Chapter 43: Gold

(ps: For some reason, the second episode was renamed, above.)

"Why so much gold!?"

Wu Pifu, Amadai, Lin Heier, and Xu Rongyu all exclaimed.

Xu Shilan looked at Wu Pifu and Amadai with a speechless expression, and she couldn't help but complain: "No, it's fine for them to be surprised! Didn't I say I was going to be busy for a while this morning? You two sat there bragging, and didn't care at all what I went to do, right?"

Wu Pifu and Amadai looked at each other, and then asked in unison: "What did you go to do?"

Xu Shilan was really angry. She threw down a bag of gold and sat on the ground directly: "Don't you consider it at all? How do we build this special second-level shelter?"

Wu Pifu scratched his head: "Uh... kill the enemy? Kill Cixi? Or do something earth-shattering?"

Amadai was also a little confused. He thought seriously, looked around, and even measured the distance simply with his hands: "If there are enough supplies and engineers, I think a long-range missile defense position can be established on the hillside behind, a minefield can be laid in front, and then two bunkers can be established on the left and right sides to support, so it will be foolproof."

Xu Shilan roared: "Money!? Where does the money come from? And this is a hotel! It's not a third-war barracks, nor is it your martial arts arena!! Since it's a hotel, there must be a building, right? Kitchen, dining room, accommodation area, not to say how good, at least build it up, right!?"

"And since it's a hotel, there must be employees, right? Chef, greeter, waiter, shopkeeper... and then there must be ingredients, not to mention that this piece of land doesn't belong to us yet."

Wu Pifu and Amadai looked at each other, and both sat down obediently.

It's very simple. Neither of them is a material for making money. For example, Wu Pifu, except for robbery, has no way to make money. And Amadai is slightly better. He thinks he can be a mercenary, killing people for money, which is justified, right?

But Xu Shilan is even more awesome, she can take out gold directly!

Xu Shilan sighed: "You may not be familiar with the technological level of the 29th century, but you should at least understand some civil technology related to you... The instrument in the middle of the medical base is called the alien removal instrument, which can treat, eradicate, and change pathological changes, distortion, and hereditary changes at the gene level, such as radiation, bacteria, viruses, fungi, or similar changes caused by other situations. As long as it belongs to the gene level, and not the deeper life essence level, and the degree of pathological changes is not too high, then this instrument can save it, which is what carbon-based nano units cannot do."

"So?" Wu Pifu and Amadai asked at the same time again.

Xu Shilan was too lazy to sigh, and finished in one breath: "This is a change in the basic particle level deeper than the nano level. As long as it is simply programmed and debugged, not only can it change the human body, but the basic particles of other substances can also be rearranged and changed. For example, turning metal into gold, the closer the properties, the less energy consumed by the change. Unfortunately, this is just a medical base. The permission share allocated by the Main Brain is very small. The energy share of one month can only produce about twenty kilograms of gold."

Wu Pifu was really amazed. He picked up the gold on the ground and weighed it, and said: "There are about ten kilograms here, so you used half of the energy share of that instrument?"

Xu Shilan nodded: "After all, I have to leave some to prevent accidents. The remaining energy can probably be used seven or eight times. After all, a medical base is used for thousands of people. Now there are only three of us, half of the energy is enough to last until next month."

This is naturally calculated extremely properly. Wu Pifu praised secretly, and looked at Lin Heier and Xu Rongyu: "How much money can this ten kilograms of gold be exchanged for?"

Xu Rongyu also sat down, picked up the gold and looked at it carefully. Ten kilograms of gold is actually not much, it fits in a pocket, and because it was converted directly from steel bars by Xu Shilan, this gold is also in the state of steel bars, with one large and two small three bars.

Xu Rongyu picked up a small bar of gold, squeezed it, and took a bite, and nodded: "It is indeed gold, and the quality is excellent. It's a pity that I can't contact my father's old subordinates. Either they are dead, or they must have rebelled, otherwise I have channels to sell it."

Lin Heier also picked up a bar. She pondered for a while and said: "I have connections. There are many foreigners in Tianjin. If it doesn't work, send someone to Shanghai. It can also be sold there. I vaguely remember that foreigners weigh gold in ounces. I don't know the specific price, but gold is expensive, and these are a large sum of money."

Gold is naturally expensive. Let alone this era, it is a precious metal even in the 21st century, belonging to the kind of equivalent exchange. Even Wu Pifu, who doesn't care about these, knows that if a country, a force, or a group has enough gold reserves, it will never worry about being squeezed.

Ten kilograms of gold, that is about ten thousand grams. According to the price before Wu Pifu was frozen, there are at least five or six million here.

Wu Pifu pondered for a while, reached out and pinched the smallest bar of gold, clamped it with two fingers, cut it off, and handed it to Xu Rongyu: "First find people or shops in this Xuanhua Prefecture who can exchange gold, exchange it for silver dollars or silver, then buy some rice and flour, then hire some craftsmen, and then take this piece of land, is it enough?"

Xu Rongyu calculated slightly in his heart, and nodded immediately: "Enough, definitely enough. Even if you spend money to clear the way, it's enough. But I can't do it alone, I still need the help of the Great Master Sister."

Lin Heier naturally said: "There is still a branch of the Red Lantern Society in Xuanhua Prefecture, and there are also some connections and believers. I will take you to pass the hall, and you will be the deputy leader of Xuanhua Prefecture, light two sticks of incense, and naturally you can make them work."

Wu Pifu put the half-cut gold into his arms, then pushed all the remaining gold in front of Lin Heier: "Then I will trouble the Great Master Sister to send it to Tianjin or Shanghai to exchange for equivalents, either silver, silver dollars, or US dollars and pounds are also fine. How about the Great Master Sister and I split the account three to seven?"

Lin Heier's face became serious, and she stood up with a cold hum: "Does the Great Master humiliate me? I fought the paper man with the Great Master, and survived entirely because of the Great Master, and even recognized the truth of the Wusheng Mother's evil Buddha. This life was saved by the Great Master, and the Great Master saved the billions of people in China. What? Does the Great Master think I, Lin Heier, am such a low-class person who only sees money!?"

Wu Pifu sat still, his face was also still, he just continued to say: "As the saying goes, brothers settle accounts clearly. This is not mean, nor is it looking down on the Great Master Sister, but fairness. The Great Master Sister has a relationship with me, but the Great Master Sister's subordinates don't. This exchange is not something that one or two people can do, it also needs to clear the way, needs connections, needs manpower to run, this 30% is not for the Great Master Sister, but for these people."

Lin Heier's face was slightly better, but she was still unhappy. At this time, Xu Shilan walked to Lin Heier's side, took her hand and sat down: "This is not a one-time deal, can I call you Sister Lin?" Lin Heier was slightly stunned, and then sat down, laughing: "Sister Xu might have misunderstood, I am already twenty-nine this year, just because I practice martial arts, I look young, so..."

Xu Shilan smiled and said: "I am seventy-six years old."

"Ha?"

Wu Pifu, Amadai, Xu Rongyu, and Lin Heier were all shocked and said "Ha".

Xu Shilan looked at Wu Pifu and Amadai with no good air: "It's fine for them to be surprised, why are you two surprised? I am a citizen of the Human Unified Government, okay!?"

Lin Heier was still dizzy now. She stared at Xu Shilan tightly, and after a long time, she said: "Is it really a heavenly person?"

Xu Rongyu was also very envious. He didn't have Lin Heier's reserve, and asked directly: "Brother Wu, and the two big brothers and sisters, do you... really come from the heavenly world, the immortal world, etc.?"

Amadai laughed, Xu Shilan didn't speak, and both looked at Wu Pifu. Wu Pifu pondered for a while and said: "It's not the heavenly world or the immortal world. If you have to describe it, it's roughly similar to another world."

Xu Rongyu asked again: "Is it similar to the small thousand world, middle thousand world, and large thousand world in Buddhism?"

Wu Pifu nodded: "It's a bit like that, but it's not exactly the same... Now I can't take you to the world where I am, and that world might disappoint you. Later, let's see if there is a chance."

!

Lin Heier and Xu Rongyu were both shining with eyes.

Don't look at Wu Pifu saying they will be disappointed, but neither of them is blind. In just three days, Xu Shilan, who had already died, and Amadai, whose spine was broken, were all standing in front of them safe and sound. Not to mention that they could take out gold as soon as they wanted, and listening to their meaning, gold would be endless in the future. Not to mention that she was seventy-six years old and still looked like a young virgin...

Both of them were floating in their thoughts. How did they know the situation of the three?

However, Wu Pifu didn't say much, nor did he make a promise, because he didn't know what conditions were needed to take living people to Gaia, whether there was any price, whether there were any taboos, he didn't know anything, so he didn't make a specific promise, but he made a decision in his heart that if there was a chance in the future, he would definitely take the two to see the truth... if they were willing.

The five people chatted a lot. Because they fought side by side before and had the common secret of Wusheng Mother and the paper man, Xu Rongyu and Lin Heier were also familiar and close to the three.

When Wu Pifu said his plot idea, Lin Heier and Xu Rongyu were naturally shocked, and their faces were horrified. Wu Pifu then continued to say the specific steps, nothing more than waiting for the rabbit, waiting for a certain time node to erupt. Xu Rongyu naturally didn't mention it, but Lin Heier fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Lin Heier asked: "Brother Wu, if you do this,

Wu Pifu fell silent. After a long while, he shook his head and said, "I only have a preliminary idea of this; as for how to actually do it when the time comes, I am still hesitant. However, you can rest assured. While I may not be a good or kind person, I am not so wicked as to harm the common people of this world for my own selfish gain, and furthermore..."

Wu Pifu thought of the future after 1900, where benevolent and righteous people of China would emerge in succession, the culture would ultimately not be extinguished, and the future would eventually see a rise...

Wu Pifu shook his head again and finally said, "I cannot see that far ahead. I can barely protect myself; I don't even know if I'll be alive in over a hundred days. It will be at least four months before Cixi flees to this Xuanhua Prefecture, one hundred and twenty days... I am merely having this premonition."

Lin Heier and Xu Rongyu both breathed a sigh of relief.

If that were the case, the two of them actually felt it was normal.

Seeing this world wither and the foreigners invade our China, there was no person of ambition who was not thoroughly disappointed with the corrupt imperial court. Those who wished to commit violence were everywhere in the Wu Lin, and in the eyes of the two, Wu Pifu was exactly that kind of great hero, so it would have been strange if he didn't have such thoughts. If it were just an idea, then it was nothing.

That night, the group chatted about many things: the world, Buddhism, the Unborn Venerable Mother, the future...

Early the next morning, Lin Heier and Xu Rongyu went to Xuanhua Prefecture, while Wu Pifu and Ya Made began cleaning up the ruins of the righteous villa. By dusk, a team arrived from outside the villa. Xu Rongyu was riding a donkey, and behind him was a team of craftsmen, a team of brokers, and a team transporting building materials, with over two hundred people following.

The Peace Hotel began construction today.

(End of chapter)