Chapter 27: Became Rich

  This tree trunk is thick and thin, not small at all. It fell down suddenly without any warning signs beforehand, which is really unbelievable.

  Zhidabao's eyes were wide open, staring at the tree that had fallen to the ground, and he was stunned for a long time before squeezing out a sentence: "How did this happen? Thunder in broad daylight, knocked down the tree! This is an inverted tree, offending heaven!"

  This ancient man, seeing an explosion for the first time, had no idea what it was and thought that this tree had angered heaven, which then punished it by striking it with lightning.

  But he looked left and right, this tree is fine, doesn't seem to be an offending tree that would anger the heavens! Scratching his head, he really couldn't understand, with a face full of confusion.

  "Thunder! Thunder!"

  "The lightning struck the tree and split it in two!"

  "The tree has provoked heaven!"

  Just as Qi Dabao was stunned, a loud noise came from the mouths of the good men of Qi Yun She, they were just like Qi Dabao, taking the explosion for thunder, each with a look of surprise and confusion.

  "Good fellow, this is the explanation I give you! This tree wasn't knocked down by lightning, but was felled by my sharp axe." Wu Jie listened to the discussion of the good fellows from Qi Yun Society and looked at Qi Da Bao's astonished expression, finding it particularly amusing.

  Their imagination is really too rich, Wu Ji has heard similar remarks before, but still wants to laugh.

  "What's your trick? Impossible! You're talking big, aren't you afraid of the wind blowing away your tongue!" Qi Dabao looked disbelieving, sizing up Wu Jie with a hint of disdain in his eyes: "This is clearly a heavenly thunderbolt strike!"

  "Haha!" Seeing that he was being taken in, Wu Jie couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Good fellow, can lightning strike the roots of a tree? This tree fell because its roots were loose. If you don't believe me, go take a look and you'll know what's true."

  "Ah!" Zhi Dabao's mouth made a grinding sound, and he quickly stepped forward to the base of the tree. After taking a closer look, he couldn't help but let out a shrill cry: "This lightning is really strange! It didn't strike the trunk, but instead struck the roots!"

  His scream was like thunder, shaking Wu Ji's ears buzzing.

  "Haha!" Wu Jie burst out laughing at his strange words and actions, and followed him, pointing to the mud on the ground, saying: "Good fellow, this is not a thunderbolt, but my Thunderbolt Bomb! My Thunderbolt Bomb has a sound like thunder, and if you listen carefully, it's no different from real thunder. If you don't believe me, I still have one more Thunderbolt Bomb here, try it out and you'll understand."

  As he spoke, he handed the last bullet to Qi Dabao.

  One would have been enough as a sample. However, Wu Ji feared that Qi Dabao wouldn't believe him, so he specially made an extra one, which indeed came in handy.

  "Is this the Thunderbolt? Is it useful?" Qi Dabao weighed the Thunderbolt, his eyes wide open, and examined it carefully. This time, he looked especially serious, especially careful. After a long while, he still couldn't see anything unusual.

  Wu Ji knew that if he didn't let him try it himself, he wouldn't believe it. He smiled and explained the usage method. Qi Da couldn't wait any longer, called over a few good men, dug a hole under a tree with a trunk as thick as a bowl mouth, buried the thunderbolt according to Wu Ji's instructions, lit the fuse, and ran to one side.

  Zhidabao's eyes were wide with fear, staring fixedly at the tree, not saying a word, his breathing was very heavy, as if facing a great enemy, very tense.

  Bang!

  After a loud explosion, the trees fell down. This time, Qi Dabao didn't yell that it was thunder, but instead opened his eyes wide and rushed up like flying. He saw that the roots of the tree were all tangled together, not much different from the previous tree.

  "It's true! It's true! The Thunderbolt is so powerful! Much more powerful than my treasured Bow of Precious Jade!" Qi Dabao excitedly shouted non-stop, in one breath, he didn't know how many times he had shouted.

  "Wu Da Guanren, are you selling this thunderbolt? I'll give five taels of silver for one. How many do you have?" Qi Da Bao suddenly remembered that such a great tool couldn't be missed and he must get it in his hands, so he took the initiative to ask for purchase without waiting for Wu Jie to sell it.

  "Five taels?" Wu Jie's eyebrows rose slightly, feeling somewhat surprised. Wu Jie knew that the Thunderbolt Pellet would sell for a good price, but he hadn't expected Qi Dabao to be so generous, offering five taels of silver right off the bat.

  Five taels of silver is not a small amount. In a place like Wu Family Village, one household spends no more than one tael of silver per year. Five taels would be the expenditure for five years.

  However, Wu Ji was still unsatisfied and showed his cunning business potential, smiling slightly: "Good fellow, five taels of silver is too low, I won't sell."

  "How much do you want? Five taels is the lowest!" Qi Dabao winced a bit, gritted his teeth and said: "Add two more taels, seven taels of silver."

  As soon as he opened his mouth, the price was increased by two taels. Wu Ji knew that there was still room for further price increases and smiled, "Good fellow, you should know that making these Thunderbolt Pellets is extremely complicated, requiring a lot of materials, time and effort, and we can't make too many. Ten taels of silver each, and I won't sell them if it's less!"

  "Ten taels of silver? Why don't you just go rob someone?" Qi Dabao was really getting impatient, his tone extremely disdainful.

  "Ten taels of silver is an absolutely high price! 'With ten taels of silver, I can buy several good bows! Why not go buy a bow instead?'"

  "Good fellow, you can't say that!" Wu Ji started to speak eloquently: "Good fellow, think about it this way: even if you buy a few good bows, can one person use them all? One person with one bow is not enough! My Thunderbolt pellets may be expensive, but they're good for saving lives. You good fellows who roam the jianghu, don't you have any enemies? When you're in the jianghu, your life is not your own, and there are some things you can't avoid doing. Danger and worries about your life are unavoidable. If your bow and arrow can't cope, using Thunderbolt pellets won't give you an extra life? Silver is good, but can it compare to having a life?"

  "This...". Qi Dabao rubbed his forehead, unable to speak, and nodded slightly in agreement with Wu Ji: "However, ten taels of silver is not a small amount! Even if I wanted to buy it, I wouldn't be able to afford much." He was still reluctant to part with the silver.

  Wu Ji has just started making Thunderbolt, the output will definitely not be too high, no need to "thin profit and sell more", still mainly at a high price.

  "Good fellow, the Thunderbolt Bullet is too hard to come by, not easy to make, and won't be produced in large quantities. How can the price be low? Wu Ji continued to persuade: "You have many people in the Qi Yun Society, there will always be someone who has a lot of money and urgently needs the Thunderbolt Bullet for self-defense. If you buy it with ten taels of silver, you can sell it to them for fifteen or twenty taels, or even higher."

  "Isn't that becoming a swindler?" Qi Dabao hesitated.

  "Good fellow, that's not how you should say it." Wu Ji secretly delighted and quickly sold the idea: "Compared to one's life, what does silver matter? As long as one is alive, spent silver can be earned back! They need a lifesaving tool, you provide them with a guarantee of safety, collect some hard-earned money, isn't that right? They will even thank you!"

  "Alright! Alright!" Qi Dabao finally agreed with Wu Ji: "Our Qiyun Society has some very wealthy patrons, they need this kind of sharp tool. Mr. Wu, I'll take ten first and show them to them. If they need it, we can buy more later."

  The first time they sold ten for one hundred and twenty silver coins, which was a good deal. Wu Ji, however, pretended to hesitate and said, "Good fellow, you can buy more, can't you?"

  "Haha!" Qi Dabao laughed happily: "If the Thunderbolt is useful, I'll definitely look for you! Here's 10 taels of silver, take it. When will you give it to me?"

  Wu Ji's sales pitch was too successful, and Qi Dabao automatically paid the deposit.

  "In ten days!" Making the Thunderbolt wasn't a big deal, but Wu Ji deliberately pushed it back to ten days later in order to give Qi Da Bao the impression that making the Thunderbolt was difficult.

  "Can't you hurry up?" Zhi Dabao was getting impatient, rubbing his hands: "Ten days is too long!"

  "Good fellow, I'm only saying ten days because of your good face. If it were someone else, don't even think about getting it done in less than half a month!" In reality, if he really wanted to do it, it would only take three or two days to get it done. However, Wu Jia didn't want to do that, so he pretended to be having a hard time.

  "Haha!" Qi Dabao looked at Wu Ji's appearance and felt even more proud, patted him on the shoulder, and became more affectionate.

  Wu Ji and Qi Dabao talked for a while before they went back.

  If there was a sales network, the price of Thunderbolt should be even higher, but this is not what Wu Ji can do for now, being able to sell at this price is already not bad.

  Wu Jie returned home and told Wu Jian about what had happened. Wu Jian was overjoyed, shouting "We've struck it rich! We've struck it rich!"

  Ten thunderbolt bombs sold for one hundred taels of silver. In Wu Jian's mind, that was a sky-high price. If he didn't make a fortune, it wouldn't be worth it.

  This is the first deal, and it has achieved such success, showing a broad prospect of thunderbolt, it will be very popular, it won't take long to sell well, making a fortune is just a matter of time.