Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 47: Wang Chong’s Plan

Chapter 47: Wang Chong’s Plan

“It has already been twenty days, but there’s still no movement from that lad!”

In the courtyard of the Zhang Clan, Zhang Jian and Zhang Cong were currently seated around a stone table. They leisurely sipped on the tea, allowing the aroma to swirl in their mouth with expressions of delight.

“How could he possibly succeed that easily? It’s 90000 gold taels! It isn’t a small sum. Did he really think it would appear out of thin air just because he wanted it to?”

Holding his teacup, Zhang Cong lifted his head. With a pleasured expression, he said:

“Besides, under Duke Jiu’s influence, the Wang Clan is incorruptible. How could they possibly have that much money? Our Zhang Clan has several centuries of history behind it, and even though our total fortunes is worth more than 90000 gold taels, it would still be impossible to fork out such a sum in a month, needless to say, them. How could he possibly succeed like that?”

They had been keeping a lookout at the Court of Judicial Review and the contract regarding the sales of Hyderabad ore hadn’t been completed yet.

In their perspective, Wang Chong’s deal was probably going to fall apart!

“It’s a pity that the lad is too arrogant! If he could consider our deal when we paid him a visit, he wouldn’t have landed himself in such a state. Look, not only did he fail in his business, he even has to pay a fee for breaking the contract!”

Zhang Jian looked into the sky with a look of contemplation as he stroked his beard.

Back then, when they first ran to the White Agate Jewelry Shop, found out that someone had bought the Hyderabad ore from them in advance, and that it was the Wang Clan at that, they really panicked.

However, after keeping a lookout on the situation for several days, they were completely relaxed.

In the Central Plains, the reputation of ‘Duke Jiu’ is resounding. If Wang Clan had truly intended to buy the ores, they were doomed to fail. However, given the 90000 gold taels condition in the contract, the Wang Clan was nothing mor

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