Lu Yuan put the rabbit pelt, Tiger Brother and his wife, and Wolf King's wife into his spatial storage before taking Wolf King and Monkey Three to that Jiang Brother's place.
No one knows exactly what happened, only that Brother Jiang, who liked to double-cross people in the black market, disappeared from the scene. In his place came Brother Centipede, who was said to be strong and powerful with a terrifying centipede scar on his face. He also had a huge white dog by his side that could eat half of a strong man's body in one bite.
Fortunately, although Centipede Brother is ugly and terrifying, he is a man of principle and is very honest in doing business on the black market. As long as you don't try anything funny in front of him, all the goods he provides are of the highest quality.
Lu Yuan was unaware that he had become a legend on the black market in just one day. He hadn't actually done anything; he simply followed Monkey Three to Brother Jiang, asking him to prepare money to sell him supplies. Brother Jiang, relying on his superior numbers, tried to resist, but in no time, Lu Yuan knocked him down with a single punch, and Wolf King was instantly defeated. The others were not only wary of Wolf King but also worried that two tigers or more ferocious beasts might suddenly appear. Brother Jiang prepared 3,000 yuan for Lu Yuan, assuming Lu Yuan wanted the rabbit pelts. However, Lu Yuan demanded all his money, leaving Lu Yuan with no choice but to hand over all his cash—a total of over 110,000 yuan, plus a bag of various receipts, numbering at least several hundred.
Lu Yuanquan accepted the goods and told Jiang Ge to go to the place he had agreed upon with Hou San to pick them up. He would leave some supplies there and warned him not to cheat others in the future and to make sure the prices were fair and reasonable, or else he would come and take his dog's life at any time.
Brother Jiang readily agreed, not taking Lu Yuan's promise to deliver the goods seriously. He only remembered that Lu Yuan might take his life at any moment. As soon as Lu Yuan left, he dragged his injured body, took the last bit of money he had hidden, and a few loyal henchmen, and ran away before dawn.
Monkey Three was dumbfounded at first, but then, on a whim, he led the others to the wasteland they had visited before. What they saw there was a scene they would never forget: bags piled up like a small mountain. Upon closer inspection, they found it was all white rice and flour.
Ahhhhh—it's out!
Monkey Three and his group of abandoned underlings were very excited. After the excitement, the question arose: what to do with all this stuff? Their boss had run away, so who should they listen to from now on?
Remembering what Lu Yuan had told Brother Jiang, Monkey Three gritted his teeth and said, "We'll do it ourselves, listen to Brother Centipede, and sell these things on the black market at normal prices from now on."
And so, this group of people started doing legitimate business on the black market. They were just worried about how to contact Brother Centipede in the future. When Monkey Three saw that there were no rabbit furs in the goods they were given, he remembered that Lu Yuan had said he would sell rabbit furs to Brother Pancake. So, after he and his brothers brought the grain back, they went to the black market to wait. When he arrived, Brother Pancake was already there.
"Hey, I heard your Brother Jiang ran away, why haven't you run away yet?"
Without Brother Jiang's backing, Monkey Three was a little intimidated and didn't dare to speak as aggressively as before. However, thinking of Brother Centipede, he immediately straightened his back again. "What is Brother Jiang? Now we're working with Brother Centipede, doing legitimate business, even more legitimate than you guys."
Big Pancake Bro's face twitched; they sounded like they were being frivolous.
He asked curiously, "I heard that the centipede man yesterday was someone important. He was protected by either tigers or wolves. Some say Brother Jiang was eaten by a tiger, while others say he was devoured by wolves. Which one is true?"
Monkey Three snorted arrogantly, "I can only tell you that Brother Jiang was scared and ran away. I have nothing else to say."
Big Pancake Bro laughed. It seems that the story of the centipede man being surrounded by these ferocious beasts yesterday is true, not just a legend.
He then asked, "Did your Brother Jiang buy rabbit fur yesterday?"
Monkey Three shook his head, then grinned, "No rabbit fur, but there are other good things."
"What is it?"
"Well..." Monkey Three suddenly realized that they seemed to be mortal enemies, so he turned his head away and snorted through his nostrils, "I'm not telling you."
The two continued their banter casually for several hours. Just when they both thought Lu Yuan wouldn't appear again, he came. He walked in the night!
Both of them were overjoyed and hurried to greet him.
"You've finally arrived!" Big Pancake Bro said with a smile, while Monkey Three stood awkwardly to the side, not knowing how to start the conversation.
Lu Yuan nodded casually to the two of them as a greeting, "It's a promise I'll come back to you to sell rabbit fur."
"Yes, yes, I've been waiting here."
"The price is still the same as yesterday, two yuan and fifty cents a piece. If that's okay, you can pick it up later."
"Sure, sure, I brought the money with me."
Lu Yuan felt this guy was much more reliable than Monkey Three's gang. After a pause, he asked, "I have some other goods on hand. Do you want them?"
"I want it." Without even asking what it was, Brother Bing said he wanted it directly. Monkey Three was anxious to death. Now they were all his underlings. Why didn't he let them sell the good stuff themselves instead of selling it to others? But he didn't dare to interrupt his boss.
Lu Yuan showed him a small bottle he was carrying. "This is soybean oil. I have quite a lot here. What price are you willing to pay?"
Big Pancake Bro took it, unscrewed it, smelled it, then dipped his finger in it and tasted it. He was so excited that his hands trembled. "It's oil, it really is oil!"
Monkey Three also smelled the strong aroma of oil and immediately pounded his chest in frustration, lamenting that all the good stuff had been given to others.
"Comrade, I can offer you 3 yuan for this oil. How much do you have?" This price is already high. The supply and marketing cooperative's price is around 1.2 yuan. Oil is even harder to get than grain. It's a case of having a price but no market. Once you get your hands on this stuff, you won't have to worry about selling it.
How much money can you come up with?
It means that as long as the money is in place, the goods are not a problem.
Big Pancake Bro thought for a moment and said, "Could you wait a moment while I go ask our boss?"
"Okay." He wasn't afraid of these people trying to cheat him.
After Big Pancake Bro left, Lu Yuan saw Monkey Three still standing in front of him, rubbing his hands together. He frowned and asked, "Is there anything else?"
"Something's up, brother. How can I contact you after we've sold all the grain you gave us?"
"No need to contact me."
Monkey Three got anxious, "How can we stop contacting each other? We still need to give you the money from the sale, and you still have to give us supplies!"
Lu Yuan was puzzled. "Didn't we already give him money? Why do you still want supplies? Do you think I didn't give you enough? Go back and tell your brother Jiang that I did give him too little, but who told him to always do this kind of double-crossing? Giving him 5,000 catties of grain is already my biggest concession."
110,000 yuan for only 5,000 jin of grain—this price is even higher than in later generations—but Lu Yuan is not at all worried.
"Yes, yes, big brother, this grain is more than enough. It's just that Brother Jiang ran away, and now no one is in charge of this business. Everyone has to recognize you as big brother, and we will follow your orders from now on."
Lu Yuan was about to wave his hand to refuse, but then he thought about all the resources in his space, especially the crops grown in the space's fields, one crop after another. Now that resources are scarce and many people are not getting enough to eat, it would be better to put them on the black market and let them circulate. He would benefit himself and others, a mutually beneficial thing.
He's not afraid of people investigating; looking like this now, even his own parents wouldn't recognize him.
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