Richest Man: Divine-Grade Reconstruct System Chapter 1295 - 1160: What a Clever Move

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Previously on Richest Man: Divine-Grade Reconstruct System...
A Centurion is offered increasingly large sums of silver by two competing stewards for ten jars of wine. The Centurion decides to auction the wine instead, prompting the stewards to exchange glances with a shared, displeased understanding.

Which of these people is not brilliant, which of them is not the top among people?

They usually have no problem scheming against others.

However, if anyone wants to earn some corresponding returns from them, that’s clearly an absolutely unacceptable thing.

Moreover, even though they usually have intense conflicts and nobody yields to anyone, when facing outsiders, they actually unify their stand and join forces.

In other words, no one can earn from them.

Take this Centurion for example, his calculations are apparently good, but he apparently miscalculated one point, which is these people won’t fall for his schemes.

It’s no exaggeration to say that no matter how clever he is, he can’t outwit these people, let alone in the current situation.

It’s absolutely no exaggeration to say, if he had said this earlier, or if he had said such words from the beginning, then obviously, by now, no one would have bid, and probably the price would have stayed at an additional one or two silver per jar.

This is not a joke, but a real situation. Once they reach an agreement, they definitely won’t backtrack or undermine each other.

It’s precisely because of this situation that when this Centurion spoke these words, everyone stopped talking, and when looking at him, their expressions carried a mocking smile.

Or more accurately, they looked at him as if looking at a fool, or like looking at a clown.

Which made him somewhat puzzled at the moment, not knowing why the current situation occurred. Could it be that his Ten Hills Nine Waters are no longer attractive?

Could it be that none of them want it anymore?

But on second thought, that’s impossible. Just by the extent of their previous scramble, it’s evident they really desire the Ten Jars of wine in his hands, and moreover, each of them wishes to swallow them whole, rather than dividing them among several families.

It’s due to this reason that when he spoke these words, someone should have competed for them.

But why has this cold situation arisen?

Why has this situation where nobody’s interested emerged?

For a moment, he was quite puzzled, especially when seeing the crowd’s expressions akin to looking at a fool, which made him even more confused and started to question, not knowing what mistake he made, not knowing if he had caused some misunderstanding.

He wanted to speak again, but at that moment, the elderly Shopkeeper suddenly interrupted him, and also cut off those people’s words, directly speaking to the crowd:

"Everyone, please don’t delay our business. You can purchase freely, that’s your affair.

Whether the wine goes somewhere after this young man collects it, whether he drinks it himself or gives it to others, or sells it, it has nothing to do with me.

However, the drawing is still going on now, so please don’t just stand here wasting time.

If you really delay things here, it’s certain that even if your master comes, he’ll be in trouble."

Ha-ha, may I ask you scholars to kindly move aside, please."

After these words were spoken, everyone was taken aback, and for a moment, no one spoke, just their eyes were filled with confused expressions.

When looking at the Shopkeeper, they seemed to be asking why he said such words?

None of the drawing people is missing, right?

We’ve just finished drawing our lots, so why say this?

At this point, Steward Lu was the first to react, and for a moment, he looked displeased at the Shopkeeper and spoke with a tone filled with hostility:

"Ha-ha, Shopkeeper, since you mentioned it, I have to ask, why are there only 180 to 190 jars available when 200 jars should be sold today based on the drawing?

Where did the rest go?

Is there some shady deal with the rest?

Why is there no fairness in this matter?

If there’s no fairness, what’s the point of drawing lots?

In that case, it’s better to sell them to whomever you favor."

Each statement was perfectly reasonable, and after hearing this, the surrounding masters couldn’t help but agree, glancing at each other, they all felt Steward Lu was right.

Today, a total of over 180 jars were drawn, yet 200 jars are supposed to be sold, what does this mean?

It means at least more than ten jars are opaque transactions.

Where will this wine go? There’s only one conclusion: they’ve been privately traded, which is the only reasonable explanation.

After all, the profit from these wines is clearly visible, if not sold openly in the market, but privately dealt with at a high price then this is definitely an easy task.