Mortal Mirror

Chen Bajin chuckled, "Just kidding, what kidding? If you have enough money, buying a mountain is no problem. Others may not know, but I know you're incredibly wealthy, so don't play dumb with me.

I'm telling you, our Ministry of Revenue has several mountains for sale right now. I have my own people there. If you're interested, I can take you to see them."

Li Ergou's eyes widened in disbelief. "Really? Are you sure you're not pulling my leg?"

Chen Bajin was displeased. "Don't you trust anyone else? Don't you trust me? Let's go, we'll go now. See if I'm fooling you."

Li Ergou didn't hesitate and followed Chen Bajin away.

Bai Su had just walked out of the County Commandant's office and saw Li Ergou and Chen Bajin leaving. She was very puzzled. What exactly did Li Ergou do? He seemed to be familiar with everyone here.

She shook her head slightly and didn't think too much about it. This time, her master had asked her to come to Fish City, partly to train her and partly to help her break through herself in actual combat and find the direction of her sword intent, so as to refine her natal flying sword.

However, forging her innate sword embryo was extremely difficult. Those who could refine their natal flying swords were all the proud children of heaven, rare existences. If she didn't possess a sword heart, her master wouldn't have such great expectations of her.

Her master had put in so much effort, so she naturally couldn't let him down.

Standing in the courtyard, Bai Su looked up at the sky, a trace of determination flashing in her eyes.

She murmured softly, "Master, I will definitely not let you down."

The Ministry of Revenue was just across the street from the County Government Office. Soon, Li Ergou and Chen Bajin appeared there. Compared to the County Government Office, it was much quieter here.

Chen Bajin took Li Ergou directly to a small room. Inside, a short, fat man was comfortably reading a storybook on a recliner.

Seeing someone entering the room without knocking, he was immediately annoyed and was about to reprimand them. But when he saw it was Chen Bajin, his expression changed instantly, and a smile appeared on his face. "Brother Ba, why did you think of coming here?"

Chen Bajin didn't stand on ceremony and said to Li Ergou, "This is my cousin, Chen Dapang."

Li Ergou nodded immediately. "Brother Pang."

Chen Bajin immediately said, "Don't call him Brother Pang, just call him Dapang."

He pointed at Dapang again. "Hurry up and call him Brother Gou."

Chen Dapang was dumbfounded. "Brother Gou."

Li Ergou smiled wryly in his heart. This Chen Bajin was really something. This Dapang looked obviously older than him. But there was no way, he had to follow the host's lead. If he argued with him, he definitely wouldn't be able to win. He could only let him have his way.

Chen Dapang muttered to himself, but he didn't dare to refute.

Chen Bajin then said, "Dapang, I heard you say a few days ago that you guys had several mountains for sale. Have they been sold yet? My brother here wants to buy one if there's a suitable one."

Hearing that Li Ergou wanted to buy a mountain, this was a big customer. Once the transaction was successful, he would get a commission. His face immediately changed from passive to active, as radiant as a flower.

He hurriedly pulled out a Fish City map from the drawer.

Then Li Ergou and Chen Bajin pointed at it. "You've come at the right time. They haven't been publicly offered for sale yet. It will be harder to buy them in a few days.

Look, our Ministry of Revenue has taken back three mountains a few days ago. These three mountains are all very close to Fish City. The closest is only three or four miles away, and the farthest is only a few hundred miles away."

Hearing that they were so close to Fish City, Li Ergou became even more interested.

Dapang then continued to introduce them. "The farthest one is called Dog Head Mountain. This mountain covers an area of hundreds of miles and is extremely huge. Legend has it that Dog Head Gold was found on this dog head, so it was named after it. This mountain is suspected of having a gold mine, so the price is also the highest, requiring two hundred thousand taels of silver.

The second mountain is called Flying Dragon Mountain. This mountain covers an area of more than thirty miles and is sixty miles away from Fish City. This mountain is a barren mountain and has not been developed. There are many wild animals on the mountain, and the resources are very rich, but because there are no mineral deposits and the mountain is steep, the price is not expensive, and it can be taken down for fifty thousand taels.

The last one is Orange Mountain, which is fifty miles long from north to south and twenty miles wide, which can be regarded as a small mountain. This mountain is the closest to Fish City, right behind Fish City. It used to be the private property of a big shot in the Ministry of Revenue, but last month, this big shot was dismissed, so the mountain was taken back.

This adult spent a lot of effort to plant a large orange tree on the mountain, so it is also called Orange Mountain. This mountain has been well developed, and there is a huge manor on the mountain, so there is no need to spend manpower to rebuild a place to live. The disadvantage is that no mineral deposits have been found in the mountain, and the selling price is one hundred thousand taels of silver."

After listening to the introduction, Li Ergou couldn't help but think about it. Dog Head Mountain was too expensive and too far away, so he directly rejected it.

Flying Dragon Mountain sounded good, with many wild animals, which was the place his chickens liked the most, but the steep mountains and the distance were big disadvantages.

Looking at the last Orange Mountain, this mountain had been developed, saving him the trouble of worrying about it, which was good, but the price was not cheap, one hundred thousand taels of silver, which would be a big pile.

He had 110,000 taels of silver earned from the corpse disaster, and this time he was rewarded with fifty Daoist Golden Coins, which could be copied into one hundred. One Daoist Golden Coin was equal to one hundred taels of gold, and one hundred coins were equal to 10,000 taels of gold, which was equal to 100,000 taels of silver.

The two added up to 210,000 taels of silver. If he didn't calculate it, he wouldn't know. He didn't know he was so rich, but he couldn't spend money indiscriminately. He had come from a hard life and knew the value of money.

Just as he was thinking about it, Chen Bajin glanced at Li Ergou, as if seeing through his mind. "What's wrong, do you think it's too expensive?"

Li Ergou nodded. "Yes, so much money, I'm not a wealthy merchant, this mountain is too expensive."

Chen Bajin despised him in his heart. Others didn't know your wealth, but I knew it. As soon as your chicken's butt twitched, your money would come. You were really stingy when you were rich, but when you were brothers, you couldn't let it go at this time.

So he immediately put on a straight face and said to Dapang, "I'm telling you, this is my colleague and brother, give us an internal discount, otherwise see how I deal with you."

Chen Dapang only knew that Li Ergou was just a small constable. For a moment, the smile that had just appeared disappeared. He thought, you're a constable and you want to buy a mountain. Aren't you kidding me? This is something you can buy.

He despised him in his heart and couldn't help but say, "Expensive, I said Brother Gou, these mountains are permanent assets. Your descendants, the descendants of your descendants, can inherit them, and they will always belong to your family. The expensiveness in front of you is nothing, but of course, it's rare to see constables come to buy mountains.

Those who come to buy these things are all wealthy families, or they rely on the power of the entire family. You constables can just take a look. That's silver, a big pile of it. You may not have seen so much money."

Li Ergou was slightly embarrassed, but could he say that he was very rich?

Chen Bajin ignored Dapang's words, but said, "Don't talk nonsense about those useless things, give us an internal price, see how much is the lowest price you can get."

Chen Dapang rolled his eyes and thought for a moment. "The lowest is 98,000 taels of silver, and it can't be lower. If it's lower, I'll have to pack my bags and go home.

But what's the point of that? Can you afford it? It's not that I'm talking about you, brother, do what you can, be good constables, don't think about these unrealistic things, okay?"