The shopkeepers present had not even gone home. They had all accompanied me to the third floor for the meeting. Everyone had already made every preparation, carefully planning out each step. Thus, the moment I rose to my feet, everyone had already clenched their fists and gotten ready.
"Everyone can activate it now. Let the transactions begin." With a sweep of my sleeve, all the shopkeepers and guest elders left one after another. Some split up and headed to the various treasure pavilions across Tiancheng, while others went downstairs to coordinate the goods. Everything proceeded in orderly fashion, and not a single worker panicked.
After three days of preparation, everyone had practically rehearsed the entire process once.
Now, we merely had to go through the rehearsal one more time. Before long, the first deal was complete. A tide of people surged downstairs, afraid that we would only do one or two transactions. But on the first floor alone, we had arranged ten temporary acting shopkeepers, who exchanged payment for goods according to the agreed-upon figures.
As for the troublemakers on those lists, my guest elders kept them under close surveillance. The moment any of them dared to act rashly, they would immediately be restrained.
Most of the troublemakers had goods they wanted to trade as well, so they had mingled into the lines. Before normal transactions stopped, they had no chance of causing a disturbance.
Those fellows were naturally all waiting for the moment our heavenly crystals ran out. Some had even started in the middle of the line and kept edging backward, but after waiting for a long time, they still saw no sign that our heavenly crystals were about to run dry.
Moreover, to keep everyone from seeing the details of the transactions, we invited the people at