Di feiwen, half true and half false, poured bitter water on Li Yao, but he told him to listen to the business experience of "peddlers" in the real human empire.
According to di feiwen, the sale of precious cultivation resources among the great worlds within the empire is also a very profitable business in theory.
But because 99% of the people are "original people", which is not much better than slaves, it is extremely difficult to generate effective demand, resulting in a long-term sluggish market.
Even though some of the "original people" were free citizens of the Empire, they were often attached to the strong and the powerful. In this way, the cultivation resources they needed were all purchased and sold by the strong and the powerful. Most of the training resources they needed were cheap and low-quality goods. It was difficult to obtain high profits, and it was even more difficult to develop such a variety of federations Rich and colorful upstream and downstream industrial chains and emerging frontier fields.
The 1% of "real people" naturally have a very strong demand for cultivation resources. They are willing to pay high prices for magic weapons, crystal armor, Elixir or starship.
However, they often have intricate business networks and long-term partners, and many fields are monopolized by such rich and powerful families with a long history as the "four election imperial families". The emerging business groups that have emerged in recent hundreds of years simply can not compete with these old aristocrats and even "imperial merchants".
"99% of the people at the bottom have no demand for cultivation, and 1% of the nobles have demand for cultivation, but the whole market has been monopolized by them for a long time, and the latecomers can't squeeze in without being crushed by them. That's good!"
Di feiwen said quite indignantly.
Li Yao understood that the Empire was scattered, but there were still two interest groups.
First of all, when the real empire was established, the "ministers from the dragon" who helped the black star Emperor Wu Ying to usurp the throne, that is, the royal family, plus the old aristocrats such as the "four election families".
In the one hundred or two hundred years when the Empire was first established, they almost occupied the elite area of the central part of the Xinghai sea, monopolized all the lucrative fields, and became the formulation and maintainers of the rules of the game.
Then there is the new world discovered by the Empire in the process of expansion.
Some of these new worlds are ruled by the strong indigenous people who submit to the Empire; Some, like the black wind fleet, are governed by the failed exiles in the star sea central power game.
Although their strength is slightly weak, they have won in large numbers. For nearly a thousand years, they have accumulated some strength and dare to express some dissatisfaction with the rules of the game formulated by the Central Committee of Xinghai.
However, the so-called "business" of di feiwen is even worse. Most of them are lost dogs who have lost their home in various struggles in the past thousand years, failed to conquer the new world and had to wander in the sea of stars.
The so-called "Wanjie business alliance" is an organization where losers gather to warm themselves and lick each other's wounds - at least a hundred years ago.
By virtue of the merchant's keen sense of smell, they were aware of a series of rigid and decadent problems existing in the current imperial system.
However, they have neither courage, interest nor strength to "rise up" and overthrow the old system and build a new world.
What they can do is to travel around the world where the emperor and the great nobility are not so powerful outside the Empire, looking for strong people who can cooperate and even take refuge in, hoping to get protection, expand cooperation, and gradually establish something similar to the "free market".
Heifengjie was originally a very good partner of Wanjie business alliance.
Because the black wind world is in a position of four wars, it has a great interest in cultivating resources, and almost no one will refuse.
Under the pressure of survival crisis, the "original people" in the black wind world also had more training opportunities than the "original people" in the Inland Empire.
After all, it's a good thing that even a small "slave soldier" can be a little stronger.
Furthermore, friar Heifeng is known for his rebelliousness. No matter the emperor or the imperial family of the fourth general election, they don't like these lawless savages. This gives the Wanjie business alliance a chance to take advantage of it.
Wanjie business alliance has been infiltrating the black wind industry for a long time, and the cooperation between the two sides is quite pleasant. Even di feiwen, the owner of the famous big family "Di family" in the black wind industry, has become the senior deacon of Wanjie business alliance.
Unfortunately, the cooperation between the two sides has not yet been further developed. Heifeng and the other five worlds were conquered by the holy alliance. After a series of changes, Difei Wen spent nearly a hundred years in hibernation and came to the edge of Xinghai.
This is called "the mountains are heavy, the waters are clear, there is no way out, the willows are dark and the flowers are bright". Di feiwen did not expect that there is such a "national cultivation" country as "Xingyao Federation" in the Xinghai border area!
Di feiwen's Taoist heart has long been filled with glittering imperial crystal coins. He doesn't care about the illusory truth of whether to cultivate truth or to cultivate immortals. However, the current federal business system, the effective stimulation of people's "cultivation demand" and the formation of the whole "cultivation market and upstream and downstream industrial chain" after the stimulation, make his heart beat wildly, I'm so excited that I can't help myself.
The first mock exam is what we can do in the seven or eight barren world of the starsea border. If we can copy this model into the center of Xinghai, what is the concept?
This is the most important reason why di feiwen is willing to restrain the remnants of the black wind fleet and "revolt on the battlefield".
After the "battlefield uprising", he spent three years quietly observing and studying the operation mode of the "cultivation industry" of the Federation. Until he had the bottom of his mind, he did not rush to tell the truth about the "Wanjie business alliance".
"I didn't expect that such an organization still existed in the Empire!"
Li Yao was also very happy. "So, there is a certain possibility of cooperation between Wanjie business alliance and Xingyao Federation?"
"Yes, there are, but the risk is also high."
Di feiwen still seems to be honest and honest. Yes, as a senior deacon of Wanjie business alliance, he is able to master several secret intelligence channels and speak in all aspects. He also knows dozens of weak points that are easy to penetrate in the outer world of the Empire.
However, the "Wanjie Business League" is only a loose business organization in the final analysis. It is not a well-organized "revolutionary party" or the like with lofty ideas. Businessmen, who have milk, are mothers. They turn their faces around and refuse to recognize people. They are all required courses.
Today, for the sake of interests, we can absorb di feiwen, the No.2 figure in the black wind world, as a senior deacon; Tomorrow, for the sake of interests, it is not known that all of them will take refuge in the imperial family of the fourth general election.
Yes, if the federates take his secret letter, they can sneak into a secret stronghold of the ten thousand world business alliance within the Empire and get a lot of information - but how much is the gold content of the information, and whether the other party will sell the federal visitors in a second hand? Who knows!
"As long as the price is right, even parents can buy one for free."
How many coppers is a senior deacon who has disappeared for a hundred years
Therefore, in the "eye of heaven project", the secret strongholds of Wanjie business alliance provided by Di feiwen, as well as the contact information of some famous merchants, are reserved.
As a last resort, it is more reliable and safe for the federates to collect intelligence by themselves.
"If you want to collect intelligence by yourself, I suggest that the first jump point should be near the scorpion cluster."
Di feiwen threw out another ambiguous but significant message.
The so-called "scorpion cluster" is located on the periphery of the Empire, far away from the holy alliance, and relatively close to the Federation. It roughly covers seven or eight worlds. It is named because there is a shining scorpion Nebula in the center.
The reason why we choose to set the "first jumping point" here is that there are probably... Practitioners here!
Seeing that Li Yao raised his eyebrows and was very interested, di feiwen said hastily: "this is just an illusory legend, and his subordinates only heard about it more than 100 years ago. It is said that there is an organization of practitioners called" Xingguang "deep in the scorpion star cluster, and an ancient practitioner who has been fighting against the Empire since the end of Xinghai Republic. His accomplishments are unfathomable, And so on
"Since the end of the Republic of Xinghai, we have been persisting in resisting the Empire until today?"
Li Yao can't help but be surprised. If so, the youngest of this "ancient cultivator" is more than 1000 years old. Doesn't he live longer than the famous "Gui although Shou", the old birthday star of the Federation?
Although GUI Shou lived for nearly a thousand years by hibernation, if he was the resistance organization of the practitioners in the depths of the Empire, he would certainly face the cruel encirclement and suppression of the Empire, and it was almost impossible for him to hibernate for a long time. How could he live for a thousand years in the fierce battle all day long?
"The so-called" ancient practitioners of Xinghai Republic Era "are mostly people who follow their own words and pass on false information."
Jin Xinyue said, "it's also a very normal psychological state for ordinary people who were oppressed in the Empire to place their hopes on a" savior ". But maybe there was something wrong with this" star light "resistance organization of practitioners, or at least there was one?
"If there is such a resistance organization, it will be of great significance for us to find one or two 'Imperial practitioners' who insist on resistance."
Li Yao nodded heavily, but then doubted: "is it possible that a resistance group of practitioners has been dormant in the depths of the Empire for thousands of years without being exterminated?"
"It's not likely, but it's a very interesting rumor after all. It's worth taking some time to find out. If it's true, we'll make a lot of money."
Jin Xinyue said, "the astronomical environment of the Scorpio cluster is very complex, with star sea storms and barren world everywhere. It is really a good place for hiding and guerrilla.
"Another thing, I don't know if it's a coincidence - there's a big world in the scorpion cluster that used to be called Wuyingjie. Master should know that it's the hometown of wuyingqi, the black star emperor!"