Chapter 138 Cockscomb Fruit Liang Qu picked up the exchange book and the first page was the catalog list. Precious plants, precious materials, elixirs, skills, martial arts, weapons, armor, books... everything that is needed is here. The chief clerk said, "Small merits can be saved. If Sir Liang doesn't want to exchange them, he can take the small merit book back and look carefully to see if there is anything he can use. This book is not worth much." Although there are illustrations on the small merit exchange book, it is not expensive, only a few dozen coins per book, and ordinary people working in river and lake offices will pay to buy one. Liang Qu came here with Xu Yuelong's badge. Moreover, he registered his strength level, which was only the third level. He was not even a martial artist, but he earned five minor merits in one night. It was obvious that he had great abilities. The chief clerk didn't mind spending a few dozen coins to do a favor. Liang Qu didn't hesitate, he grabbed the small book and leaned against the desk, flipping through the pages one by one. Precious plants. 【Cockscomb Fruit】 [This precious plant cultivated by the Minister of Agriculture grows in water and ripens once in four seasons. It is slightly sweet and has the effects of replenishing qi and blood, strengthening the kidneys and consolidating essence, replenishing the spleen and stopping diarrhea, removing dampness and stopping leukorrhea. Taking it can improve martial arts cultivation.]
[Exchange requirements: Two small merits can be exchanged for three coins] [Note: Taking more than three pills a day may cause bloating and the effect will be halved.] "Did you take Xiao Gong apart?" Liang Qu pointed at the exchange demand for cockscomb fruit, which was quite strange. The chief clerk took a look and replied, "Master Liang, you don't know that this is actually a benefit for the Hebo Office." "Benefits? How do you say that?" “The great agriculture farmer has bred numerous precious plants, and cockscomb is just one of the better bred varieties. Our Hebo Station is close to water, so it is very convenient to cultivate this kind of fruit. We have a large stock, so we have lowered the exchange requirements. Two small merits can be exchanged for three. If it were the Demon Hunting Bureau, and they wanted to exchange it for the cockscomb fruit, the same thing, they would have to do a small merit. But they also have corresponding good things. Sir, please look at the red maple flowers and fruits below. If you exchange red maple fruit at the Monster Hunting Department and the Three Law Departments, the price is two for three!" Liang Qu moved his eyes downwards in the direction the chief clerk pointed. 【Red Maple Fruit】 [This precious plant cultivated by the Minister of Agriculture matures once every six seasons. It has the effects of nourishing blood, activating blood circulation, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, and moistening the intestines and facilitating bowel movements. Taking it can improve martial arts cultivation.] [Exchange requirement: one small merit] [Note: Taking more than three pills a day may cause bloating and the effect will be halved.] Liang Qu understood. For the same small merit, the price of the items obtained at the Hebo Police Station and the Monster Hunting Bureau will vary slightly. The exchange of two cockscomb fruits for three is equivalent to a job benefit. Other units do not have this, but there may be others. The chief clerk reminded him again: "They are all benefits, but our cockscomb fruit is much better than the red maple fruit of the Demon Hunting Bureau!"
"Why is that? Is cockscomb fruit more effective in improving cultivation?" "That's not the case. The effects of both on martial arts improvement are almost the same." The chief clerk looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he asked Liang Qu to come over. Liang Qu was leaning over the desk, and the chief clerk came over and whispered, "It's good for strengthening the kidneys and consolidating the essence! Red maple fruit doesn't have this effect. In the past, people from the Monster Hunting Department and the Three Law Departments often came to exchange. We can use two cockscomb fruits and four or five taels of silver to exchange for three red maple fruits. It's definitely worth it, at least one or two taels cheaper!" Some people who don't like this often exchange it, but this cannot be done openly, as this kind of strategic material is usually not allowed to circulate on the market. It's just that we exchanged with the people from the Monster Hunting Department and the Three Law Departments, which is considered as internal digestion, and the people above will turn a blind eye. Sir Liang, please don't tell anyone." Liang Qu nodded. The number of men with martial arts skills far exceeds that of women. Even before reaching the fourth level of martial arts master, men have the advantage at the same level. It is not surprising that there is such a gap in demand. It is understandable that they are not allowed to sell it to make money. Dashun provided an exchange list, in which the prices of items were all lower than the market price. This was done in order to enhance the strength of his own people. You move into the market, but your own abilities don't improve, and you end up enriching those outside. It's fine to do it once or twice in private on a small scale, but you must never do it on a large scale. If you are investigated, you will be charged with the crime of reselling military supplies at least. According to the official law, you will be beheaded if it is serious. However, two cockscomb fruits plus four or five taels of silver in exchange for three red maple fruits are still a bargain of one or two taels, right? "So, a precious fruit with similar effects out there can be worth seven or eight taels of silver?" The value of that small merit was much higher than Liang Qu had imagined. Today, he had five small merits, which was equivalent to earning more than thirty taels of silver in one day! "The difference is not too big. Sometimes it can be as much as ten taels. The things we have are all special supplies and military supplies. We grow a lot of them every year and there are many places where they can be used. The Hebo Office, the Demon Hunting Department, the Three Law Departments, the Western Army, and the Northern Army, there are so many mouths waiting here, but there is still a shortage of people. Ordinary people outside can't get it. There is a difference. Otherwise, why do warriors like to be an official? It must be profitable, don't you think?" "Well, give me three cockscomb fruits first." It's not that I'm interested in nourishing the kidneys and strengthening the essence, but I just want to see if there is any water essence in the cockscomb fruit, so I tried three of them. The chief clerk wrote down what he heard. "By the way, if you find a valuable plant that can be planted in the water and contribute a portion, will that also be credited?" "That's true, but it's hard to find a precious plant that can be planted in large quantities and has a certain effect, especially one under water. If you can really find it, the credit will be great, Sir Liang." Liang Qu didn't say anything, but shook his head slightly. The chief clerk tactfully didn't ask any more questions. As Liang Qu's strength improves, the healing effect of ordinary lotus roots is not as good as before. It can still heal wounds, but it is not as good as before at the level of healing wounds visible to the naked eye. However, in addition to ordinary lotus roots, with the help of the innate skill of the Horned Crocodile that cannot move, the lotus roots in the center have become lotus roots containing water essence, reaching an essence level of or even . The effect is the same as before. Since contributing plantable precious plants also has merit, you can give it a try. This thing only requires a few pieces of lotus root as samples, and by the way, with the help of Dashun, we can find out the cultivation issues of lotus root, including whether it can be combined with other things to refine better ointments or pills. Liang Qu continued to look down. In addition to the precious plant that could be exchanged for one small merit, there were also precious plants such as the Shenquan wood that could only be exchanged for five small merits, ten small merits, or even a hundred small merits. There were many types. There are hundreds of types in the treasure plant column alone, and many of the functions are repeated. The chief clerk also pointed out that only a few dozen are actually frequently exchanged, and they are all at the front. If you want to exchange a rare one and it is out of stock, you have to go to other places to get it. There are even more precious materials and dozens of precious medicines, including those for improving cultivation, healing wounds, and improving status. Liang Qu even saw one called Qinghu Xiongbian Dan, which had a simple and crude effect. There is a flesh-growing and bone-whitening pill that requires 160 small skills. As long as the limbs are not broken, the basic mobility can be restored within ten breaths. There are no side effects, which is quite tempting.
Liang Qu turned to the section on skills and martial arts. [The method of containing the breath] is a low-level method of the lowest level, with only a small merit. 【Tongbiquan】, a low-level martial art, one of the five minor skills. 【Turtle and Snake Power】, a low-level and inferior martial art, one of the eight minor skills. 【Duck Water Step】, a lower-middle-level martial art, one of the twelve minor skills. 【Han Shui Jue】, a lower-level medium-level skill, twenty-one minor skills. [Youshen Arrow Technique], a top-grade martial art with one hundred minor merits. 【Hunyuan Tengshui Gong】, a lower-middle-level technique, contains three hundred and sixty minor exercises. Most of the inferior skills and martial arts are below fifty minor skills. The intermediate skills and martial arts cost between fifty and five hundred, among which the value of skills is generally higher than that of a single martial art. Many of the skills in Hebo Institute are certainly not as good as those taught by Master Yang in terms of level, but most of them are related to water, and the focus is mainly on underwater maneuvers and fighting, which is unique. The "Breath-Containing Method" which is worth a small merit is a method of long-term underwater activities. What is more surprising is that the Yangtze River dolphin is also on the small merit exchange book. With only one hundred small merits, you can get another Yangtze River dolphin token and control one. Thinking that Yuantou’s wife was still here, Liang Qu became interested. Besides getting promoted, this was another way out. "Three cockscomb fruits first, and save the remaining three small merits for later." Liang Qu put away the booklet and took out three fruits the size of a chicken head. The skin was black all over, and there was an extra circle of fleshy skin on the top of the fruit, which looked like a chicken's comb. "No wonder it's called cockscomb fruit, it really looks like a chicken's head." Liang Qu returned to the boat, looked around, and ate one. [Water Essence +8] (End of this chapter)