Chapter 104: The Landlord's Foolish Son?
Night fell.
A bonfire burned brightly in the open space in the village center.
The villagers of Holy Soul Village, instead of returning to their homes to sleep and make babies,
were immersed in an unprecedented excitement and ecstasy.
Suddenly, their old house and land, usually insignificant possessions, had become a source of wealth they had never dreamed of.
The prices of house and land deeds inflated like a bubble, leaving them with a sense of unreality.
"Is this really true? Is our land really worth this much?"
a villager excitedly asked an elderly man in black tights, tightly clutching the yellowed land deed.
"Yes, if you want to sell it, you can sell it to me!"
the old man said calmly, yet with a hint of longing.
"Why? Why has the price suddenly increased so much? Are you trying to trick us?"
the villagers, bewildered, gathered around the black-clad elder and asked.
The black-clad elder didn't reply for a moment. He first pulled bags of gold coins from his storage space. With a clanging sound, he opened the bags, revealing the glittering gold coins before the villagers' eyes. Their eyes widened in amazement.
They had never seen so many gold coins before in their lives. Their eyes were inevitably filled with greed.
However, the black-clad elder was accompanied by two sturdy bodyguards, clearly no ordinary men, so they dared not snatch the coins.
Furthermore, the elder, who could use the tools in the storage space, must be a spirit master!
Only then did he speak, "My words may deceive, but the gold spirit coins are not, are they?"
"Old man, are you selling your house? It's worth 500 gold coins! If you're willing, I can give you 510 gold coins!"
"I..." The white-haired elder was stunned. His shabby house was actually worth so much.
At the ratio of gold: silver: copper—1:10:1,000—510 gold coins would equal 510,000 copper coins!
Using the high-end daily expenditure of 10 copper coins, it would last 51,000 days! That's nearly 140 years!
Even if they were a bit more extravagant, it would still be enough for a hundred years!
"Wait and see, maybe it'll go up again!"
Another villager's eyes gleamed with greed, his heart filled with a desire for more wealth.
His son and grandson echoed the same advice.
Their house and land couldn't have suddenly become so valuable. There must be some secret, unknown to those who lived here.
If these people were willing to spend so much, there must be greater benefits!
Even the most uneducated villagers understood this. Being uneducated doesn't mean being brainless.
Unfortunately, Tang Gu was using a trick of "outsmarting himself." He had no intention of buying the property. Such a high price would be painful even for the Tang family!
His goal was to maliciously drive up the price of the land in Shenghun Village, causing Wang Chen to bleed heavily.
If he poured money into a bottomless pit, he would surely be punished by Tianchen Shengshi headquarters!
Elsewhere, at
the Notting City Lord's Mansion.
A man in black also arrived, and City Lord Xiao greeted him respectfully.
"By order of His Majesty Haotian, you are to strictly control the sale of land in the area surrounding Holy Soul Village!"
"Yes!"
City Lord Xiao replied resolutely.
But after the Tang family left, City Lord Xiao turned and smiled coldly.
Meanwhile,
merchants in Notting City and nearby cities, all connected to each other, were notified of the skyrocketing prices.
Construction, civil engineering, and design professionals also received the news, seeing their salaries increase by the minute.
Wang Chen was oblivious to this. Having already bested Tang San that morning, he didn't need to attend classes at Notting Academy. He spent his lunch and afternoon fishing in a beautiful spot, enjoying a leisurely time until evening.
Old Jack was frantically pacing around in the hall, not knowing where Wang Chen had gone. He had been waiting for hours.
Xiao Chenyu and his men were also waiting.
Upon seeing Wang Chen enter, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Xiao Chen, something terrible has happened!" "Huh? What happened? Grandpa Jack, don't be impatient, take your time."
Wang Chen was confused.
"Xiaochen, you don't know, and I don't know where the news leaked, but now the whole of Nottingham and the surrounding cities know about the resort project. All the materials, related personnel, land prices, and so on are skyrocketing! It's estimated to have increased by 150 times now!"
Old Jack's face was full of worry. He knew Wang Chen was rich, very rich, but he couldn't afford to spend like that, right?
It was obvious that someone was deliberately targeting him from behind!
"Huh? Has it increased so much?"
Wang Chen was slightly startled, but quickly regained his composure, even wanting to laugh a little. I
have over 100 billion Gold Soul Coins in my pocket, and I'm afraid you'll raise the price?
If you sell them all, you might be able to buy the entire empire!
"Xiaochen, why do you look so in no hurry at all? Don't you want to build it anymore? Well, Grandpa agrees with your decision. It's really infuriating, how can you be so?"
Old Jack said.
Xiao Chenyu and the others also said, "I'm sorry, Brother Wang, we don't know what's going on."
Wang Chen replied, "It's okay, I have my own way to solve it. You guys go back and wait first? Oh no, it's time for dinner now. Do you want to stay for dinner?"
"No, no, we feel guilty about you. We are too embarrassed to eat this meal." Xiao Chenyu and the others refused.
Wang Chen looked calm and composed: "Oh, it's no big deal. Don't take it too seriously. They know nothing about my strength. Let's eat and I'll tell you."
"Well... okay!"
Xiao Wu was also very curious about how Wang Chen would respond.
After "drinking" and eating to his heart's content, Wang Chen put down his chopsticks and prepared to speak.
Everyone had been waiting for Wang Chen to speak, so they immediately put down their chopsticks, sat up straight, and listened attentively.
Wang Chen feigned a serious demeanor and declared in a resounding voice, "Starting tomorrow, no matter what price they offer, we'll buy it from anyone willing to sign a contract!"
"Huh?????"
Everyone dropped their heads at this, their heads agape, their heads brimming with questions. "
Is that what you're talking about?
" We thought you had some brilliant ideas...
Speechless.
You look quite smart, but why are you acting like a naive landlord?
Don't you have any idea how much money this will cost?
Just buying the land around Holy Soul Village would probably cost tens of millions of Gold Soul Coins!
And all the other materials and other expenses would add up to at least ten times that!
Do you have that much gold?
Seeing everyone treating him like a sucker, Wang Chen remained calm and took out a purple-gold bank card, handing it to Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu was stunned. "What's this?"
She looked at the number on it: 5000.
"50 million Gold Soul Coins?!"
Xiao Wu wasn't shocked, but Shirley and the others were wide-eyed in shock.
The royal family of the Tiandou Empire may look very prosperous, but they are actually very poor!
Relatively speaking, they are really poor!
You look like an empire, but in fact it is a clan that controls everything but pretends to be an empire.
The Tiandou royal family is just a tool to help them make money.
That's why Dai Mubai despises them.
Those who understand will understand it at a glance. Just look at the strength of the royal family, the Xue family.
They don't even have a Titled Douluo!
The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is at least a support system,
and the Xue family's Swan Martial Spirit is not good at fighting, and even worse at supporting.
What can they show off?
PS: The next chapter is coming soon!
(End of this chapter)
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