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Chapter 3 Ways to Make Money

Author: Hellcat God

Du Yu understands that if he wants to make money, he must rely on the money from Tongjie Shen.

Being able to shuttle between the two worlds at any time and being a bad guy in both worlds is the way to make a fortune.

However, modern time and space laws are becoming more and more perfect, and even reselling gold is troublesome, and it must be done from a legal source.

This blocked his path to opportunism, so he thought about jade.

But Du Yu understood that jade was also valuable in the Song Dynasty, so he planned to get some low-priced blue sky jade and sell it in the Song Dynasty, and then see if he could exchange it for something of certain value.

It's definitely not possible to hang out in Shijiacun. You still have to go to Huayin County, the more prosperous Huazhou Prefecture or even Bianliang, Tokyo, the imperial capital of the Song Dynasty.

Before returning to the Water Margin world, Du Yu planned to make some preparations.

The first thing to do is to order weapons, crossbows, stab-proof clothing and other equipment online. After all, Water Margin is a world full of violence and killing.

Zhao Ji, the good emperor of the Song Dynasty, together with the six thieves, had already brought great turmoil to the country and the country. Countless people fell into the trap and became bandits. He did not want to have any accidents on his way to wealth.

Even if he has inherited everything from the original owner after devouring Jiuwenlong Shijin, he still needs to be careful. Who knows whether his intrusion will produce a butterfly effect.

Du Yu checked the information and found that modern metallurgical technology is much higher than that of ancient times. Even ordinary alloy steel was regarded as a magic weapon in the Song Dynasty.

And because we are in the era of e-commerce, all kinds of strange things are sold online, especially those handicraft swords.

After adding several bosses on WeChat and communicating, he ordered three Xiuchun knives, a sword with phoenix feather pattern, a short gun and a large-pound compound bow from a local shop in Haicheng.

Shi Jin's martial arts was introduced to him by an ordinary person like Tiger Fighter Li Zhong, and later by chance, he was taught by Wang Jin, the instructor of the Forbidden Army, for half a year.

It must be said here that Jiu Wenlong's own talent is extremely good. After being delayed for several years, he was able to become famous in martial arts in just half a year.

In Water Margin, he is the seventh among the eight hussars and vanguard of the Liangshan Horse Army, ranking twenty-third, and can be regarded as an above-average general.

Shi Jin is an all-rounder, he can use any of the eighteen kinds of weapons, and he is proficient in all of them. In the novel, the weapons he commonly uses are only green dragon sticks, plain knives, and three-pointed two-edged knives.

Du Yu doesn't like those weapons. He thinks that when going to the battlefield, you should use spears and horse spears. Is there anything better than short spears and Xiuchun knives for fighting in the world?

According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, people in Water Margin mostly use simple knives when traveling in the rivers and lakes. But he has the bug of system space, so he naturally uses whatever is easy to use without fear of being caught.

Perhaps the merchant had stock in stock, and the ordered items were delivered to them in less than three days.

The gun body of the short gun is 1.8 meters long and is made of carbon fiber. It has quite good strength and toughness. The length of the gun is fifty centimeters. Although it is not bladed, there is a long blood groove in the middle.

Swords are mainly made of high manganese steel, which is a commonly used handicraft material in modern time and space.

Of course, as handicrafts, they are all unsharpened.

For this reason, Du Yu went to the tool market in Haicheng to buy a rechargeable angle grinder, and planned to return to Shijiacun to polish and sharpen it.

Before returning to the world of Water Margin, this purchaser also purchased a batch of instant noodles, compressed biscuits, cola, beer and other supplies and stored them in the system space.

After feeling almost ready, Du Yu opened the system portal and traveled back to Shi Jin's home.

As soon as his feet landed on the ground, he felt a numbness on his face. He found a bronze mirror and saw that he had another, younger face.

In the timeline of Water Margin, Shi Jin is only twenty years old now. Perhaps this is because people in ancient times were more precocious and did not look immature.

After traveling twice, Du Yu also figured out the flow of time between different worlds.

To put it simply, in the real world, the time flow in the Water Margin world slows down ten times, which is equivalent to ten days in the real world and one day in the Water Margin world.

Conversely, when Du Yu was in the Water Margin world, the flow of time in the real world slowed down ten times, which is equivalent to ten days in the Song Dynasty and one day in the real world.

Du Yu was very happy. In his understanding, this was equivalent to increasing his life span ten times.

Having said that, after staying in modern time and space for almost a week, and not even a day has passed in the Water Margin world, people in Shijia Village will basically not notice anything strange.

Of course, no one in Shijiacun dared to interfere with Shi Jin's business.

Du Yu put on Shi Jin's clothes and walked around the house with a straight face.

The farmer at home kept silent after seeing it, for fear of causing trouble to the owner of the village.

"I haven't had a good appetite these past two days. Go find some game." Du Yu said.

Zhuang Ding promised again and again, and quickly ran to pick up a knife and arrows, and formed a group to go hunting in Shaohua Mountain.

After a while, Du Yu was the only one left in the courtyard.

He then came to the backyard, took out the angle grinder and sword, and started polishing the short gun.

This is also the first time for this guy to learn how to sharpen the knife while watching the tutorial on his mobile phone. Naturally, he will not directly use the Xiuchun knife to practice.

Fortunately, the most important thing in Shi Jin's backyard was those swords and guns, so he practiced repeatedly.

After grinding out three simple knives, Du Yu finally mastered the skills of using an angle grinder and began to polish the 'magic weapons' ordered from the online store.

After spending a long time and breaking another Xiuchun knife, he finished cutting the blades of those swords.

Du Yu first picked up the Xiuchun Sword and began to practice the sword skills that Wang Jin taught Shi Jin. It was a bit unfamiliar at first, but as time went by, his body gradually adapted to the changes and soon returned to its original level.

Perhaps due to the superimposition of their physical qualities, Du Yu feels that his physical strength and agility are much better now than in Shi Jin's memory.

In other words, just based on the improvement in physical fitness after swallowing and fusion, his martial arts has reached a higher level, a little higher than Jiuwenlong. Looking back at his master Wang Jin, it seems that he is not much different from him.

When Du Yu was happy with his practice, he swung his knife towards the wooden stake.

"puff!"

The wooden stake as thick as a bowl broke with a sound, and the blade of the knife was still as good as new, which showed that the production level of those handicrafts was not ambiguous.

This scene happened to be seen by the banker who had returned from hunting, and naturally he praised the owner of the bank.

Du Yu was in a good mood, so he turned around and went back to the house, took two slings of money and rewarded them, which made the master and servant happy.

However, this fellow did not eat the hare hunted by the dealer, but put it into the system space. After all, it is not easy to eat some game in modern time and space. He planned to take it back to his parents for a taste.

The next day, Du Yu selected a few smart dealers and prepared to go to Huayin County to inspect the market.

With Shi Jin's memory and physical instincts, riding a horse is no problem, and it's even a little fun.

Nothing happened on the road, and the five of them soon arrived at Huayin County.

The area of ​​the county town is not large, and the main streets are only three horizontally and two vertically, but there are many pedestrians on the street and it has a somewhat commercial atmosphere.

Du Yu was used to the prosperity of modern time and space, so naturally he didn't think it was a big deal. In fact, at the same time, other countries on earth could be considered a city-state on this scale.

This guy handed the reins to the dealer and wandered around looking at the shops on both sides.

Not long after, Du Yu saw a jade shop called Li Ji.

Seeing that he found his target, he walked directly in and planned to take a look at the other party's products.

In fact, jade was very popular in the Song Dynasty. When a man married his wife, it would be a bit embarrassing if there was no jade in the betrothal gift.

For example, in the "Marriage" entry in Volume 20 of "Mengliang Lu", the betrothal gift list includes jewelry such as a special bun with pearls and jade, a crown with pearls and jade, and a row of rings with pearls and jade.

Of course, they were in big cities like Bianliang, Luoyang, and Hangzhou, and the jade shops in Huayin County couldn't compare with them in terms of scale or craftsmanship.

Seeing Du Yu dressed in silk and satin, accompanied by his customers, and looking at him carefully, the shopkeeper personally came to receive him.

"Sir, is there anything that catches your eye?" the shopkeeper asked.

"Yes, what is the price of this jade pendant?" Du Yu asked, pointing to a pure white jade pendant.

"Twenty guan." said the shopkeeper.

Du Yu frowned. He now knew something about the prices of goods in the Song Dynasty. He could buy an ox with ten guan. The jade pendant he pointed out was not that good but it was so expensive.

"Sir, our store is based on integrity and will not ask for random prices. Although this jade pendant is leftover material from the carving of large pieces, it is also mutton-fat jade of very good quality." the shopkeeper explained.

Du Yu nodded. In fact, he didn't really know much about jade, but that piece of jade pendant felt gentler on the hand than the others, so I guess it was a good thing.

"Well, I sold it." After saying that, he winked at the banker.

The dealer immediately took out twenty copper coins from his bag and put them on the counter.

"Shopkeeper, do you have better jade here?" Du Yu asked.

While collecting the money, the shopkeeper replied: "To be honest with you, Huayin County is a small town after all. There is no such thing as good jade. If you need it, I can get the goods from the old store in Huazhou Prefecture."

"I would like to discuss business with the shopkeeper, is that possible?" Du Yu asked again.

The shopkeeper glanced at him and then invited him to the quiet room behind to prepare for a detailed discussion.
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