Chapter 21 Involution also has benefits
"Is this... smoked meat?" Wang Long asked hesitantly.
It's not that he couldn't recognize this smoked spiritual meat, but he sensed the spiritual power on this piece of smoked meat, which was clearly a piece of smoked meat of low grade.
This made him a little unbelievable.
Anyone who knows a little about spiritual cooking knows that smoking spiritual meat requires specific spiritual wood as firewood, and those spiritual woods that meet the requirements, even the cheapest ones, are hundreds of times more expensive than this low-grade spiritual meat.
No one would use precious spiritual wood to smoke this kind of spiritual meat!
Therefore, low-grade smoked spiritual meat is simply not available.
Li Xiuchang smiled and said, "Brother Wang, try it."
Wang Long didn't know what Li Xiuchang was up to, but he still tore off a strip of meat and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and was reluctant to swallow it.
"Fragrant!" he praised.
After swallowing, he closed his eyes for a few breaths, then opened his eyes and said, "The piece I just ate is equivalent to the effect of a Bigu Pill... It seems that it also replenished some mana."
"Brother Wang, what do you think the piece of meat you just ate can be sold for in the market?"
Wang Long became alert and thought, are you going to ask me for spiritual stones?
As a senior first-level talisman master, he is really afraid of poverty and is particularly sensitive to money.
But thinking that Li Xiuchang is not such a person, he calmed down a little and said, "Although this smoked meat has a good taste and fragrance, it is just a low-level spiritual meat after all, and the effect is too poor. It can probably be sold at twice the price of Bigu Pill."
"Can it be sold at twice the price?!"
Li Xiuchang was surprised. Brother Wang Long has been a teacher for some years, and his grasp of prices must be more accurate than his. It should not be much different.
Wang Long nodded: "Double should be no problem. Those who can buy spiritual food are not short of spiritual stones and are willing to spend more spiritual stones for taste.
"For cultivators who are really short of money, even the Qigong Pills have to be frugal."
At the end, he couldn't help but think of himself and felt sympathetic.
But then Li Xiuchang's words shocked him.
"Brother Wang, if I can continue to supply this smoked spiritual meat, I will supply it to you at the price of three low-grade spiritual stones for twenty meat strips. Are you willing?"
The effect of one meat strip is equivalent to one Qigong Pill, and twenty meat strips are two bottles of Qigong Pills, which is equivalent to 1.5 times the price of Qigong Pills.
It still leaves Wang Long with a lot of profit space.
"Brother, you mean, can you provide this smoked meat stably for a long time? "Wang Long said in disbelief.
Li Xiuchang did not keep him in suspense. It was no secret that he cultivated charcoal-attributed magic power. He told Wang Long the process of his chance to smoke out spiritual meat.
After listening to this, Wang Long fell into a stagnation. He had to sigh that some people were really eager to feed their ancestors.
He had been a student for twenty years, but he made a wrong step and fell into the deep pit of the talisman master. He has not climbed out of the pit yet.
Li Xiuchang had just been here for more than ten days, and he had already found a way to earn spiritual stones steadily.
People are dying when they compare themselves to others...
Although he was envious, he still shook his head and said, "Junior Brother Li, if you take this smoked meat to the market to sell it yourself, the price will only be higher. I can't take advantage of you for nothing."
Li Xiuchang smiled and shook his head: "Brother, you misunderstood. I am not giving you spiritual stones for nothing, but I really need someone to help me sell them.
"I don't want to waste my time selling meat at a stall and delay my cultivation. If I let the store buy it directly, I will be forced to lower the price. In this case, it is better to let you, my brother, make this profit."
Li Xiuchang said bluntly, but Wang Long also understood that Li Xiuchang could find anyone to cooperate with, but he chose him, which was also a trust in him.
"Thank you, my brother!" Wang Long said sincerely.
"You are welcome, my brother. I am grateful for your care during this period."
Although he agreed, Wang Long still felt that if he could not do something for Li Xiuchang, the spiritual stone would still be a hot commodity.
He thought for a few breaths and asked, "How much smoked meat is produced now? If more people help, can the production be increased?"
Li Xiuchang originally planned to increase the production, but Wang Long's question opened up a new idea for him.
He was originally planning to buy two more furnaces and bring them back. When more furnaces are used to smoke meat, the production will naturally increase several times.
But there are also difficulties.
Each furnace needs Li Xiuchang to use charcoal attribute mana to start a fire in order to produce smoke. After that, every once in a while, a mana needs to be injected into the furnace to keep the flame burning.
Even if Li Xiuchang does nothing else and focuses on smoking meat, he can only keep three furnaces running at most at the same time.
After all, his cultivation is shallow, and if he smokes more, his mana will not be enough.
It sounds good to run three furnaces at full capacity, but the problem is that it takes several days to smoke spirit meat, and Li Xiuchang also has to consider the time cost.
With all three furnaces running, Li Xiuchang will have no time to practice other skills.
Some gains outweigh the losses.
If he can hire someone to help him do these things, wouldn't it be great?
Not only can he earn spirit stones, but he can also free his hands to do other things.
The furnace only needs Li Xiuchang's charcoal attribute mana when starting the fire, and he can use any attribute mana to maintain the flame later.
After all, the furnace is a tool and magic weapon specially used to maintain the fire source, and it can be used as long as mana is injected.
Li Xiuchang only needs to be responsible for making a good fire, and leave the rest to others.
And there is another advantage to this, that is, as long as a few more people are hired, multiple furnaces can be operated at the same time, breaking the production limit.
Not to mention three furnaces, even three hundred furnaces are no problem!
Thinking of the scene of his smoked meat forming an industrial chain and the rolling in of spiritual stones, Li Xiuchang's mind was filled with only four words-make it bigger and stronger!
Although the idea is beautiful, there are still two problems to be solved.
1. Where can I find cheap and reliable labor?
2. Li Xiuchang has limited funds and cannot buy furnace magic tools in large quantities.
Li Xiuchang told his two problems and discussed them with Wang Long.
Unexpectedly, Wang Long immediately gave a solution.
"Both problems are easy to solve."
"There are a lot of first-level talisman masters in the outer sect, and they are looking forward to the sect distributing spirit stones next month. If you give them one low-grade spirit stone a day, I guarantee they will fight for it! These people are from the same sect, and they know each other well. They are absolutely reliable."
"As for the furnace, it is also easy to solve. You don't have to buy it. There are so many first-level weapon refiners in our outer sect. I don't know how many furnaces and magic tools they have accumulated from practicing. Just rent them directly. I will negotiate the price. If the quantity is large, there will definitely be a discount. One spirit stone can rent a low-grade magic furnace, and it is estimated that it can be rented for a year!"
I didn't expect that the problem that Li Xiuchang thought was not a problem at all for Senior Brother Wang Long.
Li Xiuchang suddenly realized that the sect's internal circulation also has its benefits.