"Six taels a month," Tang Wen said.
"I'll think it over." Luo Kai glanced at Wang Baozhang, probably feeling a little embarrassed. Scholars cared about saving face, after all.
"It failed? What happened?" That evening, with the bright moon high overhead, Ximen Taigao was very surprised by Su Xin's report.
"That brat is far too good at buying people over," Su Xin said indignantly.
"Isn't Wang Baozhang your relative?" Li Liufeng asked.
"People listened when Wang Baozhang first spoke, but Old Master Luo ruined everything," Su Xin said.
"Old Master Luo is a scholar. Surely he wouldn't help Tang Wen," Wang Haiting snorted.
"But Old Master Luo is an upright man. Once he saw the land deed, Tang Wen hoodwinked him.
"Then he actually started speaking up for Tang Wen, and Tang Wen was scattering silver everywhere.
"He bought several hundred people on the spot and hired several hundred temporary workers too," Su Xin said.
"How many people in this world can resist the lure of silver?" Ximen Taigao frowned.
"That brat even knows how to treat illnesses. Hero Fish refused to believe it at first.
"But he took up a knife right there and removed the hook from Hero Fish's leg.
"It was incredible. Apparently, even Sea Saint City's miracle physician could do nothing about Hero Fish's hook.
"The most astonishing part was that when Tang Wen cut into his flesh, Hero Fish didn't feel any pain at all. He even kept talking to him. It nearly scared us to death.
"After seeing that, everyone believed him. That Li Cuihua took her mother to him for treatment.
"And there were others... he seemed to diagnose their illnesses correctly. Illnesses that had never gotten better seemed to improve a little right away.
"So one person told ten, and ten told