The stewards present who wanted to snap up rice were all stunned. But due to the presence of yamen servants, they couldn't continue to snatch rice. They could only stand in place and start arguing.
"You old shameless ones. My master is having a birthday celebration. Do you also want to snatch?"
"Steward Hu, just shut up. Your master's birthday has nothing to do with the Lin family."
"That's right. Such good rice is hard to come by. You can't take it all by yourself, can you?"
Everyone was constantly bickering. Shen Hao was overjoyed in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it. He didn't expect that the stale rice from Earth could be sold in the Great Qian Kingdom and be so valuable. It even attracted everyone to scramble to buy it.
Xiao Rou on the side was also a smart person. She immediately said for Shen Hao, "Don't snatch anymore. How about this? The one with the highest price gets it. Whoever offers more money will get all the rice on today's stall."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned. Then they were overjoyed! Such good rice is hard to come by even with money. For the sake of their masters' faces, they must snatch it!
"My Hu family offers six taels of silver!"
"The Lin family offers seven taels. Our mistress wants this rice."
"Hmph, the Bai family offers eight taels. No one can snatch it. Only our master is worthy of enjoying this rice."
The price of rice was getting higher and higher.
Shen Hao didn't expect that cross-border business was really profitable. In the end, the Hu family waved their hands and bought all the rice on the stall at a sky-high price of ten taels.
"Our Hu family offers ten taels! I hope everyone will show some mercy considering Master Hu's birthday!"
Steward Hu said almost through gritted teeth.
Everyone present looked at the doubled sky-high price and also closed their mouths. Although rice is hard to come by, the price is too much higher. Moreover, if they insisted on snatching, it would be disrespecting the Hu family.
Except for Steward Hu, everyone else looked embarrassed.
Seeing that no one was snatching anymore, Steward Hu immediately had someone weigh the rice.
There were a total of thirty bags of rice, ten catties in each bag, that is, three hundred catties of rice!
At ten taels per catty, it was three thousand taels of silver. This was sky-high priced grain!
Three thousand taels of silver was something ordinary people couldn't even imagine. Only these wealthy households could afford it.
After weighing the rice, Steward Hu didn't waste any words and directly took out a banknote and gave it to Shen Hao. Banknotes couldn't be faked and could be immediately taken to a nearby money exchange to exchange for cash. Xiao Rou collected the banknote for Shen Hao. Then she started hawking the remaining canned luncheon meat.
However, the canned luncheon meat was too expensive. A small box cost five taels of silver. No one would buy it at all. Moreover, those stewards were already angry because they didn't get the rice. They wouldn't look at the canned luncheon meat at all.
In the end, Shen Hao could only pack up his stall early and take Xiao Rou to look at a house.
When the two found the yamen, the servant had already purchased a mansion for Shen Hao.
The mansion was not small. It was warm in winter and cool in summer. There was a large courtyard with east and west wings. There were also many servants' rooms. It was a mansion that only the wealthy could afford.
The servant said with a smile, "Thanks to Young Master Shen's good fortune, this mansion was previously lived in by Scholar Zhang. After he was promoted, he moved out of Zhengyang County. This mansion was left behind and can be used as a place to stay."
Hearing this, Shen Hao nodded and didn't say anything more.
To do business, he must buy a mansion. In this way, it would be convenient to travel between the two worlds.
"How much is this mansion?" Shen Hao took out the banknotes in his hand.
The servant was stunned when he saw the banknotes in Shen Hao's hand. As expected of a rich young master. With a casual wave, there was a stack of banknotes worth a thousand taels!
"Not much. I negotiated the price for you. As long as 500 taels, you can get this mansion."
"En."
Shen Hao nodded and handed over five one-hundred-tael banknotes.
Then he signed on the property deed. This mansion belonged to him.
After the servant left, Xiao Rou began to look at the mansion. "Young master, aren't we going back to the Immortal Realm? Why do we buy a mansion in the Great Qian Kingdom?"
Shen Hao smiled and said, "How can we make our business bigger and stronger without buying a mansion?"
"Young master is right. These mortals have never seen the good things of the Immortal Realm. Without a mansion, it's not convenient for us to bring things from the Immortal Realm."
Xiao Rou had already started to think for Shen Hao.
Shen Hao thought for a while and then said, "These banknotes are like waste paper in my hand. I'll go to the money exchange and exchange them all for gold ingots."
Shen Hao thought very clearly. Silver was not valuable on Earth. On the contrary, gold was hard currency.
He could exchange all the money in this world for gold. Then sell it on Earth. In this way, the profit would increase thousands of times.
Although Xiao Rou didn't understand why Shen Hao wanted to exchange for gold, she still took the initiative to follow along.
Before long, the workers from the money exchange brought a box of gold ingots to Shen's mansion.
In the Great Qian Kingdom, the exchange ratio between silver and gold was 1:10.
That is, 100 taels of silver for 1 tael of gold.
Shen Hao used 500 taels to buy the mansion. He still had 2,500 taels of silver left. All exchanged for gold would be 250 taels.
Shen Hao didn't waste any words. He locked the gate of the mansion and immediately took the gold and returned to Earth.
Xiao Rou also hurriedly held Shen Hao's hand, afraid that Shen Hao would leave her alone in the Great Qian world.
With a flash of white light, the two returned to Shen Hao's home on Earth.
Shen Hao didn't stop either. He immediately contacted a classmate who bought gold and asked him to appraise the gold.
Xiao Rou also knew that Shen Hao was busy and didn't dare to disturb. She went back to her room and stayed there.
"Brother Li, I have a batch of gold passed down from my ancestors. Recently, I'm in financial difficulties. Come and take a look."
"Haizi, how long has it been since we last contacted? After graduation, you never come to class reunions." "I'm too busy with work and don't have time to go. How soon can you come?"
"Give me an address. I'll go there now. If there's business, of course I'll do it."
Shen Hao gave Li Yue an address and waited for this old classmate to come and buy the gold.
This old classmate Li Yue got along well with Shen Hao when they were in school.
But later, everyone was busy with work and rarely met.
Especially since Shen Hao himself wasn't doing well, he didn't want to contact old classmates even more.
But now that he had gold to sell, he had to contact old classmates.
After all, in modern times, it's very troublesome to sell gold.
Without knowing someone, merchants wouldn't dare to buy it at all. They might even call the police, fearing that your gold has an unknown source.
So dealing with old classmates is the best choice.
Before long, there was a knock on Shen Hao's door.
Shen Hao opened the door and saw a young man with a baseball cap and dark skin.
Looking at his old classmate, Shen Hao also sighed. This old classmate who was originally a fair-skinned young man had also become unkempt after being polished by society. "Whoa, Shen Hao. Long time no see. You haven't changed at all. Those who work in an office are different. Unlike me who runs around and is exposed to the wind and rain."
Li Yue greeted and followed Shen Hao into the room.