Tang Wen had spent a hundred low-grade spirit stones on this saber in Black Tortoise City, equivalent to a thousand taels of gold or ten thousand taels of silver. He had made a killing.
"I'll take two hundred tents! At Lord Tang's discounted rate, each tent counts as six merit points, so two hundred makes twelve hundred merit points."
Meanwhile, thirty-four thousand taels of gold went into Tang Wen's pocket, and the finance and provisions officer Jiang Xuan had brought handed the gold notes to Luo Yiwu.
"Actually, I also came here on a private matter," Jiang Xuan said after paying.
"Please go ahead, General," Tang Wen said courteously.
"Do you have any more of the wine you gave Lord Qin last time?" Jiang Xuan asked.
"Yes." Tang Wen nodded.
"I'll take a thousand bottles! And a thousand bottles of that drink called 'cola' as well. Steward, bring the gold notes," Jiang Xuan said.
"Lord Tang, Lord Qin told me your champagne costs three taels of gold a bottle, and your cola one tael of gold a bottle. Here are four thousand taels. Please take them." The steward, Wei Zhao, stepped forward.
"Lord Jiang, I'm delighted that you've brought me so much business. I'll throw in an extra thirty bottles of champagne and thirty bottles of cola," Tang Wen said.
"Hehehe, Your Lordship is a man of great generosity. I won't refuse, then. Steward, accept them," Jiang Xuan said with a laugh.
"Yi Wu, lay out the food and wine, and bring up a few cases of grape wine. Today, I'll have a good few drinks with Lord Jiang and Lord Tie," Tang Wen said.
Gu Hanyan let the wine breathe, then soon poured it into the goblets.
Looking at the bright red wine tinged with black, Jiang Xuan took