Chapter 112: It's Time to Recruit a Team

"Did he fall into a cesspool?"

The people arranged had already taken the gold back.

The eunuch who bought the standing mirror had not seen Lin Dao return for a long time, and was greatly doubtful about this.

The crowd who were appreciating and commenting on each other, and borrowing rare items from one another, did not pay too much attention to this.

They were not relatives or friends; he could go wherever he wanted.

Seeing that no one was paying attention, the eunuch hummed coldly and instructed Mao Xiang, who had been keeping his head lowered and hiding behind the standing mirror.

"Put down our family's treasure."

"Where did he go to find someone else?"

"If he doesn't come again, our family will take the treasure and leave."

A little attendant serving the eunuch stepped forward and carefully took the standing mirror.

Presenting such a treasure before the Old Ancestor would be a great honor.

Mao Xiang, covering his face with his sleeve, kept his head lowered and left quickly.

He had failed the provincial examination six times in a row; at his age, he was not even a recommended man.

There were a pile of rotten matters at home, and his father had encountered disaster.

Chen Yuanyuan, whom he had previously taken a fancy to, was missing, and Dong Xiaowan, whom he had treated as a backup, was suspected of transferring her affections elsewhere.

Now he had even encountered a freak who seemed to be naturally restraining him.

The laughter and joy inside the Flower Boat made Mao Xiang feel as if his head was about to explode.

He fled all the way to the upper cabin and subconsciously went to look for Dong Xiaowan.

Outside the half-covered room door, Mao Xiang heard the movements and sounds coming from inside.

His face turned pale instantly.

One of the voices carrying a sobbing tone was very familiar to him; it was absolutely Dong Xiaowan!

"Impossible~"

"How could it be possible~"

"I don't believe it~"

"Illusion, all of this is an illusion~"

"Hahahaha~~~"

Mao Xiang's eyes were bloodshot, and he ran away unsteadily.

While going down the stairs, he also tripped and rolled all the way down, frightening the people below.

In the room, amidst the rustling sounds, Lin Dao finished dressing, stood up, and turned around.

Looking at Dong Xiaowan, who was still wiping her tears, he frowned and said, "What are you waiting for?"

Dong Xiaowan immediately stopped sobbing and looked at Lin Dao with a fearful yet expectant expression, "I~~~"

"Pack your things and come with me."

As soon as these words were spoken, Dong Xiaowan immediately burst into tears.

Before, she had been faking crying; now she was truly shedding tears.

For them, Ming Qi, their greatest desire in life was to leave the pit of fire and live the life of a normal person.

Dong Xiaowan asked in disbelief, sobbing, "Really? Are you really taking me away?"

Lin Dao, having finished packing, was too lazy to pay attention and walked straight to the door.

Dong Xiaowan hurriedly stopped crying and packed herself up in a rush.

Taking a piece of silk cloth, she opened the treasure chest, poured all kinds of jewelry inside onto the silk cloth, and did not forget to pack the perfume and cosmetics along with them.

She did not want any of the many beautiful clothes in the wardrobe, but instead found a pair of scissors, cut a piece of cloth from the mattress, and carefully stored it away.

Seeing Lin Dao come down, the crowd who had previously been surprised by Mao Xiang falling down and running away limping and unsteadily quickly turned their gazes to him.

"This is eight hundred taels of gold."

The eunuch gestured to the box, which contained eighty horse-hoof gold ingots.

Each gold ingot weighed ten taels (Ming system).

Looking at the golden ingots, Lin Dao also smiled, "This mirror, Green Jade Moonlight Glazed Bi, is now yours."

The eunuch stepped forward happily, reaching out to gently stroke the standing mirror.

That gentle movement was as if he were caressing a treasure he had lost for many years.

Lin Dao thought he had money and should be able to squeeze another wave.

He stepped forward to greet, "This Lord Gonggong~"

"Our family's surname is Zhang."

"Lord Eunuch Zhang, I have opened a shop at Xiajiekou specializing in selling rare treasures; it will open in three days. If you are interested, you can come and take a look then."

"Good good~~~" Eunuch Zhang laughed heartily, "As long as the goods are good, silver is no problem."

The great eunuchs were all very wealthy.

"I don't take silver; Lord Gonggong had better bring gold when the time comes."

Lin Dao invited everyone to come to Xiajiekou in three days to support him.

Everyone saluted one after another, expressing that they would definitely go then.

Lin Dao bowed his hands in farewell, hefted the box with all his strength, picked up the package containing jade pendants, jewelry, and other items, and left.

The Madam was busy greeting guests here and did not notice at all that her money tree, carrying a small package, had followed Lin Dao off the boat.

As for the maidservants and servants, they naturally did not dare to block guests and the money tree.

People say they just went out for some fresh air, or to compose poetry and couplets.

Arriving on the street, Lin Dao, carrying a crate on his shoulder and holding a bundle, strode directly into a deserted alley.

Dong Xiaowan was greatly startled and hurriedly ran after him in quick small steps.

Fortunately, Lin Dao's figure reappeared the next moment and steadied her. "What are you panicking for."

How to settle Dong Xiaowan was also a problem.

The purchased shop was still under renovation; he did not yet have a foothold of his own in Chongzhen Spacetime.

Seeing a troubled look on his face, Dong Xiaowan's heart instantly tightened.

Could it be he was having second thoughts?

To give hope and then shatter it — you are too cruel!

Fortunately, Lin Dao soon thought of a place and set off walking.

Dong Xiaowan, carrying the bundle on her back, also followed close behind in a quick trot.

Lin Dao did not go to Qian Qianyi's separate courtyard, but came to a remote spot near the city wall.

Looking at the somewhat dilapidated small courtyard before him, he stepped forward and knocked on the gate.

He knocked for a good while, yet there was no movement from inside.

Lin Dao, growing somewhat impatient, was just about to force his way in when a trembling inquiry finally came from within the courtyard.

"Who, who is it~"

"It's me~"

Hearing this low male voice, Chen Yuanyuan's mind instantly conjured Lin Dao's face.

"Open the door!"

Chen Yuanyuan's heart gave a violent start.

This is it — coming for me, it's over; this is my fate.

Harboring a resolve to sacrifice herself for righteousness, Chen Yuanyuan opened the courtyard gate.

She had thought that brute would shoulder her inside the moment he entered; Chen Yuanyuan even closed her eyes.

But the footsteps were indeed approaching, yet what she heard was a woman's cry of surprise.

"Sister Yuanyuan?!"

Chen Yuanyuan instinctively opened her eyes, only to see Dong Xiaowan's astonished face.

"Xiaowan?!"

Both were dumbfounded, completely unexpected to meet under such circumstances.

"She'll stay here with you." Lin Dao pushed Dong Xiaowan before Chen Yuanyuan. "Get her something to eat."

Having said that, Lin Dao turned and left the courtyard, even shutting the gate behind him.

Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan stared at each other in mutual bewilderment.

In the end it was Chen Yuanyuan who recovered first; she stepped forward and locked the courtyard gate, greeting Dong Xiaowan, "Come inside first, I still have some dry rations here."

Heavens have mercy, she had been starving these past few days.

Only yesterday did she grit her teeth and harden her heart, wrap her bundle tight, and sneak out like a thief to buy some food and drink.

On the way back she was nearly targeted by beggars.

She is a master at the qin, but cooking and such truly stumps her, so she could only gnaw on dry rations.

"Sister Yuanyuan, I heard you were taken away."

"Mm, he saved me." Chen Yuanyuan brought a bowl of water and handed it to Dong Xiaowan, who had nearly choked. "Eat slowly, how did you get so hungry?"

"Too exhausted before, starving~"

While eating and drinking, Dong Xiaowan began to recount the story between herself and Lin Dao.

Modern World.

Inside the warehouse duty room, Lin Dao squatted on the ground tallying items.

Gold jewelry, jade pendants, ornaments — a huge pile.

After putting the things away properly, he contacted the company staff in Hai Gang Cheng, telling them to run business and negotiate with gold shops.

Stating that South Africa's gold mine output had increased, and a new batch of mineral resources was up for sale recently.

Besides that, there were also some small items bought overseas.

If the gold shops are interested, they can take a look together.

Afterwards he began placing orders with suppliers in various places based on the estimates.

Once these goods are sold and deposits paid, the merchants in each place can ship the goods.

After booking tomorrow's flight ticket to Hai Gang Cheng, Lin Dao took the things and went to Yonghe Spacetime.

"Give the gold to the craftsmen." Lin Dao instructed Liu Hu. "Have them melt it and cast it into gold bars."

"All these ornaments with gemstones, pry them all off."

"The ones that are gold ornaments, melt them together."

"Leave the jade pendants alone."

In Lin Dao's eyes, there was no craft value, only purchasing power value.

He only cared how much grain he could buy, how many supplies he could buy.

The slightly fatigued Lin Dao went to the Xingchen Tang bathhouse to bathe, then simply and neatly went to sleep.

In the past, at this hour Lin Dao would still be lying in bed hugging his phone grinning foolishly.

The transmigration career made him develop good work-rest habits.

He hasn't stayed up late looking at his phone for a long time.

Transmigrating through different spacetimes, busy with his own career, worrying and toiling for millions upon millions of people.

These are far more interesting than playing on a phone, and the days pass extremely fulfillingly.

Upon learning of his return, Jin Lian and the others also wanted to come serve.

Unfortunately, they were stopped by Liu Hu.

Without Lin Dao's personal instruction, Liu Hu does not allow anyone to enter the Lord's Qin Palace.

After sleeping comfortably, Lin Dao rose at dawn.

Washing up, eating, and discussing military and political affairs with Wang Meng.

He also spared time to check on the melting gold progress.

At noon he returned to the Modern World, heading straight to the Airport and flying to Hai Gang Cheng.

Everyone likes hard currency; the gold sale went very smoothly.

Because Lin Dao has always transported gold into Hai Gang Cheng from abroad, the regulatory side has always turned a blind eye.

Some harmless minor details, so no one takes a magnifying glass to stare at them.

Gold is easy to sell.

But gemstones, jade pendants, and such are a bit more dragged out.

After all, most of these things have a price but no market.

The asking price is high, but the actual transactions are not that many.

Moreover, the price jewelry stores sell at and the price they buy back at have a huge gap.

Just these few things, negotiated for one or two whole days.

In the end, it was still Lin Dao who chose to actively lower the price, only then selling everything off.

Appearing again in the Chongzhen Spacetime, it was on the street outside Chen Yuanyuan's Small Courtyard.

Staring around, an environment completely different from the prosperous Area.

Lin Dao frowned: "It's time for Team Building."

Compared to the Yonghe Spacetime, Lin Dao's Team Building in the Chongzhen Spacetime has greatly reduced difficulty.

Ultimately, one sentence can sum it up.

That is, he has money.

In the Modern World, silver amounts to hundreds of thousands of tons.

And in terms of price, it absolutely counts as cheap.

In terms of wealth, Lin Dao possesses, over all factions in the Chongzhen Spacetime, absolute suppression.

Whether it is the Great Ming Official Imperial Court, or the Guan Wai Wild Boar Skin, or the Refugees, absolute suppression.

It is truly meaningful, can smash them to death with silver.

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