The question raised by Gu Zuo is actually the issue that the Dongting faction needs to consider when weighing whether to keep Nanwu Prefecture, that is, the size of the Lingshi vein—the same issue that all parties who are ready to bid for Nanwu Prefecture need to consider.

Mr. Zhong Er said: "Yes, a spirit stone vein, the output from large to small, at present, all the ore veins in the world, the least of which produces more than 2,000 pieces per year, and the largest, such as the spirit stone vein of Zhongnan Mountain, produces 260,000 yuan per year! ”

In addition to the Chongxuan Department's own ore veins, the spirit stone veins occupied by all sects and factions in the world must be paid to it, and the Chongxuan Department will send special personnel to explore the spirit stone veins to confirm the size, and approve them to five levels of surrender, and hand over 50,000, 30,000, 10,000, 5,000, and 1,000 spirit stones every year.

The first two are large mines, 10,000 are medium mines, and the latter two are small mines, according to this level, only when the scale above the middle mines is reached, it is profitable to bid for Nanwu Prefecture, otherwise it is very likely to be a loss-making business, and it is impossible to afford the 10,000 guan plus 5,000 spirit stones that should be paid separately as a military state.

After the first question was answered, Gu Zuo's second question was actually answered, and he said, "In other words, the Spirit Beast Department has determined that this vein is at least a medium mine?"

Mr. Zhong Er said: "Last year, we sent people to look at it three times, and in the first month of this year, the three great elders went to Nanwu Prefecture together for nearly a month, and our speculation is that the probability of this vein being a large vein is more than sixty percent. ”

Gu Zuo asked, "Is it only sixty percent?"

Mr. Zhong Er said with a smile: "If it reaches sixty percent, you can already bet, if we are wrong, it will finally prove that the Nanwu Mountain vein is only a small vein, and the annual burden in the future will not exceed five thousand spirit stones, and we can afford to lose." In this case, do you think you should gamble or not? Unless it's a false vein, but the three elders all think it's extremely unlikely. ”

Gu Zuo's eyelids jumped: "Is there still such a possibility?"

Mr. Zhong Er said: "There are no absolutes in the world, and the Yinsheng Department thinks that there is a high possibility of fake ore in this vein, so they withdrew, which also strengthens our determination to participate in the Spirit Beast Department." ”

Well, Gu Zuo didn't bother with the problem of fake mines for the time being, he continued to ask: "Why did you let me get involved?"

Mr. Zhong Er's answer was very open: "However, all the bidding for the sale of spirit stone veins must be monitored by the Chongxuan Administration, so as to be orderly and stable, without twists and turns, and even in the future, there will be no prevarication or even denial of taxes." Chongxuan Department requires that those who participate in the bidding must be the sects listed in the "Book of Sects in the World", unfortunately, including our Spirit Beast Department, the eight edicts of Montenegro gave up the opportunity to obtain a ticket in order to be edicted to seal the country, and if we want to participate, we must cooperate with a sect or a Taoist hall like Huaixian Pavilion. ”

Gu Zuo asked again: "Who is the first collaborator?"

Mr. Zhong Er said with a smile: "Actually, when we first chose our collaborators, the three elders of our Spirit Beast Department each recommended one, the third elder recommended you, the second elder recommended the Tianmen faction, and the great elder recommended the Laoshan faction, and then the Tianmen faction withdrew, and they wanted to cooperate with the Star Department, and the two of you were left." ”

There is no ranking in the "Book of Sects in the World", and the order of listing is divided according to the Tao, but in a ranking record of the fire in the past two years, the Laoshan faction is placed in the twenty-second position, Gu Zuo also turned over the book, and the Huaixian Pavilion is placed in the eighty-hundred-tenth position.

In the past two years, two sects have died out, and the "Book of Sects in the World" has not yet been revised, but it is recorded in Xiaoxiaosheng's "Hundred Schools", so Huaixian Pavilion is currently ranked first from the bottom.

"In other words, I'm in second place for cooperation, and when your ministry and the Laoshan faction don't negotiate, it's my turn?"

"Yesterday, the ministry held a meeting, and everyone unanimously agreed that the Laoshan faction, as the priority collaborator of the Spirit Beast Department to participate in the bidding this time, would choose to cooperate with the Huaixian Pavilion if it was not negotiated. ”

Gu Zuo thought for a moment and asked, "To what extent have you talked about it with the Laoshan faction?" I ask to know this, please rest assured, I swear not to talk nonsense." ”

Mr. Zhong Er said: "I should have let you know, but at present, the progress is not very smooth. The Laoshan faction's asking price is too high, which makes it difficult for us. To tell the truth, our Spirit Beast Department itself has the strength to eat Nanwu Prefecture alone, and we chose to cooperate in order to borrow their identity, of course, the Laoshan faction is very powerful, if we can cooperate, we have a better chance of winning Nanwu Prefecture. ”

Gu Zuo immediately asked, "What do they ask for?"

"They are willing to share fifty percent of all inputs, and correspondingly occupy fifty percent of the profits, but they also proposed that as long as the spirit mine does not want Nanwu Prefecture, the land and annual taxes of Nanwu Prefecture will be thrown out and handed over to our Spirit Beast Sect. In other words, they just want to take advantage and don't want to take risks. ”

"This ......" Gu Zuo was a little speechless: "Why?"

Mr. Zhong Er sighed: "With people, not only do they have tickets, but they are also expected to use qi." ”

The Laoshan faction's Wangqi technique is famous all over the world, and with this technique, he has a strong advantage in exploring ore veins, not only in the search for spiritual stone ore veins, but even other ore veins, they can find out the general direction of the ore veins in the shortest time, and quickly determine the pit opening point.

If the pit opening point is well determined, it can reduce a large amount of excavation loss, and the entry and exit between them will reach thousands of spirit stones per year.

Assuming that three pits are drilled at the same time, if Laoshan sends out a move, it may be equivalent to an additional 3,000 spirit stones per year!

This is where the confidence of the Laoshan faction lies.

Gu Zuo then asked, "What is the probability that it will be my turn?"

The two big shopkeepers glanced at each other, and Mr. Zhong Er replied, "To be honest, it's unlikely that it will be your turn." ”

Gu Zuo almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood, did he talk about business like this? He said angrily: "Then what kind of second collaborator are you doing?" ”

Mr. Zhong Er said: "Although we are the second collaborator, we plan to sign a contract with Huaixian Pavilion in the same way as the first collaborator. Of course, the owner of the Gu Pavilion signed first, and our Spirit Beast Department signed later. ”

Gu Zuo suddenly said: "That's what it means, I understand, Gu Mou was excited in vain." It's okay to help, but are you sure it's useful?

Mr. Zhong Er said: "First of all, Huaixian Pavilion is qualified to participate in the bidding, and secondly, you are familiar with Wu Daochang of Longquan Dao Academy, and Wu Daochang is very likely to be the monitor of this bidding. With these two items, why should the Gu Pavilion Master be arrogant?"

Gu Zuo smiled bitterly: "Daoist Wu...... I said this person a long time ago that he would not be abolished for personal reasons, so let's go back to see him, didn't we negotiate?"

Mr. Zhong Er said: "I'm afraid that the owner of the Gu Pavilion doesn't know, this is actually very important. After returning from Luofu County, when we told everyone that Daochang Wu asked us to eat at Cuiyun Cliff and took the initiative to pay for it, what were the expressions of everyone......?

Of course it's wonderful, this is a meal that Gu Zuo sold out of all Yu Yuanzhi's favors in exchange, how can it not be exciting?

Gu Zuo was embarrassed to discuss this point, and quickly brought the topic back to the cooperation conditions between the two sides.

Since it involves a contract, of course, a useful contract is needed, and Mr. Zhong Er's condition is: "In the early stage, your family will go to bid, and all matters will be organized by your family, and the expenses will be shared equally between the two families." After taking Nanwu Prefecture, all the investment in my family is all-inclusive, and at the same time to ensure the safety of the spiritual stone vein, the annual taxes of Nanwu Prefecture are borne by my family, you don't have to worry about the slightest risk. After the spirit stone is produced, your family accounts for five percent. ”

This is an indication of the article, and the truly effective clause is reflected in another contract: "Once the two parties cannot reach a cooperation, the Spirit Beast Department is willing to compensate Gu Zuo for five hundred yuan!"