Chapter 401

Zhao Xian's habit has always been to fight to be the vanguard.

When trouble arises, he absolutely never cowers, and he certainly wouldn't let his brothers go to their deaths.

However...

He really couldn't bring himself to do this kind of manual labor of moving goods.

"Snatching the brothers' benefits doesn't feel right..." Zhao Xian hesitated.

"Heh..."

Su Yang smiled, walking forward with his hands behind his back: "This is what you said, don't regret it later."

Hearing this, Zhao Xian was filled with curiosity; could it be that there was a gold mountain inside?

Yet, the scene that followed made his eyes go wide.

He saw two brothers working together to carefully move a half-person-tall mutton-fat jade tiger-head object out from inside.

"Boss, move aside, don't block the way."

Zhao Xian subconsciously stepped aside, watching helplessly as they carried the mutton-fat jade past him.

"Isn't this the treasure that caused a sensation at the West District auction five years ago? It was actually bought by Jiang Hen Zhi?" Zhao Xian was deeply shocked.

If he remembered correctly, this item was unearthed from a large tomb.

It was a complete treasure that tomb raiders had spent great effort to find.

At the time, that auction attracted many business magnates, and it even triggered extremely fierce bidding during the process.

You have to know, old items of this level of craftsmanship are extremely rare even across the whole country.

"Gulp~"

Zhao Xian subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

Even though he wasn't fanatical about money, he couldn't help but feel envious seeing such a treasure.

Yet, this was just the beginning.

He saw another underling following closely behind, carrying a sandalwood box.

Watching him being so careful, looking worried about dropping it, he couldn't help but curiously block his path, "What's inside this?"

"Hiss! Boss, don't touch it randomly, don't break the item!" the underling exclaimed.

Zhao Xian's face immediately turned as black as coal, "What nonsense are you talking, open it and let me see!"

Once he opened the box, it immediately revealed a pair of golden bowls with mandarin duck and lotus petal patterns.

The patterns on them were incomparably fine, revealing a golden halo under the sunlight, looking especially luxurious.

"This guy Jiang Hen Zhi..." Zhao Xian couldn't help but gasp.

This thing was no less valuable than the mutton-fat jade, and in the eyes of those who love collecting, it was priceless.

It is no exaggeration to say that the price of one bowl is at least over a million.

If you add the pair together, it's not just as simple as doubling it.

"Damn it, two broken bowls are worth almost a year's 'gold-touching' revenue for the Liuhe Association; doing business really is more profitable." Zhao Xian muttered to himself.

He finally understood why Su Yang said he wanted to develop industry.

If a gang wants to get ahead, it must develop its own capital.

Just relying on collecting protection fees, who knows how long it would take to get rich?

Jiang Hen Zhi just had to move his lips and sign his name with a fountain pen to make a fortune.

How many coins do the brothers of the Liuhe Association get a month for risking their necks to hack people?

Afterward, Zhao Xian also saw someone carrying a cyan porcelain piece out.

Seeing this, he immediately scolded: "Watch it, if you chip or bump it, I'll take your life!"

"And you, is your other hand crippled? Don't you know to help lift it?"

"Oh my, my heavens, can you walk slower, is there a dog chasing you from behind?"

Zhao Xian really couldn't stand it anymore; he felt that if this continued, his heart wouldn't be able to take it.

He simply strode into the mansion and started moving a cabinet that looked expensive from the outside.

Seeing this, Lin Yang chuckled inwardly and teased: "Hall Master Zhao, didn't you say you weren't planning to steal the credit from the brothers?"

"They are too clumsy, it's annoying to watch." Zhao Xian said without blushing or panting.

"So that's how it is..." Lin Yang looked enlightened.

Feeling the teasing gaze on his back, Zhao Xian subconsciously quickened his pace.

No one could turn a blind eye to Jiang Hen Zhi's collection.

Even if a monk with no desires came, they would have to touch it a couple of times.

Lin Yang was responsible for recording all the items 'leaving the warehouse' with a pen on paper, for the convenience of subsequent inventory.

"How is it? What's the estimated value?" Su Yang sat on the sofa, sipping the tea leaves collected by Jiang Hen Zhi.

"These goods are all very valuable, but they are hard to sell." Lin Yang bit his pen, looking troubled.

"Normal, ordinary people can't afford these things, and those who can afford them might not necessarily like them." Su Yang took a sip of the fragrant tea, feeling the lingering fragrance on his lips and teeth, his eyes curving.

"The main thing is that it's hard to find buyers, and we don't know the industry; if we get scammed, we wouldn't even know." Lin Yang felt worried about getting rich for the first time.

Sitting on a gold mountain, but unable to cash it in.

It's just like someone picking up millions in cash on the ground but not daring to deposit it in the bank.

"What are you afraid of, just sell it to the pawnshops in the black market." Su Yang said unhurriedly.

"The price they give is too low, it's too much of a loss." Lin Yang said.

"If we sell normally, it might take eight or ten years to sell even half of it; we don't have that much time to waste. Money that can be held in our hands is what counts as wealth." Su Yang said.

Hearing this, Lin Yang nodded in agreement.

Indeed, if we follow the normal process of auctions or spend great effort finding buyers, the process would consume a lot of manpower and resources.

After all, in Jinshan City, there aren't many suckers like Jiang Hen Zhi.

At this moment, an underling suddenly exclaimed.

"Gang Leader, come take a look!"

Hearing this, Su Yang walked to the study on the second floor and saw an underling seemingly triggering a mechanism; the bookcase moved, revealing an iron box embedded in the concrete wall.

The iron box was very large, equivalent to half a drum washing machine.

"We brothers can't even move this thing..." the underling scratched his head a bit embarrassedly.

Su Yang and Lin Yang looked at each other, and both of them grabbed a corner of the iron box, pulling outward with all their might.

"Bang!"

The iron box hit the ground, emitting a dull boom.

"This thing is really heavy!" Lin Yang immediately showed a look of curiosity.

There was a fist-sized lock on the front of the iron box, and it wasn't rusted.

There are two possibilities: either it was frequently maintained, or it was a newly added lock.

"Let me!"

An underling volunteered, holding a pair of pliers he got from who knows where, and clamped down with all his might!

"Click!"

The lock snapped in response.

Su Yang slowly opened the box, and what came into view were rows of neatly arranged banknotes.

"So much money?" Lin Yang's eyes lit up.

But upon second thought, he felt something was wrong.

Even if the iron box was filled with money, it shouldn't be this heavy.

The surrounding hall members had never seen so much money; their hearts immediately pounded, their faces turned red, and desire flickered in their eyes.

The next moment, Lin Yang flipped open the banknotes on the surface, and underneath immediately revealed a golden radiance.

"Gold?!" Lin Yang's breath hitched, and he soon showed a look of wild joy.

He took out all the gold bars and placed them on the ground, discovering that each piece weighed about five jin.

Adding them all up, there were fully over a hundred pieces!

"We're rich, we're really rich!" Lin Yang tremblingly held the gold bars in his hands, his mouth almost stretching to his ears.

Su Yang only glanced at it before withdrawing his gaze, then looked at the items at the bottom of the box.

"The truly valuable stuff is still to come."

Saying this, he took out all the land deeds and property deeds inside.

He quickly went through them, feeling slightly shocked.

"Thirty plots of land, fifteen properties..."

"Fifteen shops?!"