Although the mountains he bought previously contained a lot of coal, honeycomb briquettes are selling like hotcakes now, and he estimates that the coal mine will be depleted in less than two years.
To continue this business, they need to find more coal mines.
This insider information came at just the right time, like a pillow being delivered to someone who's sleepy.
This was hard for him to believe.
He didn't know what Situ Ming was up to, but he didn't want to miss the opportunity, so he sent people to carefully survey those mountains.
The survey revealed that although those mountains had exposed coal, there were no coal mines.
Those coal piles were most likely placed there intentionally.
It's possible that Situ Ming felt taken advantage of by him and was resentful, so he deliberately set up this trap to lure him in and swindle him out of his money.
But there was another unexpected discovery.
Yi Shuihan picked up a stone that Yi Wu had brought back, squeezed it hard, and the outer layer of stone chips fell off, revealing a golden interior.
That's right, there's a gold mine hidden in those mountains.
The output wasn't large, but it was enough to build Xiao Qingyin a golden house.
Given that woman's greedy nature, seeing so much gold would surely keep her up at night with excitement.
Therefore, he decided to play along and bought those mountains.
This time he didn't use a middleman, since Situ Ming's move was clearly aimed at him.
As he expected, Situ Ming raised the price, insisting on ten times the original price before he would sell.
Yi Shuihan agreed.
Situ Ming then arranged for him to sign the sales contract on the 30th, at the foot of those mountains.
They said it was an honest business transaction, and they would never cheat him; he had to see the coal before they could sell it to him.
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