Peerless Young Master

"Everyone, before the grain auction officially begins, I have a piece of news to tell you."

In the hall, Gao Quan narrowed his eyes slightly, a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he scanned the eighteen village chiefs present with sharp eyes, as if he wanted to read something from their faces.

After a slight pause, he slowly spoke: "Not long ago, three people brought dozens of people to attack Hanlan Village and loot the food in the village, but I repelled them, and more than 90% of them were killed or injured."

The eighteen village chiefs present frowned slightly upon hearing this. They had heard this news a long time ago, but hearing it from Gao Quan's mouth, they were still deeply shocked.

It was a miracle that a small village with only twenty people could defeat nearly sixty people.

"Master Gao suspects that it was us who did it and wants to kill you and steal your food," someone said at this time.

Gao Quan smiled and said: "Everyone knows that I have food, but there are only a few of the Eighteen Villages nearby. Of course, I also know that such despicable people must be a minority. Everyone here is someone I trust and will definitely not do such a thing."

Gao Quan's eyes suddenly fixed. He could see panic and fear on the faces of the three people. It was obvious that these three people were the masked men that day.

A strong murderous intent flashed in his eyes, but was suppressed by reason.

If you act rashly, it will be very difficult to kill these three people.

Now the eighteen villages are gathered together again. If these people become greedy and attack together to grab the food, he will really not be able to defend it and will not be their match at all.

I had no choice but to suppress my murderous intent.

However, this does not mean that he has no other options: "Everyone, if anyone can bring their heads here for me, I will reward one hundred kilograms of grain for each head."

"Are you serious?" someone exclaimed.

This is one hundred kilograms of food, enough to ensure the village's safety and security through the winter, and even enough food for the first month of spring.

If this were converted into silver, it would be almost two thousand taels, which is really a huge sum of money.

Although they didn't know who or which villages attacked Hanlan Village, everyone was familiar with each other and understood the nearby spheres of influence.

If you really want to find it, it’s not difficult.

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the three men suddenly turned ugly. They sat and stood awkwardly, looking at each other, their hands subconsciously reaching for their weapons, and they looked around vigilantly, as no one they saw looked like a good person.

I was afraid that someone would suddenly attack me and hit me on the head.

He felt extremely regretful. If he had known earlier, he would not have attacked Hanlan Village. Now, all his men had been lost and he could hardly protect himself.

One hundred kilograms of food in exchange for a head, this condition made them want to chop off their own heads.

"Hmph, I'm going to plunge you into endless fear and terror, keeping you awake day and night. This is the consequence of offending me."

Gao Quan took in the frightened expressions of the three people and snorted inwardly.

He chose to speak this out at this time, not only wanting to use these people's hands to take revenge, but also wanting to intimidate them. If they didn't want to die, then don't mess with him.

At the same time, this is also a manifestation of power and status.

From then on, if anyone dared to disrespect him, he wouldn't have to ask for anything, as someone would ask for food and help him solve the problem.

And he will become the uncrowned king of the nearby Eighteen Villages.

"Everyone, what happened just now was just a small incident. Now the grain auction has officially begun. This time, there are a total of 150 kilograms of grain, divided into three batches, 50 kilograms each time.

It’s still the same old rule, the highest bidder wins.”

The auction process was extremely intense. The flickering candlelight in the hall illuminated the nervous and excited faces.

Fifty-jin bags of grain were displayed one by one, and each bidding was accompanied by the village chiefs' rapid breathing and nervous eye contact.

An hour later, all 150 kilograms of grain were sold for a total of 2,200 taels of silver.

Of course, it would be difficult for a village to take out so much silver. Even if they did, they were worried about whether they could bring it back to the village safely.

Now most of these villages have no food. Even though everyone is sitting together and talking and laughing, they may turn against each other and start fighting as soon as they go out.

Therefore, the two villages joined forces to share 50 kilograms of food. Although it was not enough to last for a long time, it could ensure that the food could be brought back safely to the greatest extent.

Gao Quan was just a spectator in all this.

He wished these people would kill each other so that he could unify these villages without any effort and become the largest village nearby.

After seeing these people off, Gao Quan couldn't hide the smile on his face. He had earned more than two thousand taels of silver. When he returned to the foot of the mountain, it was enough for him to become a local rich man and enjoy the happiness of having many wives.

Just as he was about to go back to his room to sleep with Yin Zi, a figure slowly walked in.

This surprised him a little, and before he could speak, the other party spoke first: "Master Gao."

"Master Lin, what's the matter again?" Gao Quan asked enthusiastically.

"Haha, Chief Gao, let's be frank. I returned secretly just to ask for a favor from you," said Lin Hai.

Favor?

Gao Quan was confused: "Master Lin, just speak frankly."

Lin Hai smiled and said, "This heavy snow blocking the mountain is an extremely bad thing for the people on the mountain; but for the people living at the foot of the mountain, it is an opportunity to make a fortune."

Gao Quan's pupils widened and his whole body tensed up subconsciously: "I don't understand what Village Master Lin means."

"It would be pointless for Gaozhai to continue playing dumb. Anyone can see that you don't have so much food. As for the excuse of saving money, I don't believe it.

The only explanation is that these grains were deliberately given to you by someone down the mountain in order to make money from us." Lin Hai decided to come clean.

"What do you want?" Gao Quan felt murderous.

"Master Gao, if you have grain to sell in the future, can you give me some of it? I can give you a good profit. Such a deal is really tempting." Lin Hai also wanted to get a piece of the pie.

"Just that"?

"That's just it"

Gao Quan thought about it and decided that this was fine.

Black Dragon Mountain is so big, with countless villages. It is unrealistic for him to drain the treasures of other villages by himself.

If someone cooperates, you can earn more money.

"No problem. Since Village Master Lin has this idea, I naturally support it. But you know the current situation. There isn't much food to be brought up the mountain, so it's hard to make a lot of money."

"That's fine, as long as there's food."

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The cold wind howled, stirring up gusts of sand, blurring the vision like fog and making it impossible to tell the direction.

On the winding path, there was a figure walking, staggering like a drunk person.

The man was dressed in rags, his hair was frozen into a clump, his whole body was curled up, there were several sores on his cheeks, his lips were white, and his eyes were opening and closing.

Suddenly, a man in black jumped out. There was a crow embroidered on his chest. He spoke in a duck voice: "This is the territory of Heiya. Anyone who enters without a token will be killed!"

Hearing Heiya, Tiekong's confused mind instantly became clear, tears streaming down his face, he said weakly: "Sir...someone...someone is secretly...selling grain..."

"What did you say?" the man in black emphasized.

"Someone is selling grain privately," Tiekong said, then fainted.

Selling grain privately is strictly prohibited by Heiya, and violators will be killed without mercy.

The man in black's pupils shrank, and he knew the seriousness of the matter. He grabbed Tiekong and ran towards the mountain at full speed.