Everything was ready

"Simple! However much grain you want, we'll do our best to supply it. As for the price... we'll measure it by how much ground the grain covers when spread out. You'll exchange territory bordering ours for it, and you must publicly pledge never to invade us and recognize our territory!"

Lü Chen seemed impatient to proceed, but Jian Shang was "decent" enough not to exploit his predicament and promptly answered.

"What?!"

Everyone froze in astonishment—Lü Chen, Bian Long, King Wuhuan's generals, the Penglai Commerce Association members, Dongfang Shi, Qi Ji, Jiang Sheng, and the others. They stared at Jian Shang in disbelief, mouths hanging open, speechless!

He never stopped until he had said something shocking!

"Do you truly mean that, Your Highness?!"

Once he recovered, Lü Chen hurriedly pressed for confirmation, anxious and solemn, before anyone else could react.

At that price, Jian Shang was practically trading rice for dirt!

In the long run, the Chen Sheng-Wu Guang Rebel Army would naturally suffer a tremendous loss. Right now, however, it was no different from a giveaway.

Although the Chen Sheng-Wu Guang Rebel Army was preparing to proclaim its leaders kings, it had yet to do so. Moreover, it was still nowhere near unifying the realm. It was not the Great Qin Empire, which had previously unified the land; Chen Sheng and Wu Guang did not get to decide who owned the realm's territory.

Whether the Chen Sheng-Wu Guang Rebel Army could unify the realm remained entirely up in the air!

Even conceding that the Chen Sheng-Wu Guang Rebel Army really could unify the realm...

As the saying went, all land beneath heaven belonged to the king, and everyone within its borders was his subject. When that time came, there would be countless methods and excuses to reclaim the territory exchanged