Chapter 42: Finalizing the Deal

Gold coins that have been taken out can never be taken back.

Mo Xiaobai shook his head and was about to speak when Xiao Bai, who had left earlier to brew tea, returned. Seeing the table covered in gold coins, the girl’s right hand holding the tea tray trembled slightly.

“Sir, please.”

Xiao Bai had known Mo Xiaobai was a wealthy player when she saw him take out gold coins, but she never expected him to be this rich. Since the boss would never show more than ten gold coins in public due to his stinginess, the coins must belong to the wealthy player in front of her.

With a thought in her mind, the girl’s thoughts quickly shifted.

A name suddenly popped into her head.

“This high-quality tea is a bit of a waste for someone like me who cannot appreciate it.”

Mo Xiaobai took a sip of the Longjing tea and chuckled with a “Zhe, zhe” sound: “I will not take back the money. There are very few medicine merchants in the entire Prefecture City that can rival Cheng Ji. Since I am here, I do not want to make the trouble of coming back a second time. As for the quantity, I can give you a month or so to gather the goods. For now, I will take some herbs and herbal seeds, and the rest must be delivered to my Daming Village by Cheng Ji at the agreed time.”

“This, actually, is a good plan.”

Upon hearing this, the Fatty nodded quickly. He had been “shocked” by the hundred gold coins just now, but now that he thought carefully, if Mo Xiaobai was not in a rush for the goods, he was not entirely unable to do it.

Although restocking would be troublesome, faced with such huge profits, he was willing to put in the effort.

The Fatty was driven by merchant instincts. Since this deal could be made, he naturally wanted to speed it up: “Just do as you say. Tell me what you want to take first, and I will draft a contract.”

“No hurry. I came here not only to buy medicine, but also to handle another matter.”

“Please speak, please speak.”

The Fatty had been polite to Mo Xiaobai earlier because Mo Xiaobai had received recognition from the Plane and was granted the title of Baron. Now, his warmth was entirely due to the 100 gold coins Mo Xiaobai produced.

Money stirs the heart!

“I also want to hire a few experienced herbal farmers from Cheng Ji to return and guide some of the people in my Territory to plant and cultivate herbs.” Mo Xiaobai finally mentioned another matter that was far more important to him than the transaction, only after seeing the business deal go through.

Training herbal farmers!

Herbal farmers are not like ordinary farmers. Almost every Refugee that refreshes, as long as they are not old, weak, sick, or disabled, can start working in farming, firewood chopping, or mining open-pit stone mines without any prior learning.

However, professions like herbal farmers, blacksmiths, and carpenters cannot be casually filled by all Refugees.

Mo Xiaobai was very clear that he could not simply wait for the Intellect Brain to refresh these special profession Refugees to manage his Territory.

In his previous life, the Intellect Brain refresh was often backwards; it would only refresh the types you did not lack and would not show even one type you urgently needed.

So now that he had arrived in the Prefecture City, Mo Xiaobai was definitely going to gather a batch of talents to take back. He did not need them to be too high-end or possess S-class qualifications; picking a few experienced people from various industries was enough.

Of course, if a talent with S-class qualifications appeared, Mo Xiaobai would definitely not refuse.

However, such good luck was not something Mo Xiaobai expected to encounter every day.

“You want to take people away from me as well?”

Mo Xiaobai did not feel his request was unreasonable, but the Fatty was truly at a loss for words right now. After frowning and hesitating for a long time, he held up three fingers: “Three old farmers can only be lent to you for three months. Their food, lodging, and wages while in your Territory are not my concern. However, you must pay me three gold coins for each person.”

Zhe, zhe, he really loves money so much!

Do you want to see if I use my title of Baron to crush you?

After listening to the Fatty’s words, Mo Xiaobai really wanted to beat him up, but considering his own weak combat attributes and lack of bodyguards nearby, he stopped himself.

As the old saying goes, if one cannot endure small annoyances, big plans will be ruined.

“I will pay the money, but you cannot just grab a few random people to fool me.”

“How dare I, how dare I.”

Seeing Mo Xiaobai agree, the wrinkles on the Fatty’s face instantly smoothed out. He said with a smile: “Do you have any other instructions? If there are no other instructions, I can draft the contract right now.”

“Indeed, there is still a personal matter I would like to ask about. Are there any unemployed chefs in the Prefecture City who can prepare a table of home-style dishes?”

“There are plenty of them. With so many restaurants in the East and West Markets, there are always some that are not doing well. With your status and wealth, you could even directly buy a restaurant and move it back to your Territory.”

Hey, the Fatty’s idea really matched Mo Xiaobai’s thoughts.

If he could not find a suitable one, he would simply buy one, acquiring both the person and the restaurant together.

At worst, he could just offer a higher salary.

It seemed that the few tasks he needed to handle were all handled clearly, so Mo Xiaobai slowly sipped the West Lake Longjing tea in his hand, waiting for Fatty Cheng to finish the contract.

Just as he was happily savoring the tea, a quiet voice suddenly came from beside his ear: “Great God Daydreaming, is the tea good?”

“It’s quite good. Um, do you know who I am?”

“If I could not guess that after all this time, my IQ truly would not be suitable for surviving in the Plane.” The girl’s gaze swept complexly over the hundred gold coins. Once upon a time, her small goal was just to earn one of them to be satisfied.

“Shh, you must keep this a secret. With someone as handsome as me, having a crowd watching would not be good.”

“Pfft~”

The girl’s carefully built-up gloomy mood was completely ruined by Mo Xiaobai’s words. She rolled her eyes at this unreliable Great God and asked, “You just said you wanted to find someone to cook?”

“What, do you want to volunteer?”

“I certainly won’t. The money I could earn as a chef is not even enough to maintain my appearance.” It seemed that loving beauty is a woman’s nature; even while working in a pharmacy, she had not forgotten to be vain.

“I know a very skilled chef. His knife skills, his ability to make braised fish, and his delicious stewed duck are so good that even the Michelin five-star restaurants on Water Blue Star cannot compare.”

“Oh?”

Mo Xiaobai did not expect the girl could give him such a clue, so he asked curiously: “How do you know this kind of chef?”

“After all, I was the first Player to enter Juancheng. Although there was only an Intellect Brain prompt and no public announcement, I still had a bit of a small opportunity. Moreover, let me tell you, whenever I am free, I go around looking for tasks. Guess how many levels I am now?”

The first Player to enter Juancheng?

The girl’s title sounded impressive, but Mo Xiaobai knew the truth. He spoke with a half-smile: “If that is the case, then you must not have obtained a Territory at all, and the trial failed completely, right?”

“Hey, hey, read between the lines but don’t say it out loud! Besides, it is not my fault. Who knew that you could not chop trees at night? I am telling you serious business right now. First, guess how many levels I am?”

“20?”

“No, that is too low.”

“25?”

“Still too low.”

“Are you already level 30?”

Spitting out another number, Mo Xiaobai finally looked at the girl in front of him with a serious expression.

For a Player, leveling up is extremely difficult.

A common bandit only gives 5 experience points, and destroying a bandit lair yields only a few thousand. Mo Xiaobai himself was still only level 15 up to now, which clearly shows how hard it is to level up.

Mo Xiaobai did not dare to say his level was very high, but he was absolutely in the first tier. But now, suddenly a level 30 “main character” appeared, making Mo Xiaobai feel that this was quite strange.

Could those miscellaneous small tasks in the Prefecture City really level up this fast?

Was the memory of my fifteen years in my previous life fake?