Li Huan burst into laughter!
"Hahaha, a few coins? You can't even afford a bowl of vegetable soup!"
"My delicious boxed lunches sell for fifty taels of silver each!"
"Fifty taels?" Qiu Qianren's eyes widened.
Li Huan said, "Fifty taels of silver is today's discounted price; it usually sells for one hundred taels!"
Qiu Qianren's face darkened: "Chief Li, at your price, you wouldn't be able to sell a single meal in half a year! Why cut off your own source of income?"
Li Huan said, "Senior Piao underestimates me. Before you arrived, Yang Kang bought a thousand boxed meals, spending 50,000 taels of silver, and treated the Beggar Clan brothers to a hearty meal!"
After speaking, Li Huan pointed to the lunch boxes scattered on the ground.
Qiu Qianren observed intently.
Sure enough, the ground was covered with lunchboxes, and the Beggars' Sect elders and disciples all had greasy mouths and clothes stained with vegetable juice.
Qiu Qianren laughed and said, "Chief Li is really funny. His own brothers are eating and drinking here, but he insists that it's the son of Prince Zhao who's treating us!"
Li Huan said, "If you don't believe me, ask Yang Kang!"
Qiu Qianren said, "The young prince is unconscious. How should we respond?"
Li Huan immediately used his "Finger Flicking Divine Skill" to strike Yang Kang's acupoints, causing him to cry out in pain and wake up.
"Don't hit me with the dog-beating stick!" Yang Kang cried out in terror, instinctively covering his head.
Qiu Qianren hurriedly asked, "Young Prince, did you buy a thousand boxed meals?"
Yang Kang, still shaken, asked, "So what if it is...?"
Qiu Qianren asked, "You spent fifty thousand taels of silver?"
"That's right!" Yang Kang hurriedly said to Li Huan, "Please let me off the hook since I bought your lunchbox!"
The sharp and incisive Thirty-Six Forms of the "Dog-Beating Stick Technique" had completely shattered Yang Kang's psychological defenses, causing him to lose his dashing and confident demeanor.
Li Huan sneered: "You are a Han Chinese, yet you covet wealth and honor, recognize a traitor as your father, and serve Wanyan Honglie with your life. How can I easily forgive you?"
Yang Kang looked ashen-faced and turned to Qiu Qianren, hoping to get his help.
Qiu Qianren clasped his hands and said, "Chief Li, how about I buy four thousand boxed meals for Prince Zhao, so you can earn two hundred thousand taels of silver today?"
Li Huan feigned excitement and asked, "Is this really true?"
Qiu Qianren said, "I never break my word! These jewels are worth more than 200,000 taels of silver. Please accept them as payment for the meal, Chief Li!"
Li Huan readily agreed: "Okay, I won't stand on ceremony."
Qiu Qianren hurriedly said, "However, after I buy four thousand boxed meals, I ask Chief Li to lead the Beggars' Sect disciples to leave the north, cross the Yangtze River, and settle down in the south!"
Li Huan said with a smile, "That sounds pretty good. With 200,000 taels of silver, the Beggars' Clan can move to the wealthy south and set up a stall selling boxed lunches."
"Chief!" Lu Youjiao shouted in a gruff voice, "The North is the foundation of the Beggars' Clan. We are loyal to our country and are enemies of the Jurchens. How can we easily leave the North?"
Elder Jian said, "Chief Hong is known throughout the land as the 'Northern Beggar.' If the Beggar Clan withdraws from the North, Chief Hong's reputation will be ruined, and he will be ridiculed by the heroes of the martial world!"
Elder Liang also advised, "Please think twice before you act, Chief, and don't be impulsive!"
Li Huan hummed in agreement, feigning hesitation.
“What the three elders say makes sense… The foundation and reputation of our Beggars’ Sect are more important than money…”
Seeing this, Qiu Qianren waved his hand, signaling the burly men in black to bring over several more boxes of jewelry.
"These are jewels bestowed upon me by Prince Zhao, worth 100,000 taels of silver. If Chief Li agrees to withdraw from the north, I will buy another 2,000 boxed meals!"
Li Huan understood.
In fact, Wanyan Honglie sent Qiu Qianren with jewelry worth 300,000 taels of silver to bribe the Beggars' Gang, but Qiu Qianren was greedy and secretly kept several boxes of jewelry.
In order to quickly subdue the Beggars' Clan and curry favor with Wanyan Honglie, Qiu Qianren was forced to take out his privately kept jewelry to increase his bargaining power with the Beggars' Clan.
Li Huan said, "Senior Piao's sincerity is so great, I feel embarrassed to refuse you!"
Lu Youjiao snorted, his face full of indignation: "Chief! If you forget your loyalty and righteousness and agree to let the Jin dogs cross the Yangtze River, I would rather die than comply!"
Elder Jian and Elder Liang shook their heads and sighed helplessly.
Li Huan laughed and said, "Elders, this is a big deal for the Beggars' Sect, we can't miss it!"
Qiu Qianren smiled and said, "Since Chief Li has agreed, please lead your gang's disciples to cross the Yangtze River starting at the beginning of August!"
Li Huan said, "Let's finalize the boxed meal deal first! Are you sure you want to use all the jewelry worth 300,000 taels of silver to buy boxed meals?"
Qiu Qianren said, "That's right! All of it will be used to buy Chief Li's boxed lunches!"
Ding! A crisp system notification sounded in Li Huan's mind!
[Congratulations, Master! You have completed the fourth task of transmigrating into "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"!]
[Congratulations, Master! The system has automatically collected all the gold and silver jewelry brought by Qiu Qianren!]
[Reminder to Master: 100,000 taels of silver have been converted into special points, which can be exchanged for various weapons!]
Li Huan was overjoyed, as the system's user-friendly service was once again demonstrated.
He smiled and said, "Senior Piao, Wanyan Honglie is my major client. When you get back, please thank him for contributing this batch of jewels to the Beggars' Sect!"
Immediately afterwards, Li Huan pointed behind Qiu Qianren.
"Look, six thousand boxed meals have been prepared. Please collect them while they're hot, before they get cold!"
Qiu Qianren was taken aback, then turned around.
There were many boxed lunches stacked neatly behind them.
The Beggars' Sect disciples and the burly men in black from the Iron Palm Clan exclaimed in unison upon seeing the boxed meals.
Qiu Qianren composed himself: "Chief Li is quite skilled; it turns out you were prepared all along."
Li Huan said, "When selling boxed lunches at a stall, we must keep plenty of stock to meet the needs of our big customers!"
Qiu Qianren shook his palm-leaf fan: "I have already purchased six thousand boxed meals. I ask Chief Li to keep his promise and begin the withdrawal from the North at the beginning of August!"
Li Huan pretended to be in a difficult position: "As you just saw, the elders of the Beggars' Sect do not agree to evacuate from the north. I cannot go against the wishes of my brothers, nor can I tarnish the reputation of Chief Hong, otherwise I will become an unfaithful and disloyal person!"
Qiu Qianren glared at him and demanded, "You want to back out? I've already bought the lunchbox!"
Li Huan shrugged: "I haven't gone back on my word, but I need to discuss it carefully with the elders and also seek Chief Hong's opinion!"
Qiu Qianren hurriedly asked, "How long will it take?"
Li Huan said, "My master, Hong Qigong, is hiding in the palace with the Old Urchin, stealing the 'Mandarin Duck Five Delicacies' from the Imperial Kitchen. As everyone knows, my master has a gluttonous mouth. Once he enters the Imperial Kitchen, he will definitely not want to leave and will steal other delicacies. He will stay for at least a month, or even two months!"
“Two months!” Qiu Qianren’s face darkened. “That’s too long!”
Li Huan said with a smile, "If you can't wait, why don't you go to Lin'an City, sneak into the palace, find my master Hong Qigong, and ask him to return to the Beggars' Sect!"
"I...I'm going to the palace?" Qiu Qianren's thick eyebrows furrowed.
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