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14.74% Battle Royale of the Sinners / Chapter 82: Te Langpu

Chapitre 82: Te Langpu

Chapter 82 – Te Langpu

March 30th, Julu City.

Te Langpu, the young master of the wealthiest merchant in Ye City, and his entourage arrived at Julu. They brought 100,000 tons of grain and other provision to trade with Tong. Their caravans and escorts occupied the entire road in front of the city south gate, which caused an uproar and interest of the civilian onlookers.

Five hundred patrolling light cavalries under Bo Cai had to stay around the vicinity of the conveys to protect them and kept the order. These people were too eye-catching, so Bo Cai was afraid that a random hoodlum or triad group might take this chance to rob them on the way.

Te Langpu saw that the city sent a small unit to protect them, he snorted.

"They underestimate me too much. Even if I'm by myself, no one in this world and kill me."

As a reincarnator, Te Langpu had a few tricks in his sleeves to protect himself, including his system skills. He did not need Bo Cai's men to guard him and his caravans.

"Well, I'll leave them be. For now, let's see what kind of city that Zhang Tong has built."

Te Langpu entrusted the negotiation and other minor details for the business dealing with his subordinates, then he ditched the work and took the tour around the city.

Before Te Langpu got far into the inner city, he caught sight of two familiar buildings.

The mysterious buildings "Wall-Marked" and "Swing-Eleven" had been completed, and the craftsmen and carpenters with various tools were busy crafting mysterious long shelves and furniture inside the buildings.

The town people gathered around to see what these large buildings with 3 meters in height and 200 square meters were for.

Then a sign was placed at the front door. It said "Supermarket for commoners. Open date – April 2nd". None of the civilians understood the meaning behind it, even the scholars.

Within the crowd, Te Langpu glared at the sign with a deep frown. He was the only one who understood the purpose of this kind of buildings.

'Someone has made this move before the great me.'

'This is not good. I've lost the brand awareness competition.'

'Fudge! Why is it always the Chinese!?'

'I competed with you in my last life. Even in this life, you are still bigly haunting me!'

'Is it because I had kidnapped a daughter of a scum in my last life?'

'It was not my fault! Some assholes came up with this idea! I even let her bailed out!'

Gritting his teeth in frustration and envy, Te Langpu returned to his men. He no longer was in the mood for touring the city because of the existence of these shops.

Afterward, he heard about the new laws which Tong had implemented recently. Te Langpu wanted to curse Tong out loud for his amateurish constitutions and his government corporate system, but he swallowed his words back because there were too many people around him.

The meeting with the officials was smooth. Although Te Langpu could not meet Tong, he completed his transaction and got his hands on 10,000 bars of soap. He would take this soap and journey southward to Xu Chang or toward southeast to Xia Pi City to resell all these goods.

It was a troublesome process of a peddling distributer, but the profit was worth the time and effort. If he sold it around this province, the price would be limited to 40 gold a piece or lower. Instead, if he took a trip further into the area which had not been touched by the soap merchants of the Yuan family, he estimated that he could get at least 70 gold a piece in return.

Te Langpu looked at the bronze mirror in his hand and combed his bang.

'A pity that I can't get to see Zhang Tong. But it doesn't matter. I'll get my hands on the soap recipe, then I'll relocate from Ye to the future Capital of Wei. Or maybe I should go a bit further south to Xiangyang City? Xiangyang was untouched by the civil war until Cao Cao snatched it over from Liu Biao's descendant. So I should be fine over there.'

Te Langpu recollected his thought. Although he was strong and almost invincible, he did not enjoy participating in any conflict, be it with the natives or other reincarnators.

'Zhang Tong utilized 7-11 and Walmart business model over here, so I can't compete with him in his turf. Maybe I should do something similar in other cities before he does. I-KEA still hasn't been taken yet. Right, I should also rebuild my casinos over there as well. I'll make it the new Las Vegas in this freaking ancient world!'

March 31st.

The auction, which was organized by the city government, was held today. Although many merchants were dissatisfied with the new laws and disliked how Tong and his family operated the city, they still could not resist the treasures, antiques and the soap recipe that Tong put into the auction.

The auction would be held in the stadium in the noble resident area. This building once belonged to one of the corrupted nobles that Tong had killed. It was renovated into an open-air theater with a wooden stage and stone chairs, which was designed based on the European theater in the renaissance era.

The wealthy nobles and merchants cued in line and entered the manor. They sat on the seat that they were assigned with.

On the other side, five fat merchants were being escorted into another entrance. They were guided to the VIP lounge on the separated seat section.

These people were the representative merchants that made a deal with Tong a couple months ago. They had finished gathering their funds and provision, and they shipped everything in Julu. Although they spent almost a million tael of gold to buy 50,000 bars of soap from Tong, they made a loan from their colleagues in other cities with their shops as collaterals, so they had enough money to compete the others for the soap recipe.

Meanwhile, the unique hair chubby man from Ye City also participated in this auction. At first, he wanted to attend the auction in the VIP lounge, but he was declined by the staffs and was given the seat on the side instead.

When they entered the theater, a gigantic signboard on the side caught their attention. On the signboard, a message, which was written in large letters, was posted there.

"Theater Schedule:

March 31st, 9 AM to 7 PM. - Auction

April 1st, 9 AM to 12 AM. - New Product Demonstration"

The schedule note was understandable to the merchants. However, the next event tomorrow piqued their interest. As traders, they were sensitive to the word "New Product". Some of the auction participants started inquiring about the demonstration.

"Hey, you there! Do you know about this [New Product Demonstration]?"

"Excuse me! Could you tell me the details about the tomorrow event?"

"Do you know how can I reserve a seat for tomorrow?"

Betraying their expectation, the staffs shook their head as they had no idea what would be the new product or what kind of event they would have. Tomorrow schedule was organized by the son of the city lord himself, and he did not give any details to the staffs.

On the stage, Hua Shi walked out from behind the curtain. She took the role as a host in this auction.

At first, she refused to take this job because she already had her hands full dealing with the accounting and being Zhang Jiao's secretary. As usual, Tong convinced her on the bed for two days straight, which resulted in Hua Shi being here with another part-time job.

Because she had been given a lot of love lately, her skin became glossy and smooth. She grew more beautiful as if she was a maiden-in-love. The assets on her chest also seemed to get bigger as Tong massaged them a lot during their dual-cultivation.

Most importantly, unlike the local women in this world, Hua Shi took bath every day. She also used Tong's soap and the secret shampoo that he was experimenting with, which made her looked cleanlier and healthier than ordinary girls.

The crowd was stunned by her beauty. They swallowed their saliva in instinct. Some of them lost control of their conscience and drool. All eyes were fixated on her as if she was a national treasure.

"I BID 100,000 TEALS OF GOLD!!"

A twelve-year-old young noble lost control of himself and shouted, which caused everybody to laugh.

"Hahaha, she's the host. She's not a merchandise, you idiot."

"Naïve youth is naïve."

"Please be careful of yourself. You're a noble. You are held responsible for your every action."

"Y-Yes. I'm sorry."

The youth was reprimanded by his surrounding auction participants. He bowed his head down in shame, but he still sneaked a glance at Hua Shi.

"Still, the price was a little cheap. Don't you think so?"

"Huh? 100,000 gold is cheap!? You got to be kidding right?"

"Do you have any idea who she is?"

"No, who is she?"

"She's your goddamn "Goddess of Death" and the Immortal Zhang Tong's wife! If you want to seek death, go ahead and try bidding for her for only 100,000 gold. I want to see how Zhang Tong reacts when he hears about you."

"N-No, thanks."

Because of the commotion made by the naïve youth, the crowd murmured and joked among themselves.

Hua Shi coughed to get their attention and started the auction.

"May I get your attention, please? My name is Hua Shi, and I am your host for today. I will not waste your time with my speech or useless introduction. We will start with our first item …"


Chapitre 83: Auction – Part 1

Chapter 83 – Auction – Part 1

The auction continued for the entire morning. All items in the morning were all paintings from famous painters, gorgeous pottery, golden and silver wares, sculptures and antiques from the warring state era.

Although the items were useless in daily lives, the total amount of the gold they received from the participants reached 400,000 taels of gold, which was higher than the initial estimation of 300,000.

Because people in this era did not understand the concept of banking or saving for the retirement, they turned all of their extra money into valuable objects as their collections and bragging right assets. Therefore, these items served as their status indicator as they could flaunt the rare arts with their peers to show their superiority.

At noon, the auction was paused for an hour, so the participants could have a lunch break. They would continue again at 1 PM.

Tong arrived at the auction house at noon. He came to prepare for the latter part of his advertisement plan and another business dealing.

Afternoon, the auction resumed. However, Hua Shi stepped down from the limelight and let Tong on the stage instead. She was too tired from the constant speech and from keeping tracks of the biddings, so she wanted to rest.

Tong walked up the stage with all eyes fixated on him. As the only son of the City Governor and the heroic commander in the battle of Anping, he was also a celebrity in this city.

"My apologies for taking away your eye candy. Well, I have to replace her before someone here starts bidding for her again."

The crowd burst into laughter and glanced at the youth who had bid on Hua Shi in the morning. The youth glared at Tong in anger and embarrassment, but he could do nothing to retort or fight back. Afterward, he looked around to search for Hua Shi. The eyes of his still glittered with desire and lust.

By standing on the stage, Tong could see everybody's reaction and faces. As a result, he noticed the youth's behavior. Tong glanced at the boy with hostile intent.

'You knew that Sunday is my woman and you still have the guts to ogle her? I commend for your bravery, but you have to face a consequence! … ZA W*RUDO!'

[Time Stop has been activated.]

[For activating this skill with the secret chant, you have ... ]

[Error! Irregularity has been detected! Your soul has been infected with ...]

[Error! The skill level is not ... ]

[Error! The secret condition is not met. The skill requires ...]

*WINK*

*SCREECH*

A ringing sound alarmed inside Tong's mind, which gave him sharp pain within his brain. He felt like his body suddenly was about to split into two or something was about to eject from his body, and his eyes were burning as if they were being fried.

He had not felt this sensation for a long time since the day that the merchants rioted. After Hua Shi moved into his room, the pain in his head disappeared.

Because of the pain, Tong snapped back to his sense. Then he realized that he got angered by a random youth. However, he did not pay attention to the system messages. As a result, he did not pay attention to the vital information messages about his [Time Stop] skill.

'This is odd. Why did I just activate my skill for a trivial matter like this? This is not like me at all!'

Tong was baffled by his own action. Just before he came here, he was in a merry mood. He did not understand why he suddenly had that crazy thought and activated his time stop skill, and he chanted those chuunibyou words to boot.

'Was I jealous? No, that's impossible. I've seen many people that came to pursue her, but I felt nothing. Err … Maybe not. I probably felt annoyed a bit. But how did I lose my temper for such a thing?'

Tong tilted his head in confusion. He did not do anything to the boy while the time stop clock was ticking. He allowed it to run out and resumed the time flow. Tong pretended that nothing happened and resumed his duty as a host.

"Unlike the morning when we auctioned for the treasures, in this afternoon, we will begin auctioning several of our city unique products, recipes, and even the concession contract by the city government itself!"

The crowd murmured in excitement. Some of them already heard about the afternoon auction from one of the five merchant representatives which had visited Tong before, so they came prepared. A few rookie traders had not readied for this, so they were frustrated as they saw an opportunity but they could not grasp it.

Meanwhile, Te Langpu, who did not care about Tong's advertisement, showed a deep frown on his face. His thought was on something else.

'I cast my [Heart Devil] skill on him but he isn't affected by it one bit. Such a strong mentality is too scary! I heard about his past deeds and I thought he was just a war-junkie simpleton. I underestimated him!'

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[Heart Devil] LV. 7 (1,858/6,400)

- Make a target reveal his inner self.

- The emotion of the target becomes vulnerable to external influences.

- Target will act according to his temperament and instinct for a period of time.

- The host can control the heart devil within the target for 7 minutes.

- Duration of the skill may fluctuate depending on the mental strength of both caster and the target.

Skill Cost: 5 Lifespans.

Skill Restriction:

- Can only be cast on the target within 100 meters range.

- Can only affect the target with weaker mental strength than the host.

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Te Langpu cast [Heart Devil] on Tong in secret. He hoped to force Tong onto revealing his true self to the public and ruined his reputation in the process. After that, Te Langpu could exploit this weakness of Tong in the future when he expanded his businesses in other cities.

However, Tong's reaction betrayed Te Langpu's expectation. From the look of his face and body movements, he did not seem to be affected by it at all.

'I can't use mental magic on him. Even though I still have my [Midas Touch], I don't think I should take the risk and fight him head-on. I should avoid the confrontation, settle my business elsewhere and live peacefully. War and conflicts are stupid anyway.'

Te Langpu made up his mind. He would not pick a fight with Tong in this city. After this auction was over, he would leave as soon as possible.

The auction continued. The first item to the tenth item was a batch of 1,000 soap, which was auctioned for 30,000 gold in average each. Ten groups of merchants won these soap as they did not take part in provision trade with Tong.

Two servants brought in a cart which carried five oak barrels on the stage. Meanwhile, the staffs started serving a cup of the mysterious cold brown liquor. It gave out an attractive aroma to the attendees.

"What's this?"

"This is … wine?"

"What kind of wine is this?"

"Could it be …?"

The merchants were amazed by the fragrance of the liquor. They had tasted countless wine, but they never caught a scent of this exquisite wine in the cup in front of them.

Tong clapped his hands twice to get the attention of the audience and spoke out.

"This wine is not actually wine, but I call it "whiskey". A special liquor that you wouldn't be able to find it anywhere but here in Julu City."

The crowd was listening to Tong. They could not understand what Tong tried to convey to them. A wine is a wine. Why did he call it a whiskey? And why Tong declared that it could not be found in other cities?

"Well, even if I describe it for a whole day, you wouldn't be able to understand what's the difference between wine and my whiskey. I have ordered my staffs to serve you a cup of "whiskey". Please try it, and you will be enlightened."

Te Langpu glared at Tong in shock. He knew about this whiskey. He also knew how hard it was to distill a barrel of these, yet Tong had brought it in front of him.

'What in the world!? He has a distillery here!? Did he buy it from the shop, or did he construct it himself!? Damn it, he is too far ahead. I can't fight him in the commerce field too?'

On the contrary to Te Langpu's frustrated look, the other merchants drank the content within the cup in front of them and cried out in admiration.

"Such aroma!"

"This … this is the smelling of oak!"

"It leaves the aftertaste!"

"I … I … I'm glad I've been born. *sniff*"

"Hey, don't cry!"

"You haven't drink it yet? Give me your cup and I'll stop crying!"

"What!? No way in hell I'll fall for your scam. I'm drinking it!"

"Unbelievable …"

"I'm glad this is called 'whiskey'. If this is called 'wine' then all wine I had drunk was nothing but trash!"

A commotion broke out in the crowd. They were captivated by the taste and the smell of the whiskey. Twenty of them stood up and asked the staffs if they could get more. The smarter merchants noticed the oak barrels on the stage and understood Tong's intention immediately.

Tong clapped his hands again to calm down the people below.

"I'm sure that everybody likes my whiskey. What we have served you were part of the content within this barrel. I have to warn you one thing. This whiskey is not easy to come by. I have consulted with the makers of these liquor. They can only make one barrel a year because of its complication brewing process! So once these barrels were sold out, there will not be another one any time soon."


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