194: Chapter 194 Grain Business

Linjiang Prefecture.

After Chen Hu released 1,000,000 jin of grain, the Storage Ring didn't seem as crowded anymore.

However, the ordinary grain cards produced hundreds of thousands of jin of grain every day.

Therefore, this bit of space would soon be filled up again.

He needed to find a place to store all the grain in the Storage Ring.

Suddenly, Chen Hu remembered that the Hu Family, one of the Five Great Families in the Inner City, specialized in the grain business.

Recently, the Hu Family should have also sold quite a bit of grain.

Thus, Chen Hu contacted Hu Feilong via the sound transmission gu.

"Old Hu, is your family's grain stockpile still abundant?"

Hu Feilong replied, "Reporting to Brother Hu, it is still quite abundant. Are you short on grain? If you are, my Hu Family can provide support with a batch."

Chen Hu said, "That's not the case. I recently acquired a large batch of grain. Do you have any larger warehouses on your side? If so, rent me a few to use!"

A quarter of an hour later, Chen Hu and Hu Feilong met at a warehouse district.

Originally, Chen Hu told Hu Feilong to just arrange for someone to take him to the warehouse district, but Hu Feilong insisted on coming in person.

Because the Hu Family had been in the grain business for generations, they had found a plot of land in the Outer City and specifically built it into warehouses to facilitate grain storage.

During this period, the Hu Family had sold a lot of grain, so several warehouses had become vacant.

Very quickly, Chen Hu inspected the four idle warehouses.

"Brother Hu, how is it? Are four warehouses enough? If not, I will find a way to clear out a few more!" Hu Feilong asked cautiously.

These four warehouses of the Hu Family were much larger than the warehouses inside the Mingjian Villa farm.

Because the warehouses inside the farm were only for temporary grain storage and would soon be transported away.

Therefore, one of the Hu Family's warehouses was equivalent to five or six warehouses at the farm.

If all four warehouses were filled, it could hold about one-third of the grain.

"That's enough!" Chen Hu said, "By the way, is your Hu Family still buying grain?"

Hu Feilong said, "Buying, of course we are buying. If Brother Hu wants to sell grain, at the current market price, we will buy as much as you have!"

"Do you think grain prices will continue to rise?" Chen Hu asked.

"That is certain!" Hu Feilong said with a determined tone, "Given the current situation in Feilong Prefecture, there is a severe shortage of grain. Moreover, people from the Yellow Heaven Sect secretly approached our Hu Family, indicating they could purchase grain at a price 20% higher than the market price. Therefore, even if I buy at the market price now, there is still profit to be made!"

"The Yellow Heaven Sect is likely restless. If you sell grain to them, aren't you afraid the imperial court will settle accounts during the autumn harvest?" Chen Hu asked with a smile.

Hu Feilong dismissed this, "If it were the original imperial court, we would naturally have to be cautious. But now, the Great Yong Kingdom is almost finished. Our Prefect is also someone who only recognizes silver. As long as he is fed well, he almost always turns a blind eye!"

"Since that's the case, I will sell 1,000,000 shi of grain to your Hu Family. We won't go by the current market price; we will calculate it at 90% of the market price. You find a larger place, and once you have it ready, notify me. I will arrange for people to deliver the grain. You can settle the bill once you see the grain!"

"That's great, Brother Hu!" Hu Feilong was overjoyed. With his Hu Family's foundation, it was no problem to take on 1,000,000 shi of grain.

Currently, grain had reached about 1 tael of silver per shi.

In this world, one shi of grain was 100 jin.

Therefore, 1,000,000 shi of grain was only 1,000,000 taels of silver.

After finalizing matters with Hu Feilong, Chen Hu left. He had already obtained the keys to the four warehouses.

He would wait until night to quietly put the grain into the warehouses.

As for the 1,000,000 shi of grain promised to the Hu Family, Hu Feilong would have to find a new place to store it.

After returning to the Fierce Tiger Gang, Chen Hu first went to the dungeon and copied a Earth-grade Blade Technique from Jia Yan.

Currently, he possessed one Permanent Fusion Card.

Every day, he could fuse one Cultivation Technique or Martial Skill.

Previously, he hadn't used it because he intended to use the enlightenment card to Cultivate all Martial Skills to Perfection before performing Fusion.

But unfortunately, there was now an additional Spell Card. He could draw a spell every day, which occupied the enlightenment card.

However, he suddenly had an inspiration. He didn't necessarily have to Cultivate all Martial Skills to Perfection before using it. He could just fuse them first.

Returning to his office, Chen Hu began to comprehend two high-tier Earth-grade Cultivation Techniques.

One was named "Seven Kill Blade Technique", and the other was named "Blood Evil Blade Technique".

The former only took half a quarter of an hour to comprehend before directly reaching the Entry level.

The latter didn't even take half a quarter of an hour to directly reach the Entry level.

Seeing the two blade techniques appear on the System panel, Chen Hu took out the Permanent Fusion Card.

He selected the two blade techniques and directly fused them.

"Ding, congratulations to the Host for obtaining a new low-tier Heaven Grade Blade Technique. Please name it!"

Chen Hu thought for a moment and said, "Let's call it Seven Evil Blade Technique!"

Then, the content of the Seven Evil Blade Technique was directly poured into his mind, along with a faint amount of cultivation experience.

However, this bit of experience only allowed his "Seven Evil Blade Technique" to reach the Entry level.

Today's Fusion quota was used up.

Chen Hu continued to comprehend the copied Martial Skills.

It didn't take long for him to comprehend all the copied Martial Skills to the Entry level.

In fact, if he spent more time, these Martial Skills would reach higher levels.

But he didn't want to waste time.

Before long, Internal Affairs Hall Master Yang Siyou arrived again.

He came to report two things to Chen Hu.

First, the courtyards on both sides of the General Hall had been connected, and simple renovations had been carried out.

Secondly, regarding the cafeteria, the General Hall's cafeteria and the cafeterias of each branch hall had already been built, and cooks and handymen had been hired.

"Gang Leader, the cook for our General Hall was poached from a large restaurant. You must try his craft!" After reporting, Yang Siyou asked with a smile.

"Sure!" Chen Hu nodded, "Tell the cook to arrange two tables. Let the Deputy Gang Leaders, all Elders, and the Hall Masters of our General Hall go and try it too."

"Very well, Gang Leader, this subordinate will go arrange it right away!"

"Wait!" Chen Hu called out to Yang Siyou, "You have worked hard during this period. Take this bottle of Medicinal Pill to use!"

Chen Hu took out a bottle of Medicinal Pill for the Flesh Refining Realm and tossed it to him, saying.

"Thank you for the reward, Gang Leader!" Yang Siyou said immediately with gratitude.

He didn't dare to check what the Medicinal Pill was on the spot.

After leaving Chen Hu's office and returning to his own, he opened the medicine bottle.

When he saw the ten Medicinal Pills inside the jade bottle, Yang Siyou couldn't help but show a look of wild joy.

Because what Chen Hu gave him was exactly the Medicinal Pill he needed most at the moment, and one Medicinal Pill cost as much as 30 taels of silver; such a bottle was worth 300 taels.

"As expected of the Gang Leader, his generosity is unmatched!" Yang Siyou chuckled, and at the same time, he decided that in the future, he must hug the Gang Leader's thigh tightly.

At noon, Chen Hu took the two Deputy Gang Leaders, as well as all the Elders and the Hall Masters of the General Hall, to try the new cook's craft.

Why were there only two Deputy Gang Leaders? Because Leader Gao Zhan was not there; he was leading a caravan to transport smuggled salt.

Because of Feilong Prefecture, there had been many more bandits on the trade routes recently.

Leader Gao Zhan was worried, so he went to the caravan to sit in command himself.

After tasting the cook's craft, Chen Hu was quite satisfied.

He called the cook over to praise him in person and even rewarded him with five taels of silver.