"Do you believe my wealth now, Brother Liu?" Chen Nan asked.
Liu Jie's mind was blown.
He hadn't expected this!
The lowest quality spiritual herbs in Chen Nan's storage bag were all hundred-thousand-year-old!
Beyond that, there were even two-hundred-thousand-year-old, three-hundred-thousand-year-old, and even forty to fifty-hundred-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs!
To put it bluntly!
Chen Nan was truly richer than a nation!
The wealth contained in his storage bag was worth more than the Liu family's entire fortune!
Liu Jie snapped back to reality from his shock and said sincerely, "Brother Chen Nan is truly incredibly wealthy. The medicinal herbs alone in your possession are enough to rival a nation!"
"I completely believe your financial standing!"
"Then I'll trouble Brother Liu to purchase the sand coin stones from Master Jiu for me. We'll stick to our original agreement!" Chen Nan said.
"Money for goods, as always!"
"Agreed, but Brother Chen Nan, wouldn't you need to pay a deposit?" Liu Jie asked.
Chen Nan frowned. "Does Brother Liu not trust me? Why would a deposit be necessary?"
"I've never had a habit of paying deposits when doing business!"
"If Brother Liu doesn't trust me!"
"Then this deal is off!"
"I can't be bothered with all this trouble. I'll go directly to Master Jiu!"
"At worst, I'll give him two spiritual herbs. I don't believe anyone in this world would refuse spiritual herbs!"
He acted impatient and got up as if to leave!
"Brother Chen Nan, please wait!" Liu Jie quickly said, "It's not that I don't trust you. I just said it casually. Why get so angry? If I can trust anyone, why wouldn't I trust you?"
Chen Nan let out a cold snort, "That's more like it!"
"How long will it take you to complete the purchase?"
Liu Jie said seriously, "Give me three days. I will definitely complete the task within three days!"
"Very well, I shall await your good news, Brother Liu!"
"Excellent!"
Liu Jie was overjoyed and immediately returned to the Liu manor!
At that moment, Liu Sifang and Liu Yingying were chatting in the living room!
Liu Jie said excitedly, "Uncle, that Chen Nan is truly no ordinary person!"
"You might not believe it, but he has over three thousand spiritual herbs in his storage bag!"
"And, all of them are over a hundred-thousand years old!"
"No!"
"The lowest quality is a hundred-thousand years!"
"There are even spiritual herbs from five hundred-thousand years ago!"
"In all my years, I've never seen so many spiritual herbs!"
Liu Sifang was also shocked!
But he was, after all, a man who had seen the world.
He looked at his daughter. "Yingying, you mentioned earlier that the avian race had a conflict, right?"
"Do you think it's possible that Chen Nan helped the avian race resolve their conflict, and then the avian race gave him these spiritual herbs?"
Liu Yingying nodded without denying it. "That's likely how it happened. Otherwise, Chen Nan wouldn't have so many spiritual herbs!"
Liu Jie said excitedly, "Uncle, I told Chen Nan that the sand coin stones are priced at twenty-two high-grade immortal stones."
"As long as we can acquire those sand coin stones from Master Jiu!"
"We can make a profit of seven high-grade immortal stones from the price difference!"
Liu Yingying also became excited. "In that case, we can earn one hundred and forty thousand high-grade immortal stones?"
"Good, good, you deserve great credit for this matter!" Liu Sifang smiled and patted his nephew's shoulder, then said, "However, acquiring all of Master Jiu's sand coin stones will still be quite challenging!"
Although the Sifang Chamber of Commerce was the number one chamber of commerce in the Wu Kingdom!
Still!
Twenty thousand sand coin stones!
To acquire them all at once!
It would require three hundred thousand high-grade immortal stones!
Even though Liu Sifang was known as the richest man in the Wu Kingdom, a man whose wealth rivaled a nation!
He couldn't come up with such a large amount of liquid capital in a short period!
Liu Jie said, "Uncle, this isn't difficult!"
"As the number one chamber of commerce in the Wu Kingdom, our Sifang Chamber of Commerce!"
"As long as we ask, we can borrow from a few family patriarchs. We can definitely overcome this immediate difficulty!"
"That won't do!" Liu Sifang said, "I, Liu Sifang, have never borrowed money from anyone in my life. Even if we can repay it, the debt of favors is hard to repay!"
Liu Yingying suggested, "Father, we can mortgage some of the chamber of commerce's properties to the bank and borrow some money from them for emergencies!"
"As soon as we sell those twenty thousand sand coin stones to Chen Nan, we can redeem them!"
Liu Sifang hesitated for a moment!
Although he was the founder of the Sifang Chamber of Commerce!
He had a major figure behind him.
If one were to be precise!
The Sifang Chamber of Commerce wasn't his property at all.
He was merely managing it for that major figure.
However, as his daughter said!
They were only temporarily mortgaging some of their properties to the bank.
Once they bought the twenty thousand sand coin stones, they would make a net profit of one hundred and forty thousand immortal stones!
Thinking of this, Liu Sifang's gaze firmed. "I need to go out for a bit!"
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It took two days!
Liu Sifang managed to raise one hundred thousand high-grade immortal stones!
Combined with the two hundred thousand he already had, he could completely afford to buy the batch of sand coin stones from Ao Jiu!
Carrying three hundred thousand high-grade immortal stones!
Liu Sifang found Ao Jiu. "Master Jiu, let's be direct. I have prepared three hundred thousand high-grade immortal stones to purchase your twenty thousand sand coin stones!"
"As you said, they can be sold for fifteen immortal stones each!"
"Master Jiu wouldn't go back on his word, would he?"
Ao Jiu was greatly surprised. "President Liu, you..."
"Alas!"
"So be it!"
"Since you have shown such great sincerity!"
"Then I will sell you these twenty thousand sand coin stones!"
"But there's one thing we need to agree on!"
"Once the deal is made, it's final!"
"Whether the market price of sand coin stones goes up or down afterward will have nothing to do with me."
Liu Sifang laughed heartily. "I, Liu Sifang, am the richest man in the Wu Kingdom. I understand this principle!"
"Come, Master Jiu, please count the immortal stones in here!"
Ao Jiu took the storage bag handed over by Liu Sifang and confirmed the three hundred thousand immortal stones. He then handed Liu Sifang a storage bag containing twenty thousand sand coin stones.
Liu Sifang grabbed a handful of sand coin stones, incredibly excited, and then sighed. "I always thought that high-grade immortal stones were the most expensive things in the world!"
"After all, many people can't earn a single high-grade immortal stone in their lifetime!"
"But today, I realize that the most valuable things are still these sand coin stones!"
"It's just that, judging by its name, this sand coin stone sounds very cheap!"
"It almost sounds like an insult, calling someone a fool!" he said, bursting into laughter again.
Ao Jiu chuckled. "The name 'sand coin stone' is indeed not very pleasant, but this item is truly valuable!"
Liu Sifang nodded in agreement.
Who would have believed that such an unremarkable stone could be worth fifteen high-grade immortal stones?
Of course!
Before long, the price of these sand coin stones would skyrocket.
"Thank you for your generosity, Master Jiu. I shall not disturb you further. Farewell!" Liu Sifang rose and then left!
After Liu Sifang departed!
Ao Jiu took out a communication jade slip and sent a message to Chen Nan, respectfully saying, "Master, your foresight is truly remarkable!"
"Liu Sifang spent three hundred thousand high-grade immortal stones to buy those twenty thousand sand coin stones from me!"
"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, his men will be seeing you soon!"
He cautiously asked, "Are you planning to terminate your cooperation with them now?"
Chen Nan revealed a chilling smile. "The trap has long been set, and we're just waiting for the Liu family to fall into it!"