172: Win-win cooperation

"Yu Yuze: Everyone, don't be impulsive. Tonight, merchants are delivering grain down the mountain!

As long as everyone has money, they will have grain!"

"Han Luo: Really? Qin Army has sealed the mountain. How can grain merchants get up the mountain now?"

"Chen Wang: Are you stupid? Now you're still talking about money with us?

Brother, your life is about to be over!"

"Yu Yuze: If we don't take the money, we'll all die together. Everyone can just starve to death. My dad is gone anyway, so I'll go offline and check on him!"

"Shao Tianlong: Wait, Old Yu is gone?"

Shao Tianlong couldn't quite believe it. Old Yu was such a resourceful person on normal days, how could he just be gone like that?

Didn't their Zang Ai Family still have grain? Even if someone starved, it shouldn't have been Old Yu.

"Yu Yuze: At a time like this, would I still lie to you? Besides, would I joke about my dad?"

"Shao Tianlong: No, I'm just curious, how did Old Yu die?"

"Yu Yuze: Don't worry about that!

Just talk about the grain merchant. Are you going to pay or not? If not, I'll set the granary on fire right now, and no one will have a good time!"

Yu Yuze said angrily. He had steeled his heart at this moment. His father's revival would take six days, and he needed to get through this period on his own!

At worst, they'd all die together. Anyway, no outcome could be worse than the current situation!

"Yu Yuze: Those who agree, stop moving forward.

Those who disagree, after I light the granary, let's fight to the death!"

Seeing this, the Mountain Bandit allied forces unconsciously stopped, as no one wanted to die together if there was a way out.

"What do you all think?" Wang Tianhang asked.

"If it's about money, as long as the price isn't ridiculously high, there's room for discussion," Shao Tianlong said.

He played this game to make money, not to hold a grudge.

If he held a grudge, wouldn't the fur coats he bought for several thousand taels of silver be wasted?

A few days ago, the Mountain Bandits in their mountain who had fur coats launched a major sweep. Guilds that hadn't bought fur coats were either forced offline or joined other guilds.

He didn't want to do something that would result in both sides losing. He was still hoping this guild would continue to bring him income.

"Then shall we talk?" Wang Tianhang asked.

Everyone nodded upon hearing this. After all, after the guild battles a few days ago, Shao Tianlong's and Wang Tianhang's Rebel Army had risen to prominence, becoming the overlords of the mountain.

Their decisions could represent the majority.

"Let's talk," Shao Tianlong said.

He had great respect for Old Yu, who had already gone offline. Not only was he able to acquire winter clothing when it was scarce,

but at this moment, he could even find a grain merchant willing to risk his life to deliver goods for him!

Shao Tianlong admitted he didn't have such ability. In the early days of the mountain seal, he had been trying to contact the person who sold him fur coats last time.

He tried to trade some more grain from him but had been unable to reach him.

"Wang Tianhang: Time and place!"

"Yu Yuze: You agreed?"

"Shao Tianlong: Agreed."

"Yu Yuze: Let me be clear beforehand, one picul of grain costs twelve taels of silver, which is two hundred copper coins per catty!

Forty thousand catties of grain will be delivered today. The quantity is limited, first come, first served!"

"Wang Tianhang: You're f*cking robbing us! Two hundred copper coins per catty, it's only one copper coin per catty down the mountain!"

"Chen Wang: You've multiplied it by a hundred times. Are you trying to fool us?"

"Yu Yuze: You also know that's down the mountain. They are risking extermination of their entire clan to deliver grain to you, and you're still being picky.

Someone has already ordered three thousand catties! First come, first served!"

"Wang Tianhang: You're f*cking robbing us, aren't you? Even if I, Wang Tianhang, starve to death or jump off the mountain, I will never buy a single grain from you!"

"Yu Yuze: I'm sorry, there's only a thousand catties left. Do you want it? If you don't, I'll gladly take it."

Wang Tianhang's face was ashen. He said to the many players around him, "He must be bluffing us. Let's lead our troops and go snatch his grain!"

Wang Tianhang looked back and found that no one echoed him. He looked up and saw everyone had lowered their heads.

"What's wrong with you all? You can't possibly believe his nonsense, can you?" Wang Tianhang asked in surprise.

But still, no one responded to him.

Silence was the Cambridge of this evening... Finally, Shao Tianlong spoke, "Old Wang, stop messing around."

Wang Tianhang said in surprise, "Me messing around? It was your Vice Guild Leader Chen Wang who initiated the allied forces. Now you're saying I'm messing around?

You don't really believe he has grain, do you? This is a delaying tactic!"

"Old Wang, trust me, cooperation leads to win-win. At this time, he wouldn't dare to deceive us. Normally, there might be conflicts between guilds, but if he tries to deceive so many people at once, there will be no place for them on this big mountain!" Shao Tianlong said.

This was something they all understood. Unless he absconded with this large sum of money and never played the game again, he would constantly face pursuit from players.

The Zang Ai Family had a large enterprise. Although this sum of money was significant, it wasn't worth their guild doing something like that.

So, this was the consensus among all of them!

And Wang Tianhang had now become the only outlier among them!

"Yu Yuze: The last thousand catties of grain, first call!

The last thousand catties of grain, second call!"

"Wang Tianhang: How much grain is that for anyone to eat? Save me another two thousand catties."

"Yu Yuze: This time, I didn't keep any grain at all. I gave it all to you.

If you feel it's not enough, you can ask your allied Brothers to share some with you."

Yu Yuze sneered continuously. The other side was just a mob. With a few words, he had dissolved the allied forces. It seemed he could still manage even without his dad!

Wang Tianhang glanced around. He sighed and said nothing.

It wasn't that he was embarrassed, but he knew that even if he spoke, no one would share grain with him, so why bother making a fool of himself?

"Wang Tianhang: I want a thousand catties."

"Yu Yuze: I'm sorry, two hundred taels of silver isn't enough now. It's four hundred taels!"

"Wang Tianhang: What do you mean?"

"Yu Yuze: It doesn't mean anything. It's just that your Guild Leader Wang has a large enterprise, so you can't let this old man make a trip for nothing, can you?

You decide on the four hundred taels. If this old man can't even earn hard-earned money, then this business isn't worth doing!"

The atmosphere among the crowd froze, especially for Wang Tianhang, whose face was so gloomy it looked like it could drip water!

"I think Old Yu is right too. You can't let someone make a trip for nothing," Shao Tianlong said softly.

"Exactly, who runs errands for free?" Han Luo said from the crowd.

Wang Tianhang looked at Shao Tianlong in disbelief, and in his despair, he agreed.

Shao Tianlong sneered inwardly. Wang Tianhang and he were the two largest guilds. Now, by leveraging the Zang Ai Family, even weakening his strength by a tiny bit was worth it!

"Yu Yuze: Good!

Money received! Each guild send ten people to collect the grain. Not too many, to avoid being discovered by the Qin Army!"

Upon hearing this, everyone arranged their personnel. They all selected ten skilled individuals, so even if Yu Yuze tried to trick them, they could still escape!

"Yu Yuze: Location: halfway up Dongxiaogou Peak, West Mountain. Gather now."

Lin Yue was watching with great interest. What had just happened in the chat channel gave him a vivid lesson, perfectly demonstrating the cruelty and self-interest of humans in special circumstances.

Only after Yu Yuze stated the location did Lin Yue react.

It was his turn to make an appearance!