Seeing that several people came back with the barbarian girl, Shi Ming couldn't help but wonder, could it be that they left for this girl? In the team of trainees, there were also some who suddenly decided to recruit other people to join. Like Shi Ming and his team this time, in order to achieve the goal more labor-saving and safer, it was worth giving up some of the benefits.
Shi Ming glanced at the girl who had a cold face when she saw them, and his imagination ran wild. He was just curious and had no other ill intentions. He speculated on the purpose of Xi Yunting and his companions entering the mountain this time.
Chen Xiao and his friends had no idea that they had inadvertently covered up the fact that Tong Nuonuo was missing.
After introducing each other, Tang Ru said bluntly: "I am here to take my reward. Are you ready?"
Although Tang Ru spoke impolitely, Shi Ming still treated the dwarf girl who had done a favor for their team with great respect. He said, "Everything is basically ready. First, this magic pill. Please check it, fellow Taoist." He took out a jade box the size of a ring box from his body and handed it to Tang Ru.
Tang Ru didn't shy away from it and took a look. Chen Xiao was standing beside her and saw that there was no lining in the small box. There was only a bead the size of a dripping round glass bead with a shimmering surface. There was a slight aura floating around the bead. If it weren't for this feature, Chen Xiao would have suspected that Shi Ming was fooling Tang Ru.
Tang Ru also had her own way of judging. She picked up the beads and carefully experienced them, and finally nodded with satisfaction. After carefully putting the box away, she asked again, "When are you going to give me my Bai Ling Fruit?"
When talking about Bai Ling Fruit, Shi Ming's face was all smiles. This time the harvest was very fruitful. Excluding the share to be shared by Chen Xiao, the other two and Tang Ru, their team could make a lot of money this time. He said, "Since my men haven't finished picking, there are currently two options. The first option is to wait until all the ripe fruits are picked, calculate the total weight, and then settle the bill with fellow Taoists according to the proportion. But this option needs to wait a little longer."
Tang Ru frowned and asked, "What about the second one?"
Shi Ming said, "The second option is also easy. We can currently harvest 150 kilograms from each tree. There are about 1,200 trees in this white fruit forest. So if we calculate it based on 15 kilograms from each tree, we can directly give 18,000 kilograms of the white spirit fruit that has been harvested to you."
Tang Ru's eyes were filled with confusion when Shi Ming started talking about the second method. After Shi Ming finished, he asked her which method she would like to use. She frowned for a long time with deep hatred, and then said, "I'm not afraid of waiting. I'd rather wait until all the Bai Ling fruits are picked, and then pay me according to the number of one out of ten."
The fruit on the Bailing fruit tree can produce about 300 to 500 kilograms of fruit. In the season they came, the first batch of fruit had either fallen or been eaten. Not counting the unripe ones, they could only pick 100 to 150 kilograms. Shi Ming gave Tang Ru 150 kilograms, which was already very grateful to him.
Tang Ru was willing to wait, so Shi Ming nodded happily, and the matter came to a temporary end.
At this time, Chen Xiao took out the piccolo from the storage box and handed it to Shi Ming. Shi Ming was naturally excited and happy to have it back. When he heard that the piccolo was actually taken back by Tang Ru from the black-tailed bat monkey, he immediately said, "Thank you, fellow Daoist Tang Ru, for your help. How about this, I will give you half of the proceeds from the white spirit fruit as a thank you gift."
Half? That is, half of ten? Tang Ru was not happy at all. He moved his fingers quietly to calculate how much more it could be. It was said before that the barbarians were relatively underdeveloped because of their backward culture. Although the dwarfs were not as backward as using knots to count, they were not much stronger. Addition and subtraction of numbers above 100 were already very difficult, not to mention multiplication and division. That was even a skill that only a few elders could master.
Tang Ru was already at a disadvantage in transactions because she looked like an eight or nine-year-old girl. When the unscrupulous merchants found out that she had poor calculation ability, she was cheated and suffered a lot of losses. She was originally very happy because she could get a lot of white spirit fruits, but now because of the extra half, her mind was in a mess. She began to sweat on her forehead and couldn't calculate how much more she had.
Chen Xiao had promised to help Tang Ru get her payment. Seeing that the girl didn't say anything for a while, he took the initiative to say, "So that's 15%. According to the previous estimate, the final payment is 27,000 kilograms?"
Shi Ming smiled and said, "That's right."
Bailing Fruit is one of the main ingredients of Guyuan Pill, and the demand is very high. The price of 9,000 Jin can be exchanged for a good magic weapon. Finally reaching this conclusion, Tang Ru secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then, she glanced at Chen Xiao again, and was a little envious of Chen Xiao who could calculate this number almost without thinking.
Tang Ru's expression improved a lot, and he said to Shi Ming, "Thank you very much."
They had already picked for two hours yesterday, and for another two hours today, and had basically picked all the ripe white spirit fruits. They did not pick all the fruits on the trees, and there were still a lot of unripe ones left. In addition to the fact that these unripe ones have poor medicinal effects, they also left a chance for other birds and animals that rely on the white spirit fruits to survive in winter.
All the Bailing fruits were piled together to form a spectacular hill. It took several people to weigh them together before they could come up with a total of more than 190,000 kilograms.
After separating the corresponding parts for Chen Xiao and Tang Ru, Shi Ming put the remaining hill into a storage bag. After that, Shi Ming smiled and said to the others, "We have achieved the purpose of this trip, and we plan to return now."
With such a huge amount, the wealth gained after the sale is staggering. Money is attractive, and even though the cooperation was pleasant before, Shi Ming had to be on guard.
Xi Yunting understood what he meant. This meant they wanted to go their separate ways. He didn't need to guess to know that Shi Ming would definitely not return to Hanshan City directly. Because if he couldn't reach Hanshan City from this side, he would encounter heavy snow and the mountains would be closed. It would be better to leave from another direction and take a boat to the nearest mortal kingdom.
Although the next section of the road was on the same route as the other party, Xi Yunting still said: "In this case, I will say goodbye to you all. We still need to continue our training in the mountains, so we will not go with you."
Shi Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and his smile became more sincere. He raised his hand and bowed, saying to the others, "I'll treat you all to tea when I return to Hanshan City someday. See you later."
After saying this, Shi Ming led his men away. His team was very efficient. When Shi Ming was talking to Chen Xiao and the others, they were already ready to set off. When Shi Ming gave the order, they just left.
Having been used to seeing some lax practitioners, Chen Xiao was impressed by Shi Ming's ability to control people when he suddenly encountered such a disciplined training team. A disciplined army was no more than this.
In addition to the two piles of white spirit fruit on the ground, there was also a small pile of semi-finished black-tailed bat monkey fur. Black-tailed bat monkeys are small, so the fur is not a big piece. Originally, Chen Xiao did not set his sights on this, but when Tong Nuonuo went over to collect it, he said that if the fur was nitrated, it could be used to make a mattress for Chen Xiao.
Since there were so many white spirit fruits here, Xi Yunting packed them up and shared them with the two of them after they were sold. As for Tang Ru's pile, she packed it up in a storage bag.
The space in her storage bag was not very large, and the pile of white spirit fruits took up too much room, so she had to take out some other things.
Tang Ru looked at those things in distress, then her eyes lit up and she asked Chen Xiao: "Where are you going next?" Chen Xiao glanced at Xi Yunting and said, "We are going to the nearest mortal kingdom."
Tang Ru asked directly, "Then can I go with you?" She was more confident about this trio. They had more Bai Ling Fruits than she did, so they would definitely not have any bad intentions.
Chen Xiao smiled and said, "Okay, since we are going the same way, let's go together."
Tang Ru smiled with satisfaction, and then asked Tong Nuonuo to help pack her things.
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