Chapter 177 Maritime and Land Trade Agreement
Chapter 177 Maritime and Land Trade Agreement
In the main hall of the Crystal Palace, Wen Rui stood in front of Dragon King Ao Guang again.
Dragon girl Ao Lan was flipping through a book absentmindedly.
"Huh?" Ao Guang narrowed his eyes, stared at Wen Rui in surprise and said, "Master Wen, why do I feel that you are different from before?"
"It just slightly upgraded my body." Wen Rui smiled and bowed, "Don't worry about these details. Thank you, Dragon King, for your generosity in giving me treasures. I will repay you generously in the future for this great gift."
"Where's the Dinghai Shenzhen? Why don't you have it?"
Wen Rui replied: "That treasure is also known as the 'Ruyi Jingu Bang'. It can be big or small, thick or thin. I found it troublesome to hold it, so I made it thinner and hid it inside my body."
"Oh, I see." The Dragon King didn't think much about it and nodded, "As long as Master Wen is satisfied."
"It is impolite not to return the favor. That treasure is just a piece of scrap metal in the Dragon Palace, but it is the foundation of enlightenment for me."
When Wen Rui said this, he took out a bead from his bag and said, "I can't take the treasure from the sea for nothing, so I will give this as a return gift and also add icing on the cake for the Dragon Palace."
In the ancient world, people pay special attention to cause and effect. Among the gods, they are afraid of owing favors to others.
Between two gods, even if they owed each other a favor in the previous life, they will have to repay it sooner or later in the next life, and the longer the debt, the more they will have to repay.
The golden cudgel is so important to Wen Rui that if he takes it for nothing and really uses it to achieve enlightenment in the future, he will owe the dragon clan a huge debt of karma, and he will have to pay a huge price to repay it in the future.
Therefore, if you have a grudge, you must repay it on the spot, and if you have a favor, you must repay it on the spot. These are the most valuable experiences in the ancient times.
"No, no, Master Wen is too polite. I am only giving you the treasure to establish a good relationship with you, without asking for anything in return."
Dragon King Ao Guang said proudly, "I am not bragging. My Dragon Palace Sea has a mountain of treasures. There are so many good things. Mr. Wen's return gift is nothing more than being thrown into the warehouse to gather dust. What difference does it make whether I give it or not?"
"That's not necessarily true." Wen Rui said with a smile, "Your Majesty the Dragon King, please take a closer look at this gem."
The white bead in his hand suddenly emitted a dazzling incandescent light, illuminating the Dragon Palace hall that was illuminated by night-shining pearls.
"This bead is called an 'LED light'. There is nothing magical about it. It just emits strong light when powered on."
"It is indeed brighter than the Night Pearl, and it is a rare item. I will accept it with reluctance."
The Dragon King looked calm and did not think that the glowing beads that Wen Rui took out were precious. He was just giving Wen Rui a way out to save his face.
"Don't be impatient, Your Majesty the Dragon King, please take a look."
As he spoke, the orb-shaped LED light in Wen Rui's hand changed color and emitted a dazzling yellow light. This was not the end yet, the color continued to change, changing through red, yellow, green, blue, purple and other colors one after another.
"Wow, I never thought it could change color. Interesting, interesting."
The Dragon King's character has improved a bit, but that's all.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, this is just a sample. I want to give the Dragon Palace 100,000 similar luminous beads in return and install them throughout the Dragon Palace."
Wen Rui smiled and said, "In short, it means that we will implement the lighting project for the Dragon Palace for free. Then the whole Dragon Palace will be colorful, and it will continue to emit colorful glare in the dark deep sea to show the noble magnificence of the Dragon King, the Lord of the Four Seas."
"A hundred thousand seven-colored night-shining pearls as a gift?"
The Dragon King was really moved this time, and said in astonishment: "Master Wen, it's just a piece of stubborn iron. Why do you give me such a precious gift in return?" One hundred thousand LED bulbs are actually not worth much. Even if the Jinling Sect's underground automated factory is running at full capacity, it can only produce two days' worth of output.
But in the Dragon King's opinion, the value cannot be estimated in this way.
The Dragon Palace is located in the deep sea, with no sunlight all day long, so lighting is a necessity.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of pearls on the seabed. There are tens of thousands of luminous night pearls in the Dragon Palace.
The lighting of the Dragon Palace depends on various luminous beads inlaid throughout the palace.
These gems act like light bulbs and are quite expensive, making them excellent materials for water-based magic weapons.
Each gem, depending on its size and quality, is worth between one thousand and one hundred thousand spirit stones.
The Chinese dragon is different from the Western dragon, which is like a rustic lizard and spends the whole day sleeping in a dark nest. It needs to be ostentatious and show off. Otherwise, how can it lead the sea tribe and demonstrate the majesty of the Dragon King?
Although it is a bit wasteful to use the night-shining pearls, which are materials for refining treasures, as light bulbs, it is also indispensable.
No matter how bright the night pearl is, it can never be brighter than a light bulb, and it cannot change color.
When Wen Rui took out a light bulb, Dragon King Ao Guang might not think anything of it and just treat it as something new.
But when he mentioned that he would give away 100,000 of them to light up the entire Dragon Palace, making it the brightest palace in the deep sea, he was immediately tempted.
"It's just an equal exchange. I, Wen Rui, have always been fair in doing business. I never take other people's treasures for free or take advantage of them." Wen Rui said modestly, "I'm afraid that the mere 100,000 glowing beads I give as a return gift are too meager and cannot be compared to the Dinghai Shenzhen given by the Dragon King."
“Of course not!” The Dragon King waved his hands repeatedly: “One hundred thousand pearls, what a generous gift! You are indeed a descendant of a famous family. It’s enough, it’s enough!”
The Dragon King was being polite, but Wen Rui was even more polite:
"Not enough, not enough! Let me put it this way. There are four major sea markets around the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea. I passed by them by boat before and saw that the sea creatures living in the sea markets all used luminous seaweed and lantern fish for lighting. The light was obviously not bright enough, and the sea creatures lived in darkness all their lives, and their lives were very hard."
"I will light up all the four sea cities at once. When visitors from land and sky come to visit the Dragon Palace and pass by the sea cities, they will be intimidated by the bright lights on the seabed and will not dare to disrespect His Majesty the Dragon King."
"This... how can I be so embarrassed?"
The Dragon King smiled happily, rubbing his hands and said, "Then I, on behalf of the people of the Sea Clan, would like to thank Master Wen for his generosity in granting us light."
"However, the luminous beads refined by the Jinling Sect need maintenance, just like the Night Pearl needs to be regularly infused with spiritual power if it wants to continue to emit strong light."
Wen Rui saw that the time was ripe and said, "We need to build an underwater base of the Chamber of Commerce in Haishi. On the one hand, we can send maintenance personnel to maintain the underwater lighting equipment; on the other hand, we can purchase some new and interesting things from the land and sell them to the aquatic creatures, so that the land and the water can exchange what they have."
"No problem." Dragon King Ao Guang waved his hand and said, "I also happen to want to see what new and interesting things there are on land to enrich my treasure house in the sea."
Wen Rui immediately took out two agreements, one was a contract for the East China Sea lighting project, and the other was a land lease agreement for the Chamber of Commerce to build a warehouse on the seabed.
Dragon King Ao Guang and Wen Rui hit it off immediately. After they signed the contract, they clasped their dragon claws and human hands tightly, and it seemed that each of them got what they needed and they were cooperating happily.
Princess Ao Lan, who was flipping through a book at the side, had her brows tightly furrowed.
She looked at her father who seemed to have gotten a great deal and was extremely happy, and then looked at Master Wen who had a gentle smile on his face like a graceful nobleman, and she felt that there must be something fishy about this matter.
(End of this chapter)