On The Wind

"Young Master Xiao, I have been waiting for you."

Yuan Qianyu greeted Xiao Chen as usual but this time the girl showed him more respect than usual.

"Young Master Xiao, thanks to your information we managed to recruit forty expert warrior without any problems and the information about the three mines has also been confirmed by us." Qianyu took out a letter showing that Xiao Chen was the owner of 5% of the shares of the Han Empire's Silver Moon Association.

Qianyu also handed Xiao Chen a cylindrical object about the size of a fist and contained a fuse, "Young Master, since you are now part of our association's shareholders I will give this to you, when in danger, point this object to the sky and ignite the fuse. We will provide assistance to you."

Xiao Chen smiled contentedly, the main reason he insisted on wanting Silver Moon Association shares wasn't just about the gold coins that could be produced but this thing that was currently in his hands. Getting the Silver Moon Association to directly support Yin Song was extremely difficult, but with this thing as long as Xiao Chen was in the Yin Song residence, the Silver Moon Association would lend a hand should danger strike.

"Thank you Miss Yuan, I came here to buy more resources." Xiao Chen took out a banknote worth two hundred thousand gold pieces.

Qianyu held her breath, Xiao Chen just bought a hundred thousand gold pieces worth of resources about a week ago, to think that he would come back with even more money. Even though Qianyu had known Xiao Chen had bought this for Yin Song after hearing the news that their resources were being used to seek support, this money still took Qianyu by surprise.

"He's so young but capable of getting people to trust him to this extent, this amount of money is enough to allow him to live a lifetime of luxury if he takes him on the run. Considering that he was able to render me helpless and the Silver Moon Association was playing within his grasp, this doesn't seem like an exaggeration." Qianyu thought as she smiled faintly, looking at Xiao Chen in awe.

With this purchase, Xiao Chen had already gathered the sixty thousand gold pieces of the two hundred and fifty thousand gold pieces he needed in order to obtain another 5% of the Silver Moon Association's shares. Xiao Chen himself wasn't sure he could achieve it, he only hoped that Yin Song could raise more funds.

"Young Master Xiao, we have enough resources to exchange with you but it will take time to get everything ready. While waiting, please enjoy this galaxy tea." Qianyu poured the black tea into Xiao Chen's cup, a strong fragrance filled the room.

Xiao Chen knew that Galaxy Tea was the best tea in the Han Empire, worth every gram more than gold because it made the drinker gain peace of mind and increase concentration, very useful when one wanted to deepen a science and seek enlightenment.

Using such a precious drink as a guest banquet, only the Silver Moon Association could do it.

"I think Miss Yuan will be interested in this." Xiao Chen took out a piece of paper that contained information about the twenty expert warrior as well as the five titled warrior.

"Young Master Xiao, This…" Qianyu widened her eyes as she read the information.

"No need to be shy, I am now the stockholder of this association. The stronger Silver Moon Association is better for me." Xiao Chen smiled gently then started drinking his tea.

"Thank you for your help Young Master Xiao, I will count this as one hundred thousand pieces of gold to buy our stocks."

Qianyu realized the value of the information Xiao Chen gave her, she couldn't accept it without paying a small price so she paid a fair price. Xiao Chen did not reject it, thus he only needed to collect another ninety thousand gold pieces.

This time it took the Silver Moon Association two hours to prepare two hundred thousand gold pieces worth of resources, four times the amount compared to before.

"Young Master Xiao, you bought half of the high-quality goods beforehand, we need time to replenish our stocks so we can provide other quality goods as well, don't worry these resources are enough to attract the small white sects." Qianyu chuckled when she saw Xiao Chen's shocked face.

Xiao Chen admitted that Qianyu was smart in managing the information he got, he didn't mind this arrangement because recruiting small sects did require quantity over quality as Qianyu said.

Qianyu offered to have her men deliver these items to the palace's doorstep but Xiao Chen refused. All of that could arouse even greater suspicion than Xiao Chen had brought himself.

That night Xiao Chen went in and out of the palace several times to put all the resources he had bought into the Yin Song residence, this action was enough to attract attention especially among the guards.

Xiao Chen explained the situation to Jiang Kun fearing that his actions would make Prince Feng realize Xiao Chen was the provider of the resources shared by Yin Song.

"I'll take care to keep the guards quiet, but to reduce the risk of trouble in the future you'd better bring in resources gradually. One day only one cart." Jiang Kun was actually quite surprised to find that Xiao Chen had brought four carts full of resources to his place.

"Disciple will follow the Sect Master instructions."

The next day, Yin Song's face was decorated with the biggest smile in his life. Yin Song immediately distributed the resources among the other five sects as well as the Liu family and Mu family.

Obtaining a large amount of resources allowed the five sects to lend support to Yin Song, thus apart from the Valley of the Hundred Swords, Yin Song had the support of the other eight sects.

The Liu Family and Mu Family were also satisfied for obtaining so many resources, much more than they expected. The Liu family was confident that with these resources they could recruit more warriors, while the Mu family wanted to use them to expand their business.

The resources in Yin Song's hands had succeeded in attracting the Wang and Song aristocratic families to come over to him as well. For the Song family which was a military family, these resources were useful for their descendants serving as officers.

Yin Song promised to provide resources on demand, the Wang family became interested because they needed precious minerals to make high-grade weapons.

Of all, the best news was when Yin Song received a call from the Han Emperor and returned with large amounts of banknotes to buy resources. Thanks to the help of Xiao Chen and the Silver Moon Association behind him, Yin Song had the upper hand.

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