Elder Yu could only nod when he heard that reason. "All right, we'll do as you say."
In fact, up to this point, he had never revealed that Feng Jun possessed a massive amount of gold. His plan was simple and crude: rely on his old face to solicit loans everywhere.
Once things blew up, or someone truly refused to play along, he could have Feng Jun put up gold as collateral—collateral would not enter the national treasury, and if it were distributed across the country, it might not attract attention.
As for the possibility that Feng Jun did not have that much gold? He simply did not believe it. Even if the kid had gone crazy and was spouting nonsense, didn't he still have such a vast piece of land? Wasn't there also that jadeite little building in the manor?
In fact, he did not think things would ever reach that point. As long as the kid was willing to teach two members of the Yu family how to cultivate, the Yu family could easily cover that little deficit for him.
Even if this cultivation business was just a scam, Feng Jun's healing methods alone were worth spending a fortune to win him over.
Of course, he did not think things would develop to the worst possible point. More likely, Feng Jun really did have that much gold.
But now that the kid had proposed this, wanting to prove his family's wealth, Elder Yu could not object.
Fifty thousand tons of wheat amounted to a little over half a ton of gold. Aside from those tycoons in the Sibo Region, ordinary people could not possibly stockpile that much gold. It was enough for a small test of Feng Jun's true worth.
Then Elder Yu brought up another matter. "I