Volume 1 A Thousand Stones Chapter 17 Initiative
In the quiet conference room, there was only the sound of Sun Miao's squirting to open the brocade box, and he opened the top brocade box in front of the Cheng family without giving face.
Inside the first box was a polished crystal ball, no, it was a glazed rain stone. A strange glow flowed through the crystal-like sphere, and it seemed as if clouds were gathering inside. Sun Miao casually threw it aside: "Cut, no sincerity, what's the use of such a beautiful glass ball? I'm not your little girl." "After that, I'll go and dismantle the other one.
The faces of the two Cheng family were darker than the bottom of the pot, and they really didn't know if Sun Miao was really ignorant or deliberately said so. The glazed rain stone is a strange stone that is also carefully made by their Cheng family after spending a lot of money to buy it.
This stone has a very peculiar property of analyzing the surrounding air on its own, and then forming various weather-like patterns within it, which is very accurate to depict the situation of the sky at a certain time. This kind of thing is not worth measuring by appearance at all, and can be used as a strategic resource if it is used well.
The second brocade box was much larger than the one just now, and as soon as it was opened, a fragrance came out of it. Sun Miao was shocked when he smelled his spirit, and all the fatigue in his body seemed to go away a few points at once. A long ginseng with an arm as long as red blood is quietly held inside, the extreme eastern blood ginseng, is an excellent medicinal material that grows in the extreme east, it is said to grow at the end of the blood river where ten thousand people died, full of human blood and grows, so it is born blood red. Is this thing, Sun Miao looked at the treasure in front of him that could not be said to be unique, but could be called peerless and rare, and fell into deep thought.
The first thing that Sun Miao thought of when he saw this thing was nothing else. It's these two words, because this thing can only grow on the Far East Mountain on the Far East Island. If the Cheng family knew about the situation, they would definitely not be willing to give this thing as a gift, because this thing would never be there again.
Sun Miao had heard the Sword Emperor Sasaki Kojiro and others mention the situation of his hometown, and he regretted mentioning how beautiful his hometown was countless times, but it was a pity that he could never see it again. Because the entire Far East Island was shattered and sunk, tens of millions of people were buried on the entire Far East Island on that day, and only a few thousand people escaped alive. At first, everyone didn't believe them, but later, everyone also looked down on them, and it didn't matter if they didn't believe it anymore, because it was just tens of millions of people who died, and more of them were not unseen.
At this time, it is probably that the Far East Island has been destroyed, and in the unreasonable space collision, it is the same as the Thousand Stone City on that day. I don't know if they will be in the same situation at that time again, do you want to go and see it? After all, he is also his own master.
Looking at Sun Miao, who seemed to be in deep thought, several people looked at each other and smiled a little. The two Cheng family laughed that they had finally come up with something that made Sun Miao's heart move. Sun Bin and Gu Nanchun are laughing, and Sun Miao will finally pay attention to things other than books.
"Far Eastern blood ginseng. Sun Miao touched it lightly, covered the brocade box, put it aside, and didn't open the other largest box.
turned around, sat cross-legged at Cheng Yuansu and Cheng Yuanqing, his face did not have the same squirrel-like appearance as before, just a plain smile, as if he was just a plain sixteen-year-old boy: "Okay, I like this thing a lot, even if this matter is revealed." Let's talk about some business, your Cheng family, how about paying us 100,000 gold?"
"Poof. Just raising his hand to grab the teacup and drink tea, Sun Bin squirted out a mouthful of water, sprayed next to him, and Cheng Yuansu looked at him.
Cheng Yuansu was also stunned, and he didn't even react to the tea that Sun Bin squirted, are you kidding me? Or did I hear it wrong?
Cheng Yuanqing gritted his teeth and turned his head to Sun Bin and scolded angrily: "Huangkou Xiaoer, what do you mean? Do you want to rob our Cheng family? Even if our Cheng family is at fault, we admit it, but we will not let you slaughter ......."
"Smack. Sun Miao slapped his palm on the table: "I said, what happened just now has been revealed, and now it's time to talk about business." The majesty rose, and the few people who were shocked were stunned for a moment, and re-examined their Sun Miao.
Cheng Yuanqing still didn't react and wanted to speak again, but was stopped by Cheng Yuansu again, worthy of being the head of the Cheng family, he immediately changed into a slightly smiling appearance and said: "Is Lord Xiao Miao going to talk about business? What about the business of 100,000 gold, I am also very curious about what can be worth 100,000 gold, but can Lord Xiao Miao do it?" After speaking, he ignored the tea on his face, and turned to look at Sun Bin.
Sun Bin glanced at him and said without any waves: "He is my younger brother." ”
Sun Miao smiled slightly, looked at his brother and said with a smile: "A mineral deposit, an independent mineral deposit, although a little far, not as large as the Thousand Stone Vein, but an independent mineral deposit, we cooperate, a one-year contract, you mine independently, according to the minimum and minimum payment ratio, we will help you, solve the problems of the empire, and even provide you with protective equipment for the empire." ”
Cheng Yuansu and Sun Bin looked at Sun Miao at the same time, and then looked at the people behind them, and after looking at each other, Sun Bin did not speak. Cheng Yuansu shook his head and said: "We don't know what the color of the ore veins in your mouth is, and one year is too short, less than ten years, we are all trading at a loss, so it is not cost-effective." ”
"Once you've signed the contract, you're ready to go over and see it. As for the time, ten years you are dreaming, go home and wash and sleep, a year and a half, an extra month to give you, it's amazing. Sun Miao waved his hand as if I didn't remember the villain.
"Lord Xiao Miao, Lord City Lord, you can tell the bottom, isn't it a bit embarrassing for us to bargain like the first floor of Tianbao Tower? Since you said it, it shouldn't be just to sell a mineral deposit and do this kind of business with us, right?" Cheng Yuansu looked at Sun Miao, who seemed to be really a little surprised, so he also wanted to make a clear statement.
Sun Miao glanced at Sun Bin, Sun Bin was as motionless as a mountain, sitting still, with a look that I heard you say, Sun Miao continued: "Three years, 90,000 gold, and openly supporting the City Lord's Mansion, we will help you deal with the empire, the procedures and other obvious matters, you and the group of wall grass to draw a line." ”
As soon as they heard Sun Miao's words, everyone present looked at Sun Miao's again, and really put on an expression that only met the person in front of him today. Cheng Yuansu and Cheng Yuanqing were both completely silent and stopped talking.
They know very well that money and time are all trivial matters, and they can't hurt their bones, but if they show their support for the City Lord's Mansion and openly break with those families who oppose the City Lord's Mansion, then they can only go one way to the dark, and there is no second way to go. Because once the strength of those opposition factions eliminates the backbone of the Cheng family, then they will soon be solved by Sun Bin, who knows if Sun Bin will turn his face ruthlessly at that time?
After thinking for a while, the two of them looked at each other again, turned their heads to say goodbye, forcibly endured the reluctance in their hearts, turned to leave, and just walked past Sun Miao's position, they heard Sun Miao's continued to speak: "You have to think about it carefully, this is the best treatment, we will discuss with other people when we go out of this door, such as the Wei family, the Xu family is not bad." Do you think they're going to say no? What do you think will happen when that happens?"
The two of them immediately froze in place, unable to take a single step.
It is obvious that the two peaches kill the three soldiers, and the naked conspiracy. Yes, the two of them can refuse, but what about those behind them? Will they refuse under such interests? No, they will definitely be very grateful for their refusal, and then turn around and abandon the entire Cheng family, let the Cheng family face the City Lord's Mansion alone, and even turn around to attack the Cheng family, what should the Cheng family do at that time?
The two looked at each other again, then stepped back and sat down. Under such interests, even if they are tempted, if they do not betray others, will others not betray them? It is better to betray others than to be betrayed by others.
"Well, that's right. The current harvest of the Thousand Stone Veins is roughly divided into five parts. The first City Lord's Mansion is the largest, probably half, but we are helping the empire, and ninety percent of it has to be sent to the empire, and this number is clear to everyone. To put it mildly, we have the least amount of money we can get our hands on here. The second part is you, because of various circumstances, the bright and the unbright, anyway, you account for the remaining forty percent of the ore vein, and the rest is divided by other families. If you can come out independently, it won't be much better to be alone than to grab food with others?" Sun Miao said as he looked at the two of them with that smile on his face.
"But if there really is such a mineral deposit, why did you choose to hand it over to us?" Cheng Yuanqing was very curious about this, after all, why didn't they just take it down? And why didn't they take it to the Xu family that had been swaying in the middle? The City Lord's Mansion now supports them, aren't they afraid that they will defect after getting enough benefits? At that time, even if there are no others, the power of their own family will not necessarily be weaker than now.
yes, why them? This question even looked at Sun Miao, who didn't speak, the other three people. Everyone was very curious about Sun Miao's words, although Sun Bin hinted that Sun Miao's could represent himself, but if it was a loss-making business, he would definitely not be stingy to overthrow it.
"Because for us, the important thing is not how many ores can be developed in Thousand Stone City, but stability, as long as Thousand Stone City is stable, then what we need can naturally be satisfied. We will hand over the mineral deposits to you, which is the fastest solution. Develop it yourself, we don't worry about you. Leaving it to others, the development is too slow, and there are too many variables. In three years, many people can know and set a lot of things, such as agreeing with us. Sun Miao smiled calmly, as if he had spread out a piece of paper. What he didn't say was that three years later, it would be interesting to see if Thousand Stone City would still be there.
The two of the Cheng family looked at each other, as if they were thinking about how many percent of Sun Miao's words were true and how many percent were false.
"You have the right to mine for three years, 90,000 gold, you can't use the ore to offset the price, but you can pay it in installments, but you have to pay interest, openly support the city lord's mansion, we will help you solve the formalities and other matters, you not only draw a line with the group of wall grass, but also make a clear statement, as for how to express it, you know for yourself. If you accept it, then trouble Uncle Gu to draw up a contract. If you don't accept it, then you can leave right away. There is no room for negotiation, and many people will break this condition. Sun Miao made a strange gesture on the table.
The corners of Sun Bin and Cheng Yuansu's eyes jumped when they saw such movements, and they almost couldn't help but drag Sun Miao off the table, but Cheng Yuansu said, "Can you trust us?"
"What can't you believe? Can you eat the mineral deposits and then turn the water? Your source crystals can still be eaten as food? unless you have the guts to take Thousand Stone City directly. Sun Miao smiled, this is a completely indifferent question, no matter how they get it, they are not those crazy people, and they will not aim to destroy Thousand Stone City.
But if you take Thousand Stone City, let's not talk about whether it is okay or not, once you attack Thousand Stone City, Sun Bin will be uncomfortable, and he may be reprimanded by the empire, but it must be that the empire will definitely pacify them first.