[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls":3,"chapter-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-20":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Clan Prosperity Starting With My Servant Girls",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1202430,1553,"Chapter 20: First Deal","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-20",20,"\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi nodded at the helper and walked in with Lee He Song following behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time he was seen as the powerful one and got the better treatment from others. A perk when you have someone like Lee He Song at your back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How the helper had to lower his voice and bow to him was etched into his mind forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he also knew what it meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would have to build up the clan for it to become strong as there will always be someone with much stronger backing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heck, the emperor of Da Qian Dynasty rules with the backing of immortals behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to build up the clan, he needed to have the resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selling the rice he got from the system daily would be the first step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi went to the rice trading area, stood and observed the rice merchants and the rice farmers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many had their deals settled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, one of the rice merchants seemed worried and went around asking the rice farmers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head got lower every time he got their answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rice farmers shook their heads as they had sold off whatever stock of rice they had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi figured this might be his opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked up to the rice merchant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry to intrude. I see that you are looking to purchase rice?\" Lin Xuan Qi bowed and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rice merchant scanned Lin Xuan Qi from head to toe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned, unsure of what Lin Xuan Qi wanted as Lin Xuan Qi didn’t seem like a rice farmer to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am but I don’t have much time left, if you don’t mind...\" The rice merchant wanted to leave and ask the other rice farmers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can supply you with twenty kilograms of rice.\" Lin Xuan Qi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rice merchant stopped in his tracks and said, \"Twenty kilograms of rice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, daily.\" Lin Xuan Qi added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will offer you ten copper coins for every kilogram of rice.\" The rice merchant said excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he was able to fulfill the rice needed for Lee Zhen Ren’s birthday banquet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi was pleasantly surprised with the price the rice merchant offered him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was double the price everyone else paid for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced over at Lee He Song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee He Song also nodded his head at the price. It was also a good deal to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deal.\" Lin Xuan Qi replied to the rice merchant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you. I’m Hun Xiong Kun from the Chang Fu Rice Store.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m Lin Xuan Qi from the Lin Clan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, take this as deposit for twenty kilograms of rice for the next thirty days.\" Hun Xiong Kun took out three taels of silver and gave it to Lin Xuan Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tael of silver was equivalent to a thousand copper coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hundred copper coins per day for twenty kilograms of rice summed up to be six thousand copper coins or six taels of silver for the thirty days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi took the three taels of silver and said, \"Ask your men to follow me to my mansion. They can transport the rice from there immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun Xiong Kun bowed and said, \"Let me go with you together with my men.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We will wait for you outside.\" Lin Xuan Qi said, and he glanced at the other rice merchants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their expressions didn’t look so happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned and thought that there might be something behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Hun Xiong Kun came out of the Rice Merchant Association, Lin Xuan Qi saw that Hun Xiong Kun had some items in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun Xiong Kun came up to him and passed him the items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, it’s a small gift from me. Hope our cooperation will go smoothly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a jade pendant and some bracelets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are rumored to be from the Sima Family, the biggest Artifact Merchant in Hong Feng City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They have special attributes that will calm your nerves and help you in times of danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please accept it.\" Hun Xiong Kun said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was more than willing to gift these to Lin Xuan Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was not for Lin Xuan Qi, he would have had an opportunity to test out whether these supposed artifacts could help him escape dangers indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi glanced over at Lee He Song again and Lee He Song nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks so much, you shouldn’t have.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi thanked Hun Xiong Kun, and he decided to return the favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems odd to me that you are the only rice merchant desperately looking for rice to buy.\" He said and shrugged his shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That got Hun Xiong Kun thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was too consumed with anxiety to find the rice earlier and he missed out on the big picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn! They must have picked on me since I’m not local here.\" Hun Xiong Kun cursed at the other rice merchants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at Lin Xuan Qi wanting to thank him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Xuan Qi had turned away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come with me to get your rice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun Xiong Kun quickly chased after Lin Xuan Qi with Hun Xiong Kun’s men following closely behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, Lin Xuan Qi got to know that Hun Xiong Kun wasn’t from Hong Feng City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had left Yan Jing, the capital city of Da Qian Dynasty to try his luck here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t expect the other rice merchants to be so unwelcoming to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi also talked about the possibility of increasing the amount of rice he could supply to Hun Xiong Kun daily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Hun Xiong Kun was more than happy to purchase the additional rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, they reached the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hun Xiong Kun and his men were in awe when they saw the mansion’s long stretching wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They glanced at Lin Xuan Qi and at the mansion again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi’s humble dressing was deceiving to anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were even more surprised when they saw the inside of the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>",1011,"2026-06-03T13:58:56.692Z",1,"novelbin.me","a5da0eed662255ec57e9fdeda903fbcb235f87a1f131678bc5276aa1ca59aa53","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-21","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-19",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fclan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-cover.jpg"]