Chapter 482 The Undersea Coral Tree That Can Be Sold for 100,000 Taels
That thing didn't look like much, but Xiao Jingchen cherished it like it was something special.
The coral trees underwater are many times more beautiful than the ones in Xiao Jingchen's palace.
If she were to sell it and hand it over to Xiao Jingchen as tax, wouldn't she save money?
Thinking of this, Lin Luoxi immediately took out a large shovel and released her five children and Xie Hanchuan as well.
Like bandits raiding a village, they frantically dug up coral trees on the seabed.
Any coral tree with a decent shape could not escape the clutches of Lin Luoxi's family.
The fish, already easily frightened, scurried away when they saw the seabed in chaos and dust caused by Lin Luoxi's family.
The eels, which are known for their horizontal and domineering behavior in the sea, refused to believe this and tried to get closer to attack Lin Luoxi.
As a result, Lin Luoxi, who was focused on digging coral trees, shoveled at the arrogant eel and knocked it unconscious.
"Huh!" Unexpectedly, there was an extra gain. Thinking that eel meat is very nutritious, Lin Luoxi put the eel into her space and continued to dig for coral trees.
After digging up most of the coral on the seabed, Lin Luoxi stopped and returned to the ship with Xie Hanchuan and the children.
They placed all the unearthed coral trees on the boat, picking out those that weren't of the best quality or shape, intending to sell them later.
The coral tree that Lin Luoxi picked out wasn't considered good by her, but outside, any coral tree could easily sell for thousands of taels of silver.
Instead, what Lin Luoxi and her group dug up was not some inferior or flawed fruit; its selling price should be higher than the one in Xiao Jingchen's palace.
"These should fetch a good price!" Xie Hanchuan looked at the coral trees shimmering with various colors in the afterglow of the setting sun.
"Of course, look who dug them up. The two coral trees with branches in Xiao Jingchen's study sold for tens of thousands, and ours are not cheap either."
“Mother, we also participated in digging up the coral trees. When they are sold, could you give us a share too…” Xie Zhili, who heard Lin Luoxi’s words, immediately came over.
"If you can explain in English how we dug up the coral trees, I'll agree..."
"Mother, let me go first, let me go first..." Xie Zhichu spoke first upon hearing Lin Luoxi's words.
"Oh, fourth brother, so confident?" Lin Luoxi was quite surprised to see Xie Zhichu so enthusiastic.
Her fourth son is usually mischievous and has a sharp tongue, I never expected this!
"That's right, who can resist the temptation of money, wo..." Thinking that they could get a share of the money from selling these coral trees, Xie Zhichu couldn't wait to start speaking English.
"Hmm, not bad!" Lin Luoxi nodded in satisfaction as she watched Xie Zhichu speak the foreign language fluently.
“Mom, me too, me too!” Xie Leyao stepped forward after Xie Zhichu finished speaking, boldly speaking fluent English.
"Here, I'll give you the money first..." Seeing how enthusiastic the children were about learning, Lin Luoxi didn't plan to wait until she had sold all the coral trees before giving them the money, but instead gave them an advance payment.
"Yay, thank you, Mommy..."
Each child received a silver note worth ten thousand taels and excitedly went up to kiss Lin Luoxi.
"What's wrong? Your mother's money includes a share for me too. You can't be biased!" Xie Hanchuan was a little jealous when he saw the five children running to kiss Lin Luoxi.
"Yes, Daddy is the best!" Seeing Xie Hanchuan's jealousy, the five children ran over, gave him a perfunctory kiss, and went back to their rooms with the money.
The return journey at sea took three months. Fortunately, Lin Luoxi had a spatial ability, so she could eat a different meal every day.
Because only Lin Luoxi's family lived on the boat, and the helmsman was Mingfan, a junior subordinate of Wu Kui. This person was very capable, did not join in the fun, did not like gossip, and quietly did his own thing.
When it was time to eat, Xie Hanchuan would bring the prepared food down to eat with him. Usually, he would stay in the cockpit and wouldn't wander around.
Therefore, they did not notice that Lin Luoxi and her family would occasionally disappear from the third floor.
While bored at sea, Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan took the child into their spatial dimension to kill fish.
The sea fish that were frantically fished out of the sea have over-reproduced in the space, crowding that area to the brim.
To make room, Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan slaughtered the seafood and fish, salted them, and dried them.
After the space was upgraded, Lin Luoxi discovered that there was an area in the villa that served multiple functions.
When drying things, it can dry them very well, but if you put them directly on the ground, it can also act as a refrigerator, which is more convenient than a modern refrigerator.
Over the course of three months, Xie Hanchuan, Lin Luoxi, and their five children spent so much time in the villa in the space that their hands were sore from killing fish.
After clearing out half of the fish and shrimp from that area of seawater, Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan stopped.
Everything tastes best when it's fresh. Salted seafood like fish and shrimp are sold to places like Chizhou.
After three months at sea, the ship finally docked.
Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan took the child off the boat and had their own people on the banks of the Meihua River unload everything from the boat.
"My goodness, how can there be such beautiful coral trees?"
The merchants and customers on the shore were astonished to see the coral that Lin Luoxi's people were carrying off the ship.
"Princess Changping, how much is this coral?" Shen Wanjin, who was mixed in with the crowd, saw Lin Ruoxi and the others carrying the coral off the ship and excitedly stepped forward to ask the price.
"These coral trees were all salvaged by me and General Chang Jing at great personal risk from the seabed. There aren't many, and each one costs 100,000 taels of silver."
Lin Luoxi spoke offhand, as if it were ten taels of silver, not ten thousand taels.
"Hiss~" The ordinary merchants and common people watching gasped in shock when they heard Lin Luoxi announce the price of 100,000 taels.
Seeing such beautiful coral, I thought it wouldn't cost much, but who knew that the rarer it is, the more expensive it is.
The thought of buying it was instantly nipped in the bud; just looking at it is enough.
"In our study in Xindi, there's a red coral with only two branches. It cost a million taels back then, but I only quoted 100,000 taels, which was already a very good deal..."
After Lin Luoxi finished speaking, she took the child and Xie Hanchuan and walked towards her house.
Some things become more counterproductive the more you explain them. It's better to leave room for imagination and maintain a sense of mystery.
"Princess Changping, please wait! Please wait! I want to buy, I want to buy two, no, I want to buy three, no, I want to buy ten..."
Seeing Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan leave, Shen Wanjin quickly chased after them, wanting to buy their things.
"Mr. Shen is so generous!"
"Since you're my first customer, you can choose whatever you want."
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