Daily life of slaying demons in the government

Chapter 227 Making money every day
When he saw Juan again, Yang Qian still remembered his rudeness to him last time and felt sorry for him, so he was extra polite.

"Haha, Lord Yang, why are you so polite? This is not your style. Well, now that you are out, let's talk business first and reminisce about the past while we eat."

"Okay, I'll follow Deputy Hu's instructions. Deputy Hu, please come in!"

They entered the room of the Patrol Office one after another. It was empty. Hu An joked, "Master Yang, your staff seems a little thin. What's the matter? Are they afraid to work for you?"

"Deputy Hu, you are joking. I don't know if others are afraid or not, but I am. I am afraid that someone who is not well-informed will come in and mess with me, a person who is unfamiliar with the place. So I dare not recruit anyone. I will make do with it for now. When I have sorted out the situation, I will ask the Lord of the Mansion for some people to use."

Hu An laughed and followed him into Yang Qian's official room, sitting down on a chair beside him. He got straight to the point and said, "When Lord Liu asked you to come to Jizhou City, I was thinking that he might let you rush in front. But I didn't expect you to rush so fast and so fiercely!"

Juan sat in the guest seat and spoke calmly, without any airs of a man from the imperial city. On the contrary, from the moment they met, they felt close to each other as if they were old acquaintances.

Yang Qian also laughed and said, "Deputy Servant Hu is too kind. I am just following the orders of the Palace Master. I am not strong enough, so I am counting on Deputy Servant Hu to help me save face!"

Juan waved his hands quickly.

To support the occasion? If it was a few days ago, Juan might really think that he could come to support Yang Qian, but now... To support a person who can kill an evil cultivator in the Jindan realm with a sword? Juan didn't dare to respond.

"Yang Qian, your skills are rare in the Hongwu Dynasty. I don't have the ability to support you. At most, you are short of manpower, and I am here to help you in an emergency. Also, let's take a look at the things you seized with your sword. The imperial court has always been generous in rewarding people in this regard."

As a person, Juan did not dare to act arrogantly when facing Yang Qian, and even had to be extremely alert. He looked casual and friendly, but in fact, he had to think before saying every word. As he said, there were too few people like Yang Qian in the Hongwu Dynasty, so he did not dare to push them away.

When Hu An received the news on the way, he guessed that Liu Chuan must have reported the matter about Yang Qian to the imperial court, and it was very likely that he would present it directly to the emperor. He came here to first check whether it was true or not, and secondly to make contact first and wait for the secret order from the imperial city that would come later.

Fortunately, Yang Qian's attitude towards Juan remained the same as before, and there was no change due to his improved cultivation.

This makes me feel more and more that Yang Qian is precious to the Hongwu Dynasty. But things can't be rushed, it's better to do it step by step.

Hearing Juan talking about the captured items, Yang Qian's smile widened.

Without saying a word, he took out three storage bags.

Two were obtained from killing two people in Yong'an City before, and the other was obtained from the evil cultivator in the Jindan realm who was killed yesterday.

"What's inside?"

"Hehe, everything inside has been disposed of. There are only some spirit stones left. Is Deputy Hu interested?"

In fact, there were quite a few things in the storage bag, but most of them were about evil means. Yang Qian couldn't keep them. They had already been taken away by Feng Qingyi and Xu Xiushan yesterday. He said that he would bring him something else later.

"Spiritual Stone? You don't need it?"

"Hehe, we can't use it all. Is Deputy Attendant Hu interested?" Yang Qian laughed casually.

"how much do you have?"

Yang Qian picked up one of the storage bags and shook it. After a rustling sound, a small hill of things formed on the table.

"They are all low-grade spirit stones, forty in total."

"Sell them all?" Juan's eyes lit up. Compared to storage bags, spirit stones were not a rare commodity. The Hongwu Dynasty had small mines digging privately. Although the output of a mine was not much, it was not a small amount when gathered together. The inner guards could get some.

But in addition to being a hard currency in the cultivation world, spirit stones are also a necessary consumable for cultivation. The higher the level of cultivation, the greater the consumption of spirit stones. So no matter how you mine, the output of spirit stones will never keep up with the consumption, not to mention the "currency" feature, the demand is even greater.

"Hey, Yang Qian, this amount of spirit stones is not a small amount, but it's not much either. How do you want to pay?"

Juan chuckled, and there was something familiar in his words. It seemed that most people would chuckle like this when bargaining with others.

Yang Qian also laughed and shook his head, saying, "I will do whatever Deputy Hu says. As long as the price is right, it doesn't matter who I sell it to."

"Hahaha, that's great! I won't hide it from you. We have a lot of personal connections in the inner guards. We need spirit stones ourselves, and we also need to take care of things everywhere. The spirit stones distributed by the higher-ups are not enough at all, and we are in a tight spot."

After a pause, Juan held up a finger and said, "How about ten gold coins for one?"

Yang Qian shook his head and said, "Thirty gold coins per stick. No bargaining."

Juan blinked his eyes, thinking that he had given a fair price, but he did not expect Yang Qian to triple it.

"Deputy Servant Hu, Spirit Stones are a scarce commodity everywhere, especially in the imperial court. Gold flakes are easy to earn, but Spirit Stones are hard to come by. If you really think they are too expensive, I won't force you to give them to me. I'll keep them for now. When I have the chance, I can go to the Five Thunder Palace Market to exchange them for some elixirs."

Yang Qian's meaning was clear. Lingshi could be easily sold and even easily exchanged for other things. On the contrary, in the Hongwu Dynasty, there were very few opportunities to exchange gold flakes for Lingshi. Real price? Where is the real price? The real thing is that there is a price but no demand.

Juan smiled bitterly and said, "Yang Qian, you are so good at business, it's a pity for you to become an official. Okay, let's do as you say, thirty gold for one piece, forty gold, I'll take them all."

Yang Qian smiled brilliantly upon hearing this. This was a huge income, a full twelve hundred gold coins!

"But Deputy Hu, I don't accept gold notes."

"Ah? You want real gold for such a large amount?!" Juan felt a headache. Gold pieces are heavy and inconvenient to carry. They are not something that appear in ordinary transactions. They are usually dealt with with gold notes. If you want real gold, you can go to a bank to exchange it. But Yang Qian's behavior shows that he does not trust the bank in the imperial court.

"Deputy Hu, please be considerate. Gold bills always feel empty in my hands. I still like the comfort of heavy gold hitting my hands."

Money house? Which money house can give Yang Qian more than a thousand gold? When the news spreads, will he still be known as a "huge corrupt official"?

As for the gold notes, that thing is useless to Yang Qian.

Juan was speechless and could only say, "If you only want the actual gold, then you'll have to wait a little longer. With such a large sum, I'll have to find someone to help you distribute it slowly."

Hu An was just a deputy attendant, in other words, the emperor's servant. How much money could he have? These forty spiritual stones had to be divided among the people. Each person had to buy a few and pay a little to eat.

After talking about spirit stones, the only thing left is the storage bag.

"You don't want gold flakes for this thing, do you? Exchange it for something else. This thing is very valuable, and the number of gold flakes is too high. It's even harder to get real gold for you."

Yang Qian smiled and replied, "How about exchanging for Lingyun Pills? Small Lingyun Pills are fine. How about exchanging these two small ones for five, and this large storage bag for ten?"

When Juan heard this, his hands shook and the water in the teacup spilled out.

He shook his head and said, "Why don't you tell me how you want to exchange it for gold tablets? Lingyun Pills? My goodness, who would trade with you for something like this? How many people have lined up for more than ten years and still can't get one, but you just open your mouth and ask for more than ten pills."

(End of this chapter)