Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 287: The Masked Man Outside Duke of Liu’s Residence

Chapter 287: The Masked Man Outside Duke of Liu’s Residence

"Impossible!" Arloja and Ablonodan exclaimed at the same time. Perhaps they thought that their reactions were too excessive, so Arloja quickly explained. "Gongzi, it's not that we aren't willing to sell it to you, but we wouldn't be able to mine so much Hyderabad ore even over the course of an entire year!"

Hyderabad ore was exceptionally tough, and it was also located in treacherous terrain, thus making mining operations extremely difficult. Not to mention, the Hyderabad ore was only found in a specific location as well.

Even if they were to gather all of the Hyderabad ores they mined in a single year together, it wouldn't add up to 5000 jun.

"What is the current production limit of the Hyderabad ores then?" Wang Chong asked with a smile as he placed his hands behind his back. Naturally, he also knew that it was impossible for so much Hyderabad ore to be produced within a year.

He was only making use of this to uncover the true production capacity of the Hyderabad ore so that he could gauge the proportion he had to take down.

"3000 jun! This is the current highest projected estimation of our annual production. If we want to produce 5000 jun every year, we would have to expand our manpower and expand our scale of production." Arloja replied earnestly.

"Then why don't you expand the scale of production? Given how lucrative the Hyderabad ores are, surely your High Priest would have thought of expanding the mining operations?" Wang Chong asked.

"We do have such plans, but the results will only surface next year. We won't be able to supply you so much this year," Arloja replied seriously.

A thousand gold taels for one jun was truly an enticing deal. Without a doubt, it would be highly beneficial to Sindhu if they could take this deal. However, the problem lay in Wang Chong's excessively high demand. Sindhu couldn't possibly take out 5000 jun currently.

"Then a thousand jun should be fine, right?" Wang Chong asked with a smile. This was his true goal.

If Wang Chong was ju

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