Chapter 180: Negotiation
Li Zhiyuan sat at the top of the hall with a golden knife, took a sip of the tea prepared by Hu Wanshan, and said, "Just now I have roughly explored the reserves of this spirit stone vein, and this ore vein is a genuine second-order spirit stone vein.
Even in the second-order spirit stone veins, the reserves of Jiulong Mountain are a lot more, and they are rare high-quality spirit stone veins. However, if you want to mine such a spiritual stone vein, it will also take a lot of manpower and material resources.
The sect will build a second-order spirit array here, and at the same time, it will also build a spirit gathering array to prevent too much spiritual energy from emitting spirit stones. These two formations are funded by our sect.
Next, we will need manpower and spirit stones for the early mining work, and you will have to share these together. ”
After all, the spirit stone vein is a strategic resource, if there is no protection from the big array, it is difficult to guarantee that some monks or demon beasts will come to steal some spirit stones. If there is no Spirit Gathering Array to gather spiritual energy, the mining life of the entire spirit stone vein will also be greatly shortened.
These two great arrays could not be built by the Wuji Sect, and none of the three families had the financial resources.
Li Zhiyuan's meaning is also very clear, this spirit stone vein of Jiulong Mountain, Wuji Sect will obviously not give up.
This time he came to deal with this matter, which can be regarded as a benefit given to him by the sect. Li Zhiyuan is not young now, and there is no hope of advancing to the Purple Mansion, seeing that Shouyuan is approaching, and his juniors have not yet landed safely, he is a little relieved in his heart.
If there is the mining of this spirit stone, he will finally have a stable income in this vein. Although most of the spirit stones discussed this time had to be handed over to the sect, even if a small part was missed from the hands of the Wuji Sect, it would be enough for Li Zhiyuan to use it for a long time.
He didn't want to be like the three major families, and he needed to feed hundreds of monks up and down, so the pressure was naturally much less.
"In addition to the two spirit arrays, we will also send a certain amount of manpower to help protect Jiulong Mountain, so we will take seventy percent of the mining of this spirit stone vein." Li Zhiyuan said directly.
This requirement made the patriarchs of the three major families sitting here look at each other, seventy percent is too much, although there are a lot of spirit stones mined in the spirit stone veins, and the remaining thirty percent still need three families, which is really not enough to plug the teeth.
Shen Changsheng relied on his Purple Mansion Elder in the Wuji Sect and took the lead in speaking: "Senior Li, although there are a lot of spirit stones in Sancheng, after all, we still have three families, and there are thousands of monks up and down, where can we distribute them." ”
Li Zhiyuan raised his eyes and said, "This spirit stone vein was invented by the Hu family, and the two of you have not made any contributions, in my opinion, the Hu family can take the remaining two percent." In the end, the two of you will divide it by yourself. ”
This sentence is very subtle, not only showing his uncompromising position, but also secretly provoking the relationship between the three families.
How could Hu Wanshan not see that this was Li Zhiyuan sowing discord, wanting to buy the Hu family with two percent of the spirit stone veins and let them stand on the same front with the sect.
Backed by Wuji Sect, it seems to be a good backer, but Hu Wanshan is also clear that this Li Zhiyuan is just pulling the tiger of Wuji Sect.
Although many things are promised, nothing can be substantial. Therefore, even if he is good friends with Li Zhiyuan now, he can only get the benefits of these two percent, and if there is a conflict with the Ye and Shen families in the future, Wuji Sect will not come forward to mediate.
If Hu Wanshan agreed to these two spirit stones, the Ye and Shen families would inevitably make stumbling blocks for the Hu family in the future, and the Hu family would not be able to gain a foothold in the future.
"Senior Li, our Hu family also stumbled upon this spirit stone vein. Speaking of which, this Jiulong Mountain is still a place jointly managed by the three of us, and the right to dispose of it is naturally not up to my Hu family. Hu Wanshan said.
Hu Wanshan's words made the patriarchs of the other two families breathe a sigh of relief, if Hu Wanshan really joined forces with the Wuji Sect, the two of them would not be able to get many spirit stones.
Li Zhiyuan didn't expect Hu Wanshan to take the bait, so he stroked his beard and smiled, "Hahaha, it turns out that this Jiulong Mountain is owned by the three families, which is something that the old man doesn't know, so this matter really needs to be discussed by the three families." ”
Seeing that the differentiation was not successful, Li Zhiyuan immediately took a step back and planned to discuss it with the three families.
This was not his original intention, he knew that the Wuji Sect took seventy percent, and there were not many spirit stones left for the three monks, and it was natural that the three families would not agree.
Li Zhiyuan just wanted to test the bottom line of the three through this seventy percent.
"The mining of the spirit stone vein requires a lot of monks and mortals, and the three of us can share this part. The sect has already spent resources on building a spiritual array for us. Shen Changsheng said.
Among these three families, although the Shen family has suffered setbacks in the battle with the Ye family in recent years, after all, there are elders of the Purple Mansion in charge, so their strength and heritage are still much higher than the other two, so in the face of Li Zhiyuan, they also dare to put forward their own opinions.
Li Zhiyuan's face changed slightly, and Shen Changsheng's words secretly indicated that he did not want Wuji Sect to interfere in this matter. If Wuji Sect really only helped build two formations, then the share of spirit stones that could be obtained from the mining of spirit stones would be very small, and in this way, the spirit stones that fell on him Li Zhiyuan would be even less.
This kind of situation is something he doesn't want to see, so Shen Changsheng's proposal made Li Zhiyuan's face a little ugly. This proposal is undoubtedly cutting off his financial route, and cutting off people's financial routes is like killing his parents, Li Zhiyuan naturally will not have a good face.
At this time, Ye Yongzhang spoke, "We have developed a lot under the protection of the sect over the years, and now that we have discovered this spirit stone vein, the sect deserves a part of the reward.
But Senior Li, you also have to know that the three of us have contributed money and efforts, and we can't go back empty-handed. Although the sect has a lot of expenses to build a large array, it should obtain the right to mine ordinary spirit stones. The remaining half has been arranged by the three of us for a long time. ”
Ye Yongzhang's proposal directly arranged the mining of spirit stones, and he also had his own considerations when he said this.
The current Ye family has Wu Huai as a backer, and a Li Zhiyuan will not make the Ye family panic and be too afraid. Therefore, it is a good choice to stand up and say the thoughts of the Ye family now, and in this way, it can be regarded as clarifying the attitude of the Ye family.
Li Zhiyuan didn't answer, and he could actually accept it if he was in half with the three major families, but the spirit stone, which is closely related to the monks, is naturally as much as possible, and no one will be too little, Li Zhiyuan did not immediately agree.
However, he already has his own plan in his heart, and fifty percent is his last concession. Even so, he still had to continue to talk to the three families to see if he could get more spirit stones.