thefictionvixens Chapter 1876: Arrogant (Booked as a guaranteed monthly ticket for next month)
Chapter 1876: Arrogant (Booked as a guaranteed monthly ticket for next month)
Chapter 1876: Arrogant (Booked as a guaranteed monthly ticket for next month)
For the Yan family's foundation building, how to deal with the three people in front of him is beyond his ability.
Report back to the family and someone will naturally make the decision.
What he needs to do now is to further test the other party's situation.
So he asked with a little surprise, "You bought the land, but don't you plan to develop and utilize it?"
Buying a spiritual vein just for cultivation would be too extravagant.
No matter which immortal cultivation force, once it occupies a place, it will inevitably develop some industries in exchange for resources for cultivation.
This is how the hundred arts of cultivating immortals came about. Everyone has their own strengths, and they trade with each other to increase their growth potential.
If you have spiritual veins and land but don't develop and utilize them, wouldn't that be a waste of money?
The flower scorpion replied calmly, "Grow some spiritual plants and raise some spiritual beasts. That's enough for your own use."
So... arrogant? The Yan family's foundation building was really speechless, "Like pills, talismans, refining equipment... you don't need them?"
This time it was Xiangxue's turn to answer. She was good at doing business. "When needed, we will go and purchase it."
"Our presence will not affect the Yan family's existing industrial structure, so you can rest assured."
Still arrogant! Yan Jiaji nodded silently.
However, the other party's words touched his heart. The Yan family's inquiry into the other party's industrial layout was far more than just curiosity.
Within the Yan family's sphere of influence, each force has its own strengths, and a relatively balanced situation has been formed.
If a troublemaker really appears, the forces of all parties will inevitably have to reshuffle and all kinds of chaos will occur.
So he smiled and nodded, "Well, it would be great if we could live in peace with our neighbors and support each other."
Now that we have this understanding, the price will be easier to negotiate.
Finally, the two parties agreed to use 300,000 spirit stones to purchase the land use rights of the surrounding 100 square kilometers.
The validity period is 100 years, and the price will be negotiated after that.
On average, there are only thirty spirit stones per square kilometer per year. The price is indeed not expensive, but it is not too cheap either.
The topography and landforms here are diverse, and not every piece of land can be used.
If you want to make full use of these 100 square kilometers, the cost of transformation alone will not be small, and it will definitely be much more expensive than 300,000.
These 300,000 spirit stones were equivalent to one-third of the team's reserves, so it was a huge loss.
As for the contract? Yan Jia Zhuji said, let's sign a draft contract first, and I will send you the official document later.
In fact, this document also came from the Yan family, and other forces just did not deny it.
If the Yan family disappears after this and other forces take over, they will generally be able to barely recognize this document.
It is precisely because of this that the Yan family can only buy and sell the right of use for a hundred years - almost all small and medium-sized forces in Dongsheng have this authority.
If it is the seven major families or the five sects and fourteen schools, the contract can be signed for five hundred years.
Only the Cultivator Alliance can sell spirit veins permanently, but usually they choose to sell them with a time limit.
After signing the draft contract, Flower Scorpion readily took out 100,000 spirit stones as a deposit.
As for the remaining two hundred thousand, we will have to wait for the official document from the other party to be delivered.
The Yan family's foundation-building expert was also very courageous. After receiving the deposit, he actually flew into the air and left.
The purpose of his behavior was to show the other party... that our Yan family has absolute control over this place and is not afraid of being robbed.
However, the three pretended not to see it, and instead looked around the newly acquired land with great interest.
"No way?" The Yan family's foundation-building cultivators were slightly surprised. This is one hundred thousand spirit stones. Do you guys not care about it?
It's really arrogant...
Although the order in Dongsheng is acceptable, the amount of 100,000 spirit stones is enough to tempt some Jindan Zhenren among the casual cultivators.
The Yan family's wandering cultivator flew back to the clan and reported what had happened, and emphasized that the other party took out 100,000 spirit stones without blinking an eye.
In fact, for Qu Jianlei and others, this is definitely a sum of money worth paying attention to.
It’s just that their spirit stones all came from theft and were not saved up through hard work, so it’s not that painful to spend them.
The Jindan who is in charge of foreign affairs of the Yan family is named Yan Xuemin. When he heard that the clan had received such a large sum of money, he immediately recruited the foundation-building master.
"Sicong, tell me what happened during the contact."
Yan Sicong recounted what had happened, emphasizing the two golden elixir talismans and the unfathomable man.
After listening to this, Jindan Patriarch Yan Xuemin nodded thoughtfully, "Are you sure it's a talisman, not a talisman treasure?"
"It should be... a talisman," Yan Sicong thought for a moment, but was not sure, "mainly because the material is very rare."
"That means he has a good background," the old ancestor nodded slightly, "Don't meddle in other people's business when the storm is coming."
"Ancestor..." Yan Sicong hesitated and spoke, "Their origins are really unknown."
"Then we'll see." The old ancestor glanced at him calmly. "They promised not to sell the output. Isn't that enough sincerity?"
Within the Yan family's sphere of influence, many industries are related to the family's interests.
Given the strength this force is currently showing, if it really wants to make a move in certain industries, the interests of the Yan family will inevitably suffer.
Moreover, if the other party really does not trade with the outside world, the people and things they come into contact with will be much fewer.
"Without any communication, are you worried that they might stir up some trouble? Or... are you jealous of their spirit stones?"
"I dare not," Yan Sicong replied respectfully, "I still remember the ancestral teachings, but I think they are a bit ostentatious."
"Then we should not interfere," the old ancestor said calmly, "They are willing to pay this 300,000 yuan, which shows that they have good intentions towards the Yan family."
Not to mention that the land does not have to be purchased from the Yan family. If there is really an ulterior motive, this is not the way to support the enemy.
The Yan family’s entire assets are worth tens of millions of spirit stones, but most of them are industries or material reserves.
The survival and development of large families are mostly asset-intensive. The amount of spiritual stones that the Yan family can afford at any time is only a few million.
Yan Sicong stammered, "I mean... is it appropriate to requisition, er, second their personnel?"
This is another benefit of establishing a sphere of influence. When something happens, you can mobilize cultivators from all the forces within the territory.
However, if we encounter forces that are too powerful, it would definitely not be appropriate to requisition them.
For example, the fourteen factions also have some permanent institutions on the Yan family’s territory. Who dares to recruit them?
However, when encountering serious public incidents, the Yan family, as the local boss, has the responsibility for organization and can negotiate for secondment.
"This... let's wait and see," the ancestor answered thoughtfully. The family's fear of the other party mainly came from not knowing the bottom of the matter.
But then, he smiled again, "Forget it, I'll go take a look with you later, it's just a second-level spiritual vein."
None of them had considered that there would be a Jindan Zhenren in the other team.
The supply limit of the second-level spirit vein is just there. If the other party really has a golden elixir, it can only guarantee that his cultivation will not be affected in the short term.
However, if there really is such a Jindan Zhenren, will other foundation-building practitioners still practice?
As for saying there are two golden elixirs... that's not a joke!
There may be a huge force behind the other party, but it is impossible for the masters of this force to be projected here... we really can't afford to support them!
If it's just a few areas of foundation building, there's really nothing to worry about.
"Great advice, ancestor!" Yan Sicong was overjoyed. "That's what I meant. It would be great if you could go and see it in person."
He is indeed a bit greedy, but deep down he still cares about his family.
After buying the land, there are many related matters, such as determining boundaries, building residences, various infrastructure construction, etc.
When Qu Jianlei and his team were clearing the land, they actually discovered that there were four small villages in their territory.
The big village has more than 200 people, while the small village has only more than 60 people and eight households.
There are more than 500 people in the four villages, and there are two Qi-refining practitioners among them.
This was a village where people had gathered together spontaneously, and they gathered together just to resist wild beasts and thieves.
They were the real tenants of the Yan family, and the land did not belong to them.
To be more precise, they were the tenants of the tenants. The four villages had to pay taxes to the two nearby forces.
The taxation was quite heavy. For farmland, the tax was 30% to 70%, with 70% to be handed over to the government. When necessary, labor and corvée were also required.
After hearing this, Flower Scorpion was a little unhappy. There was actually someone living on the land he bought?
But these people have settled here for a long time, and the oldest family has lived here for two hundred years.
This is undoubtedly the lowest level in the world of immortal cultivation, and life is quite difficult. This reminds Flower Scorpion of his time on the Garbage Planet.
So she didn't chase him away, but reported it to the boss.
Qu Jianlei thought for a moment and said, "Notify them to prepare to move. We have already bought this place."
These people are indeed pitiful, but the land has indeed changed hands. You can't say that just because you have lived there for a long time, it naturally becomes yours.
Zi Jiuxian made a suggestion, "Why not compensate for some of the moving expenses? Since you plan to live here permanently, reputation is very important."
Qu Jianlei pondered for a moment and agreed to her suggestion. After all, they were just poor people and the team could afford the money.
“If those people refuse to relocate, inform the Yan family and let them handle it.”
When we buy a spiritual vein, we are actually buying a clean piece of land, but there are actually people living on it. It is better to let the seller handle it.
However, as expected, the vast majority of villagers expressed their unwillingness to relocate.
There are many reasons for not wanting to relocate. Some say they are too old, some say it is hard to leave their hometown, and some emphasize that they developed the farmland themselves.
Some even said that the relocation fee was a bit too little.
However, most people still take a wait-and-see attitude. After all, they have lived here for too long, and it is difficult to make a decision to move.
What one of the old men said made some sense - for these poor families, moving house would cost them half their lives.
They couldn’t take the farmhouse with them, more than half of the means of production would have to be thrown away, and they didn’t know where to go.
Even if a place is found, the houses have to be rebuilt and the farmland has to be reclaimed, which cannot be solved in one or two years.
Without outside help, it will take at least five to ten years for a family to regain stability.
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