This year is the second year that Baoyuguan can trade. The number of merchant groups coming to Gaoliu City has increased suddenly. In the few days in mid-March, there were more than ten merchant groups coming to Gaoliu City. After entering the big market of Gaoliu City, most of them sold their goods to the market purchasing area, and then bought a large amount of fine wine, refined salt, fine cloth, white sugar, snacks, etc. and sent them to the grassland.
Because these caravans found that the fine wine and refined salt in Gaoliu City were very cheap when they arrived here. Compared with the grain they brought, these things can get the maximum profit. In order to reduce the risk of traveling, some merchant groups even sold all the goods to Gaoliu City and went back to Yan or Qi to buy goods.
If they can deliver to Gaoliu City twice more this year and bring some goods back from Gaoliu City, the profit will not be less than going to the grassland.
Hua Kai has been relaxed in Huacheng recently. There are still more than two months before the military academy students report. He doesn't need to worry about Beishan and Gaoliu. His fifth uncle is in Baoyuguan and occasionally returns to Huacheng. Xue Pan has returned to Baoyuguan with all the members of the Qinglong Corps. In the future, the construction and defense of Beishan will be handed over to his second uncle Hua Ziqi. The general direction has been determined, and the second uncle just needs to execute it step by step.
He upgrades the horses every day in Huacheng, takes Xiaoqiang to patrol the west side of Pingdingshan, and kills wild beasts and wild beasts when he encounters them. When he returns home, he comprehends the various skills he got from Lu State. Recently, he asked all the core members of the family to comprehend these mental methods or martial arts. Whoever comprehends first will enter [Wujingzhai] to upgrade. Now all mental methods and martial arts have been upgraded.
In the afternoon, he returned to his own courtyard, Xiaoqiang lay at his feet, and Hua Kai began to recite [Jingxin Jue] in the courtyard, guiding his own true energy to combine with his own [Hanbing Will], and then slowly enter the body to make the whole body familiar with this feeling.
There are two ways to build a foundation. One is to use the [Power of Will] of the heaven and earth spirit treasure to enter your own sea of consciousness, and then control these [Power of Will] to wash every cell. When all parts of the body have memorized this [Power of Will], they will circulate in the body in a certain way, and then the body and consciousness will be completely connected, entering a subtle state of controlling true qi with willpower.
The other way is of course to comprehend the [Power of Will] by yourself, and then let your [Power of Will] integrate into the whole body. This method is the simplest, but if you want to build a foundation successfully, you need to constantly transform your body, and the speed is also the slowest.
Hua Kai has three layers of [Power of Ice], so the speed of building a foundation is naturally not slow. He has made his whole body familiar with [Power of Ice] in just half a month, and has branded his whole body with [Power of Ice]. Now he can only continue to transform and wait for the [Power of Ice Will] in his body to form an autonomous circulation. At that time, he will successfully build a foundation.
Opening his eyes, Hua Kai also felt the changes in his body. Although none of his attributes have increased, the use of strength and [Ice Power] has become much simpler than before. Now, every move he makes naturally carries [Ice Power]. When he is attacked, he can also use [Ice Power] to resist faster and more effectively.
At night, Hua Kai was lying on the bed and entered the [Big Dream Visualization Method] space. In his dream, there was an endless void, and some illusory creatures were wandering in the void. Suddenly, the scene in front of him turned into a palace. The palace looked magnificent and majestic. Countless beautiful fairies walked through the palace. The camera did not last long before it all disappeared.
Hua Kai was silently reciting the [Basic Copywriting Skills] mental world to make the last revision of the [Journey to the West] outline. Every time he entered the [Big Dream Visualization Method] dream space to operate the [Basic Copywriting Skills] mental method, Hua Kai could always find some differences from the real world settings, and he would correct them after he found them.
Unfortunately, this time when he imagined the [Journey to the West] outline, the world presented by Hua Kai's [Basic Copywriting Skills] mental method was very vague. Many things consumed a lot of mental energy as long as he thought about them carefully.
"It seems that it is not so easy to write a book that is completely in line with this world, but since I have decided to do it, I must write [Journey to the West] well. If [Journey to the West] is written, I will definitely become a tycoon. At that time, I will not be afraid of ordinary people in the foundation-building stage." Hua Kai thought.
When it was almost dawn, Hua Kai changed the outlines of several small scenes in one night. He entered the [Big Dream Visualization Method] dream space and did not think about the outline of [Journey to the West] this time. Two hours later, Hua Kai woke up again and became energetic.
He rode [Black Eagle] for a while in the racecourse. In the past six months, [Black Eagle] has been staying in [Tianma Field] as a stallion. Every time Hua Kai has the opportunity, he has to ride it for a few laps, otherwise it will be unhappy.
Seeing that Butler Huafu was waiting for him, Hua Kai got off the horse and walked over.
"Master, the fifth master just came to you in the space and said that the king of Lu has arrived in Gaoliu City and asked you to go to Gaoliu City." Butler Huafu said to Hua Kai.
"Prince Lu? He actually came to Gaoliu County in person! It seems that there should be good news!" Hua Kai smiled in his heart when he heard this.
Last winter, Hua Kai helped the Lu family quickly master most of the noble families in the country. Now the Lu family has become extremely mysterious. Many noble families have contacted them, wanting to exchange magic weapons or improve the family's skills. Prince Lu must hope to strengthen cooperation with Hua Kai, and this time he can also see his daughter and grandson.
Hua Kai rode to Gaoliu City. After entering the inner city Huafu, he first went to see his mother, then put down his [Lu horse] and went to the fifth uncle's courtyard.
There are hundreds of maids and servants in the fifth uncle's courtyard, and more than 200 guards. When they saw Hua Kai coming, they hurriedly welcomed him into the inner courtyard. Hua Kai is the master of Huafu.
Princess Ji Le was basking in the sun with a maid holding two babies. Hua Zichen and Prince Lu looked at the two little guys with a smile. The two little guys who are already half a year old can now interact and play with people.
"The head of the family is here!" Princess Ji Le saw Hua Kai first and said.
"Aunt Wu, you don't have to be polite when you hold my younger brother. I haven't seen my two younger brothers for a long time. They have grown so big!" Hua Kai touched the hands of the two little guys. They seemed to know that Hua Kai was their relative and jumped for joy in front of him.
"Take the children down first! Let's talk." Hua Zichen looked at Ji Le and said to her.
Princess Ji Le and the maid took the two little guys into the inner room. Soon, all the maids and guards in the whole yard were gone. The head of the family and King Lu arrived at the same time, and they couldn't stay here.
"It took the Hua family only more than two years to build Gaoliu City into such a state. It's really unimaginable. Compared with Qufu City, it is not much worse!" King Lu looked at Hua Kai and said sincerely.
"Gaoliu City has consumed countless manpower and financial resources in the past few years to have such a scale today. It is too much worse than Qufu City.
All the skills that need to be upgraded in recent days have been upgraded. This is the upgraded skills. Check it out!" Hua Kai said as he stretched out his hand, and more than 20 small books appeared in his hand.
"There is nothing to check. I came to Gaoliu County secretly this time mainly for three things.
The first is that the spiritual medicine you want to increase your qualifications has been found. The head of the Zhengguo Shen family has always had a good relationship with me. This time, when he heard that I got a peerless sword, he hoped to have a sword used in the late stage of the foundation building realm. He is of earth attribute and is used to using thick swords. He is willing to take out the ancestral [Black Jade Wisdom Heart Vine] in exchange, but he has to add five magic weapons for the great perfection of the innate realm." King Lu said to Hua Kai with a smile.
[Black Jade Wisdom Heart Vine] is one of the best natural treasures for improving qualifications, and it has appeared in many places in the Central Plains. Moreover, [Black Jade Wisdom Heart Vine] is easy to preserve and is one of the most favorite natural treasures collected by the big families.
"How long is this [Black Jade Wisdom Heart Vine]? How many people can it be used for? If you want to order the top-level sword [Black Jade Wisdom Heart Vine], you can't do it without it." Hua Kai said.
Precious weapons can increase the combat power of the foundation-building realm, while [Black Jade Wisdom Heart Vine] can only increase people's qualifications no matter how precious it is. For a family, qualifications may not be transformed into combat power in the end, but precious weapons can make their family pass down for thousands of years.
"I have seen this [Black Jade Wisdom Heart Vine], which is a spiritual tempering of more than a thousand years, enough for three people to take, and it should be enough to exchange for a top-level treasured sword." King Lu said.
Hua Kai nodded after listening. He often studied all the pill recipes that can improve qualifications in the [Alchemy Room]. Among them, there is a pill recipe [Wisdom Heart Pill], which is a special seventh-grade spiritual pill. The main ingredient is [Black Jade Wisdom Heart Vine]. After taking it, it has an effect on qualifications below S-, which is what the Hua family needs most urgently.
"For the second thing, many families in Qi State have secretly contacted the Lu family. They hope to accumulate more strength before the world is in chaos. They need a large number of precious pills and magic weapons, and they also need to upgrade their family skills. Most of their skills are above the earth level, and some even reach the early stage of the sky level. Can they be upgraded?" King Lu asked.
"The price to upgrade the Heaven-level Kung Fu is unimaginable. Maybe they can't even sell all their territories to get enough." Hua Kai said.
"Don't worry about this. If you really need to upgrade the Heaven-level Kung Fu, the price will be whatever it is. Although the Lu family will also benefit from this transaction, it should be the benefit of the Hua family. I will not touch it at all. Moreover, the Lu family will only look for those allies who have been friends for many years. Only in this way can we have a chance to survive in the future chaos." King Lu said to Hua Kai.
Hua Kai nodded and signaled King Lu to talk about the third point.
"Lu country is short of horses. I hope to buy a batch of good horses in Gaoliu County. This year, many voices in the Central Plains are discussing the good quality of horses in Gaoliu County. Our Lu country has also formed a merchant group this year, which will arrive in Gaoliu City in May. You must sell more good horses by then!"
King Lu said so, which means that they are indeed preparing for the battle. The role played by cavalry in the battle is far more than that of infantry. After Hua Kai and others continuously upgraded the horses of the Hua family, the quality of horses in Gaoliu County has improved a lot.