At the foot of a small mountain, next to a gentle and beautiful small lake, stood a light green building surrounded by flowering trees.
The light in the building was soft, and the air was filled with dense green power. Breathing the cool green power into Ji Hao's lungs would make him feel refreshed and refreshed.
Sitting on the wooden bed by the window, Ji Hao carefully observed the interior of the building. A wisp of his spirit power circled around the small building, and only then did Ji Hao discover, to his shock, that this three-storied small building was actually carved out of a single piece of spirit wood.
Faintly, blood-meridian-like silver patterns coiled around the light-cyan wood. Ji Hao pondered for a short while, then figured out the origin of this wood. This was a 'wind dragon nest', which had almost gone extinct in the world. According to the legends, this was a top-grade spirit wood that grew in the strong gales in the sky.
Ancient wind dragons were shaped like winged dragons, with a pair of wings on their backs. They were born with the ability to control storms, and were as famous as Kun Peng and Great Gale. Wind dragon nests floated in the sky, and were born by absorbing the power of hurricanes. Wind dragon nests were an extremely rare pre-world magic material.
A long time ago, the dragon-kind was enraged by the fact that ancient wind dragons didn't follow the orders of the Dragon Emperor. Therefore, the dragon-kind started a war and slaughtered all ancient wind dragons. Wind dragon nests were either burned down or occupied by the dragon-kind, and no one had seen them for a long time.
However, the Tushan Family was able to get such a large piece of spirit wood from a wind dragon nest, and luxuriously carve it into a small building to entertain guests. Tushan Family was indeed as wealthy as dragons and phoenixes, and was the richest among all human clans.
In the alliance of human clans, You Xiong Family, Fuxi Family, Huaxu Family, Lie Mountain Family, and Suiren Family were incomparably powerful, but that was because they had a large number of people, large territories, and elite warriors. Their power was reflected in their great potential in wars.
However, the Tushan Family was different from other human clans.
Their people were smart, and every single one of them was smart. Some people even said that an ancestor of the Tushan Family broke the rules of human relationships, fell in love with a nine-tailed sky fox, and gave birth to a branch of Tushan Family with the fox spirit bloodline.
This branch of Tushan Family, which had the spirit fox bloodline, had been hiding in the Tushan Family, controlling every single move of the entire Tushan Family.
Perhaps because of the fox spirit bloodline, the Tushan Family showed amazing business skills and strength. Tushan Family businesses could be found all over the Midland, and Tushan Family caravans could be seen frequently in the four wastelands as well.
Ji Hao belonged to the Gold Crow Clan. Among countless caravans that passed by the Gold Crow Clan, at least fifty percent belonged to Tushan Family. This clearly showed how far Tushan Family could reach, and how deeply rooted they were in the business channels of the humankind.
Weapons, armors, medicines, magic talismans, even information, slaves, and even large-scale mercenaries … There was no business that Tushan Family dared not to do, and there was no business that they couldn't do.
Therefore, among all human clans, Tushan Family was famous for their wealth. They were the only human clan that could compare with the dragon-kind and phoenix-kind in terms of wealth.
"Rich people." Ji Hao sat on the wooden bed and shook his body.
Two young maidservants with bright eyes and white teeth were holding a jade plate carved out of beautiful jade and carefully served fragrant tea.
A refreshing aroma of tea drifted over. Even though Ji Hao had already broken into the level of Divine Magus, upon smelling this aroma, his spirit blood, which was as sticky as glue and as heavy as mercury, still began boiling inside his body. Waves of heat were generated, causing thunderous booms from Ji Hao's internal organs.
Ji Hao picked up the teacup and gulped it down. He felt a warm stream of power spread out from his stomach, and suddenly, his strength grew slightly stronger. He couldn't help but praise, "Indeed a top-grade tea. Tushan old man, pack me a thousand kilograms of tea before I leave!"
Sitting in front of Ji Hao, Tushan old man had been holding the teacup and carefully smelling the aroma of tea. His face twitched as he bared his teeth, looked at Ji Hao, and laughed after quite a while, "Earl Yao, you're so generous. Alright, a thousand kilograms … So be it."
Tushan old man grinned and shook his head.
Ji Hao raised his eyebrows, put down the teacup, grinningly looked at Tushan old man and said, "I thought you were going to tell me about the history of this tea and how precious it is."
Tushan old man waved his hand generously, laughed out loud and said, "These are just a few things, what's worth boasting about? If this tea wasn't my favorite tea, and the production was way too little, I would give all of it to you, Earl Yao. "
Ji Hao nodded. This tea could help Ji Hao break into the level of Divine Magus and reach the fourth turn of the cultivation method with nine turns. Even Ji Hao could clearly sense the improvement of his physical strength, which clearly showed how precious this tea was.
Nevertheless, Tushan old man gave Ji Hao a thousand kilograms of tea without any hesitation. Judging by his expression, this tea was definitely all he had, but he didn't seem to be reluctant to part with it. Obviously, the saying that Tushan Family was as wealthy as dragons and phoenixes wasn't a lie.
"Alright, let's get down to business." Ji Hao crossed his legs and sat on the wooden bed. He put his hands before his lower abdomen and silently locked his fingers together, then calmly looked at Tushan old man, grinned and said, "You didn't come to me for no reason, did you? You just want to know me, right?"
Tushan old man smilingly nodded, then conveniently took out a scroll made from the leather of a golden-horned eight-winged blood-sucking boa from his sleeve.
The leather of a golden-horned eight-winged blood-sucking boa had a special aroma, and was glowing with a magical dark-golden light. Therefore, Ji Hao recognized the material of this scroll at first glance.
The leather of a golden-horned eight-winged blood-sucking boa was as powerful as dragons, and fed on the spirit blood of flood dragons. Its leather could even fend against the claws and teeth of dragons, and was extremely tough. Ordinary people would usually use a piece of leather to protect their hearts. Tushan old man made it into a scroll, which clearly showed how wealthy Tushan Family was.
Written on the scroll was a contract. According to the contract, in the next hundred years, Tushan Family would provide Ji Hao's Yao Mountain territory with all weapons, armors, bows, arrows, drums, flags, chariots, and all other kinds of armaments, free of charge. Furthermore, Tushan Family would invest a great amount of money to help Ji Hao's territory mine and extract all kinds of rare metals, crystals, jade, and gold.
This meant, within the next hundred years, no matter how many armies Ji Hao built, even if he raised an army with tens of millions, hundreds of millions, or even billions of people, Tushan Family would still be responsible for all his military supplies.
This would be an astronomical cost. Ji Hao clearly understood that based on the current level of development of Yao Mountain territory, an army of a million at most, and that was his upper limit. Besides, he couldn't prepare all the required military supplies within a short period of time.
What Tushan Family offered Ji Hao was a generous gift, an opportunity for Yao Mountain territory to expand speedily and become a powerful force among the alliance of human clans.
"What do you want?" Ji Hao asked honestly.
"Count our Tushan Family in." Tushan old man smilingly looked at Ji Hao and said, "You, the dragon-kind, the phoenix-kind, and that kid Si Wen Ming, count our Tushan Family in. The trade route to the new world belongs to our Tushan Family alone. "
Ji Hao paused, looking at Tushan old man in shock.
This old man was so well-informed.
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