After hearing the number of immigrants in this batch, Zhou Xu knew that Peter was about to put some real effort into this.
That was a good thing for him, too.
After several rounds of bidding, as the price of the Individual Crossbows kept climbing, even Fisher—who had previously flaunted his wealth, as though he intended to bury Peter under a mountain of money—could not help hesitating.
"Is that guy crazy? He's driven the price up this far?!"
After confirming the latest news, Fisher's mood instantly turned irritable.
He was indeed wealthy, and he could indeed throw out that much money, but he was not stupid. The price was already becoming ridiculous. If he kept throwing money at it, he would feel like a fucking idiot.
This left Fisher caught in a dilemma.
But the Giant Eagle Knight responsible for relaying messages was not going to wait for him. When the time came, Fisher had yet to give an answer, so the other party took it as his abandoning the auction. The Giant Eagle Knight mounted his giant eagle and left without lingering for even a second.
After all, if one side agonized for a while and the other side agonized for a while, how much time would they waste all together? Were they still going to do business or not?
The two parties bidding had been warned about this beforehand, at any rate.
Once the Giant Eagle Knight took flight, it was too late for Fisher to regret it. The policy was simply that once the time was up, there would be no waiting.
This was actually intentional on Zhou Xu's part.
Since Peter had already been so "cooperative," Zhou Xu naturally had to give him some benefits in moderation.
More importantly, Zhou Xu knew that if he wanted