5: Chapter 5 Successfully Completed the Transaction

"Since no one knows how, I suppose I'll have to do it, albeit reluctantly!"

Emperor Taizong of Tang watched Yang Fan, his fist already clenched.

He had just heard that the injection was to be given in the buttocks. How could that guy Yang Fan be allowed to see that!

"Young Master, there's no need to trouble you. I will do it myself."

"You just need to explain it to me!"

Yang Fan looked bewildered. Why was Emperor Taizong of Tang gritting his teeth over an injection in the arm?

Yang Fan searched for a video on how to give an arm injection and showed it to Emperor Taizong of Tang.

Emperor Taizong of Tang was so startled that he tumbled right off his stool.

Pointing at the phone in Yang Fan's hand, he said:

"Why have you locked a person inside a magical artifact!"

Empress Zhangsun also stood up and moved away from Yang Fan.

To be able to fit a person inside such a small box was terrifying.

"Hahahaha..."

Yang Fan clutched his stomach and burst into laughter, laughing until tears streamed down his face.

After a good while, just as Emperor Taizong of Tang was grabbing Empress Zhangsun to make a run for it, Yang Fan finally spoke up.

"This is just an image; it can record things. It's just that in your ancient times, you use text."

"But we can use technology to record!"

Emperor Taizong of Tang swallowed hard. He had been truly frightened just now, fearing that Yang Fan would suck both of them inside.

"How can you prove it?"

"You can just ask the system; it should be able to give you an answer."

Emperor Taizong of Tang actually went ahead and asked.

After a while, he returned to the stone table and sat back down.

He reached out his hand and said:

"Let me see it."

Yang Fan found the video and handed it to Emperor Taizong of Tang.

Emperor Taizong of Tang had just received the answer from the system; it really wasn't some magical artifact, but an item used for communication in Yang Fan's era.

Emperor Taizong of Tang quickly watched it once.

"It's that simple? Didn't you say earlier that it needed to be in the buttocks..."

"I was just giving an example; I never said Empress Zhangsun needed an injection in the buttocks."

Yang Fan finally understood why Emperor Taizong of Tang had a dark expression. Goodness, was he, Yang Fan, that kind of person!!

"This thing is great! Could you sell me one?"

"Sigh, pay me for our last transaction first."

Yang Fan wouldn't sell the phone to him first. Otherwise, how would he bluff him later? This place had internet access; if Emperor Taizong of Tang started surfing the web, wouldn't he find out everything?

Emperor Taizong of Tang didn't dawdle and pushed the remaining 9 gold ingots to Yang Fan.

【Transaction complete. Transaction value rated A. Received 200 transaction points.】

Yang Fan was stunned for a moment. There were other surprises too.

<What are these transaction points for?>

【They can temporarily open a dimensional space, requiring 100 transaction points. The initial space is 10 cubic meters, and each upgrade costs 50 transaction points.】

<Then open it directly.>

Yang Fan didn't hesitate and opened it immediately. This was also for better future transactions; otherwise, he couldn't just leave large batches of traded goods sitting in the transaction space where someone could take them without him knowing.

【Opening successful. Remaining: 100 transaction points.】

Yang Fan tried putting the 9 gold ingots into the dimensional space, then tried taking one out.

It was very convenient.

"I can't sell this to you now. Even if I were to sell it, you would need to provide items of equal value, right?"

If the phone were sold over there, Emperor Taizong of Tang would be able to know the prices here, as well as the specific value of the traded items.

It would have to wait until the middle or later stages to be sold over.

Emperor Taizong of Tang nodded and reluctantly handed the phone back.

He had thought about keeping it for himself, but without Yang Fan to demonstrate, he wouldn't know how to use it at all.

"Then I will go back and think carefully about what to exchange for it!"

"Hmm, the medicine for Empress Zhangsun is a two-month supply. Remember to buy more from me before it runs out!"

After Yang Fan finished speaking, Emperor Taizong of Tang was stunned.

"You mean this medicine cannot cure my Empress?"

Yang Fan looked puzzled. Had he ever said it would cure her?

"Didn't I say I would guarantee Empress Zhangsun wouldn't die? When did I ever say I would cure her?"

Emperor Taizong of Tang recalled it, and it seemed that was indeed what Yang Fan had said.

"It's a pity you aren't a merchant. I will come back to buy more when the medicine is about to run out."

Although this medicine was outrageously expensive, for the sake of Empress Zhangsuns nickname, he was willing to spend the money.

At this moment, Empress Zhangsun's breathing began to become rapid again.

Seeing this, Yang Fan immediately took out the spray medication and said to Empress Zhangsun:

"Open your mouth!"

Empress Zhangsun nodded and opened her mouth.

Yang Fan quickly sprayed it a few times.

In less than a minute, Empress Zhangsun's breathing stabilized. After all, she had never used modern medicine, and Yang Fan didn't understand the dosage either; the efficacy was surprisingly good.

Emperor Taizong of Tang watched from the side, astonished. This medicine was truly worth the price.

"Empress Zhangsuns nickname, how are you feeling!"

Empress Zhangsun felt it for a moment and said:

"I feel my breathing is much smoother."

Emperor Taizong of Tang nodded in satisfaction. It seemed Yang Fan was quite good and reliable after all.

"You are quite good. I still don't know your name, Young Master!"

"Yang Fan."

"You don't have a courtesy name?"

"We modern people rarely use courtesy names."

Yang Fan didn't know when people stopped using courtesy names. He only knew that ordinary people didn't care about them. Perhaps some large families still retained them.

Emperor Taizong of Tang had originally wanted to help Yang Fan choose one, but hearing that they didn't use them, he didn't insist.

"What kind of dynasty do you live in? Everything you use is extraordinary; even the bottle holding the medicine is top-tier colored glaze."

"Are you short on troops and provisions? I know a thing or two about troops and provisions!"

Yang Fan glanced at him. This was being too humble. If he only knew a thing or two, then there would be no way for others to survive.

Yang Fan thought for a moment.

"We don't call them dynasties anymore. The last dynasty fell a hundred years ago."

"Now, the people are the masters."

"As for the troops and provisions you mentioned."

"Not many."

"The formal military is only a mere two million or so."

"The reserves are fifty or sixty million."

"We have plenty of weapons, ammunition, and food!"

Emperor Taizong of Tang and Empress Zhangsun's jaws nearly dropped to the floor upon hearing this.

There are no dynasties, so who is in charge of the country?

A million troops, and he calls it a "mere" amount?

The two of them could roughly understand what reserves were.

But this number—are you sure it's not the country's population?

Emperor Taizong of Tang's brain went a bit blank.

Moreover, listening to Yang Fan, it seemed that provisions and the like were trivial matters, not even worth considering.

"Have you ever heard of the crime of deceiving the Emperor?"

Emperor Taizong of Tang felt that Yang Fan was deceiving him. With such a massive army, what kind of person could lead it?

With so many troops, what kind of person could keep them in check?

If things went wrong, there would be endless internal strife.

Yang Fan rolled his eyes at him.

"Then have you ever heard of a palm technique that descends from the heavens?"

"Absurd! Do you take me for a three-year-old child!"

"Then aren't you also being absurd? So what if I'm deceiving the Emperor? Can you punish me?"

Yang Fan had an annoyingly smug expression. Although you are an Emperor, he was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze; would he be afraid of an ancient monarch like you?

Besides, they weren't even in the same era.

Emperor Taizong of Tang was speechless. He looked at Yang Fan; this guy had not a shred of reverence for imperial power, and even seemed a bit disdainful.

"Even if there are so many troops, how many people can command such a large force?"

"An army without a commander isn't just a scattered mess?"