Chapter 1447 Bullying and Dominating the Market

"why is that?"

Pei Shilun asked with a frown. This was the first time he encountered such a situation.

The hawker smiled and said: "What's the reason? Of course there are too many outsiders."

Pei Shilun said curiously: "Outsiders are not fools. You all have risen so much, who will buy it?"

The simple reason is that with prices rising so sharply, even if locals have demand, they will not spend such unnecessary money during this period. They would rather endure it and wait for outsiders to leave, and the prices will naturally drop.

As for outsiders, not all are fools. Who would buy it at such an outrageous price? By then, it’s not like nothing can be sold.

It's better to take advantage of the large number of people these days, lower the price a little, and sell more.

The vendor sneered and said: "To tell you the truth, we don't want to sell it so cheaply, but there is an order from above that the price must be ten times higher than the usual price."

"Are you talking about the Yellow Dragon Sect or the Lion Gang?"

Qin Ye asked.

The hawker whispered: "We can't talk about it anymore, otherwise it will be troublesome if they find out."

Qin Ye looked at the faces of the hawkers and knew that those who controlled the prices of these hawkers were the Lion Gang or the Huanglong Sect. As for which one it was, Qin Ye guessed that it should be the Lion Gang. As for the Huanglong Sect, he believed that even if the Huanglong Sect was not causing trouble at this time, It is impossible for Yi Tuan to do these things at this time.

"You must be happy to increase the price tenfold. After all, you will make a lot of money."

Qin Ye said with a smile.

The hawker smiled bitterly and said: "Young master, you don't know. We hawkers usually have to pay them protection fees, which is fixed at 60% of the daily transaction amount. We can only get 40%. If we sell ten middle-grade spiritual stones a day, I can only keep four middle-grade spiritual stones in my hand, so I can only make enough money for food and clothing, so we have already increased the price a lot."

"This price increase requires us to hand over 90% of the transaction volume. In fact, even if business is good, we will not make much profit."...

Yagyu Yukihime said: "How about this, you just sell it to us at the usual price. No one knows about it anyway, and we won't gossip about it."

The hawker was not moved at all. He shook his head and said, "This won't work. There are their spies everywhere here. Once discovered, they will be severely punished at least, and their lives will be at risk at worst."

"You won't resist?"

Qin Ye asked.

The hawker said with a grimace: "What's the use of people like us resisting? Even those families with industry and strength have resisted before, but in the end they were all slaughtered and the industry was occupied by them."

Yukihime Yagyu felt some sympathy for these vendors. The prices had gone up, but almost all the money they made was given to the gangs, but they themselves couldn't make much money.

Even if these hawkers can successfully deceive people, once they are discovered, the hawkers' lives are not guaranteed.

Those gangs can make most of the profits from the goods without giving anything, which is simply more profitable than robbery.

Selling at ten times the price seems a bit short-sighted. I believe people with some brains can find out the original price. But since they dare to do this, they must make money. If the network goes on, there will always be some blind people who will buy it. .

Qin Ye glanced at the street and saw that there were still many people paying. As for whether they could successfully repay the price, Qin Ye didn't know.

Qin Ye took a look at the jar and saw that there was less than five kilograms of Purple Flame Snake blood in the jar. Qin Ye directly threw out a high-grade spiritual stone and bought the entire jar.

The hawker gratefully offered Qin Ye the price difference. Qin Ye waved his hand and said, "I'll give these as a reward to you."

The hawker didn't expect that the young master was so generous, so he quickly said gratefully: "Thank you, young master, thank you very much, young master..."

Qin Ye asked Pei Shilun to hold the jar. Pei Shilun was a little embarrassed. He knew that Qin Ye bought it for him, but he could not accept Qin Ye's benefits without any reason.

"Take it, you came to Jiuyou City just to buy this purple flame snake blood."

Qin Ye said.

Pei Shilun could not refuse, so he had to accept. The vendor gave him a rope. Pei Shilun tied the jar with the rope and hung it on his body. If he held it directly in his hand, it would not only be tiring, but also very conspicuous.

After everything was done, Pei Shilun said: "I need to use the purple flame snake blood to practice. Going to Jiuyou City to buy the purple flame snake blood this time is just one of the things. There is also another thing, that is, a man who came to visit me Brother, he is also in Jiuyou City."

"What is he doing in Jiuyou City?"

Qin Ye then asked.

Pei Shilun said: "He is Cuifenggu's disciple who stays at Jiuyou City. Normally we rarely meet. This time I came here just to take a look at him."

It turned out that although Cuifeng Valley had always been outside Jiuyou City, it could not have any contact with Jiuyou City, so a stronghold was set up inside Jiuyou City.

In addition to this stronghold, Cuifeng Valley also has some store businesses in Jiuyou City. Since there is a stronghold and business, it naturally needs people to guard it, so Cuifeng Valley sent an elder and some disciples to guard Jiuyou City.

The brother Pei Shilun mentioned was one of these guarding disciples.

Then, Qin Ye and the others continued to wander on the street, basically buying nothing. Looking at the past, he didn't see anything valuable in the entire street.

When she walked to another stall, Yagyu Xueji was attracted by the jewelry on the stall. When she looked at the jewelry curiously, Lu Xingyu asked Pei Shilun beside her: "Are you a disciple of Cuifeng Valley?"

"Yes, Senior Lu."

Facing Lu Xingyu, the deputy leader of the Lion Gang, Pei Shilun was frightened and did not dare to offend him.

Qin Ye will not stay in Jiuyou City for long. If he offends Lu Xingyu, he will naturally be fine as long as Qin Ye is here. But if Qin Ye leaves, he will be miserable. Therefore, Pei Shilun did not succeed as a villain. He has always been cautious, especially when dealing with people like Lu Xingyu.

Although Lu Xingyu was a little arrogant, he naturally knew how to deal with the world. He patted Pei Shilun on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You don't have to be afraid. In fact, your Cuifeng Valley is not bad at strength. Besides, there is also the Nantian Sword standing behind you." Zong, I don’t dare to provoke you.”

"Senior is joking, Cuifeng Valley's small sect has no such strength."

Pei Shilun said humbly.

Lu Xingyu smiled softly and said, "If I remember correctly, your Cuifeng Valley has several shops in Jiuyou City. One of them is called Wanling Pu, which specializes in selling some spiritual herbs and elixirs."

"Senior has a good memory. In addition to the meager income from teleportation arrays, our Cuifeng Valley usually grows some spiritual herbs and elixirs to sell."

Pei Shilun said.

"The nearest Wan Ling Shop is nearby, right?"

Lu Xingyu then asked.

"Yes."

Pei Shilun nodded.

Lu Xingyu smiled and said to Qin Ye: "Master, this Wanling Shop has a lot of spiritual herbs and elixirs. Many warriors in Jiuyou City have gone to buy them. Master, why don't you go and take a look?"