"A villa with a lake seems nice too." Tang Wen nodded, "However, I prefer islands. It would be great to be an island owner. If there is a big island to exchange with me, I will give all these goods to him."
"How much goods do you have?" Xiao Gai asked.
"Five hundred lighters, five thousand bottles of wine, five thousand bottles of champagne, and several thousand boxes of cigarettes." Tang Wen said.
"How much is a box of cigarettes?" Xiao Gai asked.
"There are many kinds of cigarettes. A box of this Phoenix brand costs one or two taels of gold." Tang Wen replied.
"How much are the lighters? I mean the kind with beautiful women painted on them and that can perform magic tricks?" Xiao Gai asked.
"That's expensive. One handful costs twenty taels of gold," said Tang Wen.
"That's a lot when added together," said Li Kongfan.
"I calculated, it seems to be close to 50,000 taels of gold." Wei Kang said.
"I do have a big island called Shengui Island, which is located in Yanling County. It was a reward from the royal family to my ancestors for their military merits." Xiao Gai said.
"Divine Turtle Island?" Tang Wen pretended to be stunned.
"How, you know? It's just a deserted island. I've only been there twice to fish. But there are mosquitoes and weeds everywhere, so it's impossible to have fun there." Xiao Gai said.
"Not sure." Tang Wen shook his head.
"I'll make the deal with you. There's no use for the island anyway. I originally planned to build a house on the island for fun when I became interested. However, that would cost a lot of money, which is a bit of a waste." Xiao Gai said.
"Yours is just a deserted island with no one living on it. The nearby Island of Samui is still inhabited and pirates often visit it. Even pirates don't want to go to your island. Fifty thousand taels of gold is a bit too expensive." At this time, Li Kongfan actually came up with a great assist.
"Decades ago, someone offered one million taels but my grandfather refused to sell it," said Xiao Gai.
"Go and try selling it now. If you ask for one million taels, I guarantee you will be drowned in spit." Sun Tianjun said with a smile.
"Of course, it's not worth the price now. Pirates are rampant and I dare not go to the island." Xiao Gai nodded.
"Or you can just sell it to Brother Tang at a lower price." Sun Tianjun said.
"This is quite..." Tang Wen looked hesitant.
"It's really a loss. What do you want to do with a barren island?
Because pirates visit, we dare not live there.
Fifty thousand taels of gold could buy a house in the provincial capital. If it is left on that broken island, it will all be wasted," said Wei Kang.
"Brother Tang, how about you take over my Xinyue Villa?" Sun Tianjun said.
"Brother Tang likes the island, so what's wrong with Xinyue Villa?
It’s not even as big as other people’s Mei House, and it’s even less cost-effective.
Brother Tang, how about this, give me two hundred plates of your three-striped fish and two hundred cans of various canned foods.
How about I give you this island in exchange for 5,000 taels of gold?" Xiao Gai said.
"Brother Xiao, two hundred plates of three-striped fish alone would cost several thousand taels of gold, plus a few hundred canned food, chicken feet and the like, which are worth seven or eight thousand taels of gold. There's no way to exchange this." Tang Wen shook his head with a determined look on his face.
"Then just sell me that batch of wine, champagne and lighters." Xiao Gai said.
"I'm afraid there's no way around this. I've already talked to someone about exchanging goods for the island." Tang Wen shook his head.
"I'll give you another 5,000 gold, Brother Tang. We'll be friends from now on. Then you'll know what kind of person I, Xiao Gai, am." Xiao Gai slapped the table, stood up and said.
"You have money, so just give me 20,000 taels," said Sun Tianjun.
"Ten thousand taels, no more." Xiao Gai said.
"Well, it's worthwhile to suffer a little loss and make a friend.
I, Tang Wen, like friends. If you get tired of clothes, you can change them at any time.
But friends are like brothers, can we cut off brothers and sisters?" Tang Wen said with gritted teeth.
"No wonder you're almost seventeen years old and still can't find a wife. You'll never find one." At this time, Gu Hanyan, who was standing beside and serving, was so angry that she spilled all the wine on Tang Wen.
Xiao Gai and the others were stunned for a moment, and glanced at Gu Hanyan. They all wanted to laugh, but were too embarrassed to do so , and felt very uncomfortable.
"How dare you, a servant, interrupt the master when he's talking? Get out of my way." Tang Wen's face turned stern.
"I don't want to serve you anymore and leave you alone." Gu Hanyan slammed the wine jug on the table and left angrily.
"Hahaha……"
As soon as Gu Hanyan left, everyone burst into laughter.
"Brother Tang, your slave is really."
"It's terrible. He's old, ugly, and has a bad temper."
"Brother Tang, how can you bear it? If it were me, I would just sell her to a brothel to serve customers."
"She's so old, who's willing to take care of her business?"
Hahaha……
Boom!
There was a loud bang outside, as if something collapsed.
"What's going on?" Xiao Gai shouted outside angrily.
"Master, it was Lord Tang's servant who kicked the flower bed and caused it to collapse." A servant ran in and said in a panic.
"So fierce?" Sun Tianjun and others immediately shrank their necks.
"Haha, everyone, she is just like that. Let's not talk about her." Tang Wen smiled.
"Yes, yes, why bother with a little servant? Butler, ask someone to write a contract immediately and take the land contract to the government office tomorrow to make changes." Xiao Gai shouted.
After eating, Xiao Gai was afraid that Tang Wen would go back on his word, so he immediately gave the gold note to Tang Wen.
Tang Wen also wrote a receipt, which you can take back after delivery.
Downstairs, Xiao Gai drove away a few of his close friends and went back to his room to play with his lighter.
Li Kongfan's eyes were as red as rabbit ears, but Xiao Gai said that he would share some with his brothers after the goods arrived.
"Is it done?" Tang Wen turned around. When he heard that the Divine Turtle Island was in his hands, Luo Yiwu and the others looked at him in a daze .
"Of course, this is the contract." Tang Wen showed it to him, and Luo Yiwu and others rushed to pass it on.
"Master, how much silver did you spend?" Li Quan asked.
"I didn't spend a penny, but I earned 10,000 taels of gold." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"Master, are you Xiao Gai's father? Or, his grandfather?" Gu Hanyan curled her lips sarcastically.
"I am closer to him than his own father." Tang Wen laughed and said, "Qiao Xiao, you and Li Quan rush back to Koh Samui immediately and bring the wine, champagne, and canned food from the island.
Oh, and there's champagne , even the freezer is shipped here...
We will try to transport it to the provincial capital tomorrow morning. By the way, ask Tian Hao to bring a group of strong men over and prepare some large nets."
"Could it be that the master is using these Western goods to exchange for the Divine Turtle Island?" Luo Yiwu asked.
“Hahahaha…” Tang Wen laughed wildly towards the sky.
"But these are also valuable. They are all Western goods and it is too difficult to get them back." Luo Yiwu muttered.
"Don't worry, we have channels, so we don't have to worry about being out of stock." Tang Wen waved his hand. Of course, he didn't dare to say anything more about the beautiful woman on the lighter.
When Gu Hanyan was performing the magic trick earlier, she was almost at the breaking point. If I continue to talk nonsense now, she will probably get angry and spit blood on herself.
Here, he secretly told Li Quan to move more things over.
Gu Hanyan worked until twelve o'clock in the evening, and under the guidance of Tang Wen, she finally completed the debugging of all the monitoring equipment.
"Hanyan, you are quite smart. You can start your apprenticeship today. From now on, you can independently arrange plumbers and electricians to install and debug these things." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"I'm not a fool. How can I not learn it after studying for so long?" Gu Hanyan rolled her eyes at him and said, "But what is the purpose of installing it? It's fine for fire and theft prevention, but it's nonsense to use it to prevent ghosts."
"Well, maybe it's my illusion." Tang Wen said.
"You are just a coward! You are a grown man, but not as good as us little girls." Gu Hanyan looked at him with contempt.
"Or, you can sleep with me, then I won't be afraid." Tang Wen said lustfully.
"I will accompany you whenever you hit me. Otherwise, forget it in this life." Gu Hanyan's face was stern.
However, Tang Wen discovered that the 'popular character' above her head had a shy look on his face.