ragginovel Chapter 323: A Profitable Business
Chapter 323: A Profitable Business
Chapter 323
As the Yunwu Ghost City approached, more and more people went to the market on the mountain path.
The old man transformed by Chu Chen mixed with the crowd and poured into a cave.
The cave is a large natural karst cave. The cave is full of colorful lights, full of gambling houses, pawnshops, and money houses, and it is quite lively.
It was the first time for a group of four to come to this kind of underground market, and no one knew which one had a good reputation. Everyone was staring at each other, not knowing what to do.
"Two old men, where should we go?"
The young scholar asked Chu Chen and the old man Qianshou for their opinions.
The old man at the head of Guizhou hesitated and couldn't make up his mind.
Seeing this, Chu Chen casually said: "Choose one at random, the world is as black as crows, it doesn't matter which one you choose!"
The old, middle and young people nodded their heads one after another when they heard the words.
Indeed, everyone knows that this bazaar is a pit of fire, and no matter which pit you jump into, you won’t be able to suck out the marrow, skin the skin and cramps, and the result will be the same.
Soon, a group of people randomly entered a shop called "Ruyi Bank".
As soon as they entered the bank, a well-mannered shopkeeper in a Confucian robe received the four of them very quickly.
"Guests, are you borrowing or pawning? Small shops can satisfy you."
The old, middle and young people were a little cautious, at a loss, and stood still.
Chu Chen was much calmer, and said:
"Shopkeeper, how do you borrow a loan? How do you mortgage a pawn?"
The shopkeeper explained with a smile:
"The shops in our cloud black market are no better than other places."
"Take a loan as an example. We Ruyi Shop will lend you money. You only need to pay off the principal. The interest we want is different. You only need to sign a contract document and promise to worship a certain god during the debt repayment period." , pray sincerely every day.”
Hearing that only the principal needs to be repaid and no interest is required, the eyes of the old, middle-aged and young people suddenly brightened.
This seems to be much more reliable than the donkey rolling and thundering outside.
The three people, old, middle-aged and young, were delighted and seemed to see hope.
But Chu Chen murmured in his heart, vaguely guessing the operation mode of "Black Mist Ghost City".
Lend secular wealth to ordinary people, sign a contract document of "worship and prayer" with the secular people, and then resell the contract document to ghosts and gods or even evil gods in exchange for jade coins, natural materials and earth treasures, etc.
To put it bluntly, this is "arbitrage".
The secular yellow and white copper coins are arbitraged by the common people into "jade coins" and "heavenly materials and earthly treasures".
This world is a parallel world.
For demon monks, the yellow and white copper coins in the mortal world are not worth mentioning, and are of little value.
Doing this business is a no-cost business with extremely low risk and huge returns.
It's much better and smarter than being run away in embarrassment by demons who loot people everywhere and then being wanted by the ghost and god department of Xianting.
For a while, a black chain of interests slowly emerged in Chu Chen's mind.
"What about the pawn?"
This time, without Chu Chen opening his mouth, the young scholar hurriedly asked.
The treasurer of the bank said unhurriedly:
"Pawning is the same as outside, there are living pawns and dead pawns, but the rules here are different. We don't accept common things, and the pledged things are relatively rare."
The middle-aged gambler became interested and asked:
"What's so strange? We are penniless and can't afford mortgages. My family's land and house are all mortgaged, and there is nothing left to mortgage."
The treasurer of the bank shook his head, with a strange smile on his face:
"No, no, everyone who is alive and kicking, how can you say that you have nothing, you have to know that the most precious thing in the world is good health, no troubles and no disasters. In our opinion, each of you is worth a lot of money. , it depends on how reluctantly you mortgaged it."
"Shouyuan, blessings, natal essence, etc., can all be used as collateral."
"If it's a job, the client needs to repay the principal and interest. If you pay it off within the time limit, the mortgage will be returned to you."
"It's easy to be dead. You pay the money and deliver the goods. The payment is cleared. You can leave with the money."
The shopkeeper spoke calmly, as if gossip was commonplace.
The old, middle-aged and young people heard goose bumps all over their bodies and felt unwell.
However, they had learned about it before they came, and they had a little psychological preparation. On the surface, they didn't react much, as if they had accepted the arrangement of fate.
Who doesn't know that good health and freedom from disasters are their most precious wealth.
However, knowing is knowing.
Who doesn't work around all day long for a few taels of silver.
Knowing that exhaustion hurts the body, there is no choice.
Chu Chen shuddered as he listened silently to the bank manager's narration.
In the calm words of the shopkeeper of the bank, he heard two hideous and distorted words
"Shopkeeper, I'll take out a loan, and I'll borrow fifty pennies from your bank!"
Young scholars are quick to accept new things and ask questions quickly.
The treasurer of the bank's eyes fell on the young scholar, and after looking him up and down, his face showed surprise:
"You have a literary spirit and a little bit of cultivation, but you are a scholar of Confucianism?"
"Exactly!"
"Not bad, our bank likes scholars. You need to borrow more. We don't charge interest and there is no repayment period. You might as well borrow more."
"really?"
The young scholar was overjoyed when he heard the words, thinking that he would redeem his sweetheart so that he would have to live in the future, so he borrowed three hundred guan.
Soon, the young scholars signed a contract with the shopkeeper of the bank.
With the young people as role models, the old man in the head of Guizhou was also moved, and he also borrowed three hundred guan from the shopkeeper of the bank.
This time, the result was not so smooth.
The treasurer of the bank disliked the old man in Qianshou, who was old and frail, and was just an ordinary farmer. Instead of agreeing to lend directly, he put forward an additional requirement, that is, his son also had to sign the contract document.
During the repayment period, if the old man in Qianshou accidentally died, his grandson would have to inherit the debt and continue to sign "contract documents".
The old man in Guizhou head nuzzled, hesitated for a while, and finally agreed.
Chu Chen listened and was shocked.
Good guy, this is the eighteenth loan of the ancestor!
The debts of the father are paid by the son, the debts of the son are paid by the grandson, and the children and grandchildren are endless!
Soon, it was the turn of the middle-aged gambler.
The middle-aged gambler had a big appetite, and he would spend two thousand coins as soon as he opened his mouth.
But unfortunately, his loan did not come through.
Instead, you can mortgage your lifespan, natal essence, essence, and so on.
The treasurer of the bank took a careful look at the middle-aged gambler, and was about to speak.
Outside the bank, a voice rang in everyone's ears.
"If you mortgage your whole body, you won't be able to pawn [-] coins. You'd better go to the casino to try your luck!"
Everyone followed the prestige, and a middle-aged man in a moon-white Confucian shirt appeared in the bank out of thin air.
Seeing the visitor, the treasurer of the bank respectfully said:
"The little one has seen Fangzhu!"
The middle-aged Confucian shirt shop owner waved his hands, and ignored the shopkeeper of the bank, as well as the three old, middle-aged and young people. A pair of sharp eyes fell on Chu Chen, with a vigilant expression:
"I don't know where your Excellency is. What's your purpose in coming to my ghost market? I'm afraid it's not appropriate for fellow Taoists to come here without warning?"
(End of this chapter)