114 Extortion (2/2)
Dugu Wu Di could not hit the Jun Mo Xie in the end. He was still Elder Brother Wu Hui's son no matter what; it's already enough that his own sons and nephews had given him a beating. His attack would unavoidably have been heavy-handed.
Swallowing his anger, he followed after Jun Mo Xie to the doorway of a side room and heard the heaven-shaking wheezing and snoring coming from within. Hearing the measured beat of the snoring, he couldn't help but begin to feel rage rise in his heart.
Bang!
He kicked open the door to the room and roared out.
”Get your sorry ass over here right now!”
The snoring continued.
A strong smell of alcohol rushed out from the room.
Dugu Wu Di's nose couldn't help but twitch. ”What kind of wine is this? How could it smell so fragrant!”
Coming back to his senses, he saw that not one of his sons or nephew had stirred and were still fast asleep! Great General Dugu's fury exploded in his heart as he quickly made his way inside and proceeded to punch and kick like he was hitting a punching bag!
The snoring continued!
Dugu Wu Di was stunned.
Young Master Jun snickered. You think the wine I've distilled is just your common garbage? Right now, they won't be able to wake up even if you beat them to death. With how much they drank, I wouldn't even be surprised if they had drunk themselves to death. The best part has yet to come!
”Someone come and carry these seven brats out!” Dugu Wu Di wanted to crawl into a hole and die! This had turned out to be the most humiliating day in his life, but little did he know that his day was only going to get worse…
”Wait a minute!”
Jun Mo Xie laughed coldly.
”Did Great General think you can come and go as you please? What kind of place does the Dugu Family think the Jun residence is?”
”What do you want?” Dugu Wu Di turned around, his face savage, looking as if he was barely able to keep his anger under control.
I had already let you off earlier for fooling around with my precious daughter but you still dare to have something to harp about? You must be tired of living!
”It's quite simple really. The red sandalwood main doors that the Dugu Family's seven young masters demolished once they arrived at my family home will cost one thousand taels of silver to repair. The injuries to three of our servants will cost five hundred taels for medical cost. The gates to my courtyard will cost three hundred taels…”
Jun Mo Xie counted along with his fingers.
”… what's more, they restrained me by force and pilfered my high-quality wine. On the account of the history of our families, I could look the other way and excuse their behavior if you pay 25 million taels of silver. Great General can naturally collect the seven young masters at that time!”
”What?!”
Dugu Wu Di roared, shaking the guards behind him and sending them reeling.
”25 million taels?”
”Correct! I've already done you a favor and rounded down to an even 25 million taels of silver!”
Jun Mo Xie did not bat an eye and even carried himself with a magnanimous air.
”I spit on your dogshit face! Twenty-five million taels of silver! I'd like to hear how these kids managed to drink twenty-five million taels worth of wine. If you do not provide a proper explanation, I'll will see just who you inherited your extortionist schemes from!”
Dugu Wu Di was so angry that he let out a laugh.
Jun Mo Xie remained unmoved and gave a frosty smile.
”If it had been just some normal wine, the price would have no been so high even if they had drunk themselves to death. But I can guarantee that the wine they had drunk is the only one in this world! Not even mentioning the fact that what your precious sons and nephew drank was the priceless foreshot! In a jug there would be only fifty jins of it, and in a single jin, only fifty cups could be made. Each cup of foreshot then could be made into a jug of wine that would be worth ten thousand taels! Adding it all up, the total will be 25 million tales. I will dismiss the rest of the damages I had given out earlier on behalf of the friendship our family shares!”
”That is why each cup of wine is priced at ten thousand taels of silver. I'm not ripping anyone off. This is the best bargain around!”
Jun Mo Xie kept a straight face without a single hint of a joke.
”Screw your Third Uncle!” Dugu Wu Di blurted. ”Drinking your lousy wine can send one to seventh heaven?”
General Dugu was about to explode from anger. Tianxiang Kingdom's annual military expenditure was thirty million taels of silver. His three sons and four nephews had run a tab that almost equaled the kingdom's annual military spending?!
”Isn't this just blatant extortion? How is this not ripping anyone off? And you dare say I'm getting a bargain!?”
”Please watch what you say, Great General. You do not need to involve my Third Uncle! As the saying goes, the rarer something is, the greater its value! This wine is something that only I possess! If I say it's ten thousand taels per cup, then it's ten thousand taels per cup. If it was anyone else, I wouldn't even sell it for that price.”