Chapter 794: As Wealthy as the Dragon-kind and Phoenix-kind (2/2)
Again, Tushan old man grinned and shook his head.
Ji Hao raised his eyebrows, put down the teacup, looked at him and said smilingly, ”I thought you would give me an introduction of this tea, like where it came from and how precious it is.”
Tushan old man carelessly waved his hand, laughed out loud and said, ”Nothing special, what is there to brag about? If this tea weren't my personal favorite and had a seriously low yield, I would simply present all to you, Earl Yao, without saying a word.”
Ji Hao nodded. As a Divine Magus and a cultivator, who had broken the fourth level of the Cultivation Method with Nine Turns, this tea still could allow him to sense an obvious improvement of his physical strength. Apparently, this tea was indirectly precious.
Nevertheless, Tushan old man agreed to give Ji Hao five-hundred kilograms of this tea without any hesitation. Judging by his facial expressions, five-hundred kilograms was definitely all he had, but he didn’t show even a little bit of unwillingness. This proved that the legends regarding Tushan Family’s wealth were not unreal.
”Alright, let’s head to the business.” Crossing his legs, Ji Hao put his hands before his lower abdomen and silently made a lotus-like hand motion. He breathed deeply, smiled, looked at Tushan old man and asked, ”I assume, you didn’t come to find me simply because you want to know me, did you?”
Tushan old man grinningly nodded, then conveniently took out from his sleeve a scroll made from the skin of golden-horned, eight-winged, blood-sucking boa. The boa skin had a special aroma and a magical dark golden glow. Therefore, Ji Hao recognized it at first glance.
This type of boa was as powerful as dragons, and usually fed on flood dragon spirit blood. Their skin could fend against the teeth and claws of dragons, and could also be counted as one of the strongest skin in the world. For ordinary people, if anyone luckily attained a piece of blood-sucking boa skin, he or she would certainly make it into a chest armor. But Tushan old man made it into a scroll, this clearly showed his unreasonable richess.
Written on the scroll was a contract. As for the contents of the contract, in the coming one hundred years, Tushan Family would provide Ji Hao’s Yao Mountain territory with all needed armaments, including weapons, armors, bows, arrows, battle drums, battle flags, chariots and other weapons and equipments. In addition to that, Tushan Family would put a heavy investment to help Ji Hao’s territory to exploit mines and produce all kinds of precious metals and crystal. In other words, in the next one hundred years, no matter how much military force Ji Hao wanted to develop, Tushan Family would cover all the costs, even if he raised a great army with ten-million, a hundred million, and even a billion warriors.
That cost would be a shocking figure. Ji Hao clearly understood that, based on the current developing rate of his Yao Mountain territory, raising an army with a million warriors would be his limit, and he couldn’t afford all required equipments for that army within a short period of time.
Tushan Clan presented a great gift, which was an opportunity for Yao Mountain territory to develop at a soaring rate, and speedily become a strong force among the alliance of human clans.
”What do you want in return?” Ji Hao asked frankly.
”We want a share.” said Tushan old man while grinningly looked at Ji Hao, ”For what you’re going to do with the dragon-kind, phoenix-kind and that kid, Si Wen Ming, our Tushan Family wants a share. We just want the trade route of the new world to belong to us, and us alone.”
Ji Hao paused and looked at Tushan old man in shock.
‘This old man, he's indeed well-informed.’ thought Ji Hao.