Chapter 231: Little Treasury, A Massive Fortune of Four Million!

Everything before their eyes exceeded the imagination of Hilton and the Black Lion Chamber of Commerce!

According to their understanding, weren't all those Chosen Lords living bitter, hard lives?

What is going on with this Lord Cao Xing?

Why does he not only show no signs of encountering difficulties, but also manage to develop so well?

Even the aura on their bodies has become much stronger than before, by who knows how much!

Hilton had a whole heap of questions he wanted to ask.

But he knew that these matters were Cao Xing's secrets and would not be easily told to them.

Cao Xing chuckled, "Let's go, Lord Hilton, let's go to the tavern to talk."

"And these guards of yours, bring them in as well; they must be tired."

Hilton seemed to have just snapped out of it and slowly said, "Right… right…"

Then, the group of several dozen people all squeezed into the tavern.

At this moment, the bartender, Lucky, was standing upright in front of the bar.

Upon seeing Cao Xing, he said respectfully, "Lord, you have arrived."

Cao Xing nodded and then said, "Bring up two barrels of craft rum for these Shier tribe warriors, and then prepare two glasses of rose red wine for us."

Lucky hurriedly said, "Understood, respected Lord!"

Having said that, he quickly walked to the wine room behind the tavern and took out the [Craft Rum].

Then, he brought a wooden mug for everyone in the tavern.

"Splash…"

Clean liquor was poured into the cups.

Instantly, a rich aroma of alcohol spread throughout the entire tavern.

The Shier tribe is a race that manages their entire clan militarily and receives strict military training from a young age.

Of course, they also loved to drink.

They were almost unable to resist the aroma of the rum in front of them.

The entire tavern was filled with the sound of swallowing saliva.

Cao Xing laughed, "Everyone, drink to your heart's content; there is plenty of wine today."

Hearing this, the Shier on the scene looked at Hilton.

Hilton nodded.

Then, they all said excitedly, "Fantastic! Thank you, powerful Lord Cao Xing."

These Shier drank the rum in their cups in one gulp.

Even Hilton couldn't stop praising Cao Xing's [Rose Red Wine].

The wine had been drunk, and now it was time to talk business.

Hilton went straight to the point, "Lord Cao Xing, I won't hide it from you."

"Coming to your territory this time, besides wanting to stay the night and rest up."

"We also want to purchase a batch of food from you for the journey ahead."

"Of course, the price is negotiable."

"If your territory doesn't have much food storage, borrowing a little from us is also fine."

"As long as it's enough for us to reach the next supply point, I will definitely return it to you double when the time comes."

Cao Xing pondered for a moment and chuckled, "No problem, Lord Hilton. You can stay in my territory tonight; I have a batch of empty houses in my territory anyway."

Hearing Cao Xing agree, Hilton and the group of Shier present all revealed joyful smiles.

Hilton tentatively asked, "What about the food…"

Cao Xing waved his hand, "No problem, it's just a batch of food."

"It just so happens I also have some things I want to trade with you."

A smile also appeared on Hilton's face.

At this time, Cao Xing said directly, "Lord Hilton, I'll give you 1000 kilograms of wheat, plus 200 kilograms of air-dried bacon, how about that?"

Hearing this number, Hilton was surprised.

He originally thought that if Cao Xing could take out a few hundred kilograms of food, it would already be considered a lot.

And now, he started with a thousand kilograms, plus two hundred kilograms of air-dried bacon!

And it sounded like this wasn't even the full extent of his territory's foundation.

He must have stored even more food!

Hilton looked deeply at the man in front of him.

He had a clearer impression of the strength of his territory once again.

However, thinking about the current scale of this territory, Hilton felt relieved.

Hilton's fat face squeezed into a smile, and then he laughed, "Lord Cao Xing, you truly are a generous Lord."

"With this much food, it's even enough for us to endure the entire journey through the Gale Snowfield."

"Of course, we certainly won't take your things for nothing. For this batch of food, I'll give you 50,000 crowns, how about it?"

Cao Xing pondered for a moment and then nodded.

After all, ordinary wheat is only 10 crowns per kilogram, and air-dried bacon is more expensive, but only about a few dozen crowns per kilogram.

Hilton's price could be said to be very high.

For a merchant like this who only sees profit in his eyes, this was a losing deal.

Of course, the main reason he was willing to pay this price was still because of the strength of Cao Xing's territory.

Seeing Cao Xing agree, Hilton smiled even more happily, his eyes almost squinting into a slit.

"Since that's the case, let's go trade now, Lord Cao Xing."

Cao Xing shook his head, "Lord Hilton, no rush. Let me see your goods first, how about it?"

Hearing this, Hilton also realized he was a bit impatient.

He hurriedly said, "Of course, Lord Cao Xing."

After saying that, once the warriors were full and satisfied, they walked out of the tavern and came to those dozen or so carriages outside.

"Lord Cao Xing, feel free to inspect them. This time, I've brought quite a few new things."

Hearing this, a look of anticipation appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

At this moment, a system prompt appeared.

[Black Lion Chamber of Commerce: Hilton is opening his goods list to you. Do you accept?]

"Yes."

Cao Xing directly clicked accept.

At the same time, a huge list of product interfaces immediately appeared in front of him.

[Elite Boar Hide (Blue)]: Price 3000 crowns

[Life Potion (Medium)]: Price 4000 crowns

[Specialized Pet Rations (Blue)]: Price 11000 crowns

[Specialized Pet Rations (Purple)]: Price 67000 crowns

[Ancient Weapon · Peacekeeper (Purple)]: Price 400,000 crowns.

[Snow Wolf King's Fur (Purple)]: Price 130,000 crowns

[Legion Greatsword (Blue)]: Price 30,000 crowns

[Long-handled Great Hammer (Purple)]: Price 180,000 crowns

[High-Tier Ancient Weapon · Super Energy Pistol (Gold)]: Price 2,100,000 crowns

[Evil Eye Great Shield (Gold)]: Price 3,200,000 crowns

[Snow Lion Mane…]

…

Cao Xing looked around and discovered that Hilton's goods were all different from last time.

However, fortunately, in his goods list, there were the [Specialized Pet Rations] that Cao Xing needed the most.

There were even purple-grade pet rations!

The most critical thing was that Cao Xing also saw two golden items among them.

A golden great shield, and a golden pistol!

Of course, the price was also quite outrageous.

If he wanted to buy both of them, it would take at least over five million crowns.

Plus other miscellaneous things, this batch of goods from Hilton was definitely worth over ten million crowns!

Cao Xing looked deeply at this caravan.

It had to be said that the Black Lion Chamber of Commerce did have strength, daring to come out to do business with so many things at once.

If he could, Cao Xing really wanted to rob this caravan!

Of course, he wouldn't do such a thing of drinking poison to quench thirst.

If he robbed the Black Lion Chamber of Commerce now, not only would he offend this massive force on the Western Continent, but they would never trade with him again in the future.

It might even bring endless trouble upon himself.

Therefore, it was better to just honestly trade with Hilton.

Cao Xing took a look at his assets.

[Coins * 932751]

"Not bad, fully 930,000 crowns, that's also a massive fortune."

"However, this money is still not enough to buy the good things in Hilton's hands."

But he wasn't worried.

After all, through this period of exploration and development, Cao Xing still had many good things in reserve.

Especially inside the storage box of his Lords Cabin, it was stacked with a large amount of gold and silver jewelry of astonishing value!

That was Cao Xing's private treasury.

At this time, Hilton asked, "Lord Cao Xing, is there anything you want?"

"To thank you for your assistance, I can appropriately give you a little discount."

Cao Xing nodded, "Of course, Lord Hilton's goods have always been of high quality."

"However, the crowns I have on hand are a bit insufficient. May I sell a batch of items to you first?"

Hearing this, Hilton shook the fat on his face and laughed, "Of course you can. We, the Black Lion Chamber of Commerce, never refuse business."

"Good."

Having said that, Cao Xing turned around quickly and returned to the Lords Cabin.

Watching his back, a look of anticipation also appeared in Hilton's eyes.

After all, in the last trade, Cao Xing had sent him a top-quality black diamond.

That black diamond was taken by him to the Eternal Frost Main City for auction, bid up to an extremely high price, and finally bought by a noble, making him a huge profit!

The profit he took was already comparable to his income from three months of trading.

You have to know, although these merchants have the right to speak for a caravan, the goods inside do not belong to them, but to the [Black Lion Chamber of Commerce].

They only trade on behalf of them and then extract profits from it.

Therefore, these merchants hope even more to be able to acquire some good things.

Under his gaze, Cao Xing quickly turned and walked back.

Hilton rubbed his hands in anticipation and then said, "Lord Cao Xing, looking at your expression, you must have brought quite a few good things this time."

Cao Xing smiled and then modestly said, "Not many, not many."

"Lord Hilton, take a look at the quality of this batch of goods first."

Having said that, as if performing a magic trick, he conjured up a huge pile of things and piled them on the ground.

In front of everyone, four piles of glittering things suddenly appeared.

One pile consisted of various [Viscous Liquids], totaling about over 700 units.

This was the harvest from their recent kills of those wild monsters.

The other pile was a collection of shiny gold, silver, and copper jewelry.

Among them, the gold jewelry weighed 54.4 kilograms, the silver jewelry weighed 27.1 kilograms, and the copper jewelry weighed approximately 37.2 kilograms.

Yes, that is measured in kilograms.

Such a large amount of gold and silver jewelry, shining brightly, immediately attracted many gazes on the scene.

A look of shock appeared in Hilton's eyes.

"Lord Cao Xing, did you go and rob a jewelry shop in the city? Or did you ransack some noble's mansion?"

Cao Xing smiled upon hearing this. "Of course not, these are all my legitimate earnings."

"Your Excellency Hilton, you can rest assured."

The origin of these pieces of jewelry was naturally legitimate.

After all, in this world, taking the burial goods of the dead is not illegal, and Cao Xing had even obtained the consent of the owners.

Hilton smiled upon hearing this; in reality, he did not care about the origin of these goods.

Then, he began to squat down to examine the quality of the jewelry.

The short, stout merchant extended his right hand, which was covered in a black glove.

From time to time, he would pick up a gold necklace and examine it in his hand.

Every now and then, he would grab a handful of silver jewelry from the side and nod silently.

A moment later, Hilton stood back up and said, "Lord Cao Xing, I have examined this batch of goods of yours. The quality is good, and the purity is quite high; there are no other metals mixed in."

"With so many items, I won't count them for you one by one; how about we calculate it directly by weight?"

Hearing this, Cao Xing pondered for a moment and then said, "Your Excellency Hilton, what price can you offer?"

Hilton replied, "Same as usual, for this pile of [Viscous Liquids], I will still purchase them at a price of 50 crowns."

"For those copper jewelry pieces, I will purchase them at a price of 1 gram = 1 crown."

"For those silver jewelry pieces, I will purchase them at a price of 1 gram = 7 crowns."

As Hilton gave the quotes one by one, Cao Xing calculated carefully in his mind.

Then, he nodded to himself.

This price of his was quite fair.

After all, the unit of purchase is grams; if he sold everything, Cao Xing could obtain a large sum of earnings.

Just the copper and silver jewelry combined could sell for 260,000 crowns!

However, this was not the main part of this transaction.

The most valuable thing was naturally the pile of gold jewelry on the ground.

This was the truly astonishingly valuable item!

Hilton pondered for a moment, appearing to be considering what price he should offer to purchase this batch of gold.

He looked at Cao Xing's territory, and then looked at him.

A moment later, Hilton seemed to have made a decision.

"Lord Cao Xing, for this batch of gold jewelry, I will purchase it at a price of 1 gram = 51 crowns. Are you satisfied with that?"

Hearing this number, Cao Xing quickly did the math in his head.

1 gram is 51 crowns, so 1 kilogram is 51,000 crowns!

He had a full 54.4 kilograms here.

In total, that's at least 2.7 million crowns!

"Hiss…"

Cao Xing drew a sharp breath, startled by the price he had just calculated!

Clearly, this was an astonishing amount of wealth!

One must know that although gold is equally rare in this world, the number of gold mines is also greater.

Therefore, the gap between gold and silver is not that outrageous.

For Hilton to offer this price, it was definitely considered a very fair price; he might even have given up a portion of his own profits.

Cao Xing immediately agreed, "No problem, Your Excellency Hilton, I think this price is very good."

Hilton also nodded with a smile, "Good, then let's trade now."

After saying this, he had the nearby Shire guards take down several large chests from the wagon.

Inside, there was a constant sound of coins clinking against wood, and they were packed full of crowns.

Both parties quickly exchanged the goods.

[Transaction successful, you lost [Viscous Liquids] * 732, you gained Coins * 36,600…]

[Transaction successful, you lost [Copper Jewelry] * 37.2 kg, you gained Coins * 37,200…]

[Transaction successful, you lost [Silver Jewelry] * 27.1 kg, you gained Coins * 189,700…]

[Transaction successful, you lost [Gold Jewelry] * 54.4 kg, you gained Coins * 2,774,400…]

…Four transaction messages appeared; Cao Xing had directly obtained over three million crowns!

Adding the crowns already in his backpack, he was about to break through four million; this was an astonishing fortune!

Cao Xing felt that he had instantly become wealthy.

After all, this was a millionaire in the true sense!

The purchasing power of four million crowns was much stronger than four million RMB on Blue Star!

If he were to buy wheat, that would be a full 400,000 kilograms!

Cao Xing could barely stop himself from laughing out loud at this moment.

However, although he now possessed a huge sum of money, it was still not enough to buy all of Hilton's two gold-tier pieces of equipment.

This included other good items, such as pet rations, which he also needed.

Hilton also smiled and said, "Lord Cao Xing, depending on the market conditions of each main city, the price of gold is constantly fluctuating, but generally the price is between 54 and 60 crowns."

"The price I gave you is just about higher than the market purchase price."

It was clear that Hilton was also a far-sighted merchant.

Through everything before him, he knew that Cao Xing had infinite potential, so he preferred to give up some of his own profits to build a good relationship with him.

Cao Xing also replied, "Then many thanks, Your Excellency Hilton."

Hilton shook his head and continued to ask, "Lord Cao Xing, do you have any other good items to trade with me?"

Although the quantity of this transaction was astonishing, Hilton did not make much profit, so he felt a bit unsatisfied.

Cao Xing also pondered for a moment; to be honest, he still had many good things in his backpack.

Cloud Yak milk, sweaters, golden salmon meat, silver noble fish meat.

Including the giant mushroom he picked up in the forest last time, and so on…

These were all good things with astonishing value.

After pondering for a moment, Cao Xing decided to sell a batch of [Cloud Yak Milk].

Through the accumulation over this period, his cold storage already had over 214 liters of milk stockpiled.

According to what Old Mel said at the time, 1 liter of Cloud Yak milk is worth several thousand crowns.

In other words, just Cao Xing's milk reserve could sell for over a million crowns.

Thus, he directly took out a small wooden bottle from his backpack and handed it to Hilton.

A look of confusion appeared in Hilton's eyes, "Lord Cao Xing, what is this?"

"Taste it."

Cao Xing did not explain, but instead let him experience it himself.

Hilton did not think much of it after hearing this; after all, he did not believe that Cao Xing would harm him at this time.

So, he tentatively took a small sip of the milk.

The moment the mellow, fragrant milk entered his mouth, the doubt in Hilton's eyes instantly vanished.

His squinted small eyes suddenly widened!

Amidst the confused gazes of that group of Shire tribe members, Hilton drank the milk in the bottle in one gulp!

Not only that, he even stuck out his tongue and licked the inside of the bottle clean.

Everyone watching his reaction naturally knew that what Cao Xing had given him must be something rare.

Hilton said excitedly, "By the gods, what kind of milk is this?"

"It is too magical! Not only is the taste so mellow and fragrant, comparable to a peerless delicacy, but I could even feel the fluctuation of magic power within it."

"After drinking it, I feel warm all over!"

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