After leaving room number 1, the waiter placed the Qiankun bag on the weighbridge; it weighed 12.86 tons.
Old Wang scribbled a few lines on the notebook, then his abacus clicked away, and he had already calculated everything. After making a few more marks on the notebook, he went to Jiang Hao and handed him the notebook.
At the same time, he pointed to the eight Qiankun bags filled to the brim standing outside the main hall, and the several Jinling City guards standing next to the Qiankun bags, and said, "Sir, there are nine Qiankun bags in total. I have recorded the weight in my notebook. Would you like to weigh them again? Oh, by the way, these officials from Jinling City were called over by me when I went out to call the shop assistants."
It has to be said that Old Wang is very thorough in handling matters.
Jiang Hao knew that the Jinling City Guards were trained by the city lord himself. He had dealt with them before, and they were honest, reliable, and of impeccable character. In fact, Jiang Hao had never encountered any of the Jinling City Guards with a bad reputation.
Old Wang called them over for a clear purpose. Besides reassuring Jiang Hao that he wouldn't tamper with the goods, it was also to intimidate his men. Tens of millions of dollars worth of gold was no small sum, and these newly recruited employees might have some shady dealings.
As for keeping an eye on Jiang Hao, Old Wang wouldn't dare entertain the slightest thought. Could he possibly afford to offend someone who came to the Black Dragon Palace with the City Lord of Jinling? Even if Jiang Hao were to smash up his Black Dragon Palace today, Old Wang would happily praise him for it.
Moreover, as a businessman, he had his own sources of information. He had heard that Jiang Hao had been appointed as a legion commander by the city lord; and that last time, when the Skeleton Legion launched a massive attack and it seemed that Qiongfeng Pass was about to fall, it was Jiang Hao who single-handedly repelled them; even more impressively, the city lord was now eager to hand over Jinling City to him, but he had not accepted it yet.
This time, Old Wang was even more cautious towards Jiang Hao, showing even more respect than he did towards the city lord of Jinling City.
Tens of thousands of sows grabbed the ledger from Old Wang's hand, glanced at it, and saw that the nine Qiankun bags contained a total of 112.325 tons. According to the rules of the Black Dragon Palace, 1.12 million gold coins were in their hands.
Tens of thousands of sows handed the ledger back to Old Wang, saying, "Same old rules, just transfer the money to my brother electronically. Oh, by the way, remember to deduct 2,000 from this as the next entry fee. Oh, and also, I broke a pair of your teapots and teacups, calculate how much that is and deduct it from this as well."
"Sir, you're joking. It's their good fortune that you broke that teapot and teacups. After passing through your hands, they'll be reincarnated in their next life and will be ten times more precious than they are now. I haven't even thanked you on their behalf yet, how could I dare to accept money? I absolutely wouldn't dare to deduct it, I absolutely wouldn't dare to deduct it!"
As Lao Wang spoke, 1,121,280 gold coins had already been transferred to Jiang Hao's account.
Are you kidding me? A teapot is only worth a few silver coins! These two gentlemen cleared out a top-tier mine in just 20 minutes, moving at a speed like they were transporting goods. Three large mines an hour, that's thirty in ten hours!
What does it mean to own thirty large mines? Since Old Wang entered the Black Dragon Palace as an apprentice at the age of 16, he has traveled through dozens of realms and developed over 100 years to become the current head of the Black Dragon Palace in Jinling City. In total, he has only seen the "Sun" character mines sold off three times.
On one occasion, when he was working as a shop assistant in another region, his supervisor made a sale. Old Wang remembered clearly that the customer had mined 23 tons of gold ore. The next day, after receiving his share of the profits, the supervisor immediately resigned and began a comfortable retirement ahead of schedule.
Old Wang knew that meeting someone like Jiang Hao was like being fed by God. If he seized the opportunity, he'd be a high-class person. If he missed it, everything would be over, and he wouldn't even have the right to complain about God's injustice when he lived a miserable life!
Old Wang wished he could treat Jiang Hao and his companion like gods! So he quickly bowed and asked, "Gentlemen, shall we continue?"
Tens of thousands of sows nodded, and the three of them entered room number 1 again. Jiang Hao saw that a new teapot and teacups had been placed on the coffee table in the room, along with several plates of exquisite pastries. He thought to himself that Old Wang was really good at doing business.
"You two just won a lot of gold, so it seems number 1 must be your lucky number. That's why I took the liberty of bringing you two here again. But don't worry, the gold mine connected to the teleportation array has been changed. It's the same as before, and it's huge!"
"Two waiters are waiting outside. Just let me know if you need anything."
Tens of thousands of sows casually picked up a piece of green pastry, threw it into their mouths, and said, "Don't wait any longer, call them in, let's get started."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Old Wang backed out of the room, and with a wave of his hand, the two waiters who had been there earlier entered. They were even more respectful and humble than before.
Just as Old Wang had predicted, Jiang Hao and the tens of thousands of sows went all out and actually cleared out three large mines in an hour. Old Wang was so happy he couldn't stop grinning, so he simply locked the doors of the Black Dragon Hall and ordered all the workers to serve Jiang Hao and his companion.
It wasn't until the 24th hour, after Jiang Hao and his partner had cleared out 71 Sun-level gold mines, that Old Wang was unable to bring in any more large mines, and Jiang Hao and his partner finally gave up.
Old Wang used the abacus beads to calculate the total weight of the eight Qiankun bags of gold ore from the last gold mine, and then transferred the 1,023,120 gold coins that Jiang Hao was entitled to to him. This concluded the day's business.
On a whim, Old Wang started calculating on his abacus, and the beads clicked away. He figured out that Jiang Hao had acquired a staggering 85,215,320 tons of gold ore that day. After deducting the 2,000 gold coins he had to pay for each new mine—a total of 142,000 gold coins—Jiang Hao netted 85,073,320 gold coins.
After Lao Wang reported the number to Jiang Hao, the entire Black Dragon Hall, including Jiang Hao, the tens of thousands of sows, the shop assistants, and the Jinling City guards on duty, fell into a deathly silence.
Who has ever seen so many gold coins here?
Old Wang fiddled with the abacus a few more times, calculated his share of the profits, and his old face beamed with joy.
Jiang Hao looked at the gold coins in his backpack, far exceeding the cost of building the city, and finally breathed a long sigh of relief. After deducting the 50 million gold coins needed for city construction, there were still quite a few left. Even if defending the city required a large amount of gold coins later, the remaining 30 million or so should be enough.
Jiang Hao suddenly remembered that a soldier from the Gnoll Empire once said that his neighbor's toilet, no bigger than a butt, could sell for 250,000 gold coins. He wondered if tens of millions of gold coins would be enough to buy a courtyard in the Gnoll Empire.
Jiang Hao immediately felt that he was still a poor guy.
Just as this ended, the door of the Black Dragon Palace was pounded loudly. Then everyone in the backyard heard the person outside shouting: "Reporting to Commander Jiang, the battle at the front is fierce. The city lord of Jinling City asked me to tell you to go to Youyue Pass as soon as possible."
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