C891 Spiritual Vein Mortgage
C891 Spiritual Vein Mortgage
One had to mention that the Great Zhou Dynasty's tribute system was divided into two situations.
The first type was naturally those random princes like South-suppressing King and Pingwu King. They had to hand over at least half of the production in the county, or else they would not be able to complete the mission.
The second type was those princes like Gold King. Their treatment was countless times better. Of course, they still had to pay tribute. After all, paying tribute represented the status of a minister of Great Zhou Dynasty. However, they didn't pay much tribute, so it was fine as long as it meant what they wanted.
Furthermore, after tens of thousands of years of development, the princes and the imperial court had formed an unspoken rule. That was, 100 million Spirit Stones a year, and 100 billion in a thousand years.
Qianyi Spirit Stone sounded like a lot, but in reality, it was really not much. Gold King's profit from selling 200 warships this time was more than 100 billion.
Of course, whether Pingwu King and South-suppressing King could complete the mission or not had nothing to do with Gold King. 200 warships, he was going to do this business.
"Sit down, don't stand there!" Gold King's face was full of smiles, and his attitude immediately changed. These two were the God of Wealth.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" The two cupped their hands in thanks, but did not sit down. One must know their own limitations and not put on airs. Otherwise, how would they die without knowing?
Pingwu King cupped his hands and said, "Your Royal Highness, when will the warship be able to be obtained?"
"Oh?" Gold King looked at Pingwu King in surprise. His tone was very urgent.
"Two hundred warships are not a small number. We need to see how much we have in stock. But I believe the two princes will not wait too long. In three months, the warships will be delivered to you as scheduled."
"Three months?"
Pingwu King and South-suppressing King looked at each other. They could not accept this time.
There were four large Spirit Stone mines in Xianlin Mountain, and each mine produced about five hundred thousand a day. This was far from the limit. How could Lee Hao send people to mine on a large scale? It was fine even if it was a few million a day.
Each mine had millions of Spirit Stones, and the four mines produced at least twenty million a day. More than six billion a month. Three months later, it was close to twenty billion.
20 billion Spirit Stone was enough for the enemy to use the formation as a weapon once more, and then they could drive their fleet over to deliver food?
Pingwu King asked probingly, "Your Royal Highness, can we get the warship today? We are willing to pay an extra 10% of the Spirit Stone."
"Of course!" Gold King agreed without hesitation. 10% of the Spirit Stone was not a small amount. It was 20 billion. What about him? He only delivered the goods in advance.
Would Gold King lack warships? How was this possible? Putting aside how much he had in stock, just the five thousand warships in his hands alone were enough to send out two hundred for them to drive away, what kind of rain was this?
However, Pingwu King and South-suppressing King's forthright actions had aroused Gold King's interest. He asked, "What are the two of you going to do? Are you in a hurry to buy so many warships?"
"No, it's nothing." South-suppressing King and Pingwu King naturally wouldn't talk about such a shameful thing as the warship being destroyed by Lee Hao.
South-suppressing King cupped his hands and said, "It's like this. The Millennium Banquet is about to arrive, and we have to leave as well. In order to avoid the instability of the place, we specially purchased warships to increase our strength, so as to prevent the thieves from taking advantage of the situation to cause trouble."
Gold King didn't delve into this matter. What he did was to buy and sell the warship, and he wouldn't care about how others used it.
Now, it was the most crucial step. Payment!
He didn't give the money and wanted to drive the warship away, was that possible? It was possible, but there had to be an explanation!
Pingwu King said, "Your Highness, we came in a hurry this time, but we didn't bring enough Spirit Stone. I don't know if Your Highness can make it convenient, but when we participate in the Millennium Banquet in a few months, bring the Spirit Stone along? "
Gold King was unhappy. He had spent a lot of time talking, but it turned out that it was on credit. He couldn't even get a single Spirit Stone. Of course, Gold King believed that they wouldn't dare to go back on their word. No one dared to go back on their word.
"We are all colleagues, so there's nothing wrong with slowing things down. It is just that Great Zhou has many lords buying warships from me. If this lord owes a little today... Tomorrow that lord owes a little more. Doesn't my millions of Cultivator Army want to go on a rampage? Tell me, can I set such a precedent? "
I can definitely set a precedent like this, it's just a matter of the price.
On the way here, South-suppressing King and Pingwu King had already discussed it. Not only did they discuss how many warships they needed to purchase, they also discussed how to pay the Spirit Stone this time.
"Your Highness, your subordinate understands your difficulties. I have already discussed it with South-suppressing King. In order to make up for Your Highness's loss, I am willing to take out a high-grade Spirit Vein for Your Highness to use for a thousand years to buy this warship."
The right to use a high-grade Spirit Vein for a thousand years? Gold King was stunned!
A high-grade Spirit Vein could produce a million Spirit Stones a day, and that was more than 300 million a year. It could buy a warship in less than three years, and the amount of spiritual energy produced in 1,000 years could buy more than 300 warships. In other words, South-suppressing King and Pingwu King paid an extra one-third of the Spirit Stone.
And this was just a simple number. If the high-grade Spirit Vein was so simple, then the two princes wouldn't have been beaten to death because of it.
The higher a cultivator's cultivation, the purer the magical force within their body. The higher the quality of the spiritual energy needed to be used. It wasn't that using low-quality Spirit Vein couldn't be cultivated, it was just that it would double the effort. Using a high quality Spirit Vein would result in twice the result with half the effort, whereas using a high quality Spirit Vein would result in twice the result with half the effort.
Gold King knew how many high grade Spirit Veins there were in Tiannan County and Pingwu County. There was only one county, which was just enough for Pingwu King and South-suppressing King to cultivate. How could they be willing to take it out?
The truth was naturally not the case. The high grade Spirit Vein Pingwu King mentioned belonged to the Wu Family.
This time, the two princes had formed an alliance. They swore an oath that they would not stop until Lee Hao was killed.
The two princes were naturally optimistic about the result. They believed that as long as they made up their minds and sincerely cooperated, they would definitely be able to kill Lee Hao.
What about after they killed him? The spoils of war would have to be distributed, right? Amongst them, the Wu Family's high-grade Spirit Vein had become the key.
With the existence of Lee Hao, the two princes had temporarily joined forces. Once Lee Hao was eliminated, these two families would instantly become sworn enemies. No one wanted the other party to obtain the high-grade Spirit Vein.
The high-grade Spirit Vein was a thorn in the hearts of the two princes. It was also a hurdle that they could not avoid no matter what.
Finally, the two of them discussed using the rights to use a high-grade Spirit Vein for a thousand years to pay the bill this time.
This was simply counting in one fell swoop.
First, they would temporarily resolve the dispute between the two of them. There was still a long time to wait for the next thousand years. They did not know how many things would happen during this period of time, so they did not have to think about it first.
Secondly, it had also relieved the pressure on their bodies. The two princes had a lot of Spirit Stone in their storage, at least a few trillion. But these Spirit Stones were all prepared for tribute. Taking them out to use at this time, were they courting death?
Lee Hao was hateful, he deserved to die, but the mission of the imperial court was the key. They were the ones who died before completing the mission.
The third was Gold King's attitude. If it was said that he owed Spirit Stone on credit, even if Gold King agreed in the end, he would definitely dawdle. But using a high-grade Spirit Vein as collateral, would he still hesitate?
No, Gold King agreed without any hesitation. He didn't care if this Spirit Vein belonged to Pingwu King or South-suppressing King. He only knew that it wouldn't be long before he had another high-grade Spirit Vein.