Chapter 739: Seven Days of Planar Trade
Chapter 739: Seven Days of Planar Trade
Half an hour later, Su Yu piled up a staggering 200,000 tons of grain in the central square of the Fire Kingdom's capital.
Standing beside the square, the Fire Kingdom's emperor and his ministers looked on with relief. Although the price was indeed a bit steep, the fact that this enormous batch of grain didn't fall into the hands of the rebels was nothing short of a miracle!
"Merchant, may I ask your name?" the emperor asked Su Yu with a pleasant smile from one side of the square.
The ministers surrounding the emperor also looked at Su Yu with flattering eyes.
"You can call me Kesheng," Su Yu replied.
"Lord Kesheng, if you can sell us this batch of grain, you will be our eternal friend!" the emperor declared loudly, as if he wanted everyone to hear.
"There's no need for such formalities, Your Majesty," Su Yu responded calmly. "We interplanar merchants only recognize payment, not personal connections. Since you are willing to pay a higher price, this grain naturally belongs to you."
He then lowered his voice. "As for the spirit stones and high-tier magical creature materials you promised, shouldn't we settle that now?"
The emperor snapped back to reality and immediately nodded. "Of course, this way. I will take you to the royal treasury to collect the materials you need!"
The emperor ordered his subordinates to transport the grain to the granary and then hurriedly led Su Yu toward the royal treasury.
...
On the way to the treasury, Su Yu repeated his sales pitch, starting to peddle other goods to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I have weapons specifically tailored for ordinary people. Would you like to take a look?..."
"Your Majesty, these are even higher-tier heavy machine guns..."
"We have acquired many fine items from different planes. Would you like to see them one by one?..."
Through Su Yu's relentless persuasion, the emperor began to take an interest in Su Yu's goods.
That afternoon, with special permission, Su Yu opened a trade fair in a large store near the palace.
Just like the previous fair, he displayed all sorts of practical and peculiar items.
The capital was home to many more nobles and high-tier powerhouses than White Stone City.
Hearing that a trade fair was being held by an interplanar merchant in the capital, almost all the nobles and high-tier powerhouses rushed over to join the excitement.
Whether they bought anything or not, it was a chance to broaden their horizons.
As a result, Su Yu's trade fair was packed with curious nobles, and business was booming. Many items were in high demand.
The "small mountain" of spirit stones and high-tier magical creature materials in Su Yu's necklace grew taller and taller, gradually turning into a "large mountain."
...
However, good times don't last forever.
On the third afternoon of Su Yu's trade fair, the Fire Kingdom's emperor received an important intelligence report from the front lines.
"Y-You! S-Say! W-What?!" the emperor erupted, leaping to his feet and glaring furiously at the intelligence officer who had brought the news.
The intelligence officer's forehead was drenched in cold sweat, and his back was nearly soaked through.
But he had no choice; he had to stiffen his resolve and prostrate on the ground before the emperor.
"Your Majesty, all this intelligence is true. Duke Glan has indeed acquired a vast amount of interplanar grain, and he even displayed it before the entire army."
Bang!
The table in front of the emperor was sent flying by his furious shove, performing a difficult "680-degree aerial twist" before crashing to the ground.
He glared with rage. "That accursed interplanar merchant said he would sell all the grain to us! How did Glan get it?!"
“Your Majesty.” The intelligence officer trembled as he spoke, “It’s very likely that this merchant had two batches of grain. He sold one to the rebels and the other to you… um, I mean, he deceived you.”
“Hell! We’ve been duped!” The Fire Nation’s Emperor was so furious that he nearly suffocated from the shock.
...
Several minutes later, the Fire Nation’s Emperor, accompanied by his god-tier powerhouses, rushed to Su Yu’s shop, intent on holding him accountable.
However, when they arrived, they found Su Yu’s exhibition shop empty, with no sign of the merchant or his goods.
In the deepest room, a note was left on the table, written in a hasty, uneven scrawl:
“Respected Emperor of the Fire Nation,
The words I spoke at the banquet two days ago were a lie. Five days ago, I already sold enough grain to Duke Glaan.
But you can also look at the bright side.
You, too, have received an equal amount of grain!
With both sides having grain, it cancels out, as if neither of us had any. So you can consider that I never even came.
Wishing you a pleasant life!
—The Planar Merchant [Bane Star]”
...
The Fire Nation’s Emperor’s face flushed red, then pale, as he read the note.
Suddenly, he loosened his grip, rolled his eyes, and fell backward, stiff as a board.
The courtiers behind him jumped in shock.
Panic-stricken, they fumbled to support the unconscious Emperor, yelling, “The Emperor has fainted! Fetch a doctor immediately! I’ll start bloodletting the Emperor!”
Chaos erupted at the exhibition site.
...
As for Su Yu,
He had already used the Teleportation Spell to leave the Fire Nation, heading off to other realms to continue his business.
In the Ice Plane, his primary trade was grain, along with other industrial goods like firearms, soap, and cement.
It was the height of the Ice Plane’s bitter winter, with a high demand for grain and soaring prices—perfect timing for a grain merchant!
Four in-game days later,
After selling out most of his goods in the Ice Plane, he moved on to other planes to peddle his various wares.
In the Fire Plane, he sold grain to the local inhabitants;
In the Earth Plane, he sold large quantities of salt to the local wildlife;
In the Wind Plane, he used a vast amount of steel and cement to construct windproof barriers with earth-binding magic arrays for the local residents;
In the Metal Plane, he sold soil for cultivation to the local inhabitants, exchanging it for the magic cores of metal-elemental beasts.
Su Yu’s presence was felt across all the major planes.
...
Now, due to the new expansion pack, the six major planes were open to all players.
Unlike Su Yu, who was intimately familiar with the customs and inhabitants of each plane,
Players had to gradually learn about the locals before they could engage in trade, understanding each other’s needs to barter effectively.
However, by the time the players started trading, Su Yu had already made a fortune across the six major planes!
His Teleportation Spell combined with the Golden Fleuron Plane Chain was the ultimate tool for large-scale trade!
He raced back and forth between the planes, and describing his profits as “overflowing” was no exaggeration.
In about seven days (real-world time), Su Yu finally sold the majority of his goods, securing all the resources he needed.
(End of Chapter)
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