(P.S. The 1,600 interest figure in the previous chapter was wrong; it has been corrected to 16,000.)
After quite a while.
Only then did Patriarch Jiyan and Divine Son Mingzhe seem to come back to their senses and begin seriously considering the matter.
"Xinglan~"
Patriarch Jiyan's attitude gradually turned solemn. After pondering for a moment, he said, "I made a rough calculation. One hundred million cang of third-grade Spirit Rice is currently worth around 4,000 Chaos Spirit Stones, equivalent to three or four hundred years of production from your Wuji Divine Palace, is it not? When did you stockpile so much Spirit Rice?"
If it had merely been a deal worth one or two hundred Chaos Spirit Stones, Patriarch Jiyan would naturally have made the decision without a second word.
But the sum involved in this order was truly enormous.
Patriarch Jiyan had no choice but to pull himself together, lest something go wrong.
"In fact, our Wuji Divine Palace only has 1.6 million qing of third-grade Spirit Fields, with an annual output of merely 200,000 cang! Even without eating a grain or suffering any losses, it would take five hundred years to accumulate one hundred million cang."
Divine Maiden Xinglan did not deceive him. She simply told him the truth.
"The current total market value of these two grain batches is 7,000 Chaos Spirit Stones. They are futures contracts that I received as collateral in other transactions with the Divine Treasure Hall!"
Only then did Divine Maiden Xinglan produce the futures contracts she had signed with the Divine Treasure Hall. Afraid Patriarch Jiyan might not understand, she thoughtfully explained what futures contracts meant.
Patriarch Jiyan and Divine Son Mingzhe were both quick-witted, intelligent people. Under her explanation, they immediately understood the principles and value of these futures contracts.
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