Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

After sending Ninth Master away, Wang Feng brewed a pot of tea in his study. He drank the tea, smoked a cigarette, frowned, and pondered the problem.

Ninth Master purchased twenty tons of jadeite for him this time, but what can that do? It's still a long way from upgrading the Water of Life.

Last time, he spent several hundred kilograms of gold to buy over twenty tons of jade and gemstones collected by Lou Bancheng and more than a dozen other capitalists. However, their collections were all of relatively high quality; these capitalists wouldn't collect inferior pieces.

After upgrading the Water of Life several times, he also discovered a pattern: the law of conservation of energy. With each upgrade, the energy of the Water of Life would increase by at least ten times, and the required amount of jadeite would also increase by at least ten times.

In other words, the amount of jadeite he needs to upgrade the Water of Life this time is at least the previous two hundred tons, and it needs to be of relatively high quality.

He had previously used his spiritual sense to examine the jadeite in the underground chamber, and it was just as Ninth Master had said: most of them were of low quality, with only about a ton of high-quality jadeite.

If it maintains this quality, Wang Feng estimates that at least two to five thousand tons of the Water of Life would be needed to upgrade it, which is far too much.

I sighed. Now that we have a solid foundation, we can't rush things. We have to take it one step at a time.

After finishing his tea, Wang Feng left the study and went back to his room to sleep.

......

One o'clock in the morning.

Wang Feng awoke from his slumber and used his spiritual sense to scan the entire villa. He found that Ninth Master and the others were all fast asleep. He then used his mind to store the boxes of jadeite rough stones from the underground secret room into his spatial storage.

After thinking for a moment, he took out twenty semi-automatic rifles, two light machine guns, one heavy machine gun, one hundred pistols, and fifty thousand rounds of ammunition from the space warehouse and placed them in the underground secret room.

With these tough weapons, even if we fight a gang, it'll be as easy as Zhang Fei eating bean sprouts.

The heavy machine gun was placed in the villa for defense, to protect Lao Liu's wife and children. With this thing, unless the army is deployed, anyone who comes will die.

After placing the weapons into the underground chamber, Wang Feng took out ten million US dollars from the space warehouse and put it into the underground chamber as well.

He received the ten million US dollars from the bank in his hometown. He can spend the money from his hometown in Hong Kong without being caught, right?

As for the money in Hong Kong, he can use it to buy jade mines in Myanmar later, or spend it in a couple of years. He should prioritize stability.

Ten million US dollars is an absolute fortune in this era. If converted into Hong Kong dollars, it would be equivalent to more than 57 million. Even if Lou Bancheng's current wealth were added up, it would only be a fraction of this amount.

This can be considered a test for Ninth Master and his men. If they cannot resist the temptation and swallow the money and weapons, then they will only be asking for death.

After arranging everything, Wang Feng closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

......

The next day, early in the morning.

After Wang Feng got up and washed up, he went downstairs, where Ninth Master and the others were already waiting for him to start the meal.

For breakfast, I made mutton noodles. Wang Feng took a bite and said that although it wasn't as good as Qin Jingru's, it was still very delicious.

"Mmm, delicious! Aunt Li's cooking skills are getting better and better."

"This is the best noodles I've ever eaten in my life."

"Eat more if you like it, there's more in the kitchen."

Aunt Li was happy to see that everyone enjoyed her cooking. The boss paid her quite well, five hundred Hong Kong dollars a month, and she could eat the same food as them, which made her very satisfied.

Moreover, both of her sons work for Ninth Master and his gang, and the family's combined income is almost a thousand yuan a month.

After Ninth Master and the others started eating, they didn't have time to talk to Aunt Li. They ate with great gusto, finishing a bowl of noodles in just a few bites. Luckily, Aunt Li knew they had big appetites, especially Wang Feng, so she made a lot of food for them, otherwise it wouldn't have been enough.

Wang Feng ate five large bowls of noodles by himself, Ninth Master and Sixth Brother each ate three large bowls, and even Second Brother's wife ate two large bowls. It was so delicious! As for the children, they were all different. The oldest was eight years old and the youngest was only three years old. There was a big difference between them.

"Ninth Master, come to my study with me. I have something to tell you."

Wang Feng wiped his mouth and headed upstairs.

"Yes, Young Master Wang."

Upon entering the study, Wang Feng sat down, while Ninth Master stood.

Wang Feng didn't waste any words and said directly, "Last night I arranged for people to move the jadeite away. I put more than a hundred hard weapons in the underground secret room, including a hundred pistols, twenty semi-automatic rifles, two light machine guns, and one heavy machine gun."

"The heavy machine gun is usually used to defend the villa. The second brother's wife and children are here, so their safety must be taken into account. As for the rest, you can arrange it."

"In addition, I have also put ten million US dollars in a secret underground room. Take the money and buy an office building to start a company. Use the rest of the money to buy jade and other daily necessities."

"Yes, Young Master Wang."

"Don't worry, Young Master Wang, I will definitely use this money where it's needed, and I will also keep the five of them, including Second Brother, in check so they won't have any improper thoughts," Ninth Master solemnly assured him.

Wang Feng nodded in satisfaction and spoke in a deep voice:

"The affluent life you are living now, everything you have, including your lives, is a gift from me. As long as you do your jobs honestly and don't have any improper thoughts, you will all live a prosperous life for the rest of your days. Even the wives and children of the second son can live the life of rich young ladies."

At this point, Wang Feng revealed a cold gaze, his tone as sharp as a knife:

"If you dare to betray me, all of you, including the wives of the second brother, will die, and before they die, they will suffer inhuman torture. Believe me, as long as you dare to betray me, even if you escape abroad, I have the ability to find you."

Upon hearing Wang Feng's stern warning, Ninth Master knelt down on the ground without saying a word and kowtowed three times with a loud thud.

"Young Master Wang, our lives, and everything else, were given to us by you. Your kindness to us is like that of our second parents. We once swore that if we dared to betray you, we would all die a terrible death and be sent to the eighteenth level of hell for eternity."

Wang Feng nodded and gestured with his hand: "Alright, get up. It's not that I don't trust you, I'm just reminding you not to let your desires cloud your judgment, otherwise what awaits you will be something you can't handle."

"Yes, Young Master Wang."

Ninth Master stood up and assured him, "Young Master Wang, rest assured, the life we ​​have now is something we never dared to dream of before. If we continue like this, we can live such a good life, and we would never ruin this wonderful life. Besides, Young Master Wang has been incredibly kind to us, so how could we betray him?"