Chapter 290: Heard a Little Bit

One hundred taels for a pair of roasted chicken wings!

When Xu Que shouted this, everyone in the audience was scared silly!

The woman setting up the stall hugged her child, so stunned that her mind went blank!

One hundred taels, for an ordinary family, was almost equivalent to three to five years of living expenses.

And for this frugal mother and son, one hundred taels would be enough to live on for at least ten or eight years.

Trying to sell a pair of roasted chicken wings for such an astronomical price—wasn't this a pipe dream?

Many people on the scene were also dissatisfied and shouted loudly: "Are you kidding? Opening your mouth like a lion? These chicken wings aren't worth anything at all; what right do you have to sell them for one hundred taels?"

"That's right, you're arbitrarily raising the price; be careful the government punishes you!"

"You're really crazy for money to be able to shout one hundred taels!"

The crowd kept cursing.

…

Xu Que, however, was very calm, shook his head, and smiled: "Chicken wings aren't worth anything, but my recipe is valuable! Look, this bottle is called chili powder. Do you have chili powder? This is a treasure purchased from overseas; one bottle costs tens of thousands of taels!"

Xu Que picked up the chili powder, and the crowd looked somewhat startled.

They had seen chili before, but they hadn't seen chili powder, but there was no reason to sell it so expensively!

"And this, honey! Uh, fine, you have honey, so I won't say much about that. The key is this bottle of cumin powder. Do you understand what cumin is? This bottle of stuff is something you can't buy overseas even if you have money! But we, the Exploding Heaven Gang, have a unique recipe, so what we are selling is technology, understand?"

Xu Que said righteously.

Everyone stared at the cumin powder in his hand, feeling suspicious and curious.

This was indeed the first time they had heard of cumin powder, and they could also smell that the most fragrant scent in the chicken wings was indeed one they had never smelled before.

So, the truth was because of this bottle of cumin powder!

Suddenly, many people's eyes became fiery; if they could get cumin powder, they would surely make a fortune in the future!

"One hundred taels for a pair of chicken wings, right? Fine, we want all of them!" At this moment, a person dressed as a servant walked out of the crowd, looking high-spirited and as if money was no object!

Everyone was startled, but after recognizing the servant, they weren't surprised.

"So it's a servant from the family of Merchant Liu, the number one merchant in the Imperial City!"

"With Merchant Liu making a move, it must be throwing money around like dirt!"

"What's throwing money around like dirt? It's said that the silver in Merchant Liu's family could pave the entire Imperial City!"

The crowd discussed in low voices.

But at this moment, another man walked out and sneered: "Sorry, our young master wants these roasted chicken wings!"

"Hiss!"

Everyone gasped, recognizing this man!

"This is the book boy of the young master of Prime Minister Wu's family!"

"With Prime Minister Wu's family making a move, who would dare to snatch it from him?"

"No matter how much money Merchant Liu has, he wouldn't dare to provoke Prime Minister Wu, right!"

…

"Wait, I just said, the palace wants all these chicken wings!"

Just at this moment, another sharp, shrill voice came, and a pale-faced man walked out of the crowd with a sneer.

Some people with discerning eyes immediately saw that this pale-faced man was a eunuch, and his position wasn't low!

"Damn, I recognize him; he's a favorite of the Third Prince!"

"It's said that this eunuch is very vicious; he can't be provoked!"

"Nonsense, the Third Prince's momentum is so strong now; provoking this eunuch is equivalent to provoking the Third Prince!"

"I'm afraid even the Prime Minister wouldn't offend the Third Prince for such a small matter!"

"I've really learned something tonight; these roasted chicken wings are truly extraordinary, actually attracting so many fierce people!"

…

Many people discussed secretly. Regardless of anything else, just based on this event tonight, the name of Exploding Heaven Gang Roasted Chicken Wings would surely spread throughout the Imperial City by tomorrow!

Xu Que, however, was very calm, standing in front of the stall gnawing on chicken wings, completely ignoring the arguments of that group of people!

Until the Third Prince's personal eunuch walked over, looked at Xu Que with a playful face, and sneered: "What are you still standing there for? I said, roast all the chicken wings; I'm taking them away!"

"Pfft!"

Xu Que spat out a bone, raised his eyebrows, swept a glance at the eunuch indifferently, and cursed: "Roast your mother's roast!"

"…"

The whole scene fell silent instantly.

Everyone was startled, their faces dull!

What… what did this kid say? Roast your mother's?

Damn, is he crazy?

Actually daring to curse a favorite of the Third Prince—doesn't he want to live anymore?

The woman at the stall was also scared silly, her face pale; clearly, she hadn't expected Xu Que to dare to be so disrespectful to someone from the palace!

"You… you little bastard, how dare you curse me?" The eunuch pointed at Xu Que, his whole body trembling with anger. Ever since he started following the Third Prince, he had never suffered such humiliation. Now, being cursed by Xu Que, how could he endure it?

"Dead eunuch, you still dare to curse me? Wait for your death. If it weren't for the child being here, I would have slapped you into meat paste with one palm!" Xu Que swept a cold glance at the eunuch. He was just a piece of trash at the Golden Core Stage; he didn't put him in his eyes at all!

"You… you…" The eunuch pointed at Xu Que, almost exploding with anger, unable to even speak a complete sentence.

Xu Que was impatient: "You what you? Can't you understand human speech? I already said, let you line up, one pair per person per day. You insisted on running over and saying you wanted them all. Is having money so great? Do you believe I'll smash you to death with money?"

"You…" The eunuch flicked his sleeve in anger and said furiously: "Fine, you just wait for me. Daring to cause trouble in the Imperial City, I'll definitely make you suffer!"

"Sure, I'm waiting! It's just the Imperial City, right? Our Exploding Heaven Gang can blow you up at any time. If you don't believe me, go ask around and see what the Fire Nation is like now!" Xu Que smiled indifferently, not panicking at all!

He was now wishing that the events of the Fire Nation would spread to the Golden Yuan Kingdom quickly so that he could happily use the Exploding Heaven Gang to act cool!

It was just a pity that the distance between these places was too far, and the two countries were hostile, so the information was really quite closed off. It was impossible for the events of the Fire Nation to spread here without a month or two.

"Hmph!"

The eunuch finally snorted coldly and left with a flick of his sleeve.

Everyone was silent for a long while, each looking at Xu Que like he was a lunatic, thinking he was definitely dead.

Being so disrespectful and boasting so shamelessly—he had offended the entire Imperial Family!

However, this didn't hinder his business!

After the eunuch left, the Prime Minister's mansion, Merchant Liu, and the servants of other wealthy families all ran up to buy roasted chicken wings.

One hundred taels didn't count for much to them; what was important was completing the task assigned by their masters.

"Give me a portion of roasted wings!"

"I want a portion too!"

"We want them too!"

Many people ran up one after another, lining up in front of the stall!

However, Xu Que certainly insisted on the "hunger marketing" routine: everyone could only buy one pair, selling at a high price rather than in volume, so as to highlight the style of the Exploding Heaven Gang!

But this group of people was also smart; they gave the silver to ordinary commoners, letting them line up to buy as well, so they could buy multiple portions of wings!

Xu Que was too lazy to care, and after this commotion, his acting cool points increased quite a bit.

"Miss, just roast them with peace of mind. I'm covering you here; no one dares to cause trouble! Keep these materials too. Sell roasted chicken wings for a few days, and you'll be able to enjoy a life of leisure in the future. Just stay home and raise your child well!"

Xu Que left behind the bottles of chili powder, cumin powder, and other materials, then moved a stool and sat on the side, looking completely like an arrogant person who was "covering this place"!

Although the woman's face was full of worry, she still pulled her child to her side and, following Xu Que's previous method, slowly started roasting the chicken wings!

Soon, more than a dozen pairs of roasted chicken wings were sold. Looking at the thousands of taels of silver appearing in front of her, the woman felt like she was dreaming, unable to believe it.

Xu Que didn't expect a weak woman to maintain this stall for long anyway; he would just let her earn a sum first, and after that, she could enjoy a life of leisure forever!

However, soon, Xu Que frowned, feeling that something was wrong!

He swept a suspicious glance at the stall; the woman had roasted no less than thirty pairs of chicken wings back and forth, but only fifteen or sixteen pairs had been sold, yet the grill was empty!

"Damn, there's a thief!"

Xu Que stood up immediately and went around to the back of the stall.

Sure enough, a black shadow was hiding under the stall, gnawing on chicken wings. Looking closely, who else could it be but Er Gou?

"Er Gou, you shameless scoundrel, are you even scamming a weak woman? Hurry up and pay back the money!"

Xu Que was instantly furious, his figure flashed, and he dragged Er Gou out directly.

Er Gou didn't dare to expose that it could speak in front of everyone, so it could only "woof" and turn to run!

"Still running?"

Xu Que grabbed a roasting fork and chased after it.

Thus, this man and dog started chasing each other around the small stall.

Everyone felt ashamed watching this, feeling that Xu Que's actions were very scary.

That dog just stole a few chicken wings; just chase it away, how could he still ask a dog for money?

It seems this kid definitely isn't a normal person; he must be a bit crazy!

Better to provoke him less!

…

At the same time, in the restaurant and inn of the night market!

The eunuch who had a conflict with Xu Que had already returned!

In front of several princes and princesses, he naturally looked aggrieved, crying and complaining with explosive acting skills.

"Masters, you didn't see how arrogant that little bastard was. In front of so many people, he pointed at this old slave's nose and said he would blow up the Imperial City! And he refused to sell roasted chicken wings to this old slave, saying it was one hundred taels a pair, and everyone could only buy one pair!"

"Bang!"

The Third Prince suddenly slapped the table, his face gloomy, and said coldly: "What a bold commoner, simply arrogant, too much!"

"This matter isn't simple; could it be intentional trouble?" Another prince also frowned.

The eunuch knelt on the ground and hurriedly replied: "This old slave also hinted to him that this was for the princes and princess to eat, but that little bastard claimed to be from the Exploding Heaven Gang and was completely fearless!"

"Exploding Heaven Gang?" Everyone frowned instantly, clearly never having heard of this gang!

Only the Seventh Princess was suddenly shocked, a strange look flashing in her eyes, and she whispered: "Exploding Heaven Gang, I have heard a little bit about this gang!" ===== CHAPTER 291 =====