.
On the surface, Rising Water City and Jade Water City's taxes seem to be lower than Sky Water City. But when one really goes to Rising Water City and Jade Water City, one would find that this wasn't the case at all. Jade Water City and Rising Water City also had a lot of other taxes. When added together, the total amount would definitely exceed that of Sky Water City.
There was a reason for this, Sky Water City was a money bag for the Calci Family. It could be said that it was the family's main source of income.
On the other hand, Jade Water City and Rising Water City were places where the Rosen Empire's Imperial Clan tested their princes. The Rosen Empire's Emperor would hand over these two cities, as well as other cities under the Imperial Clan's control, to his chosen successors. Then he would let them manage the city, and the best would be the successor. This would give him a lot of points in the process of competing for the throne.
You can imagine that one is the source of all the money of a family, so the family will naturally manage it well. The other is used by the family as a test, and after a few years or a decade, it will no longer belong to you. What you have to do is to desperately make money in the city during these few years or a decade. Of course, the situation will be different in this way.
This was like two types of investments. One was that you wanted to invest in it and turn it into a chicken that could lay golden eggs. The other was that you just wanted to make a quick buck and leave. Naturally, it was different.
Although there were many reasons, Zhao Hai still wanted to go to Rising Water City. Not only did he want to go there to purchase, he also wanted to set up a shop there. It would be best if he could get in touch with some big merchants, so that he wouldn't have to rely on the Calci Family in the future.
The Calci Family's response this time made Zhao Hai's heart alert. Most of their business partners were concentrated on the Calci Family, this wasn't a good thing for them. They should be looking for another partner, otherwise, the Calci Family might use this method to choke them. Although they weren't necessarily afraid of the Calci Family, if the Calci Family were to choke them, then the losses they would suffer wouldn't be small.
It was because of this that Zhao Hai decided to go to Rising Water City. He wanted to see the city's situation and find another way to develop. At the same time, he wanted to let the Calci Family understand that he can live without them.
Although Zhao Hai was a member of the League of Dark Mages, he didn't have much of a sense of belonging to the organization. This was because he didn't know how to use magic himself.
Originally, Smith's actions made him feel a sense of belonging to the League of Dark Mages. But the recent actions of the Calci Family had completely destroyed this sense of belonging.
Zhao Hai sympathized with the Dark Mages, but he wasn't a saint. Of course, when he was abandoned by the continent, nobody extended a helping hand to him. If it weren't for Green and the others who were loyal to him, then Adam might have died a long time ago. Naturally, Zhao Hai wouldn't exist if that happened.
When Zhao Hai first joined the League of Dark Mages, he fancied his freedom and lack of rules. At the same time, he also wanted to use the League to deal with the Radiant Church. But if the League of Dark Mages treated him like this, then he wouldn't stay in the League of Dark Mages.
The ship slowly moved forward, it was already the third day. Today was a very special day for Zhao Hai. This was because today, Cai 'er was going to plant the medicinal seeds that the system rewarded him. These seeds were very high grade, so it would take a few days for them to mature. Zhao Hai calculated that after planting them today, he would need to wait until they reach Rising Water City before he can make the antidote.
Although the seeds were planted today, Zhao Hai and the others still stood on the side and watched. This was because these seeds were very important to them.
Zhao was very clear that the seeds of these herbs represented hope, the hope that he could recover. Actually, in the past few days, Zhao Hai had been carefully studying the Universal Processing Machine.
This machine was really magical. If you want to use it to process things, then you need to spend money. As long as you pay, then it can process things for you. The amount of money was calculated according to the difficulty of the process. For example, if Zhao Hai wanted to process the antidote, then the processing machine would charge him 1000 gold coins. If you want to process spatial equipment, then the processing machine would charge you 10,000 gold coins. If you want to increase the quality of spatial equipment, then the fee would increase accordingly, reaching a maximum of 1 million gold coins. Naturally, the quality of the processed spatial equipment would also be very high.
However, if you want to process bamboo rice into edible bamboo rice, then it would only cost you 1 gold coin a day. The same was true for white flour. The price of processed wine would be a bit higher, but it wouldn't be too high. At most, it wouldn't exceed 50 gold coins. Overall, it was very cost-effective.
However, this processing fee is only if you provide sufficient materials. If you don't provide enough materials, then for example, if you want to process wine without distiller's yeast or additives to change the taste of the wine, then it wouldn't work. Naturally, you can also process it, but if you buy it through a machine, then the price would be very expensive. It would definitely make you feel pain.
If you don't want to buy it, then you can use the processing machine to process it. Even if you don't have plants in the Space, the processing machine can still process them for you. As long as you take out some plants from the Space and add some gold coins, then you can get the seeds of the plants you want. Naturally, the price wouldn't be cheap. After all, the Space wanted you to find seeds from the outside to enrich the Space. It didn't want you to use the processing machine to enrich the Space. If you use the processing machine to enrich the Space, then the Space wouldn't give you any experience points.
However, because of this special interest, Zhao Hai had the rice field in Iron Mountain Fort stop working. He had the people there do other things.
However, Zhao Hai didn't use the processing machine to process milk wine. At this time, the processing machine was mainly used to process grains, fruit oils, and other things. As for wool products and wine, Zhao Hai had the factory in Iron Mountain Fort continue to process them. This was because the processing machine would charge a lot of money. Compared to the processing machine, it was better to use human labor.
Originally, the manpower in Iron Mountain Fort wasn't enough. There were only a few thousand people in total. Among them, there were also some old people and children who couldn't do heavy labor. Relying only on the young and strong people and women, there weren't enough people to handle so many fields. Moreover, there were also a lot of undead in those fields.
Now that he had the processing machine, Zhao was able to remove the undead and make them work. This was especially true when it came to wool products.
Zhao Hai used the processing machine to process a blanket. The processing was very good, moreover, you could choose the style and the pattern. However, this kind of machine-processed blanket was different from a man-made blanket. Moreover, the processing cost wasn't low. A blanket cost 50 gold coins. If these 50 gold coins were given to the beastmen outside the Space, it would be enough for them to make 20 blankets. Because of this, Zhao Hai gave up on using the machine to process blankets.
Zhao Hai knew that this wasn't the Space's fault. The gold coins inside the Space and outside the Space were different. There was only one type of currency inside the Space, and that was gold coins. Gold coins were just like ordinary copper coins used by people outside the Space. But if you take gold coins outside the Space, they would become very valuable.
The reason why the processing machine was so cheap was because the prices of bamboo rice and wheat inside the Space weren't that high. If Zhao Hai were to sell bamboo rice and wheat to the Space, it wouldn't be as profitable as selling them to the people of the Ark Continent. It can be said that the reason why Zhao Hai was able to become rich so quickly was because the currency inside the Space and outside the Space were different.
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